Random JRPG News Thread

Reinhardt · Nov 5, 2020

InD_ImaginE said:
Seeing their past release they are mostly Idea Factory games but there has not been one that's not on PC for a long while now. And they have Idea Facotry International which are porting their own game.

They are skipping their more fanservicey titles lately so maybe this.

LESS T_T · Nov 5, 2020

If it's from one of the companies they've worked with. Idea Factory, Falcom, and Furyu come to my mind. I think IF and Falcom are open to licensing older games to them, since their western counterparts' interests are mostly with new releases. For Furyu, they did Lost Dimension.

So if it's from one of them, candidates:

IF - Moero Crystal, Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates
Furyu - Unchained Blades, The Legend of Legacy, Exstetra
Falcom - Nayuta no Kiseki, Vantage Master PSP, Brandish PSP

Ysaye · Nov 5, 2020

LESS T_T said:
If it's from one of the companies they've worked with. Idea Factory, Falcom, and Furyu come to my mind. I think IF and Falcom are open to licensing older games to them, since their western counterparts' interests are mostly with new releases. For Furyu, they did Lost Dimension.

So if it's from one of them, candidates:

IF - Moero Crystal, Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates

Furyu - Unchained Blades, The Legend of Legacy, Exstetra

Falcom - Nayuta no Kiseki, Vantage Master PSP, Brandish PSP

Don't forget Falcom's Dinosaur Resurrection (please let it be that, would go along well with Eliminage Gothic).

KeighnMcDeath · Nov 6, 2020

That Falcom history was very interesting. (In Ys thread).

LESS T_T · Nov 10, 2020

https://www.gematsu.com/2020/11/sega-wants-to-release-more-atlus-ports-remasters-and-remakes

Sega wants to release more Atlus ports, remasters, and remakes
Persona 4 Golden success was 'far beyond expectations.'

Sega wants to release more Atlus catalog titles across various platforms following the success of the PC port of Persona 4 Golden, Sega Sammy president and CEO Haruki Satomi said during Sega’s financial results briefing on November 6.

“As for Steam, while we haven’t been actively releasing Atlus titles on PC, we felt that there was much potential there and put out a direct port of Persona 4 Golden for PC, and the user response was far beyond our expectations,” Satomi said. “That being said, we hope to release Atlus catalog titles across various platforms, whether as direct ports or in the form of remasters or remakes.”

The PC version of Persona 4 Golden launched via Steam on June 13.

Rahdulan · Nov 10, 2020

They keep saying them pretty words, but I'm not seeing Kenzan or Ishin.

CyberModuled · Nov 10, 2020

After four years of waiting, it's out. Hope it's worth it.

InD_ImaginE · Nov 10, 2020

Thats.... 50 bucks release from XSEED. They don't even sell Kiseki that expensive. Wondering if I should buy it now

LESS T_T · Nov 10, 2020

Probably because it's actually a new game. The price is more or less in line with other Xseed/Marvelous new releases (Daemon X Machina, Story of Seasons, Kandkawa Jet Girls, Granblue Fantasy: Versus).

gerey · Nov 10, 2020

LESS T_T said:
https://www.gematsu.com/2020/11/sega-wants-to-release-more-atlus-ports-remasters-and-remakes

Sega wants to release more Atlus ports, remasters, and remakes
Persona 4 Golden success was 'far beyond expectations.'

Sega wants to release more Atlus catalog titles across various platforms following the success of the PC port of Persona 4 Golden, Sega Sammy president and CEO Haruki Satomi said during Sega’s financial results briefing on November 6.

“As for Steam, while we haven’t been actively releasing Atlus titles on PC, we felt that there was much potential there and put out a direct port of Persona 4 Golden for PC, and the user response was far beyond our expectations,” Satomi said. “That being said, we hope to release Atlus catalog titles across various platforms, whether as direct ports or in the form of remasters or remakes.”

The PC version of Persona 4 Golden launched via Steam on June 13.

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Where's Yakuza 3,4 and 5 SEGA? Where the fuck are they?

KeighnMcDeath · Nov 10, 2020

Kandkawa Jet Girls.... yeah that game I'd try. Jet skis, racing, combat,... anime gals... mmmm hmmmm.

Deflowerer · Nov 11, 2020

gerey said:
LESS T_T said:

https://www.gematsu.com/2020/11/sega-wants-to-release-more-atlus-ports-remasters-and-remakes

Sega wants to release more Atlus ports, remasters, and remakes
Persona 4 Golden success was 'far beyond expectations.'

Sega wants to release more Atlus catalog titles across various platforms following the success of the PC port of Persona 4 Golden, Sega Sammy president and CEO Haruki Satomi said during Sega’s financial results briefing on November 6.

“As for Steam, while we haven’t been actively releasing Atlus titles on PC, we felt that there was much potential there and put out a direct port of Persona 4 Golden for PC, and the user response was far beyond our expectations,” Satomi said. “That being said, we hope to release Atlus catalog titles across various platforms, whether as direct ports or in the form of remasters or remakes.”

The PC version of Persona 4 Golden launched via Steam on June 13.

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Where's Yakuza 3,4 and 5 SEGA? Where the fuck are they?

They bombed on PS4, that might be the reason.

Siveon · Nov 11, 2020

Deflowerer said:
They bombed on PS4, that might be the reason.

While great ports (with better localization), it's a really hard sell for people to go back to vanilla Yakuza 3 after the heights of 0.

They probably should've remade it in the newer combat engine.

lightbane · Nov 11, 2020

There's the fact that allegedly all of the Yakuza remakes and new entries were censored compared to the early PS2 entries. Twice counting the Western edition (going as far as to remove a cigar from Yakuza 3's cover). That may be a factor.

Deflowerer · Nov 11, 2020

Doubt it. Most people don't give a fuck about a tranny or two being removed.

The cigarette was removed because Tokyo has banned smoking in public since the original game came out. That is why the cigarette heat move is also absent.