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fore any good news… Yes, Makai Wars has been delayed and it is due to major developmental delays. It was not necessarily Sony’s fault for the delay. The developmental lag on our side and the fact that we had to focus our energy towards Makai Kingdom delayed the game. TGQ: Was there anything behind the decision to change Phantom Kingdom (the Japanese release title) to Makai Kingdom? NIS: Well, the decision was simple and quick. We did not want gamers to confuse Phantom Brave with Phantom Kingdom. In Japan, many of our fans thought Phantom Kingdom was a sequel to Phantom Brave and that created some confusion. Therefore, it was natural for us to change the title to distinct itself from our other titles. TGQ: Atelier Iris is a Gust-developed RPG that is the sixth game in a series spanning back to the PS1. This leads to many questions for NIS US about Atelier Iris ~Eternal Mana~. Does this mean that NIS USA plans to become a localization house for Japanese games that share a similar vein as NIS developed games? NIS: Yes, you can expect more games from dif- ferent developers to appear here in the states. TGQ: Atelier Iris is a branch off from the tra- ditional Atelier games in Japan with many new elements to the series. Was Iris’ advancement in the series involved in the decision for NIS US to begin localization at this point in the series? NIS: Unlike Atelier Iris, the previous Atelier series was a pure simulation type game. These games were great in [their] own ways, but we felt that the North American gamers would enjoy a more classic RPG-type title than a pure simulation game. Plus we haven’t seen RPG titles like Iris in years, so we had to bring it over. TGQ: What effect will Atelier Iris have on NIS 10 The Gamer’s Quarter Issue #3 US’ decisions on localization of both other Japanese RPGs and the rest of the Atelier series (Atelier Iris 2 was released in Japan May this year)? NIS: Atelier Iris definitely opened up the road for niche market import games. The demand is certainly there, but everybody (publishers) was afraid to take the first step. It’s certainly under- standable. I mean, who would want to risk tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars on games that have no previous record here in the states? Now that Iris has paved the way, we will see more and more niche market games imported. TGQ: NIS seems to like smaller companies. In an interview, Haru Akenaga said “NIS will remain relatively small compared to Square Enix by establishing our brand name in the niche market.” Does this have any effect on choos- ing to use Double Jump Books as your strategy guide creators, as well as contracting them to create an online strategy guide for you, which will be free, over larger companies such as BradyGames? NIS: Double Jump has always created quality strategy guides, so it was natural for us
to approach them. We have a great working relationship with them and that might be, in part, because we are both still relatively small companies. Hopefully, we can both grow into major corporations in the gaming industry. TGQ: Does NIS’s American branch have any plans to develop in-house games? NIS: That would be nice… However, we just don’t have the resources and strengths to develop games for ourselves yet. Hopefully, in the near future we will be able to create games on our own. TGQ: Just for fun, what games are some of the staff playing currently? NIS: Well, some of the games we are currently playing are Gran Turismo 4 (you could never go wrong with this series), Tekken 5 (Gotta love that dysfunctional family), and Miina no Golf PSP. Hmmm… Just noticed we don’t have a single RPG in our playing list. Let me throw in my personal favorite, the Super Robot Wars series, for our sake. TGQ: I would like to thank the staff for taking the time to answer these questions. NIS: Thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity. Please look forward to Atelier Iris and Makai Kingdom! If you have any more questions or concerns, please visit www.nisamerica. com! Phantom Publisher 11
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us we had to wake up early the next
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Age twenty-five... where was I? I
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character is incidental to the abov
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Morality and Emulation on the PSP B
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