Itagaki has had such rotten luck over the course of development. No wonder he's running right into the Chinese mobile market once this ships.
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Devil's Third disappears from "Future Releases" section on North American Wii U eShop
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Itagaki has had such rotten luck over the course of development. No wonder he's running right into the Chinese mobile market once this ships.
Neon_Icarus
Member
There is something seriously wrong with NoA if they can't even bother with an eShop-only release. The game has been translated already.
If they've handed it over to a smaller publisher, E3 would have been the time to announce that.
If they've handed it over to a smaller publisher, E3 would have been the time to announce that.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Going to post this on the new page since I think it's pertinent.
Some recent Itagaki Facebook posts:
Some recent Itagaki Facebook posts:
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
Starts out well, but I honestly can't tell if it's positive or negative in the last two.
Neuromancer
Member
This looks like the kind of bad game I would have been made fun of for buying and enjoying last generation. I hope it comes out anyway. The world needs all kinds of games, even bad ones.
openrob
Member
It was probably snapped up way before Nintendo knew how things would turn out by mid-to-late 2015. And likely with NCL's money, rather than a move from NoA or NoE more specifically.
Why NoA would release it like this goes back to these two paragraphs here:
Because spending 5 mins of the game in a direct, uploading some trailers, promoting it on eShop/newsletters and generally acknowldeging it's exsistance costs tousands of dollars?
I get that publishing costs money, but marketing, even minimally shouldn't be the hurdle. Not in this day and age. obviously I am not sayiing marketing is useless. But it still shouldn't prevent games from being released.
What's the third? I assume you're referencing Yoshi and DT, but what's number three.
The Giant
Banned
Itagaki later said that article was misleading. Since the article was chinese then poorly translated into japanese then translated into english.
prag16
Banned
Fatal Frame. As somebody said earlier in the topic, if they had planned ahead, they could have had the localization in time to fill the drought a little.
Mr. Pointy
Member
The game's getting Fuck You It's Januaried.
LiveFromKyoto
Member
The other possibility here is that they see the summer as a time when nothing sells, and they see that their 2016 release schedule is a ghost town, so they're holding it back until the winter since they've already got plenty of stuff for the fall.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Honestly Nintendo's systems look rather anemic overall.
Looks like interpolated 30 fps footage to me, I'd love to be proven wrong though.
EDIT: Played it back in super slow-mo... some parts seem to be "real" 60 fps, but other parts look like they're blending frames together to go from 30 -> 60. Odd.
I feel like that's a title rife for October and Halloween, though.
Despite my last post I didn't think NoA REALLY abandoned it altogether for NA. Likely it's a retailer deal (which at worst may've also cut out eShop for some fucking stupid reason though hopefully it'd at least be delayed), was given to another publisher, or very plausibly Nintendo being Nintendo and being completely opaque about something that's coming along normally anyway.
Xenoblade is coming this year, though.
They very likely are 'going Xenoblade wih this'. They showed it off at E3, the reception was tepid at best, little else until next E3 when it mysteriously disappears. Next stop is Nintendo of France saying they'd have loved to show off Devil's Third at E3 but NoA refused since they passed on it. We've already got people clamoring at the release schedule and the TBA date that'll sit there for another year before it's unceremoniously removed.
Something something retailer exclusive something something "We meant to do this!"
Pancakes R Us
Member
Hahahaha. What a HIT.
In all seriousness, this is not good news given that Nintendo is bankrolling the game. Trust NoA to f*** up.
Did anyone bother looking? It is F'in Go Nintendo after all.
I just went and it IS on the future releases. First entry, in fact. http://www.nintendo.com/games/game-guide/#filter/wii+u|-|-|-|-|descend|releaseDate|-|-|-|-|-|-
Edit: Oh, the future releases in the eShop. Which are just various promo videos that come and go. Whatever. I admit there seems to be something going on with Devil's Third, but this is not what I'd even consider evidence. It's not like it ever had a profile page there or anything.
I just went and it IS on the future releases. First entry, in fact. http://www.nintendo.com/games/game-guide/#filter/wii+u|-|-|-|-|descend|releaseDate|-|-|-|-|-|-
Edit: Oh, the future releases in the eShop. Which are just various promo videos that come and go. Whatever. I admit there seems to be something going on with Devil's Third, but this is not what I'd even consider evidence. It's not like it ever had a profile page there or anything.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Has anyone tried asking NoA for a statement?
I would be stunned if they gave a straight answer. Dan Adelman, Mathieu Minel... Nintendo keeps bad news for the shareholders meetings. It's not the type of question they'd entertain.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Either way, it's worth a try. A 'no comment' or evasive response would speak volumes.
Neff
Member
I'd argue that Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta handily own that pie, but I'd be in the distinct minority, to Nintendo's chagrin, no doubt.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
It's so strange. NoA sometimes really surprises us by doing legitimately cool, fan-focused things like announcing Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water for a North American release when no one was expecting it and had probably given up on it.
Then they solidify their status as the most wildly inconsistent branch of Nintendo by (apparently) nixing Devil's Third. I don't know. It's always one step forward, two steps back with them.
Hopefully our concern here is premature and another publisher is bringing Devil's Third to the US or something. I don't know. I don't particularly care about the game myself and I definitely admit that it will probably bomb if it does get released here, but I do care about what the game represents (a really strong, high-profile third-party title on a console sorely lacking them... and lacking frequent releases in general) and I can't fathom why NoA would take steps to thin out the Wii U's already-light release schedule even more.
It can't be an image/censorship thing... NoA's already released plenty of M-rated titles on the Wii U. It must just come down to sales forecasts.
This + NoA delaying Yoshi's Woolly World to October 16th when the game is clearly ready and the Wii U literally has no other high-profile retail titles releasing from now until September 11th (Super Mario Maker) really makes me wonder what they're doing over there sometimes. Having worked with Capcom US and Bandai Namco Japan in the past, I know these things are rarely as cut-and-dried as they seem - I'm sure plenty of people at NoA are fans too and are doing their best to give us what they know we want, and are just getting caught up in all sorts of corporate red tape - but still... man. This really does seem to be an issue particularly with NoA as of late.
Then they solidify their status as the most wildly inconsistent branch of Nintendo by (apparently) nixing Devil's Third. I don't know. It's always one step forward, two steps back with them.
Hopefully our concern here is premature and another publisher is bringing Devil's Third to the US or something. I don't know. I don't particularly care about the game myself and I definitely admit that it will probably bomb if it does get released here, but I do care about what the game represents (a really strong, high-profile third-party title on a console sorely lacking them... and lacking frequent releases in general) and I can't fathom why NoA would take steps to thin out the Wii U's already-light release schedule even more.
It can't be an image/censorship thing... NoA's already released plenty of M-rated titles on the Wii U. It must just come down to sales forecasts.
This + NoA delaying Yoshi's Woolly World to October 16th when the game is clearly ready and the Wii U literally has no other high-profile retail titles releasing from now until September 11th (Super Mario Maker) really makes me wonder what they're doing over there sometimes. Having worked with Capcom US and Bandai Namco Japan in the past, I know these things are rarely as cut-and-dried as they seem - I'm sure plenty of people at NoA are fans too and are doing their best to give us what they know we want, and are just getting caught up in all sorts of corporate red tape - but still... man. This really does seem to be an issue particularly with NoA as of late.
sturgboski
Member
Not to derail, but I agree with your sentiment about the marketing and have been stating the same with regards to the Vita and its games.
Really, in this day and age, releasing this digitally would be such a big deal? You dont need to press discs, package, ship, etc, just push an executable to a server (yes I know I am simplifying but the costing has to be less to go digital).
Removing it from the eShop still doesn't make any sense. I doubt it'd cost much of anything to market Devil's Third as an eShop only game like Fatal Frame. Maybe it's a Gamestop exclusive or something.
As for Woolly World, I think it has absolutely everything to do with the amiibo for it.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Oh shit I hope NOA didn't pass on the game because of all the hilarious jokes people were telling about the dumb main character.
That pie is sales. And in this unjust world Bayonetta will never own the biggest piece.
Devil's Third might not see an American release. Nintendo is so comically inept I wouldn't be surprised
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Customer service does not make announcements. If the state of a game is in limbo, customer service is not going to tell you the game is cancelled. If a game is not announced, customer service is not going to announce it. Only bottom of the barrel fan blogs email customer service and post the dumb robot form letters they receive in response.
That they got that reply simply means that since no formal announcement has been made that Nintendo of America is no longer publishing the game, customer service is not able to provide any updated information.
This is so sad and such a waste of talent. The game's art style looks awful but the mechanics look really solid and it looks like a very unique game. I hope it makes money because Itagaki going mobile would be a tragedy. Is there any reason why he can't join Platinum or something? He seems like he would fit in well but I could see him and Kamiya either being BFF or hating each other's guts.
This is so sad and such a waste of talent. The game's art style looks awful but the mechanics look really solid and it looks like a very unique game. I hope it makes money because Itagaki going mobile would be a tragedy. Is there any reason why he can't join Platinum or something? He seems like he would fit in well but I could see him and Kamiya either being BFF or hating each other's guts.
I don't think you need to imagine it.
Karspankey
Banned
"This is the end. This is how the Devil's Third died."
OrbitalBeard
Member
While you do have a point, the fact that.Devil's Third wasn't at E3 is pretty telling..
Even putting that aside, what the hell would a CS rep know about it being cancelled or not.
BassForever
Member
People keep asking "why does NoA have NOTHING for the summer when x, y, and z are ready and delayed for no reason?" and I honestly think the answer is Splatoon. I think Nintendo of America views it as an ever green title like Mario Kart 8 and with it's constant free updates though the summer into August this actually lines up well with their current release schedule. September is Mario Maker, October is Wooly World, November will probably be Star Fox, and December will be Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Obviously I think this is a stupid idea and is banking far too much on Splatoon holding people's interest all summer long, but that seems to be the game plan.
Obviously I think this is a stupid idea and is banking far too much on Splatoon holding people's interest all summer long, but that seems to be the game plan.
Gambit 1138
Banned
It looked really unappealing and I don't want to play as a guy tattooed up from head to toe that's gross
If you don't want to play it, then don't. I don't see why you wouldn't want other people to look forward to and wanting it.