sixteen-bit
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We don't need a Switch tax, but I'm expecting one. Switch titles will do gangbusters!
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Limited Run Games |OT2| Sweet XOXO for Digital to Physical Media
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We don't need a Switch tax, but I'm expecting one. Switch titles will do gangbusters!
sixteen-bit
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Nuclear Throne on Switch would be so hype. I know it's supposed to be coming to Vita but it's taking forever!
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Huh, Limited Run Games doesnt hate Nintendo fans after all, who knew?
punkmaggit
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sixteen-bit
Member
Yeah but not on physical.
How would Nintendo not being open to working with LRG up until recent mean LRG hates Nintendo fans?
Also, 100% in on La Mulana. And I finally have a Vita cover I can't bitch about!
Azure Phoenix
Member
Has there been any word about VA-11 Hall-A yet? The Japanese physical Vita release is out in less than a month and I'm currently not sure if I should grab that or hang on for LRG.
AlexFlame116
Member
But...it was Nintendo who said no at the end. LRG wanted to publish a physical version of Fatal Frame but weren't able to.
Olengie
Member
They're working on it?
I would've picked up the JPN release. But it doesn't have Eng subs.
sixteen-bit
Member
That woulda been hype.
How Devil's Third got a physical release over FF is mind-boggling.
That is a good point. Violence > girls with skimpy DLC outfits, I guess. I still hope that FF comes to Switch as a download some day, at least.
Thanks for the info.
It is La Mulana ! I'm psyched !!!
November 10th
https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/921386255962791936
Shit, guess I have to get this. I'm already getting a physical copy of LM from the LM2 kickstarter but I can't resist one of the best games ever. Really hope my first LRG experience isn't a total disaster.
No.
CannonFodder52
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Fatal Frame would easily have been my most hyped release.
I think non region free consoles like the Wii U would've proved difficult for LRG in terms of their batching and having different listings etc
Crawl : 3800 units
La Mulana : 4800 units
Nex Machina : 7500 units (4500 Standard and 3000 Collectors)
Didn't notice that physical tier. Damn, it's tempting but it's expensive, and PC (I think ?). I'll probably wait for the LRG take on La Mulana 2 but I hope we'll have manuals too. It seems almost mandatory for this kind of game :|
I also hope there will be a bundle on November 10th because I'm interested in all 3 games.
Didn't know Crawl but it has great reviews.
La Mulana : 4800 units
Nex Machina : 7500 units (4500 Standard and 3000 Collectors)
Didn't notice that physical tier. Damn, it's tempting but it's expensive, and PC (I think ?). I'll probably wait for the LRG take on La Mulana 2 but I hope we'll have manuals too. It seems almost mandatory for this kind of game :|
I also hope there will be a bundle on November 10th because I'm interested in all 3 games.
Didn't know Crawl but it has great reviews.
Not really, since they would have just had to handle the US. Fatal Frame got a full retail release in Europe, Japan and Australia. Sure there's people who want to collect every LRG release, but they could have just got a LRG US copy if they really needed it.
otaku-asia
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That's a bit of a shame for such a high tier game like Nex Machina. I think it could move a lot more copies over time.
It may seem small, but this is their biggest single console release yet after Ys Origin for the PS4, and that one had unlimited open orders for a day.
I prefered when they released around 7k standard units for big games (Shadow complex, Firewatch) than splitting this number between standard and CE though. Maybe that's just me
otaku-asia
Member
Yeah, one of the reasons why I find the print run quite low. On top of that they are doing 3 cover variants. A lot of people will double or even triple dip, so 7500 is not a very big number.
That's certainly true. Collectors will definitely be picking up multiple copies this way. TBH, this is one of LRG's practices I don't like (multiple cover arts the require buying more than one copy).
bmcphail2008
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The third cover variant is not included in the 7500 total and will be a PSX exclusive initially. As such, I think the number for essentially two variants (standard and CE) will be fine for a game without the following of a Ys or Wonder Boy.
mattysaurus
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Has WayForward officially talked about this? I know a lot of people (including myself) were clamoring for a physical, but they never really talked about it. Would make an awesome LRG Switch release.
i just hope the covers aren't random or hard to get because i want that one with the skull on
DaBargainHunta
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They are not random. There is only one cover for standard version
cj_iwakura
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Just an art book?
Hispanicguy
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I've put 300+ hours into Nex Machina. You better believe I'll be purchasing it.
DaBargainHunta
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Ys had an art book (which looks like a glorified instruction manual) and a fold-up poster.
(Most artbooks look like this in LEs...) Seriously though, for most games, this is pretty much the standard... I see this complaint come up a lot, and a lot of people don't realize what the expectations vs reality is for them.
I agree with the exclusion of the soundtrack being disappointing, for sure. But the artbook comment I do comment on, because every LE topic I go into, someone is upset with how small the book is. I just don't know what people expect, because 14 times out of 15, it will be something small like that (whether hardbound or not, it's still usually small), with the rarity being something actually OVER 50 pages. I see people often laugh at "LOL 50 pg 'artbook'!" but it really IS that rare for a decent-sized one to be included in any LE. Trust me, I collect enough LEs to know :/ Sure it would be nice to get something bigger, but I know the reality of it on what to expect.
cj_iwakura
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The Atlus USA release of Growlanser V came with a gorgeous artbook covering the entire series.
UltraBosh64
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I second this statement. After buying several years worth of jrpg LE's/CE's the norm is small artbooks. The whole "well it's not hardback" argument is rather petty IMO. I've bought tons of LE's [particularly 3ds & vita ones] that include paperback artbooks of 30-50 pages, which is perfectly acceptable as long as the contents of the books are good [keep in mind here that most of these also include the "Atlus-tax" or are NISA-LE's, which invalidates basically any of the "well I paid a premium for this LE!"] It's not about the material it's made of; More important is the content inside the artbook [which in Ys Origin's defense is rather good].
I will on the negative side agree though that not having the OST bundled was a misstep for a game in a series which is well known for their soundtracks. I would've loved to have had that in the package. LRG [at least more in the beginning] always put out OST for sale for their games. Not sure what changed in the mindset there, but I feel like that would be something to maybe look back into for them.
DaBargainHunta
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Yeah, it was my first CE - and my last.
LRG will sell them all anyway, so it doesn't matter to their bottom line, but I'll be sticking with regular releases from now on.
I blame only myself, because I knew it was a gamble and I knew better, especially when LRG showed no pictures of what we'd actually be getting inside the package - a major red flag for this and all of their other CEs (and CEs in general, probably).
cj_iwakura
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To be fair, the Night Trap and Silver Case LEs clearly stated the contents on their site.
foobarry81
Member
How about publishers would actually start calling it was it is: an art booklet. That would lower expectations and would generally be more honest. But they pretty much all insist on blowing pretty much anything out of proportion, even the small ones like LRG.
DaBargainHunta
Member
A list of contents isn't the issue - that's the case for every LE on LRG's site - getting to see what said contents actually look like is where we're usually left in the dark.
cj_iwakura
Member
There was a picture too.
DaBargainHunta
Member
Fair enough, but that's definitely not the case across the board.
(Time for a bunch of replies :x)
That's the 1/15 I mentioned, because it really is a rarity. But yes it was nice. I've seen that happen a lot too, where an artbook will be skipped for a few games, and then one will release it as a sort of 'history' to the series, which is nice to make up for it.
Exactly. I've seen SO MANY people expecting a full $30ish artbook that Udon localizes. Not to say it doesn't happen, as I do have a few LEs with some VERY nice, large, meaty artbooks in them, but barely ever see those. Usually in $150-200 LEs. Buying an imported or one of the ones that Udon localizes are more worth it, if you really want an artbook.
I wonder if it was a contract thing or just became too expensive? XSEED had a great partnership with Falcom, and could do some good CDs, but then again, even things like Ys Seven was only able to have a condensed soundtrack.
Ok so you went in without expectations, but sometimes stock photos don't always work. Maybe they could've made a graphic showing the book, and it could've still been interpreted in being something bigger.
Hmmm this might work... but what about ones that are still small, but hardbound, like what IF and NISA put out? Would those still be "booklets" due to their size, or would the hardbound still differentiate themselves and make them "books"?
That's the 1/15 I mentioned, because it really is a rarity. But yes it was nice. I've seen that happen a lot too, where an artbook will be skipped for a few games, and then one will release it as a sort of 'history' to the series, which is nice to make up for it.
Exactly. I've seen SO MANY people expecting a full $30ish artbook that Udon localizes. Not to say it doesn't happen, as I do have a few LEs with some VERY nice, large, meaty artbooks in them, but barely ever see those. Usually in $150-200 LEs. Buying an imported or one of the ones that Udon localizes are more worth it, if you really want an artbook.
I wonder if it was a contract thing or just became too expensive? XSEED had a great partnership with Falcom, and could do some good CDs, but then again, even things like Ys Seven was only able to have a condensed soundtrack.
Ok so you went in without expectations, but sometimes stock photos don't always work. Maybe they could've made a graphic showing the book, and it could've still been interpreted in being something bigger.
Hmmm this might work... but what about ones that are still small, but hardbound, like what IF and NISA put out? Would those still be "booklets" due to their size, or would the hardbound still differentiate themselves and make them "books"?
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