Random JRPG News Thread

[MakenBro]

Was a mistake, apparently.



The IV duology rumors were entirely based on that (fake) image posted on 4chan, the only credible Atlus leaker (Midori) said some PS2 SMT title is getting a remaster.

 

[deuxhero]

If the image is fake,and that leak is real then the PS2 title is almost certainly Raidou 1. It placed first on an official pool asking what game should be remade (because the sequel improved the gameplay massively and the pre-rendered backgrounds might have a master quality image on dev machine). THe only other PS2 SMT titles are Person 3/4 (already have a modern version), and DDS, which is such a linked duology it could only be ported as a pair unless they throw a real curveball and port Maken Shao (which is very, very SMT styled).

 

[911 Jumper]

Monolith Soft Project Codename “Legacy” Reportedly in Development at Nintendo

Notable leaker Midori has commented that Monolith Soft is reportedly working on a project codenamed “Legacy”. This project is not related to Xenosaga, according to Midori, but it will be interesting to see whether this is Xenoblade Chronicles 4 or something else entirely.

The company currently has over 200 developers, which means it is likely they are working on multiple projects at once. It is expected that their first title for the Nintendo Switch successor will launch next year, possibly a sequel to 2022’s Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Following the company’s release pattern, they skipped one year entirely and then released a game and DLC the following year. So, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was released in 2022, with Future Redeemed in 2023. This year, we will not receive a Monolith Soft project, leaving 2025 looking like a prime release time.

Source: Final Weapon.net

 

[911 Jumper]

FAMITSU SALES (5/20/24 – 5/26/24)
Software Sales
[NSW] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – 115,649 / NEW
[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 6,056 / 5,848,388
[NSW] Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 – 5,711 / NEW
[NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 5,122 / 3,575,312
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 5,075 / 7,777,029
[PS5] Stellar Blade – 4,323 / 95,422
[NSW] Minecraft – 4,189 / 3,530,779
[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 3,875 / 5,513,822
[NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 3,752 / 1,859,718
[NSW] Splatoon 3 – 3,733 / 4,304,838

Hardware Sales
Switch OLED – 36,944
PS5 – 17,476
Switch Lite – 7,546
PS5 Digital Edition – 5,892
Switch – 3,542
Xbox Series X – 1,769
Xbox Series S – 330
PS4 – 131

Source: Nintendo Everything

I'm surprised that Stellar Blade hasn't even broken the 100k mark in Japan.

 

[deuxhero]

It was a bait and switch for a console everyone in the country hates for pulling this shit. I'm surprised anyone there bought.

 

[911 Jumper]

INFINITY NIKKI – GAMEPLAY TRAILER

Infinity Nikki, the vibrant open-world RPG with former Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga attached to the project, got another trailer at today's State of Play.

Previously described as an "open-world dress-up adventure," Infinity Nikki will see the titular character arrive on the continent of Miraland. There, along with her friend Momo, she will travel to various nations, each with a different history and culture to explore. In addition, Nikki will encounter a ton of adorable creatures.

Though no firm release date was revealed, we did learn at the end of the trailer that infinity Nikki will get a beta test in Q3 of this year.

Looks like something Female Gaymers would probably enjoy.

 

[deuxhero]

As a sucker for games where the female character gets different forms linked to changing outfits, the little gameplay seen doesn't look very good. Also Soyny, so no pantsu.

 

[Elttharion]

INFINITY NIKKI – GAMEPLAY TRAILER

Infinity Nikki, the vibrant open-world RPG with former Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga attached to the project, got another trailer at today's State of Play.

Previously described as an "open-world dress-up adventure," Infinity Nikki will see the titular character arrive on the continent of Miraland. There, along with her friend Momo, she will travel to various nations, each with a different history and culture to explore. In addition, Nikki will encounter a ton of adorable creatures.

Though no firm release date was revealed, we did learn at the end of the trailer that infinity Nikki will get a beta test in Q3 of this year.

Looks like something Female Gaymers would probably enjoy.

Chink game

Edit: Not sure why you rated it fake news mediocrepoet, the devs are a 'Singapore' based studio owned by a chinese company. Its the same thing Mihoyo did, or Owlcat for another example, were they created a shell company in another country to avoid sanctions or censorship and intervention from their own government. The devs are called infoldgames and their owners are called papergames.

 

[911 Jumper]

INFINITY NIKKI – GAMEPLAY TRAILER

Infinity Nikki, the vibrant open-world RPG with former Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga attached to the project, got another trailer at today's State of Play.

Previously described as an "open-world dress-up adventure," Infinity Nikki will see the titular character arrive on the continent of Miraland. There, along with her friend Momo, she will travel to various nations, each with a different history and culture to explore. In addition, Nikki will encounter a ton of adorable creatures.

Though no firm release date was revealed, we did learn at the end of the trailer that infinity Nikki will get a beta test in Q3 of this year.

Looks like something Female Gaymers would probably enjoy.

Chink game

Yeah, I just checked, and you're not wrong.
Papergames

Infold Games

The Zelda guy attached to this game worked at Nintendo for 20 years before leaving in 2022 to join Papergames.

 

[milothros]

Was Ruina (the RPGMaker one) remake announcement a total never-ever?

 

[lightbane]

Speaking of, the webpage of the RPGMaker is down.

https://rpgmaker.net/

Can you non-Europeans confirm if it's a global issue?

 

[911 Jumper]

Another Souls-like coming right up

 

[Elttharion]

 

[Abu Antar]

Talk about shadow drop.

 

[911 Jumper]

 

[d1r]

Very cool! Who wants a copy?

 

[Vorark]

Very cool! Who wants a copy?

Me!

Back on topic, are there any news about a possible Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster for the Switch? Been wanting to give it a try on Cemu.

 

[Rahdulan]

Very cool! Who wants a copy?

Goddamn, staying true to that title. Put me in for the draw.

Me!

Back on topic, are there any news about a possible Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster for the Switch? Been wanting to give it a try on Cemu.

I don't think so. Which is a shame because XCX is a love or hate game. Emulation is also somewhat awkward because game actually uses the Wii U tablet for map shenanigans. Doable, but less than ideal.

ETERNAL STRUGGLE


or

 

[deuxhero]

Destroyed by LOLcalizers. They let some trannies run amok on it so much that you can no longer play as a female character. Like they literally just skip the screen entirely if the language is set to English. It's still in at least Japanese and French, but not English.

 

[shrekkie]

Very cool! Who wants a copy?

Me too, if you're still offering! I've played through persona 5 but haven't gotten around to the main series yet and would really like to give it a go.

 

[n0wh3r3]

Do I need this?
I usually hate card-mechanics in games.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Do I need this?
I usually hate card-mechanics in games.

Only card-based RPG battle system I've ever enjoyed. Normally hate them with a passion. These are both legitimately good games.

 

[n0wh3r3]

Do I need this?
I usually hate card-mechanics in games.

Only card-based RPG battle system I've ever enjoyed. Normally hate them with a passion. These are both legitimately good games.

How good compared to the great ones in the jrpg history?

 

[Arvennios]

Square Enix like a number of Japanese publishers is heavily relying on remakes and remasters of its past hits to get by. This news reinforces my view that they will never do another FF remake on the scale of FF7R.

That makes sense, a remake of that scope was unnecessary and far too ambitious, most fans only wanted a remake that was faithful to the original, with the technology and graphics of today, which is still a huge undertaking, given the size of the game and considering it was one of the most expensive games of all time.

And sure, it wouldn't have hurt to revisit the hilarious localisation and introduce some quality of life features here and there, maybe a glossary, characters biographies, achievements...etc., but they didn't have to expand so much, completely change the combat system, voice acting everywhere and so on.

 

[911 Jumper]

That makes sense, a remake of that scope was unnecessary and far too ambitious, most fans only wanted a remake that was faithful to the original, with the technology and graphics of today, which is still a huge undertaking, given the size of the game and considering it was one of the most expensive games of all time.

And sure, it wouldn't have hurt to revisit the hilarious localisation and introduce some quality of life features here and there, maybe a glossary, characters biographies, achievements...etc., but they didn't have to expand so much, completely change the combat system, voice acting everywhere and so on.

When they revealed that the remake was going to be split into three separate games, I thought it was bad idea. Splitting a sprawling self-contained RPG into three parts with gaps of several years between each entry increases the risk of people losing interest after the first entry, which is what seems to have happened based on Rebirth's sales figures. I'm sure I've said this before in another thread, but I suspect people felt they had to play Remake [Part 1] again before playing Rebirth and that likely discouraged them from picking up Rebirth.

I generally think the FF7 remake project has been a big waste of time and resources. With the shift to the realistic art style, the '90s anime charm of the original is no longer there. The characters now look like a bunch of American cosplayers, to say nothing of all the padding that was added to make each part into a standalone game. Square Enix could have used FF7R's resources on a bunch of smaller experimental games, which could have resulted in something new and interesting.