Topic: Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection

Price is a little higher than I'd like, but still, Etrian Odyssey on Switch! And these look to be the classic originals, instead of the Untold remakes that added unnecessary elements like story, characters, etc.

These are awesome games. Some of the best dungeon-crawlers ever made. Anyone with even a slightly adventurous streak in their soul deserves to give this series a go.

I tried IV on the 3DS when Atlus had it on sale for cheap and liked it, though I never finished it. I'll certainly be keeping an eye on these. Especially since the original DS titles are pretty expensive these days. Particularly III since it allegedly had a limited print run.

Good games. I'll grab a copy if Atlus release this collection physically.

If not, Labyrinth of Refrain and Labyrinth of Galleria are good alternatives.

I’m a little disappointed that they’re based directly on the original DS games, instead of the better-looking 3DS remakes.

Even the music seems to be taken from the DS games, if the trailer is anything to go by.

1. 40 bucks for what is essentially an upscaled DS rom or 80 bucks for all three together.
2. No option for the 3DS version.
3. No physical release.

MFW I've been dealt a monkey's paw.

They announce these remasters for Switch and I just got the remakes on the 3DS eShop as they were on sale, last month.

@Dimjimmer Nope, not merely an upscaled DS Rom, it looks WAY better than the DS originals.

I like the Untold games, but with completely overhalled dungeons, different foe patterns, modified skill trees, mechanics like grimoires, and more... they are functionally entirely different games from their DS counterparts.

I hope they get ported eventually as well, but I'm not a fan of the idea they should "replace" the DS games.

I suppose that if these sell well there's a chance for IV and V to be released as well? I might get one of these just to show my support, although I don't know which one.

@Seacliff it’s not so much about them replacing the originals. They could’ve used the updated art direction alone…. And the draw distance…

The environments look so much better in the remakes, and the visible FOEs give that extra bit of life to the labyrinths.

And I seriously do hope they offer both soundtracks. The remakes have amazing music.

Play-Asia is taking preorders for physical copies of the collection.

Problem is...that English support hasn't been confirmed and the price is $90.

I’m just overjoyed I can buy 3 for a reasonable-ish price and try the original 1 and 2 (played untold but those are quite a different experience). Day one for me.

@Magician : English won’t be included. The Japanese eShop pages only list Japanese as the supported language, which makes the release all the more ridiculous given how small (and frankly ugly) the games are.

I’m also a little surprised by how absurdly overpriced the physical release is, particularly as this looks like a low effort job and the entire trilogy is only 2.2GB.

I wouldn’t rule out a boutique publisher stepping in with a physical release of the English version, but I can’t see Atlus agreeing to an all-in-one release for US$60 given the pricing of the Japanese release. But three separate physical releases by LRG wouldn’t be ideal either.

I've just checked Nintendo Japan's website. The eShop releases of these games only have Japanese, so I'm assuming the retail will be the same (they are almost always identical). One interesting note, the page for Etrian Odyssey III confirms local and online play of 2 - 5 players.
https://store-jp.nintendo.com/list/software/70010000043683.html

EDIT: @Sisilly_G Ah, beat me to it!

EDIT 2: @Magician The Asain physical on Play-Asia might include English, rather than the Japanese physical.

Hah I just went and bought Untold 1 on the 3DS, which was the only one I was missing. So the only one I’ll get on switch is the third one.

I wonder if they’ll have dlc. Like the extra bosses and the lucky items.

@Eel Composer confirmed on Twitter only the PC-88 tracks are available.

I wouldn't hold my breath. In cases where there are only Japanese and Asian physical releases, the Asian release is typically a repackaging of the Japanese cartridge.

However, we might get lucky and the Asian build will include Japanese and/or Chinese, and possibly English, but this remains to be confirmed, and I can't say that I am particularly optimistic. Here's hoping though!

@Seacliff sigh. Too bad, I was hoping we’d get fancy remade music for 3. But oh well.

I'm sure LRG is salivating at the thought of doing three separate limited run physicals for Etrian Odyssey. Has Atlus ever worked with them, though?

It'd be nice to see for the physical connoisseurs among us. I already own physicals for the DS and 3DS versions of these games, though, so I'm not too worried about it myself.

https://personacentral.com/etrian-odyssey-origins-colleciton-...

"There is one new song, only for “Etrian Odyssey III” this time. There was no background music on the 6th stratum encounters, so we took the opportunity of remastering to create an additional song."

Kinda cool. Can't wait to hear what it sounds like.