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[MechaX]

Jeez... it sounds like what VC2 should have been.

 

[Hamblasto]

I'm all for fighting stuff like the Batomys again, but can we not have someone like Selvaria walk in and rape my squad with lasers?

 

[Hcoregamer00]

I'm all for fighting stuff like the Batomys again, but can we not have someone like Selvaria walk in and rape my squad with lasers?

Why, because in VC2 you got raped by

Spoiler

Dirk who uses the same damn lasers

Jeez... it sounds like what VC2 should have been.

Not that VC2 was a bad game, but it seems to be light years better.

 

[Giolon]

Go any further and you will anger the mods.

Just be happy that VC3 looks like an excellent game.

It's hard to be happy when SEGA is so good at crushing the hopes and dreams of its fans. What I do see is better looking than VC2 though, I will say that.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

It's hard to be happy when SEGA is so good at crushing the hopes and dreams of its fans. What I do see is better looking than VC2 though, I will say that.

Speak for yourself, I am ecstatic about this news.

 

[rockman zx]

Raita is back!, love everything so far, let's hope they reñease a trailer and the media can take some videos of the demo.

 

[Hamblasto]

Why, because in VC2 you got raped by

Spoiler

Dirk who uses the same damn lasers

Actually,

Spoiler

Dirk

was the easier part of that mission. A Fencer makes short work of him. It was those damn V2s that kept getting to my base that pissed me off.

 

[Volcynika]

Speak for yourself, I am ecstatic about this news.

Here here!

 

[cosmicblizzard]

Wow, this sounds awesome. Of course all this doom and gloom talk about the unlikeliness of a localization is making me sad

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Main staff:
Producer: Shinji Motoyama
Director: Take Ozawa
Series Producer: Shuntarou Tanaka
Original Character Designs: Raita Honjou
Music: Hitoshi Sakimoto

Oh shit, I didn't notice this.

So much fucking win, I am buying the artbook ASAP.

Wow, this sounds awesome. Of course all this doom and gloom talk about the unlikeliness of a localization is making me sad

This isn't Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 or 3, those will never get a USA release.

 

[DJChuy]

It is not like VC2 is a bad game, it is an excellent game with some minor flaws.

All of which seems to be addressed and perfected in VC3 :lol

Exactly my point! :lol

But yeah, I guess I'll continuing playing. It'll probably make me appreciate VC3 more. I hope Vyse is in there.

 

[Giolon]

Speak for yourself, I am ecstatic about this news.

Here here!

I guess I'm alone in this here.
I fell in love with the specific presentation qualities of VC1. Is it so wrong to want to experience that again? More over none at all isn't always better - see Star Wars, Matrix.

That's the last I'll say on that aspect here, but it's hard for me to be excited about the rest of the good news that I see (Raita's return, fewer ingredients collecting, bigger maps, bigger enemies) due to the other disappointment I feel about this announcement.

*think positive, think positive*

 

[RobertM]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I so wanted an HD Valkyria Chronicles with normal leveling system and conservative looking characters like in the first VC with huge open areas and non of this moving area to area nonsense. I am heart broken ;_;

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

I don't know if we should be so quick to be down on a localization happening. This is the company that keeps localizing RGG games (which have a lot more text than VC) off lifetime sales under 50k. I think if VC2 can manage even a 20k first month then we don't have to be too worried about VC3's prospects.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

I guess I'm alone in this here.
I fell in love with the specific presentation qualities of VC1. Is it so wrong to want to experience that again? More over none at all isn't always better - see Star Wars, Matrix.

That's the last I'll say on that aspect here, but it's hard for me to be excited about the rest of the good news that I see (Raita's return, fewer ingredients collecting, bigger maps, bigger enemies) due to the other disappointment I feel about this announcement.

*think positive, think positive*

I fell in love more with the character design, music, storytelling, charming cast, and perfect gameplay. VC3 will incorporate all that I loved about VC1 and the stuff I pined for in VC2. From my perspective VC3 is the incorporation of what makes VC1 and VC2 so great.

While it is bad in your perspective, for me it was the best news I could possibly get because the last thing I cared about was the graphics portion.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I so wanted an HD Valkyria Chronicles with normal leveling system and conservative looking characters like in the first VC with huge open areas and non of this moving area to area nonsense. I am heart broken ;_;

It is the same character designer from VC1.

 

[Phenomic]

Speak for yourself, I am ecstatic about this news.

Can't disagree with this statement after seeing the scans, reading the rough translations. Definitely seems like they are addressing the problems and giving me more of what I wanted in a follow up to the first game.

Guess maybe I should be skeptical perhaps about it getting localized?, have any numbers shown up yet about how two fared state side?

 

[Femmeworth]

- Another interesting point is that the Command Map will be getting a complete overhaul, while the Action phase will also have much more actions available. Various characters will also have super modes unique to their character, and the Valkyria character can activate her Valkyria powers as an actual attack mode.

Sweet. I found it rather disappointing that you couldn't have

Spoiler

Alicia

go super saiyan in the first game.

The female character with the ultra badass gun looks so awesome. :O

Well at least there was the

Spoiler

Selvaria DLC

to scratch that itch. Had so much fun on that mission.

I haven't purchased the DLC yet.

 

[Varion]

Sweet. I found it rather disappointing that you couldn't have

Spoiler

Alicia

go super saiyan in the first game.

Well at least there was the

Spoiler

Selvaria DLC

to scratch that itch. Had so much fun on that mission.

 

[Giolon]

I fell in love more with the character design, music, storytelling, charming cast, and perfect gameplay. VC3 will incorporate all that I loved about VC1 and the stuff I pined for in VC2. From my perspective VC3 is the incorporation of what makes VC1 and VC2 so great.

While it is bad in your perspective, for me it was the best news I could possibly get because the last thing I cared about was the graphics portion.

Don't get me wrong - I love those things too. But why can't we have it all again? It's not just graphics - it's the surround sound and the comfort of not having to stare at a tiny 4" screen. If the PSP suddenly could support hi-res video output, I'd lose much of my complaints! Hooking up VC2 to a television though is asking for your eyes to bleed (true of any PSP game - I tried MHFU and it was a mistake lol).

1UP updated their article on the announcement with info from Famitsu. A quote from 1UP:

According to Motoyama, [...] there wasn't much reason not to [stay on PSP]. "This is the third game in the series, but only the second one on the PSP," he told Famitsu. "I figured that we should introduce new things to the series and let it mature more [on the PSP]. Of course, I know there are gamers who wanted us to release it on the PS3, but since the first Valkyria came out two years ago, I think we'd need a wholly different idea for the PS3, not something where the gameplay's only been updated a little bit. The problem with that, though, is that I don't think such a game would be Valkyria any longer."

While Motoyama is open to future PS3 developments, it seems that Valkyria is firmly planted on the PSP for now. "I want to make games on the right platform for the ideas I have. However -- for now, at least -- we're making the best Valkyria Chronicles that we can come up with."

So, that's SEGA's public reasoning.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

So basically Valkyria Chronicles will remain as a franchise on handheld consoles until they come up with a radically different use of the gameplay.

Like we didn't see this a mile away when VC2 was announced.

 

[Femmeworth]

I'm morbidly curious how contrived the explanation will be for how the female main character has a lance and shield.

 

[Giolon]

So basically Valkyria Chronicles will remain as a franchise on handheld consoles until they come up with a radically different use of the gameplay.

Like we didn't see this a mile away when VC2 was announced.

Yeah, that was my initial fear...I wanted to believe though, man. I wanted to believe... T.T

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Yeah...I wanted to believe though, man. I wanted to believe... T.T

To put it even simpler, Valkyria Chronicles set such a high bar for innovation that it will be impossible to continue the franchise on consoles because any Valkyria Chronicles game will not live up to the original game's extremely high mark on the genre and the insanely high expectations of the fanatical fanbase.

You can argue that it is gamer's extremely high expectations for a Valkyria Chronicles successor that prevented it from going back to consoles.

 

[firehawk12]

To put it even simpler, Valkyria Chronicles set such a high bar for innovation that it will be impossible to continue the franchise on consoles because any Valkyria Chronicles game will not live up to the original game's extremely high mark on the genre and the insanely high expectations of the fanatical fanbase.

You can argue that it is gamer's extremely high expectations for a Valkyria Chronicles successor that prevented it from going back to consoles.

That's a joke post, right?

Because clearly Halo 4 should be on Zune then.

 

[Pureauthor]

To put it even simpler, Valkyria Chronicles set such a high bar for innovation that it will be impossible to continue the franchise on consoles because any Valkyria Chronicles game will not live up to the original game's extremely high mark on the genre and the insanely high expectations of the fanatical fanbase.

You can argue that it is gamer's extremely high expectations for a Valkyria Chronicles successor that prevented it from going back to consoles.

I'm pretty sure the primary deciding factors have more to do with speed + cost of development than anything involving innovation.

 

[Lafiel]

Wow info sounds good. I was worried that it was going re-use the school setting again and be something akin to persona 4. Good to see, that's definitely not the case.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

I'm pretty sure the primary deciding factors have more to do with speed + cost of development than anything involving innovation.

Well, whatever the case is, the game will be on portables, so pining for a console iteration is a lost cause.

 

[Cels]

Cool beans...
More VC is good news regardless of platform.
Unlike others in this thread, I remain optimistically hopeful for localization.

 

[Giolon]

Well, whatever the case is, the game will be on portables, so pining for a console iteration is a lost cause.

It's true. At least there's no room for false hope anymore, particularly with the 1UP quote. It is what it is. I need a stiff drink, :lol

Maybe tomorrow, or next week, my excitement level will increase, but tonight it cannot. Getting over it is the only course of action.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Cool beans...
More VC is good news regardless of platform.
Unlike others in this thread, I remain optimistically hopeful for localization.

I am not worried about Localization, I have faith that this game will be released. Hopefully Sega will be smart and do a simultaneous release in the USA and Japan, but who are we kidding, Valkyria never had a simultaneous release.

With Sega's penchant for shooting itself in the foot, I bet this game will see the light of day the same week Agito comes out in the USA and Japan:lol

 

[Giolon]

I am not worried about Localization, I have faith that this game will be released. Hopefully Sega will be smart and do a simultaneous release in the USA and Japan, but who are we kidding.

With Sega's penchant for shooting itself in the foot, I bet this game will see the light of day the same week Agito comes out :lol

That's so SEGA! I doubt they'd do that though b/c VC2 won't have even have been on the market 6 months in the US yet.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

That's so SEGA! I doubt they'd do that though b/c VC2 won't have even have been on the market 6 months in the US yet.

Yeah, but remember that other companies did just fine flooding the market with a game.

If I remember correctly Ace Attorney 2 and Ace Attorney 3 where released 9 months apart in the USA and they both sold really well.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

I am not worried about Localization, I have faith that this game will be released. Hopefully Sega will be smart and do a simultaneous release in the USA and Japan, but who are we kidding, Valkyria never had a simultaneous release.

With Sega's penchant for shooting itself in the foot, I bet this game will see the light of day the same week Agito comes out in the USA and Japan:lol

I don't think there's a single company out there that manages simultaneous releases of RPGs with any kind of regularity. That's not just a SEGA issue.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

I don't think there's a single company out there that manages simultaneous releases of RPGs with any kind of regularity. That's not just a SEGA issue.

Sega did it with Skies of Arcadia ;-;

I know it is not regularly, but that has got to mean something.

 

[Phenomic]

That's so SEGA! I doubt they'd do that though b/c VC2 won't have even have been on the market 6 months in the US yet.

I dunno, regardless if it was a joke I think Hcore is will end up being pretty accurate with that statement. Resonance of Fate came out give or take a week with Final Fantasy 13. We just saw Valkyria 2 battle it out against Birth by Sleep with a week release difference. Not saying a date change is necessary the best route but those titles against those two games is a hard sell. I imagine if localization time is any similar to two was game will be out in Fall 2011 State side. I also imagine Agito hitting around this time frame as well for some reason.

 

[firehawk12]

Sega did it with Skies of Arcadia ;-;

I know it is not regularly, but that has got to mean something.

VC2 just came out though... but I figure RubyEclipse's tease when he was pimping VC2 on the blog was an indication that VC3 would likely get a localization (short of VC2 bombing here anyway).

 

[Suzuki Yu]

while i am really angry about this announcement , the info of this game is really really good actually!
also i really respect the vision of the team for not starting the next console game until there are great ideas to make it revolutionary enough .
so they are thinking now about new ideas to take advantage of the system that they want to create the game for .
but i am still against the numbering in VC2&3 , or at least they should add "portable" to the title

 

[Snaku]

According to Motoyama, [...] there wasn't much reason not to [stay on PSP]. "This is the third game in the series, but only the second one on the PSP," he told Famitsu. "I figured that we should introduce new things to the series and let it mature more [on the PSP]. Of course, I know there are gamers who wanted us to release it on the PS3, but since the first Valkyria came out two years ago, I think we'd need a wholly different idea for the PS3, not something where the gameplay's only been updated a little bit. The problem with that, though, is that I don't think such a game would be Valkyria any longer."

While Motoyama is open to future PS3 developments, it seems that Valkyria is firmly planted on the PSP for now. "I want to make games on the right platform for the ideas I have. However -- for now, at least -- we're making the best Valkyria Chronicles that we can come up with."

That is the lamest excuse I've ever heard.

 

[Lindsay]

Getting over it is the only course of action.

Yup!

A VC themed "deal with it" gif would certainly help with the coping!

 

[Pureauthor]

but i am still against the numbering in VC2&3 , or at least they should add "portable" to the title

There's no reason to do that from their perspective.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

That is the lamest excuse I've ever heard.

Really, so keeping the franchise relegated to portables for small gameplay improvements until they can come up with something amazing for a console iteration is a bad thing :lol

More game companies should be doing this.

There's no reason to do that from their perspective.

Yup, why call it Valkyria Chronicles 2 portable or Valkyria Chronicles 3 portable if there is no console iteration that it originally came from?

This is not monster hunter.

 

[twinturbo2]

I keeeeeeeeeeeeeel you!!

Achmed The Dead Terrorist is a GAF mod? Who knew?

 

[Suzuki Yu]

Yup, why call it Valkyria Chronicles 2 portable or Valkyria Chronicles 3 portable if there is no console iteration that it originally came from?

This is not monster hunter.

i mean VC Portable and VC Portable 2 or anything else other than numbering continuation

 

[Pureauthor]

i mean VC Portable and VC Portable 2 or anything else other than numbering continuation

That leads to the implication that the handheld iterations are inherently inferior to the console counterpart, and that's simply not true.

While I think many would agree VC2 suffers in several key areas, none of those areas have any relation to it being on a portable system.

 

[marathonfool]

According to Motoyama, [...] there wasn't much reason not to [stay on PSP]. "This is the third game in the series, but only the second one on the PSP," he told Famitsu. "I figured that we should introduce new things to the series and let it mature more [on the PSP]. Of course, I know there are gamers who wanted us to release it on the PS3, but since the first Valkyria came out two years ago, I think we'd need a wholly different idea for the PS3, not something where the gameplay's only been updated a little bit. The problem with that, though, is that I don't think such a game would be Valkyria any longer."

While Motoyama is open to future PS3 developments, it seems that Valkyria is firmly planted on the PSP for now. "I want to make games on the right platform for the ideas I have. However -- for now, at least -- we're making the best Valkyria Chronicles that we can come up with."

Translation: Sega told us to milk the franchise and keep down costs. I don't buy this we want the next VC console game to be as revolutionary as the original.

 

[Giolon]

That leads to the implication that the handheld iterations are inherently inferior to the console counterpart, and that's simply not true.

While I think many would agree VC2 suffers in several key areas, none of those areas have any relation to it being on a portable system.

They both have their plusses and minuses, which are going to be bigger deals for some (me) people than others (Hc00, Volc). We had this exact discussion when VC2 was announced...

 

[Snaku]

Really, so keeping the franchise relegated to portables for small gameplay improvements until they can come up with something amazing for a console iteration is a bad thing :lol

Oh, was that a question? Yes it is dumb, very dumb. It's not what the fans of this niche franchise want. It's not a bright idea keeping it on a platform that is dead in every corner of the planet except for its country of origin, where it is barely hanging on life support. It's not like they're saving a great deal of money by using the PSP engine, when the Canvas engine is already finished and awaiting new art assets. If they really wanted to keep it on portables until they come up with some game changing idea, which Motoyama freely admits would destroy it as a Valkyria game so that whole point is fucking moot, why not choose the obvious platform that would provide it the greatest chance at long term success: the 3DS? The exposure the game would get just by virtue of launching at or around launch would be enough to virtually guarantee a hit, which is obviously the only thing the asshats at Sega care about: $$$.

Honestly, I'll be there day one just like the rest of you sad bastards. But the way this franchise has been handled makes me sick.

 

[Nirolak]

That is the lamest excuse I've ever heard.

Translation: Sega told us to milk the franchise and keep down costs. I don't buy this we want the next VC console game to be as revolutionary as the original.

The AndriaSang preview actually included an extra sentence.

Motoyama admits that there are likely many players out there who want a PS3 entry. However, he feels that a new PS3 entry would require new ideas beyond just a few gameplay updates -- so much so that you might not even be able to call it the same series. He and his team are always considering new ideas, but they've yet to come up with the revolutionary idea that they feel would warrant a PS3 sequel.

Motoyama did not rule out a PS3 entry, though, replying in the affirmative when Famitsu asked if the series could come to PS3 if he were to come up with the appropriate idea.

However, Motoyama feels that for the current story-focused series, the ability to play wherever you want is important. "In an era where everyone is busy, we felt PSP was best in order to make Valkyria Chronicles bigger."

Source: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/15/valkyria_3_psp/

 

[TheSeks]

Wow, did VC2 sell really well on the PSP to justify 3 being on it as well?

It's still crazy to think that 1 is on PS3 and 2/3 is on the PSP. :/

Spoiler

Not port begging or anything, just saying

Still need to buy 2 off the PSN store, but I'm waiting on a sale for it.

Edit: Oh, they feel the PSP is the best platform for the game. Meh. Well, good for them I guess. :/

 

[Snaku]

"In an era where everyone is busy, we felt PSP was best in order to make Valkyria Chronicles bigger."

And here I've been just sitting around at home with my consoles and portables thinking the world was easy like Sunday morning. When the fuck did people start going out and doing stuff?