Whilst Intelligence Systems' Fire Emblem: Awakening currently reigns supreme as the number one tactical RPG on the 3DS, all of that could be set to change with some healthy competition from a series that was arguably its most potent rival back in the day.
Reintroducing the Langrisser series. After a 15 year break, the latest entry will be coming to the 3DS, all thanks to Extreme's acquisition of the entire Masaya Games catalogue.
In a recent interview with Famitsu magazine, Extreme CEO Soshi Saito and chief designer and director Shohei Sato explained Langrisser was selected for 3DS due to the expressive powers of a dedicated gaming console that cannot be matched by smart phone devices.
The upcoming Langrisser title will be slightly different from previous iterations, including adjustments to the overall game system, and artwork for the series – which is now being handled by Hiroshi Kaieda rather than Satoshi Urushihara.
Extreme has also been looking to revive the excitement of Masaya's brands which were popular in the '90s, and hopes to make its classic hits available on an array of digital platforms including Nintendo's Virtual Console.
If you're not entirely familiar with Langrisser, read about it here. Let us know in the comments if you're excited about this title coming to the 3DS.
[source siliconera.com, via siliconera.com]
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I must say I'd never heard of it before, but now I'm interested. Besides, I'm definitely in favour of bringing back old IPs!
Oh, hey, this actually looks pretty good. I'm not a fan of the fanservicey design, but give me a strategy RPG for 3DS anytime.
That character design tho.
I will buy this just for the fanservice
Ah, the silliness of female armours... anyway, I rather enjoyed War Song on Megadrive and the fan translated SNES game, I hope this makes it to the west. I do miss NCS/Masaya... they truly made stellar games.
Armor that leaves many of your most vulnerable body parts exposed. Yay fanservice! Seriously though, if the game is good I'm up for it. Fire Emblem Awakening was amazing so another good game in that kind of style would be welcome on my 3DS.
Oh man, War Song was soooo hard. Never could get very far in that game.
Never heard of the series before, but it's definitely something that could potentially take my interest... Especially because I was severely disappointed by Awakening and I wouldn't mind at least something to fill the lack of a good 3DS Fire Emblem game (assuming the new one goes down a similar path to Awakening).
Poll:
Waifu Simulator 2014?
or...
Fanservice Art Gallery 2015?
Langrisser? Without Satoshi Urushihara??? What is this madness?!
But seriously, it actually kinda looks better with the new artist, and more Langrisser is very welcomed.
Saw this yesterday. Looks good, I just hope it gets localized. Surely it must. They look at sales trends, and everyone knows Fire Emblem exploded in the west.
@Drac_Mazoku
"-We need Atlus, XSeed or Nisa to confirm a localization NOW even if the game was just announced."
Aye!
@BenAV "Especially because I was severely disappointed by Awakening" Care to elaborate why? Being "severly disappointed by FE:A is certainly a rare opinion (for some one apparently into sRPG games).
Dudes go shirtless, or or with a random piece of armor over one shoulder, and nobody says a thing. A female character only has two shoulder guards, and everyone loses it.
Colour me intrigued
@Ralek85 Yeah, I'm definitely in a small minority on that one.
I just found the story and characters to be really boring and I much prefer Fire Emblem games that don't have the option to stop and grind and rely on it heavily on the harder difficulties. My disappointment comes from the fact that I've really enjoyed some previous entries in the series and while not a bad game, Awakening just didn't live up to what I was hoping for I guess.
For those that never played Langrisser, what made it unique was that you control not only 10 or so characters but also their troops (which in Warsong are around 10 units per character, Der Langrisser and IV has it at 4-6 per character)
But, I don't think this game will make it over to the US.
( And if you thought the first girl was fan service... look up the art for Cherie... the usual character designer came over from hentai IIRC)
Please make it over yo the west! I would day one this. I remember reading about this a while back and would welcome any strategy game to my 3ds!
Hopefully this comes over, is a success, and then they decide to bring
Growlanser to the 3ds or at least Gley Lancer.
@BenAV - I have to agree with you on Awakening. It is a weird minority to belong to, but out of the FE games (I haven't played Shadow Dragon) released in the West....it is my least favorite and quite a bit below the other ones.
@Gerbwmu Shadow Dragon was awful (by FE standards) so you aren't missing anything there. I do have to agree that being able to grind (outside of arenas ;D) does make playing FE on harder difficulties kinda simple but FEA's Lunatic mode is still almost impossible to do without characters dying.
As for this game, it does look interesting. If nothing else I'll at least look into it, but with so many other games coming out I doubt I'll have the time to even touch this for a long while.
Shadow Dragon's not bad.
It definitely feels like a remake of an older game, but with that in mind it stays interesting enough and was fun enough to play.
Definitely not my favourite but I enjoyed it more than I did Awakening for sure.
I remember reading about this series. I'm definitely interested.
Never heard of this series before, but I'm really interested in this game. I love SRPGs, so I'll definetely pick this up( if it ever comes to EU). I'm more hyped for the new FE, since I loved Awakening and I'm playing Rekka no Ken now, both great in their own way, but this has definetely caught my attention. Now only if a new Luminous Arc would be released...
Goodness me, Masaya games?... Cho Aniki??? ... ill be utterly utterly amazed if this got a remake ... youtube at your peril...
GO MY ARMY OF PING PONG BALLS!
I don't think the first girl is properly dressed for battle.
If this game is pretty good, I'll definitely get it since I love Fire Emblem games.
@BenAV Interesting. I was never big on the story in FE, it was always just kinda there, mostly muted in the background, nothing to write home about really - basic and cliched.
Mostly I enjoyed the banter between the characters and I can't say FE:A was a disappointment to me in that regard.
I agree about your dislike for grinding, but I assume you're talking about the DLC then? Outside of the DLC there is only limited possibility to do so, and actually several other games before have featured similar ways to just that, if one chose to (if only by way of e.g. arenas).
One simple solution would be to either stay clear of the DLC completely or just don't use any of the grinding possibilities. I agree on principle, that I would also prefer for them not to exist in the first place, but disliking a game, because it offers optional approaches (you don't have to take by any means) seems a bit misguided honestly.
If it were up to me, the DLC at the very least would have become accessible only after the campaign was finished, but that is really nitpicking on my part.
Overall I think FE:A was probably the best one yet in terms of content, polish and mechanics. They put so much stuff in there, even adding to it via spotpass and dlc ... just incredible. Music was also at it's very best for a FE game, and the game was the most accessible yet, while still delivering top challenge on Lunatic(+, eventually).
Any criticism I have pales in comparison to the positive aspects of the game, and, last but definitely not least, it friggin SAVED the entire franchise from oblivion. For that very reason I hope with all my heart that the continue down that road, because let's face it, the game has to sell or the franchise will day. FE:A sold, and if they can keep this up I'm ok with some DLC and entirely optional ways to grind (also helps making it accessible btw, without killing the challenge at the core of the series, since again optional^^).
The new one look very good from the little footage we've seen, I especially liked the eastern (less middle ages this time apparently) influence on the character design. Another Day1 for me for sure (if only to support the franchise, but I doubt I won't love it - same is true for STEAM btw, despite this looking to be really just "easy" :-/)
Looks interesting, though those soldiers on what I assume is a battle screen just look freaky. I can understand chibi design, but that is way overboard in that picture in the article.
Ooohh fantastic massive fan of fire emblem here and I'll take anything that is similar to It in gameplay My Game Boy Advance was my tactical RPG machine what with advance wars fire emblem and final fantasy tactics the 3DS is getting close to it's legendary status... just pray this comes west!!
@Ralek85 I guess my main problem with optional grinding, is it kinda makes like the game is designed around it. If it's not included at all, then even the harder difficulties become more about pure strategy which is what I'd prefer to see. I wouldn't mind them doing something like adding a DLC post-game story with the potential to grind or something like that, as long as it doesn't impact the main game.
End of the day, I probably wouldn't have minded all that as much if I actually enjoyed the game for its story and characters, but it just completely failed to capture my interest in this regard... Played through most of the game pretty quickly in the first few days after it came out, then got bored and took a break to play other things and never went back to it because I feel no motivation to see how it ends.
I've also heard other people complement the music as well, but it didn't seem like anything special in that regard for me either. I like the series, but Awakening just missed the spot in almost every possible way for me personally, to the point where the next entry isn't a guaranteed purchase for me anymore... Gonna be hard to tell if it's worth it without playing though I guess considering all the praise it'll likely get either way, so might end up just picking it up then returning it if I need to.
Wow, they went way too far with the fan-service. Warrior in thong? Disgusting.
@BenAV
If you didnt like Awakening, there is no way you'd like this as Awakening is the best SRPG of all time imho.
@BenAV Like I say, I see your point, put the grinding is not forced on anyone by any means, so it's not a dealbreaker for me.
The music is not amazing per se, it's just a cut above the average FE synthesizer music in previous games, at least in my book. I wouldn't pay $200 for the OST, that's for sure.
I'm sorry to hear the stroy and characters didn't capture your imagination. I felt it was average at best, but then again, I never though much of the stories FE games told. Like I said, they were generic and cliched, but they worked to convey some sense of place.
I like FE for the gameplay, pure and simple. It's even more pronounced for Advance Wars. I appreciate the characters and the lighthearted tone of the games (DoR aside of course), but I would never play a Advance Wars game, or even a FE for the story, probably not even for the characters, though I do really liked some of them.
Those games are no Danganronpa or Baldur's Gate, that's for sure, so that aspect means very little to me.
If the story was the main issue, the next one might be a completely different "story" so to speak ^^ I don't think FE:A sold due to any change in narrative or the personalities depicted. It was better PR than ever, strong word of mouth/ reviews, high quality as always (depending on your views^^) and never before seen accessiblity ... so reconsider before you decide to give up on the series
Might check this out if it gets a North American release. But those female warrior designs are ridiculous.
Such an interesting reimagining of the idea of pants. I took a chance on some Langrisser games back in the 90s since I did most of my gaming on the Saturn at the time. I put a good bit of time into Langrisser 4 thanks to a partial translation that was available. I enjoyed the game mechanics, the presentation and the character design. It's weird seeing a different artist involved, but Langrisser with Urushihara had a great run and had to end some time. New Langrisser with a new artist is fine by me. I'll have to keep up with its development. I wish them luck reviving the series.
So naked....
@invictus4000 Apart from I've enjoyed other SRPGs and other Fire Emblem games. It's just Awakening and Awakening alone that I didn't like.
Is the same artist that worked on Code of Princess? I can't quite put my finger on the reason I'm wondering this...
At any rate, I may have to look into this. I'm all for reviving long-gone franchises. Even if it is rife with cliche female fantasy armor.
As much as I don't like the female character designs, I'm willing to give this game a try. Awakening was a massive disappointment and if the upcoming game equally disappoints, then this may just be where I go.
Why on earth do videogame artists always feel the need to as revealing of the female body as possible? It's not needed, and it's rather sexist. Why can't they just be portrayed in outfits that aren't nearly so revealing, in armour that makes sense?
@Ralek85 I don't agree about the music part. I feel that it is rather subpar for a Fire Emblem title, at least for the ones that made it to the west.
I have to re-listen to the OST, though.
Looks great, I would definitely pick it up!
Great news! Gonna wait and see how this turns out, but what I'd really like to see is more Action RPGs.
Doesn't look that interesting to me...
I've never played any games in this series, but I always wanted to and will be sure to pick this up. But more importantly, speaking of tactical RPGs, where's my 3DS-exclusive remake of the Shining Force trilogy (with corresponding Amiibos for every single character), huh???
What practical armour. I never heard of the series before but it looks like a more simple Fire Emblem.
If anyone wants to play some great strategy games that are different, also check out the Growlanser games.
@ZenTurtle Because in the 90s Langrisser was a hardcore strategy game, therefore they had to sell it and make money off the advertising scantily clad women. (In Japan Otaku will buy games they won't even play, just for the box art).
Now in Japan, the only games that sell at all are those that appeal to 30 year old men who haven't seen a real woman since high school. This is why JRPGs have been going downhill; the market changed, women who used to buy Dragon Quest and Earthbound don't play video games anymore; in fact they won't date men that play video games. And in the US, majority of players prefer action games.
Since Langrisser's fanbase is too small for developing a new game; they have to use scantily clad women to trick people into buying the game. I doubt it will see a US release mind you; last I heard the Langrisser license is very expensive; and Americans are far more uncomfortable about buying games with scantily clad 2D women that look underage.
The female character designs are just plain ridiculous. Regardless, anything that's like Fire Emblem is welcome in my book.
I'm open to it, as FE:A Is one of my favorite games of all time. Character designs look good, but jeez women put some clothes on. If Bravely Default got censored this sure will.
Lol, all that clothes get just in the way!
I bet their not wearing matching socks either... tut tut...
If they localize this, I will definitely get a new 3DS!
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