Gametrailers writes:
John Greiner, former President of Hudson Entertainment, has announced the formation of MonkeyPaw Games, a new studio dedicated to creating “retro games with today’s graphics & intensity”. Specifically focusing on games with a Japanese influence, MonkeyPaw will attempt to deliver the kind of game(s) that never made it to Western shores, mainly because they were deemed too culturally different.
Greiner should now, having launched the TurboGrafx-16 platform and porting several Japanese favs including Bonk’s Adventure, Bomberman, Military Madness, Blazing Lasers, and Adventure Island.
While no specific titles or distribution platforms were announced today, the company’s website promises that we’ll get word of upcoming projects at E3 and encourages those of you that are “passionate about real Japanese games” to stay tuned.
MonkeyPaw:
Yes, you read that correctly, a new PSP RPG is getting localized and released so don’t put your portable too far out of reach. Details about what the game actually is will be coming very shortly as we’re prepping some of the final elements to make a proper announcement.
Its been a while since i said that. But if it is an RPG game then my PSP is ready!
It's not often that you get an alert that a video game is going to be rare before it is even released, but MonkeyPaw Games has put out the word that it's on the verge of sending Class of Heroes 2G for the Sony PlayStation 3 out into the world as a one-time, limited printing. Available only by preorder, Monkeypaw will print enough copies to meet initial demand and then plans no further releases. Don't expect to find this game at retail.
Between the rabid fan base and the collector market, I bet they sell out quickly.
"I bet they sell out quickly."
I never got this logic in reference to Class of Heroes. I believe both times (at least this time for the PS3) the game failed to hit their initial signature target and I believe the PSP version was on sale for months before it got enough to make production viable. This will be no different and considering stock in infinite (as they're going to run as many as they need), only demand is finite, which probably isn't that high.
Heck, you can still buy the PSP game (only like 3,000 or so were made) on eBay for only $70 ( http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cla... ). Considering this only went from $36.99 to $70 (on a good day) isn't much appreciation considering the rarity.
No, i'm going to buy one to play from the PS Store because it's half the price of a retail version.
No. Rarity does not mean value. I could make a game in my basement and give it to a couple friends. They'd be the only ones to have it. But if they sold it on eBay? They'd get nothing for it.
Value is determined by rarity to a point, but also history. And generally, if a company is touting something as rare, that means it will not be worth much down the road. The most valuable things are the ones that no one expects to be rare. Xenoblade Chronicles, for example... never did I read the game was going out of print, and then it did. Add to that the GameStop exclusivity and it is hell to find a copy for a good price.
Following that, the next games in Project Rainfall (I think that's what it was called), The Last Story and Pandora's Tower... I bet so many people have those unopened in a box somewhere, hoping for them to make bank. But the thing is, lightning only strikes once in the world of collector's items.
The one huge exception I can think of is Disney. The Disney "vault" is something of an anomaly in that despite them touting it as a limited release, they do still maintain a high value. That might just be because it's Disney, though.
But look at all these collector's editions, limited editions... My rule of thumb is that if the product says it's limited or a collector's item, 99 times out of 100, it will not be worth anything down the line- simply because people will buy the heck out of it and there will then be no demand.
People pay high prices for rare commodities they actually want and were ripped from them unexpectedly. Or as I said, history can play a factor. Comics in the 30s and 40s were printed en masse and everybody read them... but the paper was cheap and most people used their old comics as mulch. Even though there were a million copies of Action Comics #1, given the fact that people never saw it as a possible investment, the supply dwindled down and now you have to have crazy money to purchase that issue. It blew up because that was the first appearance of Superman.
To win, you pretty much have to buy everything off the beaten path and eventually you will get something that sticks and sticks super hard. But if you just focus on stuff that touts itself as a valuable product, you will never win. Unless there is a recall of some sort, but even then that very rarely equals collector value.
The too long, didn't read version of the above post: Rarity =/= Value. There are many other factors at play than rarity. And if it says it is limited, it usually will never be worth much.
Rarity does mean value in most cases, just look at the NTSC version of Afrika on PS3. It got horrible reviews yet it is still worth more than most brand new game even when it's used, this is simply because it's so hard to find.
The only other strictly limited edition games i can think of on PS3 is TLOU Post Pandemic, Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunter Edition, Ni No Kuni: The Grand Wizard Edition, Persona 4 Golden Solid Gold Premium Edition & Dark Souls II Webhallen Edition. All 5 of those are now worth about 3-5x more than what the retailed for at launch.
MonkeyPaw's Ryan Olsen recently explained that emulation issues are preventing a North American PSN release of the English version of Tomba! 2. The company is still trying to get that version out, but decided to release the Japanese version in the meantime.
if people on the internet have had roms like this worked out for over a decade, why the hell cant these companies get them working on PSN?
Because approving software for sale has more strict regulations. Tiny bugs that most of the time you may gloss over while playing games may disqualify a game from sale.
Wonder how crazy these culture difference really are.
I bought the Bomberman on turbografx 16 on the Wii shop channel! Probably the best game I own for the system.
This is pretty exciting though :P
Wow, I forgot that existed. "Forgotten imports from Japan" pretty much guarantees some good old-fashioned crazy.
Bout time, now wheres my "Mother 2" ?!
I took Japanese to play import games. I failed out of that class, bahaha so this is much easier