Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean remake in development by Monolith

Out of nowhere! Wonder if they will recast the voice for the first game. They were kind of cringe. Origins got me hooked. They got me excited. Then GBA hitting hard with some Golden Sun down the road. What an awesome direct.
 
On a serious note, they're not going to be able to make something as beautiful as those pre-rendered backgrounds
They're gonna make it "anime" to simplify the visuals.

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It was so besutiful!!!
 
Seems like the part about Monolith being involved, at least in any meaningful capacity, may be bs. Maybe they will be for a new game?They developed the series, after all.
Who knows there was this artwork from Monolith a while back.

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They bringing back all my favorite rpgs from my favorite videogame gen

Tales of symphonia
Baten kaitos
Golden sun
Fire emblem (gba)

Cant wait
 
I'll get this one if it has Japanese VA, can't see anime in english... BTW, as it seems Bandai Namco is releasing it... any chances of it coming to PC?
 
I wish I could support this remaster. I would've bought a Switch for it. But no English VA? I have my GameCube copies ready to go so I'm good
Majority of JRPG I play in Japanese voice expect few of them like Nier, I'm not gonna skip game like this over not having English VA.
 
Nice, now work on something people care about like Xenosaga.....
I liked Xenosaga, but that series was all over the place.

3 vastly graphic styles in one generation, and had it continued I had a feeling it would turn into Kingdom Hearts level of cringe. (or Star Ocean)


I don't see how to salvage it without spending big bucks, apart from direct port and call it a day.
 
Day one. Loved the battle system and the music. Bummer with the English dub, though. Although it was worse then the FFX laugh, it still gave the game some kind of Charme.
 
I liked Xenosaga, but that series was all over the place.

3 vastly graphic styles in one generation, and had it continued I had a feeling it would turn into Kingdom Hearts level of cringe. (or Star Ocean)


I don't see how to salvage it without spending big bucks, apart from direct port and call it a day.
They need to remake fully for Xenogears and Xenosaga. Both have troubled development.
 
On a serious note, they're not going to be able to make something as beautiful as those pre-rendered backgrounds
They're gonna make it "anime" to simplify the visuals.

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God damn do I missed pre-rendered backgrounds. Shame that they abandoned it altogether instead of just finding ways to make it mesh with 3D in a more realistic way.
 
Wow this was a nice surprise! Still have my GameCube copies, and replayed the first one last year on the Steam Deck emulated.

Losing the English dub is a shame, but for anyone who hasn't played the series, having them available again in any form is fantastic, they are great games!
 
In the trailer, the remake looks well done. It might be a good surprise.
The backgrounds don't seem HD (they were drawn in HD, so that's a let down) but at least they are properly 16:9. Seeing the games were 4:3 originally, I was afraid they would just zoom/crop it.

I checked a few scenes and can confirm that's not the case, phew.
 
Seems like a really weird choice to remake. Niche game in a niche genre. I never played it but I remember it coming out. I guess it makes sense if they just do a quick port and clean it up a bit. Maybe this means xenosaga trilogy remake is a possibility.
 
Seems like a really weird choice to remake. Niche game in a niche genre. I never played it but I remember it coming out. I guess it makes sense if they just do a quick port and clean it up a bit. Maybe this means xenosaga trilogy remake is a possibility.
Could be copywrite related too. Like they needed to do something with the IP to keep ownership, etc.
 
had the gamecube version lent it to a classmate who never returned it. beat it though, might consider repurchasing this classic
 
So, nobody is talking about this!

There's a website up now:

-> https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/baten-kaitos/baten-kaitos-i-ii-hd-remaster

It'll be the first time Baten Kaitos Origins is available in Europe/PAL regions.

Some images of the remaster from the website too:

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Both shots are from Origins, Namco seems to know this is a gem.
Both games are gems. Absolutely in love with both.

Unfortunately, I don't see them making a 3rd.

I also wish the marketers could communicate to people that the games revolving around "cards" is misleading; it's basically just attacks with pictures and some very mild RNG
 
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