Correction on this, it actually says "new support requests," which means new sidequests.
Also really surprised to hear that they're voicing over 150 characters.
Ah, thanks. I'm not familiar with the terms in the series. My bad.
Correction on this, it actually says "new support requests," which means new sidequests.
Also really surprised to hear that they're voicing over 150 characters.
And with a ridiculously out of character fake ending at that. They're sort of similar though - both games feel deceptively 'complete' until the ending cliffhangers, but have a bunch of plot threads that when you look back weren't even close to fully addressed.How complete of a story IS Shining Force III Scenario 1 versus Trails in the Sky 1? At least with Trails in the Sky you know there's a chance we'll see the rest, whereas I think Shining Force III was announced WITH explicit plans to not release the rest here.
Issue seems mainly WHERE they can release it, unlike Shining Force III the original games are PC native rather than developed specifically for a complicated system that'd make it a pain to port from, doubly so since SFIII did weird things like using the sound processor to aid the graphics. Then of the newer games, well, they already got the ball rolling by porting Zero to Vita, so even if they have to cut out 75-90% of the VA chances are probably reasonable that will come over if the other two in between do, and I'm guessing Ao and Nayuta are poised to make Vita jumps too unless Zero tanks.In fact, it seems like XSeed and Falcom's deal is working out real well.
Point... on both accounts. After Golden Sun I'd be weary about seeing a Camelot story through to its end, even though it sounds like Shining Force III was their best work.And with a ridiculously out of character fake ending at that. They're sort of similar though - both games feel deceptively 'complete' until the ending cliffhangers, but have a bunch of plot threads that when you look back weren't even close to fully addressed.
Trails is much more dependant on its story than SF3 was though.
How complete of a story IS Shining Force III Scenario 1 versus Trails in the Sky 1? At least with Trails in the Sky you know there's a chance we'll see the rest, whereas I think Shining Force III was announced WITH explicit plans to not release the rest here.
That, and there's a Trails in the Sky anime that covers the second game, but I consider that a last resort to look into should Xseed die or at least straight up say it's not happening, nevermind the fact no one seems to have licensed the anime.
Man, I hope this is just because of the questionable status of Trails 2 and 3 coming here and not underlying problems we're not privy to. :/Funny! I laughed.
Man, I hope this is just because of the questionable status of Trails 2 and 3 coming here and not underlying problems we're not privy to. :/
Praise the Sun!
I hope this is the trails in the sky sequel!
Nothing has been said that Trails in the Sky is the only one coming out.
Well, at least I PROBABLY don't have to worry about Ys Celceta given the positive comments about Ys sales. And they DID do well with Wild Arms, the bigger problem there seems to be that the series is DEAD entirely. And Valhalla Knights had multiple games come here for some fucking reason.I know nothing beyond XSeed's previously-established hatred of sequels.
I hope the rest of TitS come out.
Actually, I had looked at some of that news again, and I THINK that's just an Aeria developed social game, not the series ported over. The idea of getting THAT but not the core games is even more disappointing.I hope you own an iOS device!
Kinda worried about finishing Trails in the Sky if it's the only game coming out here...I hope the Vita ones at least come out
We should be able to expect this version to look at least this good:
I hope you own an iOS device!
PSP, Vita, PC or iOS, it doesn't really matter to me.I hope you own an iOS device!
Admittedly HMH doesn't have the excuse of an expensive license either, not unless they seriously overpriced it or something. It did come out at a time when the PSP wasn't healthy and they were busy with Falcom games though, so I wonder if those could've been factors?The fact we got Jikandia made me think for some reason HMH did well.
XSEED has said otherwise.
The fact we got Jikandia made me think for some reason HMH did well.
XSEED has said otherwise.
Admittedly HMH doesn't have the excuse of an expensive license either, not unless they seriously overpriced it or something. It did come out at a time when the PSP wasn't healthy and they were busy with Falcom games though, so I wonder if those could've been factors?
Geez, probably didn't even CONSIDER localizing upon it's announcement. Vanillaware games are probably safer bets, so I can't really blame them for going with GKH instead despite the fact it sounds really uninteresting. And I'm guessing XBLA sales weren't impressive, otherwise I imagine they'd have heard about THAT and gotten on HMH2 even if it was DD-exclusive.Yeah. Per Jess on the XSEEDGames twitter account, Half Minute Hero was one of their worst selling games ever. Which is really sad.
Hilarious that. You've pretty much decided that that's all we're getting it on, despite the fact that there has been no word whether or not we're getting SC.
Well, the circumstances ARE different for each of those games. Retro Game Challenge was likely an expensive license (and a game released on an expensive format), Half Minute Hero 2 took years after the original to come out
Apparently that iOS release company may have access to XSEED's materials, and at their piecemeal schedule may be able to actually achieve more than XSEED has...
The fact we got Jikandia made me think for some reason HMH did well.
XSEED has said otherwise.
I really hope that Ao no Kiseki comes to Vita soon, too. I am 97 hours deep into Zero and I MIGHT wait on the sequel if I knew I could play it by next winter or so.
I thought XSEED already said that they are absolutely not involved in the smartphone versions?
Jikandia wasn't released by XSEED. I'm pretty sure Aksys din't have full info on HMH's sales.
A bit more information about the release has popped up. The game will cost 6090yen and it will be released in Summer 2012 by Kadokawa Games. Oh and one thing I didn't mention before. It seems that aside from the conversations all being fully voiced now, they're also making it such that the portraits in conversations are animated as well as they talk.
I thought XSEED already said that they are absolutely not involved in the smartphone versions?
Jikandia wasn't released by XSEED. I'm pretty sure Aksys din't have full info on HMH's sales.
Jikandia may be distanced enough to have considered it worth attempting anyway. Or Aksys hoped it'd be more successful or something.Actually, as Aksys would subscribe to the NPD report, they should have had HMH's US sales totals. Which is why I thought there obviously had to be a reason why they jumped for Jikandia.
Yeah, I can understand that, though I'm not particularly frustrated with them. Maybe I just didn't care ENOUGH to see the sequels even after enjoying the original games, though it doesn't help that RGC WAS a bit of a letdown (too bad it sounds like RGC2 avoids that) while HMH2 took years to even come. Even if this fails to come out I'm not sure I could stay TOO upset with Xseed, not unless they look for another series of the same caliber that begs to be fully brought out. Corpse Party could be close I guess, but it sounds like the first is all there was originally planned to be anyway.I can't really blame them for failing on either (well... I can, and I do, but it's probably not fair of me), but after the ridiculousness with RGC it is very hard to assume that the offhand statements of XSeed employees in interviews have much relation to their actual localization decisions.
Can it be played without ever playing SnK the 3rd?I really hope this means it hits the states. I'll pick it up no matter what, but translating Falcom games into English is doing God's work.
They don't have to be involved. Their translation is owned by Falcom who can give it to Aeria.
Actually, as Aksys would subscribe to the NPD report, they should have had HMH's US sales totals. Which is why I thought there obviously had to be a reason why they jumped for Jikandia.
Jikandia may be distanced enough to have considered it worth attempting anyway. Or Aksys hoped it'd be more successful or something.
There is the chance that Aksys got Jikandia so cheaply that HMH sales totals could've still been profitable for them.
Is this your assumption or you have something to back this up?
NPD isn't the total US sales. There's downloads, and even retail-wise it's not the total since it excludes Walmart, etc.
Is this your assumption or you have something to back this up?
I don't know in this specific case, but generally if you license something all things you create for that license are usually the property of the license owner. XSEED licensed Falcom's games and are translating them, therefore Falcom probably owns their translation.
Can it be played without ever playing SnK the 3rd?
Can it be played without ever playing SnK the 3rd?
I just finally beat Zero about a month ago, but I am totally excited about playing it again on Vita with the better graphics (presumably at least as good as the Chinese PC version, hopefully better) and voice. After replaying the Sora series and finally playing Zero, the Kiseki series has moved into position as my favorite RPG series. I just need to play Ao now before Nayuta comes out.
Not really recommended. 3rd was basically intended from the start to be the game that bridged the first two Sora games and Zero, and so there's a fair amount of important plot related stuff in there that's pretty important to Zero, and without it a few bits won't make much sense (or won't have the impact they should). There's a few sub plots in particular which depend pretty heavily on the player having played 3rd, then there's a whole lot more information on the Church which continues to play an important role, and there's a few other plot threads which still haven't been fully addressed even at the end of Ao that seem like they'll be important to know about.Can it be played without ever playing SnK the 3rd?
It seemed to me playing it to have the smallest amount of the text of the three, but still a very sizeable amount. I have no numbers to back that up though.Something I wonder about actually: how text intensive IS Trails in the Sky 3? If it's significantly lighter than the first or something then I could see that actually being fairly safe if the second comes out, with a PSN focused release and a limited UMD one if there is one at all.
It seemed to me playing it to have the smallest amount of the text of the three, but still a very sizeable amount. I have no numbers to back that up though.
I was afraid it'd end up being in the middle at best, I didn't realize it'd be almost exactly that.It's not the smallest of the three. The scenario books prove it.
FC's is 400 pages, SC's is 800, and 3rd's is just around 620.
problem is they have to release them in english in order to get people interested....high praise indeed! shame not too many people know about it.