Well according to ******** Blue Dragon is one of 4 games for x360 that sold over 200,000 copies in Japan.
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Terra Battle (Sakaguchi/Mistwalker) announced for iOS/Android [Staff, first details]
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Well according to ******** Blue Dragon is one of 4 games for x360 that sold over 200,000 copies in Japan.
TheJollyCorner
Member
The drama behind that time is always going to be filled with misconceptions, but I was referencing Square Pictures there.
They spent a shit load of money on that studio/facilities.
They got one feature-length film and one short film out of it before it folded. Not a good business investment.
RPGCrazied
Member
"freemium"? Yeah, I'm out.
Zomba13
Member
Oh look, it was a free to play mobile game!
It's so depressing how predictable this sort of shit has become. (Previously) Great Japanese developer/dev team announce a new game/new entry to a franchise with little information/more to follow -> turns out to be a f2p mobile game with microtransactions.
It's so depressing how predictable this sort of shit has become. (Previously) Great Japanese developer/dev team announce a new game/new entry to a franchise with little information/more to follow -> turns out to be a f2p mobile game with microtransactions.
puffyshirt
Banned
Well that's fucking disappointing.
I'm not sure if you understood me correctly. I don't think that there's any bad blood between Sakaguchi and Sony. Since Mistwalker's games have been funded by publishers that don't release games on PlayStation hardware, releasing games on PS3 or PSP just isn't a possibility that ever arised. I think it's really as simple as that. Everything else just sounds like a weird conspiracy theory to me.
Mistwalker calls itself a "design studio". The idea is that Sakaguchi and his small team would envision the concept of a game and another studio would be used as "code monkeys" to make the project reality, so to speak. In theory Mistwalker could have done quite a few game at the same time that way, but with the downfall of the JRPG genre most publishers probably dislike the idea of having to contract two studios at the same time. It's not like Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey or Last Story have a super great reputation either.
I believe the smartphone stuff is being developed in-house, though. I think that's one of the main reasons Mistwalker is concentrating on mobile these days: Smartphone games are simple enough to develop them with a small amount of people.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Got ya. Agreed completely.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Oh look, it was a free to play mobile game!
It's so depressing how predictable this sort of shit has become. (Previously) Great Japanese developer/dev team announce a new game/new entry to a franchise with little information/more to follow -> turns out to be a f2p mobile game with microtransactions.
It's depressing, but you gotta face the hard truth that the times have moved on. Japan is now dominated by mobile gaming, and with the cost of video game development rising through the roof, the future of console JRPG is bleak at best.
The drama behind that time is always going to be filled with misconceptions, but I was referencing Square Pictures there.
They spent a shit load of money on that studio/facilities.
They got one feature-length film and one short film out of it before it folded. Not a good business investment.
OK, right. But I wonder what would have happened if instead of folding the business they'd just wait a while and start doing contracts. They've had the tech & skills...
sixteen-bit
Member
Nice reference
Relaxed Muscle
Member
My 1 minute google fu searches says Koji Ono and Yuki Nishimura are both ex-SE staff members. But they seem never worked on proper director/design duties.
Duck, any info/opinion regarding this staff?
butman
Member
Requiring that the game must be "Multimobile"? We are doomed.
It's for mobile for god sake!
Maintenance
Member
Freemium? Seems like a mobile title all right. Not for me, though.
base shagohod
Member
In for the soundtrack alone.
TheJollyCorner
Member
I've wondered the same thing.
Very talented artists there at the time. Hell, TSW is, what, 13 years old at this point and still has some absolutely phenomenal CG.
The problem is that when you see something exclusively for iOS/Android (or at at least imo), it seems to indicate that it'll just be some bite sized experience.
I think most would be ok with something Bravely Default scope / graphic quality,and then anything more would be icing on the cake.
TitusGroan
Banned
The trouble is, with game budgets being what they are, even with Kickstarter Sakaguchi wouldn't be able to fundraise anything much more complicated than a retro-style 2D JRPG, which isn't all that different from what he's doing now. The dream of being able to fundraise something on the scale of The Last Story is still a long way off.
This. 3ds was a terrible purchase, at least my gf gets some use out of it.
Pleasantly surprised by this, will keep an eye on it.
To be honest, I think at this point I'd rather take a polished 16-bit style RPG made by Sakaguchi and some other cool dudes than a sequel to Last Story or Lost Odyssey. :x
And, yeah, I think if he'd sell a new project as a spiritual sequel to FFVI he would easily raise a ton of money on Kickstarter if he's able to get at least Amano and Uematsu on board.
I'm OK with this.
Give me a JRPG with an interesting battle-system, with good story and writing, a beautiful art-style, a memorable cast of characters, an awesome setting and an engaging world. Respect my time by avoiding the unnecessary bloat and grinding that plague most JRPGs.
Make it look like this:
Or, hell, even this:
And I'll be there day 1.
That's exactly what he's doing - making a Sakaguchi RPG, with the option to pay what's almost definitely under the price of a 3DS game to basically skip any meaningful interaction and cut straight to the feels if you're not a fan of the G part.
There isn't really much to say about it. Seems like it's a small core team at Mistwalker developing a small mobile title. Some of them are folks Sakaguchi probably got to know back at Squaresoft, while some have worked with him on previous Mistwalker titles. We don't even know how the game looks and plays, so there isn't much for me to form an opinion on.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Same artist from The Last Story? Looks stylistically similar at least.
The only mobile game I've ever played really was Chaos Rings.
I'm not really interested since it drains my phone battery, and heaven forbid I can't text or use Google Maps... but the talent attached is real enough to at least pay attention, I suppose.
Not knocking it, go for it.
I just would personally prefer a Crimson Shroud-esque experience. That was awesome what Matsuno did there.
The only mobile game I've ever played really was Chaos Rings.
I'm not really interested since it drains my phone battery, and heaven forbid I can't text or use Google Maps... but the talent attached is real enough to at least pay attention, I suppose.
Not knocking it, go for it.
I just would personally prefer a Crimson Shroud-esque experience. That was awesome what Matsuno did there.
Sammy Samusu
Member
I like free stuff.
Give me!
EDIT: Yep, that's The Last Story alright.
Give me!
EDIT: Yep, that's The Last Story alright.
Video of the Sakaguchi panel at Japan Expo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AugBs4_Uqsc
No screens, no footage, just more character designs and a monster design.
No screens, no footage, just more character designs and a monster design.
Femmeworth
Banned
Bleh, those character designs.
Aquamarine
Member
This worries me, even if it is from Mr. Sakaguchi.