Today Sony Interactive Entertainment's mobile arm ForwardWorks announced that Wild Arms: Million Memories is shutting down.
Japanese RPGs have had it rough in the past ten years, give or take. Following a boom period in the 90s, with classic after classic touching down on the PlayStation from the likes of Square Enix, Capcom, and Konami, the HD generation led to the downfall of the console JRPG. Very few series saw new entries on the PlayStation 3 or the Xbox 360, with few sequels to the biggest names and several failed attempts to establish new IP.
Well really Breath Of Fire was killed off by Breath Of Fire: Dragon Quarter that game was a disaster. And 6 was another disaster for the series as it was an online game that just shut down last year after only like a year out.
There are still quiet a few JRPGs out there and being made. Unless you have some very limiting definition for a JRPGs, it just a lot of the older JRPGs are no longer being used by their respective IP owners.
I am pretty sure Star Ocean isn't dead, there will be at least one more game. I wouldn't count wild arms out yet either, because who knows what could happen with it in the future.
You're right about Breath of Fire, but wrong about when it died. Breath of Fire died on PS2 with Dragon Quarter. The game was just not even remotely close to being as good as all previous entries.
Sony's ForwardWorks invite Wild Arms fans to return to Filgaia with the new mobile game Wild Arms: Million Memories for iOS and Android.
Let's hope that they're gauging interest in the franchise and they make something else on consoles down the line.
we might see a console episode if people express their disagreement with this.. trust me, it will work!!!
bring on the negative vibe !!!
Had my hopes up for a sec there until I saw "on mobile"..... First Breath of Fire and now this. Both one of my favorite JRPGs during the Psone era ruined by Mobile.
mobile huh.....they could have also made it for consoles as well and have the mobile version work alongside the potential console version??
Today Sony Interactive Entertainment's mobile branch Forwardworks announced the title of the previously-teased new Wild Arms game for mobile platforms.
Are You Kidding Mobile!!! NOOOOOOOOO Please Sony release it on PS4! Also give us a new Wild arms game while you're at it!
Hopefully a remake can come to the home consoles. Such a waste to put it on mobiles
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Good, now make a home console Wild Arms game.