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Ryu Ga Gotoku is the game of the generation!

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Gamebe+Babelfish said:
It is with pleasure that I inform you that Sega indeed intends to leave Ryû Ga Gotoku, his play of action/ventures rappellant illustrates it Shenmue, in France since the title is currently in phase of localization for Europe. For those which that interests, Ryû Ga Gotoku goes extremely to Japan and received famous Famitsu the note of 37/40 which speaks about itself... Youpi, for once that a good play jap will make a turning by Europe earlier than envisaged, it is not to displease to us!
http://www.gamebe.com/actualites/2238/ryu-ga-gotoku/
So. Does anyone know if this is a horrible, evil lie?
 

Bebpo

Banned
VibratingDonkey said:
So. Does anyone know if this is a horrible, evil lie?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

Now all we need is a horribly dubbed in English X360 port and the world will have looped once more.

PS. It's too bad people can't just import EU games easily on the PS2 like they could on the DC :(
 

lachesis

Member
Srider said:
Well, at least the Korean version is definitely out.

Yeah... I heard that it's basically same as Japanese version - still the same exact game, voice, and nothing tralslated into Korean but with a strategy guide and translation guide for cut-scenes. I'm not sure how extensive the guides will be - but for a game like this, I'm not sure it's a good way to localize it at all.
 

DCharlie

Banned
hmmm...

Kiriu
and
Kiryuu

Romaji conversion differences?

that explains why i don't get Kiryu (which seems to be the townpage spelling!) converting into Kanji, but i do get Kiriu (and Kiryuu of course)
 
I used to LIVE in Kiryu, I know those kanji. ;)

It's a special reading of the "nama" kanji found only in that name. look the kanji up in JDict, it's the last reading there. I guess you could go "Kiryuu," but I'm going by the official English romajization of the town name (which is identical to the character's name).
 

DCharlie

Banned
yeah, i'm just saying that all those hicks and you were getting it wrong for all those years, that's all! ;) *runs*
 

DCharlie

Banned
http://sega.jp/info/060112_1.html

what the shit!?

060112_1b.jpg

060112_1c.jpg


live action DVD for the win!
 
DCharlie said:
what the shit!?

You didn't know Miike directed some Ryu ga Gotoku footage?

OH, THAT'S BECAUSE SEGA'S PR IS INCOMPETENT.

Seriously, they blew so much money on this (awesome) game, then managed to completely bury it in the press and on store shelves. GG Sega.
 

DCharlie

Banned
You didn't know Miike directed some Ryu ga Gotoku footage?

OH, THAT'S BECAUSE SEGA'S PR IS INCOMPETENT.

Seriously, they blew so much money on this (awesome) game, then managed to completely bury it in the press and on store shelves. GG Sega.

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eshwaaz

Member
Riskbreaker said:
Genji's U.S. release was in Japanese with English subtitles... :)
This is the only way I'd ever want to play Ryu Ga Gotoku. Also, judging from the videos I've seen, it looks like they've actually lip-synched to the dialogue - is this the case?
 

Bebpo

Banned
eshwaaz said:
This is the only way I'd ever want to play Ryu Ga Gotoku. Also, judging from the videos I've seen, it looks like they've actually lip-synched to the dialogue - is this the case?

I'm pretty sure they did. A lot of high profile games in Japan (or most rpgs in general) tend to have good lip-synch.
 

duckroll

Member
eshwaaz said:
This is the only way I'd ever want to play Ryu Ga Gotoku. Also, judging from the videos I've seen, it looks like they've actually lip-synched to the dialogue - is this the case?

Every KEY scene is lipsynced. There are a couple of minor scenes with normal lipflap (doesn't look bad, but you can tell its not synced but it doesnt matter since its not a closeup) but all the major keyscenes with closeups and the camera focused on the face/mouth/etc for effect are 100% lipsynced perfectly.
 

Srider

Banned
JackFrost2012 said:
You didn't know Miike directed some Ryu ga Gotoku footage?

OH, THAT'S BECAUSE SEGA'S PR IS INCOMPETENT.

Seriously, they blew so much money on this (awesome) game, then managed to completely bury it in the press and on store shelves. GG Sega.

Miike didn't direct the footages, he directed the live action promo vids.
 

TekunoRobby

Tag of Excellence
I had the chance to play this game last weekend. Although I spent only a half hour with the title it had some solid mechanics (smashing people with objects and against them is awesome!) and was fun to play. Unfortunately due to the language barrier I didn't continue but I'm looking forward to Sega eventually seeing the light and releasing it in the US.
 

lachesis

Member
I'm afraid when they finally bring over here, it might be too late, too little to satisfy anyone anymore due to PS3 and all... :(
 

duckroll

Member
Man I just spent like 3-4 hours today in Adventure Review playing with Haruka to get her up to Rank SS. Some of her tasks were HARD, some were FUN, it was all EXPENSIVE, but I didn't feel bored or aggrivated. It was weird, she's such a great character due to my attachment with the story mode that I really just wanted to hang out with her and do all that shit. It was addictive! :lol

So does anyone know if there's a Rank SSS reward if you fill the entire bar? It doesn't look very possible at this point though, even if I complete the 3000 Token Pachinko request and the 20 Homesrun Major League one...
 

lachesis

Member
duckroll said:
Man I just spent like 3-4 hours today in Adventure Review playing with Haruka to get her up to Rank SS. Some of her tasks were HARD, some were FUN, it was all EXPENSIVE, but I didn't feel bored or aggrivated. It was weird, she's such a great character due to my attachment with the story mode that I really just wanted to hang out with her and do all that shit. It was addictive! :lol

So does anyone know if there's a Rank SSS reward if you fill the entire bar? It doesn't look very possible at this point though, even if I complete the 3000 Token Pachinko request and the 20 Homesrun Major League one...

I felt the same way with Haruka, and it's pretty fun to hang around with her - although when she falls, I feel very sorry for the little girl. I also wear the item you get from the underground casino, which gets rids of most random battle, unless I need to gain some exp - which makes the adventure mode more enjoyable.

3000 token pachinko isn't that hard at all. It takes a couple hours with the item that Haruka gives to you (the one with 777). One time use, but as long as you have that one, it will be pretty easy to rack up 3000 tokens - it only takes time. But it does seem like you have to complete the 3000 task in one sitting - so be careful. I racked up around 29xx tokens, and didn't satisfy her... which is why I gave up with SSS rank.

Hitting 20 home-runs in major-league class batting cage is another challenge though - I know I will never be able to achieve something like that. ;) I have no idea what you get after getting SSS rank.

Anyhow, I'm currently at 75 or so in sub-quest among known 78 of them... I gave up for the moment and waiting for a FAQ or so. ;)
 
Hey Sega, or anybody else who want to pick up the ball after they inevitably drop it, listen up!

I will pay gobs of cash, ($60-80) for an english subtitled version with the live-action footage included as a extra disk, unlockable bonus, whatever, just as long as its there.
Sega?
Atlus?
Agetec?
XSEED?
Somebody, anybody, please? You dudes who make only the ace RPG translations, wouldn't you like to mix things up and do an action game for once? Wouldn't that just be grand?
 

duckroll

Member
HyperZone<3 said:
Hey Sega, or anybody else who want to pick up the ball after they inevitably drop it, listen up!

I will pay gobs of cash, ($60-80) for an english subtitled version with the live-action footage included as a extra disk, unlockable bonus, whatever, just as long as its there.
Sega?
Atlus?
Agetec?
XSEED?
Somebody, anybody, please? You dudes who make only the ace RPG translations, wouldn't you like to mix things up and do an action game for once? Wouldn't that just be grand?

But SCEA won't allow any game to be subtitled ONLY. If you have a dual-language voice option and you allow the gamer to play with the original language with English subtitles, that's fine. Unfortunately, in Ryu's case it would require a DVD9. In case you haven't noticed, even huge companies like Square Enix and Konami have started moving away from DVD9s. It just isn't worth it in the end. You might be willing to pay 80 bucks, but no publisher will be allowed to sell it at 80 bucks. It's just illogical to think this would work. :(

Edit: Pray for a good dub, and MAYBE the live-action promo as a bonus DVD. That's all you can hope for. ^^;
 

Bebpo

Banned
duckroll said:
But SCEA won't allow any game to be subtitled ONLY. If you have a dual-language voice option and you allow the gamer to play with the original language with English subtitles, that's fine. Unfortunately, in Ryu's case it would require a DVD9. In case you haven't noticed, even huge companies like Square Enix and Konami have started moving away from DVD9s. It just isn't worth it in the end. You might be willing to pay 80 bucks, but no publisher will be allowed to sell it at 80 bucks. It's just illogical to think this would work. :(

Edit: Pray for a good dub, and MAYBE the live-action promo as a bonus DVD. That's all you can hope for. ^^;

I'd also thought one solution to the problem is just going with 2 discs. One being the subtitled version and one being the dubbed version. Sure they'd lose some sales due to two people chipping in and buying one game and splitting the discs up, but I really doubt EVERYONE would be doing that and this way everyone gets their awesome subtitled Ryu Ga Gotoku if they want.

Well, that's at least what I would do if I won the lottery and formed a game localization company :)
 

duckroll

Member
Bebpo said:
Well, that's at least what I would do if I won the lottery and formed a game localization company :)

Well then it's for your own sake that I hope you do not! That's a fucking terrible idea! You do realize that if you just went with dub-only, you would be saving half your production cost and not losing a dime? The number of people in the US that would REALLY not buy a game because it was dub-only are so few that it really wouldn't make it worthwhile to turn a 1 DVD game into a 2 DVD game simply for that purpose.

Business sense am LOSE TOTAL! :lol
 
duckroll said:
But SCEA won't allow any game to be subtitled ONLY. If you have a dual-language voice option and you allow the gamer to play with the original language with English subtitles, that's fine. Unfortunately, in Ryu's case it would require a DVD9. In case you haven't noticed, even huge companies like Square Enix and Konami have started moving away from DVD9s. It just isn't worth it in the end. You might be willing to pay 80 bucks, but no publisher will be allowed to sell it at 80 bucks. It's just illogical to think this would work. :(

Edit: Pray for a good dub, and MAYBE the live-action promo as a bonus DVD. That's all you can hope for. ^^;


Earlier in the thread, someone mentioned Genji as having only subtitles and no dub.
 

duckroll

Member
Somethingblah Cock said:
Earlier in the thread, someone mentioned Genji as having only subtitles and no dub.

Genji is a SCEA game. SCEA doesn't play by SCEA rules, but everyone else still must. That's the reality we all have to deal with.
 

Trevelyon

Member
Ok, playing through chapter 4. I've just saved the little girl & her dog outside the Bacchus bar. Now the red indicator is pointing close by the bar, as I guess the next destination point, but I can't re-enter the bar and nothing else appears to be happening.

So what do I have to do?
 

duckroll

Member
Trevelyon said:
Ok, playing through chapter 4. I've just saved the little girl & her dog outside the Bacchus bar. Now the red indicator is pointing close by the bar, as I guess the next destination point, but I can't re-enter the bar and nothing else appears to be happening.

So what do I have to do?

Go to Don Quixote (The store that sells tons of junk at the bottom of the map, it looks like Walmart, only with 1/10th the space) and buy DOG FOOD. It's the only store in the entire game that sells DOG FOOD, everywhere else only sells CAT FOOD. After that just return to where Haruka and the dog are.
 

Trevelyon

Member
Ah, thanks alot. Yeh, I know that store.

Heh, I think I've nearly beat down half of Japan just wandering around trying to find out what to do next. :p
 

RamzaIsCool

The Amiga Brotherhood
Kleegamefan said:
Crying inside because there is little chance this game will come to the US :(

This is exactly the type of game that should be picked up by that ex-square guy, I forgot the companies name but they are bringing out the new Wild Arms game in the US.
 

Blame!

Member
RamzaIsCool said:
This is exactly the type of game that should be picked up by that ex-square guy, I forgot the companies name but they are bringing out the new Wild Arms game in the US.

you're thinking of xseed....with junichiro iwasaki i think. i believe his name is in thecredits of final fantasty tactics, apparently your fave game!
 

duckroll

Member
Blame! said:
you're thinking of xseed....with junichiro iwasaki i think. i believe his name is in thecredits of final fantasty tactics, apparently your fave game!

As far as localization goes, I don't think having your name in FFT is a good thing. :lol

I really don't think XSEED is up for the job of Ryu ga Gotoku, let's see how well they do with Shadow Hearts From the New World first. :D
 
In this post I pretend to be Izzy. ;)

Hey Guys ;)

Someone has told me that RGG is underway for US release under the title "Yakuza" courtesy of Sega USA. ;)

;)
 

john tv

Member
I recently heard a rumor that there was a similar rumor floating around the rumor mills from what is rumored to be a very trustworthy rumor source.
 

RevenantKioku

PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS oh god i am drowning in them
Of course it will come over! I paid extra to import it. I t never fucking fails.
I DO need to get around to playing this though, cripes.
 
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