Feels like they've generally been a mercenary company as of late with regards to having devs from their team help working on action games for Square.
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Platinum Games now owns The Wonderful 101 trademark as of August 19 2024
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It's been over a year since they last showed any sign of life. No one will blame you.
you mean FF16 ?
PlatinumGames and Kingdom Hearts 4’s studio each developed parts of Final Fantasy 16 | VGC
Both studios were surprised when asked to participate in development…
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Yes, and Replicantyou mean FF16 ?
PlatinumGames and Kingdom Hearts 4’s studio each developed parts of Final Fantasy 16 | VGC
Both studios were surprised when asked to participate in development…
They wanted to do the remaster project and that got done. I don't think there's much more to it! Fwiw I wouldn't be worried about their business unless their next projects don't perform. They got a shitload of Tencent money and have opened two new studios in the last four years.
I guess (if the speculation is true) it might have been more of a formality on Nintendo's part. They couldn't give the rights away for free, but they also weren't actually opposed to giving W101 back to a relatively broke Platinum, so a rights exchange might have been the next best thing to make it happen.
No one other than Nintendo wanted to fund it, so I don't trink Platinum owning the IP would change anything really.
I've did a list back in 2020 with the help of a W101 Discord server reporting them to me so I could then send the list to Platinum Games:
[PSA] Help me create a complete bug list, this is what I've got so far: :: The Wonderful 101: Remastered Tech Help / Support
EDIT: 13/06/2020 update with a lot of new bugs. Hello! I'm trying to do a complete bug list, maybe Platinum will read this one day... Those are the one that I've got and remember combined to other bugs signaled by the Wonderful 101 community. If you have any other bug to report tell me in the...
they responded but the game never received any patch that fixed any of those issues, instead later patches introduced even more bugs that aren't in the list (I've stopped to care and wasn't playing the game anymore), which include game crashing if unlocking specific "bottle-caps" or secret characters, looking at the caps in the gallery, or look at them and then get a guaranteed crash the next time you go in that menu or the must "fun" of them: the game randomly pause itself.
Almost all of those bugs apply on the console versions as well btw, crashes included.
It's really sad that such an amazing game is treated like this honestly.
I'd be in day one if there's a sequel.
W101 is amazing. Pretty much my favorite PG game with Astral Chain. And MGR.
W101 is amazing. Pretty much my favorite PG game with Astral Chain. And MGR.
Good for them. ... But now what?
Can't imagine they could get a sequel off the ground, and Kamiya is no longer with the company.
Are they going to pull a Treasure and just re-release it every new generation?
Trying not to "Platinum Doomer" here, but I don't see a viable path ahead. No info on anything they're working on, Project GG is somehow still going despite Kamiya leaving, it's been over a year since Bayo Origins, and I have to imagine Babylon's Fall was a substantial hit.
I guess Astral Chain sequel on Switch 2 if we're lucky?
Can't imagine they could get a sequel off the ground, and Kamiya is no longer with the company.
Are they going to pull a Treasure and just re-release it every new generation?
Trying not to "Platinum Doomer" here, but I don't see a viable path ahead. No info on anything they're working on, Project GG is somehow still going despite Kamiya leaving, it's been over a year since Bayo Origins, and I have to imagine Babylon's Fall was a substantial hit.
I guess Astral Chain sequel on Switch 2 if we're lucky?
I guess I could mention this...
You know the top reward for the Kickstarter? It was a tour of PlatinumGames' office in Japan.
Well, I'm friends with the one guy that bought it, and he had the tour earlier this year. He said Platinum told him they're working on "two projects". But nothing specific was told.
You know the top reward for the Kickstarter? It was a tour of PlatinumGames' office in Japan.
Well, I'm friends with the one guy that bought it, and he had the tour earlier this year. He said Platinum told him they're working on "two projects". But nothing specific was told.
Ya know I hadn't really considered that, but Bayo 3 was 2 years ago now and Platinum seems to always have some Nintendo project cooking. Idk if it would be Astral Chain 2 but it's not that crazy that Platinum turns up with some games for it in 2025.
That's said I'd love an Astral Chain 2
The only thing that could have saved the rerelease is if they'd got rid of the gamepad remnants:
- Outdoor changes for indoor sections should have been comic panel or news feed cut-ins.
- Just give us direct control of the floor-buttons ship even if it makes that section easier.
- The subscreen was only really used for switching leaders which could easily be a menu function.
As usual, they can't talk about their games in development until the publisher is ready.
Officially, they're working on some kind of online game + Kamiya's project if it's still ongoing.
My guess would be Astral Chain 2 and Bayonetta 4 as their next big Nintendo projects.
I'd say good chance Nintendo has them working on a project for Switch 2.
That's awesome. W101 is such a special and unique game. Even if it didn't sell good it's a masterpiece game.
I bet there is a bayo 3 switch 2 upgraded directors cut version or something since switch 1 barely ran bayo 3 to begin with.
Related but only slightly, I wonder or Project GG will still happen without Kamiya. I believe it was meant to be the Ultraman to Wonderful 101s Super Sentai and Viewtiful Joe's Kamen Rider, wonder if the studio at large cares about finishing that since the Wonderful 101 remaster wasn't a big success. Probably more interest in more Astral Chain and Neir kinda character action.
I really hope they don't waste the time, the effort to salvage that game may as well be used on a new game.
If I were Nintendo (and I shouldn't be as I'd bankrupt them with my Chibi-Robo division), I'd have locked-down Abebe Tinari and Takahisa Taura as directors for whatever partnerships they have. Tinari absolutely killed it with Bayonetta Origins, and despite the hurdles it had to overcome to become a commercial success, I doubt there's anything but respect for his work from Nintendo. He made what amounts to PlatinumGames' least "PlatinumGames" game, and it was just incredible.
Taura did a fantastic job on Automata, but it was Astral Chain that really did a number on me. A really refreshing action game, super creative mechanics. I'd like to see Nintendo fund a sequel, but hell, I'd be even happier to see something new.
I'm concerned about a Kamiya-less PlatinumGames, but if folks are sticking around after his departure then there's still an overwhelming amount of talent in the studio.
I take it you don't have a Switch then because - Astral Chain, Bayonetta 3, Bayonetta Origins - they've been a pretty big developer on Switch.
Astral chain was great but that was like 5 years ago
bayonetta 3 was divisive (I'm on the side of not liking it) and Origins was a spin-off
I'm talking about new stuff. Their last new IP was Babylon's fall which was god awful
My guess is Astral Chain 2 is going to be launch window for Switch 2.
I've did a list back in 2020 with the help of a W101 Discord server reporting them to me so I could then send the list to Platinum Games:
[PSA] Help me create a complete bug list, this is what I've got so far: :: The Wonderful 101: Remastered Tech Help / Support
EDIT: 13/06/2020 update with a lot of new bugs. Hello! I'm trying to do a complete bug list, maybe Platinum will read this one day... Those are the one that I've got and remember combined to other bugs signaled by the Wonderful 101 community. If you have any other bug to report tell me in the...steamcommunity.com
they responded but the game never received any patch that fixed any of those issues, instead later patches introduced even more bugs that aren't in the list (I've stopped to care and wasn't playing the game anymore), which include game crashing if unlocking specific "bottle-caps" or secret characters, looking at the caps in the gallery, or look at them and then get a guaranteed crash the next time you go in that menu or the must "fun" of them: the game randomly pause itself.
Almost all of those bugs apply on the console versions as well btw, crashes included.
It's really sad that such an amazing game is treated like this honestly.
Thanks, I had no idea about those issues.
I don't know why W101 was so unappealing to general audiences, but it's a shame because the game was solid as hell and a lot of fun. I thought maybe the game would find some level of success after being freed from the Wii U but even then nobody cared. I would imagine that did a number on Kamiya, he probably thought people were just uncultured swine
I feel like I haven't thought about platinum games, the company itself, in a long time. It's almost like I forgot it existed. Release a good non Switch game again, for fucks sakes, I don't want that console.
Was literally thinking about this yesterday
Seems like a good time to launch it too, right when people are wanting something to play on their shiny new console, and it's been a while since the first one
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the first party launch lineup is:
- New 3D Mario
- Astral Chain 2
- Ring Fit Adventure 2
- Some minigame collection
Seems realistic based off dev cycles and covers all of the bases at launch.