Comments on: Atlus Working On Another High School RPG

By: Hiryuu

Hiryuu — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:49:42 +0000

Hope that continues. Makes me one happy guy, at least. :)

By: Hiryuu

Hiryuu — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:49:42 +0000

Hope that continues. Makes me one happy guy, at least. :)

By: Jackson Kane Fagan

Jackson Kane Fagan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:08:08 +0000

That's almost entirely because Growlanser sucked and the sales were garbage. And if the sales were garbage back when the game's graphics and gameplay were somewhat tolerable, the sales would be even worse now.

This has a decent chance of coming here if it's not a bust in Japan.
Sorry to impede on your “I am the bearer of bad news I know so much about vidyass hurr durr” parade.

By: wildarms

wildarms — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:55:21 +0000

hehe, i think the 99,9% of the ppl that go to atlus's page does that, myself included xD

By: Zeik56

Zeik56 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:42:35 +0000

Growlanser isn't developed by Atlus, it's developed by Career Soft, Atlus just publishes it in Japan. Assuming this is an actual Atlus developed game, it's pretty much guaranteed to be localized.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:58:29 +0000

This may be even more difficult to bring over due to licensing issues since this is a branch off Tokyo Majin.

And… I always ask Atlus about Growlanser. :)

By: wildarms

wildarms — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:25:42 +0000

But u are relating a big empire with a single caste, where the empire is the shin megami tensei (wich is for atlus what final fantasy is for square enix), is almost a must for them to release most of the SMT, while grownlancer only have 2 english version for us

By: cj_iwakura

cj_iwakura — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:04:19 +0000

I wouldn't say that. Atlus USA are quick to grab games that they can compare to their other titles, like Dark Spire ~> Etrian Odyssey.

By: cj_iwakura

cj_iwakura — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:02:57 +0000

It's not for lack of sales. Devil Summoner 3 sold badly, and we stil got 4. Growlanser PSP has coding issues that prevent localization, much like Devil Summoner PSP.

By: MisterNiwa

MisterNiwa — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:20:46 +0000

Wooow Chris, you are an crazy hater. 8(

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:54:25 +0000

I'm interested in it, but I know it'll never end up over here. Time to go back to staring longingly across the Pacific Ocean and brushing up on my moonspeak.

By: wildarms

wildarms — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:30:17 +0000

wait, summon night isnt directly made by Atlus, it just got translated by atlus. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summon_Night_%28se...). And Luminous Arc is from marvelous i think.
And well, you know how atlus is, if they didnt sell well they just wont keep releasing it, but they are always up to release any random game they liked.
Oh and i brought grownlancer 5 and i liked it :P just in case xD, im no grownlancer hater. It seems atlus just made a bad choice, choosing wich one to release.

By: Ngoc Ton

Ngoc Ton — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:26:55 +0000

If Atlus is involved then i guess there's countless demons to bash, right? xB
All i want is a very outragious story like SMT-Nocturne and the atmosphere like Persona^_^

I hope this game will bring me closer to that amusement.
But even if this game isn't as far as the game i hoped for,
i will import it from the US if this game will be localized.

By: Ereek

Ereek — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:23:39 +0000

You post about LA3 and Summon Night in pretty much every ATLUS article, don't you? The reason Growlanser V didn't sell is because it's the worst in the series. If they had brought IV over, it would have done much better, at least review-wise, as it's one of the best. Growlanser I, the one ported to PSP, is either the best or second best, depending on who you talk to. I'd say more of a reason is that the PSP's piracy rate in North America is astronomical and many aren't particularly willing to release games.

But, really, ATLUS released Kenka Bancho, Growlanser has more of a devoted fanbase in North America than that does. I doubt “poor” sales of Growlanser V would stop them, there are likely other reasons.

By: wildarms

wildarms — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:18:52 +0000

lol xD yeah i also think they should start moving to the next generation fast D:, but who knows? maybe they are already making a shin megami tensei for the new gen