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[Kintaro]

PR on Aksys' site doesn't mention PC either. Bummer.

 

[DNAbro]

Do we know if this is DS 999 or iPhone 999?

I want to recommend 999 to friends but the most easy to get version doesn't have... The Thing.

Well it's kind of neither since it is improved, + VA. It will have puzzles obvs.

 

[purseowner]

PR on Aksys' site doesn't mention PC either. Bummer.

It's probably that this two game package is an exclusive, and the two ports will come separately to PC later.

 

[GhostTrick]

PR on Aksys' site doesn't mention PC either. Bummer.

PR on Aksys' site never mentionned PC for ZTD. Same for the trailers. You'll need to wait for Spike Chunsoft's PR.

 

[Byronic Hero]

I'm absolutely going to get this for PS4, it's going to be great revisiting 999 on the big screen.

 

[Busaiku]

How's the 999 twist gonna work on anything than DS?

Oh yeah, dunno if I should even bother.

 

[oneida]

odds of this being physical release are pretty good, right?

 

[mejin]

Like Danganronpa PS4, this took me by surprise.

Retail release?

2017 is the best year for PS4 confirmed.

I'd expect retail release at least for PS4.

 

[Hylian7]

How's the 999 twist gonna work on anything than DS?

I would imagine that thing that says "ADV Screen" with a "switch" icon would probably be it.

 

[Kintaro]

PR on Aksys' site never mentionned PC for ZTD. Same for the trailers. You'll need to wait for Spike Chunsoft's PR.

Make sense I guess. Sent off a tweet to them.

 

[YianGaruga]

odds of this being physical release are pretty good, right?

Since it's Aksys you usually don't even have to ask. In NA at least. And it wouldn't make sense to bundle the games otherwise

 

[Tizoc]

PR on Aksys' site never mentionned PC for ZTD. Same for the trailers. You'll need to wait for Spike Chunsoft's PR.

This confuses the hell out of me @_@

 

[hans_castorp]

999 in a non-doublescreen device?
Lol, no thanks

I'm glad for the VLR port though

 

[MUnited83]

Given that they call it an exclusive, I think it may not be.

Betting that the "exclusive" part is having the two games packed in.

 

[nakedeyes]

so.. this is the first announcement of a port of 999 right? Seems like that is the key news

 

[Crash Station]

What exactly am I missing?

Saying would be a spoiler, but what is probably the best story beat in gaming that actually utilizes the medium would not work on anything that doesn't have 2 screens.

 

[Acquiescence]

That's buff. Already played Virtue's Last Reward, but I've never played 999 despite wanting to, and now I will!

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

If this had all the games I'd probably get it.

 

[Tohsaka]

Nice, will buy for sure.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Cool for VLR, but I won't budge from the stance that if you aren't playing 999 on DS, you're playing it wrong.

anything that gets the game into more people's hands is good. y'all acting as if this completely ruins the game or something.

 

[Soulflarz]

I love that it's a collection of all the games in the franchise.

shit I was lttp and didn't get this first post

 

[Jarod McChicken]

The PS Vita deserved this

999 is one of the very few games I feel to double dip.

 

[GhostTrick]

Betting that the "exclusive" part is having the two games packed in.

Well then again, Aksys never talked about the Steam version of ZTD. Only Spike Chunsoft communicated about it.

 

[matmanx1]

Not sure how I feel about this. One the one hand, I already own both of the original games (DS and Vita, respectively) but have never played the third. I'm glad more folks might get a chance to play them, especially on the PS4, but why not include the 3rd game for the sweet, sweet trifecta? It would be a no-brainer for me at that point to have them all in one tidy package.

 

[HardRojo]

Holy fucking shit! I'm in there day 6^1/2.

Cool for VLR, but I won't budge from the stance that if you aren't playing 999 on DS, you're playing it wrong.

Lol no, while I'm very interested in seeing how they adapt it to a single screen, people overestimate how much on an impact the double screen makes, it can be adapted.

 

[Kaizer]

Yesssssssss

 

[DNAbro]

The second game isn't really good, but 999 is fantastic

This is wrong. VLR is the really good game, 999 is the one that is okay.

Though I'm expecting lots of my problems with 999 will be fixed in this port.

 

[Crash Station]

anything that gets the game into more people's hands is good. y'all acting as if this completely ruins the game or something.

Does for me honestly. I didn't really even care for it that much before THAT part. That part retroactively made everything before it amazing for me.

 

[Basileus777]

Betting that the "exclusive" part is having the two games packed in.

That's what the wording suggested to me.

 

[NinjamicWZ]

I'd rather buy 999 by itself on Vita, since I already own VLR, but as long as I get a physical copy of 999 out of it... cool. I just won't be pleased when it's $39.99 instead of $29.99, for another Yomawari/Firefly Diary situation.

 

[SMD]

How is 999 going to work on the PS4?

 

[D-Man]

I already have VLR and ZTD on Vita, so not sure which version I'll go with, but picking it up Day 1 regardless!

Kinda wish 999 HD came to 3DS so I could complete the collection there.

 

[zMiiChy-]

No longer isolated to the 3DS?
I may finally give these games a try!

 

[Minnow]

For hope of this series reaching any type of higher level popularity, I hope these release on steam.
Ztd probably didn't get super high sales mainly because the others weren't on pc.
Also I want an easy way to force my friends to play them and current 999 is super dated with super slow text scrolling.

 

[Hikami]

Nice, will be getting it on PS4.

I love that it's a collection of all the games in the franchise.

heh

 

[Busaiku]

Does for me honestly. I didn't really even care for it that much before THAT part. That part retroactively made everything before it amazing for me.

Same for me.
I had middling impressions of it prior, but the fantastic use of the medium blew away all my expectations.

 

[Shift Breaker]

If you were doubting it, from the EU blog...

PUZZLES

 

[DriftingSpirit]

I've never played these games. What order should they be played in? What type of game is this?

 

[Glass Rebel]

Does for me honestly. I didn't really even care for it that much before THAT part. That part retroactively made everything before it amazing for me.

Then I hope nobody bases their purchase on your enjoyment of a gimmick when the game has much more to offer.

 

[purseowner]

If you were doubting it, from the EU blog...

PUZZLES

THAT NEW UI.

I'm as wet as that window.

 

[DNAbro]

If you were doubting it, from the EU blog...

PUZZLES

Also seems to confirm flow chart thank god. I don't recommend 999 to anyone because of the BS of having to replay the opening sections again and again.

I've never played these games. What order should they be played in? What type of game is this?

They are a Visual Novel/Puzzle hybrid, though they get less Novel-ish as the series went on.

999->VLR->ZTD

 

[bobawesome]

Nice to see this, I'm curious how 999's voice acting will be. I remember @aksys_june tweeted some samples of it.



Edgy.

Hardly edgy when the general consensus is that ZTD is pretty bad.

 

[SaintBrody]

I've never played these games. What order should they be played in? What type of game is this?

They're adventure-style games and the order doesn't matter too much.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

What exactly am I missing?

The DS 999, despite having lower resolution everything than the iPhone port is the best version as it has escape room puzzles in it, rather than stripping everything out to make it a visual novel for the phone version.

They stripped all the puzzles out as it would be easier on a phone, and because... well... there are some surprises.

If you really want to know, you can google it. I don't feel comfortable saying here. It's generally a well kept secret too, as I played through the whole series in prep for ZTD, and I had no idea.

 

[Soulflarz]

Pretty sure this remake and that fanfic over the summer are to fund the third game, right?

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Hardly edgy when the general consensus is that ZTD is pretty bad.

Now this is being edgy

 

[Mass_Pincup]

Please tell me we won't have to redo everything when "moving timelines" in 999.

 

[Basileus777]

They're adventure-style games and the order doesn't matter too much.

This is terrible advice.

Now this is being edgy

I don't think you know what edgy means.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Really hope I can get 999 separately on Via because I already own VLR.
Will definitely get the double pak on PS4 though. And on PC if that's still a thing.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Pretty sure this remake and that fanfic over the summer are to fund the third game, right?

The VLR fanfic was years ago though.
ZTD was the true sequel we deserved