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[AceBandage]

Why would it likely not see a western release? It may or may not come at this point. There doesn't seem to be much to suggest that it won't come.

He was making fun of AceBandage


Keep telling yourself that bud

I'd rather be telling myself it was a spin off starring Shinobu.

 

[Jonnyram]

Reread what was posted:

"Added" as well as dubbing being key.

So it's not a port then. It's got tons of extra content. Wii version was the beta version. Too bad for early adopters, I guess.

 

[schuelma]

Yeah.

So I guess we know when the wand is coming out in Japan then? Wonder if NMH PS3 will be using it..

 

[TunaLover]

Apparently from someone who has the issue, taking it with a grain of salt until scans is probably best:

Lufia
-February 25 release, 5,890 Yen
-Developed by Neverland

NMH
-Advance Mode added
-Japanese dubbing added (Nakano, Daizuka, Kurota, Konishi, Takanori? don't know Japanese VAs, will look it up in a sec)
-Erotic Portrait added
-February 25, 5,800 Yen

WTF?

 

[Magypsy23]

So it's not a port then. It's got tons of extra content. Wii version was the beta version. Too bad for early adopters, I guess.

What?

 

[Gospel]

So it's not a port then. It's got tons of extra content. Wii version was the beta version. Too bad for early adopters, I guess.

Enhanced port then.

Point still stands

 

[Nirolak]

Biohazard 5 Alternative Edition - 2/18/2010, 4980 yen.
DLC will be 500 yen each per episode, two episodes total.
Two costume packs for 200 yen each.

Wait so RE5's DLC only totals $10? For the supposed 2-3 hours of gameplay that actually sounds quite good...

 

[Thunder Monkey]

What?

Erotic portraits are serious bizness.

 

[Jonnyram]

Enhanced port then.

Doesn't change anything

No. It doesn't change anything. At all.

 

[TunaLover]

So it's not a port then. It's got tons of extra content. Wii version was the beta version. Too bad for early adopters, I guess.

Tons of extras? :lol
Yeah, erotic portrait serious business indeed, Thunder Monkey :lol

 

[Dragona Akehi]

lulz at the butthurt fanboys

 

[grandjedi6]

Regardless, it's obvious this port is being made to try and expand the Japanese audience, and only the Japanese audience.

From my edit: In fact, considering No More Heroes 2 doesn't have a release date in Japan, this move is likely being made to help establish the franchise and subsequently improve potential sales for the sequel.

Let me ask you guys something: if this game is in fact being made in order to solely increase the Japanese fanbase and to do better in Japanese sales, then why is there a 360 version?

 

[Magypsy23]

Erotic portraits are serious bizness.

10hrs of slashing and 20hrs of fapping.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

Tons of extras? :lol

Dude... it's got fucking hentai!

That's like... the holy grail.

lulz at the butthurt fanboys

My butt hurts for many other reasons.

 

[silverbullet1080]

I wonder if they'd be fixing the awful side missions, pointless city and inept combat along with the controls on NMH.

 

[AceBandage]

Let me ask you guys something: if this game is in fact being made in order to solely increase the Japanese fanbase and to do better in Japanese sales, then why is there a 360 version?

360 games still sell in Japan, despite common belief.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

My butt hurts for many other reasons.

<3

 

[Thunder Monkey]

360 games still sell in Japan, despite common belief.

Stop digging dammit!

I like you ok, and I don't want to lose you to the Earths molten core!

 

[Gospel]

Let me ask you guys something: if this game is in fact being made in order to solely increase the Japanese fanbase and to do better in Japanese sales, then why is there a 360 version?

I don't know.

How do franchises get popular?

I don't think it's debatable that No More Heroes is Suda most mainstream project. With that and its alleged poor gameplay aside, It seems that this would have been a logical step to take.

 

[Nirolak]

Hey guys, Halo 3: ODST was announced at the Tokyo Game Show. It also features an actor from Firefly. I think this clearly shows that Microsoft is using the title SOLELY to expand the Halo audience in Japan and probably has no intention of ever releasing it in the West.

 

[jay]

The actual Famitsu article says Suda hates the HD NMH, which is only being released in the Nara Prefecture, and wants to marry the Wii.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

<3

PEOPLE LIKE ME!

*purrs*

 

[Wallach]

Let me ask you guys something: if this game is in fact being made in order to solely increase the Japanese fanbase and to do better in Japanese sales, then why is there a 360 version?

People have got to be kidding themselves if they think a PS3/360 version would not be planned for stateside release given the fact that both the IP fanbase and both install bases are larger here than they are in Japan. And if in fact this is some kind of port with added content, then the localization (outside of the new content itself) is almost a non-factor. I don't see any logic in this being a Japan-only release.

 

[grandjedi6]

360 games still sell in Japan, despite common belief.

Very few do, and only for the most popular games, and still they're almost always made in anticipation of a western release.

 

[Pureauthor]

My thigh hurts. That's pretty close to my butt.

Do I count?

 

[AniHawk]

a cel-shaded action game for the PS360 would be nice to see

 

[Dragona Akehi]

My thigh hurts. That's pretty close to my butt.

Do I count?

You have hurt thighs and you cannot lie?

 

[Thunder Monkey]

My thigh hurts. That's pretty close to my butt.

Do I count?

No, that was me.

Sometimes I rub a bit hard.

Sorry.

 

[Pureauthor]

You have hurt thighs and you cannot lie?

How 'bout that Lufia, huh? Guys?

Sometimes I rub a bit hard.

You forgot the oil too. Professional masseuse my arse.

 

[Gospel]

Scores are up

 

[Rpgmonkey]

Lufia's producer is apparently Kojima Hajime. People are saying it's the same one who was the (Assistant) Producer for Infinite Undiscovery and Star Ocean 4.

Scores

Layton (DS) 8/9/9/8
Naruto (Wii) 7/6/5/5
Rabbids Go Home (Wii) 8/7/6/6
Momotetsu (Wii) 8/9/8/8
Mushihime (360) 8/7/7/7

 

[Busaiku]

Lufia's team is supposedly comprised of the original staff right?
I've got hope.

 

[grandjedi6]

I don't know.

How do franchises get popular?

I don't think it's debatable that No More Heroes is Suda most mainstream project. With that and its alleged poor gameplay aside, It seems that this would have been a logical step to take.

You don't think its debatable that No More Heroes is Suda's most mainstream project? Are you living in some kind of fantasy land where Suda has made something more mainstream than NMH? Or did you merely misphrase that statement?

Either way, releasing the game to the west would only help make the franchise more popular than not releasing it at all.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

You forgot the oil too. Professional masseuse my arse.

I never said I was a professional.

I just wanted to rub your thigh.

 

[Akai]

If anyone knows what these are, two more:

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&#34411;&#23019;&#12288;&#12288;&#65304;&#65303;&#65303;&#65303;

Momotetsu (I assume the train series) and Mushihime...

 

[Magypsy23]

If anyone knows what these are, two more:

&#12418;&#12418;&#12390;&#12388;&#12288;&#65304;&#65305;&#65304;&#65304;
&#34411;&#23019;&#12288;&#12288;&#65304;&#65303;&#65303;&#65303;

Momotaro Dentetsu
Mushihime

 

[Gospel]

&#34411;&#23019;&#12288;&#12288;&#65304;&#65303;&#65303;&#65303;

I think that one is Mushihimesama for 360

 

[AniHawk]

NMH 360 better be built for the ground up. I was hoping this was the Natal game Suda was hinting at a while back. I really wanna see a cel-shaded action game for something more powerful than the Wii.

I guess at the very least this will serve as the groundwork for the third game.

 

[Danthrax]

can we just all get along

You forgot the oil too. Professional masseuse my arse.

IT RUBS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN OR ELSE IT GETS THE HOSE AGAIN

Spoiler

I'm sorry

 

[Stumpokapow]

&#12418;&#12418;&#12390;&#12388;&#12288;&#65304;&#65305;&#65304;&#65304;

Mo mo te tsu

I'm guessing Momotaro Dentetsu, which is Hudson's long-running virtual board game series. No idea which installment this one is.

 

[Pureauthor]

NMH 360 better be built for the ground up. I was hoping this was the Natal game Suda was hinting at a while back. I really wanna see a cel-shaded action game for something more powerful than the Wii.

I guess at the very least this will serve as the groundwork for the third game.

Vesperia's gameplay is pretty actiony.

 

[Magypsy23]

can we just all get along

No.

 

[AniHawk]

You don't think its debatable that No More Heroes is Suda's most mainstream project? Are you living in some kind of fantasy land where Suda has made something more mainstream than NMH? Or did you merely misphrase that statement?

Unless I'm misreading that, I think you misread that.

 

[Thunder Monkey]

NMH 360 better be built for the ground up. I was hoping this was the Natal game Suda was hinting at a while back. I really wanna see a cel-shaded action game for something more powerful than the Wii.

I guess at the very least this will serve as the groundwork for the third game.

I do think those DBZ games for the PS3 and 360 look pretty good.

I'd just like to see something HD cel-shaded with a competent art direction. Say what you will about Toriyama, but his art design looks identical across every media, and every series he's touched.

It appears I responded to your post without really reading it. Because those DBZ games are fighting games... yeah.

 

[Rpgmonkey]

Thanks for the help, thought they were random abbreviations of something. :lol

 

[AniHawk]

Vesperia's gameplay is pretty actiony.

I forgot about Vesperia. This has a really different, less colorful style though.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

a cel-shaded action game for the PS360 would be nice to see

If they manage to pull off Naruto Ultimate Ninja Cel shaded levels, I'll definitely double dip(if it comes state side).

 

[legend166]

I hereby declare NMH PS360 is not just any port, but an Erotic Port.

 

[AniHawk]

If they manage to pull off Naruto Ultimate Ninja Cel shaded levels, I'll definitely double dip(if it comes state side).

Oh man, if it looked as good as this

 

[Gospel]

It will probably look like the first trailer to the second game