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Hero of Legend · Oct 13, 2008

October 13th 2008 - Rising Star Games and Marvelous Entertainment today hailed their overseas media event at this years Tokyo Games Show a success and feels buoyed by the positive reactions received for the products on show. Featuring playable code of the previously announced Little Kings Story for the very first time, there was also a debut for Muramasa: The Demon Blade to western audiences as well as the announcement of No More Heroes 2 by creator Suda51 himself. All three titles will be published by Rising Star Games in PAL territories during 2009/10.

Based on ancient Japanese lore, Muramasa: The Demon Blade plunges players into the mystical Genroku era, ruled by the skilled shogun Tsunayoshi Tokogawa. However, this culture is threatened; Tokogawas thirst for power leads to a conflict over the enormously powerful, though cursed, Demon Blades. Used in hatred, drenched in blood, the cursed blades condemn those who use them to tragedy, madness and untimely death. Featuring hand-drawn 2D art reflecting the heritage and tone of the storyline, Muramasa transports players into the mythology envisioned by the creators of the highly praised Odin Sphere. Players take on the role of a male ninja or female kunoichi, utilising their ninja prowess to traverse the clever side-scrolling levels that feature vertical progression as well as the traditional horizontal stage advancement.

Garnering the biggest reaction of the night was the announcement of a sequel to the critically acclaimed Wii-exclusive No More Heroes. Taking place three years after the end of the first title, No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle sees hero Travis Touchdown embark on a mission of revenge following the murder of his best friend. Featuring improvements to the game engine and graphics, Suda51 also promises a far busier Santa Destroy, much darker tone and also a few surprises to come.

Were extremely happy with the interest shown for this event, enthused Martin Defries, managing director of Rising Star Games. We knew there was a lot of interest in this event from the number of journalists who confirmed their attendance in advance, both through us within Europe as well as on Marvelous side, but we didnt expect the place to be packed out!

Rising Star Games can also confirm an additional ten titles to be released along with the three on show. Valhalla Knights 2 (PSP), Steal Princess (DS), Luminous Arc 2 (DS), Avalon Code (DS), Rune Factory 2 (DS), Discipline (WiiWare), Hero for 30sec (PSP), Valhalla Knights: Elder Saga (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier (Wii) and Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii) are all planned for 2009/10.

WOW, and even Discipline as well before an NA announcement too!

Edit: There, bolded.

near · Oct 13, 2008

Yay, I was worried that we wasn't going to get Muramasa: The Demon Blade, but now thats out of the way, we're getting the awesomeness of Discipline as well!?

By the way, what on earth is Hero for 30sec (PSP)?

Kazenone · Oct 13, 2008

Oh snap Steel Princess. RSG redeemed!

Danj · Oct 13, 2008

OP needs to either make a bulleted list of the games, or bold the bits in the article, I was reading it and couldn't figure out why everyone was so excited until I got to the end and saw the shitloads of game titles.

Oldschool · Oct 13, 2008

Airkiru said:
By the way, what on earth is Hero for 30sec (PSP)?

I second that.

-Kh- · Oct 13, 2008

Wow, so much love from RSG for Euroland, that's awesome.

2009(/10) the year of the RPG for Wii, great

Emotions · Oct 13, 2008

Wow, awesome.....
Can't wait for the US annoucements of Steel Princess and Vallhala Knights Wii. Probably by
XSeed or could be someone else like the US localization of Lux-Pain isn't being done by XSeed.

dark steve · Oct 13, 2008

Steal Princess?

Yeah...uh, hrmm. I guess there are worse titles you could localize...and maybe Climax worked on it to make it better (hah!)...

VerTiGo · Oct 13, 2008

Awesome in regards to No More Heroes: DS. I didn't know those details. This game will rock.

Stormbringer · Oct 13, 2008

Hell yeah ! Awesome line-up

. I think I might very well be getting more games from RSG this coming year than from any other publisher... Go RSG !

D-X · Oct 18, 2008

Uncut NMH2 please, don't make me import again... ah who am I kidding?

Don · Oct 18, 2008

D-X said:
Uncut NMH2 please, don't make me import again... ah who am I kidding?

I'm pretty sure Suda already said that there would be two versions released in Europe, with one being censored and the other uncensored.

John Harker · Oct 18, 2008

Gosh damn Marvelous/Rising Star/XSeed are so hot right now.

Listen, employed lurkers: I work in the industry, you need to PM me so we can have a conversation about possible opportunities together :lol

Can't wait for NMH2.

Hive · Oct 18, 2008

Steal Princess is so mine ^o^ Hopefully they can take some time to tweak/add/fix a few things that were sorta wacky about the J-release~

There is a stage-create mode that sounds promising too~

batbeg · Oct 18, 2008

Hero for 30sec...?

Kurosaki Ichigo · Oct 18, 2008

Hero for 30sec (PSP)

I keep hoping that this is a localized name for Namaikida but I don't think MMV/RSG can be that awesome.

So it must be one obscure MMV game...but the only one they have released and isn't on track for Europe is Umihawa Kawase Portable / Yumi's Odd Odyssey. Hero for 30sec doesn't really sound like that game, does it?

Aru · Oct 18, 2008

Did someone buy the japanese version of Steal Princess ?
Is it good ?

I'm so sad that Climax canceled Landstalker's remake to make this

D-X · Oct 18, 2008

Don said:
I'm pretty sure Suda already said that there would be two versions released in Europe, with one being censored and the other uncensored.

I certainly hope so, I wouldn't want to start 2 years of bitching at Rising Star now. Other than their decision to bring us the Japanese version of the original I think they're doing a good job.

jesusraz · Oct 18, 2008

Aru said:
Did someone buy the japanese version of Steal Princess ?
Is it good ?

I'm so sad that Climax canceled Landstalker's remake to make this

It's pretty fun from the short amount of time I spent with it when it launched. The simple stage-by-stage action works quite well.

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