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NEWS: Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology 3DS Game's Promo Previews Full Opening Theme

But I'm probably more upset by the fact apparently it's gonna be English dub only. Man, how I long for dual audio...

As far as I can tell, this is only intended for a Japan release, so where's this talk of an English dub coming from?

EDIT: At least I can buy an "old art mode" as DLC... *grumble grumble*

I'm not real big on the new designs for the characters, especially the design for the princess. She was so much better when she looked boyish, it was refreshing.

Also is anyone else weirded out by Stocke smiling at the end of the video. I'm used to him being a big grump.

Just as an aside, I really dislike the new art, but it makes me raise a quizzical eyebrow at the fact that they actually went so far as to change the in-game sprite for Eruca (the princess) to have long hair just to fit the new design. Why not just leave it short and save yourself the work...?

harminia wrote:

I'm not real big on the new designs for the characters, especially the design for the princess. She was so much better when she looked boyish, it was refreshing.

It was generic.

Not as generic as she looks now. At least before she was recognisable.

Now I wouldn't be able to pick her out of a crowd of similar long haired blonde princesses.

Ooh, there's an old art DLC? sweet.

Well sure if you ignore how different everyone's character portraits looked compared to what they looked on the game's box art to the point where in any other game they'd easily pass for generic units you'd get saddled with in a tactical RPG like Fire Emblem or something.

In a recent 4Gamer interview, director Hirata is asked about the decision to change Princess Eruca’s hairstyle, which was originally short.

Hirata wanted to redesign visual aspects of the game, like the characters and the UI, in a way that new customers could pick up. There are many people who liked the original look of the game, so it was an important decision.

In regards to Eruca’s new, long hair, Hirata states that she was actually meant to have long hair originally. She was given short hair in the Nintendo DS game to convey a princess with a different hair style than one would expect. While Perfect Chronology doesn’t represent a “return to origin,” they decided to make Eruca’s hair long again to make her depiction as royalty direct, and as “the image of a princess you generally imagine.”

Honestly not sure what you're trying to say here, BadNewsBlues. Compared to my original box art, Eruca looks the same as her portrait, design-wise.

And while I can't speak to Fire Emblem characters as a whole, short-haired princesses are generally in short supply,

Moreover, I thought her original design easily conveyed the somber seriousness of her character,

and the gothic look of the art overall contributed to the game's more grim tone,

All that aside, I'm still deeply confused about Eruca's redesign; yes, it is more work, but why only redesign her? Why not Raynie, or Marco, or the queen?