chicagocubsfan
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I know it's a niche game, but releasing on the same week as Infamous, MGS, and FFX HD isn't the greatest strategy.
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Yumi's Odd Odyssey release appears to be imminent
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Only one d in Odyssey here.
sixteen-bit
Member
Shouldn't have too much an effect on 3DS people
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Coming March 20th to US eShop
Edit: Beaten
"Hey, kids! So, we know you're playing Titanfall, or Infamous, or Metal Gear Solid, or Dark Souls II, or Yoshi's New Island (lol), or Final Fantasy X HD... but why not shell out $30 for a digital-only 3DS game you've never heard of and that's also ugly?"
Sound marketing.
JasonUresti
Member
wiki says Oddworld Inhabitants was formed in 1994, and this series was first released in December of 1994 in Japan.
Point to Oddworld Inhabitants.
PreyingShark
Member
They had intended to release it in January but AFAIK Nintendo happened.
Abe's Oddysee didn't come out until 1997. I think the point was that the Umihara Kawase series came out first before the Oddworld series.
Umihara Kawase also existed before the day it hit store shelves.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
What the... $30?
The last version of the game worth buying routinely goes for a hundred bucks in perfect condition.
Believe me, I understand why people would be taken aback at $30. I feel $20 is a more apt price, personally.
But this was a full-fledged retail title in Japan. $30 is in line with all the other Japanese 3DS retail games which have gotten eShop-exclusive localizations.
Infernal Monkey
Member
Euro release is happening, but under a different name and different publisher. Still, yeah, I imagine it'll be around that price. Maybe even higher.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
So?
It's worth every penny.
30 bucks is a more than fair price for this excellent game.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I'm just saying, the scarcity of Umihara Kawase DS has absolutely no bearing on what would constitute an acceptable price here.
I'll pay $30 for it, but even I, as a fan of the series, have a tough time justifying it. I know the Japanese version was expensive, but considering US pricing for digital-only releases, I don't see $30 of value. For them to charge that much for a no-name, no-boob game released in the midst of all the March titles? That is just dumb.
Fake Edit: I forgot, she got a massive boob job between the PS1 and PSP/DS games.
Natsume games have gone on sale before on the 3DS eshop. As did PW5 for the poster above me. Both this game and PW5 are worth 30. Hell both are worth 50+ to me and are way more interesting than the other games on that list. I'll probably get DS 2 when its on sale for 20 and might get X/X-2. MGS Demo who knows. None of those really effect the people who are going to buy a niche as hell Japanese puzzle platformer though. Maybe someone will spend money on Yoshi instead.
I'm not going to argue that they might not have been better served releasing it in January (for selfish reasons because that's when I wanted it and had more free time!) though but like a lot of Natsume releases it probably wasn't fully baked.
I'm not going to argue that they might not have been better served releasing it in January (for selfish reasons because that's when I wanted it and had more free time!) though but like a lot of Natsume releases it probably wasn't fully baked.
sixteen-bit
Member
Kokuga was actually $15. What a deal.
Even better! That is like the magic price point for digital-only release games.
I think I'm going to get Yumi, even at the higher price. Wanna eventually get all the Umihara releases. I think I only have to get the physical Super Fami and the physical PS1.
sixteen-bit
Member
Nice, best of luck in getting the remaining titles. It's a shame the DS one has shot up in price lately. At least the buggy PSP version will always be cheap to offset it, haha.
sixteen-bit
Member
It's out now by the way.
The Bankslammer
Member
Awesome, buying it now.