Let's try this again.
There was actually some stuff from the night before that I never got an answer to. For those that bought the art books, what's the Astro-Boy inspired manga like? No one ever talks about it. Anything interesting about it? Anything you were able to translate from it?
Also, did anyone else think of PMMM when Elh asked Red to form a contract with her?
>>266154585
It was an amazing game, but it was too easy and the art style can put off a lot of people
>>266154585
Oh, and what do we know about the 7 Data Children outside of Red, Nero, and Blanck?
>>266155191
Certainly. Supposedly the next game will be aimed at an older audience, so hopefully that means it won't be so easy next time around.
The art style is probably the reason many people ignored it besides its weird name of course.
Which is odd to think about, since of all games it holds the record for having the most commercials for it.
>>266155404
>the next game
There will be seriously a next one?
>>266155519
CC2 will keep pushing for another chance to make a LTB game, but it will probably be a while
>>266155519
Yep. CC2 has said as much.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-05-new-solatorobo-game-in-the-works-at-cyberconnect2
http://www.siliconera.com/2010/07/08/cyberconnect2-unveil-strelka-stories/
They're going so far as to making Strelka Stories despite not getting any funding for it from any major publisher. Its their own personal love work. And while the next game might not even be Strelka Stories, nonetheless they did say they were working on something in this series. Repeatedly, in fact.
Supposedly though Strelka Stories is being aimed at an older audience, and that fans of shows like Evangelion and Gurren Lagann are sure to like it.
>>266154585
What is this game about?
The art looks so cute.
>>266155404
While I bet the art style was a factor, coming out towards the very end of the lifecycle of the DS certainly couldn't have helped.
>>266156084
Its about this dog person (called Caninu in game) mecha pilot named Red Savarin who works as a Hunter, which is sort of a person who does odd jobs for people. One job required him to go onto an airship called The Hindenburg and "borrow" some documents for a client, and during this he uncovers a strange medallion that glows when he touches it and attracts monsters to the ship. The ship gets badly damaged during all of this and Red manages to escape, but not before rescuing a mysterious cat girl (called Felineko in game) named Elh Melizee on his way out. After his escape Elh tells him that the world is dangerous and that the medallion chose him, and she asks him to help her perform some ritual called the Rite of Forfeit in order to stop a great gigantic beast from causing ruin to the world. Red agrees and they go off on their adventure.
And as it goes on it gets a whole lot more complicated and crazy.
>>266156595
I always forget that the 3DS was out by that point in time. Man they had bad luck with that game.
And added to it, is there anything we know about Gren and Calua outside of what the game itself tells us? It's so lacking in info regarding them.
>>266157897
Nope.
They should just remake this in Unity and put it on Steam, it would break the bank with all the furries on there and maybe also XBLA/PSN/Eshop
>>266158875
That's unfortunate.
Ah well.
Didn't they hint that Gren was in love with Opera or something in it?
Is this game.... ANYthing...like megaman legends?
>>266159190
>....
>>266159061
Too bad Steam removed the furry tag.
Why Unity though?
I get wanting it on Steam and all that, but the way the game was made it might be difficult to do all that for. Why not just put it on 3DS eshop or Wii U eshop?
>>266159190
It lets you customize your mecha in a similar way to Megaman Legends. Walking around dungeons and cities and such is also vaguely similar.
>>266159190
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/07/22/cyberconnect2s-ceo-would-be-happy-to-work-on-mega-man-legends-3/
>>266159190
pretty sure legends was a major inspiration for the game
>>266159080
I thought he had a crush on her, but he doesn't really get much screen time so I might be wrong.
>Make a Game with disgaea tier boredom and grindan.
>add furfags lowering your potential audience even more.
>Furfags cant understand why there game bombs and uses MUH WORLD BUILDING as the only valid excuse when other games do it better
>Most of them just view the artbooks online and pirate the game anyway
>Cyberconnect stuck making narutos 4ever because furrys keep convincing them to appeal to them.
This is how the vidya dies.
>>266160618
>grinding in solatorobo
Top kek.
>>266160618
>grindan
You're level 14 by the time you beat Solatorobo.
>other games do it better
Only thing I can think of is maybe Final Fantasy XII
>view the artbooks online
>implying there are that many pics online
>CC2 stuck making Narutos
To be fair they try to do .hack// and want it to get localized but it never does.
>>266155404
>having the most commercials for it
Which barely showed off relevant gameplay or what the game was even about.
I mean, I played Solatorobostill gotta finish it one of these daysand all the mindfuckery and twists were amazing. But you just can't convey that with a 30-60 second TV spot.
>>266161763
just dont remind me the .hack//link dissaster please im glad that is japan only, if only we have a sequel even on ps3 or 360 fuck
>>266156642
>Elh
>sheSpoilers faggot
>>266162214
Link isn't bad if you don't consider it a serious .hack// game and recognize it for the cheap fanservice it is.
>>266162060
>30 second
Heck, most of them were only about 15 seconds long. And you're right, they just couldn't and didn't show much of the actual game itself.
>didn't finish it
Get on that right now. Its not a long game, and if you've already played a lot of it it shouldn't be long at all.
>>266162261
I fucked up.
To be fair its not relevant to the story. Just a surprise.
>>266162214
Was Link really that bad? What about the manga for Link?
>>266162214
>anything after the first four
>>266162678
>he doesn't like GU and quantum
>>266162783
>he likes harem and moe shit
>>266162783
>Quantum
I tried to get a friend into .hack// by watching Sign with him and he got bored as fuck and hated it. Since I can't get a hold of the games, I wanted him to try Quantum, but now he won't bother with it thinking that .hack// is boring.
Quantum was exciting though. A bit rushed, but damn was it a beautiful piece of work.
>>266163152
Quantum was fucking horrible. I bet you like SAO too.
>>266163152they emulate really well even on mediocre machines, so that's always an option unless you can get lucky on ebay
>>266163269
Not in the slightest. SAO was a piece of shit.The 2nd half was okay though. Just okay. It had its problems.
>>266163461
I figure I'll just get them all on Amazon. Already have GU volume 3. The first 4 games all seem to be fairly cheap.
>>266163696
I guess I hate your opinions a little less. Elk is best boy.
>>266162579
>Just a surprise
It blew my fucking mind I was so confused.
Also I think I got up to 'Chapter 2'(?) before I stopped, when the humans started showing up. Mind you I was trying to do everything in the game so I was taking my sweet time.
I'm not sure whether I should keep the experience I've already had or finish it, I hear the ending is lackluster.
>>266163965
The ending was beautiful, albeit a bit of an asspull. Its worth it for the post game content anyways.
I'll admit thegender revealconfused me also. Mostly becauseby appearance I thought she was a girl, and then they used the term "he" before finally revealing her gender
>>266163938
>elk
>anything other than the inferior wavemaster that CC2 really, really wanted you to like despite the fact they didn't give him any email conversations and almost never had him be available to be in the partyis that aromatic grass?
>>266164252
Yeah, I have to agree the wording they used was what confused me the most.>Oh it's a girl
>Wait... he? Uh... okay
>No actually I'm a grill
>GODDAMNIT
>>266159390
>Steam removed the furry tag.
Implying that will change shit
>Why Unity though?
It's an easy engine to develop a smaller game like this for cheap
>>266164313
>liking Mistral at all
I bought the piece of junk that is .hack//Alcor
Does it ever get readable?
>>266164997
No.
Fukken loved this game. Sure it was kinda simple and easy, but i'm playing difficult games all day! I hate to use this term but i'd have to call it "comfy".
Maybe its cause I played it one summer out under a tree on my property.
>>266164418
I wonder what made CC2 think thatElh even looked like a boy
>>266166190
I'd describe it like that too.
Its got a good enough world to easily get immersed into and lovable characters that feel like wonderful friends.
>>266166209
It's not so much she outright looks like one, it's that she speaks like one in Japanese, which is impossible to convey in English since we don't have masculine or feminine words. At least on the level of other languages, anyway.
>>266166209
Well if you look most of the females are pretty endowed, while elh is totally flat in that regard. She totally looks girly though.
>>266166351
I liked all the sidequests. The recurring characters in them being expanded upon made em feel worth it.
Would you rather hug Waffle, Red or Mamoru?
>>266163461
have they worked out the high resolution DS emulator yet? I remember seeing the screenshots from it in a past thread. Any body have those by chance?
>>266167289
They all look pretty soft
>>266167459
You mean like this?
>>266167590
yeah but for the game parts.
Actually I remember seeing some webm of the scenes with the ships flying around aand shit
>>266167289
Mamoru. He's the most adorable.
Although...fanart of Red...
I always thought the mecha designs were really strange, what with the pilot all out in the open riding it.
Does nobody have guns to just shoot them off of em?
Do they explain personal weaponry, guns etc? I mean with the level of lore in this im sure one of you know.
>>266168058
Guns exist in universe.
As for explaining weapons, to a degree they do although I don't know the fine details. I believe most of that is in the artbooks. I have the first one but I can't read nip.
>>266167696
The hi-res DS emulator plugin is unoptimized as fuck, doesn't run well even on good rigs. Probably not worth your time.
>>266154585
When I first heard of this game, it reminded me of pic related which while a little joke, kinda had a similar look to it.
>>266168524
What do you know about that pic and its origin?
>>266168213
do the guns in that pic even fire projectiles?
I mean Reds sword thing is more of a stun gun.
>>266168276
Yeah? I got an i5 at like 4.4 ghz though. Even too unoptimized for that ya think?
>>266168894
In that picture? Probably not. I know there are working functioning guns in it though. Characters in game use things sort of like them and official artwork often shows very normal looking guns.
>>266168894
>Yeah? I got an i5 at like 4.4 ghz though. Even too unoptimized for that ya think?
Try it and find out. I'm genuinely curious since I'm about to get an i5 (Still running a Core 2 Duo from 2008).
>>266168695
All I know is that it was published on some digest(?) book for the L-Gaim animu(if ya know what that is). Whoever made this story was way ahead of their time that's for sure.
>>266169037
I dont recall seeing regular guns is why I asked about it. Anybody got artbook pics with the guns?
>>266169235
I would do it right now, but im not at that pc sadly!
>>266169458
>>266168524
Damn. Really looks like the precuror to LTB.
>>266169458
Thats lookin pretty familiar! Is that animal people riding robots in anime style?
what a coincidence!
Fuuck why couldnt this be a console game so I could have explored these places more in depth.
Such cool location design god damn!
>>266170041
Yeah. Who knew such a little gag story would actually predict the future. Had it actually been a thing, it would've stood out from the other things released at that time.
>>266170770
>>266170912
A gag story? Was it just a few pages or something?
Your pic always bothers me, since they jammed flo in the fold! I stlll havent seen a full scan of that art.
Oh, and before I forget.
>For those that bought the art books, what's the Astro-Boy inspired manga like?
It's, well, a manga. It's just a one-off kind of thing based off that character you see a poster of in the orphanage. I imagine it's kind of like a meta thing that would exist in the universe. Other than that it has nothing to do with Solatorobo or Tail Concerto. It'd be like if they made a Silver Samurai manga for Phoenix Wright.
I don't know moon so I have no idea what they're saying.
>>266171426
It looks pretty cool.
I'm going to be taking Japanese classes soon at my college. Maybe I'll learn enough to translate these when I get them myself.
>>266171426
Theres so much god damn stuff they write and draw for this universe. And yet it's just a measly DS game!
Its kinda depressing really. Why do they do this? The devs just love it or something?
>>266171242
>Was it just a few pages or something?
It was only a page or two long if I recall.
>>266172157
>The devs just love it or something
Yes.
It doesn't make them very much money. Its not popular. Multiple attempts at pushing it have failed. And yet they keep going. They work on projects without publisher funding for it. They release artbooks for the small dedicated groups of fans and even sometimes translate parts into English for people. They made a Kemono Fanpage Facebook page for anything kemono they put out. They begged Bandai for funding for Solatorobo, even when repeatedly shot down.
They LOVE LTB.
>>266172157
This game was pretty much their pet project, their dream game. They spent a huge amount of time and effort on it.
>>266172451
Also those books they've published regarding the kemono fandom. Maybe they should do a special entry where they hire some veteran jap artists who're interested at doing some artworks showing their own interpretations.
>>266172451
Kind of a tragedy to have it just be an easy DS game.
This needs a kickstarter so bad! Id back them in a heartbeat, and im sure im not the only one.
>>266172454
They spent a long ass time on it from what ive read. I feel kinda bad for them...I didn't buy it either, my greatest regret
>>266173163
I think they actually did that already. A lot of the artwork in the Kemono books are from random Japanese artists outside of CC2, and some of that artwork is of Solatorobo stuff. Sort of like the 8 Solatorobo fanbooks. They've also even asked (and are currently asking for) artists to make kemono art for them to put in a special section of their book.
>>266173381
I wonder if their close connection with Bandai prevents them from doing that or something. Making a Kickstarter I mean.
>>266172451
is there a chance for their next furry people video game to be released on pc?
>>266174007
I wouldn't say its impossible, especially since XSeed looks into doing that when going to developers, although this is a Japanese company we're talking about here. Japan has never been big on the PC.
>>266173910
Strelka Stories is self-funded and completely seperate from Namco Bandai -- Matsuyama stated that he wants this game to be completely free of any publisher so they can do what they truly wish to do with the game. The only thing preventing its development is lack of funds, being a small developer.
Kickstarter disallows anybody from Japan starting a project and CC2 does not have an American division (Mighty No. 9 is not an exception; Comcept has a US division which may very well have been made simply so they could use it as a loophole)
>>266173910
Shit youre right. Oh man, does Bandai own the rights to the ip? Now THAT would be tragic!
>>266174007
Well theyre putting the nartoe on pc so I dont see why not!
>>266174232
Obviously we need a petition
Those never fail
>>266174437
>Kickstarter disallows anybody from Japan starting a project
Well that sucks. Does Kikestarter do this to any other country outside the US and some parts of Europe as well.
>>266175016
That reminds me...
http://www.change.org/p/hiroshi-matsuyama-translate-the-solatorobo-books-in-other-languages-and-sell-them-worldwide
>>266175016
>>266175243
http://petitionbureau.org/SolatoroboPC
>11 signatures
>>266155934
Thank God.
>>266175373
http://www.siliconera.com/2014/08/19/cyberconnect2-currently-creating-major-original-title/
>>266175243
Dang ya think they would even consider this? I dunno how well these sorts of petitions work.
Think I should sign it?
>>266175361
Now this one im not sure of. Wouldnt they have to redo all the prerendered backdrops to make them look acceptable on pc?
>>266176123
I think they're both a lost cause, personally.
Its too small name a game to get enough people fast enough interested.
>>266176278
>games like this people have most likely never even heard of
>games like destiny break 500 million dollars on the first fucking day
>>266176604
The budget difference is so huge, on marketing alone. You really can't compare em like that!the world isnt fair anon
>>266176604
>>266176932
B-But it broke the world record for most number of television commercials for it....
>>266176932
The only solution is suicide I suppose
>>266174232
The next one will likely be for mobile devices just like Little Tail Story.
>>266177105
But then you'd miss the eventual sequel 50 years from now.
>>266177164
>MFW
>>266176123
>Now this one im not sure of. Wouldnt they have to redo all the prerendered backdrops to make them look acceptable on pc?
Not that a PC version will ever, ever get made, but no. All of the backgrounds were massively downscaled to be put on the DS and judging by the fact that all of the backgrounds are present in the artbooks, it can be safely assumed that CC2 has the master files in their archives. Backgrounds would probably be the easiest thing to fix.
Again, wishful thinking, but still.
>>266175450
>>266177164
Oh, never heard this before. If it's a new IP similar in vein to LTB(which it probably isn't but hey, a guy can dream) they could get a new artist on board to do character designs just like Nob did for that series.Preferably I would probably choose Yas(since he's capable of designing characters like that as pic related shows) but hey, more power to them.
>>266177278
I honestly always thought that those were two different images rather than one just being a heavily compressed version of the other. I mean I know the one on the right WAS changed but I always figured that the thing on the left was just the drawn image for what it would look like and the right is what was actually designed to be in the game. I had no idea it was just compressed.
>>266177247
With my current health habits I ain't living past 40 anyway.
Now here's a question
Would you have still played this game if it weren't furry?
>>266174437
>Kickstarter disallows anybody from Japan starting a project
>>266178602
I want to say yes.
But that's really only if I had known it was so good. I bought it on a whim after being linked its opening cutscenes on a furry website. I thought it looked kind of cool and decided to go for it, despite my fears about the gameplay.
If it weren't furry, I likely never would've bat an eye at it. And that makes me sad anon.
>>266178351
Fix that.
You want to be here when it happenssomeday
>>266178784
>fix that
That means doing something other than jerking off and posting on 4chan
And like I said last thread, that ain't happening.
>>266178602
Why is this question asked in every game related to furries?
And yes, I would still buy it, because I'm genuinely obsessed with Inumaru's artstyle.
>>266177164
motherfucker!
>>266177278
Oh of course, huh. Damnit this couldnt be a difficult port to do! I mean even if it was unoptimized our pc have the raw muscle to take care of it!
>>266178602
Well it was certainly a draw for me. However I do love the mechs, and the "floating islands and airships" theme is one of my favorites.
Id say I would have considered it, but I wouldnt have fallen in love with it if it werent for the adorable character designs.
>>266179014
Oh hey, did you end up trying the game out? Whatd ya think?
>>266179014
Because, I know I wouldn't have batted an eye at this game if it just had a regular anime art style, and I wanted to know if others felt the same way.
>>266178602
>implying I'm a furry
I'm here because I like CC2 and want them to succeed
>>266178602
Assuming it didnt have ugly characters otherwise, I would.
The cuteness/coolness of the characters I really like, and if they were just anime humans that looked as nice I would have liked it too!
Whats this even play like? The art style is so atrocious and obviously made for yiffers that it completely turns me off to the game, no matter how good it may be. Furry art seriously is horrible.
I'm going to guess its a SRPG or some type of RPG?
>>266179556
Nigga if you so turned off why bother posting about it?
>>266179556
Action rpg, simple gameplay based on lifting/throwing with your robot.
I think this wont be the game for you if you explicitly dislike the art style. Best move on pal!
>>266179663
I'm just curious to see what it plays like or if its a clone of anything but with a shit art style.
>>266179756
This anon gets it, thanks. Not all people who hate something are shitposters. I'll be exiting the thread now.
>>266179556
Its an ARPG where the combat involves lifting enemies and objects up and throwing them or catching and throwing projectiles. Its really simple. A lot of the game is just dialogue between characters or traveling and seeing the world while pretty music plays and you perform sidequests.
Also:
>character designs done by same guy who did Escaflowne
>>266179349
Hey man, it was a serious question.
Game aint popular, and I was wondering how many people found it cause it's furry, or interest in gameplay, or brand name
>>266179556
You said it pal.
>>266179963
Why does he write that comic? It seems like such a waste of talent, even if it makes for great reaction images.
>>266179963
>>266179556its not furry it's kemo
>>266179924
I discovered it after seeing threads about it here a year or so ago, yeah the art was a draw for me certainly. But the robots, world design etc also played a huge part.
>>266180041
Because he's fucked in the head and hides the fact behind a mask of tolerance and political correctness.
Also because he has readers, and is probably a closet furry.
>>266179556
>>266179898
You grab enemies, and then throw them at other enemies. Or just bounce them on the ground till' they are dead.
You can also pick up some items the enemies drop (such as guns and bombs) to attack them, and there are some missions where you can/have to use a mounted machine gun.
You also unlock some special moves later in the game.
The gameplay is somewhat dull, and since you already said a bunch of times that you think the art style is shit, you should just move on to another game, since the best part of this game are the characters/story/art.
>I'm just curious to see what it plays like or if its a clone of anything
It plays mostly like tail concerto. Solatorobo is tail concerto's spiritual successor afterall.
>>266179914
Thehumansin this had pretty cool designs too, I thought. Didnt know it was the guy who did escaflowne though!
And yes I agree, its a easygoing kinda game for me.
>>266180145
Kemono is pretty much nip furfaggotry. So why bother calling it something else?
>>266180635
BecauseIm joking
>>266180635
True true, but its like the difference between western cartoon and anime.
>>266179098
I like it, the lore is absolutely delicious. Gameplay is kinda bland outside of boss fights.
>>266180472
Damn If only they would have made the combat deeper.
I heard that they playtested it woth younger demographic. Kinda surprising given the looks of some of the characters!
>>266180383
That isn't a real part in it is it? Surely that writing was edited.
>>266181009
Not really. That would mean that there are many differences in censorship practices and quality. Its much smaller and there are just some common stylistic differences.
>>266180631
I liked those with the exception of Red himself, which I thought looked ugly.
Admittedly, I'm not a fan of the mecha designs either, save for maybe Nero, Blanck's, and furry Vincent Valentine.
>>266181812
>Surely that writing was edited.
I wouldn't be surprised if it weren't, the dude has some wacky stuff in his comic.
>>266181812
About the cartoon/anime comparison I made, I didnt mean like the entire industry/ fandom thing. Purely from looks and design sensibility I meant.
flo and suzette a best!
>>266182079
What about those that blur the lines a little?
does this game have kemoshotas?
>>266182316
What do you mean? I suppose theres westers stuff that looks eastern. same goes for cartoons!
>>266182368
not really
>>266182079
Oh okay.
>>266182086
Good taste.
>>266181803
Yup. Elementary school kids being the youngest of the ones tested on.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/135064/postmortem_cyberconnect_2s_.php?print=1
>>266182368
No, there was supposed to be a sequel to Tail Concerto that was going to star one though
>>266182368
It has Mamoru-kun in it.
>>266181812
That part was edited, but the comic itself is full of nonsense that rivals it.
>>266182525
>elementary school
Whaaat, why would they do that? Because its DS huh?
That really hurt the game I think. Id wager its adults playing the game mostly, especially now
post some opera
http://exhentai.org/g/458726/54f47a29ff/
http://exhentai.org/g/482052/2e645a1d99/
>>266183064
>>266182953
I dunno, but they said that the next game will be aimed more at adults, so all is well.
>>266183064
no
fuck this thred
>>266183430
no u
>>266183428
I hope they make it more challenging and deeper.
Some on-foot combat would be great, I get tired of the constant clank-clank-clank!
>>266183064
have her robot
>>266184021
I was a tad disappointed that it was all mecha combat myself; I would love to see some swordfighting or laser sword (should it take place in the future) fighting or something with Red out of his robot. It would've been fun.
>>266184021
that is one neato robot
>>266184021
Do you have a good quality picture of furry Vincent Valentine's robot? (I can't remember his name right now)
>>266183428
>next game
>all is well
Dont play with my heart anon!
>>266184189
Yeah he had a shock sword and everything!
>>266184229
The kurvas bots were all sweet I thought. This ones all wild west gunslinger lookin! Who rode this one again? Gren?
>>266184441
That's Beluga's.
>>266184441
dunno, haven't played in months
>>266184440
I think its >>266184441 , right?
or this one?
>>266184440
>>266184441
Speak of the devil. Thanks
>>266184623
And thanks for reminding me his name.
>>266184951
You got it right the first time.
The one you're posting now is Gren's I believe.
I wonder how /m/ feels about these designs.
>>266185043
I imagine /m/ would find the exposed pilot design to be laughable!
>>266185313
>>266185043
IIR, form the previous threads about the game there they're actually cool with the designs.
>>266185461
I think theyre really cool, but I also find the vulnerability of the rider pretty odd. Like I said earlier, it would be so easy for them to be shot out of it!
Who uses this thing? One of thehumans?
