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Post by Captain Zelar on Jun 11, 2011 1:35:15 GMT -5
Bit curious, does this one have the little accessory thingies like Vesperia? You know, like the hats for Yuri and stuff, those were pretty fun.
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Post by Sirth on Jun 11, 2011 5:42:58 GMT -5
Think so, but I think they have to be paid for.
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Post by kelocena on Jun 20, 2011 2:01:48 GMT -5
I'm glad they're finally bringing over another big Tales game. However, I'm not optimistic they'll do any better marketing than they have in the past. Hopefully they will and ToGf will sell well, which will make Namco want to bring Xillia over as well.
As far as voice acting goes, I don't really see dual-audio happening, especially if they want to sync the chat portraits to the English like they did in Vesperia. Regardless I am both looking forward to (and kind of dreading) being another sale for ToGf NA version. *grumble* I already have a copy of the Asian version *grumble*
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Jun 20, 2011 2:10:28 GMT -5
I seriously have to wonder if marketing would even be worth any money.
People who would buy the game will buy the game. Very few people will buy a cutesy anime RPG because they saw an ad for it. More than that, news of the game's localization has circulated around the internet through all possible circles that would be interested in the game at lightning speed. I doubt much more could convince people who otherwise wouldn't look twice at it to buy it.
Sounds like a waste of resources for no gain to me.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 20, 2011 2:14:25 GMT -5
Hiro, I wish you'd cut your negativity, pack up and go home already.
If they market this game, it'll sell hundreds of thousands. There's just an untapped market out there just waiting to be reached if they only marketed.
No, but really, marketing isn't going to help the game much at all, if any. I mean, I guess it could help get the word out to some people, but at the end of the day, I don't think the added amount of sales would probably outweigh the expense of marketing in the first place. JRPGs are a niche market. Sure, FF does pretty well, but it's an exception to the rule. The vast majority of great RPGs never sell that much.
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Post by Umbra on Jun 20, 2011 2:24:10 GMT -5
Turn Tales into an FPS. It would solve all marketing problems.
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Jun 20, 2011 3:38:42 GMT -5
It would still have cutesy anime characters, so it's a no go.
Now, replace Asbel with Commander Shepard and we have a winner.
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Post by sukotsuto on Jun 20, 2011 5:21:57 GMT -5
I feel that now is the right time to kinda put a bit more oomph behind marketing the game. The RPG market is no longer being dominated by Squenix, which are disillusioning fans left and right, so former FF fans would start looking into other game series to get their proper RPG fix. There's not much good JRPGs available for the PS3, or at least, none that are interesting to me, save for some SRPGs.
I hope this is still relevant now, as I haven't been paying attention to anything gaming for quite a while now lol.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 20, 2011 5:26:13 GMT -5
Well, yes, Tales could grab some fans from FF, but chances are it's not going to become the next FF like all the fans believe it will.
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Post by sukotsuto on Jun 20, 2011 5:33:43 GMT -5
It definitely won't, and I feel claims that it'll be like the next FF are just exaggerations. Not too many RPGs will have that sort of impact Square did back in the PSone era. Oh how I miss those days... I do know that the only RPGs I have for the PS3 are... the PSone games I bought via PSN
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Jun 20, 2011 6:50:09 GMT -5
I feel that now is the right time to kinda put a bit more oomph behind marketing the game. The RPG market is no longer being dominated by Squenix Last I checked, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest were still both the largest Japanese RPG franchises by far. Even with the negative response to XIII, people are looking forward to XIII-2, which appears to be pretty much just more of the same.
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Post by sukotsuto on Jun 20, 2011 6:58:54 GMT -5
Oops that was supposed to say "The US RPG market...". DQ and FF definitely won't be shaked down from its pedestal easily in Japan.
Things might start changing now though: for the upcoming games, I heard that a lot more gamers in Japan are more excited for Tales of Xillia than they do with Final Fantasy Type-0 and Dragon Quest X. I forgot where I heard that from though.
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Jun 20, 2011 7:06:24 GMT -5
Well, I was mostly talking about the US market. Final Fantasy is still the only big name franchise. Dragon Quest is something a lot of people have heard about but haven't played. Everything else is pretty much no-name.
Heh, if they're more excited for Xillia than DQX, it's only because we know literally nothing about the latter. I'm certain that the entire country is going to drop everything for a week when X comes out.
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Post by kelocena on Jun 20, 2011 14:13:59 GMT -5
Even with the negative response to XIII, people are looking forward to XIII-2, which appears to be pretty much just more of the same. But in my opinion, that means this is a chance for another game/series to shine. I mean, if FF was the only series of JRPGs I followed, after the consecutive disappointment with 12 and 13 (and for some, 10), I would definitely start looking elsewhere for my (J)RPG fix. I almost quit both 12 and 13 towards the end. I only finished because I was almost done anyway, and hey I spent a lot of money and time on this, I might as well finish it. I certainly won't be buying another FF game anytime soon. FF XIII-2 looks stupid, and clearly has the same awful battle system as before. I'm not saying Namco should go putting ads on TV or anything fancy, but maybe a little something in a magazine or two wouldn't hurt.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 20, 2011 14:44:45 GMT -5
You might've thrown in the towel for FF, but it'll take more than just 2 games to shake the majority of FF fans off the series. I wouldn't write the series off just yet.
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