Really? REALLY?
Where is my "slutty" acting bayonetta?
This is bayonetta i knew
not this all covered motherly looking person
About mario & co, just a pair of examples:
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Where is my "slutty" acting bayonetta?
This is bayonetta i knew
not this all covered motherly looking person
About mario & co, just a pair of examples:
I wouldn't like Nintendo buying Atlus, but that's not really a sound argument.
"Let Sony buy Atlus and treat them like Studio Liverpool!"
You are correct.
And technically, they've shown it decent support. Two Fatal Frame titles and a spinoff for the 3DS. Considering the poor sales of the franchise (Which make me sad ;_
it's actually pretty reasonable.Isn't Tecmo letting Gust do their own thing? If that's the case, I'd be alright with Tecmo getting Atlus, to be honest.
nisa, aksys, and xseed/marvelous are hungry for those sort of games.
that's in the event atlus just doesn't keep on doing what it does under a different name/new management.
NinjamicWZ
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Man, can I please just get Dragon's Crown and Disgaea D2 before all this stuff goes down.
I pre-ordered DC on PS3 and Vita... I bet there won't be an art book anymore. Wonder how the multiplayer will be if there's no stable middle man?
Also makes me wonder... will Demon's Souls servers finally go off?
I pre-ordered DC on PS3 and Vita... I bet there won't be an art book anymore. Wonder how the multiplayer will be if there's no stable middle man?
Also makes me wonder... will Demon's Souls servers finally go off?
Persona (since 3 at least) is much tamer than your normal SMT and has a bigger focus on pandering. Same is true for Awakening.
When you think about it, Golden Sun is kinda the sequel to Beyond the Beyond!
(I'm not touching the first two anymore either. Really enjoyed them back in the day, but I'm not sure if it was just due to the novelty of playing an original, full-fledged RPG on a handheld)
encephalon
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Are you shitting me?
MagicWithEarvin
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Really? REALLY?
Where is my "slutty" acting bayonetta?
This is bayonetta i knew
not this all covered motherly looking person
I guess you missed the "opening" shot of her legs spread from the last trailer...
blitzcloud
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Sony, atlus trusted demons souls and look how that went.
You need to do something about it!
You need to do something about it!
disgaea d2 is nis america. atlus only did the very first disgaea. everything else has been nisa.
IrishNinja
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...But I don't want to.
^
well, tropes vs women in video games: at least you tried
Cosmonaut X
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You have to be fucking joking, right? The latest trailer for Bayo 2 introduces Bayonetta with a shot looking up at her bloody crotch and her saying (IIRC) "Nobody said you could touch!"
AkimbO_Arcana
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Fair point. Looking at this thread some Atlus fans rather don't play the games they love then on a Nintendo platform. Because reasons.
Just saying, I would be cool with Atlus games on PS3 for the next five years as well.
Eveything is better than nothing and almost everything is better than the current situation with Atlus games in europe.
Femmeworth
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tehrik-e-insaaf
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As an addendum to my earlier analysis and after I read the updated OP and the Japanese PDF and the way it was worded including the request for a sponsor ---
I could now see Nintendo offering some cash to capitalize and spin out Atlus into an independent company, owning 33% of the stock and then having Index own the rest provided they do not interfere at all and Atlus has an "Iwata" equivalent who can run the studio away from the corruption at Index (similar to HAL bailout many moons ago) - Nintendo would probably just have Atlus continue to self-publish and stay far away from any decisions being made outside of Fire Emblem crossover games
I still however think it impossible that Nintendo would buy the whole company and try to run it. Just not happening. Nintendo would never do it. I still think Namco is best positioned... Marvelous perhaps if they have the cash... But I don't think they do...
I could now see Nintendo offering some cash to capitalize and spin out Atlus into an independent company, owning 33% of the stock and then having Index own the rest provided they do not interfere at all and Atlus has an "Iwata" equivalent who can run the studio away from the corruption at Index (similar to HAL bailout many moons ago) - Nintendo would probably just have Atlus continue to self-publish and stay far away from any decisions being made outside of Fire Emblem crossover games
I still however think it impossible that Nintendo would buy the whole company and try to run it. Just not happening. Nintendo would never do it. I still think Namco is best positioned... Marvelous perhaps if they have the cash... But I don't think they do...
In japan yeah they're doing a great job. Their western publishing of the titles has been pretty lackluster though. though I guess that's only really in comparison to NISA.
not this all covered motherly looking person
Don't you want to touch me?
But seriously, this is ridiculous.
british slang makes sentences weird to americans.
Sony would be good in terms of release dates at least.
Namco is already pretty much behind regarding the tales of releases in Europe :/
What's really necessary is someone who gives them the freedom they need,for example doing something like Catherine once in a while.
While I think Nintendo would be the only first party that'd have the most to gain on acquiring them, that assumes I believe that a first party acquisition is exactly the thing Atlus needs, which it doesn't. The only way they'll bite is if any other exclusive corporation is interested in buying them, as those are relatively reliable third party franchises that they'd be missing out on if something like that happens, along with one certain crossover that'd never see the light of day.
I'm putting my bets on GungHo.
I'm putting my bets on GungHo.
buddha0991
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It sure is...something...to say the least.
clay_ghost
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They are more like persona fans since most atlus games outside of persona are only found on Nintendo platform,
KillerTravis
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About mario & co, just a pair of examples:
Because character cameos are known to make games more kid friendly. Ape Escape monkey is not the epitome of mature either.
Vanillaware has been good (if not better) with Marvelous, Cave has nothing to do with Atlus, same with FromSoft (and they have Namco anyway), and Frozenbyte should be able to find someone else.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Excuse me? Id eat it.Really? REALLY?
Where is my "slutty" acting bayonetta?
This is bayonetta i knew
not this all covered motherly looking person
About mario & co, just a pair of examples:
GoofsterStud
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That's a huge relief. Thanks!
NinjamicWZ
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Really? REALLY?
Where is my "slutty" acting bayonetta?
This is bayonetta i knew
not this all covered motherly looking person
Unless my memory's hazy, from what I've seen they've seemingly toned down the sexuality and ramped up the blood that pours out of everything to compensate, Ninja Gaiden 2-style.
It's kind of 1 step forward and 1 step back... or two steps back depending on how you feel about it.
Cosmonaut X
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Jawmuncher
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I thinks it's a little sad how there doesn't seen to be any sort of perfect fit for the company. Everyone that's been mentioned has their own problems or managing they would probably bring to Index that wouldn't work well with them.
I guess ill just watch and see where this boat goes.
I guess ill just watch and see where this boat goes.
Since all of these companies only have limited resources, the games of some other developers would probably have to suffer, though. But I guess it would just mean that a new company would be able to enter that localization space.
I just bursted out in disgusted laughter.
NeonZ
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Nintendo already got Atlus to develop their Wii U modern Fire Emblem game though (and agreed to turn it into an SMT crossover out of all things!).
Well, I think people talking about Nintendo buying Atlus are mostly looking at the portable titles. Atlus hasn't really done much on consoles recently.
If Nintendo makes a move, I could see it happening just to avoid losing whatever they've already done for SMT x FE and also the support Atlus gives to the 3DS. But I guess they'd only really need to do something like that if the other people interested in buying Atlus are Sony or Sony focused companies, like Nippon Ichi or Compile Heart, although I don't think those smaller companies are even big enough to make such acquisition.
A perfect fit would be a non-video-game-related investor that is interested in a small company that makes a steady but modest amount of profit every year.
What's the problem with Gungho?
NekoFever
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Haha, nice. Took me a while to get it.
No i didn't miss that, but where's the rest? Where are the slutty promotional images? Are people so happy and grateful to see bayonetta 2 to not noticing the differences?
DXB-KNIGHT
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Are you
sarcastically
and a bad spinoff
Anyway, I think GungHo may make a step, though I'm not overly enthusiastic about this potential. They're treating Grasshopper well so far, but the outcome is yet to be seen. Tecmo Koei also has some chances.
Cosmonaut X
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I nearly went with "shot staring right up her fucking muff". In retrospect it probably would have been less confusing and unintentionally amusing
Unknown Soldier
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If Squenix was smart they would acquire Atlus for a fraction of what a non-bankrupt company would be worth.
if nintendo tries anything, i think it would be to secure co-ownership of the smt ip like they did with fatal frame, just so their game they're making would be safe. of course, i don't know if what that would mean for persona and all the other spinoff titles, or if it would be like planescape torment's successor, where they can use part of the title, but not the full thing. so one company owns smt, but the other owns the persona name.
Jawmuncher
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I was doing a bit more research on them.
After I had made my post. From what I've seen. They might be a good fit.
This is true.
ekka4shiki
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Pretty sure someone will try to save Atlus the Developer, their games are well-known and have a loyal fanbase. But, how about Atlus the Publisher?
NinjamicWZ
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I'm aware that Atlus is primarily a publisher. No worries. I just don't want loss of publishing, executive production support in a financial role, and distribution channels to impede the game's release and success. Initial success predicates a lot of future possibilities that we might be robbed of if the note falls flatter than it could have.
Nintendo doesn't own co-ownership of Fatal Frame, that's a myth that people for some reason believe in. Nintendo shares the ownership of the Fatal Frame games they funded (FF2 Wii and FF4) and that's it. Fatal Frame is still to this day a Tecmo IP.
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