Comments on: Aksys Testing The Visual Novel Genre With Jake Hunter

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:26:00 +0000

On the plus side they're pleased with the reviews so there's hope!

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:25:25 +0000

Perhaps, Aksys can localize the digital Jake Hunter games and give the genre another go.

Ex-Atlus staff founded Killaware, but the name is actually a Japanese homonym of a volcano in a Hawaii.

By: ShinNoKami

ShinNoKami — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:17:03 +0000

My reaction EXACTLY. Jake Hunter didn't do so well as far as I know…

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:26:00 +0000

On the plus side they're pleased with the reviews so there's hope!

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:25:25 +0000

Perhaps, Aksys can localize the digital Jake Hunter games and give the genre another go.

Ex-Atlus staff founded Killaware, but the name is actually a Japanese homonym of a volcano in a Hawaii.

By: Shin

Shin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:17:03 +0000

My reaction EXACTLY. Jake Hunter didn't do so well as far as I know…

By: Ishaan

Ishaan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:20 +0000

Good lord. They're using Jake Hunter of all things to test the waters?

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:57:11 +0000

I picked up this new version and I'm really impressed with it so far. It has way more content and the translation is far more interesting. It's a shame that this wasn't the first release because I think it would help build a much stronger fan base.

I hope Aksys continues with the series, and I hope they'll give this release some leeway because it's going to take some time for people to get over the poor first showing.

By: jj984jj

jj984jj — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:46:38 +0000

Well I guess that's it for Aksys and visual novels then? Jake Hunter bombed so badly there's no way it'll recover.

P.S. I didn't know Killaware was made up of ex-Atlus employees too, is that why they're name is similar to Kamitani's Vanillaware?

By: astrodan88

astrodan88 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:47:41 +0000

I really hope visual novels could make a comeback, but this doesn't bode well.
Here's a hint Aksys: The people who “picked up” on it (like myself) already bought it. And cheating your fan base isn't a way to build on an niche market. What idiocy.

I will not rebuy this game. I reserve that kind of foolish loyalty for the Persona/Shin Megami series.

By: Strike_Man

Strike_Man — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:00:04 +0000

““Again, it’s more of a test to see if that genre is viable. We thought we would give it another shot to see if people would pick up on it.”

Combine how some of their customers felt burned by the first release of Jake Hunter, along with the fact that I haven't seen a physical copy of this re-release on a store's shelf (only on various online shops), and it doesn't paint the greatest of pictures for this series to succeed in the US.