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[Hero of Legend]

The game is developed by Cattle Call (who worked on the Metal Max games on DS and 3DS, and worked with ArtePiazza on the DQ remakes on DS, Opoona on Wii, AND Innocent Life on PSP/PS2).

Trailer (thanks L-A!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBzhsmc0RdY

Screens:

Website:

http://www.cs.furyu.jp/legendoflegacy/

Song:

http://www.cs.furyu.jp/projectlegacy/shared/sound/bgm.mp3

Site Artwork:

Character art:

Staff:

Director: Masataka Matsura
Image Illustration: Tomomi Kobayashi (SaGa franchise character illustrator)
Game Design: Kyoji Koizumi (SaGa franchise battle designer)
Character Design: Ryo Hirao
Background Art: Misako Tsutsui (ex-S-E background artist)
Monster Design: Yuichiro Kojima (ex-S-E texture artist), Ryoji Shimogama (ex-S-E creature designer)
Composer: Masashi Hamauzu (I hear he makes good music)
Sound Editor: Kenichi Saito
Text Direction: Masato Kato (wrote for Chrono Trigger and Xenogears, wrote and directed Chrono Cross)
Narration: Emiko Shiratori
Title Logo Design: Tadahiko Kawaguchi
Movie Design: Shuhei Yamagata

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201409/23062073.html

Scans make this so hard, so I won't mention who post the news, but you can figure it out, here's the info:

FuRyu’s “Project Legacy” teaser site is for The Legend of Legacy, a new 3DS RPG in collaboration with V-Jump magazine, this month’s issue reveals.

Due out on January 22 in Japan for 5,908 yen, the game tells the story of gods’ legacy and truth. It begins on the Avalon, a legendary island that has awakened from an eternal slumber. Players can select between seven unique protagonists for their party, including:

Meurs the elementaler
Bianca the amnesiac girl
Liber the treasure hunter
Garnet the church’s knight of justice
Owen the capable mercenary
Eloise the bewitching alchemist
Filmia the frog prince

The scan appears to have some gameplay details, but it’s all a bit small. We can make out the fact that there’s a cartography system, which players can use to draw out the game map.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Seems interesting, but have we ever gotten any FuRyu games localized?

 

[astrogamer]

Seems interesting, but have we ever gotten any FuRyu games localized?

Unchained Blades for 3DS and PSP

 

[Colonel Mustard]

FuRyu's output is pretty awful.

I was lead to believe that Unchained Blades was a good game (by GAF) never again.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Teaser site:

http://www.cs.furyu.jp/projectlegacy/

Background:

HOLY SHIT THAT MUSIC!!!

GORGEOUS!!!

Very ArtePiazza-like, I wonder who the dev is?

 

[Shizuka]

FuRyu is the new Acquire.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Teaser site:

http://www.cs.furyu.jp/projectlegacy/

Background:



HOLY SHIT THAT MUSIC!!!

GORGEOUS!!!

Very ArtePiazza-like, I wonder who the dev is?

Oh wow that music is really nice! This has me intrigued! Same day as Tales of Zestiria in Japan though?

 

[Mr. RPG]

Wow, this game sounds and looks great.

What do we know about the gameplay? Please say it is turn-based..

 

[petghost]

The Legend of Legacy.

this is like the ultimate generic JRPG name.

but jeez the music on the site is lovely.

 

[Ultratech]

Loving the music.

Guess we'll find out in a few days what it's all about.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Unchained Blades for 3DS and PSP

Right. Forgot about that one.

I thought Exstetra looked decent, but we never got it, so I'm thinking this might turn out the same way. The music is pretty good though.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Unchained Blades for 3DS and PSP

I never bought the one they localized because i thought we wouldnt get the 2nd one, and i was right

 

[perorist]

Takao posted a link to an article with the scan in the other topic about this game. Looks a bit Bravely Default-esque in terms of art style.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

It will never leave Japan, don't even bother hyping this up.

Sad because it looks really nice.

The music is so epic, ugggggh.

 

[hongcha]

Furyu's games are low budget, but I usually like them. I'll add this one to my Zestiria preorder. Jan 22 is looking to be a great day for JRPGs!

 

[Hero of Legend]

As far as Jump goes, I think they're just doing some sort of advertising thing and have zilch to do with the actual game, there's no mention of them in the copyright in the scan, plus the game doesn't even look related to Jump.

So I don't think that has anything to do with localization odds.

 

[Black Soma]

I saw the scans. The main illustration seems drawn by Tomomi Kobayashi. Also, you can select a character between 7 protagonists? This seems like a SaGa inspired game...

 

[18-Volt]

Furyu's games are low budget, but I usually like them. I'll add this one to my Zestiria preorder. Jan 22 is looking to be a great day for JRPGs!

Lost Diemnsion seemed like a pretty big RPG. I'm still waiting for someone to pick up the localization for west. I guess everybody pretty busy with what they have right now.

 

[Koppai]

It will never leave Japan, don't even bother hyping this up.

Sad because it looks really nice.

The music is so epic, ugggggh.

Ughh you never know. XSEED, Atlus, NIS, Aksys (although they seem like they only publish VN games), etc. could all pick it up.

Also if we fans mention it a lot they can always take a look too

 

[hongcha]

Lost Diemnsion seemed like a pretty big RPG. .

It isn't.

 

[Hero of Legend]

I saw the scans. The main illustration seems drawn by Tomomi Kobayashi. Also, you can select a character between 7 protagonists? This seems like a SaGa inspired game...

Yeah, and Tomomi did the SaGa illustrations as well. I wonder if Racjin might be a candidate, as they did the remakes of SaGa 2 and 3 for DS, and have done like 8 3DS games already so they're very familiar with the hardware.

If we wanna go farther, maybe Kenji Ito is composing?

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Ughh you never know. XSEED, Atlus, NIS, Aksys (although they seem like they only publish VN games), etc. could all pick it up.

Also if we fans mention it a lot they can always take a look too

After the whole DQ fiasco, I'm over begging for games.

 

[Hedgey]

FuRyu puts out a TON of terrible licensed games. Think disney movie games here. Same thing.

 

[Black Soma]

Yeah, and Tomomi did the SaGa illustrations as well. I wonder if Racjin might be a candidate, as they did the remakes of SaGa 2 and 3 for DS, and have done like 8 3DS games already so they're very familiar with the hardware.

If we wanna go farther, maybe Kenji Ito is composing?

Yep, I know. Also, I think Avalon is one of the main locations in Romancing SaGa 2, and one of the seven wonders in Unlimited Saga.

I hope it really is a SaGa-like game.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Here's the song:

http://www.cs.furyu.jp/projectlegacy/shared/sound/bgm.mp3

 

[Pennywise83]

The game does look nice (and I was right it was a console game ).

 

[Pennywise83]

New image from the teaser website (1 day left to the opening):

From the scans, the game looks / sounds really SaGa-ish.

 

[Hero of Legend]

They opened early!

http://www.cs.furyu.jp/legendoflegacy/

No screens or anything else on the site yet sadly, they might add them soon.

 

[Pennywise83]

The artwork does look cool!

 

[Mory Dunz]

It's kind of cool when a game gets announced and releases a few months later.

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

SaGa, is that you?

 

[Reveirg]

The music on the website sounds a LOT like Masashi Hamauzu's work. 90% sure that's him.... if so, count me in!

 

[Bardiche]

Definitely getting a SaGa vibe from the artwork and the music which is making me very interested.
However, Furyu's track record of games are unimpressive, and even if this game is the exception, there is no guarantee that NA will get this.

 

[Hero of Legend]

The music on the website sounds a LOT like Masashi Hamauzu's work. 90% sure that's him.... if so, count me in!

Guess what, you seem to be right!

GamersHour seems to confirm he's the composer:

http://gamershour.com/blog-entry-7560.html

Google Translate looks like it's clear as can be.

He of course has done SaGa games (SaGa Frontier 2 and Unlimited SaGa) and other SE games like FF13, AND is helping out in Smash 4!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masashi_Hamauzu#Discography

Verification would be greatly appreciated.

 

[cj_iwakura]

FuRyu is the new Acquire.

I'm okay with that.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Is that pikachu at the bottom left? Hes even holding a pokeball looking thing.

 

[@MUWANdo]

Ghetto SaGa might very well turn out to be more playable than real SaGa, honestly.

 

[Hero of Legend]

So what was up with Lost Dimension anyway? I know Lancarse developed it, but did any notable people compose or do art in it? I looked very MegaTen-ish.

 

[Data West]

This might be the worst video game title I've ever heard of.

 

[Pinko Marx]

This might be the worst video game title I've ever heard of.

Divine Divinity takes the cake.

 

[@MUWANdo]

Under Night In-Birth EXE:Late is untoppable, sorry.

 

[Fireblend]

I couldn't think of more "trying too hard" name for a game if I tried.

 

[Kalnos]

Legend of Legacy

Looks cool tho

 

[Elfforkusu]

Can't wait for it to be localized as The Legend of Legacy Chronicles.

 

[Black Soma]

Even Hamauzu is on board? Man, this really is a new SaGa in disguise.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Gorgeous Artstyle and The music is awesome but the name is generic as hell, nevertheless I'm intrigued!

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

SaGa, is that you?

Ya goddamn right it is. Classing up the joint.

 

[randomkid]

What in the world are this industry's best working artist and composer doing on a no name RPG by a garbage developer like Furyu?

The scan and info really does make it seem like SaGa in everything but name, I hope hope hope this developer found a way to make a good game.

 

[Odrion]

the lol

 

[Augemitbutter]

What in the world are this industry's best working artist and composer doing on a no name RPG by a garbage developer like Furyu?

The scan and info really does make it seem like SaGa in everything but name, I hope hope hope this developer found a way to make a good game.

the same reason why Uematsu and Amano did work for Unchained Blades. it is a good game.