Izuna unemployed no longer, rogue-like sequel in the works

[cough]rogue-like[/cough]

Who knows, maybe this one will actually use DS features and not be an obvious canceled GBA game ported to DS in order to profit from the hype.

Let’s not start this argument again, the_importer…

I’m gonna buy this one the second it comes out, just like the first. Thanks for the news!

I loved the first one, so I’ll probably pick this one up as well. If anything could be improved, I’d like them to give better item descriptions and an explanation as to how stats work; that way I won’t have to stay glued to GameFAQs.

Let’s not start this argument again, the_importer…

Don’t recall what argument you’re talking about, but sales speak for themselves, end of story.

@ the_importer

Search the stories for Izuna and click the one with 53 comments. How can you forget that one huge discussion!

Search the stories for Izuna and click the one with 53 comments. How can you forget that one huge discussion!

It’s called a selective memory. It’s when your memory forgets (with a bit of time) things that are not of any importance.

I don’t doubt what you’re saying, but I won’t bother searching for it, because even if my memories of this discussion is long gone, my feelings for this title are probably the same as they were back then.

Also, like I just told what’s is name (to lazy to scroll up), sales speak for themselves. The game got poor reviews and the sales tanked. I assume the only reason they are making a sequel is because it’s so cheap to make, that the little amount of profit they made is more than enough to make another, just like all crappy games (Busby).

With so many great titles covering different genres on popular platforms, I fail to see how titles like these ever manage to sale or why they are produce in the first place. The media that we call video game is more expensive to enjoy than movies, TV or music, so why is there so much crap out there? You’d think that with games being so expensive, that companies would try to compete with each other in making better games. I mean why is it always the same companies that keep making the better games (Capcom, Nintendo, Konami), is creative talent so hard to find or are companies just lazy?

Does indeed sound like you haven’t changed from the last discussion concerning games like Izuna. I won’t try to go down that road again, but I still maintain that a game can still be good without using all the features of the DS.

Look at Okami, sales stink and we all know the game was very good. So maybe both sales from US and Japan were good enough for them to make a sequel.

Does indeed sound like you haven’t changed from the last discussion concerning games like Izuna. I won’t try to go down that road again, but I still maintain that a game can still be good without using all the features of the DS.

Look at Okami, sales stink and we all know the game was very good. So maybe both sales from US and Japan were good enough for them to make a sequel.

Well the first one wasn’t good, so it doesn’t give us high hopes for the second one, but hey, history has proven us wrong before (Street Fighter, Street Fighter II), so let’s wait and see.

I’ll have to disagree, I thought Izuna was alright. Although short for me, it was a hard game.

I’ll have to disagree, I thought Izuna was alright. Although short for me, it was a hard game.

It was alright for you, but not for me (not even for a rental) nor was it very good for GameSpot (67%) or Famitsu (27/40).

As an Anime fan, I can smell the otaku attraction as being one of the, if not the only, thing that could have sold the game to certain gamers. I mean come on, cute pink hair ninja in a revealing outfit, don’t think an old man that looks like DOA’s GenFu as the main hero would have sold many copies of the game.

Reviews aren’t the be all for some people. Plenty of peeps out there who like games that didn’t have a very good score. Or in some cases, the reviewer not getting the genre, like some with Etrian Odyssey and this game. And those fans dismiss the reviewer.

I do agree with that otaku attraction, ugh.

Ooh, ooh! Is this going to be another awesome comment thread?

I discovered the last Izuna post after the commenting had died down, so I’ve been dying to know, the_importer, what qualifies as a “AAA” title for you, because I think everyone would like to know what meets your exceedingly high standards.

Wait, maybe I should encourage discussion, it’ll only end in tears. (”Sales speak for themselves” is a huge red flag! Abort! Collision imminent!)

I recently discovered how much I actually enjoy Japanese rogue-likes (with their slightly less harsh deaths than western ones), so I’ve been wanting to pick up Izuna, but I’ve just gone on a couple of trips that have drained my cash reserves, have too many games to play already, and Persona 3’s coming out a couple of weeks, so it’ll have to wait.

Er, that should be “shouldn’t encourage discussion”, but you probably figured that out.

Er, that should be “shouldn’t encourage discussion”, but everyone probably figured that out.

Should I really bother getting into an argument with someone who has to triple post to get something right?

Well I’ll give you one hint of advice just because I’m such a nice guy and it’s so early in the morning at the moment. Don’t waste your cash, if you really want to try it, rent it (like I did). Once you return it, pop in a Lufia game in your SNES or download a Lufia ROM and go enjoy that. Hell, with an emulator pixel filtering, most SNES RPGs look better than this game.

You still upset that you can’t touch Izuna huh? Glad to know I’m not alone, high five brother!