TatsuyaSuou Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) A thought has been plaguing me since ever since this game has been shittily announced. Seeing as how FE's 2, 3, 4, and 5 are not very popular, isn't it likely the DLC won't be released? Maybe the Marth and Roy stuff might get released seeing as how they are popular enough from the SSB series but the rest of the games are fairly obscure to Western audiences. So my question is... Will the spotpass/DLC characters still be released here in North America? Guess we won't know until they formally announce it but I'm still a bit curious Edited June 11, 2012 by canasniimehugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Tarrasque Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) You already answered your own question. DLC would still be new content regardless of popularity and some fans outside of Japan are fans of the DLC characters so there's some incentive in releasing all of them and perhaps the characters may spark some interest in fans so that any future remakes have more success. Only time will tell though. Edited June 11, 2012 by Sirius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 You really can't release only parts of it either. Eirika's Bride DLC will come, since FE8 came out, but then they can't just ignore Alm's Demon Fighter DLC. And a lot of characters are in eachother's DLC. So there's that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TatsuyaSuou Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) But have enough people heard of these characters to make them want to buy their DLC stuff? Well, it all seems a bit too risky to me but I guess it's NoA choice... But then again only releasing parts of the DLC will seem odd. Gah, I don't know what to think. Edited June 11, 2012 by canasniimehugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Radiant Hero Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 What if they had a special version of the game for the west where the game is basically the same but have and Elibe or Tellius background instead of Archanean....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBM Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Well, they'll probably realize that the Japan-only characters will garner less money than the other ones, but releasing only some of them is dumb, and not releasing any at all lowers possible profits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Chances are, anything they release is worth the amount of translation they'd have to do for it. I mean, it's not like there's anything strange about receiving what appears from your standpoint to be totally new characters as free or paid downloads. People are assuming the characters need to be familiar because they're familiar to us, but there isn't the slightest bit of truth to that assumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonZ Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Don't forget that it's not just the DLC characters by themselves, the Celice/Alm/Leif map always features Marth and some Shadow Dragon units too as npcs/enemies, and the Alm map has an exclusive class, It'll obviously sell worse in the west, but it'd be stupid to just cut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLore Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 and it is not like it would be so much work for them to release them,after all they just have to translate them,so there are no production costs and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polaris Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 and it is not like it would be so much work for them to release them,after all they just have to translate them,so there are no production costs and so on. Translation itself is a cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrategistPockystix Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Translation itself is a cost. not if NoA piggybacks on NoE. . . again then half the work is done for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciarre Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Maybe they can just lower the price for the Japan-only characters so more people (who don't know who they are) buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Valentine Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 But have enough people heard of these characters to make them want to buy their DLC stuff? Well, it all seems a bit too risky to me but I guess it's NoA choice... But then again only releasing parts of the DLC will seem odd. Gah, I don't know what to think. Does it really matter, I would want those characters just so I can have more characters, if you don't want them don't get them, if you do, get them. Let the customer decide after all, your not forces to buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shun One Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 (edited) I don't think their popularity matters at all. They'll just be treated as new characters for people who don't already know them. Edited June 23, 2012 by Shun One Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentASM Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I think it would be utterly disastrous if they skimped on DLC for the English versions. Sure, casual fans probably don't care, but it would be a really bad idea to upset hardcore fans, in a similar sense to what (I think) happened when they didn't initially announce FE13 during E3. IMO, the DLC episodes shouldn't take that much effort to translate either--there isn't a huge amount of dialogue, besides the battle conversations, which are pretty short as well--and I can almost see NOA/NOE selling the DLC in sets of three, like all the Spirit Talisman maps in one pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I don't think their popularity matters at all. They'll just be treated as new characters for people who don't already know them. When the game was announced during the presentation, they made sure to advertise that this game is a cornucopia of all the previous games in the series. That sets the stage for including old characters as old characters--not treated as new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeCrush980 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 NoA and NoE won't release King vs. King, and the Demon Fighter class will be moved to a different DLC. Mark my words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othin Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 NoA and NoE won't release King vs. King, and the Demon Fighter class will be moved to a different DLC. Mark my words. So they'll leave the game lacking a (rather important) 2-star set, and apply the Demon Fighter class to... whom? I think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book of Ereshkigal Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Most of the japan only characters are first in line, so they won't get overshadowed by not japan only characters. Simply advertise them as new characters. And what about spotpass characters? Japan only ones are mixed in all the DLC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shun One Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 When the game was announced during the presentation, they made sure to advertise that this game is a cornucopia of all the previous games in the series. That sets the stage for including old characters as old characters--not treated as new. Point. My statement was more aimed at those who don't recognize these characters anyway. They would essentially be "new" for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only My Unit Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I don't thunk we'll miss much for DLC. Look how Fire Emblem was introduced outside of Japan. Yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samias Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I hope NoA bundles the DLC sets into packs. The Japanese pricing scheme feels too expensive for what you get. I was already upset at Namco charging $4 a costume in Graces f. The characters in FE's DLC, aside from Alm and Eirika, aren't even using much for new assets. You get retro music slapped on a map modeled after old maps, with characters built out of MU assets, with some new art. People make fun of Call of Duty's $10 map packs, but that will look like value if Nintendo clings to what amounts for around $4 for a single map with a single character, especially for non-International characters like Celica or Celice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonZ Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) That won't necessarily need to happen. Look at Namco's Soulcalibur 5. They're selling a few character creator pieces for $2-$4 biweekly, a format very similar to the one Nintendo is following with FE Awakening's DLC. On the other hand, Koei has bundled the Japanese Orochi Warriors 3 stage packs while releasing them in the USA. If Nintendo does sell them in packs, I could see something like $10 for each three stage pack, not really much cheaper than they'd be individually, and you'd be forced to buy all three if you wanted one... In fact, that format might be very useful for the King vs King chapter, since it'd allow them to sell all three chapters for people who wanted the exclusive male class. Edited June 24, 2012 by NeonZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momo Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 People are aware Fire Emblem is a series that was in Japan much longer than it's been here. Seeing characters that reflect that won't affect them negatively in any way, so Nintendo has no reason to keep it from us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mercenary Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I really hope Nintendo of America reduces the prices of DLC. The DLC so far amount to 4050 yen (>$50) (Marth excluded), so if we get at least two more at 400 yen (probable if they offer something good like a skill/new class as has been predicted), that would be the DLC beating the price of the game. I can understand the 400 yen ones being such since they offer actually new skills/classes aside the character, but the 350 ones are too expensive for just offering a ~difficult map and some new art. As many have said before, I don't think they'll skip on anything. The content is already made, and there is little to alter aside a few lines and names. The most they'd do is slightly adjust the difficulty as they usually do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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