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Atlus Shows You Love, Localizes Damn Near Everything

Posted by John Constantine

Actually, half of that headline might be a blatant lie. Depending on your point of view, it’s a distinct possibility that Atlus hates you and everyone with a sweet tooth for melodrama, a lust for turn-based battles, and a fetish for watching numbers get higher. They hate you because no one in the world has the time to play everything they’re releasing over the next six months. It’s not like you can put off getting the games either. Atlus’ print runs are so small that it’s a guarantee you’ll be paying three times the release price on Ebay just six months after a game comes out. You are cruel, Atlus. But so, so giving.

Turns out that not only is Atlus giving the Playstation 2 one last morsel with Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon this spring. They’re also releasing *breath* SMT: Devil Survivor, Dokapon Journey, Crimson Gem Saga, Knights in the Nightmare, and Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier *phew*. It isn’t set in stone that Atlus will be releasing each and every one of these games in North America. They haven’t been officially announced. They did, however, all show up on Amazon’s schedule and then promptly disappear after word spread around the web. Considering Atlus’ relationship with Amazon – they’ve regularly run exclusive pre-order programs with the online retailer and have offered some games solely through the site – it’s a good bet they’ll all cross the Pacific.



Devil Survivor isn’t too big of a shock considering the Shin Megami Tensei franchise-umbrella’s growing popularity in the west. The same goes for Sting’s Knights in the Nightmare and Dokapon Journey, as they’re just the sort of cult software Atlus specializes in. The others, however, are pretty surprising. The Super Robot Taisen series has never managed to get much of a foothold in the west and OG Saga: Endless Frontier is covered in Namco’s characters. Crimson Gem Saga is even weirder. It’s original name is Astonishia Story 2. The original Astonishia Story actually came out in North America back in 2006 thanks to Ubisoft. Why the name change?

I’m pumped for Super Robot Taisen. Never got around to playing one of those. OG Saga: Endless Frontier has both giant robots and giant breasts so it seems like a good place to start.

(Link: Siliconera, NeoGAF)

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