| jman8 said: Look at the DJ Max article I posted above. That dev is saying the same sort of thing I am. It's been actually getting quite a bit of coverage on the PSP sites, and actually I'm kinda interested in what it is. That's a huge step forward for a game that I and many others would've completely ignored had it come out at the beginning of the year when Wipeout, God of War, Crisis Core, etc came out. |
DJ Max isn't the best example. It's already a proven IP (it got a sequel!). Regardless of the new features they are adding to the game it can't be that hard to recode it in ENGLISH because the entire game is already in ENGLISH. So a company is bringing over a music/rhythm game after the success of Rockband and GH, and now especially right after the success of GH:OT on the DS. EBA did okay and will probably get a sequel. Tengoku, Daigasso and Taiko are doing great in Japan and Tengoku is already planned for release in NA (and Daigasso is rumored as well).
The real question would be if DJ Max would do better on the PSP or on the DS. It's really a moot point. The development costs for mashing up the first two DJ Max games into one is probably very low as opposed to having to recode the entire game for the DS. DJ Max for NA is a very low risk project trying to cash in on the rhythm game craze. I'm glad that the game they're using for the "cash in" is actually a very good game. Kinda makes you wonder why such a great game wasn't already localized years ago. Hrm.
