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I haven't heard anything since the Gamespot article which said that up to 20 publishers (including Sega but christ no) were interested in bidding on Atlus. It said they expected to have a buyer before the end of August. Of course, it's now mid-September, so who knows really. corn on the cop fucked around with this message at 10:53 on Sep 17, 2013 |
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There hasn't been any news for a while now. I've been checking official sources and they really haven't been saying anything. All we know is that some 20 companies have submitted bids for Index and two of the contenders are a banking firm wanting the cell phone division and Sega. I'm not sure if they are selling off portions of the company or if it's the whole thing altogether. Devil Survivor 2 Break Record was "delayed due to quality concerns" just before they got delisted from the stock exchange and the only thing out of the Atlus division recently has been the Persona 3 movie and promotions for the Devil Survivor 2 anime Bluray/DVD releases this month. E: Tokyo Game Show is this weekend, so maybe it's a good time to announce a buyer? E2: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=th.co.indexcorp.myportrait Yeah, right now they're in cashgrab mode. There has been a steady flow of  Anime games for mobile devices coming from them.
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Playing Soul Hackers, so far so good I suppose. As I understand it, you can't get the good ending unless you play through the game twice? That in of itself wouldn't be a problem if you retained basically everything, but from the sounds of it NG+ is actually harder (you take more damage) and you only get to keep a few things like the compendium and bank balance. Did most people really play through this twice or is it expected to just watch the alternate ending on youtube?
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Nate RFB posted:Playing Soul Hackers, so far so good I suppose. As I understand it, you can't get the good ending unless you play through the game twice? That in of itself wouldn't be a problem if you retained basically everything, but from the sounds of it NG+ is actually harder (you take more damage) and you only get to keep a few things like the compendium and bank balance. Did most people really play through this twice or is it expected to just watch the alternate ending on youtube? The 3DS version allows you to change the difficulty at any time, even in NG+. You can just watch it on Youtube unless you really, really want to play through again and just roll around with Frost Five.
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Sep 18, 2013 02:02
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Breaking news out of Japan is claiming that Sega Sammy is acquiring Index. (Article in Japanese, English one coming soon?)
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Sep 18, 2013 03:54
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Please god no, don't let it be true. 
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Sep 18, 2013 03:59
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http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2013/09/17/sega-purchases-atlus-for-14-billion-yen/55909/ Welp. Considering Sega and Nintendo's relationship this at least means Fire Emblem x SMT is probably still on-track.
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This means Atlus will localize Valkyria Chonricles 3, right? Right?
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Pureauthor posted:This means Atlus will localize Valkyria Chonricles 3, right? 
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There's a translation patch in the works.
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Note that Sega Sammy acquiring Index is not the same as Sega acquiring Index. Depends on how much autonomy the parent company gives them.
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Alteisen posted:Please god no, don't let it be true. You wouldn't play an Eternal Champions reboot with the Fiends and the demi-fiend added in or Jack Frost: Total War?
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Sep 18, 2013 04:20
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RIP Atlus USA (the now redundant localization company owned by index.) I hope the new Persona VAs are good.
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Neo Rasa posted:You wouldn't play an Eternal Champions reboot with the Fiends and the demi-fiend added in or Jack Frost: Total War? Yakuza 5: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Naked Bathhouse Brawlers. 
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So what's the worst case scenario from this it it comes to pass? There's a chance Megami Tensei games won't be coming out in North America or Europe?
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Strange Quark posted:Yakuza 5: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Naked Bathhouse Brawlers. Please put Raidou in ISHIN, Sega. Thank you.
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SgtSteel91 posted:So what's the worst case scenario from this it it comes to pass? There's a chance Megami Tensei games won't be coming out in North America or Europe? The worst case scenario is that SMT is turned into a pachinko-exclusive franchise that never appears outside of smokey Japanese arcades.
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SgtSteel91 posted:So what's the worst case scenario from this it it comes to pass? I can't help but expect an inevitable Demikids re-imagining, for some reason.
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ImpAtom posted:The worst case scenario is that SMT is turned into a pachinko-exclusive franchise that never appears outside of smokey Japanese arcades. Even if that happens, at least it went out on a good game, right?
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SMT being a profitable franchise and all, I'm pretty sure it would make more sense to keep making SMT games and churn out those SMT-branded pachinko machines.
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SgtSteel91 posted:So what's the worst case scenario from this it it comes to pass? There's a chance Megami Tensei games won't be coming out in North America or Europe? This is indeed the worst case scenario and something that is frightening the living poo poo out of any westerner who loves Atlus right now.
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Pureauthor posted:SMT being a profitable franchise and all, I'm pretty sure it would make more sense to keep making SMT games and churn out those SMT-branded pachinko machines. Yeah, this seems most likely.
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Atlus already makes pachinko/pachislot games of their SMT/Persona franchises. Sega Sammy would probably just let them reach an even larger market because pachi-games are a huge money maker for them.
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Yeah it can either be really good or really bad. Sega is good at keeping the PC developers they bought in the past few years like Relic and Creative Assembly in mostly the same shape as they were prior, but Sega is also odd about not bringing over niche titles like Valkrie Chronicles 3, Yakuza 5, or Phantasy Star Online 2. If they were smart, they would take over the US Atlus so things would stay the same. Hoping Atlus does a image like this when Relic was bought by Sega early this year. 
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Akileese posted:This is indeed the worst case scenario and something that is frightening the living poo poo out of any westerner who loves Atlus right now. Hahaha. I think you're all missing the silver lining: summoning Wreck-it Ralph in the next Persona.
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Neo Rasa posted:You wouldn't play an Eternal Champions reboot with the Fiends and the demi-fiend added in or Jack Frost: Total War? I'm fluent in 2 languages and know sign language, and I still lack enough words and expression to adequately express my hatred of Sega. Till time proves otherwise, this is horrible news.
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Rirse posted:Yeah it can either be really good or really bad. Sega is good at keeping the PC developers they bought in the past few years like Relic and Creative Assembly in mostly the same shape as they were prior, but Sega is also odd about not bringing over niche titles like Valkrie Chronicles 3, Yakuza 5, or Phantasy Star Online 2. If they were smart, they would take over the US Atlus so things would stay the same. Let's be fair, VC3 is on a platform that was stone-cold dead in the West at the time, and Sega gave the old college try with every Yakuza prior before throwing in the towel because no one was actually buying those games. I dunno about PSO2's circumstances though.
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U NO WUT IM SAIYAN posted:Hahaha. Sonic The Hedgehog themed alternate costume for Teddie.
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Yakuza came to a standstill when the guy at Sega of America who actually cared about Yakuza quit. The games sold decently enough to justify the small cost of localizing them, but they weren't big money makers. Reportedly ISHIN (the new PS4 Yakuza) is coming overseas according to a Sony rep on NeoGAF and Yakuza 5 is, according to Sony Third Party Production (SCE's new group basically dedicated to making dreams happen), one of the two most wanted games for English localization on PlayStation (its rival is FF Type-0, which Square-Enix is now dancing around teasing a release) so the lights aren't out quite yet on the franchise. Tough luck for anyone who wants KENZAN! or the Black Panther games though.
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Sonikku demon DLC for SMT IV
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Dehry posted:Sonic The Hedgehog themed alternate costume for Teddie. Sega is absolutely enamored with product placement and crossovers, from SOAP Shoes in Sonic Adventure 2 to tank decals from Vanquish in Valkyria Chronicles 2. Look forward to FANTA outfits in Persona 5, Pizza Hut Partisans in SMT5, and Hatsune Miku in Devil Survivor 3 (although I'm sure some people here would unironically enjoy that...). For now we'll just have to be satisfied with a Jack Frost mag in PSO2. 
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Miku in some Atlus property is a given now. For gently caress sake, Miku got into Super Robot Wars on the absolute flimsiest of reasons. Burroughs DLC for SMT 4
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Policenaut posted:Atlus already makes pachinko/pachislot games of their SMT/Persona franchises. Sega Sammy would probably just let them reach an even larger market because pachi-games are a huge money maker for them. I don't even know why they keep making pachinko/pachislot machines when the perfect one has already been released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kh7uBEJbnE
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U NO WUT IM SAIYAN posted:Sega is absolutely enamored with product placement and crossovers, from SOAP Shoes in Sonic Adventure 2 to tank decals from Vanquish in Valkyria Chronicles 2. Look forward to FANTA outfits in Persona 5, Pizza Hut Partisans in SMT5, and Hatsune Miku in Devil Survivor 3 (although I'm sure some people here would unironically enjoy that...). One thing I am betting for sure is Teddie or Jack Frost being in Sonic & Sega All Star Racing Transformed soon. They did that with Company of Heroes 2 when they bought Relic this year.
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I wonder how probable it will be to hand off the Skies of Arcadia stuff to Atlus now? I mean yeah a new game hasn't been made in over 12 years, but stranger things have happened. Then again Shenmue 3 might have a better chance at happening than SOA2.
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Policenaut posted:Miku in some Atlus property is a given now. For gently caress sake, Miku got into Super Robot Wars on the absolute flimsiest of reasons. I'd buy it. She'd probably be much more likable than Burroughs.
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Miku as recruitable/fusable in the next SMT game. Why not
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Pureauthor posted:Miku as recruitable/fusable in the next SMT game. Worked for Dante and later Raidou.
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Miku Frost as the new Jack Frost variant.
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Mercury Crusader posted:Miku Frost as the new Jack Frost variant.  It begins.
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