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[Jonnyram]

PS2 Xenosaga III
GC Baten Kaitos II
DS Xenosaga I & II

all in this week's Famitsu, apparently.

 

[Mrbob]

Xenosaga sucks.

Give us the good stuff.

 

[Sgt. Killjoy]

DS Xenosaga I & II

all in this week's Famitsu, apparently.

GGGGGGGGOOOOOAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

They are porting Xenosaga 1 and 2 to the DS, seriously Xenosaga 1 and 2?!! Well good luck to that.

 

[GDGF]

Fuck!

I'm down. I gotta see how they're going to pull off Xenosaga.

Baten Kaitos 2 is awesome news BTW.

 

[duckroll]

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[Zilch]

Haha wtf @ DS "ports".

 

[Wario64]

xenosaga 1 & 2 ds? wtf?

they better shorten those cutscenes...

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

xenosaga 1 & 2 ds? wtf?

Exactly.

 

[Amir0x]

Didn't Baten Kaitos sell like 2 copies on GC in the US?

 

[explodet]

Greatest thread title EVAR.

Baten Kaitos 2 is awesome news BTW.

I'm there!
And for Baten Kaitos DS.

Just, please, for the love of God, Monolith, fire the previous voice director.
Sack the original voice actors while you're at it.

Didn't Baten Kaitos sell like 2 copies on GC in the US?

Three. It sold 2 copies in Japan.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Oh man, I have to see this. (Xenosaga 3 and DS ports)

 

[Amir0x]

Obligatory LMFAO @ Xenosaga I+II

 

[neo2046]

Yeah!!!

 

[cvxfreak]

As I said on Neo's thread, 'sup with the recent GC Japanese love?

 

[GDJustin]

Baten Kaitos is $20 at WalMart... I was that close to picking it up.

Should I?

 

[littlewig]

So what about Baten Kaitos for the DS?

 

[Shard]

As I said on Neo's thread, 'sup with the recent GC Japanese love?

I think it has something to do with the factg that the Cube is the solid number 2 system over in Japan.

 

[IAmtheFMan]

BK2... on GC? I wonder what the hell prompted this... I don't think it sold well, um, anywhere. Plus on GC? If you even want to give it a fighting chance with the Nintendo crowd, release near launch with Rev.

I hope that Monolith took a good hard look at the list I made a couple days ago found here.

 

[brandonh83]

PS2 Xenosaga III

 

[duckroll]

UNCONFIRMED Famitsu news:

- Xenosaga Episode 3 ~ Thus Spoke Zaratharus
- 2006 release
- Producer, Director and Main Staff are from Ep2
- Music is composed by Kajiura again, Shinji Hosoe's involvement is unknown
- Character and CG models are the same as Ep2
- Xenosaga DS will have a password exchange system with XS Ep3
- 2 discs, it is unknown if they will be single or dual layer
- The first player characters are Jin and Chaos
- Player characters will be able to change outfits this time
- Battle system is supposed to be better than Ep2 *cough*
- Game volume is higher than Ep2's *lolz*

 

[Ronin]

I finished Kaitos last night and it was a hell of an experience. I'd definetly be down for a second if it happens.

 

[neptunes]

Any scans for us this week? thx

 

[cvxfreak]

- Xenosaga DS will have a password exchange system with XS Ep3

 

[Wario64]

- Xenosaga DS will have a password exchange system with XS Ep3



DS + PS2 CONNECTIVITY!!!!

 

[Grizzlyjin]

UNCONFIRMED Famitsu news:
- Xenosaga DS will have a password exchange system with XS Ep3

PS2 to DS connectivity, that is a new one. :lol

 

[littlewig]

I thought Baten Kaitos sold about 60K in Japan, and about 100-200K in the US.

Not terrible, but not great either.

 

[SolidSnakex]

"- Music is composed by Kajiura again, Shinji Hosoe's involvement is unknown"

So they didn't learn after XS2. There's only 1 real composer for the series.

 

[Amir0x]

I think this news confirms this is gonna be an interesting week...

 

[Suikoguy]

geeze, remove the awesome cutscenes and decent voice acting from Xenosaga.. and your left with.. :lol :lol

Anyway, i'm glad they plan to aparently finish it out, I guess i'll go pick up Part 2 tomorow.

 

[ImNotLikeThem]

Oh man I hope this is true news. Baten Kaitos 2 would rock so hard, but wtf to Xenosaga DS?? Ports, conversions, sprites, 3d? I want screens, but confirmation most of all.

 

[GDGF]

As I said on Neo's thread, 'sup with the recent GC Japanese love?

That, and the fact that when the Revolution launches, a few newly released GCN games are certain to see a boost since the system is B/C.

 

[cvxfreak]

I thought Baten Kaitos sold about 60K in Japan, and about 100-200K in the US.

Not terrible, but not great either.

From AniHawk: Baten Kaitos: 109,691 (US)

 

[Defensor]

UNCONFIRMED Famitsu news:

- Xenosaga DS will have a password exchange system with XS Ep3

Gotta love it.

 

[ManaByte]

Oh man I hope this is true news. Baten Kaitos 2 would rock so hard, but wtf to Xenosaga DS?? Ports, conversions, sprites, 3d? I want screens, but confirmation most of all.

Kos-Mos dating sims.

Or they would probably do sprites but with "3D" battle scenes like in Lunar DS.

 

[duckroll]

Baten Kaitos II GC - DEC 2005

O_O

 

[IAmtheFMan]

Shit... I'm really hoping that they decide to localize BKII (if they made above-mentioned improvements) since I'd really like to play it... but it took Namco like a year to do Tales and the original BK... so if it releases in December in Japan, Revolution might already be out by then and Namco might just say screw it.

I hope not.

 

[Shard]

So does this mean that the Cube will inexplicably get another Tales of game or something like that now?

 

[Amir0x]

Baten Kaitos II GC - DEC 2005

O_O

LOLLOL

 

[Sho Nuff]

DS Xenosaga I & II

OH MY GOD NO WHAY

 

[cvxfreak]

So does this mean that the Cube will inexplicably get another Tales of game or something like that now?

Hmm.

BKII goes up against Abyss apparently.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Wait a minute, wasn't MGS4 suppose to have a sneak peek in this week's Famitsu?

 

[Dead]

As I said before, "lol"

 

[duckroll]

This means BKII goes up against:

Tales of the Abyss
Rogue Galaxy
Kingdom Hearts II
Shin Onimusha
etc

It's dead. Completely fucking dead. LOLZ THKS NAMCOCK!:


Btw, there's a light at the end of THIS tunnel:

PSP - Boku no Watashi no Katamari - Namco

Edit: Sorry, it was Boku, not Kimi. Typo.

 

[Kumiko Nikaido]

I'm still waiting for the U.S. version of Namco X Capcom. You hear that Namco/Monolith?????

 

[C- Warrior]

Xenosaga III wth?

Given, Part 2 sold decent enough (worldwide figures bumped it up to respectable numbers) but it's obvious the series is on the decline on the PS2.

New consoles = new life for franchises.

Xenosaga needed that. Part 3 should have been on PS3. -_-

 

[Beowvlf]

"- Music is composed by Kajiura again, Shinji Hosoe's involvement is unknown"

So they didn't learn after XS2. There's only 1 real composer for the series.

Dude, Kajiura's score was fantastic, she is one of the best composers working in Japan today; it's just a shame she only did the music for the cutscenes... Oh and also that the music during gameplay was ABSOLUTE TRASH! Who the hell was that guy, and why did he make it into the industry?

I vote Kajiura for 100% of the game's tunes. We can only hope.

 

[C- Warrior]

This means BKII goes up against:

Tales of the Abyss- 210,000
Rogue Galaxy- 120,000
Kingdom Hearts II- 650,000
Shin Onimusha -350,000
Baiten Katos II- 35,000

Man Japanese sales are so predictable.

 

[brandonh83]

Yeah, the theme she wrote for Episode II was fucking beautiful.

 

[Sagitario]

So does this mean that the Cube will inexplicably get another Tales of game or something like that now?

I'd love that...

I still need to finish BK... damn you school!