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Marvelous! FY3/2019 Q4 Q&A: RF5 to release in FY3/21, SoS console game being considered, trimming sexual content from unannounced title
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We'll have Re:Legend this year to scratch the Rune Factory itch, so I'm ok with waiting another year for RF5.
I guess everyone should thank the Bandai Namco producer who decided to license the IP for a Doraemon game.
Not really from them though, they're more or less licensing it to Bandai Namco, who has Brownies making it.
Happy about the RF5 news - fans waited long enough they should take their time.
Gotta focus in the important issues like how the get Senran Kagura on Xbox One...lol.
It's really weird. It's a great seller both domestically and internationally but yet it seems like Marvelous gives more priority to titles that sell significantly weaker. Same with RF5, really. That game should have started development ages ago considering how successful RF4 has been for them.
I guess the issue might be that SoS sells more software than Senran Kagura, but that SK is nevertheless currently a more important franchise to them due to merchandise sales and the like.
I think you're getting caught up by the translation.
Based on the Japanese version of the tweet it seems like they brought this point up because the sexual content trimming led to them reducing their sales expectations of the title.
It's definitely a Honey Parade title. Uppers can get by without such content, Senran Kagura sells because of the content
Wonder what RF5 their own Story of Seasons is going to look like. The RF4 "remaster" is obviously built on a 3DS game and the Doraemon SoS has a nice and simple style but it's not made by them. Maybe they'll go back to full 3D like they did for Frontier and Tides of Destiny/Oceans?
They can on switch. I mean, even Nintendo kinda does this. š¤£š¤£
Yeah, but I was talking about the HD remaster which hasn't been announced for release in Japan yet.
Huh, I'm guessing its Senran Kagura, but I hoping a switch version version is possible in the future as developers are releasing non-censored ports on it.
Just a reminder that Yoshifumi Hashimoto started his own development team (HAKAMA - http://www.hkm.co.jp/ ) under the aegis of Marvelous last year. They've previously worked on Dragon Marked for Death and are the team handling both Rune Factory 4S and Rune Factory 5, and it is probably safe to assume that HAKAMA is primarily staffed with Hashimoto's old team from Neverland.
As for Story of Seasons proper, a new mainline title was announced during the February 2017 Switch prelaunch event, but we've heard almost nothing since then. Since then there have been news articles stating that the next game is being developed or that they are considering developing the next game. I don't want to speculate too much, but maybe Hashimoto's team branching off led to some kind of scrapping or full revamping of the next BokujÅ Monogatari/Story of Seasons title? That would account for both types of news being released in the last two years. Again, this is just my speculation based on publicly known developments and news articles, I have no insider knowledge. Or perhaps it is just a translation mishap as suggested above and the new game is right on schedule. I imagine developing a HD(ish?) title for Switch would take a lot more effort and time than pumping out a new DS/3DS game every two years, especially since they haven't made a dedicated home console BokujÅ Monogatari/Story of Seasons title since Animal Parade in 2008.
As Bandai Namco and Brownies are the ones making Doraemon Story of Seasons, I very much doubt that game has led to any significant delays of a proper mainline Story of Seasons title.
As for Story of Seasons proper, a new mainline title was announced during the February 2017 Switch prelaunch event, but we've heard almost nothing since then. Since then there have been news articles stating that the next game is being developed or that they are considering developing the next game. I don't want to speculate too much, but maybe Hashimoto's team branching off led to some kind of scrapping or full revamping of the next BokujÅ Monogatari/Story of Seasons title? That would account for both types of news being released in the last two years. Again, this is just my speculation based on publicly known developments and news articles, I have no insider knowledge. Or perhaps it is just a translation mishap as suggested above and the new game is right on schedule. I imagine developing a HD(ish?) title for Switch would take a lot more effort and time than pumping out a new DS/3DS game every two years, especially since they haven't made a dedicated home console BokujÅ Monogatari/Story of Seasons title since Animal Parade in 2008.
As Bandai Namco and Brownies are the ones making Doraemon Story of Seasons, I very much doubt that game has led to any significant delays of a proper mainline Story of Seasons title.
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