History Trivia / DonPachi

* NoExportForYou: The first and seventh games have proper US releases, and the second has an "International" release (it was going to have a US release, but the US release was cancelled). And that's only for arcades; none of the console releases have made their way outside of Japan (although the mobile ports have been released in America).

* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Prior to its Black Label release, Cave developed an international version of ''[=DaiOuJou=]'' called ''[=DoDonPachi III=]'', but instead of being a simple release of its original version, it would serve as basis for Black Label by introducing some of its gameplay changes into it, making it a beta version of Black Label. However, this version never ended up being released officially and remained that way for years, outside of a dumped rom of the game in 2017. It would finally see the light of day thanks to M2 as part of ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiOuJou=] Re:incarnation''.

** ''[=DoDonPachi=] Campaign Version'', a single board of which was distributed, and to a contest winner. As such, this version is not available in MAME, and if the board becomes damaged beyond repair, this piece of history (and arrange mode of ''[=DoDonPachi=]'') is gone. '''Forever.''' In response, a fan has started working on a FanRemake, [[https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/dodonpachi-campaign-ver.28041/ here]].

** ''[=DoDonPachi=] Campaign Version'', a single board of which was distributed, and to a contest winner. As such, this version is not available in MAME, and if the board becomes damaged beyond repair, this piece of history (and arrange mode of ''[=DoDonPachi=]'') is gone. '''Forever.'''

** ''Blissful Death'' was released in 2002 in Japan, and would see no overseas release until 2012, and even then it's a mobile port. For those who want to use more conventional controls, there is still no localized console or PC release (both console ports are Japan-only and region-locked). There were plans to release it in the west as ''Dodonpachi III'' at one point, but that version ended up cancelled.

** ''Blissful Death'' was released in 2002 in Japan, and would see no overseas release until 2012, and even then it's a mobile port. For those who want to use more conventional controls, there is still no localized console or PC release (both console ports are Japan-only and region-locked).

* DifficultyByRegion: The obscure but still somewhat infamous Hong Kong release of ''[=DonPachi=]'' made the ship's hitbox much larger while also making all the bullets move at about twice the speed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjrzGiwwjls Watch someone clear both loops here.]]

* ShortRunInPeru: A partial example. The ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' arranged sountrack that was produced for the standalone edition of ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] BLACK LABEL'' was made by Jake "virt" Kaufman, who is an American. However, the only way to enjoy this soundtrack in any format was exclusive to Japan until 2016, five years later, when ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'' was ported to Steam for a worldwide release, including in virt's home country, allowing American players to experience it too. Even then, the soundtrack album remains a Japan-exclusive release.

* ShortRunInPeru: A partial example. The ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' arranged sountrack that was produced for the standalone edition of ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] BLACK LABEL'' was made by Jake "virt" Kaufman, who is an American. However, the only way to enjoy this soundtrack in any format was exclusive to Japan until 2016, five years later, when ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'' was ported to Steam for a worldwide release, including in virt's home country, allowing American players to experience it too. Even then, the soundtrack disc remains a Japan-exclusive release.

* ShortRunInPeru: A partial example. The ''VideoGame/{{Ketsui}}'' arranged sountrack that was produced for the standalone edition of ''[=DoDonPachi=] [=DaiFukkatsu=] BLACK LABEL'' was made by Jake "virt" Kaufman, who is an American. However, the only way to enjoy this soundtrack in any format was exclusive to Japan until 2016, five years later, when ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'' was ported to Steam for a worldwide release, including in virt's home country.

** Both the original arcade and Xbox 360 releases of ''True Death'' have been long out of production. An attempt was made to make the game playable in UsefulNotes/{{MAME}} after the arcade ROM was leaked, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers this was rapidly shut down by the legal team of exA]] to prevent its release from being spread ([[YouAreTooLate to no avail as GitHub has all commits publicly displayed]]), who 'claim' to be the current rights holders for ''True Death'' and which had recently released the ''Exa Label'' version of it [[NoPortForYou exclusively for arcades]]. This is despite the fact that said C&D order is [[FrivolousLawsuit widely considered to be illegitimate by both the public and the MAME team]], which would almost [[ArmyofLawyers certainly be lost for exA if MAME ever took them to court]]. Nevertheless, MAME kept the game removed so as to not cause further trouble, which was a controversial move. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that.]]

** ''[=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' was Japan-only until 2020[[note]]An Xbox 360 port with no region lock exists. However, it was never officially localized for non-Japan markets.[[/note]], eight years after the original release, when the ''EXA Label'' release was made available internationally. However, given the relative lack of an arcade center industry outside of Japan (not helped by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic ravaging the world in the meantime, making visting arcades dangerous), good luck finding an arcade that has it, or spending thousands on the hardware.[[note]]Arcade games and consumer-software games have different kinds of end-user licenses; the former are meant to make money for businesses while the latter are intended for at-home non-profit use only, which is part of why arcade games are far more expensive.[[/note]]

** ''[=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' was Japan-only until 2020[[note]]An Xbox 360 port with no region lock exists. However, it was never officially localized for non-Japan markets.[[/note]], eight years after the original release, when the ''EXA Label'' release was made available internationally. However, given the relative lack of an arcade center industry outside of Japan (not helped by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic ravaging the world in the meantime, making visting arcades dangerous), good luck finding an arcade that has it, or spending thousands on the hardware.

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* FanNickname: In ''[=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' [[spoiler: Hibachi is called "[[MoeAnthropomorphism Lolibachi]]" or "[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Mado]][[Creator/AoiYuuki bachi]]"]]
** Ketsupachi for ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]] BLACK Label'' ArrangeMode on the Xbox 360. (See CrossOver).

** Both the original arcade and Xbox 360 releases of ''True Death'' have been long out of production. An attempt was made to make the game playable in UsefulNotes/{{MAME}}, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers this was rapidly shut down by the legal team of exA]], the current rights holders for ''True Death'' and which had recently released the ''Exa Label'' version of it [[NoPortForYou exclusively for arcades]].

** Both the original arcade and Xbox 360 releases of ''True Death'' have been long out of production. An attempt was made to make the game playable in UsefulNotes/{{MAME}}, but this was rapidly shut down by exA, the current rights holders for ''True Death'' and which had recently released the ''Exa Label'' version of it [[NoPortForYou exclusively for arcades]].

* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: On the day that ''[=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' (in addition to ''VideoGame/AkaiKatana'') were to be added to the game list on UsefulNotes/{{MAME}}, exA's legal team [[https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=120280#Post120280 sent out a C&D order]] to the MAME dev team.

** ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' games have been on the platforms of almost every major game platform maker that has existed since the series' creation: Sega[[note]]''[=DonPachi=]'' and ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' on UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn[[/note]], Sony[[note]]''DP'' and ''DDP'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation, ''dai ou jou'' on UsefulNotes/PlayStation2[[/note]], Microsoft[[note]]''DOJ'', ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'', and ''[=SaiDaiOuJou=]'' on UsefulNotes/Xbox360, ''Maximum'' on Windows Phone[[/note]], Apple[[note]]''DOJ'', ''DFK'', ''Maximum'', ''Ichimenbanchou'', and ''Unlimited'' on UsefulNotes/{{i|OSGames}}Phone[[/note]], and Google[[note]]every iPhone entry except for ''Maximum''[[/note]]. The odd one out is Nintendo; CAVE has never released a ''[=DoDonPachi=]'' game for a Nintendo platform until ''[=DaiFukkatsu=]'' on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.