sixteen-bit
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Super psyched for this series finally coming west.
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7th Dragon III Code: VFD Review Thread
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CertifiedFP
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Only half of those had Nintendo involvement.
Unless of course you mean Nintendo should start manhandling 3rd parties again like it's the S/NES days and force them to delay JRPG releases to pad out the schedule.
I can only get one game this month, choices were mainly this or MH Generations. I went ahead and preordered this after playing the demos for both. The preorder bonus for MH is a theme which I have enough on my 3DS. I like the idea of free DLC the first week and the demo bonuses sound pretty nice and of course the art book. The game itself playing the demo felt pretty good. It's weird to try and describe, individual aspects of the game felt generic or done before but bringing them together felt fresh in a way. The reviews coming in make me feel correct in my overall feelings where it seems like a pretty good average game. I'm not sure when I will get to it with my backlog between 3DS and Vita but I don't mind getting it day one with all the bonus stuff, supporting games i like and that Prime new game discount.
It's more party set up than individual characters. Later on you can set up a second party, and the people there provide different effects based on class. Several classes also have skills that work well with each other.
It's a standard JRPG story. There are overt references to previous 7D games but they don't really dwell too much on it.
Null Pointer
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This title was in fact localized by Atlus USA staff.
dreamlongdead
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I was initially psyched about MH Generations, but I'm giving it a pass for now. MH4U is still active, and I have actually been going back to obtain the DLC gear. It feels too soon for more Monster Hunter, when I am still having fun with the previous game.
7th Dragon III is the most appealing game for me at the moment.
Atlus USA is now part of Sega over here, they announced it a few months ago. These games are under the same umbrella even if they still use the brands separately.
Doesn't mean there can't be separate localization crews.
Though given Sega's localization efforts in recent years... Yeah. This is better than some of Atlus's pickups too admittedly.
atlusprime
Atlus PR
Alright, so this may get confusing, but let me try to explain:
Atlus as a company had nothing to do with the localization. Since this was a SEGA title, all the oversight/approvals/what have you all were handled by SEGA.
The confusing part is this: there is a lot of overlap for the marketing and production staff at Atlus USA.
So yeah, like Null Pointer said, staff who have previously worked on ATLUS titles did the translation and editing for this game. Just like how I'm doing some SEGA PR. It's just handled differently because the two companies still very much have their own brand identities.
What does this mean overall? Not much, really - other than it's basically how we're able to start localizing some of the previously Japan-locked titles and bringing them over to the west. It's working really well so far, as far as I can tell!
adversesolutions
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Picked up the JP version yesterday given how well this was reviewing. Looking forward to playing alongside everybody once the OP goes up.
SpikedGunner
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That's what I'm wondering.
Also, my copy arrived earlier this afternoon, my progress from the demo carried over.
Also, my copy arrived earlier this afternoon, my progress from the demo carried over.
Dandy Crocodile
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GeekyDad
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Yeah, I didn't think about that, actually. Considering the way they have the system set up, too, with three different parties interplaying with each other in battles, I guess that can fuck with one's head.
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