Atlus often releases hugely tempting launch editions for its major releases in North America, typically packed with collectible goodies that would - it seems - command higher prices from most other publishers. It's not letting itself down with Etrian Mystery Dungeon, with the cross-over title set to join its RPG buddies with some lovely extras in the first print run.
Those that pre-order and get one of the first batch will receive a collectible box, soundtrack CD (with six tracks) and artbook along with the game, as you can see below.
In addition the company has released a new trailer for the Protector Class - which can form a wall around your team at vital moments.
This battle tank uses their high DEF stats and tower shield to create an immovable object of damage-soaking toughness. Combining provoking taunts with ability binds, a well-leveled Protector is key to surviving against rare monsters, bosses, and worse!
The publisher is also running a competition to win a 'mystery box', which is detailed below.
Etrian Mystery Dungeon arrives in North America on 7th April, with no European release date confirmed as yet. Are you planning to grab a launch edition to get hold of these extra goodies?
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T-T Europe please!
@FritzFrapp @Ruru
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/01/new_exploit_makes_the_3ds_region_free_without_the_need_for_a_flashcard_or_game_cart
Looking forward to this one.
Must be most colorful 3ds cover so far.
I got the collectors edition of Millennium Girl with a CD and "art book" which was really just the equivalent of the pamphlet instruction booklet that used to come standard with games back in the day. This seems like more of the same
Looks awesome! I'll certainly grab this day one (especially since this all is included for just $40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) One of my most anticipated 3DS games of 2015 next to Majora.
Day one.
Yeah.. I've never played Etrian Odyssey but I LOVE Mystery Dungeon games so I'll probably get this. I hope this pre-order becomes available at Best Buy.
Oooh, I love these types of games, hasn't been one in ages! Might have to get this...
I've never tried the Mystery Dungeon games but I'm really looking forward to this. Day one for me.
@Rezalack don't preorder at BestBuy.. Found out that opposed to getting everything in stock like normal game retailers (for niche titles at least) they send a list of how many copies of a game were preordered, and if the number isn't high enough they won't follow through with your preorder. Also, the reason they cancelled the Majora's Mask preorders was because they weren't theirs to preorder in the first place (well, most of the orders that were people ordering extras, because they ordered more than available).
@B3ND3R Ahh.. well, I want the game but not that bad, I've always loved Best Buy and even if they cancelled my order I wouldn't be too mad at them. I like the GCU perk and sometimes even the pre-order perks they give. I think in the case of the Majora's Mask New 3DS it's more or less Nintendo's fault. I don't think that Best Buy wanted to give away thousands in gift cards.
Untold 2???? Where are you???
Anyone who's played these games mind explaining what it's like? I'm kind of interested in this...
@zach777 That's what I'm saying! A NA release date can't come soon enough.
@superstick Mystery Dungeon is different from the mainline Etrian games. Those are first person dungeon crawlers done in the style of games long past. While MD seems to be a rogue like kind of game, so pretty different from the usual formula. EO is one of my favorite series though and I couldn't recommend it to you more.
@thatguyEZ Oh, thanks! I think I may try this one then.
Ahhhh Atlus. So many great boxed editions of 3DS games.
A $40 Atlus title? SHOCKER!
Looks great, hopefully they will give Europe the same things ^^
I'd definitely be up for buying this if they release it in Europe.
I don't expect this to be quite as good as Etrian Odyssey but I'm ready to be pleasantly surprised. I can't imagine passing this one up, and I will most likely pre-order. Thanks for the heads-up on this package.
Wow looks like a fun game & nice collectors set. Let me guess not out in Europe? Maybe that region hack still works? Still waiting on a game to try it out.
@Rezalack Might I suggest you dl the Etrain Odyssey 4 demo. That game was the best in the series and one of my all time favorites. The demo is also the first part of the game and if you like it you can transfer the data to the actual game. It let you level up to 10 with every character. I played it for 10 hours and hit the floor running when the game came out 2 years ago. Plus you can score a copy with the many Atlus sales for like 15$ so totally worth it imho.
As for this game, I usually day one every 3ds Atlus game till they seem to like a certain 50$. Yes I know this is 40$ but I'm going to be overloaded and swamped with 3ds games in the first half of this year. Not to mention Monster Hunter 4 will like take over my life. Also Codename Steam, Iornfall, Majoras Mask, and hopefully a good sale on Persona Q as well and I'm booked for the year!
I hope whoever wins the mystery box tells us whats inside. Would be hillarious if many tries to win it and it ends up to actualy be things the guy stole from a co workers desk
@Spoony_Tech You know, I've always liked the idea and the way you travel through dungeons in Etrian Odyssey, but I have never pulled the trigger on one because of one huge turn off: the first person battles. I just can't stand first-person RPG's. The only ones I liked recently with Legend of Grimrock for PC and I don't feel they're quite the same. I'm praying that SMT X FE doesn't adopt the first-person aspect of the SMT series because if it does I'll be VERY torn about getting it or not. I know I'm probably missing good games because of this, but it's just something that never really rubbed me the right way. Thanks though, I'll keep it in mind. Who knows, perhaps I'll check it out one of these days if I don't have anything else to do.
Wow,this looks like a fun game..I've played the other EO titles and I thought they were OK,but not really my type of game.But I will say I loved the graphics they were very colorful,but I just don't like the old school type dungeon crawling..the "Mystery Dungeon" in the title got my attention,because I LOVE the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games
I might pre-order this,the soundtrack and art book look really cool
@Rezalack I know exactly how you feel,I don't like first person RPG's either..I rented all of the Etrian Odyssey games thinking maybe I'd get used to it and possibly enjoy them..I didn't..this game looks more like the kind of RPG's I like,so I might break down and pre-order this one
@Rezalack I've only played Millennium Girl, but Atlus did a really good job of counter balancing the first person battles by showing the characters in conversation at random points more often, so this leads to more of a visual reminder of who your characters are aside from battle. I have a similar complaint as you about Shin Megami Tensei and their battles (which I found tedious after a while) but Etrian Odyssey keeps it fresh throughout the experience.
@GameGoddess32 I just like the aesthetic of Mystery Dungeon games. Love the Pokemon and chocobos dungeon games so I can only assume I'll enjoy this.
@Rezalack Yeah,me too I also enjoy the aesthetic of the Mystery Dungeon games..I wish they'd come out with a new Chocobo dungeon game that would be awesome IMO
@Trapleton That exploit doesn't work with a New 3DS unfortunately, and is likely to be patched out of current firmware by Nintendo anyways at some point.
Hopefully this gets an EU release but no doubt even if it does, we won't get the nice extras with it
@Jim_Purcell
Hahaha, I know, right? I've been turned off to Atlus games for a while now because of the stupid price points for spin-off games. I friggin' loved Shirin (Wii) and really liked Etrian Odyssey IV so if they ACTUALLY charge $40 this time I'll probably get it.
Oh god, is this like Shiren The Wanderer with an Etrian Odyssey skin?
I bought Shiren the Wanderer Mystery Dungeon for Wii ...and I really wanted to like it. It had nice graphics and animations, and I love a good dungeon crawl, but I could not bring myself to finish it.
The gameplay was dull, repetitive, and ultimately...cheap. Cheap in the way that you are punished because it's tuesday and your hard work seems to be frequently discarded because it was a better way to stretch out the minimal content then to actually make a shorter, more satisfying game with an appropriate amount of content.
@Action51 Shiren the Wanderer for the Wii was done wrong for a roguelike and is the worst of the shiren series. In a roguelike you are supposed to start always from level 1, and if you die you should start from scratch (this makes you, the player, smarter to avoid past mistakes). The wii version of shiren had persistent levels (useless thing in a roguelike), several short dungeons with little improvements over the last completed one, and the possibility to start from your last save in case of death. The only valuable thing of shiren 3 were the boss battles and the post-game level 1 dungeons.
The best of the shiren series are the first one (called also shiren the wanderer for DS -in english-), shiren 4 and shiren 5 (both in japanese), all three have the same formula (one big difficult dungeon -if you die you start over from level 1 without items- and when finished several more difficult level 1 dungeons appear).
As the gitan mamel of my avatar shows, I'm a shiren fan.
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