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[Hellraider]

...all that's keeping me from being interested is those designs

Did you skip the part where it said who the developer is?

 

[è£ ç”²æ‚ªé¬¼æ‘æ­£]

Did you skip the part where it said who the developer is?

Imageepoch has made plenty of good games, try again.

 

[ohlawd]

the middle girl looks like Maki so I'm down for this.

how low are my localization chances? it's zero, isn't it?

edit: oh somehow missed imageepoch. so it's -1% but then we get shit like Time and Eternity and that OTHER game ffs.

 

[The Technomancer]

Did you skip the part where it said who the developer is?

I'm fucking desperate man. Handheld strategy RPGs, especially on the 3DS, are in short supply. I can only play so much Fire Emblem

 

[Sir TapTap]

There's already a this gen Luminous Arc, it's called Luminous Arc Infinity and it's for Vita

I should check that out, I actually like the chibis in that unlike 95% of chibi games since the DS infestation

 

[fek]

the middle girl looks like Maki so I'm down for this.

Looks like Maki but is voiced by Eli

 

[casiopao]

You sure you're not thinking of the DS original? Since 7th Dragon DS was by the same guy who directed EO, but the PSP 2020 games were not, they changed A LOT in the transition.

Both of them had their charm though.^_^

 

[ohlawd]

Looks like Maki but is voiced by Eli

YOSHINO NANJO,!?!!

awesome news. now I'm even more sad

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

Featuring the worst character designs in rpg gaming history.
A loli wearing a g string........imagepooch have outdone themselves this time, joining the ranks of NIS.

Don't google Shimakaze KanColle.

Spoiler

Thought this is as bad...

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Imageepoch has made plenty of good games, try again.

Good one, you almost had me there

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

Looks like Maki but is voiced by Eli

Oh wow...

Spoiler

Pre Ordered. Horrible design aside

 

[shark sandwich]

Meh. These loli chibi animu designs just aren't generic enough!

Should be "interesting" to see how they use the stylus in this game.

 

[dakkumauji]

saving jrpgs blah blah blah

Also, is that the main character from Sen no Kiseki, lol

 

[Hero of Legend]

Gematsu has a translation of the staff.

http://gematsu.com/2014/10/imageepoch-announces-stella-glow-3ds

Character design is being handled by Ideolo and Shakodo Shinjin. The game is being produced by Hideyuki Mizutani and directed by Dai Oba. Its music is being composed by Procyon Studio, Yasunori Mitsuda, and Shunsuke Tsuchiya.

I can't find Shakado Shinjin on Google and I don't know what else Ideolo worked on either.

 

[Teremap]

Who are you trying to fool. It's pretty obvious what they are going for.

For the record, I have the same issue with people referring to Etna that way.

It's pretty clear to me, at least, that they're closer to being teenagers than small children.

 

[zroid]

so what are the chances of this not being completely shite?

 

[Sir TapTap]

For the record, I have the same issue with people referring to Etna that way.

It's pretty clear to me, at least, that they're closer to being teenagers than small children.

There's no way Etna is related to that trope at all, that bugs me too.

 

[ohlawd]

look at the math tho

2/3 have good design. the one on the left doesn't.

numbers don't lie and they spell disaster for us.

 

[è£ ç”²æ‚ªé¬¼æ‘æ­£]

Good one, you almost had me there

Well, I guess if you hate Last Ranker, Sol trigger and the 7th Dragon games it's probably time to lower these lofty standards, it's a brave new JRPG world out there.

 

[BluWacky]

Well, I guess if you hate Last Ranker, Sol trigger and the 7th Dragon games it's probably time to lower these lofty standards, it's a brave new JRPG world out there.

Indeed. How dare we judge a studio based on the games that we have access to in English, as opposed to Japanese-only titles that most people haven't played?

When the notable English evidence is Sands of Destruction, Criminal Girls, Arc Rise Fantasia, Fate/Extra or Time and Eternity, for instance, can you blame people for thinking that imageepoch are a bit crap?

 

[Ingueferroque]

Oh wow. That witch.

 

[L~A]

Some new info:

Players must prevent the world from crystallization by the cursed song of Hilda (voiced by Yukari Tamura, top left of scan), the witch of destruction, and fight together with four witches and the knights.

Here’s the cast:

Alto (voiced by Atsushi Abe, bottom left of scan) is the hero. He is a 17-year-old knight who’s lost his memory.
Lisette (voiced by Yoshino Nanjo, middle of scan) is the witch of water and Alto’s childhood friend.
Popo (voiced by Maaya Uchida, right of scan) is the feared witch of the wind. She lives in a cabin on the outskirts of town.

Each witch has her own song. By “tuning” the heart of a witch, you can obtain song magic that only witches can use. Tuning scenes are depicted as anime.

Source

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

I'm fucking desperate man. Handheld strategy RPGs, especially on the 3DS, are in short supply. I can only play so much Fire Emblem

This is where you go wrong. In this day and age, for jrpg fans, multiple platforms are necessary. Do you have a PS3/PSV?

Don't google Shimakaze KanColle.

Spoiler

Thought this is as bad...

I know about that.....unfortunately.

 

[Reveirg]

Hopefully it's more Arc Rise Fantasia/Luminous Arc than Time&Eternity.

Props on getting Mitsuda onboard. Looking forward to a localization!

 

[shark sandwich]

Finally a JRPG where you can play as a teenager with amnesia and his smoking hot female childhood friend whom he somehow never looked at sexually before.

 

[Tye The Czar]

Ways to save RPGs:

1. Be Nintendo
2. Be an reputable indie dev with good pedigree.
3. Stop appealing exclusively to otaku.

 

[hongcha]

Doesn't look too good so far, but I will probably give it a shot. Toushin Toshi was a really great game, so I am cautiously optimistic.

 

[The Technomancer]

This is where you go wrong. In this day and age, for jrpg fans, multiple platforms are necessary. Do you have a PS3/PSV?

I haven't seen much better on the Vita, although I'm open to being proven wrong. But from what I've seen the best, most inoffensive stuff is the Atelier games and its downhill from there.

If its starring cute anime girls and they actually feature in a capacity more then the essentially background nature of the Etrian Odyssey games I'm probably not interested, even if somehow they aren't depicted as sickeningly innocent, in skimpy bikini armor, or both

 

[Hubb]

Ways to save RPGs:

1. Be Nintendo
2. Be an reputable indie dev with good pedigree.
3. Stop appealing exclusively to otaku.

Um, are you talking solely about JRPGs or what here? What does Nintendo have to do with saving RPGs?

 

[shark sandwich]

Um, are you talking solely about JRPGs or what here? What does Nintendo have to do with saving RPGs?

They did put out IMO the best JRPG of last generation (Xenoblade).

 

[Hubb]

They did put out IMO the best JRPG of last generation (Xenoblade).

Not arguing that, just confused why they are the number 1 way to save the genre.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

I haven't seen much better on the Vita, although I'm open to being proven wrong. But from what I've seen the best, most inoffensive stuff is the Atelier games and its downhill from there.

If its starring cute anime girls and they actually feature in a capacity more then the essentially background nature of the Etrian Odyssey games I'm probably not interested, even if somehow they aren't depicted as sickeningly innocent, in skimpy bikini armor, or both

If you are talking about jrpgs there are numerous ones on PSV/3. Specifically, if we are talking about srpgs, thats a genre thats dying. I said PSV because it has Disgaea but more importantly PSN titles like Tactics Ogre, Jeanne D'arc, Popolocrois etc. The only srpg I can think of on the PS3 is Valkyria Chronicles although it is one of the greatest srpgs I have ever played. In general though there is a lack of srpg's these days.

 

[The Technomancer]

If you are talking about jrpgs there are numerous ones on PSV/3. Specifically, if we are talking about srpgs, thats a genre thats dying. I said PSV because it has Disgaea but more importantly PSN titles like Tactics Ogre, Jeanne D'arc, Popolocrois etc. The only srpg I can think of on the PS3 is Valkyria Chronicles although it is one of the greatest srpgs I have ever played. In general though there is a lack of srpg's these days.

Well part of the problem is also that I have very little interest in console style JRPGs. The DS was basically my favorite JRPG platform ever because it had things like Radiant Historia, the FF remakes, the DQ remakes, weird stuff like Infinite Space, classics like TWEWY, etc. Those games all felt very different to me than a "console" JRPG experience and there's frustratingly few games like that it seems.

 

[Oregano]

I am surprised they are trying 3DS against but perhaps they see the writing on the wall in regards to future platforms.

This is their first original IP on the 3DS so I am willing to give them a chance. Hopefully if it is good it will be localised.

 

[Hero of Legend]

I am surprised they are trying 3DS against but perhaps they see the writing on the wall in regards to future platforms.

This is their first original IP on the 3DS so I am willing to give them a chance. Hopefully if it is good it will be localised.

And their only own IP ever on a Nintendo system as their other games were with publishers like Marvelous and Sega.

 

[Mlatador]

That (chibi?) character design is pretty aweful.

 

[-Horizon-]

What are the chances that this will ever be localized?

And that Forbidden Magna game? Yes, I actually want to play these games.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Well part of the problem is also that I have very little interest in console style JRPGs. The DS was basically my favorite JRPG platform ever because it had things like Radiant Historia, the FF remakes, the DQ remakes, weird stuff like Infinite Space, classics like TWEWY, etc. Those games all felt very different to me than a "console" JRPG experience and there's frustratingly few games like that it seems.

why? Because they are on consoles? A jrpg is a jrpg. If you make needless eliminations like that no wonder you're struggling to find jrpg's to play and going to Imagepooch to get your fix. The genre is already much smaller than it once was.

 

[Pennywise83]

why? Because they are on consoles? A jrpg is a jrpg. If you make needless eliminations like that no wonder you're struggling to find jrpg's to play and going to Imagepooch to get your fix. The genre is already much smaller than it once was.

I guess the problem is that during the last generation many console jRPGs attempted the cinematographic approach (see: Final Fantasy XIII, Lost Odyssey, etc.) while handheld jRPGs favoured pure and traditional gameplay. Indeed, the most innovative and the finest jRPGs were on DS and PSP.

 

[Teknoman]

Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon were pretty traditional.

 

[Oregano]

why? Because they are on consoles? A jrpg is a jrpg. If you make needless eliminations like that no wonder you're struggling to find jrpg's to play and going to Imagepooch to get your fix. The genre is already much smaller than it once was.

Not necessarily. RPGs designed for portables are often structured very differently than ones designed for consoles. A preference for one or the other isn't really that weird.

 

[Voliko]

Mitsuda teaming up with Imageepoch again? I'm all for more Mitsuda, but why does it have to be like this ;_;

 

[ohlawd]

What are the chances that this will ever be localized?

And that Forbidden Magna game? Yes, I actually want to play these games.

all these bomba JRPGs on 3DS

I want them all ;_;

 

[zeelman]

Not arguing that, just confused why they are the number 1 way to save the genre.

I think he was just listing out three ways to help JRPGs sell better, not necessarily in that particular order.

 

[extralite]

Indeed. How dare we judge a studio based on the games that we have access to in English, as opposed to Japanese-only titles that most people haven't played?

When the notable English evidence is Sands of Destruction, Criminal Girls, Arc Rise Fantasia, Fate/Extra or Time and Eternity, for instance, can you blame people for thinking that imageepoch are a bit crap?

I thought Sands of Destruction was pretty good. Like, the Chrono Cross sequel we never got, good.

And isn't Black Rock Shooter also available in English? That's my favorite by them actually.

Not sure if I care for this. I haven't played any of their SRPGs yet.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

I'm fucking desperate man. Handheld strategy RPGs, especially on the 3DS, are in short supply. I can only play so much Fire Emblem

If you are looking for strategy on the 3ds you better play the Tom Clancy game

 

[Takao]

Well, I guess if you hate Last Ranker, Sol trigger and the 7th Dragon games it's probably time to lower these lofty standards, it's a brave new JRPG world out there.

I noticed how only one of the games you listed were self-published by Imageepoch. The rest are stuff SEGA and Capcom paid for. I'm not sure they're representative of Imageepoch's going alone output.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

Well part of the problem is also that I have very little interest in console style JRPGs. The DS was basically my favorite JRPG platform ever because it had things like Radiant Historia, the FF remakes, the DQ remakes, weird stuff like Infinite Space, classics like TWEWY, etc. Those games all felt very different to me than a "console" JRPG experience and there's frustratingly few games like that it seems.

Well, it seems that even that don't sell anymore in Japan, whatever is handheld or console... even Mobile is mostly F2P RPG.

 

[RM8]

I'm fucking desperate man. Handheld strategy RPGs, especially on the 3DS, are in short supply. I can only play so much Fire Emblem

We definitely need more strategy / SRPGs on 3DS. We have:

Fire Emblem: Awakening (Awesome)
Ghost Recon Shadow Wars (Awesome)
SMT Devil Survivor Overclocked (Sitting unplayed in my backlog)

And that's it? Code Name STEAM is probably going to be superb, though. And on VC we have Crystal Warriors and Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya which are fun but somewhat primitive. There's a Tales Of SRPG in development as well, right? It probably won't get localized just like Kinki no Magna and this.

Now, on topic, I'll side with the people who find the designs rather unappealing :/

 

[uncredited male]