Category Archives: Marvelous

Ken Kutaragi has been named Marvelous AQL’s external director, and will assume his new position at the end of June. According to a a Nikkei report, the former chairman, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and “The Father of the PlayStation”, will help the firm develop its business further in Japan and in western markets. Marvelous AQL announced earlier this week its subsidiary, XSEED had been absorbed into the firm, and will serve as the Japanese company’s US arm. Thanks,
Siliconera.

North American publisher XSEED Games has been absorbed into the ever-expanding Marvelous AQL and will serve as the Japanese company’s US arm.

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Marvelous AQL seems to be prepping a mysterious new title for western release.

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Keiji Inafune has said that by distancing Kaio: King of Pirates from its Chinese source material he hopes to overcome western disinterest.

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Vita-exclusive RPG Valhalla Knights 3 has a new trailer, and its a bit longer than the opening cinematic released earlier this week. Plus, it’s in Japanese which makes it even cooler. Valhalla Knights 3 arrives in Japan in May and is headed to North America sometime or another. Thanks, EdNorton.

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Vita-exclusive RPG Valhalla Knights 3 has everything you could ask for from the series, accoridng to its opening cinematic. Enormous swords. Elf ears. Spooky castles. The samurai run. It’s all here below the break. Valhalla Knights 3 arrives in Japan in May and is headed to North America, but has not been dated.

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A small addendum to this week’s Media Create Japanese retail charts. In addition to shifting 114,446 units and debuting in second position on the charts, Soul Sacrifice sold through 76% of its initial stock during its first week on sale, according to Siliconera. It sounds like Sony may have a bigger than expected hit on its hands with the Keji Infanune Vita RPG. It’s the third Vita title to break 100,000 units in its first week, along with Hatsune Miku Project Diva F and Persona 4 The Golden. Soul Sacrifice arrives in the west at the end of April.

Skullgirls publisher Autumn Games is “in the final stages of signing an agreement” with Marvellous to fund a PC port of the 2D fighter.

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Deadly Premonition is frequently written off as a weird Japanese game by non-aficionados, but it was developed with major input from international advisors, creator Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro has revealed.

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Oboro Muramasa is an enhanced Vita re-release of Wii classic Muramasa: The Demon Blade which, as you’ll see in the trailer through the break, is looking pretty special. It arrives in Japan in late March, with a western release expected to follow.

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Marvellous AQL has admitted that Half-minute Hero 2 won’t release in the west unless the first game can demonstrate stronger sales performance.

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Harvest Moon: A New Beginning is now available on 3DS in the US. To celebrate, Natsume has released a large batch of in-game screenshots, which we’ve posted below. Have a look.

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Harvest Moon and Rune Factory publisher Marvelous AQL has been slapped with a lawsuit accusing the company of some shady business practices.

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MarvDev has been launched by Marvelous AQL Europe in order to help independent developers with funding, game design, marketing and operations.

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Marvellous unveiled upcoming Vita title Oboro Muramasa during Sony’s TGS press conference, but didn’t give any details beyond a March 2013 Japanese release date. Follow-up reports suggest the game is an enhanced release of Wii classic Muramasa: The Demon Blade, with added bells and whistles. According to Gematsu‘s translation, the gorgeous slasher will be backed up by DLC, including an entirely new module called Mysterious Legend of the Genroku Era to be detailed in Famitsu this week.

Konami’s local representatives have let us know that New Little King’s Story arrives on Australian Vitas on October 4. A portable reworking of the sadly undervalued Wii original, New Little King’s Story sports touch controls, a new story, social features and DLC on top of its core RPG mechanics. It’s coming to the US and Europe next month, too.

Half-Minute Hero Super Mega Neo Climax may be heading to Steam, if a mysterious teaser image sent to D’toid is any indication. There’s not much to the image, only an outline of some characters and reveal date of September 27. There’s a Marvelous logo at the bottom and a sign featuring a steam engine, so it’s sounds pretty cut-and-dry. Half-Minute Hero Super Mega Neo Climax was originally released on PSP and finally landed on Xbox Live back in June 2011.

What is going on in these New Little King’s Story screens? I don’t know and I don’t care, I want to be involved immediately.

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I don’t know what’s going on in these New Little King’s Story screens; I only know that I want it in my life immediately.

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Rising Star Games will release Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns on 3DS and DS in Europe starting June 29, and to celebrate the Natsume and Marvelous’ farming and adventure title, the frim has released a batch of adorable screenshots which are posted below. Enjoy.

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