Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection Brings Original Trio Of DS Titles To Switch In June

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one! I was thinking about replaying them on the 3DS, but I'll hold on until this releases. Can't wait to dive back into these games!

Very unexpected announcement. I had considered them to be confined to the DS and 3DS. Little bit pricey for me given how often the games were on sale on the 3DS eShop, not to mention that it's not based on the Untold variants. Though I might pick up 3 purely because it's not possible to get on 3DS, and never released in Europe on DS.

When I saw this and the date for Advance Wars I nearly jumped from happiness.

But then I saw the price
And no physical for the west (and japanese one is only in japanese)

I get this on a sale, and at this point I don’t care if on PC or Switch, whichever is cheaper…

Some info btw

These are NOT the Untold games, I saw people asking that pretty often in the past few hours online, but these are the original DS ones (I like both OG and Untold)

Also it’s that 2 and 3 are expensive, DS is region free but still, this release is cheaper than those.

This must be why Yuzo Koshiro has been posting so many EO remastered tracks on his youtube channel and twitter lately.

@Dom_31 the original first DS game had automapping of where you walked, so I'm not sure if they meant something in addition to this.

I've played EO 1 on the DS and 4 on the 3DS and I find 1 to be a superior game. Replayed 1 recently on the DS and it holds up really well.

I'm definitely picking these up, but not at full price, cause I've already bought them once.

BTW the trailer showed the COOP option that was present in the original EO3 so maybe we're getting an online mode with it!

This is disappointing that there is A) No physical release in the west and B) does not include the untold versions of 1+2, which means I will only be picking up 3 when it is on sale. It's still great that they are bringing this series to the Switch and it makes me hopeful that games like SMTIV. SMTIVA, SMT Strange Journey, SMT Devil Survivor 1+2 and Radiant Historia might make it to the Switch someday.

Very expensive for digital only.

I don't think 1-3 (originals) were easily accessible post DS era so the remasters are welcomed thing for me. And here's the hope it will least to new SQ/EO release in the future

@Nic-Noc20th-C

Eh not really? 40$ for something that's definitely higher effort than say P3P remaster and what in original would cost you likely more?

Then again I'm probably also desensitized to the price rising considering basically everything went up where I live and by way more than games did.

I have a big question, will these games contain the 3ds remakes content (I.e. Millenium Girl)!? If yes then it's a big Win, if no then those are incomplete port just like persona 3 portable, which for me it's a big L from Atlus.

Hmmm, from the screenshots it seems that there still is a map-drawing feature!
But... I'm very much wondering if they will be including Untold content for 1 & 2 with new dungeons and actual plots. 2D monsters make me think that these are remasters from DS era, not the upgraded Untold versions.

Best thing out of the direct for sure. Being able to play these on the big screen and (judging from the japanese trailer) with a proper auto map that actually fills in the walls too has been a dream of mine. EO3 in particular is one of the best dungeon crawlers ever made in my eyes.

@Andyv01
What do you mean? All the character artwork is the exact same, just higher res + one additional portrait for each class.

@WillKafka
So far, promotional material has indicated that these are just ports of the original DS releases.

Lmao at that price. What are Atlus smoking? Nah. That's a pass for sure. It's not a new game. That price is ridiculous.

This was the highlight of the Direct for me. They were such magical games that I played in the prime of my life, with beautiful music and 2D art. Despite the high difficulty, they were relaxing, as all good RPGs should be. I'm so pleased they're remasters of the original DS game and not the 3DS "Untold" series - although the originals seemed less balanced, they had all sorts of techniques you could use that made the post-game bosses possible to beat.

The one change I'd like is to have more skill points, as it was quite frustrating trying to get the exact build you wanted. On a slightly negative note, the 3D graphics don't look quite as improved as they could be, and £71.99 is extremely expensive for the three. I see this more as a £30-40 package. But still, an excellent reveal.

@Dom_31 - This is one of the few series where I'd recommend playing the first one first. Not necessarily because you need to know any story for future games, it's just that it's such a neat experience with everything essential to the series.

Very welcome announcement but for me personally it's a NO buy. I have EO 1-2-3 on DS already and EO Untold 1-2 on 3ds due to story mody and 3D effect. I don't see any point to buy it again on Switch. Also on DS and 3DS plays a lot better with drawing up the map on the second screen. That's why EO series is differentiated from other first person dungeon crawlers games.

@Expa0

Yep, your quite right. My bad. I was looking at the untold series portraits which I thought were a step up in quality.

This pricing level is absolutely ridiculous when ports of Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden were released just under one month ago for 20€ per game. These are ports of older DS games that are by no means indicative of asking double the price of the Persona ports in any way whatsoever. Withholding the physical release to Japan only makes it even worse.

Just as a reminder, you could get the 3DS entries during sales for 5€ a piece. Even now you can still get IV and the first Untold game for 10€ a piece in the European eShop, and they're still an incredibly good deal for what you get for that amount of money. You can even get the physical versions of said games for the price they're asking for one digital-only remaster of the original version without the added content.

Compared to that this pricing level feels like highway robbery and just flat out exploitative. I was ecstastic during the initial reveal, but seeing how they're planning to release these killed all the hype for me. Beyond disappointed to see the series make a return like this after years of absence.

Really annoyed about the price, but I've wanted the 3rd one for ages, and I'm sure it'll go on sale at some point. Also sad there isn't a physical release, but I can make do, I managed with most of the others.

The price does seem a bit steep, especially if there's little in the way of new content. I liked the originals, but probably won't double dip with this collection.

That price is hilarious. I went to check the collection out on the eShop, saw it, and reacted appropriately.

This proves DS games are possible to port to Switch.

Hoo boy, I did not expect that high a price tag...

I'm still shelling for it, as I feel there's enough content in each release to warrant it. Plus, favorite series ever.

I hope they eventually bring over 4, 5 and Nexus as well.

The default prices suck, but it's Atlus, so they'll definitely go down over time. I'm just glad these classics have a new lease on life on modern platforms. And that they're based on the originals. EO1 had some balance issues that needed to be addressed (which they hopefully fixed in this remaster), but otherwise I prefer the DS originals of the first two to the 3DS remakes. Thankfully, EO3 was basically perfect at release and shouldn't need any tweaks to for the remaster.

Really hope this is an indication that they're bringing out a new game for the series.

No way I'm paying full price for this. Not for a digital release. I'll stick with the 3DS ones, thank you very much.

Besides, imo, they're much better played on the 3ds. Just my opinion.

I'm crossing my fingers that, should we not get a US physical release, the Asian release gets to have English option. $90 is quite a high price (looking at Play-Asia) but tempted, since I always wanted to play these games.

@Tuulenpoika but Sega was the one deciding those prices to my knowledge.

Maybe this time Atlus did it.

@Tharsman was confirmed yesterday, digital only in the west, physical in japan but has no other languages but japanese on the cartridge.

I may just get EO3 because that wasn’t redone on 3DS. Then again, Atlus sales do drop the prices considerably if you wait long enough.

@Rayquaza2510 Play-Asia seems to have two versions listed, the Japanese one and the general Asia release. The Asian releases tend to have English even when the Japanese one don't. I'll still hold and wait until closer to release, they tend to be good at updating that information.

I just started a game of the first 3ds remake. haha ah well, I seen people wonder why there weren't any Etrian games on the switch yet. so would the map in the corner make use of the touch screen undocked I'm assuming? I like how they made it a little mini tab. this would have been a good release on the wiiu haha

Will definitely wait for a sale, especially if we are getting only digital releases in the West.

Also as these don’t seem to include the Untold 1/2 stories I’m less interested in paying full price.

At least I can keep my original games all nicely sealed up.

I have the untold versions but not the originals (got into EO late) so I am happy to try the originals.

And everyone kept telling me this would never happen! As long as the Switch had a touchscreen I knew it was entirely possible to work around the dual-screen setup.

@Tharsman Hoping for the best but Atlus and Sega are not the best one when it comes to providing english laguage option in Asia, Square Enix and Bandai Namco are much more reliable on that regard.

Speaking from experience, I import a lot (mostly play-asia) and that place tends to claim stuff that isn't true, I would at least wait until someone else confirms the Asian english version being a thing, I expect japanese and chinese in the asian one at best.

Not to sound rude, I try to be a realist because I don't like to get my or other people their hopes up for nothing.

@Rayquaza2510 Your statements are not coming rude at all. I have not tested this but, if I purchase a Japanese cart of a game, given they are region free, would it patch to my region if I am online?

Like Ghost Trick, I was planning to try and get into this well loved series by looking up the DS or 3DS games. This has kinda saved me having to do that. I will probably go for this.

@Tharsman patches are region free (DLC not btw) but you would get a patch for the region the game is from, Japan for the Japanese copy.

So if the western one would get a language patch, but the japanese not, then the japanese copy will not get that patch.

I've been wanting to try these titles for awhile now. i definitely won't get the hole thing for $80. i'll try EO1 first before getting EO2 and EO3.

Glad it's out on systems besides the DS, got them for PC because the ability to preserve my saves (either by steam cloud or doing it myself) is important to me. However, these are way too expensive, and stuff like the font is a bit of a worry. Would have been a better ask if they kept the bundle at 80, slashed each price by ten bucks and had EO4 included as well. Hell if they had the character customization EO5 had, and left the class system as is would be a neat upgrade.

@MS7000 I have 2 of the Untold games, but I really don't understand which is which is between this collection of Etrian Odyssey I, II, III versus Untold and Untold 2 versus whatever games were the originals. Do you? A little help?

@Setrodox Still haven't fully played through the first, but my understanding is the Untold games are complete remakes of the originals. They have the same basic story, but Untold goes more in depth with it. As Ralizah said above, I believe the games battles and mechanics are rebalanced, but I don't have experience playing the original to compare it to unfortunately.

@Rayquaza2510 just a question, if that’s ok. there hasn’t been an untold for EO3, am I right? And what are more or less the differences between EO1/2 and EO Untold 1/2?

I'm dubious about how well the Switch touch screen will work with the mapping feature. The nice thing about the DS was the precision. But if it works, I'm willing to double-dip (Triple-dip if you count the Untold versions!).

@Expa0
>All the character artwork is the exact same, just higher res + one additional portrait for each class.

Was it officially announced that it would be the "exact same"? Or is this simply speculation? Do you have a link?

So does anyone what the map function is for? Do you have to draw the maps yourself?

@Greatluigi yes you do! Haha. Thats one of the greatest thing about this series. The auto map function doesn't draw the walls or secret cracks in the walls for you. So you still need to do that yourself. I have all of them for the DS/3DS. They are beyond my favorite DRPG

@Emmerichcoal oh okay.

Bit higher of a price than I'd like but it is technically 3 games in one so I guess it's not too shocking. Might give these a go as I never played them but I have played and liked Persona Q 1& 2 so these should be right up my alley.

The best announcement of the Direct for me.

@ryuuryuunonoroi
No there hasn't been any such announcement but I can tell with my eyes, I've played these games before and I know the art of these games well enough.

@Expa0 I'm more curious about whether certain costumes will be receiving an "update". If they will I'm doubtful it will be made known in any of the promotional material. Absent any official statements there's no reason to assume that's not a possibility.

YASSSSSSSSSSSS!

I love it! Please let this mean a new game is possible! Etrian Odyssey 6 - so you're saying there's a chance!?

Also, EO3 finally getting the remake treatment makes me incredibly excited. It was the best one of the three DS entries, so it saddened me when it was the only one that failed to come to the 3DS.

I was excited when I saw the announcement but now seeing the price and it not including the 3DS remake improvements I'm a bit disappointed. These games were designed for the DS and not having the second screen will already diminish the experience and the fact that they are charging more than a full price new game for the entire collection makes this a hard pass.

Pricing on many games now is completely insane. Not even physical?

These games should $20 each or $60 for the collection on physical.

FF Pixel Remaster is also ridiculously expensive. These companies suck.

People should seek out other means to play these games, don't get robbed.

I don’t get why each game is double the price of Persona 4 Golden

I have the first three EO’s on DS. Finished 1 and 2, but didn’t get too far into 3. It seemed quite a bit harder than the previous two, though maybe my character choice was not great. I still love the original best, but I’d be keen to give 3 another crack.

Great news to see these games on Switch.