GAMINGtruth's own Cliff Bakehorn III delivers the verdict on Level-5's newly released J-RPG on Nintendo's eShop for the 3DS:
"Ultimately, though I feel like Crimson Shroud is indeed one of the eShop’s better downloads; its difficult learning curve and hardcore pen-and-paper theme might be a deterrent for those looking for a traditional turn-based role playing games.
If you aren’t worried about reading a lot of dialogue or relying on dice rolls to determine a certain degree of your success, you should actually find a lot to like about Crimson Shroud. Not only does it end a particularly strong year for the Nintendo eShop (in terms of its high-quality releases), it also serves as the cherry on top of the Guild01 franchise, and definitely the defining part of Level-5′s mini-series."
Digitally Downloaded writes: "The Nintendo 3DS has been an absolute powerhouse for the JRPG genre. After a shaky launch, many years ago now, the console rapidly developed into a real home for the genre, with everything from major games from major publishers through to very niche, indie stuff."
I haven't been really able to get into a lot of them on the 3DS. With the exception of Fire Emblem Fates and probably Monster Hunter Story when that comes out. All the other jrpgs I got plans for are on PS4.
Sorry to say but the 3ds is not really the jrpg system.Check out the ps4 and ps vita JRPG games.
Of course there always people like you. PS4 hasnt proven itself yet with quality JRPG. Vita doesnt have more quality JRPG than the 3DS. I own both of those system.
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Siliconera: During this morning’s Level-5 Vision press conference, president and CEO Akihiro Hino talked about the “company’s vision” along with a look at the business performance of some of their most popular franchises to date, in addition to the announcement of Layton 7, an upcoming “role play puzzle” game being developed for iOS, Android and 3DS.
1.4 for Ni No Kuni and those sales are only for Japan, so with WW sales it should be way higher.
It says "Ni no Kuni sales for the PS3 and Nintendo DS version (Japan-only) reached 1.4 million sales worldwide.", so it's not just the Japanese sales.
1.4 for an RPG, is actually a lot in today's video game industry.
Also, Level-5 always release beautiful games.
Ni No Kuni should have sold way more. It's that good. Easily the best JRPG I've played since Lost Odyssey.
Crimson Shroud looks like one of the better eShop downloads--I always love J-RPGs that make use of innovative battle sequences.
Thanks for the review, Cliff!
Crimson Shroud is a minimalist homage to tabletop RPGs and it does it pretty well. The graphics are pretty bad...and that's great. Its a text driven adventure and it about the number mining.