I'd like to give them my American-yen if they'd release it officially over here! Then they can start diving in it like Scrooge McDuck.
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Granblue Fantasy (Mobile Game) Spends 300 Million Yen on Giant Newspaper Ad
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I'd like to give them my American-yen if they'd release it officially over here! Then they can start diving in it like Scrooge McDuck.
kiunchbb
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Shadowverse is in Steam, and Granblue is a browser game that's completely in English already.
GB is an absolute beast, but it's more like 2 IPs. Rage of Bahamut the game was shutdown, but they're still trying to launch an anime of it soon. 2.5 IPs?
4 original IP. Just they haven't posted about Knights of Glory for some time now.
Cygames is also sponsoring the Sagan Tosu football club.
They're everywhere.
Only iOS version was shut down in Japan, game is still running through mobage/android.
Not a major IP, they shut down the service in January.
They're everywhere.
Only iOS version was shut down in Japan, game is still running through mobage/android.
Not a major IP, they shut down the service in January.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Man, more video game companies should just do mobile games.
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Wow really? That sucks. Guess I stand corrected then. Really liked that game and artwork too. Disappointed.gif
Only the English version was shut down. The Japanese version is still running. The upcoming anime is actually the second series. The first one was their first anime production and it was entirely funded by Cygames without a production committee. With really high production values too. The new series is a sequel and will be twice as long, with production values which look just as high. I would say it's still a very important IP for the company considering how without it being a success, Granblue wouldn't have existed.
GringoSuave89
Banned
This is insane to me. A crazy level of success. I need to check them out I guess.
Fun fact I like pointing out which most people don't know: Cygames was founded by ex-Silicon Studios staff who used to work on console games. They have always said that core games are their first love, and that they hope to use resources from their mobile success to give back to that some day. That some day is now.
The president of Cygames directed 3D Dot Heroes.
The president of Cygames directed 3D Dot Heroes.
Fun fact I like pointing out which most people don't know: Cygames was founded by ex-Silicon Studios staff who used to work on console games. They have always said that core games are their first love, and that they hope to use resources from their mobile success to give back to that some day. That some day is now.
The president of Cygames directed 3D Dot Heroes.
I really appreciate how they use their money earned from mobile games to make console games.
Lostconfused
Member
I find it extremely unlikely that they paid rate card for this ad. Leaving aside the fact it's 8 pages biked at once which on its own would attract a discount, their media buying agency would most likely have a pre-agreed rate if they use the paper to advertise in regularly.
Great creative work though (even if the idea of a double-sides gatefold isn't new), and it's the kind of thing you can only do in print.
Great creative work though (even if the idea of a double-sides gatefold isn't new), and it's the kind of thing you can only do in print.
Sectorseven
Member
Is the mobile game demographic even reading newspapers?
Probably doesn't matter - this could just as logically be aimed at investors or simply be there as a 'Yay us!' ad for Cygames
cj_iwakura
Member
What really surprises me is that Shadowverse has an astoundingly good localization. There's better dub VA in that then some major publishers' US releases.
Of course there's a few bad VAs, but by and large it's all pretty solid, especially considering how many voiced cards there are.
There's a translation and you can give them your money without a problem. I spent so much on Granblue already, don't even wanna think about it. And that's nothing compared to some people here lol. I'm also glad some my money is going into Daigo Umehara's pockets now, since Cygames are sponsoring him as of recently.
Pinko Marx
Banned
Mobile devs becoming the next big AAA studios in Japan is a weird development in my eyes, even though it makes tons of sense.
What the fuck?!?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
They're making probably a 1000% more money off of a smaller amount of people, but it still works out since the pool is basically infinite.
The whole games as service thing works if you have a system that is both seemingly fair but encourages you to gacha. I mean hell, they just "gave away" 200 dollars worth of gacha pulls in GBF last week - which makes everyone happy, and probably made some whales put in even more money so that they could buy a character.
It's stupidly easy if you have a Google account. Perhaps too easy if you're careful. lol
Fun fact I like pointing out which most people don't know: Cygames was founded by ex-Silicon Studios staff who used to work on console games. They have always said that core games are their first love, and that they hope to use resources from their mobile success to give back to that some day. That some day is now.
The president of Cygames directed 3D Dot Heroes.
I want to petition them to buy the Shadow Hearts and Suikoden IPs and just throw money at Matsuzo Machida and Yoshitaka Murayama to make whatever vision they have for sequels.
JordanN
Banned
Baroquemantic
Member
Holy shit. That's a lot of great art.
Wow. Loved the first season of the Bahamut anime and the footage of the Granblue game looks really good.
Yeah, Cygames are tossing their cash everywhere.
Also, for some studios, working on a big licensed IP makes or breaks their studio if that's the only thing they are working on. For Cygames, their iM@S games are ancillaries. (Technically iM@S is a Bamco IP but Cygames have their hands in deep with their mobile outings.)
Still, that big poster is worth hanging on the wall-
Wait a minute, Strike Time's on, gotta play GBF.
I think the big difference between this and Rovio/King/etc. is the latter weren't exactly sure what contributed to their success and tried to transfer lightning from one bottle to another.
That, and because of the gacha concept, production values and rockstar-status of some of the people involved (Yoshida, Nobuo Uematsu, a whole plethora of recognizable seiyuu etc), there's a lot more brand awareness and brand loyalty involved.
I started sort-of casually playing it (meaning just getting the free shit) at the start of the last event because I wanted to know what the Platinum game was gonna be about. All I can say is after Fire Emblem Heroes I wish they'd spend some of their megabucks making it a 'real' game and not a browser thing, lol.
Hentailover
Member
Not when it comes to script localizaiton. Try playing game undubbed. You will surprised to hear japanese VA giving entire eexposition speech about some ancient vampire and such and such,... And english line at the bottom is literally just "Nobody really knows for sure what happened"
I am NOT exaggerating in the slightest.
SliceSabre
Banned
Magisa not front and center, unforgivable. SEE IF I PULL TODAY CYGAMES!!!
I tried it because people said that among this type of games it's one of the best.
It has great art and sound and overall production qualities, a somewhat decent underlying system, and is utterly let down in terms of pacing and overall design by being primarily targeted as a vehicle for getting people with personalities prone to gambling addiction to spend tons of money.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
As someone who is f2p in the game, I don't know if the game actively encourages you to spend money. There are things that just require massive time investment that you just can't buy.
That's equally a result of it being conceptualized as an ongoing "service" (and the reason for that is when people come back regularly there's regularly a chance that they will spend money). And that's what leads to the massive pacing issues.
Lostconfused
Member
How much time do you have to waste on Terra Battle before it gets good?
Is it more time than you spend shilling it?
Is it more time than you spend shilling it?
Razzorn34
Member
Terra Battle was my main game till I lost my progress when switching phones. Their support was no help. Been playing Granblue consistently since English release last year. No regrets.
Dedication Through Light
Member
The auto feature once youre strong enough and skill queue makes it a really casual experience though. It integrates nicely while Im watching stuff, reading, working, or playing hardcore console games.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I don't know if that's a problem, considering they need to keep the carrot further and futher out of reach in order to keep people playing. There's never going to be an "ending", so the pace is dictated by meta. But that's basically like any MMO as well, where any new balance patch can throw the entire playerbase into disarray.
I guess it depends on how engaged you are with the game though. Unlike the horrendously designed Fire Emblem game, I have never actually felt like I needed to spend money in order to beat content. You can grind low level content and participate in co-op modes and still achieve something if you're not rich in SSR drops.
I'm under NDA so I can't really talk about the shilling contract. But Terra Battle generally gets really good once you get to chapter 20 or so and have a good range of characters to cover the different elements and weapon types, even if they're not super great characters, Having the utility to swap a party around really brings out the strategy in the later stages, and makes tackling the puzzle like bosses really fun.
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SliceSabre
Banned
I have to agree here. I love my waifus and I've been playing casually for a year now and have never once felt pressured to buy any crystals. (Note: I have been very lucky when it comes to getting SSR characters)
I just get on once a day for a short amount of time, play a few story missions and move on. I don't do any of the extra stuff really like raids, co-op or heavy farm for weapons.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Is Terra Battle still a good option for new players or is too deep in with required gacha rolls to be enjoyable?
cj_iwakura
Member
Was afraid of that... but at least it's not "the penetration" tier and is clear English.