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SMT x Fire Emblem and Monolith Software's X coming to NA/EU
- Thread starter LiK
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Yeah, more focus was put on X this time, so while it's still possible (wasn't Disaster given an official page afterall?) it's far less likely, especially as they'll look at Xenoblade's seeming success versus half guessing at how it may be received.
Diddy Kong
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Need more X info nao
Probably :3
I'm not a fan of most Nintendo games. I also bought a 3DS just for FE
tch Xenoblade curbstomps FE:A.
More hyped for X than anything so far. Only ones in the running are Bayonetta 2 and TW101 doe.
ShadowgeistX
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Probably :3
I'm not a fan of most Nintendo games. I also bought a 3DS just for FE
That really is the best reason to own a 3DS anyways lol
Confirmation? Not that it's a huge surprise, it seemed like the kind of RPG that'd be more appealing to Western players than most JRPGs, certainly moreso than a lot of what others DO localize, yet Nintendo just kinda sat on it. At least Last Story had the excuse of kind of coming off as a B grade JRPG/action game anyway.
Refresh my memory: what was the other again? SMT:Nine? Think that was pre-Nocturne too.
And from my understanding Devil Summoner was more or less a straight Saturn port, even with frames. If they made a similar effort as they did for Soul Hackers I bet we'd have seen it. EP meanwhile will forever remain a mystery, not unless in 5-10 years some guy over in Japan just goes "Well blah blah blah."
Nintendo Directs aren't E3 and have more weight to it.
Oh yeah, forgot about them. I still need to buy Xenoblade, but them prices ;_;
A good poster
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Never doubted it, but it's good to have a confirmation.
dakkumauji
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Same here. Maybe.
Nightstick11
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THANK THE GODS
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qizah
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I had no doubt both were coming, I mean they showed them at the English Wii U ND.
My Wii U purchase is justified more and more. Though I could have waited several months before buying one, but that's besides the point!
I agree with your sentiment. I could see it likely being an SRPG.
I agree with your sentiment. I could see it likely being an SRPG.
Messiarizer. Came out just a couple weeks after the US release of Nocturne and is thus the only new MegaTen game released since then that hasn't been released in the US.
I don't think EP PSP not getting released here is all that much of a mystery. Atlus waited a bit too long to release it and then realized that they didn't want to risk releasing PSP games in the US anymore.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
They already said that is a RPG
Oh good, I'm relieved if so.
Atlus is the Dev and SMT is the headliner, no need to worry about the type of game it will be.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
perfect
I'll buy a Wii U the second one of them are out
I'll buy a Wii U the second one of them are out
Green Mamba
Member
Does anyone actually remember the E3 that Xenoblade was "announced" at? It wasn't at the actual conference, it was in the press kit with a couple of pictures. A very far cry from X's headlining, fanfared appearance at the Nintendo Direct. People bringing Xenoblade's announcement up are completely off the mark.
JordanLMiller
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Finally a japanese company gets it! Sometimes I'd like to not have to campaign to play the games you've already made. Thank you!
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Man they both will be at e3 I bet.
transience
Member
aw, I wanted two years of controversy that would lead to an internet "operation"
Good news! Can't wait to play X. I probably buy a Wii U the day that game comes out. SMT x FE seems kind of stupid in theory but I need to see some actual footage of the game before laughing it off.
Good news! Can't wait to play X. I probably buy a Wii U the day that game comes out. SMT x FE seems kind of stupid in theory but I need to see some actual footage of the game before laughing it off.
It briefly popped up in their conference demo reel.
Well, that's the sane guess, but then it sounds like something actively blocked release with "mysterious reasons" in Nich's PS Blog post... except even THAT was changed from something else and no one can seemingly elaborate on it. Perhaps some SCEA policy still hanging around somehow got set off, or the post was changed by Atlus and had to deal with weird programming or license issues they don't really want others to know about. In any case I got the impression they WANTED to release it, but in the end had to go for the last resort of the PS1 game on PSN.
That's the story of every hyped up game though. Plus Xenoblade was in a worse position because we were going off the promises of a big open world JRPG, whereas X will be working within the framework of our Xenoblade experience.
Sho_Nuff82
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So Nintendo had to get a Japanese NoA CEO in order to finally prioritize translating their games?
If X is at least half as good as Xenoblade was, it'd be my savior.
Nah, they heavily implied they were going to get these games brought over here anyway, it's just good to see them basically going "yes we still plan to."
Though I kinda like to imagine Iwata saw the VC lineup and decided to take direct control as a response to that.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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The story in SMTXFE will be godlike I bet
Given X's size and Scope, no chance.
It would be more possible for SMT, but it is an Atlus console Production and we haven't seen anything so it's unlikely this will have a first showing and then a quick release.
You say that, then a few years later we see some weird obscure thing pointed out that wasn't localized, and everyone forgets said obscure thing ever got skipped anyway. Though I do think they realize they can't just ignore X this time, and Atlus would be displeased if SMTxFE were blocked from release as they kinda bank on SMT far more than Tecmo did Fatal Frame.
It'll be the awesome insane type, of course.
SMT and FE, haha. I really can't wait to see what they do with this.
ThatObviousUser
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After Project X Zone, my default expectation is for most games to be localized.
(I know that wasn't Nintendo's doing, but to me that makes it even more of a big deal.)
(I know that wasn't Nintendo's doing, but to me that makes it even more of a big deal.)
Reggie briefly discussed Xenoblade's reception overseas 7 months after the title came out in North America :
http://kotaku.com/5947861/its-time-for-japanese-developers-to-stop-hoarding-their-rpgs
As for Japan, Xenoblade sold a mere 83k copies in its first week of release according to the software charts. Six months later, it had only sold a total of 161k copies. It was the 8th best selling Wii title of the year.
ThatObviousUser
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Pokemon X/Y worldwide release was announced a long time ago, bro.
And we got Fire Emblem months ago.
Eh, I think it's company by company. I'm kind of expecting Namco to localize anything that isn't a second rate Tales port now (and we still got TotA, though that required no significant new localization), but SE's still in their weird fucking state. Best hope is that their financial situation makes them re-evaluate localizing more of their games again, and it'll probably help once FFXIV's out of the way, but skipping each of those DQ games (so far) and throwing Bravely Default to Nintendo is NOT reassuring. So far SE really does seem to want to be Eidos-with-FF/KH outside of Japan.