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Rune Factory 4 coming to 3DS in North America this summer from XSEED
The publisher is super busy today, also announcing Killer is Dead (PS3/Xbox), Valhalla Knights 3 (Vita), Ys Memories of Celceta (!)(Vita), and Ys I & II Chronicles + (PC). Today is XSEED E3, I guess.
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Fang is kind of a jerk
Did anyone shell out the $30 to cop Unchained Blades on eShop a few weeks ago? I hope this digital-only experiment (for what was a retail game in Japan) worked out for Xseed.
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Forgot about Pandora’s Tower
We were super busy at the Tiny Cartridge office this week, so we missed this great news: Xseed will release Ganbarion’s Wii action RPG Pandora’s Tower (published by Nintendo in Japan and Europe) in North America some time this Spring. The people at Xseed are heroes, reminders that there’s still reason to leave hope in our hearts.
As far as Operation Rainfall projects go, I always thought of this one as the lesser of the trio — were this part of Park Chan-wook’s Vengeance trilogy of Korean films, this would have been Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance — still great, but not at the same level as the other two entries. Nevertheless, it’s great to see the Wii get one last notable game this year.
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“Sorry, man. That ship has sailed.”
Xseed editor Jessica Chavez stating the obvious on Retro Game Challenge 2’s chances of coming to the U.S., after describing the original game as “not particularly popular.”
Just doing our part to reopen old wounds. It’s hard to be too angry at Xseed, though, considering:
- it took a big chance publishing the first Retro Game Challenge, and delivered an amazing game
- it released The Last Story in the U.S. last week
- the Retro Game Master DVD will be out soon
- maybe the fan translation project is still alive
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Sumioni trailer. It’s like Max and the Magic Marker, but way cooler looking, and with the ability to teach you simple kanji!
I’m interested in how XSEED handles that aspect for the localization. I’m guessing there’s just no way around it — the North American version is going to have to teach people to write kanji. And that’s awesome!
Preorder: PS Vita (two weeks, y’all)
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XSEED’s holiday “Sale of Unrivaled Insanity” provides an uncommonly good deal on the weird Grasshopper game Flower, Sun, and Rain. It’s just $10 on the XSEED shop right now, as is Ragnarok DS, Ivy the Kiwi? on Wii (which is great), and a bunch of other stuff!
The full list of cheap stuff is in the image above. I’m not used to seeing actually cheap games on publisher stores…
See also: More Flower Sun and Rain posts
Solatorobo 4koma comic strip, translated by 4dawgz and Nameless Translator. These were posted, in Japanese, on CyberConnect2’s website. They’re awfully cute, but reading them in English reveals that they aren’t exactly… funny.
Still, they’re worth reading for a) the aforementioned cuteness and b) the way they add some richness to the world of Solatorobo. And by “add richness” I mean “show you what the toilets look like.”
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Solatorobo: Red the Hunter launch trailer. It’s out in North America today! Or at least it will be shipping to retailers today (or to your home, if you were a good reader and ordered the game online through one of our links).
If you haven’t read the piece yet, it is critical that you load our Solatorobo guest review into your browser now. The text is just as magnificent as the main article image.
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Solatorobo - a fond farewell to the DS, and a testament to an era that’s slowly fading
[Some doubted it would ever happen, but Solatorobo releases in the States tomorrow for the DS — Infinity Counter’s Francesco Dagostino provides us with this thoughtful guest review of the action RPG.]
Furry. Kemono. Call them what you will; associate them with the worst kinks on the internet. But anthropomorphic animals are also the symbol of a long-decayed video game era, lost to the encroaching desert of the medium’s Westernization.
They dwelt in an era made of happy-go-lucky worlds, now eroded by the obsessive pursuit of pseudo-Hollywood photorealism; creativity sacrificed as hypertrophic muscles contract, in response to the button-mashing of foolproof controls.
Obviously enough, there are still developers refusing to follow this sea change: software houses swimming against the current to preserve values that everyone else gave up on for the sake of easy revenues.
CyberConnect2 is one of these.
Customization trailer for Solatorobo: Red the Hunter. Remember when we were sobbing in the streets, tearing our hair out, and beating our chest over this game releasing in Japan and Europe but not in the U.S.?
It will be out in North America next week.
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New Solatorobo trailer demonstrates Red Savarin’s many roles. He’s not just Red the Hunter, like in the subtitle; the dog-man-guy is also Red the Duelist, Red the Detective, Red the Pirate Fighter, and Red the Musician.
Oh, and according to this morning’s announcement, he’s also Red the Finally Coming Out In North America On September 27! Lots of great stuff for the game today:
- U.S. site launched with plenty of content
- 1UP’s hosting a developer (well, publisher) blog
- 1UP also has a pleasant piece on “Tail Concerto and Fading Memories of the Good Ol’ Days”
- NWR detailed the game’s Tail Concerto cameos
Don’t forget to preorder for the free soundtrack!
Preorder: Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
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Solatorobo’s U.S. release to include OST
When Solatorobo: Red the Hunter ships in the U.S. on September 27, each copy will include a soundtrack CD, a replica of the 24-track OST (pictured) that was included with Japan’s collector’s edition. The album features “a full orchestral score that foreshadows the epic struggle for survival that awaits protagonist Red Savarin.”
You’ll pay a bit more for the game because of the pack-in, $34.99, but if the music is as good as import impressions indicate, that’s not so bad. Props to Xseed, “the bravest publisher in America”, for coming up with something extra for fans (even if this is just a ploy to encourage consumers to buy the game instead of pirating it).
Preorder: Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
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[Thanks, Roaring Warg! (Not Roaring Wang)]
