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http://commu.jp.playstation.com/blog/details/20120508_psvita_white.html

According to this upcoming line-up of Vita games from Sony themselves, Time Travelers is dated in Japan for July 12 2012. Previously signs have also indicated that the game would be out in July, as it was listed under July titles in an upcoming 3DS catalog.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Awesome. Another summer title for my Vita. I've been really hyped about this one since I saw some of the crazy cool artwork in a Famitsu.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

So begins the countdown to a million!

 

[TriniTrin]

Read title and thought

but i will buy, my vita card is not full!

 

[Sintoid]

I could be hyped for sure... but I don't know a single thing about this game.... Or at least I don't know anything except the screens that sometimes pop up on the internet and except for the fact that someday there will be a demo bundled with a Guild01...


Is there somewhere any new info about this game?

 

[Bukana]

Hope we get a US release, but I doubt it , unless LEVEL5 California do something!

 

[MasterSheen]

Hope this game doesn't bomb. L5 isn't really having the best of luck now.

 

[Perfo]

Few months away and we still don't know anything about this game. Cool marketing in there.

 

[Erethian]

Hope this game doesn't bomb. L5 isn't really having the best of luck now.

Bomb here is a relative term, because games in this genre never sell very many copies to begin with.

 

[Bebpo]

Few months away and we still don't know anything about this game. Cool marketing in there.

Yeah, has there even been a single screen?

 

[@MUWANdo]

Guild01 should be out by now, shouldn't it? Was it delayed again?

 

[Parallax]

Hope this game doesn't bomb. L5 isn't really having the best of luck now.

more us releases of games that they can tier to kids would probably help(yet another little battlers stab by parallax)

 

[flawfuls]

Yeah, has there even been a single screen?

There were 2 trailers and it was playable at some level 5 event. From what I understand it's basically a VN, but with everything actually presented real time instead of just images and text.

 

[Luigiv]

Yeah, has there even been a single screen?

Yes there has. here's a few.

Also there's a very brief look of the visual novel at the end of this Guild01 trailer. Looks pretty good if you ask me.

 

[ivysaur12]

Yes there has. here's a few.

Also there's a very brief look of the visual novel at the end of this Guild01 trailer. Looks pretty good if you ask me.

I mean... how do I play it?

 

[duckroll]

I mean... how do I play it?

Imagine Heavy Rain with less control.

 

[flawfuls]

I mean... how do I play it?

It's a visual novel so there is no gameplay. You just make choices every so often.

 

[Luigiv]

I mean... how do I play it?

Play? This isn't a game, it's a visual novel.

 

[duckroll]

I really disagree that adventure games have "no gameplay". That sounds like something people who never play them would say. They do have gameplay, they're just not action based games.

 

[Karsticles]

Do all three versions look like that?

 

[speedpop]

Adventure games don't have gameplay? Since when?


Now to just work out which handheld to grab this on.

 

[Luigiv]

I really disagree that adventure games have "no gameplay". That sounds like something people who never play them would say. They do have gameplay, they're just not action based games.

Huh, I said visual novels aren't game, not adventure games aren't games. Not necessarily a bad thing or anything just the facts of the matter really.

Generally, I reckon electronic entertainment can be divided into 3 categories:
-Video Games
-Digital Toys &
-Interactive Narratives

Visual novels would fit in the last category.

 

[duckroll]

Huh, I said visual novels aren't game, not adventure games aren't games. Not necessarily a bad thing or anything just the facts of the matter really.

The genre is adventure.

 

[flawfuls]

I really disagree that adventure games have "no gameplay". That sounds like something people who never play them would say. They do have gameplay, they're just not action based games.

Well I would say the ones where you are frequently interacting have gameplay, but a good portion of VN don't have any interaction beyond selecting an option out of a list once every hour or so.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Do all three versions look like that?

If it's anything like Zennin Shibou Desu/Virtue's Last Reward, the game will benefit from the Vita's screen for sure.

When it comes to playing adventure/visual novels, I'm of the belief that a bigger screen is better since you're going to be doing so much reading.

 

[Luigiv]

The genre is adventure.

I like adventure novels too.

 

[duckroll]

Well I would say the ones where you are frequently interacting have gameplay, but a good portion of VN don't have any interaction beyond selecting an option out of a list once every hour or so.

Depends on the game. The genre varies a lot. Visual Novel isn't actually a genre, the genre is adventure. There are definitely those within the genre which have very limited gameplay, but generalizing the entire Japanese adventure genre as "non-games" is a poor argument.

 

[Tizoc]

It's a visual novel so there is no gameplay. You just make choices every so often.

Day fucking 1, I love Visual Novels.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Buying a Vita on June 20 if Nintendo fails to bring full digital distribution to 3DS by then. I need this so hard.

 

[Nemesis_]

So would this be something like Konami's Time Hollow?

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

Yes there has. here's a few.

Also there's a very brief look of the visual novel at the end of this Guild01 trailer. Looks pretty good if you ask me.

Are these Vita or 3DS? (I'm guessing Vita?)

Anyway this looks interesting, but I'm trying not to be excited about it as I'm pretty sure it won't get a US release.

 

[Luigiv]

Buying a Vita on June 20 if Nintendo fails to bring full digital distribution to 3DS by then. I need this so hard.

What's with the if statement? We already know that Nintendo's not Launching their retail game DD service until August.

Are these Vita or 3DS? (I'm guessing Vita?)

Anyway this looks interesting, but I'm trying not to be excited about it as I'm pretty sure it won't get a US release.

Neither, by the looks of it. The Aspect ratio fits neither system so I'm guessing those are "bullshots", for lack of a better word. Naturally, the Vita version will look closer to those screens than the 3DS for obvious reasons that do not need to be elaborated.

 

[Acquiescence]

The only visual novel I've played is Katawa Shoujo, and that was shit. Plus I felt like a prize loon playing it. Nevertheless, I'm really interested in getting this for the Vita, if it ever makes its way to the UK. Don't know how likely that is.

 

[Hours Left]

I want this in English.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

What's with the if statement? We already know that Nintendo's not Launching their retail game DD service in August.

I guess there's an extra "not" in there? Vita it is.

 

[Kusagari]

Is this a 999/Phoenix Wright or a strict visual novel?

 

[duckroll]

Is this a 999/Phoenix Wright or a strict visual novel?

It's like 428.

 

[Luigiv]

I guess there's an extra "not" in there? Vita it is.

Oops, used an "in" instead of an "until". I really should proof-read my posts before submitting.

 

[extralite]

It's like 428.

428 has like less than 20 minutes of animated scenes combined, spread through 20+ hours of text and photo stills (Wii version). When there's film sequences outside the opening chapter movies it's usually less than half a minute long. Of course TT could still have the same kind of gameplay but the presentation at least doesn't look comparable at all.

As VNs are a subgenre of ADV and you can make a distinction based on the limited gameplay. Claiming that VNs aren't games (which I'm not) wouldn't apply to other kind of ADVs at all for that reason.

Btw, 428 doesn't really have long branching paths or wildly differing parallel scenarios, something common in VNs usually. Wonder how TT fares in this regard.

I'm getting Guild01, will be interesting to see how the demo plays.

 

[MNC]

So... This is a visual novel? Disappointed a tad :/

 

[Alexios]

VN? Highest budget one ever? At least they don't tend to usually have nice animated 3D graphics and such, yeah?

Edit: oh, I forgot about 428 with its actors and stuff. But wasn't most of that voice work over stills, with few videos?

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Common sense says wait for it in English. Hardened importer in me says import the fuck out of this. Hmm...

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

VN? Highest budget one ever? At least they don't tend to usually have nice animated 3D graphics and such, yeah?

Edit: oh, I forgot about 428 with its actors and stuff. But wasn't most of that voice work over stills, with few videos?

428 doesn't have voice acting.

 

[extralite]

428 doesn't have voice acting.

Exactly, except for the Type-Moon anime bonus scenario, which has zero interaction.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Exactly, except for the Type-Moon anime bonus scenario, which has zero interaction and is also poop.

Completed ;//

 

[injurai]

Yes there has. here's a few.

Also there's a very brief look of the visual novel at the end of this Guild01 trailer. Looks pretty good if you ask me.

I was not expecting a heavily modern anime design. Oh well, I'm still excited for the game. I was just wanting a more classic chrono trigger feel.

 

[michaelius]

Common sense says wait for it in English. Hardened importer in me says import the fuck out of this. Hmm...

Common sense says it will at most gen fan translation once PSV/3DS is modded

 

[Pie and Beans]

I miss the Ushiro equivalent. Didn't realise this wasn't an rpg/adventure game anymore

 

[Alrus]

Common sense says wait for it in English. Hardened importer in me says import the fuck out of this. Hmm...

I doubt it'll ever be localized tbh.

 

[Aeana]

Yessss, this game is so mine. Kinda bad timing, but I'll make it work.

I miss the Ushiro equivalent. Didn't realise this wasn't an rpg/adventure game anymore

Anymore? The game never changed what it was.