Seems so. I think it'll be similar to Senran Kagura Let's Get Physical, $50/60 "LE" that's essentially a day 1 edition.
Corpse Party: Blood Drive (Vita) coming to North America this Fall
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Seems so. I think it'll be similar to Senran Kagura Let's Get Physical, $50/60 "LE" that's essentially a day 1 edition.
UberTag
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My only ask to XSEED is to be especially diligent about not using any material from the
in marketing this game.
Just want people to have the opportunity to share that experience this fall if they're able to go in cold.
2nd OP sequence
Experiencing Asami Imai's Keshin first-hand when it materialized in Chapter 7 - not even knowing there was a 2nd opening or what direction the game was headed at that point - was when the truly epic nature of this final installment sank its claws into me. The art direction of that opening, the deluge of story content from the first half of Blood Drive and the timing with the music was exceptional. I still get goosebumps to this day from it.
Just want people to have the opportunity to share that experience this fall if they're able to go in cold.
I knew someone would do something like that.muuch better
I... like it better with the Everafter Stones, personally. A lot better. I think the clashing red and green really pops and makes it stand out, and looks really cool as well.
Without the green, I think the whole cover kind of... blends into the background. Your eyes sort of naturally pass it by, as it's just too monochromatic. And the logo really feels like it's missing something.
But kudos on showing exactly what you want to see -- my own opinions aside, it's clear that our cover art and logo are somewhat controversial, so again, I'll bring this up at our next meeting and see what we can do.
Again, though, no guarantees. We really did not anticipate this much backlash, so a lot of this has been finalized, especially in regards to the logo. It may be too late to change it. But I'll be absolutely certain that your opinions are shared with the office, and if there's anything left we can do, we'll do it.
-Tom
mobilesworking
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Pleased to meet y'all, I'm Mr. LTTP.
For those who have finished CP and BoS, about how long would it take me to clear both? There are several months to go, I know, but the summer is already surprisingly full!
For those who have finished CP and BoS, about how long would it take me to clear both? There are several months to go, I know, but the summer is already surprisingly full!
UberTag
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Probably shouldn't take more than a week or two for each even with a busy schedule unless you're being ultra-completist about student IDs and alternate endings (aka bad ends). I would still highly encourage you to seek out the latter, however... they add plenty of value to the Corpse Party experience and provide character depth.
Also, #1 priority for any aspiring Corpse Party gamer... wear headphones and play at night in a dark room.
I'd say 10 hours per game, maybe. If you don't want to get every ending.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Honestly I didn't notice that at first and I was kinda like "They went with an in-game CG?" but if you can find a way to throw in the stones without being too garish it'd be fine.
UberTag
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Am I the only one disappointed by the absence of a makeshift Sachiko Ever After charm being included in the Blood Drive Everafter edition?
I want a perfectly renditioned-to-scale paper doll that I can tear apart with my friends after a ritual ceremony. I could cut my own but I'm lazy and would get the dimensions wrong.
I want a perfectly renditioned-to-scale paper doll that I can tear apart with my friends after a ritual ceremony. I could cut my own but I'm lazy and would get the dimensions wrong.
Kresnik258
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That's an easy one! If the game was published by Marvelous Japan, we use the Marvelous logo. If it was published by a third party, we use the XSEED logo.
We figured, if we're publishing a game from our parent company anyway, it would be kind of rude NOT to use the Marvelous logo on the box, seeing as how we technically ARE Marvelous.
-Tom
Does that mean you're not mandated to put the Marvelous logo on everything you make by your parent company? That's... pretty cool of them. Respect.
And to chime in on the box art conversation - I'm not really a fan either as-is to be honest. The Ayumi crucifix one is awesome (but I could see why it would be controversial). I think I like the Japanese cover art best of all to be honest, though.
Make sure you either do get every ending OR load save-data from the first Corpse Party when playing Book of Shadows, though, or else you won't be able to play the final chapter (which is the most relevant to Blood Drive, and is in fact called "Blood Drive"!).
We do have a printable one on our website for the first Corpse Party via a hidden link. But yeah, I joked about this with Ken. Cheapest LE item ever!
-Tom
Too soon to think about that -- the game is translated and edited, but we won't be receiving our first English build until this week, so we're still a good ways off from even having review codes to give.
-Tom
UberTag
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Pewdiepie's inevitable Blood Drive playthrough will do more for this game's exposure than just about anything else... although I'm looking forward to watching streams from normal gamers who don't go out of their way to be literal cartoon characters.
Yeah, of course. I was talking about the possibility of doing that when it'll be ready to ship.
Oh, sure, I'm saying that as a Corpse Party longtime fan, not a Pewdiepie fan. Personally, I can't stand more than 30 seconds of his videos.
His playthroughs of the first two games got several million views but they were obviously too late to do anything significant to their sales (I assume, being on psp and all that) so it'd be nice to have something timely for Blood Drive.
names2hard4you
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I can actually confirm that a lot of people I know that happen to watch him know about the game because he played it. I don't like his stuff much, but even if it was just a demo, it would do the game wonders. XSeed, you should seriously consider it!
UberTag
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The ideal would be an early translated demo build of Chapters 1 through 3 as content from those won't get pulled from YouTube... whereas Chapters 4 and up will for spoiler reasons.
Shame too... as I'd love to see Pewdiepie's reaction to the infamous song from Chapter 4.
Since when does YouTube pull things due to spoilers? First I've heard of that.
Anyway, we'll definitely look into that -- it's a good idea! Though if we sent it to him, it would be the full game, not a limited demo.
-Tom
UberTag
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Basing it on this tweet from @corpse5pb referencing this blog post from 5pb back in October.
As best as I can tell they have yet to back down on or relax this policy.
Heh. Well, they don't seem to be enforcing it tooooo strongly, since they've already agreed to let us show chapter 4 at E3 (since that's the first chapter where the whole school is open and explorable).
-Tom
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Good to hear. Chapter 4 has a LOT of content to really showcase Blood Drive at its finest.Heh. Well, they don't seem to be enforcing it tooooo strongly, since they've already agreed to let us show chapter 4 at E3 (since that's the first chapter where the whole school is open and explorable).
-Tom
Some fun bad ends and not much in the way of spoilers in that one until the climax of that chapter, too.
Yep. Our thoughts exactly. And while we'll let people play all the way through the chapter if they reeeeeally want to (and there's not a line behind them), we'll be sure to warn them of possible spoilers should they choose to do so -- and will reset the chapter between demos otherwise.
-Tom
Here is the Ayumi crucifix artwork I referenced earlier...
This cover is amazing. I don't see any issues with using this one as a reversible cover option.
And thanks for listening to the fans Tom. You guys have done an amazing job with this series.
rootbeerafloat
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Don't see it mentioned in this thread yet, but I probably overlooked it.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YMIQTII/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YMIQTII/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Completely worth it. A steal for $50, considering all the bonuses.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Alright got my order in.
YianGaruga
Banned
Nothing about EU yet, even if we get the game physically I wouldn't bet on a LE.
Can't be shipped to my UK address :'(
I doubt it'll be exclusive to Amazon, just wait for other retailers like Play-Asia, VGP+ or Estarland.
Good shout! In my sadness I didn't even contemplate that
NoctisVsStar
Member
not bad, i cant seem to find the amazon bundle digital bundle of the first two games :_; oh well i guess that deal is over.
That'd be pretty shit if we don't
Ugh... guess I'll have to keep my fingers crossed for Play Asia or VG Plus or somewhere stocking the LE then.
Kresnik258
Member
Heh, I know it's disappointing for you guys, but I'd be cool with that. I'll import if there's no physical version, but I don't collect any extra LE goods. A physical-only version in EU would be neat.
YianGaruga
Banned
I don't collect LEs either so I'm actually not a fan of "LE only" physical releases that are more expensive like this (and especially Ar Nosurge ._.). I'd prefert a normal release for EU as well. I thought Marvelous EU would do physical releases of XSEED games in the future but so far it seems like the opposite with SK2 (limited and expensive release) and Lords of Magna (digital only). I hope NISA will bring it to stores here.
It's not available for me, no shipping outside of US...
This, Danganronpa, and Persona 4 Dancing All Night- all LEs. Spending so much on my Vita soon
WiiRevolution1
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I was expecting $100 actually. Series is so good to be so cheap.
I preordered so fast. I'm moving so had to set the address to my aunt's house. So I guess she'll have to ship it to me. I could change address when I know what the new one is and I'd also want to add gc credit instead of cc but it doesn't matter. Not changing a thing. I will do nothing to risk it messing up the order and missing this. It is MINE.
TheChillyAcademic
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No dub right >.<
GOD DAMNIT SHIZUKA
AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR NIPPON
GOD DAMNIT SHIZUKA
AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR NIPPON
WiiRevolution1
Member
I usually prefer English voices but Japanese is already canon via PSP releases. It'd be too weird to change it now. Its what makes it unique. Corpse Party is a Japan only series hehe.
There is no way XSEED could nail the binaural audio this series is famous for.
TheChillyAcademic
Member
But they have with two games already? The only thing changed was the text...