Rune Factory 4 Announced??

[Ranger]

@Cherry: That's what it felt like to me. Maybe the royal NPCMC was seriously sucking at their job so the dragon was concerned and had you complete the favor by taking over the role in hopes you could do no worse? That's my best guess.

As for what I agreed with, I was actually talking about the dates being the website updates, but Diana isn't bad. A bit too fancy for me (Princess Diana and whatnot) but it's not as unfitting as Daisy would be.

Hairstyle wise, yes. But not so much on the color and the design in general. Tophat reminds me more of a vampire/elf mix or a witch. Or all three.

@Mana:

About Frey, has her VA been confirmed?
I'm imagining Kugimiya Rie... (more than "Miku", she reminds me of Hidan no Aria's Aria)

Based on Google translator, I got Chiwa Saito for Frey and Ang Hui Uchiyama for Les/t. And for the latter, I'm pretty sure that person is a female. Didn't get a page specifically on her like I did for Saito, but I read in a few Google results as them labeled as (actress). Which means we get a female voiced male protag once again. That Daisuke something or other (forgot his last name) is probably the voice for Bishnal.

[wiimotechance]

it's a giant Turnip.

Spoiler:

[Hisagiluv]

/suddenly pops up
Yeah, Daisuke Namikawa is Vishnal.

I would translate Doruche to Dorothy, but we already have one. Haha "OTL

[CherryRose]

That sounds right to me. I'm guessing this'll be like in RF3, where the dragon is sort of antagonistic but still a good guy. Seeing as the dragon was probably the one to strike down the airship and cause the MC to lose his/her memory. I'm guessing most people wouldn't be too happy about that.

Oh...Heh. I should have figured. ^^;; A-anyway, I guess you're right, it is a bit more princessy. I was thinking more of Diana from mythology, but there's already a character in a game I'm interested in named that, so I don't care for her having the name that much. I'll have to think up another D name.

I don't see the vampireness in her. Sure, she's gothic, but that doesn't equal vampire to me. But I can see witch (and obviously elf).

Look here for VA's: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/0 ... _detailed/

[Messiah 9]

About Frey, has her VA been confirmed?
I'm imagining Kugimiya Rie... (more than "Miku", she reminds me of Hidan no Aria's Aria)

And IMO, Lest looks less girly in this picture.


Whatever, I used to dislike Micah and ended loving him to death. I'm sure Lest will be the same.
I'm planning on selling my old DS games to get a 3DS. My only problem is that I want it White! Any news on new colors coming to NA? D:

EDIT:

Website says "6/30"
That's June 30. Is that when the website is opening? Because in no way that could be the release date.

I actually think I like Lest over Mais myself. I never named him Micah, I preferred Mais xD

But yeah I think Lest's outfit is pretty cool.

[Guest]

/suddenly pops up
Yeah, Daisuke Namikawa is Vishnal.

I would translate Doruche to Dorothy, but we already have one. Haha "OTL

I think Dolce is a pretty accurate translation. I believe, in spanish, it means sweet. We've had stranger.

That sounds right to me. I'm guessing this'll be like in RF3, where the dragon is sort of antagonistic but still a good guy. Seeing as the dragon was probably the one to strike down the airship and cause the MC to lose his/her memory. I'm guessing most people wouldn't be too happy about that.

I think it'll be more like the airship crashed by itself or some other reason, and the dragon happened to be by and saved your sorry « Mr.Gourmet's hat ». And since you practically owed the dragon, the dragon gave you the spot as a temporary prince/ss.

As for vampire, I say that because she has a bat ornament on her. It could be just for decoration purposes, but I think she might be into witchcraft, the occult, or just related to bats as she is a vampire.

[CherryRose]

...Natsume, the company that changed "Sera" to "Sierra" and "Sonia" to "Sonja", is not likely to keep a name like Dolce. >_>;

Well, that's certainly could be true. I just think it's a bit too much of a coincidence that you -happen- to be an earthmate (dragons seem to favor those ;P) and just -happen- to have your airship crash and lose all your memory in the same game with the dragon of wind. But hey, this is all just speculation. ^^

Hmm, well that would be cool if it were true. A bachelorette with both elf and vampire in her? That'd be pretty unique. :D

[Ranger]

...Natsume, the company that changed "Sera" to "Sierra" and "Sonia" to "Sonja", is not likely to keep a name like Dolce. >_>;

Well, that's certainly could be true. I just think it's a bit too much of a coincidence that you -happen- to be an earthmate (dragons seem to favor those ;P) and just -happen- to have your airship crash and lose all your memory in the same game with the dragon of wind. But hey, this is all just speculation. ^^

Hmm, well that would be cool if it were true. A bachelorette with both elf and vampire in her? That'd be pretty unique. :D

Well, it being the dragon of wind would make sense why it was there in the first place. But if the replacement theory is true, it may be that the replaced royal is an Earthmate too and Earthmates aren't as rare as we think. Or that the protag being Earthmate is just a painfully cliche coincidence. I just don't see Neverland/Marvelous pulling the same troll!dragon routine again. But knowing my luck, that may happen.

[Soru]

Was it even ever confirmed this game will have Ventuswill in it at all?

[cuc]

The game is only half-complete, I don't think it'll even be released in Japan this year.

The dates on the official site (June 30 etc) are the publication date of this week's Famitsu magazine, the one we are reading about at the very moment.

Look at this!: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/0 ... 132453068/

This screenshot? The person in it is Frey. I think that's her at the very beginning, just thrown off the airship, so that's why she's not in her princess attire. (EDIT: CherryRose is right, this is Lest.)

Dolce

Dolce is a real Italian name meaning "sweet""pleasant". I also think she's a gothic vampire fan rather than a real vampire. Note the bat badge on her hat. The art style of RF is subtle enough that a vampire wouldn't be wearing a bat badge!

The Famitsu article

It doesn't say anything we don't already know. So we still have no idea what happens to the protagonist we don't choose. I'm crossing fingers that he/she is still part of the story and marriageable. Of Ventuswill, I don't think they'll mention the names of the dragons in a game preview at all.

The protagonists' VA

Lest is voiced by Uchiyama Kōki (Soul in Soul Eater, Banagher in Gundam Unicorn, Ichika in Infinite Stratos).
Frey is voiced by Saitō Chiwa (Aika in Aria, Hitagi in Bakemonogatari, Homura in Madoka Magica).


Now, time to do my thing!

I have a small observation: they are no longer calling the bachelor(ette)s "hero(ine) candidates" so as to differentiate RF from HM. Instead, the article simply use "husband candidate""wife candidate", which is the terminology the HM games have been using.

This however doesn't seem to mean anything in particular. They are emphasizing the game as "RF 5th year anniversary", so the RF series has been firmly established as its own brand now. And romance in RF4 is definitely more important than ever, now that the game's tagline says "Fall in love and then become stronger. Know love and then change the world."

The "love" in the first sentence is koi, which is passionate love. The second "love" is ai, which is a more general term of love. I suppose if you've heard of C.S. Lewis's theory of love, you can think of it as moving from eros (romantic love) to agape (universal love), stuff like that.

Rips from the official site:

[CherryRose]

@Cuc
No, I'm sure it's Les. I compared the image in the left corner to one that had Frey with her twintails, and the eyes are different.

Thanks so much for the translations~
With the general love thing, do you think that means we'll need to become closer with more than just the marriage candidates for the plot? Because it sounds like the first sentence is just referencing the candidates/fighting aspects, but at the change the world part, I suppose they mean we'll need to know love from everyone. Or something. ^^; Either way, I wonder if this will lead to more villagers this time around...

[cuc]

@CherryRose

You are right, this is the same model as seen in other screenshots. His eyes are violet, and Frey's are green.

It's very weird that in the model and the interface icon he has green hair very similar to Frey's. Even if we disregard character artwork, they still immediately contradict his portraits in game.

[cuc]

I forgot to mention something that matters: the RF games used this weird terminology of "heroine candidates" in the first place, partially because they've always had "main heroines" (Mist, Mana, Shara and the RFO sisters). Clearly there wouldn't be in RF4.

[CherryRose]

@Cuc Maybe that means they created the models first? That would be strange, and what's even stranger is that they wouldn't go back and change the hair color once they decided on blonde. Oh well, maybe they're planning to fix it later. If not, it's not that big of a deal anyway.

Oh, and thanks for ripping those for us. ^^

[gentlegirlfarmer1228]

it's a giant Turnip.

Spoiler:

OMG the Graphics!

Miku Hatsune protagonist? X3