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An E-Mail From Atlus USA

By Ishaan . February 25, 2011 . 6:56pm

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An E Mail From Atlus USA


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  • Belenger

    Its amazing how much of a wall the comments have these little teasers to the tsuntsun Atlus generate, but yes I still like you as long you don’t do a Lobotomy to Catherine and just add a “super easy difficulty”, besides you never did good doing mainstream why change the formula >_>.

    • PurpleDoom

      I doubt they’re going to lobotomize it completely, just make the difficulties more in-line with people’s expectations. Hard will be hard and easy will be easy.

  • Draparde

    Hmm. i didn’t know this was so serious….

  • holyPaladin

    Atlus is tsundere! :D

    Don’t worry I love tsundere

  • SolidusSnake

    Solidus Snake still wants to know who the hell beefjack.com is and why everyone is sh*tting so many copious amounts of bricks over this vague one-liner to some random-ass website that I’ve never even heard of.

    I actually spent a good part of the day — well, that small part that wasn’t devoted to shotgunning mutants into spiky walls (Bulletstorm FTW) thinking what a classy site Siliconera is for not jumping on this. Seeing what a cluster these comments are, they were clearly right to avoid the issue.

    I still like you Atlus, it’s ok. *pats head*

    • http://www.siliconera.com Ishaan

      Like Spence said in a comment above, the whole “nothing to announce at this time…” thing is so common, it’s really misleading to post it. I mean, look at what happens everytime someone asks Nintendo about Last Story and they say the same. :/

      Thanks for the kind words. :)

    • z_merquise

      Bulletstorm!!! The four-barelled-shotgun (Boneduster) is my favorite weapon in that game. Oh, and let’s not forget Waggleton P. Tallykicker!

      Sorry if I got out of topic. Okay, go on.

      • SolidusSnake

        Best robot dinosaur EVER!! Boneduster is great fo sure, especially when you take advantage of the pump action skillshot! I like the Penetrator and Screamer a lot too.

    • http://tristsantithesis.tumblr.com/ Tsunayoshi Sawada

      Yeah I am too shocked at the response of people to that one-liner…its as if this is their first encounter ever seeing a company issue this sort of response to a title that has yet to be officially revealed…with people going as far as to immediately order and import it because they took it as confirmation that it is never coming out…

  • JustThisOne

    I don’t think I can ever bring myself to hate a game company, because of the hard work that I know they put into their games… and even then, there’s still the hard work that I don’t know about.

    So it’s okay, Atlus. I don’t care if you hurt me, but please continue doing what you do best. :’)

    (Wow, I am totally the domestically abused wife of video gaming.)

    • http://www.siliconera.com Jenni

      You know video gaming only does that because it loves us so much, right?

      I’m still tending to trauma I received from Prinny 2.

  • http://scumanthem.tumblr.com/ YoungTeeth

    These “cry-babies” are doing their part to get games localized. The more people Atlus/Namco hear from, the more interested they will be in porting their fabulous games. It’s simply a way of internet ‘protest’ that shows these fine companies that they do in fact have devoted fans over-seas. I love Atlus to death; therefore, I will reply to their question with an enthusiastic yes and hope for the best.

    On a side not; I agree that people should not use harsh words w/ atlus, nor should they whine. Polite messages will do the same job twice as well.

  • Xeahnort

    I can´t understand why developers refuse to localize their games wich has a high demand in western countries such as Tales of., Disaster Report or this Catherine.

    On the other hand, i find Catherine pretty suitable for western audience.

    I think i know the answer: Lazyness

    • PurpleDoom

      If it doesn’t get localized, it won’t be on account of laziness, I can tell you that. Atlus have localized every single in-house game for a long time, if that trend stops here it was almost certainly something else keeping them from doing it.

      • Kunio_kun

        Every single in-house game?!? You’d better check yr sources…

        Exhibit A: Growlanser

        • PurpleDoom

          Growlanser isn’t in-house.

          • Kunio_kun

            If yr talking about Career Soft, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlus… Atlus has always handled the publishing duty of the series in Japan. I think that qualifies it as an in-house series of games.

            Exhibit B: Princess Crown

    • http://tristsantithesis.tumblr.com/ Tsunayoshi Sawada

      Well past history shows that there is not high demand in western countries for Tales of games…or at least high enough demand for the companys business plans. Remember, the vocal internet majority opinion do not always speak with their dollars, so (just look at Tales of Graces F and how many people said they wont be buying it). I cant imagine Disaster Report is that known, and how does Catherine have high demand, a lot of people do not know of its existence.

      I think the answer here lines in, Atlus has deemed it to not be the time to discuss the title and didnt say that it is not coming.

      • amagidyne

        You know, whenever you post something thoughtful and reasonable it kind of creeps me out. Is that “Day 1, baby!” thing just a character you play?

        • http://thrust-the-sky.deviantart.com/ WildArms

          He has different personalities, they change from day to day, or from a week to another

        • chicken_and_rofls

          Honestly, the fact that he CAN be vaguely intelligent almost makes the whole thing worse. Now we know that this guy can act like a semi-normal human being once in a while. So why do we have to put up with his annoying antics most other times? Clearly he’s able to control himself, so the fact that he doesn’t and just continues to act like a pain kind of proves that he’s just an annoying brat who doesn’t care how much his behavior bothers everyone else.

          In other words, he’s not stupid, he’s just a pain in the ass.

        • http://tristsantithesis.tumblr.com/ Tsunayoshi Sawada

          What? I can assure you that if this game were announced in this article, I would so be there on day 1 baby!!!!!!!!! The exuberant feeling of getting an interestingly phenomenally epically awesome game is just so exciting that I always get so caught up in them.

    • AdamBoy64

      Yes, people keep saying that Tales has a low demand in the West. Some form of advertising might help though. I mean, they might get more sales if people actually knew the games exist.

  • Monkey_T

    That message looks very depressing.

  • Kai2591

    I don’t understand this situation….

    Meh~

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mitzy-McDongy/1698510183 Mitzy McDongy

    Catherine announcement in 5…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SNEHO5RFMUPVZHAM4UB3JK7L5U Clifford M.

    I just saw this in my inbox and squealed a little.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1472407455 Charles Lupula

      I told you having it rigged so you get an electrical shock every time you check an e-mail was a bad thing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nicolai-Grude/1117146030 Nicolai Grude

    I love Atlus, I always have. It’s just that instead of localizing stuff from Atlus JP or Spike, whatever, they’re spending time developing WRPG’s and helping Tomy with bad Naruto games. On top of that comes the indy stuff and the Sports Remix bullshit. If they had said beforehand that they would take a break from localizing games, I’m perfectly sure none of the drama would have occured. Drama occurs each time a new Spike/Atlus or Robot Taisen game gets announced/released in Japan. Fans gets their hopes up, only to be dissapointed.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DCPOEB633R2S2EUPSC4ASHZY6Y Andre

    Not really an atlus fan to begin with so nothing of value was lost.

  • badmoogle

    Ok i was probably under a rock or something but could please someone fill me in on what happened here??What made them sent this email?

    • PurpleDoom

      There was an article going around claiming an Atlus rep said that Catherine was not going to be localized, which, in turn, pissed off a lot of people. Atlus sent out this email, but didn’t explicitly deny the article’s truth, so we’re pretty much just wondering whether Catherine is getting localized or not (this e-mail points to yes, though).

      • badmoogle

        Ah ok,thanks.

        Regardless of Catherine’s localization (i was never interested personally) this whole thing shows how fast in today’s internet age people are changing their opinions about something.At one minute you are a God the next you are crucified.

  • http://twitter.com/Xuiz enorka miho

    If only Catherine appears more RPG-ish.. Lol lol..

    Anyway, I think the companies had been spoiling us too much… Everything is about me me me and me… Back in the days when the market is younger and the sky is blue.. Everybody just do whatever they like and the consumer just buy it..

    So, if you like the game you finish it and replay it.. If you do not like it then do whatever you want..There are no youtube for you to show off, tell people how much you dislike the game, or degrade it so on and so forth..

    Now, it had become a company’s nightmare when they search their products online… There are so many nasty things up there.. Unless you are zen enuff not to care..

    But, no, you cannot not care because its all about the sales. You still have to see what is happening out there. Worst still if ONE person say its not good.. Others follow to stomp on you. Either for fun or they are not strong willed enough to have their own opinions. What sort of damage control can you do? It just spreads like fire..

    Therefore, some companies starts to listen while some try to follow what other did in order to avoid discontent.. It becomes like a poison before they knew it.. They care too much and are too scared to explore the possibilities..Hence limits their imaginations and the list goes on…

    On top of that, of all things, its those obnoxious hardcore that got their voice heard.. And those so called hard cores on the net are morons who are starting to dictate the trend.. They want to control how everyone thinks.. They start cyber bully all the fans.. Do whatever they can to sabotage everyone’s experience..

    And the sad thing is, the change that they want are bullshit.. All they want is something the same with different designs as long as its heart pumping, low frame rate or whatever nonsense they can spew..Trying to sound professional and all.. Making everyone forget one important thing.. Human are not perfect!!! And games with subtle messages are beautiful. It makes you think..

    So there you go, thank you for destroying for others who still remembers.. We became the minorities.. And there are just loads of shooting and western theme games all over the place. You’d wonder where had the fantasy and fairy tales been to?

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/Alhazardous Yui

    YES!!!! Yes. Yes. Yes. God, I defend you guys in every post I make!!! I love you! You’re my favourite game studio, bar none!! I’m so sorry. I’m so, so, sorry that you have to suffer like this. ;_;

  • exhume

    This thread already has a ton of replies, but I’m just gonna jump in and say…the fact that Atlus responded to this so fast *really* raises my esteem for them. So much better than companies that just leave things hanging forever! (coughxenobladelaststoryetc)

  • https://twitter.com/#!/SplashdownTiger STiger

    I wanted to respond to them, but there was no way to do so. 8[

  • malek86

    Honestly I never thought this wouldn’t be coming. The fact they made a 360 version at all should have been proof enough.

    That e-mail was probably just PR control. Maybe they were hoping for a surprise announcement.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zaid-Elliott/1056775689 Zaid Elliott

    I’m excited.
    Its nice to know they care.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Vitonofrio-del-Rosso/1170175361 Vitonofrio del Rosso

    welcome catherine!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/xxHiryuuxx Hiryuu

    Is Atlus…trolling?

  • mikanko

    That depends. Atlus, does your team have Sentinel on it?

  • http://www.twitter.com/christaran Chris Taran

    There is an INCREDIBLE amount of stupid and ignorance in this thread. Staggering.

  • http://www.fanfiction.net/u/601368/ Sharda Colon

    Holy bleep on a bleep sandwich. 277 comments (and counting)

    As soon as I visited Siliconera, saw a pink image, regarding Atlus. Went to email,and THERE IT WAS. That being said I read just about ALL the comments and skimmed some of them.

    So, from what I read, beefjack.com (Never heard of it and I’m not the only one) and reported that Atlus wasn’t localizing Catherine, which actually was a misinterpretation regarding Catherine, which the “Fans’ backlashed which was uncalled. So Atlus responded to that misinterpretation with this email.

    That’s basically the gist of it, right?

    Also to answer Atlus’ question: Of course I do!! :3 Just keep doing what you’re doing.
    Even though I just started to play Atlus games (P4 was actually my first Atlus game and it has a very special place in my heart) ,I really enjoy their games. Whether their from SMT series or Persona or just a different game like Radiant Historia*, I love playing them.

    But Personally imo localizing or announcing the localization of Catherine is way too soon, considering that it literally just came out like a week ago. This is assuming that Atlus didn’t have plans to localize it at the moment.
    Speaking of which, just because there is no plans to localize it NOW, doesn’t mean that they won’t do it all.

    OFF TOPIC: About Radiant Historia. has anyone started playing? I have Radiant Historia. I got RH this week, but I haven’t started playing because I’m playing Neptunia at the moment. (Neptunia=love :3) Not to mention I’m backlogged with other games for my PS3, PSP, PS2, AND DS. ;-;

    EDIT: 277 to over 379 and counting. @_@

    • http://tristsantithesis.tumblr.com/ Tsunayoshi Sawada

      I think the email is separate from the incident, since it is in similar style to the Valentine’s Day email they sent..

      • http://www.fanfiction.net/u/601368/ Sharda Colon

        I can’t agree or disagree with that.

        Even it if wasn’t connected, it’s still fishy given the time frame and the style of email itself.

        I hope everything turns all good in the long run.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tien-Ron/100001474007360 Tien Ron

    loooooool this is what happens when you exposed to a game way earlier than expected people get excited over the Japaneses game then just wait for the west to pick it up then get disappointed when they don’

    i am a tales fan too and i did comment on the boards alot and i have to say i am gonna buy their game so why not ask for more ^^

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/GJD6KMPFMNNIHFKRN6FI76P5KA Allison

    It was real? I deleted that email without hesitation. Oops.

  • http://twitter.com/Sieghardt Sieghardt

    With your treatment of Blaze Union and the Super Robot Wars and Growlanser franchises, no :P

  • raymk

    I’m still faithful atlus =D

  • MisterDandylion

    Sooo……. After reading through every single comment in this thread. Well, the only thing I will say about this issue (if you can call it that) is that: I believe in Atlus and I just want what’s best for the company.

    I’m not really into those conspiracy theories and such. Atlus is smart and they will what’s best for them….. and the fans.

    I don’t feel like speculating because I… well…. if say something I would become a slave of my own words and I will only take sides (if you can call it that) if an official statement or declaration is made ( and by that I mean a true statement not some random declaration from some unknown site. -___-.

    I just feel blown away from all this backslash againt Atlus :(

    Well, tomorrow’s another day, the sun will rise and blah blah blah.

    I will stay stuned for news about the subject and thanks everyone for your opinions! :)

  • Zeonsilt
  • http://twitter.com/spotted_slime L. R.

    So many comments D:

    While I agree that A LOT of people jumped the gun on what was a questionable source to begin with, it’s nice to see that Atlus really doesn’t like leaving it’s fans in the dark about something.

  • http://www.themogblog.com/ Edward Walton

    Atlus to not localize their own first big next gen title as well as multi-platform? As if. There is no doubt in my mind that this game will be localized and the content in the game would easily just gain an M rating (If not censored) from the ESRB considering that it got a Cero C in Japan. This by far, in my honest opinion, is the biggest wild card they have and I know mounds of people who will be buying this game.

    Atlus, I do question your email but the first thing I thought last night when I got the email was “Yep, thats the Catherine teaser I have been waiting for.” 2011 will be a great year, and even better with the inclusion of this game. Give it to me by November 2011 and its Day 1 baby. I need this in my collection without having to resort to importing. Just market this properly properly cause there’s only so many sales I can influence. :D

  • shy_mel

    This article sure blew up.

  • http://twitter.com/gabriel_may_uk Gabriel May

    Radiant Historia is enough of a reason for me to like you guys :D

  • http://twitter.com/Lordvaynard Vaynard

    Don’t forget us Atlus USA. Bring this awesome game pro the West!

  • http://twitter.com/Miettechan Miette-chan

    I just realized, that this reminds me a lot of the Valentine’s day email Atlus sent. Both seem like a shout out to Catherine.

  • masuto

    No, never did. You disappoint me, Atlus.

  • http://twitter.com/py0npy0njump eiji

    The pink reeks of Catherine.

  • http://twitter.com/sakurairomemori Alphabet Soup

    This really bothered me. I thought Atlus and I were more secure in our relationship without needing to reassure each other in words. I think we need to reevaluate some things and, yes Atlus, I may need to change our Facebook relationship status.

  • Vino (Tim N)

    I have no idea whats going on. I haven’t been online much for the past few days, and noticed that this post has 365 comments @___@

    • Soma

      Atlus, after stating that there were “No plans” on releasing Catherine in North America, sent out a teaser email to Atlus Faithful subscribers.
      This possibly indicates that they will in fact release it.

      Also, Gamestop/EB Games now has Catherine listed in its pre-order database with a release date of July 26 2011.

  • F.O.X

    Suck it up, They are the whiners themselves.

    If you cannot act like a big company like Konami, Capcom….etc, then you will never become one of them. Why give a crap about those whiners when you are the one who made something that makes people whine? Just make sure you don’t make the same mistake on your next games. Atlus should appreciate that they have so many fans to support them. Just like one of my friends, he bought so many copies of Atlus games “JUST” to support the company. Atlus is a really good company overall in my perspective, they give satisfying responses to their fans demands. But they’ve made a pretty stupid move by sending this kind of newsletter. YOU NEVER QUESTION THE FANs/GAMERs/BUYERs. In reality we are always right and you are wrong, we buy your games, we keep the company going. It is natural to have people talk crap about you, that makes you another step closer to become a better company, because people actually will care and be disappointed if you f-ed up a game, unlike some other companies that no one ever bothers reviewing it.

    So yeah, like I said, good company, good games, but if you cannot handle whiners like other big companies do, I will be looking forward to one after another SMT games for the rest of my life.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_J24UY7QAEKQY576PHZYS3EN6BA Celine

    Well, the fact the Atlus in Japan has seen huge losses much like NIS and other mid sized gaming companies can’t be a very reassuring thing for their American counterparts.

  • SupaPhly

    tl;dr comments

  • anbu

    I say just release more games and see it for themselves thru sales, if people still like them or not starting with Catherine.

  • PersonaBull

    I’m kind of a crybaby, I guess. I went fishing for a second opinion immediately after I saw the ‘news’ on BeefJack (that a friend linked to me, never heard of the site before so I was skeptical to begin with). I got this surprisingly prompt response and felt a lot more at ease:
    “I would take that with a grain of salt. Atlus wouldn’t suddenly announce a game because someone asked, you know? Also the key words are “at this time” something to keep in mind because at “another time” Atlus may have different news. Of course, I’m not saying Catherine is coming for sure, but just pointing out how the statement is not concrete.

    So, I wouldn’t worry yet!

    - Spencer”
    Just wanted to say thank you~ for being my favorite gaming news site<3 I obviously hold your statements at a much higher standard than the rest of the internet.

    And about this e-mail…
    I was legitimately weirded out, actually. I think I might have said "wtf" out loud, even. When I first saw the colors my heart skipped a beat, but that was quickly changed into confusion. Atlus, I like you, but don't be a creeper. Catherine isn't the only game I want from you, but it's definitely at the top of my list. So long as there's a remote chance of Catherine and you'll keep cranking out more games I love to spend my money on, you've got a business 'partner' in me. <3

  • http://twitter.com/linkdude linkdude

    atlus hasn’t really changed too drastically though, in my eyes. Sure after getting such high sales from demon’s souls, they’d pick up some games that are similar. They wanna pull in those audiences as well, now that demon’s souls was such as success. It just the logical step to do. That hasn’t stopped them from releasing the usual JRPG titles. And come on ppl. Did you guys really thing Atlus wasn’t gonna give us Catherine after the sales they got overseas and the fact that it is an Atlus made game? The have been even on top of getting all of Atlus developed games over here for quite sometime. That alone should have made people aware of the situation.

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