-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
tri-Ace acquired by Nepro Japan, becomes dedicated smartphone/tablet mobile dev
- Thread starter Maximilian Kolbe
- Start date
For those crying over no more Star Ocean or Valkyrie Profile, realistically this sale didn't even change anything. Square Enix dropped both brands like hot potatoes after their respective last entries and tri-Ace along with it. And seeing how Square Enix made Nepro's MGS do Lord of Vermilion 3 for them they could also come to Nepro's tri-Ace for a new Star Ocean or Valkyrie Profile, that as likely as it was before the sale.
Worst character in recent memory.
Leave lymle and Sarah alone it's not their fault they were animated poorly
Leave lymle and Sarah alone it's not their fault they were animated poorly
I don't think it was just animation. Lymle wasn't very good at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNauq6_9iP0
When was that? Last I heard, Yoshinori said that the game was originally supposed to be a trilogy and he accomplished everything he wanted to do with the franchise and wanted to move on. He also had no plans to ever make remakes because "I'd rather make a new game"
I'd rather have Yoshinori not making mobile games because his company didn't make enough money and became ripe for sale.
Obviously life doesn't always give us what we want.
Same =/
StealthPandemic
Banned
No Infinite Undiscovery 2 for Xbox One?
WHY!!!?
WHY!!!?
I thought Radiata was better then X and XII. One of my favorite Jrpgs of the ps2 era
HolyBaikal
Banned
Awww, Lennneth is so cute here! This makes me want to play Star Ocean 3, again.
I think that Lymle and Meracle are underrated characters. Though I do admit they could both be more mature.
I kind of wish something like Starbound, but with Star Ocean existed. Exploring lots of planets, instead of saving the universe. Whenever I'm playing Starbound, I wish I could play as a Fellpool.
Me too I'm sad it was never tried to be made a series the living breathing world with it's own routine has been tried many times but that was one of the few games I felt it actually worked.
Star Ocean until 4 really suffered from let's go to multiple planets but spend 95%+ of our time on one
ALLseeingEYE
Member
Yuck, Infinite Undiscovery was awful. Having said that, this is sad. I take it Phantasy Star Nova didn't sell well? I don't take this as a death toll though, smartphones can still be great JRPG devices. Hopefully they'll be able to make a few standard RPGs down the line if the expected ftp games do well.
The problem is that Tri-Ace is kind of known for a realtime battle system which I'm not sure really fits the mobile market at all. Due to touch inputs being more limiting
PixyJunket
Member
If you're not joking, have a bro-fist.
I don't know why, but I really liked that game.
HolyBaikal
Banned
I agree. Star Ocean 3 did that, too. I think moreso maybe than Star Ocean 4. You spent a lot of time on several planets on Star Ocean 4. On Star Ocean 3, you spent most of your time on Elicoor II.
Elicoor II was a beautiful place that reminded me of Northwest Europe. But it wasn't much of a Space Opera game, that way. And while the idea for the ending was amazing and reflects my ideas for the future of virtual reality or synthetic reality. And an interesting philosophical idea for video games, about the mind in a box or God. I don't think it was a very good idea for the Star Ocean series.
To be honest, Star Ocean 4 felt more like a Space Opera than Star Ocean 3. Which was focused on Elicoor and Fantasy, and Virtual Reality and philosophical ideas of God.
HolyBaikal
Banned
Maybe someday mobile will include Windows 10. The ultrabook I'm using right now is kind of like a mobile device.
I hope so. I would love to see tri-Ace games on Steam.
I hope so. I would love to see tri-Ace games on Steam.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Is Valkryie Profile owned by Square or TriAce?
Not that it matters much. It's dead as shit regardless but if I know the IP went with a mobile company I'll be forever sad.
Not that it matters much. It's dead as shit regardless but if I know the IP went with a mobile company I'll be forever sad.
Meccanical
Member
Welp, guess End of Eternity will never ever have a sequel.
Dracandros
Banned
Now that it's been a day since I found out about the news, saying that I will miss the older tri-Ace games is still a huge understatement.
However, assuming we get anything translated from tri-Ace now, I will still keep a watch out to see what they can do. They are far too talented and I'm far too loyal to not at least look at what they can do with a different slate.
I just hope that what they can make isn't dumbed-to-dust or cheap mobile fanfare. *sigh*
However, assuming we get anything translated from tri-Ace now, I will still keep a watch out to see what they can do. They are far too talented and I'm far too loyal to not at least look at what they can do with a different slate.
I just hope that what they can make isn't dumbed-to-dust or cheap mobile fanfare. *sigh*
If S-E were going to do anything with it they would have by now. Valkyrie Profile 2 was such a fantastic game too.
Pinko Marx
Banned
tri-Ace hasn't been shit for a while but still...
They're responsible for two of my favorite PSX era RPGs and still had some gems in the PS2 age.
FUCK.
This one hurts.
They're responsible for two of my favorite PSX era RPGs and still had some gems in the PS2 age.
FUCK.
This one hurts.
Yeah, but I doubt that we will got a new Star Ocean without them
Pinko Marx
Banned
FUCK
THAT
They made some of my favorite RPGs of last gen
I am SO fucking tired of the huge mobile game push ruining top Japanese studios...
Theres nothing "top" about tri-Ace. Lets be honest here.
Are you close to that guy or why did you use his given name? =D
Yoshinori Yamagishi was the Enix producer responsible for all Square Enix published tri-Ace games up to Star Ocean 4. He already said at that time that SO4 is the last game with his involvement. Afaik nobody ever asked whether that was his, tri-Ace's or Square Enix's decision, but it should be no surprise exactly nothing happened with the VP and SO brands since.
I can honestly say they made more console RPGs that I enjoyed last gen than any other developer. I can honestly say they created my favorite PS2 game hands down. I can honestly say they're approach to gameplay systems was sophisticated and enjoyable.
TheContact
Member
Does this mean we will get ports on iOS? What about any chance of star ocean series coming to vita because of this? Or does it kill any chance of that happening ?
tri-Ace didn't own any of their IPs. Square-Enix own Star Ocean, Valkyrie Profile, Radiata Stories and maybe Infinite Undiscovery. Sega own Resonance of Fate. Any future entries would be dependant on the publishers with new teams or contacting out tri-Ace from Nepro but it's pretty obvious publishers didn't care about any of these franchises anyway.
shark sandwich
tenuously links anime, pedophile and incels
Now who will make JRPGs with kick ass battle systems, completely un-likeable characters, and writing so shitty it makes Power Rangers look like Shakespeare in comparison?
BasilZero
Member
Please tell me Squareenix at least still holds the IP for Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile.
Please tell me it wont be frozen due to lack of a development team........
n________________________________n RIP
At least we still have Tales of series from Namco........
Edit: Reading an above post mentions that SE did work with this company who now owns Tri-Ace...hopefully we'll get something in the future ;o?
Please tell me it wont be frozen due to lack of a development team........
n________________________________n RIP
At least we still have Tales of series from Namco........
(I will miss Star Ocean the series I enjoyed more than Tales very dearly T_T)
Edit: Reading an above post mentions that SE did work with this company who now owns Tri-Ace...hopefully we'll get something in the future ;o?
On the other hand:
Worst character in recent memory.
can't hate her, i defeated the ethereal queen thanks to her.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Their technical chops and ability to put out CRPG-levels of ancilliary systems was.
http://files.nepro.jp/jp/ir/pdf/release232.pdf
(See page 8 of the slide)
Looks like new parent company wants tri-Ace to keep supporting consoles (that includes handhelds I assume). Good
(See page 8 of the slide)
Looks like new parent company wants tri-Ace to keep supporting consoles (that includes handhelds I assume). Good
http://files.nepro.jp/jp/ir/pdf/release232.pdf
(See page 8 of the slide)
Looks like new parent company wants tri-Ace to focus on consoles (that includes handhelds I assume). Good
Oh, long live the king?
Nepro want tri-Ace to support mobile too, but the slide says console games were their strength so Nepro wants them to keep supporting consoles as well.