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New Langrisser game announced in Famitsu magazine (3DS, Summer 2015)
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Ingueferroque
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The slut comment still bothers me, and the rest of the character design outcry. It seems pretty much Langrisser to me.
AcademicSaucer
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Im going to wait until they show gameplay to be dissapointed .
OccamsBlender
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This. 100%.
This new guy isn't bad:
https://twitter.com/kaieda_h
I'm willing to bet they went with this new dude since his designs look like they'd convert to 3DS poly count models very nicely.
*looks up scans*
NEVER MIND!
Wow. Buzz killed. The bobble head units are just...WUT.
Hero of Legend
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HQ scans are out and you see the character model in full. Reminds me of 7th Dragon on DS actually.
GalacticSushiman
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The article from Famitsu.
Those pics look ok imo. I like the 2D sprites on a 3D background look of the main battle map which will be what I will spend the most time looking at. Looking at the picture it looks like commanders will have 6 troops like Der Langrisser rather than L1's 8. A good choice imo since L1 would get overcrowded at times..
What the devs REALLY need to get right is the music (uptempo & melodic), the 16bit originals were some of the best music on the MD and SNES.
What the devs REALLY need to get right is the music (uptempo & melodic), the 16bit originals were some of the best music on the MD and SNES.
JoeyJungle
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Yes! Loved Langrisser.
uncledonnie
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This. I'm actually getting kind of hyped now.
If he was I'm sure we would know by now, he did work on that vapourware Langrisser Schwarz MMO in 2010 so who knows what happened. I haven't listened much of his more recent soundtracks so I can't say if his musical tastes continue to be a good fit for the series or not. (IIRC isn't he into making more orchestral type music rather than simple melodies with rich electronic sounds that Langrisser is known for?)
Shame Ryu Umemoto is no longer around as he would have suited Langrisser to a T imo.
Out of curiosity, I checked into the two staff members we've heard about (aside from the artist).
Shohei Sato, who is listed as the director, actually has some prior connection to Langrisser/Masaya. Mobygames lists him as being given a special thanks/technology credit in Langrisser V and was also a producer and group manager for the 2009 revival of Cho Aniki. Prior to working at Extreme, he was a GM at Masaya's parent company (which may explain his credit in L5). Weirdly enough, Extreme's own website says Sato is actually the President/CEO of Extreme, not Soshi Saito.
Soshi Satio doesn't seem to pull anything up that isn't news about Langrisser 3DS working off the same translated source, so maybe there's a mistranslation/miscommunication somewhere in there.
Extreme's history also makes it seem like one of the first major things they did after they were established was to work out a deal with NCS to work with/manage Masaya properties in NCS's place, so I wonder if maybe Extreme is actually a bunch of Masaya alums splitting off from the parent company to function on their own (not that it means much for Langrisser, since we know where the main people behind that went).
Shohei Sato, who is listed as the director, actually has some prior connection to Langrisser/Masaya. Mobygames lists him as being given a special thanks/technology credit in Langrisser V and was also a producer and group manager for the 2009 revival of Cho Aniki. Prior to working at Extreme, he was a GM at Masaya's parent company (which may explain his credit in L5). Weirdly enough, Extreme's own website says Sato is actually the President/CEO of Extreme, not Soshi Saito.
Soshi Satio doesn't seem to pull anything up that isn't news about Langrisser 3DS working off the same translated source, so maybe there's a mistranslation/miscommunication somewhere in there.
Extreme's history also makes it seem like one of the first major things they did after they were established was to work out a deal with NCS to work with/manage Masaya properties in NCS's place, so I wonder if maybe Extreme is actually a bunch of Masaya alums splitting off from the parent company to function on their own (not that it means much for Langrisser, since we know where the main people behind that went).
You people are too jaded and pessimistic
As someone who played most Langrisser games (L1 on PCE and MD, L2 on MD and Der L on SNES, L3, L4 and L5 on Saturn) I am psyched.
Steampunk setting looks interesting as well.
Also the music on their website is one of the old Iwadare tunes so hopefully he'll be on board.
As someone who played most Langrisser games (L1 on PCE and MD, L2 on MD and Der L on SNES, L3, L4 and L5 on Saturn) I am psyched.
Steampunk setting looks interesting as well.
Also the music on their website is one of the old Iwadare tunes so hopefully he'll be on board.
Got so excited when I read the title, my interest dropped when I saw the pics. Urushihara is one of my favorite anime artists and I love his work in the Langrisser series. Hopefully the series will live up to the rep of the classic SRPG series but we'll see. Anyways, more SRPGs is good news.
whiteninja
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Those giant heads really kills it for me.