Zloth
I smell a... wumpus!?
Well, if they don't want to sell to me then that's their business. <shrug>
I can see their point though; hardcore, turn-based dungeon crawlers are already an extremely niche group; and from my experience that niche is quite against anime graphics and all things 日本, so you're left with a game that appeals to a extremely reduced audience…
Bro, the japanese wikipedia shows that the Etrian Odissey series (4 games) sold 12 MILLION copies on Japan alone... those pathethic 167k copies mean nothing, I can see how japanese think it isn't even woth their time to translate...Looks like Odyssey sold over 167,000 in the US, which is even more then it sold in Japan. That certainly suggests Generation is making a big mistake by not marketing outside of their country.
Bro, the japanese wikipedia shows that the Etrian Odissey series (4 games) sold 12 MILLION copies on Japan alone… those pathethic 167k copies mean nothing, I can see how japanese think it isn't even woth their time to translate…
It is decently popular in Japan, enough to spawn 3 sequels and a boxset with them after, but japanese developers are known for being extremely autistic in regards to foreign markets.
The guy doing the translation contacted the developers and offered them the translation, so they could release on the west, maybe on Steam Greenlight or whatever, they simply said they have no interest in the western market.
I can see their point though; hardcore, turn-based dungeon crawlers are already an extremely niche group; and from my experience that niche is quite against anime graphics and all things 日本, so you're left with a game that appeals to a extremely reduced audience…
No, but you could easily do one. The graphic files are clearly sorted on the game's folder, but in .UNI format. I'm sure that the guy doing the translation has a way to open then, so you could replace them with Dragonlance portraits or something...also, is there a convenient Western style portrait pack for this game?
Bro, the japanese wikipedia shows that the Etrian Odissey series (4 games) sold 12 MILLION copies on Japan alone… those pathethic 167k copies mean nothing, I can see how japanese think it isn't even woth their time to translate…
I agree that 12M is a bit too much, but 1.2M sems a bit too low. The only sales info I found in english are only from release year, who knows how many copies those games sold since them. It's been more than 6 years since EO1 debuted as a unknown game...bjon045 said:Maybe 1.2 million for the entire series…
There is a fully playable demo out man, you can just try it out. Also a LP going on the Codex.On a different note, some research on the game suggests that it's not all that much like Wizardry outside of featuring parties and dungeons. Seems thematically it's more like Shin Megami's stuff with modern high school kids battling demons? But it's hard to get a lot of good information on it.
I really feel dissapointed when I see people missing out games like this just because they can't look past anime style or ambience… does it really means that much to you to have a cliche old bearded man that speaks in faux old english instead of a 16-old girl giving you quests?
I agree that 12M is a bit too much, but 1.2M sems a bit too low. The only sales info I found in english are only from release year, who knows how many copies those games sold since them. It's been more than 6 years since EO1 debuted as a unknown game…
There is a fully playable demo out man, you can just try it out. Also a LP going on the Codex.
And yes, is high school kids vs mutant monsters, but the mechanics are pretty much the same as old Wizardry games. And is a very hard game, with challenging and well designed dungeons full of traps, hidden walls, rotating walls, warp zones, and other stuff not seen for ages around here. Just take a look, this is the map of one floor of one dungeon:
I really feel dissapointed when I see people missing out games like this just because they can't look past anime style or ambience… does it really means that much to you to have a cliche old bearded man that speaks in faux old english instead of a 16-old girl giving you quests?