XSEED on Little King’s Story, localization for Wii games, more
This was an email which was sent to XSEED, and Ken who has always responded to emails such as these replied:
1. Is Little King’s Story indeed releasing on January 6th in Canada?! My local Best Buy had the game on that date on their release schedule board in front of the store! Strange! O_o I was under the impression it was coming out on Feb 17th.
No, Little King’s Story is not releasing on January 6th. We were shooting for a February release date, but good chance that it will be delayed past that right now.
2. How goes the localizations on your Wii games and such? Run into any problems? Hope everything is going smoothly!
Localization is going well on most everything we’re working on, Retro Game Challenge is done and will ship in February, Avalon Code and Rune Factory: Frontier are both wrapping up now so shouldn’t be too long after Retro Game when they come out.
3. Is it possible at this stage to say what the framerates of each of your’s and MMV’s Wii games? Are all games going to have silky smooth framerates? Is XSEED able to smoothen any framerate problems if there are any?
Of what we’ve seen, all the MMV titles are moving at a smooth framerate so no concerns at this point.
Now onto the suggestions:
Blazer Drive (Sega, DS)
Looks like it’s a solid game, but anime/manga-based titles not based on properties with already a huge following on TV tend to struggle at retail here. Couple that will an abundance of DS titles in the market and it would have a hard time standing out in the crowd.
Deathsmiles (Cave, 360)
We love old school shooters, but we could only do this as a downloadable since the risk as a packaged product at retail would be too high.
Otomedius G (Konami. 360)
We cannot license any games from Konami.
Raiden Fighters Aces (Success Corp, 360)
Same situation as Deathsmiles.
One Piece Unlimited Cruise Episode 1 and 2 (Bandai Namco, Wii)
We will not pursue any One Piece titles.
Kumatachi (Vanillaware/Dimple, DS)
Had never heard of this title before, but we’re huge fans of Vanillaware so we’ll keep an eye on it.
Sakura Taisen: Atsuki Chishio Ni (Sega, PS2)
We’ve looked into this series before but will not be pursuing it anytime soon. There’s been various rumors for a while, hopefully someone else can bring it over soon as I would like to see it finally released in the US.
Atelier Annie (GUST, DS)
I believe Gust already has some established US publishing partners so we will not pursue any of their titles.
War Hero Laevitin (GungHo, DS)
If you’re talking about Hero’s Saga Laevatein then I think this one may be coming to the US even if not by us.
A.S.H. (Nintendo, DS)
We will not pursue Nintendo first-party titles.
Captain Rainbow (Nintendo, Wii)
We will not pursue Nintendo first-party titles.
7th Dragon (Sega, DS)
Looks like a solid RPG, I’d be surprised if they didn’t bring it over themselves. We’ll keep our eye on it.
Venus & Braves (Namco, PS2) (Someone also wants an online mode added, but I’m sure you’ll have to take that up with BN)
A shame this title never made it over back in the day, but it would be extremely difficult for us to try to license it now years after the fact. Afraid that we have to concentrate on newer releases for now.
Dungeons & Dam (Acquire, DS)
Think this one may be coming to the US even if not by us.
Wagyan Land (Bandai Namco, DS)
Wasn’t familiar with this title, but would be difficult to have it stand out in a sea of new DS releases in the market.
