Shin chan: Me And The Professor On Summer Vacation Bags Physical Release

I'd generally be pretty interested in a physical copy of this, but Limited Run Games? Yeah no, if I play it I'll get the digital version then. Not giving that company a cent.

I am interested in this game. Let us know when it gets a normal physical release in Europe.

This was my biggest surprise of last year. I've wanted to play the Summer Vacation games for years. When Attack of the Friday Monsters released, I thought there might be a higher chance of them getting localised, but no. Nothing. Then all of a sudden, Shin Chan got a release outside of Japan and what a pleasant surprise it was. It's just so chill. If ever you fancy a break from your usual loud, crazy, in your face games, I seriously recommend trying this one. Its such a lovely game

Limited run only? Cowabummer

Why are people against LRG?

I'll be waiting for the English Release: The Professor and I on Summer Vacation

@GrailUK
A variety of reasons, but the biggest one is probably the fact that their service sucks.

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Not bought a limited run game for a couple of years now. Awful company, awful customer service and awful practises.

I have spent too much money with them. I was hooked for the first couple of years of releases. Got them all. They’ve gone so far their original business model and claimed ethos.

It doesn’t help that two of the main guys running it are extremely dislikable.

@GrailUK Numerous reasons. Poor customer service, massive delays without correspondence, embargos on games which later receive standard physical releases...

@The_BAAD_Man Fair dos. Idon't mind the wait for production times. Can be even longer if you combine orders as they all ship at the same time. As for games releasing later, they have always been upfront (and made it a point of pride) that they don't retain the license after release unlike some other companies. I dunno. I get you need patience using them, but for a lot of games, if they didn't do it then who would?

@Stocksy If it was a paid advertisement, NL would be legally required to disclose that. A physical media announcement for a Switch game absolutely belongs here, regardless of your opinions on LRG.

I'll keep waiting until someone else to do a physical release then.

@Thief LRG releases get way more stories here than the other companies. Of which there are a few.

It’s clear NL has a special relationship with LRG.
Special reserve, strictly limited etc…. Each and every release doesn’t get a story. Believe what you want .

I’ll wait for videogameplus to get there allotment from lrg in 10 to 14 months.

@fox_mattcloud I also loved Attack of the Friday Monsters on 3ds. This has been on my wish list, just waiting for a good sale.

@GrailUK Yeah, I get that and appreciate it. I've gotten a few games in the past, three in total. The cost is too high for what they offer nowadays, I feel. If I REALLY want something, there are some alternatives out there

The Japanese version of this game is available on PlayAsia, for both Switch and PS4. The PS4 version has multiple european subtitles, including English, but as far as I can tell, the Switch version is Japanese only. It's a possible alternative, for those that purchase games based on some kind of weird grudges or political ideologies I don't need to understand, but ... it wouldn't be any cheaper than LRG, I'm afraid.

@Stocksy LRG releases are at least available for months, to anyone who cares to place an order. I've followed Special Reserve and Strictly Limited links before, and it's typically pointless. Anything sold through their websites is sold out before the link is even placed.

So im not sponsored by limited run before anyone heckles me but in my personal experience with them I haven’t had any issues . The customer service in my experience was actually really good , very polite and quite speedy . They open pre orders now for a month so there is no squabbling over it being sold out . They also sell blind boxes as well so you could even get a bargain . Postage to the UK is reasonable, sadly there is no easy way of paying less on postage anymore that’s just the way it is.

@The_BAAD_Man I will concede that the effort level on some special editions seems to have become rather formulaic.

Is this the first game in that series (not counting the Attack of the Friday Monsters spinoff) released in English?

@AllieKitsune
This is also a spinoff, but yes. This one and the 3DS game you mentioned were the only ones that got official translations.

@GrailUK poor customer service, delays, issues when they ship something damaged and you live outside the US, lies (claiming their release being superior just to make a asian one worse), and in some cases going as far a dev would not include english language on a different region physical game, because same dev had a deal for a US physical release by LRG.

Just a few of many issues with the current LRG as a company, but people that don't have issues with them should be happy, but just because someone doesn't have issues with them (or doesn't want to acknowledge them) doesn't mean there are no issues overall with LRG.

Ordered a ton of Vita games, and a handful of Switch ones from them in the past, but even I could not ignore their practices anymore, and this is from someone who ignored issues with EA and Ubisoft being scummy for years.

For me LRG just went beyond these 2.

If anything the least terrible thing LRG does nowdays is milking out their customer and fanbase, and if that is the most positive thing about them nowadays, that is not a good thing.

Mind you I am talking about LRG after the Vita days, in the Vita haydays they made some small mistakes that you could ignore, but at a certain point they made a 360° and became what they are now, what I just mentioned.

In their early days I had nothing bad to say about them, even better 99% of the problems I just mentioned didn't apply to them when they started.

Maybe the money just made them this way, who knows...

Sigh. Can we start putting Limited Run Games in the header so I don't have to read it?

@GrailUK there is that recent story about LRG firing an employee over a tweet made 6 years ago and following certain Twitter accounts. Won’t get into it since it’s off topic and may trigger some folks, but that might be another reason for the hate. The full story is easy to find.

Such lazy collector's editions. I've got so many pins. $39 for all the dev work & production and the $39 more for a bunch of $1-3 items. Pass on the collectors edition. Might get the base game. I know it's industry standard for the collector's piece btw to include all of those types of items, massive profit and they're a business, blah blah blah.

Looks like a relaxing game & the review is good.

Noooooooooo not limited run

This may be the lowest effort “collector’s edition” I’ve ever seen. I’m glad the game is getting a western physical release and I don’t hold out hope for another publisher doing the same, but woof this is some peak LRG laziness.

That collector's edition is pathetic for that price. Try harder LRG.

I would get this if I didn't already import the Japanese version of this game a few months before it was announced to be released in America last year~ 🤷‍♀️ No sense in having to physical copies of the game~ 🤷‍♀️✌️

Happy Gaming! (^_^)

Still waiting for this to go on sale in the Eshop to check it out. Not my usual type of game, but I like the art style and seemingly chill Japanese countryside vibes. Hope it goes on significant sale sometime this year.

Does this game even has an English dub? Cause if is in Japanese with English subs then I'm not gonna bother... I love Laura Bayley's ShinChan voice acting.

That zoom-out box art looks terrible, there's just too much emptiness in the middle. Why not just use the Japanese box art which had a better view of the main character, his pet, and the brontosaurus?