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A bit of a cult classic, this one.
The original Radirgy was an Arcade game made in 2005, running on the Dreamcast-based Naomi hardware. It naturally got a port there a year later, as SEGA left that system running in the background as late as 2007 in Japan.
Obviously the western branch of SEGA certainly wasn't going to help localize it. But a potential solution came in the form of Gamecube and Playstation 2 ports about 3 months later.
and sure enough, O3 Entertainment (Who previously localized Chaos Field, from the same developer) ended up picking the Gamecube version up. With plans to release it under the name "Radio Allergy"....
But this was announced in January 2007.
Needless to say, they were unable to find anyone willing to distribute the game. Even though the localization was basically complete by that point.
A finished build of that version would eventually leak online in 2020. But going back to the initial cancellation announcement, O3 stated they were "exploring options to bring this to North America as part of a future compilation on the Wii".
Which was eventually accomplished in 2009 in the form of the "Ultimate Shooting Collection".
Don't let the awful box-art fool you, this was the official localization of Radirgy. Bundled with the previously localized Chaos Field, and topped with a brand new localization of Karous.
With that gap out of the way, surely the series would be ensured in terms of localization in the future. Right?
Unfortunately, this was not the case. The series continued onwards as a Japan-only thing for the next several years. With the multiplayer focused "Noa" for Wii and Arcades.
An enhanced "massive" re-release of Noa on Xbox 360 and the reasonably localizeable platform that is PC.
and an interesting tower defense X shmup concept on 3DS, "Radirgy De Gojaru!"
Swag seemed like it was going to be doomed to the same fate. But Dispatch Games swooped in a month after it launched in Japan. They also were supposed to be making a physical release, (The Japanese side actually got a retail bundle including it and Illvelo Swamp. So you might be better off getting that.) but i have no idea what happened to it. Considering it took them over two years just to release it digitally, i'd imagine it'll take a while.
