Tuesday 11 August 2015

Japanese video game English localisation news - 24

Featuring:

  • Etrian Odyssey II Untold: The Fafnir Knights 
  • Moco Moco Friends 
  • Caladrius 
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd


Etrian Odyssey II Untold: The Fafnir Knights is out in North America and there's some DLC to claim which is currently free but will cost money in the future.

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Aksys Games have announced Moco Moco Friends for 3DS.

Official Website

Aksys Games and Nippon Columbia CO.,LTD are excited to announce Moco Moco Friends for retail and digital on Nintendo® 3DS™ Fall 2015. An exciting twist on the adventure RPGs, build your skills and amass loads of cuddly monsters to become the ultimate Moppet Master! Battle against your rivals, scavenge items, venture through massive dungeons, evolve your Moppet monsters, and travel with your companions across the magical realm of Dreamtropy!
PRODUCT INFO
Title: Moco Moco Friends
Genre: RPG
Platform: Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS™
Release Date: Fall 2015
Publisher: Aksys Games
Licensor: Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
Developer: Racjin Co., Ltd.
Japanese official website
Japanese trailer

Looks incredibly cute!

I believe moco is Spanish for snot....?

I don't think that's anything to do with this game, it's just something I remembered.

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Caladrius is coming out in Europe for Xbox 360.

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It's a vertical scrolling shmup.

The European publisher is 505 Games. Seems ridiculous for such a small publisher to bank on localising a game for a platform which is now so very consigned to "last-gen". But I remember back in the PS2 days, they used to bring out all sorts of "Simple 2000" games in Europe. Perhaps they're going back to that?

Maybe they are inspired by Gaijinworks bringing out PSP games...!

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd Gets An English Fan Translation

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This is for the PC version. I have the PS2 version sitting on a shelf in my parents' house. Can hardly believe this game first came out 12 years ago!