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Monolith Soft inteview: The future of Disaster, possibility of new Baten Kaitos
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Aaron Strife
Banned
Why not get the EU release? It's all English.Vinnk said:
Aaron Strife said:
I don't have a PAL Wii. I have JPN and US systems and I really don't feel like modding, or paying high PAL game prices (+shipping). I can get the Japanese version on my way home from work.
I want to play the game, but not enough to pay like $80 (after shipping and taxes) to play it.
Black-Wind
Member
WTF are you talking about?PolyGone said:
(Do people really think this game is "a ace that would make the core happy"?)
Anyway . . . Monolith Soft is working on other titles for the Wii? Sorry DuckRoll but . . . Monolith & Matsuno Wii RPG!!!
Black-Wind said:
Very true. One game is not enough to make the core gamers happy. But perhaps "less pissed off".
Now if the holiday lineup was:
Disaster, Fatal Frame IV, Captain Rainbow, and something like a new Pikmin or (dare I dream) and on-line Excitetruck, THEN they might be at least appeased.
As it is now, it's pretty dismal for traditional core gamers.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Well, I bought Disaster. I'm not terribly concerned about it not getting a sequel.
I hope that Monolith's next Wii game is an RPG. Preferably by the BK team, though it doesn't have to be BK.
I hope that Monolith's next Wii game is an RPG. Preferably by the BK team, though it doesn't have to be BK.
-WindYoshi-
Banned
I'm starting to get really tired of NOA's actions.
TAKE SOME DAMN RISKS YOU COCKY ASSHOLES!
TAKE SOME DAMN RISKS YOU COCKY ASSHOLES!
Death_Born
Banned
-WindYoshi- said:
They sold so many Wiis, they don't have to release another game in the next year and they'd still have windfall profits.
Are you serious? You never played BKO? Get it, NOW, it's better than BK in every way.
dragonlife
Member
Dude, Baten Kaitos Origins is WAY, WAY, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than the original! Go out and buy it now!UraMallas said:
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
vareon said:
Sounds more interesting then saving people from a flood.
Black-Wind
Member
Less pissed?Vinnk said:
These are the people who got jacked off the first half of 08 by Nintendo and before their man juice could dry they got all pissy again ("Wez doomed!!!! Nintendoz forgotz uz!" I remember that time very clearly . . . )
Let me go down the list . . .
D Day - I by no means think people would take to this game in flocks. Seems like a avrg-mediocre game from impressions and people would just look past that like they do AC.
(and lets face it . . .UK has crappy taste in games. They buy loads of crappy stuff along with good stuff so if it doesn't please their "core gamers" it wouldn't please the US gamers. I REALLY find this game funny . . .went from "vaporware!" to "PS2 looking game with mini-games strong together . . . better off vaporware" to " WHY DON'T WE GETZ THIZ TOO?!?!?" )
FF4 - We have no clue as to who is bringing it over.
CR - Never expected that to go past Japan.
New game - I thought we where talking about NoA . .
People are just odd . . . I have actually seen someone say that Nintendo should have held brawl back for X-Mas release over here to "help their lineup".
I was wondering why people were saying "Nintendo! Greenlight this!".wsippel said:
-WindYoshi-
Banned
Death_Born said:
Which is exactly why they should be investing some more money bringing more games over and buying new connections!
tetrisgrammaton
Member
lol @ reggie acting as if he has any say in what nintendo does
clay_ghost
Member
BATEN KAITOS!!!!!!!!!!
DO IT NOW NINTENDO!!!
DO IT NOW NINTENDO!!!
Nibelung Valesti
Member
A re-release of Baten Kaitos 2 for Wii would be appreciated too, since it never came out in Europe 
Dragona Akehi
Retired
SabinFigaro said:
While you have repented of your sins, it is those like you whom have failed Baten Kaitos and put it in the grave where it lies to this day.
Jazzy Network said:
Slither back under your rock.
RpgN
Junior Member
^
In fact, it was announced along with Xenosaga ds and not just a rumor. After a long time of silence, people just forgot about it and it died a slow death.
Yeah, I remember how it was announced on the ds and felt disappointed after they cancelled the whole thing. A ds version has so much potential
In fact, it was announced along with Xenosaga ds and not just a rumor. After a long time of silence, people just forgot about it and it died a slow death.
zigg said:
Yeah, I remember how it was announced on the ds and felt disappointed after they cancelled the whole thing. A ds version has so much potential
Flakster99
Member
lsslave said:
Yup. It is our loss, and Nintendo's as well.
Zerodoppler
Member
AniHawk said:
You'll understand when you've played Soma Bringer.
RpgN said:
Yeah, I remember that saga. The last we'd heard was, ironically, in another Cubed³ interview with Monolith, where they said they'd be happy to resume work (IIRC) on Baten Kaitos DS, if only Namco would give the green light...
The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh?
Segata Sanshiro
Member
How is Moeblo going to convince anyone? It's paint-by-the-numbers.Zerodoppler said:
It gives Nintendo access to some NBGI IPs without any licensing issues (NBGI still owns a small part of the studio), as well as some exclusives. It's similar to the TGDS deal with Square back in the day I'd say, basically Nintendos way of moneyhatting exclusives. Monolith still develops for NBGI after all, but the games have to be Nintendo exclusive. I expect at least one of the Wii games they're working on to be a Namco game - maybe Xenosaga or SRW, maybe even the next Tales.AniHawk said:
As I recall, back in the GameCube days, Nintendo and Bandai both had the same banker handling their money for them, Bandai was on the ropes, and Nintendo was famously able to earn money on anything they did (even failures), so the banker suggested that Nintendo should take over Bandai that way Yamauchi could step in and turn Bandai around.AniHawk said:
To do this, the bank bought up as much of Bandai's loose stock as they could in Nintendo's name, and when Nintendo was one of the biggest shareholders, proposed the idea of the president stepping down from his position and selling enough of his stock to give controlling interest to Nintendo.
Bandai's president said that Nintendo ownership would jeopardize his company's vital relations with Sony, and that Yamauchi would drag Bandai down along with Nintendo (who was doomed, obviously) rather than save it, and that he'd fight any takeover attempt. So Nintendo and the bank gave up on the idea. And Bandai merged with Namco.
Nintendo presumably sold the Bandai (turned Namco-Bandai) stock they had picked up in the endeavor to whoever it is that's currently in charge of Namco-Bandai, in order to strengthen their leadership position, and Nintendo was paid with Monolith stock.
Conrad Link
Member
THIS is one of the stories that piss me off. >_>
Release the f**king game Reggie, why did they bring them into the family if they don't plan to release anything in America?!?
Stop being so stubborn, just because Disaster is there on a shelf doesn't mean its gonna take up all the spaces for your precious Wii Music crap.
>_>
I love Monolith Soft, the way their games are getting treated by the NOA/Reggie is down right disgraceful. Would be over the moon to see a new Baten Kaitos.... but at this rate it wouldn't even be translated and released here so what the f**king point of anticipating it.
I assumed they had all sorts of cool stuff in the works and Nintendo got them for a reason, now after reading that it just seems they purchased them for who knows what. It certainly wasn't to get some good hardcore stuff out there like I thought. More like to make games so they can just ignore and not release in English for no reason and then sit around and do lots of nothing by the sounds of it. :|
Release the f**king game Reggie, why did they bring them into the family if they don't plan to release anything in America?!?
Stop being so stubborn, just because Disaster is there on a shelf doesn't mean its gonna take up all the spaces for your precious Wii Music crap.
>_>
I love Monolith Soft, the way their games are getting treated by the NOA/Reggie is down right disgraceful. Would be over the moon to see a new Baten Kaitos.... but at this rate it wouldn't even be translated and released here so what the f**king point of anticipating it.
I assumed they had all sorts of cool stuff in the works and Nintendo got them for a reason, now after reading that it just seems they purchased them for who knows what. It certainly wasn't to get some good hardcore stuff out there like I thought. More like to make games so they can just ignore and not release in English for no reason and then sit around and do lots of nothing by the sounds of it. :|
Huh? Nintendo owns Monolith, how does that great them access to Namco IPs without any licensing issues when it's up to Namco if they want to work with Monolith on a game? Nintendo did not get any IPs when they bought Monolith. This isn't anything like TGDS either, all those people are still at Square-Enix. This was not a way to moneyhat exclusives, Q-Fund on the other hand was.wsippel said:
What in the world? When did this happen? :lolruby_onix said:
Seriously, when did this happen? I remember Nintendo saying they had no intention of buying Bandai when they bought that small percent of Bandai stock. It wasn't even 3% if I remember correctly.