Grand Knights History coming to US from Xseed

[dairugger]

XSEED has picked up Vanillaware's recent PSP release, the turn-based RPG Grand Knights History, with the intention to publish it in both UMD and digital releases this winter. Rising Star Games will publish it in Europe at an unspecified time. Vanillaware, if you can't quite place the name, is the developer of absurdly pretty 2D games like Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Odin Sphere, and the upcoming Dragon's Crown.

Grand Knights History depicts a war between three European-style nations, Union, Avalon, and Logres. Players choose one of the factions, recruit teams of soldiers, and face off against the other two armies in battles that take place over 30 hours. Each team member is fully customizable.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/22/xseed-publishing-vanillawares-online-rpg-grand-knights-history/

man ive been salivating over this game for awile now, ive played the import a bit and loved what ive played so far. i cant wait!

[kupomogli]

FrankenPSP. It lives. :P

Okay lame joke, but yeah.

[dairugger]

it certinley does!

btw, i keep meaning to respond to the psp tribute thread but havent had the time, but i will!

[Tron 2.0]

Figure as much i did wounder if xseed,atlus or even nisa would bring it to the u.s.It's great that xseed is gonna release it here that saves me the trouble of importing it.I am a fan of what vanillaware does,grand knight history will give me some thing to play untile dragon's crown hit's next year.

[Tron 2.0]

Update it is now cancel for a u.s release.
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/05/01/grand-knights-history-canceled-for-north-america

If you ask who's to blame it's vanillaware since there to busy with,dragon's crown they couldn't help xseed finsh up the localization.

All i can say is what bs and why did vanillaware license out gkh if they couldn't help xseed.

[Retrocade Fantasia]

So we can just import it from Europe.

[Bojay1997]

So we can just import it from Europe.

It's likely that Rising Star Games will still publish it here under their new deal with Aksys.

[Retrocade Fantasia]

It's likely that Rising Star Games will still publish it here under their new deal with Aksys.

That too but there are options.

[Press_Start]

Wow, Vanillaware must be putting all their hopes on Dragon's Crown, which is a shame. Even if the payoff is better, they're really underestimating and undervaluing their brand and the market of their games somewhat here in the states. Look at Muramasa, 300K sales for a niche-RPG on the Wii in US alone, sold close to three times more compared to Japan or Europe, and numbers that possibly rivaling Xenoblades's US lifetime sales without spotlight-grassroots support and social-mediaized word of mouth. That's impressive.

Also, considering the fact Fate/Extra (PSP) sold over 100K on its brand despite PSP on its final legs for six months gives some reflection that Grand Knight History would fair just as well, if not better, thanks to Vanillaware's beautifully masterful 2D presentation but we're never know at this point.

Also, isn't Rising Star Games waiting on Vanillaware to encode the translation or can they do it on their end?

[Tron 2.0]

So we can just import it from Europe.
I've heard it's supose to get a european release if it does import time ;)

[Bojay1997]

I've heard it's supose to get a european release if it does import time ;)

Now I'm hearing it won't even get a European release. Apparently Vanillaware needed to assist both Xseed and Rising Star with working through the code to insert the translation. They just don't have the resources right now.