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Takao · Jun 30, 2015

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201506/30081975.html
http://dragon3.sega.jp/

There's basically no info on this other than its October 15th release date and a livestream set for July 4th.

Imageepoch developed the DS and PSP games, but they're dead and no studio is listed. Perhaps Sega hired on some former staff to finish up Stella Glow and then work on this? Hope this works out better for Sega than that game did lol

edit:
Director: Masayuki Kawabata
Producer: Juro Watari
Scenario Writer: Sou Yoda
Character Designer: Shirow Miwa
Composer: Yuzo Koshiro
Theme Song: sasakure.UK

dakkumauji · Jun 30, 2015

3rd time's the charm for an actual localization?

Tripon · Jun 30, 2015

For some reason, I thought it was a Dragon Quest announcement.

Seems to me that even with its old age, more 3ds announcements are happening now instead of years past.

Jpop · Jun 30, 2015

I have no hope in a localization.

Hero of Legend · Jun 30, 2015

WOAH!!! :O

An actual, Sega-commissioned, JRPG, not "kiddie" like Hero Bank, for 3DS, and not Vita, and of a series that's mainly on PSP in its current form?!

Oh my, never thought I'd see it. I thought Stella Glow was just "saved" and nothing to follow.

ohyouagain · Jun 30, 2015

Fuck yeah.

Jpop said:
I have no hope in a localization.

Ngh

Hero of Legend · Jun 30, 2015

Atlus, you know what you must do!

Edit: Oh hey, this is NOT a 2020 game in name, huh.

EastOfEden · Jun 30, 2015

Code VFD?

Parakeetman · Jun 30, 2015

I approve of this greatly, while not perfect the 7th Dragon 2020 series was not too bad. Had good music too. Though I really hope they increase the party size past 3. Since 3 was just too low of a number to get any sort of useful party combinations going on.

hongcha · Jun 30, 2015

Takao said:
Perhaps Sega hired on some former staff to finish up Stella Glow and then work on this?

Stella Glow was finished in November 2014. Sega did nothing but publish it. It is very possible they snagged former Imageepoch staffers to make this game, though.

dickroach · Jun 30, 2015

UltraClarity said:
For some reason, I thought it was a Dragon Quest announcement.

yeah, you see "Dragon" "7" and "3DS" in a thread title you get a little bit of a chub. understandable. but I guess this is a JRPG? I'll check it out

crinale · Jun 30, 2015

It was DS game by Image Epoch but the company went under, so I'm quite surprised it is alive.

Faustek · Jun 30, 2015

This isn't the seventh dragon Quest.....still I'll take it if it's locales.

Unknown Soldier · Jun 30, 2015

Yay another JRPG which will never see the light of day outside Japan. ;_;

crinale · Jun 30, 2015

Did last 2 entries get localization treatment?

duckroll · Jun 30, 2015

If they drop the 2020 theme and make a true sequel to 7th Dragon, I might be interested. Wonder who's working on this? Seems possible that Sega really did absorb ex-Imageepoch staff after the company folded.

Edit: Maybe not? The director is Masayuki Kawabata from Sega. He also directed Phantasy Star Zero.

MrT-Tar · Jun 30, 2015

Wasn't this the series by the creator od Phantasy Star?

AniHawk · Jun 30, 2015

no fucking way

tiltnkirby · Jun 30, 2015

MrT-Tar said:
Wasn't this the series by the creator od Phantasy Star?

Wasn't it the EO dude after number 2?

duckroll said:
If they drop the 2020 theme and make a true sequel to 7th Dragon, I might be interested. Wonder who's working on this? Seems possible that Sega really did absorb ex-Imageepoch staff after the company folded.

Edit: Maybe not? The director is Masayuki Kawabata from Sega. He also directed Phantasy Star Zero.

Ooooooh, I'm interested even more.

Pennywise83 · Jun 30, 2015

crinale said:
It was DS game by Image Epoch but the company went under, so I'm quite surprised it is alive.

Well, previous entries sold well (>100k) so it makes sense Sega would like to keep the IP alive.

kiryogi · Jun 30, 2015

duckroll said:
If they drop the 2020 theme and make a true sequel to 7th Dragon, I might be interested. Wonder who's working on this? Seems possible that Sega really did absorb ex-Imageepoch staff after the company folded.

Edit: Maybe not? The director is Masayuki Kawabata from Sega. He also directed Phantasy Star Zero.

Considering the modern motif with the concept image already. . . Seems very much steeped from 2020.

Hero of Legend · Jun 30, 2015

duckroll said:
If they drop the 2020 theme and make a true sequel to 7th Dragon, I might be interested. Wonder who's working on this? Seems possible that Sega really did absorb ex-Imageepoch staff after the company folded.

Edit: Maybe not? The director is Masayuki Kawabata from Sega. He also directed Phantasy Star Zero.

Really?! Also surprising since the director of 2020 and 2020-II... directed Stella Glow.

Nightbird · Jun 30, 2015

Reading 7 and Dragon and 3DS in the same Title did nothing good to me

duckroll · Jun 30, 2015

kiryogi said:
Considering the modern motif with the concept image already. . . Seems very much steeped from 2020.

Yes I agree. I think this is might be an action rpg dungeon crawler sequel to 2020 and 2020-II instead.

crinale · Jun 30, 2015

duckroll said:
If they drop the 2020 theme and make a true sequel to 7th Dragon, I might be interested. Wonder who's working on this? Seems possible that Sega really did absorb ex-Imageepoch staff after the company folded.

Edit: Maybe not? The director is Masayuki Kawabata from Sega. He also directed Phantasy Star Zero.

Considering the release date it's not like development started after ImegeEpoch went under, so it may be Sega continued the half-finished project and going to complete it this fall.

Reveirg · Jun 30, 2015

hongcha said:
Stella Glow was finished in November 2014. Sega did nothing but publish it. It is very possible they snagged former Imageepoch staffers to make this game, though.

Still needed some staff for the localization though.

t26 · Jun 30, 2015

Shouldn't it be 7th Dragon IV? Or are they not counting 2020-II?

Takao · Jun 30, 2015

t26 said:
Shouldn't it be 7th Dragon IV? Or are they not counting 2020-II?

They're probably counting both 2020 games as one entry.

Eusis · Jun 30, 2015

I suspect localization depends entirely on if they throw it to Atlus or Atlus pursues it. Nothing from SoA, and nothing from someone else.

duckroll · Jun 30, 2015

The producer is Juro Watari, previously the series producer for the Virtual On series. Not Rieko Kodama.

hongcha · Jun 30, 2015

Reveirg said:
Still needed some staff for the localization though.

Yeah, but that could be Sega staff. They know how to work with code. No need for IE staff for a localization.

catmario · Jun 30, 2015

Hell Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! Day 1 for me!

AniHawk · Jun 30, 2015

duckroll said:
The producer is Juro Watari, previously the series producer for the Virtual On series. Not Rieko Kodama.

does she work in the industry anymore?

@MUWANdo · Jun 30, 2015

Jpop said:
I have no hope in a localization.

Atlus is giving us Stella Glow, anything's possible.

MrT-Tar said:
Wasn't this the series by the creator od Phantasy Star?

Rieko Kodama (classic Phantasy Star, Magic Knight Rayearth for Saturn, Skies of Arcadia) was the producer, Kazuya Niinou (Etrian Odyssey) was the director.

Hero of Legend · Jun 30, 2015

duckroll said:
The producer is Juro Watari, previously the series producer for the Virtual On series. Not Rieko Kodama.

Interesting. I hope there wasn't a bad shake-up when IE closed, no way they weren't on this since they did every entry and it was only a short while ago this all happened, really odd to have a new director and producer unless this was a very recent change-up.

casiopao · Jun 30, 2015

Auoooooooo. Finally, my dream come true. A true sequel to DS 7th Dragon. Etrian prepare to meet ur rival here.^_^

kiryogi · Jun 30, 2015

casiopao said:
Auoooooooo. Finally, my dream come true. A true sequel to DS 7th Dragon. Etrian prepare to meet ur rival here.^_^

Considering the art and the credentials Duckroll is listing off, I wouldn't be too excited just yet.

Hero of Legend · Jun 30, 2015

With this change, you'd think it'd look more original than another 2020 game. Of course, that's just artwork, and nice art to boot.

Pennywise83 · Jun 30, 2015

It's weird they dropped the "2020" part of the title if they wanted to make a sequel to 2020-II. And what about "Code VFD"?

crinale · Jun 30, 2015

AniHawk said:
does she work in the industry anymore?

It's he, not she. BTW he has been ill for quite a long time so I've heard. Seriously I'm glad he's still working.

Parakeetman · Jun 30, 2015

Hero of Legend said:
With this change, you'd think it'd look more original than another 2020 game. Of course, that's just artwork, and nice art to boot.

The artist is pretty popular and folks are quite happy to see the return of his work from the tweets going around in response to the announcement.

My own personal pref is would have liked to see Mota return. D:

AniHawk · Jun 30, 2015

crinale said:
It's he, not she. BTW he has been ill for quite a long time so I've heard. Seriously I'm glad he's still working.

yeah rieko kodama is a woman

djplaeskool · Jun 30, 2015

I'm guessing they dropped the 2020 portion to differentiate it from its PSP forebears, since this is back on a Nintendo handheld.
It's still cool that this series lives on. I love 7th Dragon and the 2020 entries.

Takao · Jun 30, 2015

Pennywise83 said:
It's weird they dropped the "2020" part of the title if they wanted to make a sequel to 2020-II. And what about "Code VFD"?

2020-II experienced a drop from the first game. As a 2013 release, that may or may not have had a lot to do with PSP's vintage, but Sega might be afraid that another 2020 branded entry could alienate potential customers ("Do I need to have played the other 2?").

As for the subtitle, prepare for 7th Dragon III: Code NHG next year ...

raven777 · Jun 30, 2015

duckroll said:
If they drop the 2020 theme and make a true sequel to 7th Dragon, I might be interested. Wonder who's working on this? Seems possible that Sega really did absorb ex-Imageepoch staff after the company folded.

Edit: Maybe not? The director is Masayuki Kawabata from Sega. He also directed Phantasy Star Zero.

The producer and director is interesting...

How was Phantasy Star Zero?

Hero of Legend · Jun 30, 2015

Pennywise83 said:
It's weird they dropped the "2020" part of the title if they wanted to make a sequel to 2020-II. And what about "Code VFD"?

Virtua Fire Dragon.

I got nothin'.

crinale · Jun 30, 2015

AniHawk said:
yeah rieko kodama is a woman

Ooops sorry I thought you were referring to Juro. Yeah Kodama is a woman you are right.

Hero of Legend · Jun 30, 2015

http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv226496037

This is on the site. Possible presentation on the 3rd maybe?

ohyouagain · Jun 30, 2015

duckroll said:
If they drop the 2020 theme and make a true sequel to 7th Dragon, I might be interested. Wonder who's working on this? Seems possible that Sega really did absorb ex-Imageepoch staff after the company folded.

Edit: Maybe not? The director is Masayuki Kawabata from Sega. He also directed Phantasy Star Zero.

duckroll · Jun 30, 2015

https://twitter.com/yodasou66/status/615763030098362368

Sou Yoda is the scenario writer for this project. He's also the writer for Criminal Girls, the 7th Dragon 2020 series, Dungeon Travelers, and Stella Glow. I guess we know what to expect from this game now. :/

https://twitter.com/phoenix_rie/status/615766654622937088

Rieko Kodama acknowledges that she's not producing this game, but that she'll be helping a little with checking the game balance.

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