Nicalis has announced that it will be publishing Umihara Kawase Fresh! in the west. In North America and Europe, the game will launch on July 9.
https://nintendoeverything.com/umihara-kawase-fresh-coming-west-on-july-9/
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Umihara Kawase Fresh! is being relased by Nicalis this July retail/digital for the switch!
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Nicalis has announced that it will be publishing Umihara Kawase Fresh! in the west. In North America and Europe, the game will launch on July 9.
https://nintendoeverything.com/umihara-kawase-fresh-coming-west-on-july-9/
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Physical release mixed with a price hike.
I think the game is already out in Japan so no gameplay footage with the reveal seems like a bad idea
I think the game is already out in Japan so no gameplay footage with the reveal seems like a bad idea
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The character art for the latest game seems a whole lot less gross which is nice. At least based on the gameplay we've seen from the Japanese publisher.
The teaser seems bad and kind of injects some of grossness back in
The teaser seems bad and kind of injects some of grossness back in
yeah I don't understand, either. Nicalis has published a ton of games in the West, physically no less, that never would have come out here otherwise. I wasn't sure we'd get Umihara here and it's really cool that Nicalis is making it happen.
i remember the head of Nicalis acting kinda arrogant when responding to criticism back at the old place
Nicalis has been better as of late, no? I remember a lot of gripes against them (I have some myself, such as the poor quality of their Cave Story localization that they still use in ports to this day) but I can't remember anything recent that they've done to set people off.
Yumi's Odder Odyssey............man, i still don't get why they changed the title.
Interested after playing the 3DS version (should get the Vita one since it has the SFC original), though I wouldn't mind playing the demo, the open world structure sounds a little weird for me. Isn't helped this comes out about a week before DQ Builders 2.
Interested after playing the 3DS version (should get the Vita one since it has the SFC original), though I wouldn't mind playing the demo, the open world structure sounds a little weird for me. Isn't helped this comes out about a week before DQ Builders 2.
Overpriced ports/releases, history of fucking over Europe, issues with some devs/games (Cave Story...), a mess in PR and still sometimes insulting fans and ignoring questions, issues with patches approval (again even more in EU regions), etc.
Ooh, I made a compilation post once just for this question.
Presenting: "The Crimes of Tyrone Rodriguez and Nicalis Inc. (abridged)":
Also some issues around Yatagarasu/Legend of Raven someone added later in that thread. And probably more...
They have a habit of making announcements they don't follow through on. They also have a super spotty track record in PAL but that's been getting better. Oh and a couple debacles with external indies on projects (La-Mulana, 90s Arcade Racer).
Yikes! that's disappointing. Hopefully nobody gets screwed over with this release. And now I know, thanks everyone.
Pretty bummed the 3DS game never got a physical release.
(Also bummed I never caught it on sale like a dope. Hopefully publishers aren't done with 3DS sales.)
(Also bummed I never caught it on sale like a dope. Hopefully publishers aren't done with 3DS sales.)
I imported the Japanese version for $52.50, which will include English as an option. That's $12.50 more than the US version, but I do get it a couple months early. Hmm.
Tyrone announced the cancellation of western La-Mulana Wiiware on twitter citing it being impossible to pass QA. This came as news to Nigoro in Tokyo who were still working on the localization and were not aware Nicalis had killed their deal before it was publically announced by their controversial CEO. Nigoro ended up releasing the game overseas anyway with Euro publisher EnjoyUp so I guess those QA issues weren't so insurmountable after all.
I have no idea why any JP or indie dev would ever be willing to work with Nicalis after a stunt like that.
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Personally, I would have preferred any publisher but Nicalis. Their handling of releasing games outside of North America is awful. I don't care that I can import the game from the US since Switch is region-free. The point is that since the Switch launched, there have been two publishers that have been awful at releasing Switch games physically worldwide, Capcom and Nicalis. Both of them have had multiple games not release physically in Europe and that cuts out potential sales since there is a lot more exposure in having your game on a shelf now since the Switch has many many more games on the eShop than in retail stores.
Personally, I would have preferred any publisher but Nicalis. Their handling of releasing games outside of North America is awful. I don't care that I can import the game from the US since Switch is region-free. The point is that since the Switch launched, there have been two publishers that have been awful at releasing Switch games physically worldwide, Capcom and Nicalis. Both of them have had multiple games not release physically in Europe and that cuts out potential sales since there is a lot more exposure in having your game on a shelf now since the Switch has many many more games on the eShop than in retail stores.
Since the OP is currently banned, it should be mentioned that the retail physical release for Umihara Kawase Fresh! published by Nicalis is only for NA. The game is digital only for everyone outside Japan/NA.
Also, the Success Twitter account mentions the western release handled by Nicalis will not have Japanese language support.
Also, the Success Twitter account mentions the western release handled by Nicalis will not have Japanese language support.
People don't like the PAL region situation where they just do not like releasing games in that region at all, and any deals for physical releases seem to fall through quickly. Only BOI got physical in PAL last I checked. They've never been good for Europe, but they've been OK over here at least and they've improved their digital presence in PAL regions lately.
Though they have had some dumb things in the past,which I'll list anyway:
Tyrone stated on GAF that Guxt on 3DS (a port of Pixel's super cool shump) was cancelled because he didn't find it fun or worth releasing DESPITE how it was already at trade shows with a positive reception, fully ESRB rated and they somehow had the stupid idea to dump Ikachan on the 3DS eShop for $5 despite being a 45 minute game with no added content, when it was free originally, while Guxt would at least have more replay value being a shooter. This pissed me off because I was SUPER excited and pumped to check out the game since I'm a score chasing fan but because he didn't like it nobody could have it despite how it has way more value than Ikachan. I wouldn't even mind if they felt it would be a better value to bundle Ikachan and Guxt together as an "Early Pixel compilation", I just wanna play it. :( To make matters worse, it was never publically cancelled besides that random forum post. If you never saw that post, you could end up still thinking it's coming soon... Eventually.
They also cancelled The Legend of Raven on 3DS because they claimed the Vita was a better fit for a fighting game... and the game's still not out ANYWHERE. The Vita's nearly dead and no updates on where it is despite many requests from fans and press. 90S Arcade Racer is in the same boat as well with a slated Wii U/PS4/XB1 launch and it's MIA. Redout was kinda in that situation too but the devs have been more open on that at the very least. 1001 Spikes for Switch though, ended up in that spot despite it being Nicalis' very own game, as it was planned to launch in 2017/2018 and it's still MIA.
Those are the main reason people don't care for them, or at least Tyrone in particular. The standoffish attitude he can have sometimes on twitter is enough to make some folks keep their distance, and while I can't blame him for being annoyed with the same requests being spammed thousands of times, the fact he barely answered anything about the BOI XB patch until much later, along with 90 GP and 1001 Spikes on Switch isn't a good outlook either.
Hopefully since they established a JP branch with Pikii lately, they'll get their game on with PAL territories soon enough. Then after finally releasing the announced games, it should be smooth sailing...
The alternative is importing the game from Japan or buying it from the Japan eShop where it is published by Success, the company that funded the game.
Still waiting for final confirmation of language support by waiting for the game to appear on Switch's Japan eShop but, the Japanese release is supposed to have Japanese, English and Chinese language options.
Whereas the release by Nicalis does not include Japanese.
The 3DS game has since been ported to Vita (digital and physical), PC and even smartphone. I definitely wouldn't recommend the 3DS version over the alternatives, the framerate's quite poort.
You can buy the entire trilogy on PC, in fact.
I'll play devil's advocate here and say the original Yatagarasu (Legend of Raven) devs have their own issues, irrespective of what Nicalis is or isn't doing--they crowdfunded a separate PC version of Yatagarasu and never delivered on a lot of the promised and funded features, nor did they bother to make excuses as to why, yet the continue to update the Japanese arcade build with new features and content and simply stopped talking about the other versions. I'm no Nicalis fan but I'd easily believe the developer's just as culpable for the disappearance of Legend of Raven as anyone else.