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Rumor: Atlus to Localize Yakuza 5 in the West
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Dragon1893
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For the guys who are worried about playing as Haruka:
- I'd say you play as her the least (given that half her chapter is played as Akiyama).
- You have to do a lot of the "mini games" for her once, but can skip a lot of content and progress through the story, hence the first point.
- Her story isn't all lollipops and sunshine and rainbows.
- It's actually pretty cool and a refreshing change of pace, but I realize that doesn't work for everyone.
- Other than the dance battles replacing fights her gameplay is basically the same as anyone else.
Her stuff really is central to the story and I think once you guys see how it integrates in there you'll be OK with it (unless you hate rhythm games)
Thanks for the impressions. The Haruka thing never really bothered me but this makes it sound good.
atlusprime
Atlus PR
Did I miss the train on this one? Oh, yep. Looks like I did. Oh well. Rumors gonna rumor, I guess.
"Now I am become truth, burster of bubbles."
"Now I am become truth, burster of bubbles."
Did I miss the train on this one? Oh, yep. Looks like I did. Oh well. Rumors gonna rumor, I guess.
"Now I am become truth, burster of bubbles."
Yeah, gotta get Ishin out before the flood of western PS4 games. It's cool, Yakuza 5 will be awesome next year too.
MysticDistance
Banned
Did I miss the train on this one? Oh, yep. Looks like I did. Oh well. Rumors gonna rumor, I guess.
"Now I am become truth, burster of bubbles."
Remember, guys. Atlus USA was the same company that said Catherine wasn't coming and that they had "no plans" for it.
Now, I'm not saying Yakuza 5 is coming, but I'm pretty sure DS2BR (even shown on their USA holiday page) PQ, P4A2, P4D, and P5 are coming here.
Yes, that was what, a week before they announced the localization?
Yeah, but that was an Atlus game. Of course it was going to be localized.
Yakuza 5's a different kind of thing.
SpikedGunner
Member
true, though Atlus is under SEGA now (they've even acknowledged their success with niche titles when they made the purchase), not saying it will/won't happen...just maybe better to be cautious optimistic, they won't just out and confirm rumors of any (if it's even happening/pending) unannounced projects.
R_thanatos
Member
NOOOoooooo
Nooooooooooooooo
Hours Left
Member
Being an in-studio Atlus game isn't a guarantee of anything anymore.
Why not? Because of the Sega acquisition?
Hours Left
Member
It has nothing to do with that. Atlus USA has passed over their own stuff before in the past.
I'm just saying not to assume anything besides major titles (like Persona 5) as a lock.
Wait, like what? I don't have any reason to believe Atlus USA would pass on anything developed by Atlus over in Japan and you're not giving me any. If you're thinking of Eternal Punishment Portable, that was a big exception.
Every single time an Atlus game's been announced and a localization wasn't announced immediately, people panicked that one wouldn't happen, only for the localization announcement to inevitably occur later on. This has happened every single time. I'm not buying that anything other than Persona 5 wouldn't be a lock.
What about Tokyo Mono Hara Shi?
Haha, except whatever the heck that is. You know what I mean, though... In this case, any console or handheld game developed by the Persona Team.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Surely this is just getting our hopes up to get hurt again right? I thought one of the key nails in the coffin was that the Japanese development team liked to themselves be involved heavily in the localization process, and didn't like handing it off... and they now have Isshin to occupy all their time?
I looked that up and it looks fun and now I'm disappointed it's not in English, thanks.
polyh3dron
Banned
jschreier, killer of dreams
Well thanks for letting us know at least
Hasenfeffer
Member
Roller coaster of emotions here. I know Sony hears a lot about people wanting this to come over, so someone higher up could swoop in get this going. Fat chance it will happen, but you never know. Just give me more mainline Yakuza! None of this one-off stuff with zombies and samurais.
djSyndrome
Member
I'm sure they would just casually tell you that this was coming before a formal announcement.
Because of EP PSP? That's what you're referring to, right? Tell me I'm wrong.
Flux is right. Y5 (and EP) were different situations. If Atlus makes it in-house, they're 99.9% gonna bring it over.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
please oh PLEASE be true! I bought the previous games day one full price, even that TRASH Dead Souls so I need my support to pay off in 5 coming here! :*
*shrug* I'm not going to guarantee you anything, nor am I paid to debunk rumors on NeoGAF, but I asked two people (one PR) and both said they hadn't heard about this. Believe them or believe EGM's... uh... Jack Frost plushie. Whatever you want.
DryEyeRelief
Member
too good to be true
atlusprime
Atlus PR
Yo.
Hmmm.
It's happening?
Persona 5 confirmed
If it is, he hasn't heard about it.
polyh3dron
Banned
atlusprime
Atlus PR
T_____T
Devil Summoner PSP, Growlanser 1 PSP, Eternal Punishment PSP, Tokyo Mono Hara Shi PSP, Princess Crown PSP, Nora to Toki no Kobo DS, various Sting games if you want to count those (Since AtlusJP was the publisher).
A localization is definitely not a given for the more low key games. Who knows how many of those will get made at all in the first place under Sega though.
polyh3dron
Banned
I'm interpreting the chiming-in to say that this specific Atlus PR person wasn't contacted by jschreier and that he has information that conflicts with what jschreier said. Or else why even say anything?
atlusprime
Atlus PR
The opposite. I emailed Jason on Sunday when he asked me about it. Just saying hi.
Yeah, that's why I'm referring to high profile games. All of those you mentioned are obscure PSP and DS games with some that are not even developed by Atlus (publishing is irrelevant).
Would you label any of P-Studio's recently announced games as low key?
Massive Duck. C.M.
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Atlus, please don't make anyone in-game say "lady boner."
Please
Please
D
Deleted member 126221
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I might be wrong, but I always thought Yakuza was a pretty popular "niche" series... I mean, it must be more popular than games Aquapazza... right...?
(Yeah, I know it's a lot easier to localize something like Aquapazza compared to Yakuza... )
(Yeah, I know it's a lot easier to localize something like Aquapazza compared to Yakuza...
)polyh3dron
Banned
But what if it says this in the original Japanese script?
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
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This is taking wishful thinking to a whole new level.
Please?
Certainly not, I'm confident that all of those games are coming over. Not so sure about the person you originally quoted though. I agree with you, just because they passed over previous games does not mean they are going to pass over Persona-branded stuff. Context matters. Just wanted to point out what AtlusUSA didn't bring over. I'm still angry about Growlanser 1.
Takamura-San
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Dream.exe killed.
Sidewinder
Member
Thanks based SEGA!
not ;(