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Inazuma Eleven: Great Road of Heroes (previusly IE: Ares) has been delayed to +2021. Will get rebooted (again). No ties to the anime anymore.
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Level 5 should start doing contract work again. They could use the reliable revenue. Maybe Square Enix would be willing to let them do Dragon Quest again since DQIX turned out well.
This just tells me I need to move on. This has been one of my most anticipated game for years now, but it's hard to remain interested with so many delays/
At least Yokai Watch 4 was a really good game.
At least Yokai Watch 4 was a really good game.
i wonder how many more times ushiro is gonna get rebooted.
SE made 11 mostly in-house and it was a success, not sure why they'd go back to level-5 (specially now).
Honestly, I don't think it would hurt Hino to pitch something to MS. Yes, there's the whole TFLO thing as prior history, but Phil is several exec's removed from that whole situation and he's definitely looking for content in the country.
Part of Level 5's recent issues are that they think they're too big for that kind of thing now, they even ditched the relationship with Nintendo that made Layton, Yokai Watch and Fantasy Life international hits.
At this point I'd accept it, Level 5 making games for Xbox/PC under XGS would be better than Level 5 not making games at all if they keep going down their current path
level-5 is probably a waste of money for any big publisher to go after now, 1st or 3rd party. their name and their IPs aren't worth much anymore.
What the fuck is happening at Level-5? This isn't normal.
Get rid of Hino. Seriously. He has no idea what he's doing now.
And get back into your partnerships. Ni no Kuni 2 has been your only global success in the past few years because it came out the same time worldwide thanks to Bamco. International audiences are sick of your "2-3 year localization delay" bullshit, and no amount of cute winks & nods about it on Twitter will fix that.
Get rid of Hino. Seriously. He has no idea what he's doing now.
And get back into your partnerships. Ni no Kuni 2 has been your only global success in the past few years because it came out the same time worldwide thanks to Bamco. International audiences are sick of your "2-3 year localization delay" bullshit, and no amount of cute winks & nods about it on Twitter will fix that.
I know that, but I think that their grand experiment has reached its conclusion and it simply does not work. Even if Hino has to hold his nose up in order to do it, I don't think he can avoid it without grave repercussions.
Hino IS Level 5. He writes, produces, and/or directs most of their output and I'm not even sure if he owns the company outright.
I would agree, Hino needs to swallow his pride.
Shareholders probably aren't too happy with all the delays. They could probably work to oust him.
It was a pointless purchase, but it's just one more stupid thing that Level 5 as a business has done on an already mighty peak of stupid business decisions.
More like every year
Inazuma Eleven Ares delayed past May 2019 in Japan, constant delays explained
Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino hosted a special, 15-minute broadcast today to explain the constant delays faced by Inazuma Eleven Ares, the latest title in its soccer RPG series. While its …
www.gematsu.com
Inazuma Eleven Ares Gets A New Name And A Delay To 2020
Inazuma Eleven: Heroes’ Great Road
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I doubt MS want to wait 5+ years to release niche JRPGs that won't make profit on Xbox.
Nintendo or Square would make sense, but I doubt they are interested.
I have to imagine Bandai Namco is funding another Ni no Kuni at some point at least, but yeah in-house Level-5 appears to be a complete mess
They need to work on a new IP without focusing so much on the potential licensing. In the meantime port up older games like Fantasy Life, or something.
They need to work on a new IP without focusing so much on the potential licensing. In the meantime port up older games like Fantasy Life, or something.
After how poorly the remaster and the movie did, I wouldn't be so sure about Bamco's commitment to the IP abroad.
they do? they did an enhanced port of 8 for 3DS with no involvement from level-5. expect the same to happen if they ever remade 9.
the mobile port wasn't done by L5 either. but L5 had some credit (a special thanks or whatever) for DQ11. don't think they worked on it though
Nintendo probably would be - they keep funding Bayonetta after all. The question is if they are still interested given that since L5 stopped their partnership they became such a mess.
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I updated the post with translated tidbits from the official statement. Source: Gematsu.com
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Inazuma Eleven: Great Road of Heroes delayed to 2021 in Japan, new details
Level-5 has delayed Inazuma Eleven: Great Road of Heroes from its previously planned spring 2020 release in Japan to “likely” 2021, as well as shared a development update and new inform…
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A competent executive would avoid acquiring Level 5 except to buy cheap for the IPs.
Lol I forgot about that.
Turns out he's not a business man either
I never watched the anime or played the series, but.... Weren't those "ties" to the animated version basically the main selling point?
Seems like a questionable strategy.
Seems like a questionable strategy.
It must be depressing to do a game on a story that's 2-3 years old, knowing that you're not going to be able to cover all the arcs in the anime, but this is probably one of the worst directed messes I've seen. At this point, this "freedom over volume" thing sound like the game will be done fast to get it out as soon as possible, being completely barebones and focusing on the e-sports like they have said in the past, so basically a Pokemon Sword/Shield scenario
