James Galizio of RPGSite just shared some images from the Nintendo of Europe press kit which suggest the game will be using the XSEED script. Not a surprise; Falcom has a history of licensed/purchased scripts for their games.
Edit: continuing this thought, I’m seeing some interesting chatter that suggests Falcom might be self-publishing this in the West. That would be interesting. If true, that also puts the possibility of an English voice track in doubt.
Update 08/28/24 at 1:10 a.m.: A Falcom representative has clarified the following platform and publishing-related information to Gematsu:
Platforms – “While the game has been announced for Nintendo Switch, a release on PlayStation and PC platforms is currently ‘to be determined.’ There is a possibility that it could be released on these platforms, and if that decision is made, it will be announced in a press release at a later date.”
Western Publisher – “At this time, the western publisher is ‘to be determined,’ which is why our company name was mentioned in the announcement. There is a possibility that we may handle distribution ourselves, but if arrangements are made with a local publisher, they would be responsible for distribution instead.”
The update kinda confuse me. Shouldn’t a decision for ps, pc already been made, you can’t just program that so fast. And maybe self publishing, kinda think there could be a lot goimg wrong.
To me the platform response is one of two things, either Falcom is 1) being evasive for Nintendo’s sake due to an exclusive marketing arrangement, or 2) they are planning on outsourcing at least the PC port again. They haven’t done PC development in-house for a while now. At this stage, that probably means it won’t be a simultaneous release.
I don’t know what to make of them possibly self-publishing. Could be a new direction for the company or it means they are shopping around.
James Galizio of RPGSite just shared some images from the Nintendo of Europe press kit which suggest the game will be using the XSEED script. Not a surprise; Falcom has a history of licensed/purchased scripts for their games.
Edit: continuing this thought, I’m seeing some interesting chatter that suggests Falcom might be self-publishing this in the West. That would be interesting. If true, that also puts the possibility of an English voice track in doubt.
Edit 2: small update published on Gematsu:
The update kinda confuse me. Shouldn’t a decision for ps, pc already been made, you can’t just program that so fast. And maybe self publishing, kinda think there could be a lot goimg wrong.
To me the platform response is one of two things, either Falcom is 1) being evasive for Nintendo’s sake due to an exclusive marketing arrangement, or 2) they are planning on outsourcing at least the PC port again. They haven’t done PC development in-house for a while now. At this stage, that probably means it won’t be a simultaneous release.
I don’t know what to make of them possibly self-publishing. Could be a new direction for the company or it means they are shopping around.