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VicViper on 13 October 2012
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PhantomLink said:
VicViper said:
PhantomLink said:

Too bad those are declining series or total flops

I guess you meant "or".

What more do you want from them?

They have fan-favorites there (because declining or not, they still sell well - Layton was the best selling launch game and Inazuma launched earlier in the lifetime of the system and the system for the first time and had "only" 3D Land, Mario Kart 7 and Monster Hunter as competitors). All of them still maintaining a high level of quality - have you seen Layton's newest trailer - superb

They have a new very high quality project featuring two beloved characters that will sell quite a lot - and not only that, be quite a game.

They have new IPs - including high profile ones like this and fantasy life, made along Brownie Brown.

They have small games - experimental, cheap and by big names in japan industry - Suda, Yasumi Matsuda, Inafume... to name a few.

They have remakes (1,2,3) and upgraded versions (LBX - that really is making a huge impact in sales charts). This last one a big new franchise for the first time on a nintendo system - plus almost guaranteed updated sequel.

What you suggest, they close doors and abandon their franchises and stop producing new ones?

May not be the support you want, but I think this is one the best third support I have ever seen, honestly, in less than the first two years of the system. To me it's almost unbeliavable. Only Capcom on dreamcast gets close to this (or is better, because it was unbelieable too).

Yeah I meant or, why do you ask that?  or is on my post :P.

They have their fan favorites IP on 3DS but those are declining with every iteration, fan favorites of not that is true, wouldn't you agree?

How is Fantasy Life high profile?, it looks great in my opnion but I wouldn't call it high profile, I hope I'm wrong but I don't see Fantasy Life being a success.

How many more failures can Level-5 take? They are in a bad position you like it or not. I like Level-5 support, where did I said that I don't? Whether I like their 3DS support or not my post is still accurate.

1 - No it's not... I changed it :P

"Of" completely changes the meaning of your sentence.

2 - They are in a bad position on the 3DS? Yet they're releasing 14 (18 with guilds) games for it? Are you serious? Their two great flops came from other systems... Gundam Age and Ni No Kuni... They can't take anymore? How do you know - teh internetz? - level 5 is not public, so we have no idea about their financial numbers. Anybody being fired there that I missed? It's strange that a company is doing so bad yet they're releasing so many games on one system + some more games on other systems AND venturing on other medias, like Layton Movies and the anime of his game right here... I guess a lot of companies would like to be in this "bad"situation, especially moderately small companies like Level 5.

3 - I agree their 2 main series is in decline - yet I gave reasons to see those numbers through a different angle, the situation can be a little relative or better explained. 1 more reason, 3DS is not the DS. Another reason, Inazuma is growing in the west, not declining. And more, they're creating those new ips to cover that decline. They just can't abandon Layton or Inazuma, because they still sell, and sell quite well!