RPGamer's Run to the Sun feature has always seemed to me like the biggest waste of one of the best ideas ever. In theory, hitting up all of the major RPG publishers in the bay area with questions and comments from real news-hungry RPG lovers personally seems like it would be the kind of exclusive that almost ANY publication would love to get their hands on. In practice, however, the outcome is decidedly boring. Few, if any company's PR staff are allowed to tell more than what they are already telling the press, and even when the RPGamer staff do get exclusive looks at upcoming and unannounced games, they are often asked not to talk about them until the formal press release.
That being said (and it is completely my own opinion), every now and then some really juicy tidbits squeeze through.
In their visit with NIS America, RPGamer was told not only about the upcoming Disgaea 3 and Disgaea DS (which really aren't news), but were given a confirmation of the DS Rhapsody port for North America, hints about the company's work with Gust titles Ar Tonelico II and Mana Khemia 2, and the date of a new announcement from NIS on June 6 (this Friday)!
Yes, in the above run-on sentance, one game was announced, two hinted, and a teaser... um, teased.
You can read the whole interview here.
Personally, I'm thinking that announcement is Ar Tonelico II, but I've been wrong about these things before. What do you think?
3 comments:
I'm hoping for the Ar tonelico II announcement too, but it seems a bit early... How long after the first game's Japanese release was it announced for the US?
By the way, is the NISA event a two-day thing? 1up.com has some coverage of Disgaea 3 and some other games, that was shown yesterday... Did RPGamer get the date wrong and yesterday's annoucement was all we're getting, or is there more to come today?
Hmm, it seems like it was probably a two day event, but the "special" announcement was due on Friday. It looks like it was A Witch's Tale rather than Ar Tonelico II. =(
Hopefully we'll hear something sooner than later.
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