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Strange Quark posted:Maybe not, but the longest between entries hasn't ever been more a little over two years, and Trauma Team didn't get stunning numbers and wasn't even released in Europe. Are there any actual sales figures on Trauma Team from a reliable source? Everything I've heard says that it bombed harder than the Enola Gay, but the only numbers I can find are from VGChartz, which apparently gets its numbers by reading entrails. Delsaber posted:While it's not exactly a dormant IP, part of me is still wishing for a proper Phantasy Star V after all these years, even knowing that it'll never happen. I'm as big a fan of the series as anyone but I don't see how you could do a proper sequel; I could see a side story taking place during the series' timeline (maybe in between games, or maybe set on Earth or something), but PS4's ending already tied up the main series' plot pretty neatly.
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Cake Attack posted:Nah, it wasn't. Three had you as a member of a squad of convicts that got sent on suicide missions because nobody cares about you. It was anime as hell all the same, but still. Man, that sounds way better than 2. The good news about stuff like this is if Sega is really gonna let Atlus USA keep operating independently (which seems to be the case, I keep getting emails from them at least) they'll almost certainly pick up localization projects like VC3 that Sega of America previously wouldn't touch. It's not like anything Sega of Japan puts out can be any more niche than the stuff they already do. They put out the Dept. Heaven games in English for gently caress's sake.
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Why would they localize a game on a completely dead system... I doubt they'd touch projects like that anyway, Atlus is pretty smart about what they would choose to localize.
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Alteisen posted:Why would they localize a game on a completely dead system... PSP games still come out once in awhile as budget-priced PSN exclusives. Not that I think Atlus will localize VC3, because they won't, but there is still a precedent for PSP localizations.
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Alteisen posted:Why would they localize a game on a completely dead system... I'm not saying that Atlus will localize VC3, because they obviously won't. What I meant was that if Sega of Japan releases more niche stuff in the future like Valkyria Chronicles or Yakuza or whatever that the American branch of Sega has refused to localize in the past, it would be presumably very easy for Atlus USA to pick up those projects now that they're under the same corporate umbrella.
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I'd have to dig up the interview, but I wouldn't be shocked if Atlus decides to localize Valkyria Chronicles 3 in the future. I remember them expressing shock a little while back that it hadn't come out, and how they approached Sega (America/Europe) for the rights to localize it, just to be told to gently caress off. Also the VC3 Extra Edition is Vita compatible. Yes its on a dead handheld, but it would probably still sell well enough on the Vita. The free to play card game over there is pretty much on life support these days. Plus even if VC3 doesn't come over, future games would probably come over, since Atlus localizes the oddest loving things. It's also infinitely more likely to happen than what others are hoping for in "Fire Emblem x Shin Megami x Valkyria Chronicles" DarkstarIV fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Nov 28, 2013 |
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Thuryl posted:I'm as big a fan of the series as anyone but I don't see how you could do a proper sequel; I could see a side story taking place during the series' timeline (maybe in between games, or maybe set on Earth or something), but PS4's ending already tied up the main series' plot pretty neatly. Yeah, and it's still one of the best endings I've seen in terms of wrapping everything up properly. I can only think of a couple minor loose threads, such as the whereabouts and/or ultimate fate of The Great Light and maybe just how hosed Motavia might be without Nurvus, but neither require a follow-up or anything. I think I'd really just like to revisit that setting again, see what's up. Algo could be a pretty interesting place 10 to 100 years later. Hell, I might be happy just to see someone else take a stab at Phantasy Star for once. I wonder if Sega will keep it under their control now that they have Atlus, and how Atlus would even approach that style. They've of course handled sci-fi/fantasy concepts before, but nothing quite like Phantasy Star. Endorph posted:Also, play Dragon Force, it rules. It absolutely does. Best reason to own a Saturn, aside from perhaps Saturn Bomberman with a multitap and several controllers.
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I'm laughing so hard at the fact that the CEO of Sega is pretty much saying "Our western side loving sucks, guys. Good news though, we own Atlus now, so maybe their awesome western side will finally bring you the games you want to play." That being said, I'm glad they're going to let Atlus USA continue doing their own things with localizing other companies games, at least I assume, just with the added ability of bringing over Sega games. Also, with the mention of them being able to make games with dormant IPs, I would pay any amount for another Jet Set Radio.
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DrManiac posted:I wonder if this means ATLUS can finally bring Phantasy Star Online 2 to the US Didn't they initially localize SMT: IMAGINE before whoever took over it came in?
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JetGrind posted:Didn't they initially localize SMT: IMAGINE before whoever took over it came in? No, that was Aeria Games and then Atlus Online took it. I think? Augh, I can't remember. It's one way or the other. We'll never get PSO2 by the way.
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kirbysuperstar posted:No, that was Aeria Games and then Atlus Online took it. I think? Augh, I can't remember. It's one way or the other. Yeah, it was that exactly.
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Thuryl posted:Are there any actual sales figures on Trauma Team from a reliable source? Everything I've heard says that it bombed harder than the Enola Gay, but the only numbers I can find are from VGChartz, which apparently gets its numbers by reading entrails. Western sales numbers are just about impossible especially for smaller/niche games because the company that compiles sales data doesn't release it publicly. Generally they only release a top ten with no numbers. So it's down to the individual companies to decide if they want to release the specific numbers for a game or not. Obviously they only do that when the numbers are really good, though, which Trauma Team apparently wasn't. In Japan the numbers for the top ten are released and anything below that can be summed up as "pretty terrible". This is the neogaf post from when it was released in Japan and, as you can see, it was way down on the list. It very possibly didn't even scrape together 10k sales in its opening week. It's funny because I remember once a really long time ago one of the Atlus people said on their official forums that the Trauma Center games were far and away their biggest sellers in the west. But that was back in the earlier DS days, the franchise must have kind of fallen off a cliff from there. I think that the idea of a surgery simulator had a fair amount of mainstream appeal but the difficulty and anime of it probably turned people off eventually.
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They finally revealed Sho's Persona in Persona 4 Arena 2: Attack of the Clones: It's Tsukiyomi, the Japanese Moon God. (He's the spawn of Izanagi and was born after Izanagi returned from his spat with Izanami in the Underworld, so take that as you will) Overall, eh, it feels a little too derivative of Izanagi's design.
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TurnipFritter posted:Overall, eh, it feels a little too derivative of Izanagi's design. My immediate thought was Trismegistus, to be honest.
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TurnipFritter posted:They finally revealed Sho's Persona in Persona 4 Arena 2: Attack of the Clones: That's pretty much exactly who I was expecting it to be to be honest.
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According to the SMT wiki, Sho's title is "The Lawbreaking Pun Machine" when he's solo, then "The Defaced Dark Messiah" once he gets Tsukuyomi. It also says quote:He seems to disregard companionship as he mocks Yu Narukami for his "useless" friendship with others. He also seems to want to rescue the captured members of the Shadow Operatives before Yu is able to do so, especially Aigis. Edit: I was thinking about his title as "The Defaced Dark Messiah". He couldn't be the malevolent entity could he?
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Butt Ghost posted:According to the SMT wiki, Sho's title is "The Lawbreaking Pun Machine" when he's solo, Great, another game spouting garbage about the need for pun control.
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Puns are the best form of comedy. I hope he constantly spouts puns. Just a never ending torrent of puns.
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PureRok posted:Puns are the best form of comedy. I hope he constantly spouts puns. Just a never ending torrent of puns. I Sho hope so too.
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Butt Ghost posted:According to the SMT wiki, Sho's title is "The Lawbreaking Pun Machine" when he's solo, then "The Defaced Dark Messiah" once he gets Tsukuyomi. It also says The Defaced Dark Messiah instantly makes me think of the P3 protagonist. Or I guess his evil counterpart.
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PureRok posted:Puns are the best form of comedy. I hope he constantly spouts puns. Just a never ending torrent of puns. Let me tell you about the dangers of a Loaded Pun.
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Butt Ghost posted:Edit: I was thinking about his title as "The Defaced Dark Messiah". He couldn't be the malevolent entity could he? You mean Nyarlathotep? Or just the mysterious thingy from the end of Arena? Either way, trying to rescue people doesn't sound like something they'd do. Unless they'd get to have fun torturing their psyches afterwards. Edit: ImpAtom posted:The Defaced Dark Messiah instantly makes me think of the P3 protagonist. Or I guess his evil counterpart. I have no idea how/if that would work story wise, but it would certainly explain why he wants to save the SEES people first.
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Grozz Nuy posted:Man, that sounds way better than 2. The good news about stuff like this is if Sega is really gonna let Atlus USA keep operating independently (which seems to be the case, I keep getting emails from them at least) they'll almost certainly pick up localization projects like VC3 that Sega of America previously wouldn't touch. It's not like anything Sega of Japan puts out can be any more niche than the stuff they already do. They put out the Dept. Heaven games in English for gently caress's sake. Maybe this means that we'll finally start getting Puyo Puyo games in English again.  (Yeah I know we won't but I can dream)
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ImpAtom posted:The Defaced Dark Messiah instantly makes me think of the P3 protagonist. Or I guess his evil counterpart. Yeah, it sounds like it could be their shadow. It could easily tie into Elizabeth's story and her trying to save Minato. The only thing that doesn't seem to line up with that is his Persona.
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TurnipFritter posted:They finally revealed Sho's Persona in Persona 4 Arena 2: Attack of the Clones: Ehh, I'll give em' a pass since it's literally Izanagi's son and Sho probably has some relation to Yu. [e] And as far as Izanagi rip-offs go it's 100x cooler than Magatsu-Izanagi DrManiac fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Nov 28, 2013 |
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CottonWolf posted:You mean Nyarlathotep? Or just the mysterious thingy from the end of Arena? Either way, trying to rescue people doesn't sound like something they'd do. Unless they'd get to have fun torturing their psyches afterwards. Now, a Messiah is usually defined as a messenger of God. Perhaps you can even view it as an Avatar. If Sho is the "Defaced Dark Messiah", could that mean he's a messenger, pawn, or perhaps even a puppet of the malevolent entity? This could also be more evidence pointing at this to be the work of Nyarlathotep, since possession and manipulation was his schtick in P1 and P2. Butt Ghost fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Nov 28, 2013 |
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Butt Ghost posted:Now, a Messiah is usually defined as a messenger of God. Perhaps you can even view it as an Avatar. If Sho is the "Defaced Dark Messiah", could that mean he's a messenger, pawn, or perhaps even a puppet of the malevolent entity? This could also be more evidence pointing at this to be the work of Nyarlathotep, since possession and manipulation was his schtick in P1 and P2. Plus in the Mythos, this was Nyarly's initial story. That's definitely Dark Messiah territory. I definitely wouldn't put it past Atlus to be making a direct reference.
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kirbysuperstar posted:No, that was Aeria Games and then Atlus Online took it. I think? Augh, I can't remember. It's one way or the other. And now Marvelous/XSEED own it.
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Silly Voodoo posted:Maybe this means that we'll finally start getting Puyo Puyo games in English again. Everytime I hear news about Puyo Tetris I sort of cry on the inside.
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Remember that Arena had two antagonists: the Malevolent Entity, heavily implied to be Nyarlathotep, and the Eerie Voice, the guy who hijacked Labrys in the routes with the P4 cast sans Naoto.
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pichupal posted:Everytime I hear news about Puyo Tetris I sort of cry on the inside. Yeah, me too.  I mean, I get there are only so many gimmicks you can do in a puzzle game and you have to at least try to justify a new release, but come on.Since there are so many characters now I kind of wish they would take the series back to its Madou Monogatari roots and make a straight up JRPG, but that will never happen. TurnipFritter posted:They finally revealed Sho's Persona in Persona 4 Arena 2: Attack of the Clones: This probably doesn't mean anything, but I wonder if the red and black colour scheme is meant to contrast P4's yellow and black colour scheme. Also wow, those heels.
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Testekill posted:Still no announcement of when SMT IV is getting an Australian release. Considering that you can preorder it from most major game retailers, that's getting a little ridiculous. This is the EXACT reason I just imported a US 3DS. Because it's region locked and people are really terrible about bring stuff to PAL territories.
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CandyCrazy posted:Remember that Arena had two antagonists: the Malevolent Entity, heavily implied to be Nyarlathotep, and the Eerie Voice, the guy who hijacked Labrys in the routes with the P4 cast sans Naoto. These weren't the same person?
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There was no indication they were the same person. The Malevolent Entity made a point of conjuring fake Shadows of everyone to try and break their spirits. Meanwhile Labrys is hacked into, something we do not ever see the Entity do and it's implied to be by a human being as well rather than a malicious force.
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You all are missing the real news. Dancing with your Persona.
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I know this is old news by internet standards already but my first thought upon reading about Atlus revitalizing dormant Sega IPs was Ecco: Strange Journey. It would be a game for a new generation of players who haven't experienced what it is like to have bleak underwater adventures in submarine dungeons where everything is trying to brutally murder you. Now with teleport and darkness tiles!
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