Haha, forgot all about that collabo. Not a fan of Unchained Blades at all but point taken!
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The Legend of Legacy (3DS) announced [JRPG, SaGa & ex-S-E staff, MASASHI HAMAUZU]
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Haha, forgot all about that collabo. Not a fan of Unchained Blades at all but point taken!
I think it could be localized, but don't expect a physical version, probably the same as Unchained Blades, digital download for 29.99 US or something. Its still in my backlog, but I'm hoping the E-shop store will carry it.
Hero of Legend
Member
I definitely see XSEED doing a retail localization. RF4 was a big hit IIRC and Kagura Burst also did really well. I think XSEED will be much less doubtful about 3DS localizations from here on out.
Well, I don't know if I'll play the game, but I'm definitely getting the OST. This is just marvelous!!!!! Based off the starting character classes and cartography description, is this a dungeon crawler? I hope it has some kind of strong narrative, because this music deserves it. Also the Aztec-Muscha hybrid artwork is great.
Sparrowhawk
Member
Loving the art and that song is great. Looking forward to seeing more of this game in the future.
Kresnik258
Member
I seem to remember (although I can't find it now) a representative of XSEED saying that FuRyu were difficult to work with in that they just kept focusing on developing their own titles rather than inserting the already-finished translation of Unchained Blades so they could release it in the west.
It sounded like not the best experience, and given that we've never seen a FuRyu-published game in the west again, seems possible that they just might not want to work with them again.
Let's see how it performs in Japan first anyway. Hopefully the Bravely Default connection can pull it out of the slumping sales that the last FuRyu original games have seen.
It sounded like not the best experience, and given that we've never seen a FuRyu-published game in the west again, seems possible that they just might not want to work with them again.
Let's see how it performs in Japan first anyway. Hopefully the Bravely Default connection can pull it out of the slumping sales that the last FuRyu original games have seen.
Hours Left
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So basically a non-SaGa SaGa? Cool.
Tomomi Kobayashi is a goddess.
Tomomi Kobayashi is a goddess.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Not to mention Bravely Default success in the West despite being published by Nintendo shows that there are audience for this genre.
"Despite"? Being published by Nintendo seems like an unambiguously good thing.
I think he means in the sense that third parties won't care how successful it was because it was published by Nintendo. I personally doubt Bravely Default's western success has affected anything; we might not even get Bravely Second.
DXB-KNIGHT
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I know it's s good thing it's just because Nintendo is a 1st party and not a 3rd party and Nintendo has an effect in promoting certain IPs, it's just 3rd parties shouldn't be discouraged because of the myth "only Nintendo games sells on Nintendo systems "
Pennywise83
Banned
Did they release direct-fee art and screenshots?
Hero of Legend
Member
No screens yet sadly.
Sammy Samusu
Member
You people never learn.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Color me...intrigued
Legend of Legacy though? Really?
Legend of Legacy though? Really?
Augemitbutter
Member
i'm still a little bitter we never got Unchained 2. where is Vic when you need him.
Sounds like an RPG Maker game.
I almost thought at first that this was going to be a parody game of the RPG Genre. I guess not.
PhantomOfTheKnight
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Pikachu is that you?
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
This art looks so nice. I wasn't as interested in this game until I saw this. Hopefully we get some more info on the game soon.
Nintendojitsu
Banned
Am I the only one getting a Saga Frontier vibe from this?
Hours Left
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Hero of Legend
Member
SCREENSHOTS!
Amazon JP done goofed and opened the page for the game but yanked it, luckily, Google kept a cache of it! And through the magic of Page Source, I dug up all the screens and artwork that you can't access in the page even then!
I resized them from 1000px to native res and they came out beautifully! This being the original alternative:
Amazon JP done goofed and opened the page for the game but yanked it, luckily, Google kept a cache of it! And through the magic of Page Source, I dug up all the screens and artwork that you can't access in the page even then!
I resized them from 1000px to native res and they came out beautifully! This being the original alternative:
Hero of Legend
Member
You can see they are trying to ape Bravely Default, but battles and the overworld do seem a bit more 3D so to speak,
Gotcha.
S-E specifically cited Bravely Default as a game that made them rethink the viability of traditional JRPGs in today's market and the international market in particular, I can't imagine they're gonna just drop it all of a sudden.
Hero of Legend
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I find it weird that FuRyu is attempting a BD clone on 3DS, but chose to make a SMT4 clone on Vita and PS3... why?
Wouldn't Lost Dimension have made more sense on 3DS considering? Sales also were shockingly disastrous, only selling a few thousand each FW.
Edit: On second thought, LD isn't really a SMT4 clone is it? Footage seems to show it to be very different.
Wouldn't Lost Dimension have made more sense on 3DS considering? Sales also were shockingly disastrous, only selling a few thousand each FW.
Edit: On second thought, LD isn't really a SMT4 clone is it? Footage seems to show it to be very different.
Pennywise83
Banned
The game looks cheap, but cute and charming as hell. The colours they used remind me The 4 Heroes of Light.
Ninja Scooter
Member
is this some kind of parody game? Legend of Legacy sounds like the japanese version of DudeBro My Shit's So Fucked UP.
Augemitbutter
Member
bad 3D? ugh. i'm out.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
lol yeah no its not that big of a game, let alone that good of one.
its an ok game but nothing more than that.
the concept was interesting though, but the character design and general gameplay mechanics were a bit lacking.
at least this game looks better, but still am wary since its not like FuRyu is exactly a company Id put my trust in. But we will see when it comes out.
manzo
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イメージイラスト：小林智美（ロマサガシリーズ）
Well ain't that some shit.
コンポーザー：浜渦正志（アンリミテッド：サガ、FF13シリーズ）
OOOH SHIT
same impression here
Kyoji Koizumi is the game designer behind the battle systems of pretty much the entire SaGa series. From Romancing SaGa 2 all the way to Minstrel Song. He's been instrumental in designing a ton of weirdass combat systems in the series. It's pretty amazing that he's working on a new RPG.
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
Hours Left
Member
What I wouldn't do for a game that accurately portrays Kobayashi's art style in game.
Her designs are so beautiful, but they almost always get reduced to chibis. (Which is fine in moderation, but not all the time.)
Her designs are so beautiful, but they almost always get reduced to chibis. (Which is fine in moderation, but not all the time.)
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
Thanks a lot!
Well, looks like the game's in good hands, at the very least. Definitely low-budget, judging by the leaked screens, but that shouldn't be a problem.
Can't wait for the first trailer, to see all that in motion.