Nora and the Time Studio | Atelier x Etrian Odyssey teams

[stealth20k]

If it made 1 dollar profit...............it still might come.

Theres plenty of games I can think of that sold around those numbers in japan but still got localized

[Ventara]

The creators of Etrian and Atelier working together? Seriously, from what I`ve seen of this game, it looks to be awesome. I really hope that either NISA or Atlus can bring this over. I would totally support them doing so and buy it day one.

[LAMV]

Since neither NISA nor Atlus said anything about it at this point, the chances of it coming over are extremely low. Probably we won't see it over here unless it gets a Vita or 3DS port. Sad.

[Ringwraith]

I'll have to go and listen to the soundtrack at some point, as it will be awesome considering who's doing it.

[Rarutos]

Even if the chances are slim, I still have a sliver of hope that someone will localize it... Just a sliver though.

[Houk]

he told me something completely different. Oh well

This is why we generally discourage individual employees from giving out unofficial information - things like that can always get lost in translation.

With Rorona, the bottom line is that it didn't sell "much much more" than 50k, but also we were happy with its sales. One game can sell 10k copies and still be a financial success, another can sell 100k and still be a financial failure.

[Shizuka]

From what I've heard, DS cartridges are too expensive for small publishers to keep supporting the system.

[SpaceDrake]

From what I've heard, DS cartridges are too expensive for small publishers to keep supporting the system.

Pretty much. I've had multiple folks (including our own Houkmeister) quote numbers at me concerning the cost of DS game manufacturing and I basically had to grip the table for support to avoid passing out on the floor every single time. For a system touted as being "friendly to low-budget devs", that shit gets shockingly expensive. Those carts are murder, and as much as I dislike the UMD drive, I'm rather unenthused by Sony moving to a similar card system for the Vita.

[Prinapocalypse]

From what I've heard, DS cartridges are too expensive for small publishers to keep supporting the system.

Pretty much. I've had multiple folks (including our own Houkmeister) quote numbers at me concerning the cost of DS game manufacturing and I basically had to grip the table for support to avoid passing out on the floor every single time. For a system touted as being "friendly to low-budget devs", that shit gets shockingly expensive. Those carts are murder, and as much as I dislike the UMD drive, I'm rather unenthused by Sony moving to a similar card system for the Vita.

I'm actually surprised to hear they're more expensive than UMD's to be honest since I've seen SD cards which are pretty similar tech as DS carts go for $10 for a 4 pack of 2 GB cards. :S

[vampko]

From what I've heard, DS cartridges are too expensive for small publishers to keep supporting the system.

Pretty much. I've had multiple folks (including our own Houkmeister) quote numbers at me concerning the cost of DS game manufacturing and I basically had to grip the table for support to avoid passing out on the floor every single time. For a system touted as being "friendly to low-budget devs", that shit gets shockingly expensive. Those carts are murder, and as much as I dislike the UMD drive, I'm rather unenthused by Sony moving to a similar card system for the Vita.

the ones that sony uses might end up cheaper. We'll know when it happens I guess though?

[SaturnineTenshi]

OST released. x: Time to check it out and see if 5pb did well.

[Ringwraith]

OST released. x: Time to check it out and see if 5pb did well.

Oh, I need to go and listen to that, as considering who did it, it should be awesome.

[SaturnineTenshi]

It's very Atelier-y.

[Ringwraith]

It's very Atelier-y.

Well considering what the game is, not that surprising, although there's some very distinct elements typical of her previous work in places I've noticed.

[Mlada]

I completely missed this post somehow...I fully support this! I do have a feeling that Atlus would probably be the better group to go to on this, but at the same time, I don't see it completely out of NISA's realm either...

At least it isn't for the PSP and thus lower any chances of it coming over, so I still have a bit of hope...LOL