The latest numbered entry of the Wild Arms series, Wild Arms 5, has been released today on the Japanese PSN as a PS2 Classic.
At the end of January, Wild Arms creator Akifumi Kaneko teased a meeting with Sony about the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the series. Looks like the celebrations have started, at least on Kaneko-san’s Twitter.
Some are ff fans, some are star ocean or legend of dragoon....me I'm a wild arms fan! I've beat every wild arms games, except the psp srpg one...I'm hoping we get a ps4 wildarmssssss
I'm a fan of all of them. One of my most beloved memories with the first playstation was the first time I watched the opening of the furst Wild Arms. It was just SO good with that western vibe.
At times, even today, I find myself humming that tune :D
Yeah it was a whole package. Wild arms got me really into rpgs. And same here it was that western style that really made it stand out and it just kept getting better the more you played it. The that tune...what was it a flute? Really completes to western feel for the game.
I think it was actually whistling. Probably synth, but that's what it aimed to reproduce :D
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^^I swear that intro pulled me in just like it did decades ago, now I need to play it lol.
PS2-era Abundance of games doesn't seems to come back anytime soon. Vulkan API disappointing performance, Unreal Engine 4 powered Street Fighter 4 lack of contents, and most great looking Japanese games on Arcade. Maybe There's still hope, PS4 sells very well after all.
I still have yet to play any Wild Arms games but I have the first one on my Vita when it was free for a day. I'll eventually get around to playing it, but looks like a solid RPG series.
that one day free thing is the reason im a wild arms fan. almost beat #1, got far into #2 and played a good amount of XF before my mem card went corrupt. itll be a while before i go back to them. but yeah great games.
I redownloaded it to my vita since this article...still solid as hell, way before it's time. Give it a serious go it's atmosphere still holds you in.
It's going to be a while before I play it since my RPG backlog is kind of large right now as well as some other games.
Probably won't get around to playing it until 2017 or 2018 but it's good knowing that it's right there waiting for me and a potential new series I could become a fan of.
Wild Arms is one of my favorite games, but you have to be careful about information. Its a teaser because it teases the player along. Tweets are the baits of rumor designed to get fans' motors runing. So if this is legit, we'll see soon. Otherwise, take all this with a grain of salt.
"Now that Sony is bringing PS2 games upscaled in 1080p and also includes trophies on the PlayStation 4, many JRPG gamers got excited with this idea as the PS2 had some of the best JRPGs ever released on any platform. If you grew up playing JRPGs on the Playstation 2, now is the time to get excited as maybe your all-time favorites will make a debut on the PlayStation 4." - JPS
How about every JRPG released on the PS2? That seems about right.
And i want FFXII on PS4 now!
Square! Give me my HD version please.
1) Suikoden III, Suikoden IV, Suikoden V
2) Final Fantasy XII International
3) Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Shin Megami Tensei III: Digital Devil Saga, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
4) Wild Arms 3, Wild Arms 4, Wild Arms 5, Wild Arms Alter: Code F
5) Xenosaga Episode I, Xenosaga Episode II, Xenosaga Episode III
6) Tales of Legendia, Tales of the Abyss
7) Disgaea 1, Disgaea 2
8) Dragon Quest VIII
9) Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
10) Mana-Khemia, Mana-Khemia 2
11) Valkyrie Profile 2
12) Ys VI: The Ark of Naphishtim.
13) Dark Cloud 2
14) dot Hack series
15) dot Hack GU series
PS2 era is the golden era of JRPGs, so it would be awesome if these games are released for PS4 as well.
May i add to your list
16) Shadow Hearts 1, Shadow Hearts 2: Covenant, Shadow Hearts 3: From the new world
17) Magna Carta
yeah .. mana khemia its good to make that 3D like final fantasy . wish its true. :D
Quite liked one of the hack games. Never finished it and haven't a clue where it's gone so I wouldn't mind giving that another go.
Not upscaled, rendered in 1080p. All upscaled would mean is that the game takes up the entire screen instead of only the pixels it would require (or maybe set to a 4:3 aspect)
1UP: "These games might not have made a critical splash, but their music will be remembered for years to come."
The Xenosaga franchise should have been on that list I thought the music was great. Also the Ar Tonelico franchise should have been on that list as well the music was awsome for that franchise as well.
Wow! Glad to see they got Unlimited Saga on the list. That would be my nr 1 pick. The first battle theme in that game is my favourite battle theme of all time.
Sh** just got real
North America and Europe are waiting.
Here's hoping they don't pull a Square-Enix and never put up the English version.