Six new Japanese XBox One games announced
Posted: 20 Jun 2014 20:59
Source: https://twitter.com/lifelower/status/479805581666967552 and http://gematsu.com/2014/06/new-azito-ra ... d-xbox-one
Games are Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires, Azito New Project, Onigiri, Natsuki Chronicle, STG Love Trilogy, and a new Raiden game.
Previous reports had DW 8 Empires(which will be coming to multiple platforms) not coming out on the XBone, but this announcement has disproved that. Onigiri is also going to be on other systems as a free to play action MMO with lightly dressed anime chicks. It's at least published(developed?) by CyberStep, makers of that classic MMO third person shooter Cosmic Break that everyone played. Anyone can find gameplay of any of the games in this paragraph if they want to Google them.
Azito is described as a "simulation" game due in 2015. It's by some company called Hamster, who developed a Japan only 3DS game called Azito. It's apparently a game about building and micromanaging a secret base(mechs included judging by Youtube footage). Presumably this will be a new game in the series. You can read a review about the 3DS version of Azito here: http://www.bordersdown.net/content/652- ... ntendo-3DS
The other three are 2D shoot 'em ups. STG Love Trilogy sounds like a compilation of previous games by Triangle Service(developer of Shooting Love games, Exzeal, Trizeal, and XII Stag), though this hasn't been announced. Natsuki Chronicle is presumably a new game from Qute, developer of Ginga Force and Eschatos. The announcement image for Natsuki Chronicle(viewable here: http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2014 ... 77912.html) says "Another Side of Ginga Force" so it seems to be related to that game. Again speculating, Raiden would seem to be a new entry in the classic Raiden series, developed by the same people(Moss) who did Raiden IV. You can find one piece of Raiden concept art in the 2nd link I posted. All 3 of the STG releases are for 2015.
Needless to say these are all Japanese announcements, no hint of a localization is mentioned and given all of these are fairly niche projects, one wouldn't expect one. However, the XBone is region free, so all of the games can be imported and played on an Xbox One of a different region. Personally I'm interested in the STG games. I'm curious about Azito as well, but as it is presumably text heavy, it will not be playable for me without a localization. I don't know what was said in the initial press conference announcement, so I do not know if it was specified whether these were retail releases or digital only. Given it's the Japanese market I would expect the former, but you never know.
Games are Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires, Azito New Project, Onigiri, Natsuki Chronicle, STG Love Trilogy, and a new Raiden game.
Previous reports had DW 8 Empires(which will be coming to multiple platforms) not coming out on the XBone, but this announcement has disproved that. Onigiri is also going to be on other systems as a free to play action MMO with lightly dressed anime chicks. It's at least published(developed?) by CyberStep, makers of that classic MMO third person shooter Cosmic Break that everyone played. Anyone can find gameplay of any of the games in this paragraph if they want to Google them.
Azito is described as a "simulation" game due in 2015. It's by some company called Hamster, who developed a Japan only 3DS game called Azito. It's apparently a game about building and micromanaging a secret base(mechs included judging by Youtube footage). Presumably this will be a new game in the series. You can read a review about the 3DS version of Azito here: http://www.bordersdown.net/content/652- ... ntendo-3DS
The other three are 2D shoot 'em ups. STG Love Trilogy sounds like a compilation of previous games by Triangle Service(developer of Shooting Love games, Exzeal, Trizeal, and XII Stag), though this hasn't been announced. Natsuki Chronicle is presumably a new game from Qute, developer of Ginga Force and Eschatos. The announcement image for Natsuki Chronicle(viewable here: http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2014 ... 77912.html) says "Another Side of Ginga Force" so it seems to be related to that game. Again speculating, Raiden would seem to be a new entry in the classic Raiden series, developed by the same people(Moss) who did Raiden IV. You can find one piece of Raiden concept art in the 2nd link I posted. All 3 of the STG releases are for 2015.
Needless to say these are all Japanese announcements, no hint of a localization is mentioned and given all of these are fairly niche projects, one wouldn't expect one. However, the XBone is region free, so all of the games can be imported and played on an Xbox One of a different region. Personally I'm interested in the STG games. I'm curious about Azito as well, but as it is presumably text heavy, it will not be playable for me without a localization. I don't know what was said in the initial press conference announcement, so I do not know if it was specified whether these were retail releases or digital only. Given it's the Japanese market I would expect the former, but you never know.
(It's not out until September.) The main thing killing it in Japan is that it's not a handheld. Who knows, maybe the marketing will be completely different than it was here (not focused on TV and American sports), and perceived as a console that supports niche Japanese games & developers...