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RopeMaidenKirie wrote:A new huge article on Popolo that interviews Tom about a bunch of stuff!

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/1 ... _fairytale

Could you tell us about the voice acting?
Currently we're shooting for dual audio. It's in the game already, but we don't have all the final signatures and paperwork in yet, so we can't officially say yes — but it's 90% right now. I've been joking that it's actually "trual" audio, since there are actually two Japanese language tracks. They're exactly the same for most characters, but for Pietro and Narcia, they recorded two separate tracks, with two actors for each character. They went with a more classic-styled, 90's era track for one of them, and a modern anime moé style for the other. So you get to pick which type of Japanese voice you'd prefer: something a little more in line with the classic feel of the game, or something a little more modern - or you get to choose English! Assuming we have the Japanese options in, of course, which it's looking like we will.

Super neat :D

That is ndat!

Just finished reading the whole article, and now I'm really getting impatient for the game! Good thing it looks like patience will be richly rewarded, as they are going out of their way to adjust some gameplay systems to appeal to a wider audience.

Thats really cool about the voice acting thing. As I said earlier in this thread, I was fine with either Japanese of English because Ive experienced the cast with both before.

The only thing thats gona take some getting used to for me is Narcia's costume change. I miss the double pointed witch cap!




But thats really not a big deal.

Kohei from LinandKo YouTube channel seems to be doing a Let's Play of the Japanese version, which looks to have been patched recently with some of the Localization options (Encounter rate and difficulty selections), maybe?

Their videos are not so great if you don't like people who talk while playing, and their on-the-fly translation tends to be very casual, but I tend to learn a lot of gameplay mechanics and pick up on tricks by watching them play, as they're both fairly good gamers and learn new games quickly.

Of course, watching others play can spoil a game or get you tired of the intro sequence before the game is even out, so watch with caution.

Here is the first section:

Bluie wrote:Thats really cool about the voice acting thing. As I said earlier in this thread, I was fine with either Japanese of English because Ive experienced the cast with both before.

The only thing thats gona take some getting used to for me is Narcia's costume change. I miss the double pointed witch cap!




But thats really not a big deal.

this costume change cause is only collaboration manga tamori yohsuke and marvelous, (so SCEIJ didn't take a part on it) developer "Epics" charge of this game again http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epics_(company) so the design change the original manga.

but, mr.tamori mentioned it on his blog (tamotamo) long ago about the costume change for pietoro and narcia, he called this as canon.

●ピエトロ王子は13歳の誕生日を迎えるにあたって、儀式のために散髪しました。また、ナルシアは調査のために目立たない格好をする必要があったのです。実際、今までのゲームでも服装や髪が少しずつ違っていましたし…。（それに、３ＤＳで出すにあたって、ＰＳ版とキャラの見分けがつくように、原作に近づける必要もありました）

as i see the chronological order like this (i made this), the canon order is pietro birthday.

from left to right:
1.popolochronicle (a prequel before first game begins, this novel reveal identity of all main character on popolocrois series, like white knight identity, i can't spoil it)+ Maya mensis Aureos
2. Popolocrois monogatari 1 + Popolocrois PSP Remake (including new event in book 2, book 3 is monogatari 2)
3. TV Anime 1998
4. Poporogue (roguelike with 20+ party member to join us as mercenary, like suikoden)
5. PoPolocrois monogatari 2, Popolocrois 3DS (popoboku 3DS is pietro 13th birthday, this game is the skipped on second game, between popolocrois monogatari 2 (prologue is 12 then "skipped" pietro to 15 if you played the remake PSP or Monogatari 2(JP/PS1))
6 & 7. pinon arc

RopeMaidenKirie wrote:A new huge article on Popolo that interviews Tom about a bunch of stuff!

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/1 ... _fairytale

Could you tell us about the voice acting?
Currently we're shooting for dual audio. It's in the game already, but we don't have all the final signatures and paperwork in yet, so we can't officially say yes — but it's 90% right now. I've been joking that it's actually "trual" audio, since there are actually two Japanese language tracks. They're exactly the same for most characters, but for Pietro and Narcia, they recorded two separate tracks, with two actors for each character. They went with a more classic-styled, 90's era track for one of them, and a modern anime moé style for the other. So you get to pick which type of Japanese voice you'd prefer: something a little more in line with the classic feel of the game, or something a little more modern - or you get to choose English! Assuming we have the Japanese options in, of course, which it's looking like we will.

Super neat :D

i need to put here if someone interesting for seiyuu list on 3DS, (pietro,narcia,gamigami, and white knight is reunited voice-cast since popolocrois PS1 installment)

Ai Orikasa as Pietro Pakapuka
Yuri Shiratori as Narcia
Masashi Ebara as Shirokishi / White Knight
Akio Otsuka as Gamigami Maou/Devil
Tomokazu Seki as Nino
Souichiro Hoshi as Lugh
Marina Inoue as Malmera
Sho Hayami as Gomel
Sumi Shimamoto as Izumi no Yousei
Masako Nozawa as Guilda
Kikuko Inoue as Narrator
Satomi Koorogi as blue wolf
Taeko Kawata as Connie
Mariko Kouda as Erilis
Mamiko Noto as Layla
Youko Matsuoka as Meylon
Emiri Katou as Claudia
Chiwa Saitou as Emilia
Kumiko Nishihara as Lomalia
Michitaka Kobayashi as Maulishio
Misato Fukuen as Mayuri
Tomomichi Nishimura as King Paulo
Rei Sakuma as Queen (originally on SCEIJ/PS called 'Queen Sania')
Kurumi Mamiya as Princess (originally on SCEIJ/PS called 'Elena Pakapuka')
Kouzou Shioya as Minister (originally on SCEIJ/PS called 'Minister Morm')
Hideyuki Tanaka as sabo
Fumie Mizusawa as Lily
Yukari Tamura as Iris

Arcy wrote:Kohei from LinandKo YouTube channel seems to be doing a Let's Play of the Japanese version, which looks to have been patched recently with some of the Localization options (Encounter rate and difficulty selections), maybe?

Yes, there was a 2.0 patch back in July that added a difficulty setting as well as lets you control the frequency of the random battles. In general, the game is very easy on the default difficulty mode. Even the boss battles can be on auto-run without any manual input from you, and you'd still win. The only difficulty I have is with the last boss.
Has there been any mention yet if the StreetPass feature will be included in the English localization? Chances of actually bumping into someone w/ the game are pretty low, so I don't expect it to be included, but it's currently the only way to get the treasure map and the gold-plated tools.

Cherubae wrote: Has there been any mention yet if the StreetPass feature will be included in the English localization? Chances of actually bumping into someone w/ the game are pretty low, so I don't expect it to be included, but it's currently the only way to get the treasure map and the gold-plated tools.

I asked Tom, and StreetPass is still in it. Well, there's another game I'll probably only find a StreetPass for at convention or something.

Tom wrote:Yep! I actually just got done checking out the game's StreetPass features, in fact. The gold-plated tools aren't related to StreetPass (though they're in the game as well), but the treasure maps are, and they work like a charm.

Basically, when people pass you, they leave you treasure maps which you can use to display one of the game's minimaps with a general area circled. If you then go and search the ground in that area, you'll find useful treasures (like lots of money!).

The gold tools are obtained through quests given to you by the "bachelorette" girls -- once you have the silver version of a specific tool (which is obtained by using the basic version of that tool a set number of times, then completing a quest), you can max out your relationship with one of the girls blessed by Lady Galariel so that she comes to help out on your farm, and she'll offer you a new quest that'll score you the gold version of that tool on completion.

-Tom

http://forum.marvelous-usa.com/index.ph ... ntry902048

Are the gold-plated tools related to StreetPass in the JP version?

Night Owl wrote: Are the gold-plated tools related to StreetPass in the JP version?

There are. The normal gold level farming tools are obtained via requests from the special girls (I've the gold bug net, which is what Tom was referring to), but according to the guidebooks there are also a set of gold plated (金メッキ) tools that are only found via the treasure maps. They have the same area-of-effect as the regular gold tools, but they break when you use them So they're not terribly useful and have no real advantage in the game, but if you're one of those who has to collect everything in a game, then you'd want to find the treasure maps.

This is just me thinking aloud, but I wonder if we'll get anything in today's Nintendo Direct? I'd love to see another English build trailer.

Mh... Not digging the art style, but I am all hype for RPG and story-driving elements in my simulation games. I've never played either SOS ((The new start-up. I am no stranger to Harvest Moon titles.)) or PopoloCrois, however, so I do truly go in with no real pre-conceived expectations.

original main character design for popolocrois series is well drawn by Atsuko Fukushima animator from Akira, kiki's delivery service, genius party, more info https://camonte.wordpress.com/2014/10/1 ... fukushima/ (manga version of course is tamori yohsuke)

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Popolocrois bokujou monogatari special wallpaper by Atsuko Fukushima (it was from questionnaire by @popoboku_info)

Yep, the art does definitely take some getting used to. If I recall correctly, the original manga's art (especially the eyes) was inspired in part by a certain type of fairytale and/or children's book that was popular in Japan around 40~60 years ago and is considered very nostalgic.

I mean. The original manga is almost as old as me. The PoPoLoCrois series has a very long and rich history, and I'm glad that Yuhsuke Tamori has decided to add new stories to his world. It is nice that Marvelous is involved and decided to add some simulation elements to this long-standing RPG series, as I love both RPGs and simulation games.

Also, it might be worth noting that you might have the wrong idea about the recent split of Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons, King Dagda. Story of Seasons is the original Bokujō Monogatari made by Marvelous (and antecedent companies) series' continuation (and is the next game in the series after A New Beginning), Harvest Moon (starting in 2014 with The Lost Valley) is the new series made by Natsume, or "new start-up" as you called it.

Arcy wrote:Yep, the art does definitely take some getting used to. If I recall correctly, the original manga's art (especially the eyes) was inspired in part by a certain type of fairytale and/or children's book that was popular in Japan around 40~60 years ago and is considered very nostalgic.

I mean. The original manga is almost as old as me. The PoPoLoCrois series has a very long and rich history, and I'm glad that Yuhsuke Tamori has decided to add new stories to his world. It is nice that Marvelous is involved and decided to add some simulation elements to this long-standing RPG series, as I love both RPGs and simulation games.

Also, it might be worth noting that you might have the wrong idea about the recent split of Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons, King Dagda. Story of Seasons is the original Bokujō Monogatari made by Marvelous (and antecedent companies) series' continuation (and is the next game in the series after A New Beginning), Harvest Moon (starting in 2014 with The Lost Valley) is the new series made by Natsume, or "new start-up" as you called it.

Ah, I know that. I meant I'm no stranger to The Harvest Moon titles that would be "related" to this game, which were previously made by the development team behind Story of Seasons ((Who are developing on this game))... I have never played any of the "new Harvest Moon" games yet. I plan to, as they seem to have gone back to making the farming element prominent.

An art style never turns me off from a game. I'm a sucker for good stories and character development in anything with RPG, so any dislike of the art is completely overruled if those are up to my standards.

The title is pretty unusual. It's hard to put the new HM title into a crossover title though.

^ I think they did the best they could, really.

Personally, outside being a bit, big maybe? I think it looks fine.