Ys, Bravely Default II, and Babylon's Fall look AWESOME! - JRPG Wekly Update
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JRPG Weekly Update Show Notes:
Headline:
• Final Fantasy VII Remake is a Timed Exclusive
o Leading up to The Game Awards, Square Enix updated the already somewhat controversial cover-art we talked about a few weeks ago, which doesn’t properly signify that it’s just the first episode of FFVII
o This new update adds more clarifying information to the cover, but this time the clarification is that the game is a timed exclusive until March 2021, meaning the game is likely coming to Xbox One and PC after the exclusivity expires.
o Final bit of FFVII news, at The Game Awards, Square Enix revealed a new trailer for the game focusing on the protagonist, Cloud Strife.
• With the official release of the Kingdom Hearts 3 ReMind trailer we got some extra details, including a price-point of $30
o This sounds pretty steep as a gut reaction, but we’ve paid similar prices for large expansions before, such as Xenoblade Chronicles II: Tourna the Golden Country
o Hopefully this hints at the update being quite expansive, but for now my hot take is: Wait and See.
New Game & Port Announcements
• Bravely Default II Announced for 2020 at The Game Awards
o The game is coming to Nintendo Switch
o I truly hope that before this comes out, Bravely Default & Second get a Switch port, a dual pack would be really nice.
o I really have no idea what to make of the title, considering Bravely Second was already a direct sequel. This is needlessly confusing.
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• Finally got some information on Babylon’s Fall during Sony’s State of Play
o Announced at E3 2 years ago, we finally got a trailer showing gameplay
o Babylon’s Fall appears to be an Action RPG by Square Enix and Platinum Games, similar to Nier and Nier Automata.
o The game features a painterly aesthetic.
o The game is expected on PS4 and PC, but a date has not been announced.
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• During Nintendo’s Indie Showcase we got a few indie games announced that look interesting:
o Golf Story is getting a sequel called Sports Story
Launching second quarter 2020
• Sports Story - Announcement Trailer - Nint...
• SuperSmash appears to allow players to combine genres I guess? I’m curious to see how that works in action.
o Launching in May of 2020
http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/Supermash/
• Boyfriend Dungeon is a dungeon crawler and dating sim where your weapons transform into boys for you to do boyfriend things with. Expect to see that coming in 2020
• Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance announced for PC, and consoles
o Expected to launch in Fall of 2020
o The trailer honestly sucks, I think. The Videography made me feel a little nauseous and so did the music. But a new DnD game is always a good thing.
• Ys: Memories of Celceta, originally on PlayStation Vita and PC was announced for PS4.
o The new version will have dual audio options, and the PC version is getting the dual audio feature via free DLC update.
o The game will be $30 for a digital copy, and $40 for a physical release
o The port is coming in Spring of 2020.
Release Date & Localization Updates:
• Trails of Cold Steel 3 for Switch release date updated
o Port is releasing on March 19th in Japan
• Square Enix via twitter announced that
o Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles HD Remaster
Delayed until Summer of 2020
• Trails of Mana received an updated trailer at the Video Game Awards with more planned to come over the coming months
o Trials of Mana is expected to launch on April 24th 2020
• Marvelous and Edelweiss have announced Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin,
o an Action Adventure Farming RPG has been delayed into 2020
• 天穂のサクナヒメ [Indie World 2019.12.11]
Community News
• Fans of The Legend of Dragoon have started a petition on LegendOfDragoon.org and have Legend of Dragoon remade for PlayStation 5 and have gathered nearly 14,000 signatures of their 15,000-signature goal. I suspect we might be able to push them over the edge to that 15,000-signature mark!
https://legendofdragoon.org/petition/
Question of the Week:
• What is your RPG of the year?
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