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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I remember that after Working Designs' Vic Ireland closed down WD's door that a bunch of interviews and first person accounts came out about him wandering E3 looking for sponsors for games that he wanted to bring out. Well it seems like Something is brewing. I know that there are a few fans of the company here so I figured that I would point this out. It is kind of interesting. Anyways, I was pretty sure that we had this niche filled with Atlus and now Nippon Ichi, but it looks like Ireland can still get into the equasion somewhere.
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Does japan really produce enough mediocre strategy and RPG games to support yet a third company that specializes in localizing them?

Also "Gaijinworks?" Are you serious?

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

And people wonder if he'll make the same mistakes again.

Lestrade · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject:

I want action RPGs. More Alundra, please!

GSL · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject:

Dear Mr. Vic Ireland.

Please localize Sakura Taisen, like you said you wanted to. I'll be your love monkey for one whole year out of sheer gratitude.
Love,
gsl

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

GSL · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:43 am Post subject:

Put yourself in Vic Ireland's shoes, though: if you got an e-mail from someone offering to be your love monkey for a whole year if your new company translated a game, would you do as this person asks, or would you recoil in horror and never mention the title again?

On a more serious note, I'm not entirely sure how to approach people out of the blue with business requests or questions; "Would you do/are you planning to do X?" always just seemed really presumptuous on the part of the curious.

Persona-sama · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:52 am Post subject:

J.Goodwin · . Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 297 Location: North Shore, MA

Me and Working Designs go way back (Cadash, Parasol Stars, Exile, Exile 2, VASTEEL!, Cosmic Fantasy 2). But I want Victor Ireland to stop doing this stuff.

His problem has never been "the industry" or whether or not he's a nice guy that wants to give something to the fans. His problem is that he consistently tries to run his company with one programmer and puts way too much on his plate.

His projects are delayed indefinitely if not just cancelled outright. Licensee or not, developers don't much care for that stuff. And once you prove the financial viability of a model, that's when the big boys step in, so you have to start acting like you know what you're doing at that point, or you're out on your ear.

So my suggestion to Vic is to give it a rest unless he's going to come back in a big way with a large team. Much better that he aligns himself with Ubisoft and helps them bring over RPGs (They're releasing Enchanted Arms this month).

And, oh yeah, Rabbit Rabbit. Happy August.

But, if he does start up again, I'm still waiting for Cosmic Fantasy 3 (though I actually just bought it and will have played it by the time he even hears this "request")..
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TheRumblefish · . Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Location: Florida

Why Gaijinworks? Why? GOD WHY?!
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

I sort of wonder what platform they'll take on. Handhelds, maybe?

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

God, how horrible would it be if we got a WD style translation on that one?

I don't think Nintendo would farm it out anyway. AWESOME BRANDING POWER etc.

Mister Toups · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject:

DonMarco · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 349 Location: 33903

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

I have to say, I dislike the name he chose for his new venture, but I also like the fact that this guy cannot be destroyed. He's the Jason of the videogaming world...

I want to see them do some PS1 games. Now THAT would be interesting.

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Homebrew Dreamcast Publishing!

The premier North American GP2X developer!

Homebrew Jaguar CD Publishing!

Korean MMOs!

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject:

He should publish Shantae 2 for the GBA.

-Wes
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Saturn STG translations!
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject:

Alc · . Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 109 Location: UK

I think he meant STV, being the Saturn arcade hardware.

Unless there's a system/genre I don't know about either.

GSL · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject:

SJ · . Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 61 Location: swamp

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

STG ala Radiant Silvergun
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Hey, Saturn --> PS2 conversions. That'd be pretty slick.

The american arm of Sega Ages!

SJ · . Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 61 Location: swamp

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

Well yeah, but they reprinted Rez and Gitaroo man. Their awesome reserves are surely low at this point.

J.Goodwin · . Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 297 Location: North Shore, MA

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J.Goodwin · . Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 297 Location: North Shore, MA

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

J.Goodwin · . Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 297 Location: North Shore, MA

GSL · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:03 am Post subject:

It's official, believe it or not. Sega also made a few colors in a USB variety for PCs and Macs, but they're ridiculously tough to come by.

Alc · . Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 109 Location: UK

They are. One came with the PC version of Puyo Puyo 4, I believe. I did look into it at the time but it was going to be around £30 for the pad on its own, which is/was just too much.

Can't find much on that Saturn-PS2 pad, though (Lik-Sang seems to have had them at some point but that's about it) - is it available elsewhere?

DonMarco · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 349 Location: 33903

Lestrade · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject:

J.Goodwin · . Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 297 Location: North Shore, MA

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GSL · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:32 am Post subject:

The Street Fighter Anniversary Controller really gets a lot less recognition it deserves. The thing makes for a mean game of Guilty Gear XX, and I actually find it invaluable for Gradius V, using the right trigger button to control the options.

EDIT: Proof that my ability to read is hindered by excessive stupidity at the cellular level, I totally missed this:

J.Goodwin · . Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 297 Location: North Shore, MA

SJ · . Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 61 Location: swamp