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Sony mobile announcements: Wild Arms, Arc The Lad, Disgaea, Square, 12+ games total
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kuroneko0509
Member
mobile version/port
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Gonna be positive.
Maybe Wild Arms on mobile will generate enough buzz and have them make a new, larger Wild Arms project on handhelds and consoles.
Maybe Wild Arms on mobile will generate enough buzz and have them make a new, larger Wild Arms project on handhelds and consoles.
If they release in the west, they're only planned for Asia which also explains the lack of a worldwide stream for this event.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Okay, two things:
*sees Wild Arms and Arc the Lad as mobile projects, cries his eyes out*
...Alright, now that's done. Also, didn't we hear from some insider about digital revivals of old Playstation IPs? Anyone else remember that, or am I tripping?
*sees Wild Arms and Arc the Lad as mobile projects, cries his eyes out*
...Alright, now that's done. Also, didn't we hear from some insider about digital revivals of old Playstation IPs? Anyone else remember that, or am I tripping?
Toadthemushroom
Member
I'm shocked by the number of games ForwardWorks actually has in development given the partnership was revealed in March.
I'm guessing these games releasing only in japan and Asia is an admission that ps4 alone won't carry those markets for Sony. If it were about IP awareness they'd be global releases much like Nintendo's, but Nintendo knows its IP drives hardware sales.
I'm guessing these games releasing only in japan and Asia is an admission that ps4 alone won't carry those markets for Sony. If it were about IP awareness they'd be global releases much like Nintendo's, but Nintendo knows its IP drives hardware sales.
Parapa and Wipeout.
Holy shit this is great news. I expected garbages like Uncharted: Fortune Hunter
I'd say many mobile games have grown a lot more free users friendly and the platform used to be.
Doubt these games will come the western any time soon too so haters who prefer these IPs dead than mobile game treatment can still sleep well
I'd say many mobile games have grown a lot more free users friendly and the platform used to be.
Doubt these games will come the western any time soon too so haters who prefer these IPs dead than mobile game treatment can still sleep well
kuroneko0509
Member
seeing nis stuff is being announced in this event, does this mean it will be published by sony instead of being self publish?
Some Nobody
Junior Member
That definitely counts too. Well, I guess it depends on what these games look like as to whether I'd want to play them? Lara Croft Go was decently well-received wasn't it?
SinCityAssassin
Member
Don't fuck up Wild Arms.
That said Parappa and Wipeout totally make sense, if those go stateside I'll welcome them.
That said Parappa and Wipeout totally make sense, if those go stateside I'll welcome them.
Already showing Nintendo how it's done.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Really? Hm. I feel like if the tech ever caught up to mobile phones and maybe devs could break away from gacha mechanics we could really have a renaissance for a lot of JP games.
Toadthemushroom
Member
I'm not sure announcing ten games six months after the partnership is an indicator of quality...
Nintendo is designing their mobile games in-house by a team led by Takashi Tezuka, from the two games announced so far it's evident that they are extremely polished and designed specifically to fit a smartphone.
The whole point of Nintendo's mobile games is to generate IP awareness and get people buying the Switch. They don't need 10 games out before the Switch has even launched.
Don't worry, we haven plenty of time for someone who can actually read Japanese to tell us all about what's happening.
lol
I would imagine them releasing in the West too, since these are ForwardWorks' projects. Also, the Hot Shots Golf pic has Everybody's Golf written on it, which is the European brand of the series.
archreaper93
Member
Not gonna lie, seeing Arc the Lad and Wild Arms as mobile games instead of console/handheld games feels kinda like a punch in the stomach.
kuroneko0509
Member
uhh... jp title for the series is everybody's golf
I thought that game is separate from sqex project stuff?
Toadthemushroom
Member
The ForwardWorks' partnership press release back in March stated the titles are aimed at Japan and Asia only. The English text in the Minna no Golf logo is probably for the wider Asian market.
It depends on what Sony's goals are with mobile, if it's to generate IP awareness and hardware sales like Nintendo, then there's even less need to release them in other markets as the PS4 is already market leader.
I suspect it's really to generate profits in regions where PS4 isn't so strong - it'd be a more effective way than doing another handheld whose success isn't even guaranteed at this point, and that'd cost a phenomenal amount compared to relatively little for these games.
Do you have any good sources on hand? I'm checking the usual sites and.... info is... lacking.
This is 4Gamer's amazing coverage so far: http://www.4gamer.net/games/365/G036516/20161207051/
Shouta
Member
Yes, it's the original staff for Arc The Lad there. Even Masahiro Andoh is doing the music.
https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/806398258708938752
Hmm... Sakura wars.
The Square Enix title is an independent one with 0 info. https://twitter.com/PlayStation_jp/status/806401318306934784
With the exception of HSG, No Heroes Allowed and that TCG thing, they're just showing art and logos.
I can understand his tweets but I have no idea what the hell My First Sony and the gadgets in the photos are
Edit: Sounds like Yokai Watch will be the debut title for this Project Field thing
Edit2: And that's it lmao
PdotMichael
Banned
If we can't own the handheld market we will destroy it!
Sadly no.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Published, is more likely.
The Japanese name is Mina no Golf. Everybody's Golf might be the Asian title though.
I thought Sony's push into mobile games would be worldwide, like Nintendo. Hopefully they change their minds, and broaden their scope to include the West.
Acquiescence
Member
Wow, Doko Demo, Wild Arms and BokuNatsu are coming back.
But to mobile. :'(
But to mobile. :'(
Toadthemushroom
Member
That's fair enough - the original announcement from March wasn't widely reported. I'm on mobile but this is a good link with the press release: https://www.scribd.com/doc/30580844...nce-the-Formation-of-Forwardworks-Corporation
kuroneko0509
Member
they started to put everybody's golf on the logo, at least since the 5th game
edit: seems 3rd game
Found coverage of Arc the Lad: http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2016/12/07/103988.html
Staff members listed. Toshirou Tsuchida is back as Planning/Concept/Game Design. Norihiko Yonesaka on Scenario, Art Concept/Supvision Team is Eiji Koyama, Ryuichi Kunisue, and Hiroshi Hayashi. Masahiro Ando returns to compose.
Staff members listed. Toshirou Tsuchida is back as Planning/Concept/Game Design. Norihiko Yonesaka on Scenario, Art Concept/Supvision Team is Eiji Koyama, Ryuichi Kunisue, and Hiroshi Hayashi. Masahiro Ando returns to compose.
Project Field is a TCG platform mixing real life cards with mobile gaming:
(Pretending Eye of Judgment didn't exist lol)
Using that, a Yo-Kai Watch collab with Bandai has been confirmed:
Minna no Golf is literally Everybody's Golf. I think the new PS4 game uses English in its Japanese logo.
(Pretending Eye of Judgment didn't exist lol)
Using that, a Yo-Kai Watch collab with Bandai has been confirmed:
Minna no Golf is literally Everybody's Golf. I think the new PS4 game uses English in its Japanese logo.