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[Black Republican]

i mean they own the rights to the games, but they hardly push for me games/spinoffs these days which is a shame


plus i heard some of the members of their wild arms team left if thats true

 

[klee123]

Wild Arms is made by Media Vision and yes, the person behind Wild Arms has left.

They weren't huge sellers, so I guess SCEJ just gave up.

 

[jiggle]

they don't have a wild arms team
not the first rpg franchise sony let die
media vision is working on a psp and ps3 game

the franchise got progressively worse anyway, no big loss...

 

[Finaika]

I would kill for a next-gen Wild Arms.

 

[Takao]

SCEJ has let more successful IPs die, so it's not a surprise.

 

[D3RANG3D]

Because the only good one is the first one...

 

[B.K.]

Because the only good one is the first one...

But the first game isn't even the best in the series!

 

[FINALFANTASYDOG]

Wild Arms is made by Media Vision and yes, the person behind Wild Arms has left.

They weren't huge sellers, so I guess SCEJ just gave up.

Based on interviews I've read with him, I'd say the no.1 reason is the creator of the series left, the series then lost it's advocate (he didn't direct work the psp one, but was still with Media vision at the time it was created).

 

[Speevy]

Same reason there's no more

-Suikoden
-Grandia
-Dark Cloud
-Breath of Fire
-Arc the Lad
-Valkyrie Profile
etc.

 

[ACESmkII]

I remember loving the music from the intro of the first game.

 

[Slime]

Hopefully because Media.Vision are too busy making money on awesome iOS RPGs. I think I had more fun with Chaos Rings than I have with the last couple Wild Arms games.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

hahaha

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Yep, Wild Arms 6 would kick ass. Or a reboot, or whatever. Wild Arms, 2, 3, ACF rock. Rockrock.

 

[FINALFANTASYDOG]

Same reason there's no more



-Breath of Fire

Still quote alive and well on cell-phones!
2011

2009

2008

 

[Kyoufu]

Same reason there's no more

-Valkyrie Profile

SAYS WHO

 

[Zhengi]

Same reason there's no more

-Suikoden
-Grandia
-Dark Cloud
-Breath of Fire
-Arc the Lad
-Valkyrie Profile
etc.

I loved this franchise This gen has been horrible.

 

[hteng]

sony needs to make legend of dragoon and legaia

 

[davepoobond]

sony has nothing to do with valkyrie profile.

but Dark Cloud is definitely a

 

[Nirolak]

SAYS WHO

Says Square Enix not publishing the three newest Tri-Ace games despite publishing every Tri-Ace game prior to that.

sony has nothing to do with valkyrie profile.

but Dark Cloud is definitely a

Speevy's point is that most middle/lower-middle JRPGs at the major publishers have been killed off.

 

[Bebpo]

Sony Japan stopped making games long long ago

 

[Christine]

I only ever played the first one. Are any of the sequels worth hunting down?

 

[ACESmkII]

Sony Japan stopped making games long long ago

As sad as it is, it does kinda seem that way.

 

[jiggle]

I only ever played the first one. Are any of the sequels worth hunting down?

the srpg for psp is kinda decent

 

[Kyoufu]

Says Square Enix not publishing the three newest Tri-Ace games despite publishing every Tri-Ace game prior to that.

Three newest tri-Ace games aren't Valkyrie Profile though! I'm confident they're secretly developing VP3.

 

[Ratrat]

Is the psp game worth playing?

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Same reason there's no more

-Suikoden
-Grandia
-Dark Cloud
-Breath of Fire
-Arc the Lad
-Valkyrie Profile
etc.

I would trade all the brown shooters in the world to have gaming go back to where it was 10 years ago.

 

[Aeana]

Three newest tri-Ace games aren't Valkyrie Profile though! I'm confident they're secretly developing VP3.

But Suguro is now working on a 3DS game.
You don't want a VP game without Suguro.

 

[a1m]

Sony heard making HD-towns is nearly impossible and very expensive.

Also there being no Dark Cloud is more sadder.

: (

 

[squall23]

Also there being no Dark Cloud is more sadder.

That's because Level 5 struck gold with Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven. I think it's safe to say that Level 5's games will have that hardcore "Japanese" style from now on. I mean, just look at their newest IP Danball Senki.

 

[Aeana]

That's because Level 5 struck gold with Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven. I think it's safe to say that Level 5's games will have that hardcore "Japanese" style from now on. I mean, just look at their newest IP Danball Senki.

Those are their independent games. Dark Cloud has been replaced by White Knight Chronicles by Sony, at least for now.

 

[davepoobond]

Speevy's point is that most middle/lower-middle JRPGs at the major publishers have been killed off.

that's just how the market works, if a genre is decreasing in popularity like JRPGs have, the first to go are the niche titles

 

[Famassu]

Sony Japan stopped making games long long ago

You mean console games, they've made plenty of portable stuff. They are kinda like Square Enix in that regards; a few big console/PS3 games that take way too long to be developed, while they (somewhat) prosper on PSP with cool games like LocoRoco, Patapon, HotShotGolf and the upcoming Project Gravity for Vita.

 

[DiscoJer]

What I don't get is Falcom has pretty much thrived making old school JRPGs, pretty much in the vein of all of these.

I realize they are a smaller company, but still, they seem to sell a couple hundred thousand, maybe half that for Ys.

I mean, sure, those were mostly for the PSP, but they have PC versions as well, which would probably be "HD", or at least as "HD" as the current twins are.

 

[Dark Schala]

Same reason there's no more

-Suikoden
-Grandia
-Dark Cloud
-Breath of Fire
-Arc the Lad
-Valkyrie Profile
etc.

Le sigh. It truly is incredibly unfortunate that the niche/lower/mid-tier titles are the first to go. Especially with regards to Suikoden.

Though to be fair to Arc the Lad, End of Darkness wasn't very good, and I get the feeling that it did not sell well--which may have triggered the series' demise. The rest of the games, especially Arc II, were magical. *hugs Arc the Lad Collection*

 

[Aeana]

What I don't get is Falcom has pretty much thrived making old school JRPGs, pretty much in the vein of all of these.

I realize they are a smaller company, but still, they seem to sell a couple hundred thousand, maybe half that for Ys.

I mean, sure, those were mostly for the PSP, but they have PC versions as well, which would probably be "HD", or at least as "HD" as the current twins are.

Falcom knows exactly what its audience is and how much to spend to make a profit.It also has a dedicated fanbase to rely on. Sort of like Atlus. The fans also have grounded expectations, so disappointment with low budget games doesn't happen like it does when other developers do it.

 

[WickedLaharl]

i've never seen alter code f's intro before but now that i have i wish i could unsee it. the original is so much better!

 

[TheYanger]

But the first game isn't even the best in the series!

The first is the ONLY good game in the series, by a country mile. Remake of it was terrible. Wild Arms worked best without complicated JRPG mechanics (Something most JRPGs could learn, of course. "MEGA SYSTEM" "POWER JUNCTION TECHNIQUE" all sorts of useless bullshit that is totally useless in the genre since 32 bit era hit). Essentially, a fun traditional JRPG with awesome awesome puzzles, zelda style. That's all it ever needed to be. Sequels needlessly take away from this formula for the sake of pointless shit like 'ammo' and 'searching the map for areas' and vitality and crap. Who gives a fuck about any of that.

 

[Lain]

I only ever played the first one. Are any of the sequels worth hunting down?

The third is great.

 

[cj_iwakura]

The third is great.

2 is my favorite. 3 is good, but goes on way, WAY too long.

 

[Slime]

Yeah, the first one is the only one I really enjoyed. The second one was one of those awkward post-FFVII RPGs that felt like it was rushing to stay relevant with really shitty imitation. The third one was the only other game in the series I'd consider good, but even then it didn't feel all that special. Didn't like either of the other ones at all, or the PSP thing.

I just don't think this was a very good series to begin with. It started off with what basically amounted to a really decent 16-bit RPG, and then faded fast. I'd much rather see Sony invest in an RPG franchise that's actually worth salvaging.

 

[Aeana]

I only ever played the first one. Are any of the sequels worth hunting down?

I like the odd numbered ones. And XF for PSP.

 

[Teknoman]

I would kill for a next-gen Wild Arms.

You and me both. Cel shaded too.

Wild ARMs 3 was awesome.

 

[biocat]

I mean, just look at their newest IP Danball Senki.

Ack. Reading danboru romanized as danball kind of makes me nauseous.
The "ball" portion of danball was just Japanese people mishearing the pronunciation of "board" in "paperboard" and mistakenly called it borukami. Then cardboard came along later which was layered (dan) paperboard, so they shortened it to danboru.

 

[Lain]

2 is my favorite. 3 is good, but goes on way, WAY too long.

3 was my first Wild Arms game and I loved it so much, I'd watch the Opening every time without skipping it once (especially because sometimes it would load the japanese one instead of the english one).
I mean, it's just so great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezkMLIdE-Kg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lguiH7eawxY

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Two was a good game but suffers a bit from an awful localization. Really, just one of the worst you can find on the Playstation.

 

[Aeana]

Ack. Reading danboru romanized as danball kind of makes me nauseous.
The "ball" portion of danball was just Japanese people mishearing the pronunciation of "board" in "paperboard" and mistakenly called it borukami. Then cardboard came along later which was layered (dan) paperboard, so they shortened it to danboru.

That's why I'm convinced that Shouta named his impressions thread that just to irritate duckroll, since he went on a tirade about that a while back.

Two was a good game but suffers a bit from an awful localization. Really, just one of the worst you can find on the Playstation.

There are way worse localizations on PSX than Wild ARMs 2. You don't even have to venture outside of Sony-published games, just look at Legend of Dragoon.

 

[biocat]

That's why I'm convinced that Shouta named his impressions thread that just to irritate duckroll, since he went on a tirade about that a while back.

I just looked up that thread and I'm glad I didn't notice it earlier.

 

[Jucksalbe]

I guess they're just waiting for me to catch up. I have them all here, but only finished them up to part 2. Thanks Sony. In five years you can have your Wild Arms 6.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Yeah, the first one is the only one I really enjoyed. The second one was one of those awkward post-FFVII RPGs that felt like it was rushing to stay relevant with really shitty imitation. The third one was the only other game in the series I'd consider good, but even then it didn't feel all that special. Didn't like either of the other ones at all, or the PSP thing.

In what way exactly does WA2 come off as a "post-FFVII imitation"... ? WA2 is very much akin to, well, Wild Arms and not Final Fantasy....

 

[InfiniDragon]

Those are their independent games. Dark Cloud has been replaced by White Knight Chronicles by Sony, at least for now.

I hope not. WKC is rubbish compared to Dark Cloud, especially 2.

On topic, they do need to make another Wild ARMs game, if not for anything else to remedy the stain on the series that was the in game rendered opening to 5. That was a disgrace.