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[jgkspsx]

Are you on the most up to date CFW?

No. I'm way, way back. It's my own fault, but I haven't been arsed. I really wanted to get Echochrome/2, LBP, and WHIDTDTML, too. Just been too busy with other things.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

No. I'm way, way back. It's my own fault, but I haven't been arsed. I really wanted to get Echochrome/2, LBP, and WHIDTDTML, too. Just been too busy with other things.

Well these work fine on newest CFW, I guess they only thing you would have to check ahead of time is the NES emulator but it should.

 

[TheSeks]

It proves that people have great taste in games

ITT: Buyers Remorse for Sonic 4 and it's fucked up non-Genesis physics.

So Arc works on the latest CFW/M33? Nice. Going to play it on my PSP once I'm done with Persona 4 then.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

So Vic...about Alundra 2?

:lol

Just kidding! Congrats on the release! Great hope for the future!

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

So Vic...about Alundra 2?

:lol

Just kidding! Congrats on the release! Great hope for the future!

He never had the rights did he? Alundra 2 wasn't done by working designs.

 

[vireland]

He never had the rights did he? Alundra 2 wasn't done by working designs.

Wasn't made by Matrix, either. Isn't even an Alundra game. Just cashing in on the first one's success.

 

[vireland]

Ya its just ratings not for sure they were outsold ya never know. Alundra/Arc are much longer games then those other two. In a perfect world people would wait until beating a game to rate them so maybe alotta people haven't chimed in yet. Gotta think positive!



DF is super fun its like the only strategy game ever I can beat without guides/cheats (though that debug mode is fun to mess with)! Hopefully it can get re-released someday so lotsa people get ta play it! I dunno if the never translated sequel was good but if it was I hope that'd come over to.

Dragon Force II was not good. By then, pieces of the original team had gone (they actually were gone during the end of the first game), and it shows. Smaller sprites, less epic feel, music not so great. Poor effort.

 

[Miroslav]

For wathever reason I am not able to buy content for the USA store so i cant buy alundra a game that i was so eager tu buy (dat block-pulling puzzle though...). its odd because im using the same visa that I have for the EU store (my "native" store) but it fails all the time. Maybe they have implemented some kind of chardholders address check, I obviously dont live in Alabama. Any good web to buy usa psn card online? any virtual visa system that works? Thanks in advance.

 

[vireland]

For wathever reason I am not able to buy content for the USA store so i cant buy alundra a game that i was so eager tu buy (dat block-pulling puzzle though...). its odd because im using the same visa that I have for the EU store (my "native" store) but it fails all the time. Maybe they have implemented some kind of chardholders address check, I obviously dont live in Alabama. Any good web to buy usa psn card online? any virtual visa system that works? Thanks in advance.

For US points cards with international credit cards, someone recommended:
http://www.maximuscards.com/itempage.php?cat=3

You can also buy Alundra download codes on Amazon.com here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00472NZ9A/?tag=neogaf0e-20

and Arc here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00472NZ90/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[vireland]

A little update...

European gamers:
We're still working on and making progress toward getting these released for PSN in Europe (which would be the first time Arc 1-3 has been available there!). Keep your fingers crossed.

North American gamers:
An Arc the Lad trailer link has been added to the original post. Same as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-wgfqZ23g

Arc II and Arc Arena are coming to PSN next week! I'll get a post up here shortly with details in advance of the formal press release...

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Arc 2 next week?! Probably one of the best RPGs I have ever played. Some really memorable fights and story scenes in that game. Although some of it is incredibly tragic iirc.

This is some damn wonderful news! Will be buying day 1.

 

[I3rand0]

A little update...

European gamers:
We're still working on and making progress toward getting these released for PSN in Europe (which would be the first time Arc 1-3 has been available there!). Keep your fingers crossed.

North American gamers:
An Arc the Lad trailer link has been added to the original post. Same as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-wgfqZ23g

Arc II and Arc Arena are coming to PSN next week! I'll get a post up here shortly with details in advance of the formal press release...

Sweet. How were sales of Alundra/Arc I?

 

[ULTROS!]

Cool!

Hey Vic, how did Alundra and Arc the Lad perform in PSN? Hopefully it did well to warrant more PSOne rereleases.

Oh and I recently got the disc you sent me, thank you so much! Sadly I misplaced the first disc and currently looking for it, kinda stupid of me. :/ Right now I'm planning on finishing Grandia III.

 

[djtiesto]

A little update...

European gamers:
We're still working on and making progress toward getting these released for PSN in Europe (which would be the first time Arc 1-3 has been available there!). Keep your fingers crossed.

North American gamers:
An Arc the Lad trailer link has been added to the original post. Same as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-wgfqZ23g

Arc II and Arc Arena are coming to PSN next week! I'll get a post up here shortly with details in advance of the formal press release...

Everybody who hasn't played it already and owns a PS3... BUY ARC II!. One of the best RPGs on a system known for its quality RPGs. An absolutely epic masterpiece.

 

[Prime crotch]

How do you go around getting a complete save, as in with the last summon, for Arc 1 to use in Arc 2? I want everything for Arc 2 but I no longer have the time to go dungeon crawling for 4 hours without saving.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

A little update...

European gamers:
We're still working on and making progress toward getting these released for PSN in Europe (which would be the first time Arc 1-3 has been available there!). Keep your fingers crossed.

North American gamers:
An Arc the Lad trailer link has been added to the original post. Same as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-wgfqZ23g

Arc II and Arc Arena are coming to PSN next week! I'll get a post up here shortly with details in advance of the formal press release...

Does this mean the sales have been good for Alundra and Arc the Lad or were these already planned to be released even if Arc and Alundra were a bomb? And are these coming out at the $5.99 price point also?

 

[hsukardi]

Any update on the sales?

 

[vireland]

Does this mean the sales have been good for Alundra and Arc the Lad or were these already planned to be released even if Arc and Alundra were a bomb? And are these coming out at the $5.99 price point also?

So far the sales are good enough to do these already-done games, but they're only about half what they'd need to be to go back and localize stuff that got missed the first time. A little disappointing given the pedigree of these first two releases, but we'll continue to promote and try to raise awareness and interest to get it up to where it's feasable. We're not giving up yet on the idea of getting some really cool stuff that was missed the first time out, but we definitely have some more work to do to get sales/awareness up.

 

[DonMigs85]

Are you able to tell which PSN IDs bought the game? I passed on Arc, but I did get Alundra.

 

[vireland]

How do you go around getting a complete save, as in with the last summon, for Arc 1 to use in Arc 2? I want everything for Arc 2 but I no longer have the time to go dungeon crawling for 4 hours without saving.

I don't know of a way to get an external "complete" save in there, but if you don't have the relatively small amount of time to do that in Arc I, you REALLY don't have the time for Arc II - it's exponentially larger.

 

[aidan]

So far the sales are good enough to do these already-done games, but they're only about half what they'd need to be to go back and localize stuff that got missed the first time. A little disappointing given the pedigree of these first two releases, but we'll continue to promote and try to raise awareness and interest to get it up to where it's feasable. We're not giving up yet on the idea of getting some really cool stuff that was missed the first time out, but we definitely have some more work to do to get sales/awareness up.

Maybe sales would be better if PSN didn't reject credit cards all the time. I want to buy Alundra and ATL, but no dice.

 

[Chauncy Talon]

I'm thinking of picking up Arc the Lad. I wished I never would of turned down that deal for PS1, twice. One from the store and one from my friend. :-/

 

[Prime crotch]

I don't know of a way to get an external "complete" save in there, but if you don't have the relatively small amount of time to do that in Arc I, you REALLY don't have the time for Arc II - it's exponentially larger.

There's something worse in Arc 2 than the 50th floor dungeon?!

Oh btw, try to get the NTSC version up on the PAL store

 

[Dave Long]

I think the inherent problem with these releases is hardly anyone knows about them that's not actively checking the store and/or tuned in on the Internet on the week they release.

I don't know how you fix that short of posting in threads like this one to continue raising the issue that the games are available. Real marketing would cost real money (that you probably wouldn't recoup), and where do you do that for games available on these services?

Anyway, I bought Alundra and have mentioned to others that it's available. Word of mouth is probably your best form of marketing now that the games are there.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

So far the sales are good enough to do these already-done games, but they're only about half what they'd need to be to go back and localize stuff that got missed the first time. A little disappointing given the pedigree of these first two releases, but we'll continue to promote and try to raise awareness and interest to get it up to where it's feasable. We're not giving up yet on the idea of getting some really cool stuff that was missed the first time out, but we definitely have some more work to do to get sales/awareness up.

Ya, is there anything special you guys have done to get word out? I know if it wasn't for this thread I would have never known, I unfortunately don't check the PSOne classics at all and was surprised by the selection. Obviously you don't want to do some huge marketing blitz due to the sort of niche nature of it but I was just curious. And $5.99 for the next two arc games?

 

[vireland]

Maybe sales would be better if PSN didn't reject credit cards all the time. I want to buy Alundra and ATL, but no dice.

Well, I can't really do much about the PSN purchase infrastructure, but if you're having trouble with PSN and your credit card for some reason, Amazon is pretty good about taking credit cards faithfully. You can get download codes from them for PSN games.

Amazon Arc PSN code buy link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00472NZ90/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Amazon Alundra code buy link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00472NZ9A/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[vireland]

There's something worse in Arc 2 than the 50th floor dungeon?!

Oh btw, try to get the NTSC version up on the PAL store

Mentioned it on a post a few up in this thread. We're still trying to get these up on the European store, too. Slow progress, but progress.

 

[vireland]

Ya, is there anything special you guys have done to get word out? I know if it wasn't for this thread I would have never known, I unfortunately don't check the PSOne classics at all and was surprised by the selection. Obviously you don't want to do some huge marketing blitz due to the sort of niche nature of it but I was just curious. And $5.99 for the next two arc games?

Arc II thread is up here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=24439009#post24439009

As you would guess, there's almost no budget for these online releases because the margins are so thin, but we're adding some additional web-centric promotion this time to see if we can pump up the volume. I'm giving away download codes for Arc II in the Arc II thread here on NeoGAF, and we're planning promotions to do with other websites as well. Basically this is new-frontier trial and error stuff. We'll find a way to make it work...

 

[AranhaHunter]

So far the sales are good enough to do these already-done games, but they're only about half what they'd need to be to go back and localize stuff that got missed the first time. A little disappointing given the pedigree of these first two releases, but we'll continue to promote and try to raise awareness and interest to get it up to where it's feasable. We're not giving up yet on the idea of getting some really cool stuff that was missed the first time out, but we definitely have some more work to do to get sales/awareness up.

Sheesh, so probably only ~10k or so, this is why we can't have nice things

 

[aidan]

Well, I can't really do much about the PSN purchase infrastructure, but if you're having trouble with PSN and your credit card for some reason, Amazon is pretty good about taking credit cards faithfully. You can get download codes from them for PSN games.

Amazon Arc PSN code buy link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00472NZ90/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Amazon Alundra code buy link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00472NZ9A/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Only available to US residents. Darn. Thanks for the heads up, though.

 

[Oozinator]

Only available to US residents. Darn. Thanks for the heads up, though.

That's why your credit card keeps getting rejected by the US PS Store, because your card is not issued by a US bank. Sony/(or their payment processor) went out of their way to activate card issuer country checks.

 

[dallow_bg]

If you have PayPal, I can help and get the codes from Amazon for you.

 

[Baloonatic]

I got the latest Gamespite quarterly book (Most Underappreciated Games of All Time) the other day and just thought I'd mention that Alundra is in there at number 27 out of 50. Well worth picking up if you're on the loookout for some gems you might have missed.

 

[Kid Marin]

Something that has been bugging me, why Arc The Lad (JP) and Arc The Lad (NA) have different portraits ?

 

[SabinFigaro]

Thread bump for a noble cause!

I'm giving away a copy of Alundra for the PSone.

Please check the "FREE to a good home" thread, and specifically this post for details.

 

[Maleficence]

Fucking loved Alundra.

 

[vireland]

Updated the Original post rather than start a new thread. European fans will FINALLY have Arc the Lad I, II, and III available in Europe. The PSN release for EU is scheduled to begin in October of 2011, with each chapter being released successively, and then Alundra.

We're planning to get the EU releases of the remaining WD titles we're working to get out much closer to the US release, but how successful we are at getting that done depends in large part on the EU reception of these first titles, so EU fans, please tell your friends to look for these!

 

[Spwn]

Any word on pricing? Would be great to play these games on my PSP - especially Alundra, which I never got around buying when I had the chance.

 

[vireland]

Any word on pricing?

We're not handling that directly (we licensed this to SCEE and are working with them as the publisher for EU PSN), so I'm not sure, but as soon as I know, I will post it. Should have it soon as Arc I is tenatively scheduled for the first week in Oct.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Do you have any plans to release more WD titles or are these the only ones? I made a thread this past week but no one posted in it so I assumed it was dead.

 

[Jigsaw]

alundra was translated to french,german,italian,etc when released in europe,i suppose this will be an english only psn release now of the ntsc version?

 

[DonMigs85]

Any chance on Vay coming out? Does the iOS release even have the WD localization?

 

[Jay Sosa]

I'll personally punch everyone who doesn't buy Alundra right on the nose. Best 2D Zelda ever ;D

 

[Zeouterlimits]

\o/ Thanks Vic!

 

[vireland]

Do you have any plans to release more WD titles or are these the only ones? I made a thread this past week but no one posted in it so I assumed it was dead.

Still working in it. Vanguard Bandits is the next most-likely release.

 

[vireland]

Any chance on Vay coming out? Does the iOS release even have the WD localization?

iOS was completely new localization. Not nearly as fun (no Gold Vortex, nor any Gas Masks, etc - heh!) and nowhere near as challenging.

 

[vireland]

alundra was translated to french,german,italian,etc when released in europe,i suppose this will be an english only psn release now of the ntsc version?

Yes, this is the NTSC version. The European Alundra had Psygnosis involved and the rights were messy. This was the only shot at you playing it instead of your grandchildren.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Still working in it. Vanguard Bandits is the next most-likely release.

Sexy~ You should release it this tuesday!

 

[toythatkills]

Anyone with PSN who doesn't buy Alundra is no friend of mine.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Holy shit, finally some games on the PSn that dind't got an official PAL release in their time. I always thought that PSN should be a chance to see those titles.

Curiosly enough, we got the Arc The Lad anime and not the games. lol