Xenoblade is a tad larger than this game.
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Gen'ei Ibunroku #FE Japan Release Date Announced (Dec. 26)
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Xenoblade is a tad larger than this game.
I agree that´s really a very bad release date imo, because it´s right at the end of the holiday season and after that sales tent to fall abruptly. Zelda Between Worlds released in 26th December (2013) as well, and that´s one of the main reasons it didn´t perform as well as OoT3D and Majoras Mask 3D on 3DS in Japan.
SatoAilDarko
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No Amiibo support but a bunch of costumes DLC including swimsuits and crossover outfits?
This is definitely an Atlus game and not a Nintendo one.
I don't even have any Fire Emblem Amiibos I would have liked support. I dig cool little bonuses.
This is definitely an Atlus game and not a Nintendo one.
I don't even have any Fire Emblem Amiibos I would have liked support. I dig cool little bonuses.
MatrixMan.EXE
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Boxart looks great from where I'm sitting. When do we reckon the localisation will hit?
Sumio Mondo
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So it is Idols: The JRPG just like I thought it would be. So much for "bu-but there will be a darker side to it, like in SMT and Fire Emblem" that people were saying in the previous topics on here...how Atlus have fallen. I frigging hate everything about this game.
Current Atlus doesn't give a crap about those characters, especially anything by Kaneko in general. EO characters seem way more likely, though.
Current Atlus doesn't give a crap about those characters, especially anything by Kaneko in general. EO characters seem way more likely, though.
Oh yea, that EO Princess (Sovereign) costume is great! Atlus needs more EO stuff in non EO games 
As much as I like Kaneko, I like Himukai more.
As much as I like Kaneko, I like Himukai more.
Dude relax you haven't even played the game yet.
Sumio Mondo
Member
^It's pretty obvious who this game is aimed at.
Going by the way Atlus are doing things nowadays, they don't like Kaneko either. I hope this shit doesn't happen to Soejima down the line when another artist suddenly takes over on the artist duties at Atlus.
Going by the way Atlus are doing things nowadays, they don't like Kaneko either. I hope this shit doesn't happen to Soejima down the line when another artist suddenly takes over on the artist duties at Atlus.
CaviarMeths
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Not enough overreactions and hurt feelings for this to be a real SMTxFE thread.
Hopefully this means early 2016 for NA. I can't see this taking anywhere near the amount of time needed as XCX to localize. Though I do wonder if songs are going to be translated as well.
Hopefully this means early 2016 for NA. I can't see this taking anywhere near the amount of time needed as XCX to localize. Though I do wonder if songs are going to be translated as well.
Who do you think that is? If you don't think the game is aimed at you why bother posting in a thread about it?
Linkstrikesback
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Don't worry, looks like Sumio Mondo has that base covered now.
Sumio Mondo
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^I don't see what this game has in common with those games at all.
Because Atlus used to make great games? See: PS2 era. I want them to return to that.
"How dare you not like things I like"
Because Atlus used to make great games? See: PS2 era. I want them to return to that.
"How dare you not like things I like"
BronzeWolf
Banned
I a m eagerly awaiting this game
and yet we got Xenoblade, The last Story, Pandoras tower, Bravely default and many other huge rpgs months and in xenoblades case even close to a year earlier than NA...
I'm not worried at all
This game was playable at e3, no? Kinda hard to see them do that then not bother bringing out here at all.
this isn't about not releasing it at all, rather it's about the (by now) somewhat irrational fear that we (Europeans) might have to wait 20452 years for an Atlus game/big rpg to be released here.
I hope that NoE is going to localize this and not NoA...
NoA is doing Xenoblade X, and that's a simultaneous release on both sides of the Atlantic.
Source material and their respective directors/development teams?
Honestly I know some people were expecting some grimdark medievil demon summoning game, but even in this unexpected form it still has those people attached to it. And I like the games they made, so I'm defintely giving this a shot.
Aw, no Amiibo support at all? I was hoping I'd be able to use my Marth and Lucina with this. Oh well! The DLC costumes look pretty great though. Can't wait for it to come out over here!
Performa is the energy they use right? I rather think they use mirage or something like that.
They're gonna miss out on the Sharp Fortissimo Emblem which I just made up
mrmickfran
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Does every Wii U game get a bundle? lol
ranmafan
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That's a great day for me. Right when the holidays are starting in Japan, before the big one here, New Years, so it's perfect timing for me to get and play. Can't wait. Now I just wonder, with this coming out December, when will Atlus release Persona 5 then, since that's this year too. Hopefully enough time before this one. Thankfully we should know that date hopefully at sony's conference next week.
Considering the audience for this game in the west, it might just be better to bring the game over with JP audio only. Or have everyone voiced by Laura Bailey.
mrmickfran
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I don't see a problem with this.
CaviarMeths
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That was my first thought as well, but isn't there some data that shows that, even for niche games, fully localized titles sell better? I have to imagine that the audience for J-pop in the west is even smaller than the audience for console JRPGs.
But yeah, Genei Ibon Roku #FE: Laura Bailey Karaoke Edition sounds fine too.
EDIT: Well, it's a Wii U exclusive anime JRPG coming out in 2016, so it's probably not going to sell to anyone who doesn't have a gaf account anyway.
I've been thinking the same. Maybe they'll keep the #FE too. And knowing Atlus USA they'll want to add the SMT branding on top. Shin Megami Tensei: Performa #FE is sort of a mouthful though.
Fire Emblem: Performa #SMT? lol
You might be right, they might want to actually spell out "Fire Emblem" given it's bigger than SMT (or even Persona) in the west now. But I still think we'll get the SMT branding somehow.
sörine;178363010 said:
Is it? I was under the impression that Fire Emblem recently got a huge infusion of new fans, but that that the fandom is just a vocal and active minority. Persona always seemed like it was able to convert more people who otherwise wouldn't normally play a JRPG.
QuackkAttack
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This is FE x SMT.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Awesome box art! And I want that Flynn costume! Hopefully the NA release date is too far behind.
I know, its my list of games coming west next year.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Etrian Odyssey Princess Costume?!?!?
I'm so damn in.
I'm so damn in.
Based Calla
Member
Man, I'm going to be poor in 2016. Hopefully the localization will be quicker than Xenoblade Chronicles X, which I still can't believe is taking this long.
mrmickfran
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I'm really surprised that there's no Rise costume.
I mean this IS a game about performances and all that.
I mean this IS a game about performances and all that.
kuroneko0509
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don't give them ideas lol
Rise isn't the only entertainer from those games: there are also the Dancer and Troubadour from the Etrian Odyssey games and Hinako and Haru from the Devil Survivor games. It makes sense that they don't want to be too on the nose with the costumes.
This is NoA we're dealing with it. They will certainly pull something like that or go dark or something even if it showed up at E3 or was playable. Never give NoA the benefit of the doubt.
As interested as I am in this game, as well as confused, I can easily see this not being localized by NoA. Instead someone else doing it or it not coming over at all. Then again my faith in NoA is at an all time low so I could easily be wrong.
That said if it does come out I wonder if they would try to label it one game or the other even with it seeming to be it's own thing after they blended the two.