Okay guys we've got some interesting Nintendo
switch information RPG news and a little bit of Xbox Hardware information as well to go over and
something that I know you guys are going to love with visions of mana and Final Fantasy Tactics
and what's going on there and a little Nintendo switch game that seems to have Evergreen status
as well but before we get into all of that what's good everyone OJ here welcome back to another
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I find to be absolutely brilliant from square enex and the producer of visions of mana and the
headline is visions of Mana producer refuses to change series identity for Western audiences it is
best to deliver the game based on the developers Creative Vision now this is something that's had
a long history I'm not going to get into all of it but it dates back to P
hil fish and the early
2010s late 2000s where a lot of Western developers Western Studios felt that Japan was Antiquated
Japan was behind the times Japan sucks at this point they're not creating Innovative games like
Mass Effect or Dragon Age in the RPG space they're being left behind their old dinosaurs and I think
that that's pretty much been blown over at this point right that's not a thing in today's day but
it was and there are some developers that feel the need I would think Square en
ex to a degree with
Final Fantasy that they have to appeal to the Western audiences for sales so they make certain
type of changes to do that now Square nx's Mana series producer Masaru oyamada has declared that
rather than bringing in new fans by changing the action RPGs line core identity he hopes to do
something by celebrating those Elements which have made it quote popular in Japan or a long time
now this is from bounding into Comics shout outs to them for the Roundup on this so here is
what
the producer had to say he's been there since 2009 as well the original interview was from March
from the website automation so here's what he had to say in general about the series and its
appeal for overseas players and Japanese players quote in Japan there are many people who have
been playing the series for a long time and are familiar with the IP's history so the reaction has
been half expectant and half anxious the producer told the outlet on the contrary overseas players
showe
d a lot of curiosity about the game what it entails including if it would be available on
platforms that they own the difference between the reactions is something interesting now he
was also asked any plans to see how you would reach out to Western players when it comes to
the future of the series and the Mana producer said this I get the feeling that many people who
picked up Secret of Mana back in 1993 or in Japan it was called S densetsu 2 at the time it came out
were young like I was b
ecause I regularly receive feedback from people who play the latest entries
through the lens of their childhood experience with the series I hope that as they grow older
and become parents they will recommend the Mana series to their children and tell them about how
fun it is the unique atmosphere and design might make some people feel that it's a bit childish he
added however these are the strengths of the Mana series rather than changing these features that
make the Mana series I hope tha
t new players will come to like these games that have been popular in
Japan for a long time for what they are then when asked by automation if his declaration meant that
he was taking care not to let your series identity become westernized oyamada ultimately affirmed
quote I think the visuals of the Mana games are distinctive characteristic therefore it's best to
deliver the game based on the developer Creative Vision for example there are many different types
of characters in the Mana seri
es he concluded I think the fun of the game is encountering
this Mysterious World and its inhabitants and because of that we don't have a strong focus on
a particular audience however we do work on the game while bearing in mind that the Mana series is
loved by fans from all over the world now this is a really good interview and some fantastic
thoughts from him because I get that quite a bit from people talking about from the outside
looking into Zeno blade oh they should change this it sho
uld be more like Kingdom Hearts in combat or
it should be more like eeve or it should be more like this or that and it's like no this is the
Creative Vision that the producer wants to have and they're hoping to get new people in as people
who played Zen bade Chronicles Back in the day and now as they get older they can recommend it to
other people if they have kids cousins whatever the case is and I feel that this evolution of the
Mana series coming to New platforms and having a new game fo
r the first time in nearly two decades
a decade and a half or something like that this is going to be a good way to get more people into
the franchise and I think that having it on a multitude of platforms and having it to where
it's going to be going back to the roots but then also adding in some new stuff is what keeps
the identity of the Mana series and what keeps it fresh and fun for everyone whether you're a
newcomer or you're a classic old school fan like myself where I played the old
school Secret of
Mana on the Super Nintendo back in like 1993 I remember playing it and being blown away that you
can play an RPG a traditional action RPG like this with three players so I do think that that's the
charm in the series and I'm so glad that he said this they're not trying to westernize it they're
not trying to get the Call of Duty crowd or trying to get the crowd that thinks that hey we need to
have games that are like this or look all serious or blood or anything like that t
hey're going to
make what they're going to make and hopefully people kind of lch on and try it out give it a
chance especially if it gets some great reviews and obviously it looks beautiful from a Gra graic
pleasing aesthetic so that's my thoughts on this and I think this was a phenomenal interview but
let's talk about something that's also incredible and that is Final Fantasy Tactics fans have been
left waiting for decades for a new Final Fantasy Tactics game this is still one of the best
games
the original release on the PlayStation 1 has so many good things about it not even a remaster
or remake in the modern day and fans have been chopping at the bit for anything about Final
Fantasy Tactics and it coming back now we had the Nvidia GeForce leak a while back that showed
that square enx was working on something but it's pretty much been radio silent since then as other
games have came back like Tactics Ogre we've had new Tactic Games like triangle strategy we've
had stuff l
ike unicorn Overlord there's been a lot of great tactics games to come about and
have success selling well so does that mean final Fantasy Tactics is closer than ever before
will we see it soon well it seems like Square enx agrees here shout outs to my man stealth because
in a recent interview Square enx producer/director Yoshi P says it's about time for another Final
Fantasy tactic game to be made now this was a huge interview with the gamer they talked about
Final Fantasy 16 they talked a
bout a lot of the DLC stuff they talked about Final Fantasy having
a tactics game there's all sorts of things that they did discuss but the biggest thing here is
that somebody high up in power in the ranks at Square enex that has influence and can get a
budget and get things approved states that it is time for Final Fantasy Tactics to come back
and I agree I think that Final Fantasy Tactics needs to come back in some way shape or form I
think that the most ideal thing to do with Final Fanta
sy Tactics is probably have a really nice
remas of the original game and pair that with a brand new game as well now they did this before
at least they've done it before with the strategy when it comes to a different franchise at square
enx and that was Valkyrie Profile if you remember a couple years back they wanted to do a brand
new Valkyrie Profile game which they did and it wasn't really that good and then they also did a
re-release or remaster of Valkyrie Profile lenth which is really
good the or original one from the
PS1 and unfortunately the new game for valkyrie alysium is not that good it's got its moments but
it's not that great of a game but Valkyrie Profile lenith is still just as fun and just as amazing
as it was from back in the day but even better now because you can play it on a huge TV and it's
got better audio and it's got better quality and it looks a bit sharper and everything's just
better with the game loading times way better so I do feel that that is p
robably the best
way to go about it here get us a nice remaster re-release of the game on Modern platforms and
then get a brand new Final Fantasy tactic game to follow that up and that would be really good I
think people would be excited and want something like that because Final Fantasy Tactics is such
a classic and great franchise but the big thing that they should not fall into here is changing
up the game play to the point to where it's not what fans remembered and loved and that was th
e
problem with the new Valkyrie G game like people want that button map to characters type of combat
where you can do different tactics and strategy based on what character you have assigned to the
buttons and they didn't do that with dois they turned it into a really bad clone of like Kingdom
Hearts or other action games or Bayonetta or DMC and it's nowhere near as good as any of those
games like not even close to those games and they got completely slammed in the reviews and
maybe it's a
bit better than what people were saying I played the game but at the end of the day
it's not the Valkyrie Profile that people wanted so I think that's what they should do be cautious
with this one and I think that it could be really good but obviously if there's any plans for them
to do this we' know about them sooner they'd be coming up I guess Square enx doesn't really do
their directs as much anymore those Square enx presents or whatever they had so maybe we'll see
something later just
announced at one of these Summer Games fests or something else that one
of these companies have with a Nintendo Direct or like a Xbox showcase PlayStation showcase we
could see something announced at one of those but this might be some good news for Xbox fans maybe
Idol sloth over on Twitter clipped a portion of an interview that Phil Spencer had with polygon
talking about an Xbox handheld and they said the Xbox Hardware team is considering different
Hardware form factors and things that th
ey could go do as a plan the future of Xbox Hardware what
should we build that will find new players Spencer said that will allow people to play at times
when they couldn't go play in the past so that definitely seems like they are prepping some type
of portable device to probably link up with your PC or link up with your Xbox already I'm guessing
it could be something like a PlayStation portal or it could be something a bit more like a steam
deck but I think at the end of the day Microsoft
and everyone involved here is going to find out
how difficult it is to do one of these get it at a certain price and get power get the specs
get everything that you need the screen and all that for an affordable price range because even
if you look at what some people are saying like oh we already have steam deck steam deck costs
the lowest end model costs like $400 right the one that's like the LCD and then if you want the
OLED so the nicer one which most people are going to want to play
games portably that cost $550 and
then if you want the nicest one that costs $650 so it's pretty expensive to get into that ecosystem
now of course it links with your PC your Steam and all of that so you can do a lot of things with
it the emulators all that stuff nobody's disputing that but there's a reason why steam deck has
not been able to break open into terms of sales because one it's only limited to their store but
two they do not have the amount of orders coming in for them to expand
their operation right now
so Microsoft is definitely having their work cut out for them if they want to get into this type
of Market because outside of the Nintendo switch there's been no other handheld device or hybrid
device like the switch that's been able to really break open into the General market and sell at the
clip that it's sold over 140 million units even still at this point with the steam deck and with
the rag Ally and with all these other stuff that's coming out switch still d
estroys all of them when
it comes to sales and it's the weakest by far and Nintendo's getting ready to launch their next
system as well so we'll see what Microsoft comes up with here and I think that it would probably be
an addition to what they're going to do with their next piece of console hardware and they want to
make sure that they have their cloud gaming to you can play anywhere so I completely get what they're
going for here but I don't think it's going to be easy overall now for th
e last topic here guys we
are going to go over a little bit of a Evergreen game it looks like Princess Pete Showtime once
again still if you look at Amazon number one on the recent releases for Amazon best sellers and
number one on the eShop so people are continuing to pick up Princess Peach Showtime now I felt that
this game could have limit first week or so okay it's at the top but then things kind of drop off
afterwards but it seems like it's actually getting some good postlaunch sales w
hich kind of put it in
the Evergreen territory if it continues this now I still haven't completely beat the game yet I'm
in the middle of it still playing getting through I've been super busy with videos and other things
but I enjoy the game and I think specifically for people just getting into games for the first
time or I would say for young children parents playing with their kids or people that just like
Princess Peach this this is a fantastic game for them to play and a little bit of a
change of pace
considering the different types of gameplay modes that they're in and having Peach have her
own adventure which is cool we haven't seen anything like this since super Princess Peach on
the Nintendo DS more than a decade ago and this game with Princess Pete Showtime is way better
than that game so I can see why it's continuing to have some success here also in Japan it was
also one of the top if not the top games sold once again and so this is definitely a good thing
to see
overall another different style of game starring Princess Peach maybe this turns into its
own franchise in the future which is what I would like to see just like how Luigi's Mansion got its
own franchise and it's huge now I think that this could happen with Princess Peach Showtime if they
feel like doing it and if these sales continue to be strong in the future so that's going to wrap
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