New Tokyo Xanadu / Classic JRPG HD Collection / Final Fantasy 9 ‘Secret’ - JRPG News March 2024

hello guys and welcome back for the March jrpg news Roundup we start with the Falcon news as always on the merch side of things Falcon have released some 20th Anniversary merchandise surrounding trail series desk mats tapestries acrylic stands and the like be mindful there are spoilers on it all the way to Kuro like se's identity from revery on the Western Front Trails through daybreak's limited edition has been finalized and I'm happy to say it looks better than the initial pictures it's still

in stock on both the na and EU sites though the North American version is close to running out as of the time of recording on the game side of things we start with a rhythm title of all things called DJ Maxx respect V and the reason it's being mentioned is because it has a Falcom specific DLC pack which includes songs like blue destination and sunshine ghostline will I play it no but it's there if you're into those types of games the browser title aaty noaki has noted it will be ending PC suppor

t on July 2024 after 8 years of service I never played it myself but it did come with some great looking artwork once in a while I imagine that Northern war will be taking its place for the next couple of years clouded leopard entertainments have announced this month that they have removed their PC Port of East 10 nordics apologizing the fans and stating that a patches in the works it was taken down because even by their standards it was bad its standard to have poorly implemented features from

them like a lack of options that should be there by default and keybind remaps that don't work but the game will at least run and their versions of Daybreak and Crimson sin were passible the PC version of east10 couldn't even do that the strongest of machines couldn't get it to a solid 60fps it consistently crashed and irrespective that many people will use a controller to play the game if you're bringing it to PC you should have a keyboard and mouse option as a standard that's just unforgivable

it was poorly received and for good reason so they're working on sorting it out just a reminder really that the rante and ph3 PC ports will always be the of the crop bringing it back to good news though trails in the sky FC now has a fan translation available for French players which is always great for added accessibility to the series and we end of the Falcom news with a big reveal in that as part of the 10th anniversary of Tokyo Xanadu Falcom have announced the tentatively yet fittingly name

d Tokyo zanadu new project and I've coupled it with this image teaser this is all we have at present but the signs have been there that a new Tokyo xanadoo was on the way and Falcon were clearly gearing up to share it this month considering the silhouett of two unrecognizable characters that were on the monthly calendar for March we'll most likely hear more as the year goes on and it's potentially going to be the big release for the end of year shareholder meeting to the general jrpg news now st

arting with merch and edel vice who have stated that Saka of rice and ruin is getting an animated series due to a this year that came out of nowhere but he I'll take it I don't expect it to be amazing as many of these game adaptations often are lacking but it's being produced by PA Studios who aren't too bad in terms of a track record they've recently worked on stuff like buddy daddies which is a brilliant anime and Uma mus pretty Derby which was all right as well so at the very least the capabi

lity is there talking about anime we move to gust now and Italia rizon which has recently concluded its own animated series but the news doesn't concern that it's figures of course it is good SM are releasing these one6 scales of Riser and Claudia for $147 each releasing on Q3 2025 and cayl have shown this summer variant of riser in 17th scale releasing in March 2025 it comes to 22,000 Yen monolith softer up next as weu records have announced a Kickstarter for a Zena Saga piano collection called

across the Kosmos nice name it's had a $33,000 goal and it's hit that well in advance now it's all about the stretch goals not sure why it's on Kickstarter but it is licensed merch so something to keep an eye on for Zeno fans two Atlas now and a tabletop RPG called smt Tokyo conception has had its rules and mechanics shared for the first time it's around $60 to pre-order and won't be releasing until September 2026 there's also an smt vinyl and mof Man plush available in pre-order for 89 and $32

respectively via fan gamer we end the merch round up with square AA and Cloud figure available to pre-order in these attack animation poses $64 for cloud and 133 for Tia there are also these pixel lights of lightning cloud and Terror for $30 each shipping in October 2024 2D developer news now starting with square the producer of harvest Stellar dice G Tucker has announced that he will leave Square enx come the end of April he has stated that he's currently undecided on what he'll do next but it

wouldn't surprise me if he chooses to pursue his own studio in the future to work on projects He has passion for especially since Square announced that they are dropping the smaller titles from their development backlog a couple of demos are now available sandland and the front mission 2 demo if you want to try them out and in light of the release of unicorn Overlord the director of Final Fantasy Tactics yasumi matso has encouraged people to play the game and show their demand for more games of

the same ilk this has been a rallying call for fans considering the rumors of a Final Fantasy Tactics Revival Star Ocean second story R recently had an update to allow players to quote continuously enjoy your journey through the Stars this included a new difficulty setting new equipment and new raid enemies nothing too crazy last is Final Fantasy Final Fantasy 16 has its DLC the rising tide launching on April the 18th and it's been noted that the PC Port is in its final stages of optimization e

xpect to hear something about that in the near future and as for rumors of the Final Fantasy 9 remake now kosida was asked why several of the purchase bonuses for upcoming Final Fantasy 14 expansion Dawn Trail were related to that entry of which at present he states it is a secret to edvice now in addition to the anime they have noted that Saka of Ry and ruin has sold 1.5 million units worldwide welld deserved too cap comma up next concerning the upcoming release of Monster Hunter stories it's i

n fact coming out as a collection of the two games though the physical copies are a bit odd in how they're releasing Japan and North America are getting a physical switch version while Europe are getting a physical PS4 version digital though will be available for all regions as you would expect I've seen no further update on whether this will change it's also worth noting that monster an Stories 2 which comes in the collection will be download only while the remaster of the first game will be av

ailable off the physical copy fuyu have responded to criticism of their trailer for Ray ntis as people noted the inconsistent frame rate during combat sequences the developer have stated that the trailer was not representative of the final product and have apologized Atlas are up next and the Persona Series has since sold 22 million units worldwide this month an expansion pass for Persona free reload is also on the cards for September called episode Eis the answer as of the time of recording its

development sits at around 40 to 50% and it'll add around 20 hours of Play Time those hoping for femc though forget it as producer Kaza wada has stated that there is quote no chance she will be reud in real load lastly for Atlas are the Persona six leaks a known and reliable leaker has apparently stated the focus of gameplay mechanics in that it will maintain the high school setting with a semi-open world feel but will place more importance on the Social Links it's also suggested that the game

will be coming to Xbox come launch 505 games are up next and they have stated that the physical versions for eeden chronicle 100 Heroes have been delayed till May 2024 in the Americas and EMA regions but all backers will receive a digital copy at launch so that they can play on release day sabotage Studios have announced that sea of stars hit 5 million players worldwide this month and in addition they are adding a free player couch co-op mode which is still in development shift up games released

a demo for Stella blade this month but clearly in error because it quickly disappeared even those who managed to download it couldn't access the game but not to fear because the demo is releasing for March 29th so in other words it's already available creators of like a dragon Ryu gagu Studios have stated that something important is due to be announced on April the 1 the Tweet did feature like a dragon characters so one can assume it is related to that Series in some way Spike Chun softer up ne

xt and it's if the stars are aligning I start playing Ai lni and files and now the writer Cado Oshi is putting out cryptic tweets with oddl looking imagery and unreadable characters it's very similar to what he did with the sequel Nana initiative so some are deducing that an announcement for a third game is coming up this was followed up with another image from director Ricarda that pretty much confirmed its air related Bandai Namco are up next and several Tales of titles were unceremoniously re

moved from the PlayStation Network this month these games include the likes of Grace's F and ceria for EU regions while North America lost hearts are and Symphonia Chronicles among others sadly this now means the games are locked to their native Hardware like the Vita and PS3 we were informed that Sony were planning to close the PlayStation 3 and Vita stores anyway so it's likely that the licenses simply ran out and they chose not to renew them since it wouldn't make sense to do so for a small a

mount of sales even so there was no announcement from Bandai Namco when it happened and of course now it means those titles are ever more difficult to access at present it doesn't look like there's any word of bringing these to Modern platforms game Arts have trademarked lunar most likely as some sort of renewal process we can hold out hope that it might one day translate to a lunar collection on Modern Hardware Guster up next to have stated that atellier Marie and risea fre are having a collabo

ration with Fantasy Star 2 online but more notably that producer junzo Hy has confirmed a new console atellier is currently in development so yeah it looks like reana was the stop Gap and they needed more time for the actual release thank goodness for that vanilla wear up next that it's all about unicorn Overlord which has been doing very well it sold out of physical copies in Japan very quickly selling around 74,000 physical units within that first week of launch that number was only considerin

g Japan I imagine it his inflated further when considering the worldwide release as the limited edition is pretty much sold out everywhere and that's good news because they stated that come the end of development they had run out of money for the project so evidently they'll want to recoup as much as possible so far everything's looking Rosy and for good reason because the game's great unfortunately there was also confirmation that a PC Port will not be coming such as the history of vanillaware

and the platform they just prefer to stick to consoles shame but it is what it is and before we move to the upcoming releases we have two notable persons within the jrpg sphere who have sadly passed on following the passing of Yoshi taka Mama last month it has been shared that initially the tales of character designer mutsumi inomata has passed away at the age of 63 a lady who provided her recognizable style in flare to many Mainline Tales of titles and often did so outside of that franchise too

and secondly arguably the most influential and recognizable manga car of all time in Akira toiyama has passed away at the age of 68 who to many will be recognizable for his contribution to the likes of Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger while also bringing many of us everlasting childhood memories through anime like Dragon Ball we end this month with the upcoming releases starting with subscription Services where PlayStation Plus has added super Neptunia RPG to their catalog visual novels are up n

ext briefly we have a romance VN called amanatsu perfect Edition coming to PC on a yet undisclosed date another romance Vision novel called since memories off the star Sky coming the PS4 switch and PC for around September this year orto visual novel radiant tale fanfair is coming West to switch on June the 27th and the remade sukim a piece of glass Moon is coming to PS4 and switch for June 27th and now the RPG releases turn-based RPG Persona anomalous Tower Chronicle spin-off of the original Per

sona now has a fan Translation released on Nintendo switch action RPG astronuts of Vader is releasing for April the 2nd for mobile and [Music] PC pets Adventure RPG yoke Heroes along tamama go nice playing Words there is releasing on April 30th for PC and mobile [Music] also turn-based strategy title anomaly collapse is releasing for April the 12th on [Music] PC dungeon RPG too genso wander foresight is releasing for May the 15th on PC creature collector RPG home of the Yokai is releasing for Ju

ly the 10th on [Music] PC turn-based RPG Terra Memoria has released this month for March the 27th for PS5 Xbox series Nintendo switch and [Music] PC turn-based RPG malaky poison of the past has been announced with no release date currently given due to come out for switch and [Music] PC creature companion fantasy RPG AA Premia that comes from the minds of AA Lane has been announced with no release date for PS5 and mobile pre-registrations are [Music] available srbg reverse collapse code name Bak

ery has since released on March the 22nd for [Music] PC [Music] the original East 2 from the pc88 has since released earlier this month as well March for Nintendo switch narrative Adventure RPG until then is due for a May 23rd release for PS5 and PC MMO R PG Final Fantasy 14 online has since released on March the 21st for Xbox series and its expansion Dawn Trail is due to release for all modern platforms on July the [Music] 2nd card-based RPG card and seal has been announced with no release date

coming to all modern [Music] platforms turn-based RPG which spring R will'll be releasing in the second half of 2024 for PS5 and Nintendo [Music] switch turn-based RPGs the Hyperdimension Neptunia rebirth Trilogy are all releasing in March 2024 for switch though unlike Japan will not be getting a PS4 [Music] version action RPG Neptunia game maker R Revolution is releasing on May the 14th for PS4 PS5 and Nintendo switch a limited edition is also available to pre-order turn-based RPG Monster Hunt

er stories remaster is releasing on June the 14th for Nintendo switch PS4 and PC Monster Hunter Stories 2 will also be coming the PS4 on the same date it is already available on Nintendo switch and [Music] PC turn-based RPG smt 5 Vengeance will be released for all modern platforms on June the 14th pushed up from its previous release date turn-based RPGs grandia HD Collection has since released this month March the 26th for Xbox One and PS4 a physical version is also available via limited run [Mu

sic] games turn-based RPG Paper Mario the Thousand-Year Door will be releasing on May the 23rd for Nintendo [Music] switch and finally turn-based action hybrid RPG Trails through Daybreak will be releasing on July the 5th for PS4 PS5 Nintendo switch and PC [Music] thank you for watching this video if you liked it please like And subscribe for more jrpg content and consider joining my patreon if you're interested [Music] peace