Inazuma Eleven rights snatched in Europe, DS games coming in 2010

Kurosaki Ichigo · 09:59 PM

This deserves a new thread, so here it goes. jesusraz got it from an interview with Akihiro Hino.

EDIT: The interview is up now:
http://www.cubed3.com/news/13268/

Quote:

AR: Inazuma Eleven is a fantastic mix of clever touch-screen football and an engrossing RPG experience that would definitely appeal to the European market. Will the first DS game ever be released here? Or are you waiting for the anime show to come on European TV first?

Hino-san: The anime show for 'Inazuma Eleven' is already signed up and under way, ready to go on air across Europe and we are now planning the on-air timetable, considering the FIFA World Cup 2010 period for launch. As for the first DS video game, we will make the announcement when we are ready to.

Previous confirmation:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...&postcount=241

Originally Posted by jesusraz:

Guess what folks? Level-5's already got the Inazuma Eleven anime show ready to air across Europe, with the aim of launching it around the FIFA 2010 World Cup period and the announcement of the game's release 'when the time is right'

Originally Posted by jesusraz:

Hino-san also wants to bring ALL the Atamania games over, including the Sloane & MacHale titles and budget puzzle collections ^_^ Good news all round!

Dragona-Cryptic-Confirmations approved:

Originally Posted by Dragona Akehi:

Believe me, he's right.

Arait Multimedia, a spanish company, has announced they got the rights to the franchise in Europe with plans to launch the license program in 2010 Q2, specifically mentioning the existing DS games in their website:
(in spanish) http://www.araitmultimedia.es/index2.html

Other websites picking up the information:
(in spanish) http://www.formulatv.com/1,20091108,13243,1.html
(in english) http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/23228
(in spanish) http://www.mundogamers.com/ds/notici...ma-eleven.html

Note that this company isn't a videogames publisher, but they will handle the license rights to the franchise. So the only question is who and when, no more 'is it coming'. Hooray!

EDIT: Added interview link and its inazuma bit.

JustAnotherOtaku · (11-08-2009, 06:42 PM)

YEEESSSSSS!!

cw_sasuke · (11-08-2009, 06:43 PM)

I came....

Nibelung Valesti · (11-08-2009, 06:43 PM)

I've been waiting for this announcement since the release of the first game in Japan!

Regulus Tera · (11-08-2009, 06:45 PM)

Please don't be DSi exclusive so I can import these babies.

Obsolete Observation · (11-08-2009, 06:45 PM)

Cool. I'll still have to import it but at least it's in english.

Drame · (11-08-2009, 06:45 PM)

2010 just got even more awesome.

replayy · (11-08-2009, 06:47 PM)

About time.

cw_sasuke · (11-08-2009, 06:48 PM)

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera:

Please don't be DSi exclusive so I can import these babies.

Huh ? Why would they be DSi exklusive when they the japanese version are standard ds games ?

So next year i`ll get DQ9, Inazuma 11 and Golden Sun 3

drkOne · (11-08-2009, 06:49 PM)

Originally Posted by cw_sasuke:

I came....

This.
Twice.

Regulus Tera · (11-08-2009, 06:50 PM)

Originally Posted by cw_sasuke:

Huh ? Why would they be DSi exklusive when they the japanese version are standard ds games ?

Shit, I forgot about this.

FUCK YES EUROPE SAVES IT AGAIN

slaughterking · (11-08-2009, 06:52 PM)

Nice. We'll get the game only two years after Japan. >:I

Wonder who the publisher is.

batbeg · (11-08-2009, 06:52 PM)

YES YES YES FUCKING FINALLY SOMEONE PROVES THEMSELVES AS NOT ENTIRELY INCOMPETENT!

Jesus fucking Christ.

This'll be the first game I'll be importing from Europe to the states instead of the other way around, then

GWX · (11-08-2009, 06:53 PM)

Awesome news.

I hope Level 5 is still working on Inazuma Eleven Break. I'd love to see a console version of Inazuma Eleven.

bernardobri · (11-08-2009, 06:54 PM)

Europe getting screwed once aga- Wait, what?

Neo C. · (11-08-2009, 06:55 PM)

Day one.

CiSTM · (11-08-2009, 06:58 PM)

FUUUUCK !!!

Well actually I did know this will happen eventually, I had no doubts about it in my mind.

toythatkills · (11-08-2009, 06:59 PM)

Awesome, but only Europe? I'll just have to melt the PAL box down and pretend it didn't happen I guess.

cw_sasuke · (11-08-2009, 07:09 PM)

Never Forget

Japanese Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X69QTgk7YAs
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38139.html

Parallax · (11-08-2009, 07:12 PM)

well unless word that some US studio picks this up as well, it seems this will be the first game i import from euroland

7Th · 07:21 PM

FUCK YES!

Can't believe it took it long to happen!

Llyranor · (11-08-2009, 08:02 PM)

I remember the concept being pretty fresh/innovative, but did the actual games end up being good/great design-wise?

CiSTM · 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by Llyranor:

I remember the concept being pretty fresh/innovative, but did the actual games end up being good/great design-wise?

Famitsu has been pretty generous towards the series. Also I think JP-GAF gave the game thumbs up.

edit: Judgin by youtube vids this game looks like lot of fun :)

Relaxed Muscle · (11-08-2009, 08:20 PM)

Finally, It was just a question of common sense, and probably the huge success of Layton series helped too....

shuyin_ · (11-08-2009, 08:34 PM)

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Soccer RPG in English. Finally. I love soccer. I love RPGs. Thank you Level 5. Fuck you Level 5 - for not bringing it earlier

Llyranor · (11-08-2009, 08:34 PM)

Okay, just read through some J-GAF impressions. I'll be picking this up when localized.

jesusraz · (11-08-2009, 08:36 PM)

Originally Posted by Kurosaki Ichigo:

jesusraz got it from an interview with Akihiro Hino (not up yet):
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...&postcount=241

Cheers for making the thread and adding those links to back it up :) Not sure when I'll get the interview up since I'm *meant* to be putting a bunch of others up first. But hey, since this snippet's out there now, I suppose there's no harm in bumping it up the queue a bit...He also said he liked the idea of potentially seeing Layton or Luke in Mario Kart or Smash Bros. It's bound to happen at some point, surely, given the popularity of the series now.

Anyway, tying Inazuma Eleven in with the World Cup next year is a master stroke.

EDIT: Here's a very early hands-on I did with the first game, for anyone interested.

StylusX · (11-08-2009, 08:41 PM)

YIPPEE

speedpop · (11-08-2009, 09:02 PM)

About fucking time. It only took.. what.. several years?

I've got the JP version sitting in a box packed away but I never finished it.

Manaka · (11-08-2009, 09:28 PM)

Inazuma the new captain tsubasa (strategy of using a football tournament)? Awesome!
Really looking forward to the ds game

Linkified · (11-08-2009, 09:30 PM)

Fuck yes, fuck yes I thought it would of been Nintendo though.

Drkirby · (11-08-2009, 09:30 PM)

Good to hear. Even if it doesn't come to in NA, if its in English I can get it eventually.

jesusraz · (11-08-2009, 09:40 PM)

Originally Posted by Linkified:

Fuck yes, fuck yes I thought it would of been Nintendo though.

Nobody said it wasn't... :)

Drkirby · (11-08-2009, 09:43 PM)

Originally Posted by jesusraz:

Nobody said it wasn't... :)

If it was, I wonder how NoA would advertise it. In Europe, its no problem. "Its an RPG with... FOOOOOOOTTTTBAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!" Europeans: "YAYS!"

NoA: "Uhhh... Its an RPG, with real time Soccer Battles!"; NA: "What?"

king zell · (11-08-2009, 09:44 PM)

Originally Posted by jesusraz:

Nobody said it wasn't... :)

WHHHATTTTTT

Eyemus Lutt · (11-08-2009, 09:44 PM)

Fucking Finally.
It makes so much sense that they would localize it in Europe as it has a larger soccer base than Japan. I just hope they decide to lump Australia in with Europe on this occasion as well so I don't have to wait.

jesusraz · (11-08-2009, 09:46 PM)

Originally Posted by king zell:

WHHHATTTTTT

Originally Posted by Kurosaki Ichigo:

Note that this company isn't a videogames publisher, but they will handle the license rights to the franchise. So the only question is who and when, no more 'is it coming'. Hooray!

:)

Aru · (11-08-2009, 09:47 PM)

Great, always wanted to try that game

jesusraz · (11-08-2009, 10:35 PM)

I'm going to see if I can get an interview with this company...fingers crossed, so we can learn more!

slaughterking · (11-08-2009, 10:47 PM)

So Hino wouldn't tell you who the publisher is?

farnham · (11-08-2009, 10:48 PM)

YESSSS!!!!

Urban Scholar · (11-08-2009, 10:53 PM)

Some one hold me I'm going to faint...it happened after ALL that waiting...

SpacePirate Ridley · (11-08-2009, 11:04 PM)

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!

Thank god is Arait Multimedia and not Luk internacional doing the translation and dub of the spanish anime. Thank holy god!

I hope they do a good job as the first and second seasons of Digimon (excellent translation, even changing the signs of stores, etc... to spanish) and the first dub of Detective Conan (very good voices).

Wanted to play this game, finally we can!

stupei · (11-08-2009, 11:10 PM)

Sipowicz · (11-08-2009, 11:15 PM)

hell

it's about damn time

Desi · (11-08-2009, 11:19 PM)

time to import!

octopusman · (11-08-2009, 11:32 PM)

Let's hope for an NA localization!

SpacePirate Ridley · (11-08-2009, 11:35 PM)

Originally Posted by octopusman:

Let's hope for an NA localization!

But you dont like soccer :(
Or so it seems...

How many units did mario Strikers sold in USA?

ReyBrujo · (11-08-2009, 11:58 PM)

Excellent. Loved the original even in Japanese. If there are no news for an American release, I will have to pick it from Play-Asia. Hopefully it will sell well enough to warrant the sequel too.

Raging Spaniard · (11-09-2009, 12:14 AM)

Amazing news, I can finally stop playing Tecmo soccer for a soccer-rpg fix