Looks Like That Bravely Default Tease Was For A Smartphone Game

Called it.

Goddammit, Square.

2016 has not been a good year.

I'm assuming this isn't a rerelease of the first 3DS title?

Bravely Microtransacted

They sure know how to make Gamers cry.

Good thing Switch is gonna be able to play mobile games too, right?

... Right?

Noooooooooooo.

I'm currently playing Bravely Second and I'm enjoying it just as much as the first. I was really hoping for a Switch/PS4 home console remake or sequel.

I'll reserve a touch of judgment for when we see exactly what the game is but I sincerely doubt it will be a full length classic style RPG.

A lot of Bravely's strengths lie in the battle system and it's extremely modern shortcuts/conveniences - I cannot fathom how they would achieve that on a touchscreen, even with it being turn-based.

Then again it will likely just be a dumbed-down microtransaction-laden casual game in the style of the Kingdom Hearts mobile game (not an awful game for a touch screen mobile game but not remotely comparable to a proper RPG).

Here's hoping a proper sequel or remake will folllow.

Please excuse me as I need to go vomit and then cry in a fetal position.

😢 I am disgusted

2 minutes silence pleass

What a joke, game developers need to learn how to be a little more clear when they announce tease things.

smartphones were a mistake

@Lizuka you get it. People can't seem to take mobile games for some reason, like it kills their existence or something. 😁

bravely dephone. righto.

Unacceptable!

Well it was about time if you follow squeenix's past pattern. They might be buying time to move over to NS development though.

This is typical. I wasn't that impressed with Bravery Second though, so i don't know if i would have bought it.

If they're ready for closed beta in say January or February, then that suggests it's just bad timing - no point in releasing the Switch port months after it's already been out on mobile.

Otherwise, it's a bad sign for Switch. Either the devs don't think a Switch port will sell well, or it's not as easy to port from mobile to Switch as might first appear.

Or they're going to announce the Switch version as part of a big Nintendo marketing push come the new year, though why announce the Android version now if that's the case?

slow claps

Nice job, Square.

@MarcelRguez @Mega_Yarn_Poochy
..Square only publishes the series. They have no involvement in the development whatsoever.

As long as they make a new game for the Switch and it doesn't ditch Nintendo entirely, I'm not too mad.

double middle finger

The only appropriate response.

Who is than man on the right, though?

like Bravely default praying brage, fairy effect sounds like a spin off, it doesn't have the third, right ? right?

please..... =(

no thanks!!

Still hoping for bravely third on the switch, or 3ds (2018 or something?)

@Lizuka While I too am not opposed to a BD mobile game per se, what worries me is that if this game makes Squeenix a lot of money (like mobile games usually do thanks to microtransaction systems) that they might think the true audience (read: money) for the series is on smartphones.

I'm sure the Switch will see a 3rd game, no doubt a benefit of combining the home and handheld consoles together, though whether is remains a Switch exclusive is a big question....

Different style game created for a larger audience in a safe attempt to raise some cash flow and increase the fanbase. That strategic decision certainly does justify the amount of female dogging and moaning going on here.

@Rhydas PlayStation Minis are three doors down.

If still supported at all.

Aw man, I did hope for the third game. Hopefully still likely to happen later. Given their seeming trend for pop star composers in the franchise, I even dared fancy me some Yuki Kajiura as a possibility (she needs no introductions and isn't new to game soundtracks either).

Consoles > mobile in my bias book, although I'd be a hypocrite to complain about Square Enix's investments either - Final Fantasy Record Keeper remains one of, if not the best experience I've had with mobile games so far.

Leave it to square Enix to take a good franchise and ruin it by moving to mobile

Ugh

@CrazedCavalier They make the games happen, they pay for their development. If that wasn't the case, I'm pretty sure the series wouldn't have all those Final Fantasy motifs and terms. It's a pseudo-sequel to The Four Heroes of Light, after all.

Bleh, mobile gaming.

Why Square-Enix? Why?

@MarcelRguez I'm getting flashbacks of Square's infamous countdown timer for The World Ends With You back in 2013, only to have it be a mobile port. I wish companies would stop doing that :/

@Oat That was a major D move by their part. Sadly, these days Square making 'eh' mobile announcements has become the norm.

I guess it's a good thing that, after the disappointment that was Bravely Second, I wasn't realistically expecting much from this. Still kinda sucks, though, as Bravely could still be a genuinely great series.

Eff off mundane mobile gaming!

I tried one of Square's mobile RPGs. Just one.

This is a disappointment for sure. The visual design for Bravely Default meant that it was easy to slap up a lazy port for the engine, and just upscale the assets and still have the game look respectable.
I guess the Switch mirroring modern smart device platforms is a double-edged sword. They better get some big mobage like Granblue Fantasy or Kantai Collection on the platform in order to make a big splash.

By the way, while Bravely Default has comfortably broken 1 million in sales, Bravely Second is on track for less than half of that total.
Keep that in mind.

Well I'll hold judgement until we know what it is exactly. But it better not contain any story worth missing.

And the cycle continues again