Choice Provisions - which we feel obliged to point out was formerly known as Gaijin Games - has confirmed that its next title will also be the latest cross-buy offering between Wii U and 3DS. The company is publishing Dragon Fantasy: The Volumes of Westeria, a quirky RPG originally developed by Muteki Corp.
It's a retro-styled RPG with some humour thrown in, and arrives in North America on 23rd July for $9.99; that's clearly an excellent deal if you have both a Wii U and 3DS. There's no European release date yet, but the publisher has stated on Twitter that it "is coming".
This looks like a promising title, so check out the Spring trailer below and let us know if you're tempted to pick it up.
[source twitter.com]
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Why does this game look and sound very familiar? Love the original Dragon Warrior.
Plus all these rpg's are killing me. I know I was complaining just a couple years ago of lack of them but I'm so far behind it will take me 5 years just to catch up with the ones I currently have. There's just so much on the horizon as well and I must get them all.
I think with the Eshop included the 3ds has finally past the ds in amount of rpg's. They've always had the quality ones though sans a few exceptional ones.
Not a huge rpg fan but the graphical style is enticing me. I like how you can switch between 8 and 16 bit too.
Cool. Looking forward to it.
@Spoony_Tech It looks like it could be a sequel to the Draggon Warior games, might be why. Speaking of, love the OG Dragon Warrior and I'll probably buy this down the road.
What is the point of switching between 8-bit style and 16-bit style? Is it just preference?
@DefHalan Most likely because it was obviously influenced by the nes style and some people prefer that. Others rather have better graphics.
Will wait for your review, but seems to hit all the right 8/16 bit JRPG spots. I like it!
@DefHalan Pretty sure it's just aesthetics, yes.
I like the look a lot. At this point I'm not getting excited for eshop games anymore though, as a German eshop user.
Looks like a worthy purchase.
I think I need this RIGHT NOW! Honestly, the battles and battle sprites are giving me a huge Earthbound vibe, and I love that you can switch between 8 and 16 bit on the fly! And cross-buy!
Also I just finished playing through Chrono Trigger again, so I need some more RPG in my life.
reminds me of RPG Maker Games (in a good way )
looking forward
Count me in!!!
@Captain_Gonru I'd read a review somewhere that this ran horribly on Vita & not too well on PS3. Supposedly, had issues with deleting save files randomly. The comments section said the mobile version of this game still ran well. Wish I had a link, but it's been a while. I'll get this on the Wii U. Maybe the gamepad will be a good interface.
Gaijin was awesome and I love old school RPGs, so this is a definite buy for me. And cross buy is nice, but I don't think this is the kind of game I'd play twice.
This game looks very appealing to me, partially because it reminds me of various older games I liked. If they sold it in Europe with cross-buy and don't screw us up with pricing, I'd buy it without hesitation.
Oh boy, I can't wait to play Dragon Slayer in 3D!!!
...oh wait...
@Spoony_Tech I totally hear you. This game is real good. I have it on my Android tablet but have kind of been waiting for it to come to 3DS. If it has some 3d I will buy it. But no 3d I think I will pass since I have it already. It's a pretty h8gh price game on the Android market too 8.99 so really not much of a price difference.
@Windy Good to know and thanks!
I love Dragon Quest so I may end up checking this game out since I haven't played an old school rpg in probably a year or two at least.
oooh old school rpg?! Sign me up!
Might buy it b/c of the cross buy, my wife could play it on her 3DS and I could play it on the Wii U and we could compare notes.
Is it a code to give or linked to the account? Guess I'll buy it on my wife's 3DS first just to make sure.
It's funny, as much as I hate the retro graphic look for platformers they make so much sense for JRPG, especially with that music. Might even play in 8 though 16 is noticeably better.
Still need to pick up Book II for PlayStation systems, but now I'm a bit curious on how this package compares to the two-pack there.
I'm interested
@Spoony_Tech
From what I've heard it's a humorous rpg like Earthboundrather than a more serious traditional one
"So much heroes! Wow!"
EJECT! EJECT! EJECT!
Something I wonder about the 8 and 16 bit swapping though, is it as seemless as the press of a button or do you have to pause and go into a menu to switch it?
Awesome i wanted to play this for ps3, but never picked it up.
@Spoony_Tech @Spoony_Tech that's how I feel. I only play 1 rpg at a time. I'm playing mh4 now as my rpg til xenoblade releases. I just beat the original on New3ds. After that dark souls 3 will be out. Then probably Zelda summer 16. And countless ones I want to but can't since well there's just so many games out there. And I play pretty much every genre. I'm hyped for qube right now.
This is by the same people that made Bit.Trip.
That should gain some trust for the quailty of the game.
Wow, the bit-switch feature has me so captivated lol
But seriously, advertising the number of heroes and enemies in your game? Such an indie game trailer... XD
Is it known if this is actually coming out in Canada next week as well? It seems most games released by smaller companies in the "North American" Eshop without firm European release dates are delayed at least a week late here lately.
Can not wait to play this game.
@-Godot They didn't make this game, though. They're just the publisher for this one.
@Semudara still, impressions shouldn't be hard to find. This game has been on iOS, Android, and PSN for ages. I used to play this on my first generation iPad lol
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