Re: An interesting thing I read in Gamefan today
niki-chan (niki-chan@SANCTUM.COM)
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 02:22:48 -0400
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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 02:22:48 -0400
From: niki-chan <niki-chan@SANCTUM.COM>
Subject: Re: An interesting thing I read in Gamefan today
No, Thousand Arms was heavier on action than dating sim, unlike Sakura
Taisen, which is VERY heavily dialogue based w/some action here and there.
Face it, everyone is being way optimistic about this and ignoring the facts.
And um, the game was announced as being under development for well over a
year. Yes, the game, in some form or another does exist, just no
information outside of that has been released. Is there just not anything
going on w/it or is RED being incredibly secretive? And WHY would ST3 be
released here? It's in the middle of series. It's not like Final Fantasy
where none of the games relate to each other. Sakura Taisen is an ongoing
story. You wouldn't read the last novel in trilogy first, would you?
That'd be pointless, as you wouldn't know what's going on. Now, if there
was to be a Best of ST 1 and ST2 released for DC and if Atlus were to
release those first, that'd be a different story. But it's just idiotic to
release ST3 first. Just look at ST1 and ST2. If you play ST2 first and
they mention something about Ayame, you're NOT going to know what's going on
or it's just not going to be significant to you. Not to say that ST2 sucks
if you play it first, but you don't get the whole experience.
----- Original Message -----
From: Caleb Lawson
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: An interesting thing I read in Gamefan today
> As far as Sakura Taisen being "too Japanese" & thus too risky to release
in
> America, well, I'd say most companies would feel the same way about
Thousand
> Arms. If it does well (and I think it will), I think the chances are good
> that we might see Atlus pick up Sakura Taisen 3. Which, BTW, they wouldn't
> be able to say anything about right now anyway, since the game hasn't been
> officially announced in Japan yet. If Atlus were to confirm the game's
> existence before Red does so, that wouldn't help their chances of getting
> the American rights to the game.
>
> Nanaki
>
> >From: niki-chan
> >Reply-To: Sakura Taisen Mailing List
> >
> >To: SAKURATAISEN-LIST@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
> >Subject: Re: An interesting thing I read in Gamefan today
> >Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 03:05:54 -0400
> >
> >In other words, Atlus is bringing over Persona 2 (which they very well
> >should! It's an excellent game...it even rivals FF8 in my book!)
> >Personally, I don't think there's anyway ST is ever going to make it out
> >here, except for maybe NeoGeo Pocket or something...it's viewed as VERY
> >Japanese and is a big risk. Yeah, the anime sold fairly well, but we all
> >know the game is vastly different from the anime, which was an extremely
> >condensed story. Honestly, how much are Americans, other than the otaku
> >audience, going to appreciate Sakura Taisen? Yes, I'd like to see Sakura
> >Taisen make it over here (please God, subtitled, not some god awful
> >dub...and no, sorry, I do NOT think Thousand Arms was decently dubbed),
but
> >I'm being a realist.
> >Oh, and I don't think anyone is publishing for the NeoGeo over here other
> >than SNKUSA...I COULD be wrong however.
> >
> >On a lighter note...where were RED at TGS? A friend of mine went there
and
> >couldn't find a booth for them or anything. What happened to this big
> >announcement they had planned? The only news I can find on ST3 is that
> >it's
> >in development...well, yeah, we've all known that for a year now!
> >
> >Niki-chan
> >
> >P.S. If any of you frequent RPGFan, I'm now an editor there! Just a
> >little
> >FYI for all of you!
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Enrico Di Franco
> >To:
> >Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 12:11 AM
> >Subject: An interesting thing I read in Gamefan today
> >
> >
> > > I picked up this months issue of Gamefan and inside it there was an
> > > interview some people from Atlus. In the interview they said something
> >very
> > > interesting:
> > >
> > > GF: Would Atlus look into bringing over other Red Company games, like
> >Sakura
> > > Taisen?
> > > Glenn: We are always on the search for new titles to localize for the
US
> > > gamer. However I can't reveal any specific plans just yet. Atlus will
> >soon
> > > announce our upcoming titles and I think you will be jumping for joy
> >when
> > > you hear our news.
> > >
> > > Could this mean that they're hinting at Sakura Taisen for GB or
> >Dreamcast?
> >I
> > > hope so!
> > >
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