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Itagaki: I WILL RELEASE Devil's Third in North and South America
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My suggestion would be pool a bunch of questions together from the forum and contact that email as a representation of NeoGAF on a whole requesting if they would like to address questions directly from fans. Also indicate that the replies would be posted in full, so there would be no paraphrasing, which they seem afraid of.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Hopefully we'll finally learn the fate of this game in North America within the next week.
I hope this is unrelated to Devil's Third. https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/617840497982353408
a Master Ninja
Member
Forget Operation Rainfall, we need to initiate Operation Oatmeal Cookie!
Ah, just saw he was associated with Unseen64. Yeah, there's no way the game's cancelled. Sorry about the bump!
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
At least he didn't call it some very interesting news.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
nckillthegrimace
Member
Good to see that he managed this announcement of an announcements without impugning anyone's credibility.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Microsoft leaks only
Good I hope XSeed picks it up, they do a great job with games they published, Rodea and The Last Story got great collector editions
screw off NOA
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Uhhhh might want to take another look at Rodea.
Ok it wasnt XSeed but it still has a great collectors edition lol
Edit
Interesting tweet from Xseed
"XSEED Games ‏@XSEEDGames Jun 5
And if you want see a full picture of XSEED's 2015 (so far), well...here you go. We're crazy. "
https://twitter.com/xseedgames
Notice the "so far", they make a point of it in the picture also
hmmm maybe Devlis Thrid get added
Smiles and Cries
Member
when people look at this game it looks fun but often you see post questioning the quality or how the game looks
it was a shock that this was heading to Wii U but it is even stranger that it is have that much of a hard time getting a decent retail release
exclusive to Amazon Japan? WTF is that about?
it was a shock that this was heading to Wii U but it is even stranger that it is have that much of a hard time getting a decent retail release
exclusive to Amazon Japan? WTF is that about?
SatoAilDarko
Member
Well I'll offer a few:
1. Itagaki-san since E3 2014 to even to beginning of this year you have stated that a key component of Devil's Third is large-scale multiplayer action. Do you still have such goals for the multiplayer portion in terms of having a large player-count? If you do how do think you can achieve them?
2. Itagaki-san were there any plans to make Devil's Third a free-to-play game and monetize cosmetic items in order to attract a larger player-base?
3. How is the singleplayer portion of the game compared to your past games? Is it longer? Is is structured differently? How similar is the combat?
4. During the demo at E3 last year I saw a Score Attack option for missions, is that still present? Are there leaderboards for Score Attack mode?
5. Does the story in Devil's Third have a definitive end? Do you plan on exploring the world and characters in a later game?
6. Does Valhalla Games have the IP rights to Devil's Third?
7.Can you share any comments on your current relationship with Nintendo?
Finally I'll like to say I plan to get your game Day 1 Itagaki-san. I am hoping for a physical release in North America and feel it is important in order to attract as many players as possible. I can't wait to experience Devil's Third. I am hopeful for your future success.
One question that springs to mind: the latest footage from the Japanese overview video seems to be missing a lot of the graphic violence from earlier build, including dismemberment. Is that a Japanese censorship issue or has the entire game been toned down?
It doesn't bother me either way, just curious.
It doesn't bother me either way, just curious.
OuterLimits
Member
I don't care if it may potentially be a giant pile of horse manure. I still want to play it. Damn this sucks. 
SatoAilDarko
Member
The Tweet is from June 5 though, before E3 and the latest anime con.
Though Xseed would be the best.
No, it's probably Xanadu Next, the only game that XSEED is involved but yet to be properly announced at this time.
Your right lol I thought it was July 5th
oh gosh...!
what could be more modern than a Wii game?
I'd say just 3Ds or Wii U game...
are there "uncompleted" 3ds or wiiu games yet to be confirmed?
Zelda...or Pokken? (can't think anything about the 3DS)
Well, if anyone is willing to ask, I've got some questions that have nothing to do with the publisher.
- Devil's Third has been billed as a shooter, but we've also seen a lot of melee weapons. What sort of attack, maneuvers, and other tools do we have available for us in melee combat, and how does it compare to other shooters and action games?
- Similarly, what does gunplay add to the game? Is the player supposed to have a choice between playing like a shooter and playing like a character action game, or is the player expected to make full use of both?
- We've seen some prominent Buddhist imagery in the game. What is the purpose of that? Is it meant to give the game a distinctive Japanese style, or does it reflect the game's themes?
- Similarly, what does gunplay add to the game? Is the player supposed to have a choice between playing like a shooter and playing like a character action game, or is the player expected to make full use of both?
- We've seen some prominent Buddhist imagery in the game. What is the purpose of that? Is it meant to give the game a distinctive Japanese style, or does it reflect the game's themes?
I'm a little more interested in how the game will turn out than who is publishing it.
Maybe the Wii U Japanese garden demo was part of a cancelled game.
shadow2810
Member
that's detective pikachu game.
Oh I'm really rooting for that to be cancelled now. That's the only announced pre-E3 but unreleased Nintendo game to date that I just do not care about at all.
There was that casual trivia game from Ubisoft that they said was basically finished but withheld because of how poor other games have been selling. But it's not like a casual trivia game on Wii U would've sold a lot anyway.
Nintendo Next (?) went hands-on with the game today, so we'll be seeing some gameplay impressions shortly.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
Reggie said Disaster Day of Crisis was garbage, and that was a nice lil B game, I dont listen to him
the androgyne
Member
I can't believe the bad rap this is getting based purely on the visuals. People seem to be disregarding the fact that the Wii U couldn't do much better visually anyway!
You could argue that it's lengthy development doesn't bode well (ala Duke Nukem Forever), but this is different because the team hasn't changed, nor has their vision.
I don't see how the game can be anything but great, considering it's by the creator of one of the best action games ever, and has had Nintendo assistance for at least a year on top.
You could argue that it's lengthy development doesn't bode well (ala Duke Nukem Forever), but this is different because the team hasn't changed, nor has their vision.
I don't see how the game can be anything but great, considering it's by the creator of one of the best action games ever, and has had Nintendo assistance for at least a year on top.
There are many games that are on Wii U, PS3 and 360 that look better than Devil's Third.
The Wii U is certainly capable of better visuals.
Their vision clearly has changed--the main character and some of the other over-the-top aesthetic elements like the music are a direct result of the publisher change.
People are focusing on the visuals because Nintendo isn't giving them anything else to talk about. Y'know what NOE has done since announcing this game (with a 10-second video of the main character playing a drum solo on Facebook)? Answer: nothing; maybe a couple tweets, that's it. They're very conspicuously sending this game to die and we can't discount the idea that it's because it simply isn't much fun.
Review copies seem to be out since Saturday, but embargoed until August. I didn't expect the game to be finished already.
For some reason a really sweet start screen makes this nonsense that much harder to take.
bobbychalkers
Member
Considering the way Nintendo is rolling this game out, why the hell did they fund it in the first place? At least NOJ and NOE are actually releasing it. I don't like idea of having to appeal to a company to release a game, especially during a month that Wii U has nothing in North America.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Considering Reggie doesn't know shit about the quality of actual games, NO.
hurricanes
Member
Review copies seem to be out since Saturday, but embargoed until August. I didn't expect the game to be finished already.
Ohh I like the start screen!
Hero of Legend
Member
Nintendo Next (?) went hands-on with the game today, so we'll be seeing some gameplay impressions shortly.
Bigger:
Looks around Metal Gear Rising level if not better, graphics-wise. Don't get the hate the graphics get. Gameplay looks decent, too. Just finished GTA V and I doubt the shootouts will be worse and this is considered one of the best games ever made by so many.
I expect 5/10 reviews scores, though.
cooljeanius
Member
I don't even think I'll pick it up myself, but I still want Devil's Third to come to the Americas, if only because I get the impression that the resulting Miiverse community could turn out to be as entertaining as one for that AVGN game.
(and yes, I know there'll be European and Japanese communities for the game, too, anyways, but an American one would mean that I wouldn't have to translate as high of a proportion of the posts in it...)