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descendant-of-truth · 2 years

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Pre-Release Sonic Frontiers Things

The dead silence regarding the next mainline game between the release of Forces in 2017 and the teaser for Frontiers in 2021

The game being leaked as far back as July 2020 and again in January 2021 without anyone realizing it

The “Unstoppable” trailer for Sonic’s 30th anniversary showing a 2 second clip of Sonic running that’s never been seen before and the wild guessing about what it was

Some people thought it was for a new game, others thought it was for the Sonic Colors remake that was leaked earlier, and some thought it was for an Adventure remake

The first teaser giving us zero context for anything about the game, only showing Sonic running through a forest with some cool particle effects and some random symbols

Everyone clamoring to figure out what the symbols meant, some saying it looked like the word “up,” some saying it looked like the word “zap,” and still others joking that it was shaped like a gun

“Shadow the Hedgehog 2” trending on twitter for some reason

People datamining the video and finding text that read “PS/Rangers” and “Time_Warp_sfx”

“Well you see if you rotate the symbols like this, they look like they could be a part of a Sonic Rangers logo”

All of this happening on the same day

Another round of mostly-dead silence and rumors before the absolute eruption in June of 2022

Day One: we get 7 minutes of Sonic running around the first island aimlessly and most people on YouTube tear it apart. Day Two: we get another six minutes of Sonic fighting random enemies for a while, and YouTube is slowly starting to warm up to it. Day Three(?): we get an early review for the game from IGN, and to many people’s surprise, it’s quite positive.

Day ???: A Nintendo Direct gives us the first actually well-marketed trailer for the game so far and public reception is going way up as more people are realizing just how much previous marketing was affecting the game’s perception

The return of “it’s GOTTA be good or else Sonic will die” only with even more fear after Forces

Like genuinely I cannot emphasize enough the amount of people wanting to be hyped but being held back by intense dread because of Forces (and other 2010s games usually)

The uproar over them reusing the Forces model for Sonic

“Sonic of the Colossus” jokes

The hype reaching a breaking point as we finally get a story-based trailer; people were losing their minds over big things like the new villain and Sonic’s arm glitching out, along with small things like Sonic actually using his eyebrows to emote in-game for the first time since approximately 2008

Theorists bursting at the seams with all the new content, Sonamy fans also bursting at the seams because those two haven’t meaningfully interacted in a While, people being terrified for Tails because at this point we’ve only seen Amy and Knuckles

The “Assimilated Sonic” trend, where people drew all sorts of interpretations for what would happen if the corruption on Sonic’s arm spread to the rest of him

The evolution of the Assimilated Sonic trend, where upon finding out you can go Super Sonic early in the game, people made designs for a potential new, stronger form (with varying degrees of glitchy aesthetics)

People tearing apart the cyberspace stages by pointing out reused level design (not just locations, though they also didn’t like that)

Everyone loving the ending theme “Vandalize” but the mixed reactions involved when people found out there was an explicit version (not used in the game itself of course)

“Can we have a Chao Garden this time?” “No. Have a Koco.” “...can we have a Koco Garden then–” “NO”

Tailstube being relevant on at least one occasion, possibly two

The prologue comic being posted in two parts despite very obviously being a single chapter

The prologue animation being posted a week before release and everyone collectively screaming “KNUCKLES!!!” and “NEW LORE???”

A few people getting their hands on it pretty much the next day and creating a whole new swarm of leaks for people to avoid (I heard one guy was even streaming it on twitch but I can’t confirm this)

And finally, it being released a day before God of War: Ragnarok and thus creating new friendly competition, in a similar vein to last time with Mario Odyssey

Edit: People were also very excited about the Big fishing minigame, but more importantly, we were CONVINCED that Sonic and/or his friends were going to have amnesia as a major part of the plot so a lot of pre-release content was about that specifically

The reason for this was that someone found, I believe it was a set of pitches for Sonic games, and the one that seemed the most like Frontiers mentioned Sonic having amnesia - not to mention the fact you collect things called "Memory Tokens" in the game to save Sonic's friends

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic frontiers #I had a great time documenting the experience last time so I decided to do it again #The difference is that I updated this one a bit more as time went on instead of compiling it all together last minute #So the first bullet point said 'Rangers' instead for a while XD #(Edit: I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT THE AMNESIA THING THE FIRST TIME AROUND)

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djparticle · 1 year

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A Look Back At A Certain Splatoon Promo Image...

The more I think about it, the more I think that we got Splatoon 3 (and another event) a lot later than Nintendo originally envisioned. The image above was released by Nintendo at Midnight (JST) January 1, 2020. I even remember where I was when I first saw it: partying on New Year's Eve in a karaoke bar with friends. Right away people were wondering about the image, and what it could mean. This also wasn't too long after the fake-out "Where's Marina?" promo where the answer was "oh, she took the photo!" Of course, the most obvious hidden meaning was the text on the bottom disguised to look like a reflection in the waves: SOS. And written in the waves, combined with the "reflection", said "Save Our Salmons". This had people wondering if this was a hint as to a later plot. Maybe a new DLC for Splatoon 2, or even a Splatoon 3. Looking back, it's obvious now that this was meant to be our first tease for Splatoon 3, given the plot of its Story Mode revolving around the consequences of Salmon Run and why Mr. Grizz was having us all steal eggs. The only thing is...we all know what happened in 2020, and what it did to numerous industries, especially tech-based industries like video game development. We know now that Splatoon 3 development started about as soon as the Chaos vs. Order Splatfest ended, just like development for Splatoon 2 kicked into high gear after Marie won Splatoon 1's final fest. Given how fast Nintendo put out Splatoon 2 after only a year and change of development, it seems like it's possible Nintendo intended Splatoon 3 to be released sometime in 2021 instead of this year. But of course, a certain virus had other plans. Eventually with vaccines, air filtration technology, and the virus evolving to be overall less deadly, we we able to slowly get back to an almost normal lifestyle, and a lot of the bottlenecks in the supply chain started to ease up, but in 2020 itself, everyone's plans were thrown into... well... chaos. If I were to make a guess, absent the pandemic, we would have likely gotten the first Direct Splatoon 3 teaser in September 2020, with a release date of Fall 2021. Instead, Nintendo, trying to keep Splatoon hype going, gave us some extra rerun Splatfests, including a rerun of Splatoween over Halloween weekend (after all, not like anyone had any real plans for the holiday itself), while they played catch-up on game development in a pandemic-strewn world. And that leads me to another topic: The Super Mario Splatfest. 2020 was also Super Mario's 35th Anniversary as a franchise (discounting 1983's Mario Bros and 1981's Donkey Kong), and if you may have noticed, much of the celebration spilled over into 2021, including a Splatoon 2 Splatfest fitting the theme. Again, absent the pandemic, I think we would have gotten the Super Mario 35th Anniversary celebration confined within the calendar year of 2020, with the related Splatfest in July 2020, one year after "Final Fest". Again, this is just my musing, and I could be amazingly off-base with this, but given the original timing of the "Save Our Salmons" promo, it seems to make sense. Stay Fresh, Don't Get Cooked, and Catch Ya Later! 😊

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grinbrothers · 11 months

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The Importance Of E3! - Tea Time

Tea Time with Souldin premieres on 12/7/2023 at 9AM BST. Souldin talks about an E3 2023 he wishes he was reacting too whilst PangYa Golf with Style footage plays.

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first-impressions-gaming · 11 months

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GAMING RECAP (JUNE 21-27)

Atomic Heart’s first expansion has been announced

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Picking up after the events of the main game, which was released for PC and consoles in February, it’s the first of four planned DLC packs.

“Prepare to embark on a journey through the new mind-bending Mendeleev Complex and its surrounding swamps and discover the truth about NORA as Major P-3 is pulled back into Facility 3826,” the companies said.

US game spending gets a 12% bump in May

During May, US consumer spending on games reached $4 billion, a 12% increase year-on-year, according to the latest Circana data.

Software reached $3.6 billion during the month, as the segment was up 9% compared to last year's performance.

Consumer spending for the month on hardware jumped by 56% year-on-year as it amassed $338 million. Circana said, "This is the highest video game hardware spend for a May month since the $427 million reached in May 2008."

Nintendo's Switch console was the best-selling platform for dollar sales during the month. Circana says spending on the system hit an all-time May high, as its unit sales were the second highest ever for the month, trailing behind May 2020.

Bandai Namco will be hosting its own Summer Showcase from Anime Expo 2023

it’s been revealed that Bandai Namco will be taking its turn during the Anime Expo this weekend. The Bandai Namco Summer Showcase, so far, has promised its fans “exciting announcements and game reveals.”

If you’re hoping to catch Bandai Namco’s Summer Showcase live, you’ll be able to tune in on July 1 from 7:30PM ET / 4:30PM ET / 9:30PM BST via the Anime Expo’s Twitch account. If you are instead hoping to catch some of the reveals in person, we’ve bad news for you; Anime Expo 2023 is long sold out.

BAFTA announces 2023 Young Game Designers competition winners

BAFTA has unveiled the 2023 winners of its Young Game Designers (YGD) awards.

In the ten to 14-year-old category, Max Whistlecraft won the Game Concept award with Polarity, a science-themed title; users can switch the polarities like a magnet to fight bosses.

Ava Rogerson, age 17, won the Game Concept category for ages 15 to 18 with the game Bounce Bat. Users take control of a flightless bat battling enemies to make it home. This year marks Rogerson's second year as a YGD finalist.

In the Game Making category for ages ten to 14-year-old, Alex Phillips, age 13, took the award for Serialbus, a puzzle title where players help a character escape from a trap.

At 13, Philips was the youngest winner of the digital ceremony, which Inel Tomlinson once again hosted.

Arlo Freer, age 15, won the Game Making category for ages 15 to 18 with Bird in the Woods, an archery and puzzled theme game.

Xbox Series X to get a new price tag

Starting in August, Microsoft's Xbox Series X is receiving a price increase in most countries.

As reported by The Verge, the change will not affect the console's cost in the US, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia.

The Series X prices effective on August 1 are below:

£479.99 for the UK

€549.99 in most European markets

CAD $649.99 in Canada

AUD 799.99 in Australia

Everything shown at the June 2023 Nintendo Direct

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For the entire list check out here

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casesenergylife · 2 years

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Rocket league season 2

Gameplay in Rocket League, where players aim to hit the ball into the opposing team's goal using their rocket-powered cars Rocket League has also been adopted as an esport, with professional players participating through ESL and Major League Gaming along with Psyonix's own Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS). The game earned a number of industry awards, and saw over 10 million sales and 40 million players by the beginning of 2018. Rocket League was praised for its gameplay improvements over Battle-Cars, as well as its graphics and overall presentation, although some criticism was directed towards the game's physics engine. Psyonix also recognized their lack of marketing from Battle-Cars and engaged in both social media and promotions to market the game, including offering the game for free for PlayStation Plus members on release. Psyonix began formal development of Rocket League around 2013, refining the gameplay from Battle-Cars to address criticism and fan input. Psyonix continued to support themselves through contract development work for other studios while looking to develop a sequel. Battle-Cars received mixed reviews and was not a success, but gained a loyal fan base. Rocket League is a sequel to Psyonix's Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, a 2008 video game for the PlayStation 3. Later updates for the game enabled the ability to modify core rules and added new game modes, including ones based on ice hockey and basketball. The game includes single-player and multiplayer modes that can be played both locally and online, including cross-platform play between all versions. The game went free-to-play in September 2020.ĭescribed as "soccer, but with rocket-powered cars", Rocket League has up to eight players assigned to each of the two teams, using rocket-powered vehicles to hit a ball into their opponent's goal and score points over the course of a match. Versions for macOS and Linux were also released in 2016, but support for their online services was dropped in 2020. Interactive Entertainment taking over those duties by the end of 2017. In June 2016, 505 Games began distributing a physical retail version for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with Warner Bros. The game was first released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 in July 2015, with ports for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch being released later on. Rocket League is a vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix.

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sacramentonewsjournal · 2 years

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Nintendo Releases First Tremendous Mario Bros. Film Trailer Chris Pratts Mario Sounds Simply Like Chris Pratt

The wait is over–Nintendo has launched the primary trailer exhibiting the extremely anticipated Tremendous Mario Bros. Film in motion. We will lastly cease speaking about Mario’s flat butt and speak extra about what his face will appear to be on the massive display. The trailer for the Mario Bros. Film was launched on a livestream to coincide with its look at New York Comedian-Con, and the Illumination movie is predicted to reach on April 7, 2023. The particular Nintendo Direct aired on YouTube and was aired in a panel room at NYCC as effectively. Animation has nearly wrapped up on the film, then it is off to lighting. Within the trailer, King Koopa (Jack Black) and his Koopa military connect these blue penguins we all know and love from Mario 64. In fact, Mario (Chris Pratt) pops up as effectively, and he sounds precisely like Chris Pratt. You possibly can take a look at the Tremendous Mario Bros. Film trailer beneath. Dimension: 640 × 360 480 × 270 Need us to recollect this setting for all of your units? Enroll or Register now! Please use a html5 video succesful browser to look at movies. This video has an invalid file format. Sorry, however you may’t entry this content material! Please enter your date of delivery to view this video January February March April Might June July August September October November December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Yr 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 By clicking ‘enter’, you conform to GameSpot’s Phrases of Use and Privateness Coverage enter Now Taking part in: The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film Official Teaser Trailer Throughout the panel at NYCC, the solid was there, and Jack Black mentioned he had giant sneakers to fill, voicing Bowser: “It was a whole lot of strain as a result of Bowser is understood and liked by tens of millions all over the world, for years,” Black mentioned through the panel. “One of many biggest online game villains of all time. There’s a whole lot of duty with a in-built fandom like that–and with nice duty comes nice energy, that is how they are saying that proper?” “I did go a bit of technique. I did a whole lot of analysis for the function,” Jack defined. “And actually the one analysis you could possibly do is to play all of the video games…so that is what I did. I did deliver a few of my heavy steel roots. Bowser is sort of a heavy steel rock star, a giant robust and scary rock star. I did a bit of rockin. I believe you is likely to be shocked to study that Bowser has a musical aspect.” Does this imply we’re getting a Bowser musical quantity? Along with Chris Pratt because the voice of Mario, the film options an all-star solid that features Anya Taylor-Pleasure as Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, and Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike. Charles Martinet, who has traditionally portrayed Mario and Luigi within the video video games since 1992, could have a cameo in an unknown function. The Mario film is predicted to hit theaters on April 7, 2023. Pratt has mentioned his Mario voice is “not like something you’ve got ever heard.” The merchandise mentioned right here had been independently chosen by our editors. GameSpot might get a share of the income if you happen to purchase something featured on our website. Originally published at Sacramento News Journal

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greysauctions · 2 years

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You can also password protect your own lobby if you don’t want other people to be able to drop in. You will be able to set up a lobby, search for a game, or join a friend’s game if you wish. Either select co-op from the main menu, or the pause screen, then choose the online option. What do you think? Interested in any of these new Marvel games? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.In Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, to play online, the first steps are very similar. While Sony doesn’t have an E3 presence this year, maybe we’ll get a more concrete release date sometime soon. If that’s your thing, too, Iron Man VR is coming exclusively to Playstation VR sometime in 2019. I gotta say, of all of the things I want to do in VR, being Iron Man is extremely high on the list. If beat-em-ups and third-person co-op isn’t your thing, maybe you’ll be interested in VR. Check out more gameplay here: And don’t forget Iron Man VR Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order comes out on July 19th, 2019 exclusively on the Nintendo Switch, with expansion pass content bringing Marvel Knights, X-Men, and Fantastic Four characters to the game this fall. I’m not jazzed about the awkward camera angles, but I’m picking up most of what this one is putting down. If you like your action light and cheesy, this might be the one for you. To play couch co-op on the same Nintendo Switch, choose 'offline.'.

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docexe-mx · 2 years

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Random thoughts about things that were showcased during not-E3 month: Nintendo edition

With the cancellation of E3 it seems that Nintendo decided to return to a format similar to the one they used in 2020 (AKA the original year with no E3).

So instead of the typical E3 General Direct they usually host in June, they had specific individual announcements (like the Pokémon trailer at the beginning of the month), a Direct specifically dedicated to a game nearing release (Xenoblade Chronicles 3) and a Mini Direct dedicated to third party announcements.

Honestly, it’s a bit weird they decided to return to this format considering it wasn’t that well received back in 2020. It was easier to justify back then due to the pandemic and the lockdowns affecting their overall release schedule, but nowadays that they have recovered a certain cadence with their releases, not so much. Then again, Nintendo taking weird decisions isn’t something entirely surprising. According to rumors, apparently their primary motivation for this was to avoid being conflated with Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest (which sounds …kind of petty on their side, but again, not entirely surprising).

I presume as well (and this is just my personal speculation on the matter) that the change in the way Nintendo markets their games nowadays might have played a factor as well. Since Furukawa took over the company’s presidency, it seems that their general philosophy is to keep their marketing efforts primarily focused on upcoming short-term releases. Apparently, the idea is to magnify the exposure of games that are close to release while avoiding “distracting” customers with things that are still far off, all with the intention of maximizing sales. This means in practice that they will keep the lid on heavily anticipated games like Zelda and Bayonetta until they are very close to release, but are perfectly fine with announcing a new game just a few months (or sometimes even just a few weeks!) before it launches.

So, with E3 cancelled and most of their release schedule for the upcoming months already set, it seems they didn’t see much point in having a General Direct for more first party announcements. Now, strictly speaking, it’s not as if they actually needed to announce more first party games during the Summer. With Xenoblade set for July, Splatoon in September, Mario + Rabbids for October and Pokémon in November they are effectively set up for the rest of the year. If they still have any other first party releases for this year (most likely for either October or December), they still can hold a General Direct in the Fall to promote them.

While for all that we know, this marketing approach to increase sales might indeed work, it’s also very jarring for our overall gaming culture, where the “hype” cycles for new releases can last for years. And given how accustomed we are to their E3 Directs with big first party announcements during the Summer season, not having one of those this year just feels disappointing. Still, even with all of the above said, what was shown wasn’t actually bad per se.

I was already sold on Xenoblade Chronicles 3, but still appreciated the Direct. It was a fun time, the story looks intriguing and it seems like the game is taking the best aspects of all it’s predecessors when it comes to the gameplay.

The Partners Mini Direct was also good, although it can’t be denied it would have been far better as part of a larger General Direct. Still, it was nice to have confirmation that Nier: Automata and the mainline Persona games are finally coming to the Switch after so long. The Pac-Man World remake and the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy collection were also really nice surprises. Finally, Blanc, The Legend of Wright, Harvestella and Lorelei and the Lase Eyes all look like interesting games.

Then there was the new trailer and gameplay showcase for Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope. I still can’t believe how this unholy combination of franchises could led to such a great game as the first one, yet here we are. From the look of it, the sequel seems to be improving on the original in almost every respect, so I’m definitely looking forward to it. It also comes out on my birthday, so that’s really nice.

So, not exactly what we wanted or expected from Nintendo for not-E3 season, but not really that bad either. I just hope they will actually have a General Direct for the Fall season. I presume if they do have one, it will most likely come in September after Splatoon 3’s release. I really hope that’s the case and that we will finally see Bayonetta 3 getting a release date, as well as more of the Breath of the Wild sequel.

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applejaxxx2112 · 2 years

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This is a really cool article that explains the inspiration for some of Kazuma Kaneko's art

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nnvv3 · 4 years

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That was some direct huh

Ok tbh I’ve never played and smt game before and always been curious. So I’m just as excited as all you SMT fans out there

#nintendo #nintendo direct #nintendo switch #shin megami tensei #smt nocturne #smt #smt 5 #persona #nintendo july 2020 direct #gaming

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bryan360 · 4 years

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I haven't shown you guys this for a while back, but it's a info update from Nintendo you've got it checked back in June 30th, 2020. All I can say was I'm glad that the company and the president listen, especially with the Joy-Con Drift still messing things around. However, my Joy-Cons from my Switch are acting fine. Although I got little bit drifts like last few months (I think), but mine are still fine....For now if I'll be able to send to fix it soon.

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patricksteelebodger · 4 years

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A possible Nintendo Direct coming this month, with a 7th DLC fighter to be revealed... and a possibility of it being Geno...

We better wait and find out!!

#super smash bros #super smash bros ultimate #smash bros dlc #dlc #geno #nintendo #nintendo direct #july #july 2020 #ssb #ssbu

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grinbrothers · 4 years

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Tea Time with Souldin. Souldin reacts to the latest Nintendo Direct Mini; a Partner Showcase so short he doesn't even get time to taste test a tea.

By the way, I highly suggest you check out the Japanese Version of this direct. It shows off a lot more games and is a lot better... even if I can't understand anything their saying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t57NnJAao0A

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AA7 Speculation Post: One Year Later

here we go again.

A year and a day ago, I made a speculation post about if/when we’d ever be seeing AA7. Obviously, my claim that AA7 would be announced in September 2020 did not turn out to be true, but later that year we did get a leaked calendar containing information on the new ports for Chronicles, and also plans for a new aa7, which I summarized in this post.

Now that we have Chronicles we can verify that the leaks contained legitimate information (as if a statement from Capcom saying they were hacked wasn’t legitimate enough). So that leaves us with one key question: is AA7 still happening? If so, when can we expect it? As well, what other information from the leaked calendar can we consider, especially with early sales data on Chronicles? In addition, what are the implications of this new survey on Chronicles from Capcom?

All of that will be discussed under the cut so that this doesn’t take up too much space.

Revisiting The Calendar

Once again, here is a rough translation of the calendar that was present in the leaks:

As a note, in this post, I’ll be referring to our new games as “Chronicles” to prevent this from being blocked by people avoiding spoilers.

So: this original calendar, generated before the pandemic, had Chronicles releasing in Q1 of FY2021 - and it’s also important to note that in Japan, each fiscal year starts in April 1st, so FY2021 is actually April-June 2021. This shows that Chronicles was pushed back about a quarter from their expected release date. However, Chronicles was a port of already existing games, therefore somewhat less work was needed on them - upscaling models and textures, adding in some new features like autoplay and story mode, and of course, the English translation and voicework were needed, which is still a lot of course, but less compared to development on an entirely new game. In addition to that, the pandemic hit AA7 in its early development stage, assuming this schedule was still being followed by the time the pandemic hit. That could cause more delays than expected.

So the original plan was for AA7 to be released in Q3 of 2021, which corresponds to October-December, aligning with the 20th anniversary of the series in October. While it’s a desirable goal, it’s quite likely the pandemic pushed it back at least a quarter, if not more, if not cancelled it entirely. ... haha.

We’ll only know the fate of AA7 for certain when it’s announced. Which it is possible it may never be. However, I have two theories for, if AA7 is getting an announcement, when it will be:

1) Sometime during September 2021, either in the leadup to or during Tokyo Game Show this year. These are for the same reasons as I outlined in my initial speculation post. It’s a popular time for Ace Attorney game announcements, after all. TGS, according to what I can find, will be held online this year from September 30th to October 3rd. If Capcom announces AA7 earlier in September through Famitsu, like they did with AA6 for example, then we can expect to get some information during TGS...

2) Sometime during a 20th Anniversary Event, possibly in October 2021. I’m assuming AA is planning something for the 20th anniversary - Chronicles wasn’t really marketed as a 20th anniversary release, for instance. If they can’t release a new game for the 20th anniversary (which at this rate, seems unlikely, as we’re about two months out from that with no word about it) then an announcement would be just as good at generating hype for it.

Naturally, if we reach this time next year with absolutely no news on AA7, it’s probably safe to say it’s been cancelled or at least delayed so severely that anything we currently know about it isn’t worth much.

There’s one more point of interest on the calendar: reconsidering the porting of 456. I feel that this depends heavily on how well the Chronicles ports are doing; if it’s not financially viable to keep porting games, then why bother? So, let’s take a look at that.

The Success of Chronicles

As I write this, it’s about two and a half weeks since the release of Chronicles worldwide. So... how did the games do? It’s a bit hard to tell, especially as I am not a game marketer and don’t know the expectations for Chronicles. What is obvious is that, if Chronicles does much better than expected, porting 456 and possibly even the investigations games seems likely. (If Chronicles, indeed, does especially well in the West, than a porting of the investigations games and localization of investigations 2 after ten years could very well be possible.) If Chronicles does absolutely terribly, it damages the chances of porting, and possibly of continuing the series. If it does terribly especially in the West, where the games are essentially new, it could damage the chances of any new games being localized at all.

So, a lot is riding on this, and I don’t know enough to tell how well it did. Here’s what I have found, however:

Nintendo Enthusiast reports on Famitsu sales of Switch games, and overall thinks it’s not doing so great. Chronicles ranks third on the list of Switch sales in its first week, with 14,460 units sold, over 4000 less than NEO: The World Ends With You, which was released on July 27th. Keep in mind that Chronicles was released in Japan on July 29th, which is two days later, and that these are only Japanese sales (where they’ve had Chronicles for years on both mobile and 3DS) and only Switch sales, where NEO:TWEWY is currently only available on Switch and PS4 (Chronicles has the additional platform of Steam, where there could be many more sales). In the next week, Chronicles ranked 22 overall, with NEO:TWEWY at 23, though of course they’re still a little less than 4000 units behind NEO:TWEWY overall. Slightly closing the gap, I guess.

How about overseas data, then? ... It’s hard to tell. I can find this report from gamespot which discusses the top 20 games sold in the US in July, and Chronicles is not on the list, while NEO:TWEWY is at 16. However, they don’t give any number for the units sold, and it seems that they aren’t considering digital sales for a lot of them, so it’s hard to tell how much of a hit that is.

However, let’s go back to Japanese sales for a bit, and look at the 2019 Trilogy re-release for a comparison against Chronicles. Allegedly, combined Switch and PS4 sales in the first week of the trilogy’s release only amounted to about 8000 units, a little more than half that of Chronicles’ Switch sales. It’s also important to note that the 2019 trilogy ended up being the only ace attorney game to sell over a million copies. Ace Attorney is not a big series; I’m sure Capcom takes this into account when considering sales data, especially for ports. If Chronicles does end up doing better than the trilogy overall, it’s definitely looking good for ports and especially so for Chronicles.

However, there’s more to this than just sales data.

The Survey

Capcom now has a user survey for Chronicles, which you can answer even if you’re partway through the first game. I believe it’s only open until September 30 2021, so if you think you can finish the game before then, I’d recommend filling it out once you’re done so that you can give the best feedback.

It asks you a bunch of questions like what platform you bought it on, why you bought it, your expectations, and all sorts of detailed questions on the various mechanics, difficulty and enjoyment of the trials and investigations, satisfaction of visuals, plot, characters, music, and even free response sections for what you liked and disliked about the game. It’s a very detailed survey that’s pretty long but I think is worth filling out. At the end they ask you to fill out some demographic questions (such as age, gender (male, female, other), country, what kind of things you like to spend money on, and what kind of games you like, what platforms you have to play games on). But what’s possibly the most interesting question is this:

“If a new [Chronicles] game is released in the future, do you think you would buy it?”

This means that, depending on the answers to the survey, they could very well decide to work on a third game to Chronicles.

This has huge implications for the future of the series. I’ll probably make a separate post on plot-related stuff later, but for now... let’s talk about logistics.

In my initial AA7 speculation post I said I highly doubted that they would ever make another Chronicles game. I also said that they probably never would be localized, so, guess who’s a clown now.

Right now the AA series is in a bit of a dry period, with no new games having been released in the last four years. As well, with Yamazaki (the director of the investigations games and AA5/6) having left Capcom, the next director of the mainline games is completely unknown. As described in this video, the main reason Chronicles ever came about was because Capcom went ahead with mainline AA5 before Takumi could come back from the Layton crossover. Now, since 2017, we don’t really know what Takumi is working on. It’s possible he’s gone back to mainline to work on AA7 (though of course, there is absolutely no evidence suggesting that he has, so definitely don’t take that as any sort of confirmation).

However, if we do get a Chronicles 3, it’s quite likely Takumi would return to work on that, as he directed the previous two games. In addition, if Chronicles ends up being such a success to completely eclipse mainline (from what I’ve heard, though I have no serious proof, Resolve is considered as highly rated as T&T by many Japanese fans) then the series could permanently go down the road of writing more Chronicles games, leaving mainline stagnant (which, let’s be real, it’s already stagnating). The success of that is uncertain considering how neatly our current Chronicles duology wraps up, but... we’ll have to see how things unfold in the future.

For now, I highly recommend filling out the survey to give your input to the series’ future directions. Maybe mention that you want localized investigations 2 somewhere in the free response section because uhh I forgot to do it in mine. do that for me.

TL;DR

Main takeaways from this post are:

- I personally expect an AA7 announcement either during TGS or a 20th anniversary event

- If Chronicles does extremely well, then 456 ports are likely to happen, and I personally speculate investigations ports (along with localized investigations 2) will as well.

- Fill out this Chronicles survey before September 30th to give your input on the games and possibly the future direction of the series. I recommend completing the games before you do, but if you think you won’t before September 30th, you can fill it out at any time.

- We Very Well May Get Another Chronicles Game. Who saw that coming. Not me.

Thanks if you read through all of this, let’s hope September/October doesn’t leave me looking like a fool again.

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