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I do hope it's true. I enjoyed the first two games.

Originally Posted by darth007 You know how MGS4 made people buy the PS3? This game will finally make me buy a PS3. The moment they officially announce this for the States, I'm gonna stop buying everything gaming related except for Modern Warfare 2 and save up for The Adventures of Kazuma part 3.

i think the mgs4 bundle sold more ps3s then the actual game did. you got 2 games and a new ds3 controller and it still had bc. thats what sold me moreso than the mgs game.

Localized better mean subbed, not dubbed.

Originally Posted by jling84 Localized better mean subbed, not dubbed.

Localized means subbed and dubbed and it would be stupid if it didn't.

Originally Posted by jling84 Localized better mean subbed, not dubbed.

It will most likely be dubbed also because SCEA requires retail games to have English voiceacting, unless they've moved onto a newer console (which is why Yakuza 2 and Mega Man X6 was able to get away with this). Many publishers have confirmed the law SCEA sets, mostly because we live in an English speaking country. Whether Sega includes Japanese voices with it is another story.

Originally Posted by darth007 You know how MGS4 made people buy the PS3? This game will finally make me buy a PS3. The moment they officially announce this for the States, I'm gonna stop buying everything gaming related except for Modern Warfare 2 and save up for The Adventures of Kazuma part 3.

Literally the only game that will make me buy a PS3.

OMG! My dream of playing Karaoke mini games will finally be fulfilled!!! HOO HOO!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiRPGpQCHAU

Seriously, I have no idea how Sega is going to handle the localization of this part. I personally love the idea of this since I'm a fan of Japanese music and karaoke fairly often w/ friends, but I can imagine many gamers who aren't used to either going to give a big .

Originally Posted by The Mana Knight It will most likely be dubbed also because SCEA requires retail games to have English voiceacting, unless they've moved onto a newer console (which is why Yakuza 2 and Mega Man X6 was able to get away with this). Many publishers have confirmed the law SCEA sets, mostly because we live in an English speaking country. Whether Sega includes Japanese voices with it is another story.

Though I can't find the source now, I read a rumour a few days ago that Sega was shopping Yakuza 3 around to other localizers (Atlus, Ignition, NISA, Xseed, etc.) to translate the game and possibly publish it, so Sega wouldn't need to take the risk. The folks over at NeoGAF are speculating that Ignition Entertainment may be handling this one, due to the Shane Bettenhausen-1up connection (Shane is the Director of Business Development at IE, he was previously an Associate Editor at 1up, up until the UGO thing).

Originally Posted by The Mana Knight It will most likely be dubbed also because SCEA requires retail games to have English voiceacting, unless they've moved onto a newer console (which is why Yakuza 2 and Mega Man X6 was able to get away with this). Many publishers have confirmed the law SCEA sets, mostly because we live in an English speaking country. Whether Sega includes Japanese voices with it is another story.

I'm not quite sure if that requirement still applies, as Record of Agarest War is confirmed to be Japanese voice track only. 'Course, that game is downloadable only. Sony should know that this game is only going to appeal to a fairly small subset of the gaming community, and leveraging the requirement to have an English voice track will only cost Sega more than they could likely get on their investment.

Originally Posted by jling84 Localized better mean subbed, not dubbed.

It's a requirement for all games to be dubbed into English (or subbed, if there isn't VA). Honestly, I'd put it on Japanese VA if it had it, because I'm told it's fantastic.

"I 1080peacocked your mom."

nanosecond one purchase for me. honest to god, Y2 was my game of the year for 2008; it was like they ported River City Ransom had been rebuilt for the PS2. now let's just hope they bring over Yakuza Kenzan too!

Originally Posted by Ecofreak I'm not quite sure if that requirement still applies, as Record of Agarest War is confirmed to be Japanese voice track only. 'Course, that game is downloadable only. Sony should know that this game is only going to appeal to a fairly small subset of the gaming community, and leveraging the requirement to have an English voice track will only cost Sega more than they could likely get on their investment.

I had no idea SCEA had that requirement. What a horribly idiotic requirement to have. Like movies, some game require their original language for authenticity. Seeing as how Sony owns a huge movie studio, you would think they would understand this. I really really hope that they have since done away with this requirement; it only limits quality titles from being published on the platform.

Originally Posted by Ecofreak I'm not quite sure if that requirement still applies, as Record of Agarest War is confirmed to be Japanese voice track only. 'Course, that game is downloadable only. Sony should know that this game is only going to appeal to a fairly small subset of the gaming community, and leveraging the requirement to have an English voice track will only cost Sega more than they could likely get on their investment.

Agarest Senki is not a retail release for that reason. I believe I heard that's why Battle Fantasia retail got rejected from NA on PS3 (so I had to import), but its coming as a download. SCEE will allow it though, so people can import if they want a disc.

Originally Posted by jling84 I had no idea SCEA had that requirement. What a horribly idiotic requirement to have. Like movies, some game require their original language for authenticity. Seeing as how Sony owns a huge movie studio, you would think they would understand this. I really really hope that they have since done away with this requirement; it only limits quality titles from being published on the platform.

Oh no, they've stuck to the requirement for many years. For an example, some games (like the original Tales of Destiny on PS1) had voiceacting removed because Namco didn't want to bother putting English voiceacting (battle voices are ok in Japanese by SCEA), so they removed all voiceacting and went with text. Some PS2 games did the same thing. SCEA has rejected PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP games for lacking English voiceacting, mostly because they feel we live in an English speaking country and rather appeal to a mass audience (because most people in NA, if they were to play the game, would choose English voiceacting no matter how bad it is). I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to allow publishers to bypass that by putting it in the PS Store (because why all of a sudden is the PS3 version of Battle Fantasia coming stateside as a PSN game, along with Agarest Senki sticking to download in NA). I remember XS Games who published Castle Shikigami 2 on PS2, stated SCEA required the English voiceacting despite being a budget game, so they just tossed in English voiceacting (some of the worst).

Their graphic standard rule has mostly gone away though.

Can someone give a short explanation on what makes the games so good? That video review makes it look pretty awful. I don't get why you would import it if 90% of the game is talking...

Originally Posted by The Mana Knight Oh no, they've stuck to the requirement for many years. For an example, some games (like the original Tales of Destiny on PS1) had voiceacting removed because Namco didn't want to bother putting English voiceacting (battle voices are ok in Japanese by SCEA), so they removed all voiceacting and went with text. Some PS2 games did the same thing. SCEA has rejected PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP games for lacking English voiceacting, mostly because they feel we live in an English speaking country and rather appeal to a mass audience (because most people in NA, if they were to play the game, would choose English voiceacting no matter how bad it is). I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to allow publishers to bypass that by putting it in the PS Store (because why all of a sudden is the PS3 version of Battle Fantasia coming stateside as a PSN game, along with Agarest Senki sticking to download in NA). I remember XS Games who published Castle Shikigami 2 on PS2, stated SCEA required the English voiceacting despite being a budget game, so they just tossed in English voiceacting (some of the worst).

Explain Yakuza 2.

Originally Posted by DarkNessBear Can someone give a short explanation on what makes the games so good? That video review makes it look pretty awful. I don't get why you would import it if 90% of the game is talking...

Did you only look at the first one? I added that as a joke because that review sucked ass.

Originally Posted by pete5883 Explain Yakuza 2.

From what I hear Sony let up on the restrictions for PS2 games since they released the PS3.

Originally Posted by pete5883 Explain Yakuza 2.

He already did in his first post about this. Don't question The Mana Knight.

Originally Posted by DarkNessBear Can someone give a short explanation on what makes the games so good?

Few points:
1. The combat makes you feel like a badass just like Devil May Cry 1. There's nothing like stomping on a Yakuza's head.
2. The length is a good 20+ hours due to rpg leveling, many long and short side missions, and cinematic cutscenes that reveal a well written story.
3. The immersion in exploration is just like Shenmue. You can go to a bar and get drunk off some Jack Daniels or Suntory. You can eat ramen at a restaurant. You can play the UFO catcher in the arcade. You can even watch porn in a video store.

This is a love it or hate it series.

Originally Posted by DarkNessBear Can someone give a short explanation on what makes the games so good? That video review makes it look pretty awful. I don't get why you would import it if 90% of the game is talking...

try the demo on the japanese psn store. if the combat is the bulk of the game then imo the game isnt that great unless the moves are upgradeable the way he fights feels kind of generic. the fighting should be gritier and more violent but what you get feels like something out of one of those 90's new 3d fighters. that aside i think this game probably is like by many because of all the extra stuff you can see, do and explore like how you could in shenmue.