Today Gust released a brand new batch of screenshots of its upcoming JRPG Yoru no Nai Kuni, that will hit the Japanese shelves on August 27th.
"It’s always hard to put a final word on games that neither blow you away nor disappoint you, so I suppose I’ll end with simply describing that exact dilemma. Nights of Azure doesn’t set the world on fire, but as a Japanese RPG fan, I dig it." -PSLS
Heath Hindman:
"Nights of Azure, known in Japan as Yoru no Nai Kuni, will be coming to western PS4s in late March of 2016. I’ve been enjoying the Japanese version and thought I’d upload some of my screenshots. Here ya go!"
PlayStation LifeStyle's "Bloggy musings of a gamer in Japan" discusses common stereotypes about the Japanese public and gaming subculture, multiplat versions of Nights of Azure, and more.
Why the Love Live image?
Anyway, the paragraph about the misconception of Japan being A OK with sexulized images of young girls was good.
"The point is, next time you think Japan is entirely welcoming to the ecchi stuff we see in niche games, remember that it is still indeed a niche, even in its homeland. Not everyone is on board with using a touchscreen to jiggle a 14-year-old’s H-cup rack out here."
Honestly, this is one reason why I think mainstream jrpg have fallen in the past decade. Yes, all genres have there black sheeps, but jrpg have seem to allowed entire flocks of black sheeps into their herd within the past decade. It's to the point now where I imagine the dev spend more time discussing the length of girl's skirt and her breast size than they do the actual mechanics of gameplay or plot.
Wow the game doesn't look half bad, it keeps getting better every time I see it. Hopefully Gust brings it over to the west for everyone else to enjoy. fingers cross.
Damn. I thought this was related to ni no kuni
Wow I must say this game looks beautiful. The art style reminds me of the newer Persona games which is a great thing. I will definitely be keeping an eye out for more info on this gem.
Looks neat. I wonder if the PS4 version will run at 60fps.
Looks gorgeous i'm sure it'll be localized. Gust is a talented dev with nice style.
I like how these games keep including Vita releases, still very much alive.
Also, though this is Japan atm, it seems like PS4 is dropping a lot of games on us recently with all these announcements. Yay games!