theGamerBuzz writes, "Games are an artistic, interactive, and visual medium. Every good modern day game designer understands this very well. However, over the past couple of weeks I have been playing a game called 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors (999 for short) after a recommendation from a friend and after it won the 2010 Nintendo Power award for best story/writing."
After multiple hints from Uchikoshi’s Twitter the critically acclaimed 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors will be appearing on both the PS Vita and Steam featuring full voice-acting. The news comes by way of Anime Expo, where a Zero Escape panel held way to a surprise announcement of “what the team had been working at back home”.
VLR is a sequel of sorts, although you don't really need to play 999 to get it. ZTD is the sequel to VLR. While all sequels, they are all separate stories, interconnected in some way, which is supposedly revealed in ZTD...although can't say how yet since I haven't gotten into the game yet. They share similar themes, and a couple recurring characters, although my memory is fuzzy on the specifics of the characters. Now I kind of want to go back and play VLR and 999 before starting ZTD.
Thanks for the heads up. I just picked up a copy of VLR and I'm new to the series. I wasn't sure if there was a better way to go about the series, but I will start there.
Now all we need is VLR on PC. Glad the devs realized that just because Japan doesn't love the series doesn't mean there isn't a huge market for it in the West; wish other Japanese devs would realize this.
They are porting that.
@Shadow ,Most of their fans are from the west. It's the west fans that made Zero escape 3: ZTD happen.
Unfortunately, the series doesn't sell well in japan. You should see the message at the end of the credits in ZTD.
@shadowforks They do now. The series was almost shelved after VLR sold poorly in Japan, despite selling pretty well in the West. The Japanese publisher refused, at first, to fund a third game in the series, until the massive outcry of western fans changed their minds.
What a strange choice of platforms. I own a vita but apparently no one else does.
I swear you people are like religious fanatics and people who argue government with flawed logic. Look at yourselves and realize your dislike is just you acting out on your own insecurities on a device that literally has no barring on your life.
Well, apparently you got a bunch of dislikes from people that don't exist. What are you upset about?
lol what myth? you recently told me to explain things better yet you sit here without any explanation of said myth?
When did I tell you that?
And what I'm referring to is that "the vita is dead" "no one plays on the vita". These things are myths. Vita gets lots of games every week.
apparently that was some guy named shadow forks. and lets be honest the vita is pretty dead sony isn't even making it anymore.
Eh, lets not kid ourselves. Vita flopped hard. Sony supported it the first couple of years but kicked it to the curb since it sold poorly. The Vita gets very few notable games these days.
"Notable"
Dragon's point still stands. The vita gets games, just not from US devs and it is far from being dead
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Daniel Dunham writes "999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is a Japanese mystery/adventure video game, developed by Chunsoft, published by JP Spike and localized by NA Aksys Games. The game can best be described as a visual novel puzzle game, with the premise revolving around 9 people having been kidnapped and placed on a huge and slowly sinking ocean liner. There they are forced by their unknown kidnapper, who goes by the alias “Zero”, into participating in the “Nonary Game”."
Interesting review, and since it is the predecessor for Zero Escape, they are similar in terms of gameplay, and have ties between each other.
Thanks for the review :D
999 is definitely worth a play :)
I haven't played Zero Escape myself yet but I've heard it's supposed to be great.
