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I saw people talking about how Nintnedo sued a small grocery store in Costa Rica and lost so surely the US Government would put up more of a fight than a mom & pop store did so it seems a bit risky to me.

But also: crimeny, dude, you paid for the guy, and you're bailing when the game hasn't even launched? It wouldn't be the first time NetEase was rather quick to cut and run on a studio; back in 2024, we saw Ouka Studios, producers of the anticipated Visions of Mana, shut down the very next day after their game released.

Of course, the Game Boy version is not the ideal way to play Dragon Slayer, as it's functionally unbeatable; given how slow your movement is in the Game Boy version, and the lack of a save function, it's impossible to beat the game even with a fresh set of batteries. (I've also heard unsubstantiated claims that it's similarly impossible to do so even if you plug your Game Boy into an outlet, as it'll still take so long as to cause the Game Boy to overheat.)

What kills me about all this is how people are blaming Nagoshi for all this when we don’t know and may never know what happened what the game in the middle of development some even insinuating he shouldn’t have left RGG after 30 plus years at Sega.
Yet when Microsoft canceled Scalebound everyone was putting the heat on Microsoft and wanting heads on platters.

As much as I might question why Nagoshi left RGG if he was going to go on to make "not Yakuza" it also doesn't make sense to blame him for leaving.

The more people ask for a DASH/Legends collection, the more I hope they'll consider it! I consider it my #1 childhood video game series and, as you might guess, I was devastated at the cancellation of DASH/Legends 3. The fact the Legacy Collection is the only one not out yet of the main series makes me sad... That said, I want them to take their time on it. A DASH/Legends collection without the story and lore-relevant Tron ni Kobun (Misadventures of Tron Bonne) would hurt so much, especially considering how few games the series has.

It's kind of hard to justify wanting to play an imitation of the original series when the original still exists.

This isn't like Castlevania or Suikoden where a spiritual successor is needed since the original is gone.

Ruprecht wrote:

It's kind of hard to justify wanting to play an imitation of the original series when the original still exists.

Which is interesting given the complaints the more hardcore segment of the fanbase has being going on about with 7 & 8 moving away from the traditional beat em up mechanics and switching to JRPG (though weirdly enough these same people weren’t all that enthused with Gaiden and the Majima spin off).

The other thing to note is that we don’t really know how much of GoD was going to pull from Like A Dragon to call it an imitation. Was it going to have the complex but nonsensical story elements LAD had? Was it going to have the goofy side quests, was it going to mandate you play Mahjong, Shogi, & all those other minigames (some of which are poorly designed) to platinum the game?

Ruprecht wrote:

This isn't like Castlevania or Suikoden where a spiritual successor is needed since the original is gone.

Castlevania needed Bloodstained eventhough Castlevania was never dead?

As evidenced by the remasters/rereleases of older titles, the recent announcement of Curse Of Belmont, before Konami took an extended break with the IP.

The other thing you overlook is that the history of the video game industry is built off of games that are either carbon copies of existing games or copy elements of games but otherwise put their own spin on things.

To single out GoD for that means we’d have to single out a slew of games that were either repurposed from existing games like Adventure Island or those that were inspired by other games Banjo Kazooie, Fatal Fury, Every game that uses Metroid inspired exploration mechanics etc.

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But also: crimeny, dude, you paid for the guy, and you're bailing when the game hasn't even launched? It wouldn't be the first time NetEase was rather quick to cut and run on a studio; back in 2024, we saw Ouka Studios, producers of the anticipated Visions of Mana, shut down the very next day after their game released.

What kills me about all this is how people are blaming Nagoshi for all this when we don’t know and may never know what happened what the game in the middle of development some even insinuating he shouldn’t have left RGG after 30 plus years at Sega.
Yet when Microsoft canceled Scalebound everyone was putting the heat on Microsoft and wanting heads on platters.

-NetEase: Y'know, it's funny how many games have been revealed at The Game Awards have ended up being flops or just plain never came out because they were canceled. A lot of those "world premiers" in retrospect look more like last ditch efforts for funding or interest.

The more people ask for a DASH/Legends collection, the more I hope they'll consider it! I consider it my #1 childhood video game series and, as you might guess, I was devastated at the cancellation of DASH/Legends 3. The fact the Legacy Collection is the only one not out yet of the main series makes me sad... That said, I want them to take their time on it. A DASH/Legends collection without the story and lore-relevant Tron ni Kobun (Misadventures of Tron Bonne) would hurt so much, especially considering how few games the series has.

If Legends does happen, they would need to rework a few things on the first game in particular.

I also remember hearing some comments by Nagoshi, or maybe it was another developer at RGG, that felt kind of weird when people or investors asked him why there wasn't any Yakuza games on the Switch after the great success the console achieved in Japan and the rest of the world, with him mentioning that the Switch was a "daylight" console for kids and families and that the Yakuza games are meant for "underground" consoles for adults. I mean, I don't think it's a coincidence that Yakuza games finally came to Nintendo systems after Harada left SEGA, though there aren't any news about something related to Sakura Wars.

Yeaaaaah, there's the whole thing with Tiesel's VA... it's all thankfully easy enough to do, but that's still some amount of trouble they have to go through in redubbing an old game. But then again, they included new voice acting in the Star Force Legacy Collection, so it might not be an insurmountable obstacle.