Random JRPG News Thread

[Zed]

Fake news. It seems to be a parody account. Never share things 5 minutes after waking up. Back to sleep i go.

fucker!!

 

[Abu Antar]

Fake news. It seems to be a parody account. Never share things 5 minutes after waking up. Back to sleep i go.

fucker!!

I'm sorry. You have all the right to be pissed at me. It's the first tweet I share here in 5 years, that I didn't check its validity. It's all on me and I promise not to fuck up again.

 

[LESS T_T]

Animu games:

 

[Nostaljaded]

Omega Labyrinth Life (Switch & PS4) Survey Results

What bust size do you like?
(sample size - 488)

 

[Modron]

Don't worry it will get burkhad for western release.

 

[LESS T_T]

Hey this looks cool. ReversiQuest2, single-player tactical tactical JRPG inspired by 90s Japanese SRPGs, originally released on mobile.

Though it looks too similar to FFT or Ogre games, almost feels like I'v seen the portraits before.

Also the reviews on Google Play don't sound encouraging...: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yokogosystems.reversiquest2&hl=en

Graphics are beautiful but gameplay is not really at all like final fantasy tactics even though all these reviews are comparing it to fft it doesn't come close. Gameplay is weird. Combat is basically Othello which is honestly pretty boring.

just finished tutorial and im halfly dissapointed. Its bad system to repeat battle after lose with renewed hp while foe's hp remains as it ended in last battle. This makes the game too easy and unchallengeable tbh. Could be better content and with multiplayer options. Overally game is pleasant to play and i wish to play it longer but i think all chapters should be for free cause with current mechanics i wont buy it for sure. hope u will make it better one day. good luck

 

[LESS T_T]

Degica brings Hero must die. again, 2016 PS Vita RPG that was only released in Japan, to Steam:

You are the hero, your last memory is fighting with the demon Guile and felling it, thus saving your world. However, you seem to have died in the process and now you cannot remember her, the one for which you went alone to fight the demon. Due to your great deed, the gods have given you five more days to put your affairs in order, but time will quickly take its toll and you will grow weaker as the days pass.

Good luck in finding out what happened!

From renowned creator Shoji Masuda (Linda³, Oreshika) comes an epic anti-RPG about aging and death.
A full localization and brush-up of a game only available until now in Japan on PS Vita.

Features:

• Fantasy anti-RPG where the hero starts at his strongest, and grows weaker as time passes
  
• Over 50 different funerals (endings) depending on what the hero accomplished
  
• 8 unique heroines to woo, each with their own personalities and motivations. Which is the one you were protecting?
  
• Visit the world you have just saved, and resolve remaining problems to lead it to the best possible future

 

[Theldaran]

Bravely Default 2 (actually the third part) coming 2020 exclusively for the Switch, of course now the Switch has merged the Wii U/3DS ecosystem.

It will probably sell like hotcake and it doesn't have to be genuinely good, like the 2 first games: I mean, the combat was the strongest part which isn't bad, but the story, characters, tone, was a bit shitty.

Now in the sales behemoth that is the Switch, it will get even more attention and probably sales.

https://youtu.be/516GnLC82WM

 

[LESS T_T]

 

[Theldaran]

"For fun & profit"

Finally, some honesty.

 

[aweigh]

i don't like western devs culturally appropriating the jrpg moniker!!!1

 

[LESS T_T]

NISA time!:



https://south.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/publishing-from-console-to-pc

Publishing: From Console to PC

• FRI 01/17 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
• MAIN THEATRE

There is no shortage of updates, surprises and giveaways* at this panel! NIS America (Disgaea series) will be taking a magnifying glass to the process and challenges that goes into porting popular franchises like Trails of Cold Steel III and having a special guest speak on announcements concerning some of your favorite games! Tell your friends, tell your parents: this is a panel you won’t want to miss! *While supplies last.

 

[Theldaran]

i don't like western devs culturally appropriating the jrpg moniker!!!1

But what if they actually make a JRPG?

 

[Abu Antar]

i don't like western devs culturally appropriating the jrpg moniker!!!1

But what if they actually make a JRPG?

They can't.

 

[Theldaran]

i don't like western devs culturally appropriating the jrpg moniker!!!1

But what if they actually make a JRPG?

They can't.

What if they do a Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy etc..., clone, and it's just produced in the West? Would be JRPG or not?

It's the same with visual novels, if done in English originally they're called "EVNs" (E for English), but they're still visual novels.

 

[Modron]

But the west has already produced a good JRPG in Anachronox.

 

[Reinhardt]

But the west has already produced a good JRPG in Anachronox.

And Planet Escape.

 

[aweigh]

and PS:T

 

[Hobo Elf]

i don't like western devs culturally appropriating the jrpg moniker!!!1

But what if they actually make a JRPG?

They can't.

What if they do a Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy etc..., clone, and it's just produced in the West? Would be JRPG or not?

It's the same with visual novels, if done in English originally they're called "EVNs" (E for English), but they're still visual novels.

This is the JRPG subs version of "what is an RPG anyway?". And no, no one calls non-japanese VNs as EVNs. And no one calls Japanese VNs as JVN either for that matter.

 

[Theldaran]

i don't like western devs culturally appropriating the jrpg moniker!!!1

But what if they actually make a JRPG?

They can't.

What if they do a Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy etc..., clone, and it's just produced in the West? Would be JRPG or not?

It's the same with visual novels, if done in English originally they're called "EVNs" (E for English), but they're still visual novels.

This is the JRPG subs version of "what is an RPG anyway?". And no, no one calls non-japanese VNs as EVNs. And no one calls Japanese VNs as JVN either for that matter.

See you kinda get my point.

In the end it's the same. Gygax invented RPGs, so it's a Western thing (in origin). Hence why "JRPG" exists but "WRPG" is so less frequent. Why remark the obvious?

Likewise, "JVN" is not a thing, they're just visual novels, and the Japanese invented them. If they talk about wildly different things, set in Britain or... in Germany (ugh), they are still done imitating the Japanese style, at least in the art.

Also I'm in an all-special-snowflakes VN community, so trust me with these definitions, will ya?

 

[InD_ImaginE]

i don't like western devs culturally appropriating the jrpg moniker!!!1

But what if they actually make a JRPG?

They can't.

What if they do a Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy etc..., clone, and it's just produced in the West? Would be JRPG or not?

It's the same with visual novels, if done in English originally they're called "EVNs" (E for English), but they're still visual novels.

This is the JRPG subs version of "what is an RPG anyway?". And no, no one calls non-japanese VNs as EVNs. And no one calls Japanese VNs as JVN either for that matter.

Nah if you are active in VN scene, western made VN are named OELVN - Original English Languange Visual Novel.

It is considered distinct to VN due to art direction, theme, writing style. Of course that said there are OELVN with high rating and comparable to normal VN, Katawa Shoujo being the biggest example, but in the end of the day its more exception than the norm.

Western made JRPG do not really has that distinction tho because a lot of them were made in RPG Maker trying to emulate older JRPGs. But imo things like Cluthlu Saves the World are intentional parody of JRPG and while cant be considered as whole other genre they should still be considered as exception to west made JRPG instead of the norm.

 

[Theldaran]

Katawa Shoujo was done by Asians mostly, I think. They also were allegedly true weebs, so they imitated the true Japanese VNs and it shows.

Of course (especially now) it looks very indie, but it's a nice enough imitation of regular eroge with drama (there's quite a lot of drama in Katawa).

 

[CyberModuled]

So this was posted last month but since JAST are releasing it on their site tomorrow uncensored and all uh:

https://jastusa.com/venusblood-frontier-international

Anyone have any thoughts on the demo (or if they've played it untranslated before) since I've heard a decent amount of comparisons to Sengoku before with a heavier emphasis on RPG stuff.

 

[Nostaljaded]

Exclusive Download only for Nintendo Switch on 30th Jan 2020 because the current Sony...
Genre: Princess Escape ADV with Jap voices

Screenshot

 

[Theldaran]

Looks interesting and mildy perverted...

Who would have known something like this would arrive to a Nintendo console...