2007-02-01, 21:40 | Link #241 |
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edit: also... is there anyone here speaks japanese or have friends who are/speak Japanese who can, uhm, translate the visual fan book...? @_@ some of the info are realllllllllllly helpful... T_T now i'm looking at the thing and guessing its meaning from the few kanji that i know, <_> |
2007-02-03, 13:01 | Link #242 |
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Im sure all of you know this already, but...
http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2007/1037.html http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2007/1038.html KID is back . Purchased by "Ciberfront", thats it. *quickly escapes off the spoilery tread * |
2007-02-03, 15:08 | Link #244 | |
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What this means is that KID's franchises will remain alive, although under the direction of another publisher/studio. Nonetheless, KID relied on a lot of external contractors (they had few employees left by the time of bankruptcy. Much of 12Riven was being developed on a subcontract basis), so some of the original project staff may be available for future work. |
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2007-02-03, 19:21 | Link #245 |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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indeed, cyberfront (not ciberfront...>.>) now has the rights of all previous KID titles as well as the ways for distributing them. Rumor says cyberfront is rich and I hope more of the KID's good stuff come out to be translated for those that don't speak japanese (+1 for non ero!)
regarding to 12riven, i think it says in the news that it will be out in 2007. The plot introduction for 12r is awesome, but I dunno if this time there will be an infinity loop... but I think it may become a better success than Remember 11 and get to be sold on PC ^^ |
2007-02-05, 02:08 | Link #250 |
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hehe, most of those questions i think are already answered either here... or you probably can help yourself on my study page: http://www.kgptzac.info/ever17.html I'll discuss those stuff if needed
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2007-02-08, 13:14 | Link #252 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRCJLbC0ASk
Anyone have a source for a high quality version of this?
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2007-02-08, 20:13 | Link #253 |
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I think kgptzac's website has that
http://www.kgptzac.info/ever17.html Ever 17 MAD - "Strangeness" by Operation Legend
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2007-02-09, 08:27 | Link #254 | |
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However I found a ddl link at http://community.hirameki-int.com/mo...&sty=1&num=l50 There is some other interesting stuff here as well.
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2007-02-09, 09:33 | Link #255 |
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If I hadn't played E17 before I wouldn't have even bothered, but now:
RPGFan and Visual-Novels.net report that KID is back up, thanks to Cyberfront! Personally, I wouldn't buy a bankrupt company, but there goes my lack of business acumen... |
2007-02-09, 12:56 | Link #256 | |
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sadistically said, KID went down is precisely because of the common trend of people demand of galgames with a lot of ecchi in them, which is kinda pathetic IMO. KID was famous of making non 18+ adv games, MO series and Infinity series are the milestones and are at the peak of the industry. E17 and Infinity is not about ecchi, obviously. It was a tragedy people could not accept a game like Remember 11... maybe not in the ero infested Japan... i guess if it's translated into english (and actually a good translation...), plus a different market strategy aiming not at those who looks for anime-style women with big boobs and horny CG's, but at those who enjoy detective/mystery/adventure novels and films etc, will it succeed? i entirely wish so. |
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2007-02-09, 13:37 | Link #257 | |||
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There may still be some market value in the Memories Off and Infinity franchises, provided that Cyberfront treats them with care. Quote:
From what's being said, KID went bankrupt through their own fault. Instead of concentrating on a few high quality games, they flooded the market with poorly received products (about one release per month) that consistently lost money. This bet-hedging strategy only intensified when they shifted publishing to the PS2 (i.e. with such a large PS2 userbase, they churned out even more product in the hopes that they might just stumble upon the hit), leading up to their bankruptcy. Memories Off was run to the ground. The first two games were very popular, but as the series continued, both critical opinion and sales plummeted. That's a deathblow when a) your overhead is high relative to other galge publishers/developers b) your success was mainly built on one major IP (Memories Off) Over time, KID lost the core staff on both the MO and Infinity series, so I wouldn't be surprised if some developers got cold feet with regard to corporate strategy/ideals. Quote:
Mainstream and hardcore gamers don't want such non-interactive experiences. However, hope may potentially lie in the new casual game market that's springing up (mostly DS-playing fans of Brain Training, Nintendogs, etc. I think Phoenix Wright may be a start). |
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2007-02-09, 17:05 | Link #258 | |
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