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[iloveatlus]

what games did u guys regret publishing

[Steel Greyfalke]

Does Atlus other divisions in the U.S?

[Manly Biceps]

Does Atlus other divisions in the U.S?

Nope.

[Mellusia]

I've always found music in gaming to be of incredible quality, and the stuff I've heard from Atlus games are easily high in my list. Although I kind of wonder what the lyrics are more often than not, even if they were sung in English xD

But my question to the staff, has there been a particular game soundtrack in the vast library of games you've liked the most?

[Jon_Mclane]

Did you guys cry as much as me when Demon's Souls didn't win best rpg at the Spike TV VGAs?

[Manly Biceps]

Did you guys cry as much as me when Demon's Souls didn't win best rpg at the Spike TV VGAs?

It depends. How much did you cry?

[Elysion Zero]

I am not going to go into detail with you about how such expectations are calculated at Atlus.

Does it involve cutting the head off of a chicken and letting him run around on a round lit-up game show style board?

That equates to the OG games, which number: two GBA games, one DS game (with another in development), and one PS2 game. That's three handhelds and a last-generation console that stores don't want to stock games for.

There are two “last generation” (read: best generation) console games. Why wouldn't selling them through online vendors be a viable option?

Get games you think are good now and enjoy them.

I did. I got OGs and OGG. But I couldn't enjoy them as much as I would've liked to due to their being in Japanese, not working with American PS2s without the use of a modchip or some swap magic-esque disc, and an inability to get both swap magic and the game to work while booting up Codebreaker in between. Hoops. It's not fun to jump through them. The entire point of my advocating a localization of both OGs and OGG is so I can get the games I think are good now and enjoy them.

3, 4, 5
No, yes and yes.

Fixed with the power of logic and hope.

Did you support Atlus USA before the SRT titles were released in North America? Have you purchased or are you interested in any other Atlus USA [games] besides the SRT titles?

Yes and no. I remember the days when Atlus used to release games like Robopon. Robot Pokemon. I bought all three, the first and the two sequels. Old Atlus was awesome, if only because they hadn't yet refused to publish two of the greatest non-licensing-nightmare "Robot Collecting" games ever. WHAT HAPPENED, ATLUS?!

Do you even realize the level of cognitive dissonance you have to have to make these two statements?

I don't.

One the one hand, you're saying that Super Robot fans are so fickle that they are unwilling to pay for games that they can pirate. But yet, we're now the bad guy, because these same rabid fans who have theoretically stolen 3 games from us at this point should be catered to?

Yes. Using the actions of the minority of fans as well as non fans as grounds to not cater to the majority of fans who did buy the game and will buy future SRT games does make you the bad guy.

I don't understand how you're getting the idea that Atlus U.S.A., the company the published 3 games in the series, and the only company in the United States that has published ANY of them, is somehow "throwing the series under the bus".

Publishing this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYsz3ytMQ3Y) and not this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSA3AvgVicE). And especially not a game featuring OG's answer to Domon Kasshu, pumped up to the level of Master Asia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmFEXNpmCLA). That's probably how. You're not completely throwing it under the bus, just the best part of it. And that's terrible.

Shouldn't you be mad at every other company here who didn't try publishing these games here?

I'm not humanly capable of possessing that much rage. Otherwise I would be.

Our management took 3 chances on putting something out their that the fans would love. The people who worked on these games busted their asses on these games, and put their heart and soul into them. Everyone who worked on them is simultaneously very happy that the fanbase loves the work they did so much, and very disappointed that more people didn't see the love they put into their work. (or were unwilling to pay to see said love.)

Nobody's saying that the earlier three games weren't good. Just that it'd be nice if you continued the good work. If I didn't love the work you guys did, I wouldn't be pestering you guys to do more of it. If anything, it's a compliment to the fact that you guys did an awesome job. But then you stopped short of perfection by leaving out a large chunk of the OGverse storyline. And that's disappointing to fans.

I don't know why you're getting frustrated with us, like you think we're some doorman preventing you from getting inside the happening club when we already let you inside 3 times.

Well, you let me inside 3 different clubs that are all awesome. However, you're the doorman preventing me from getting inside two of the most happening clubs where JAM Project belches out lyrical genius while manly martial artists and samurai pilots yell their catch phrases to the heavens. You do it because it's not profitable. Now if a doorman said that directly to someone, of course they'd be frustrated. Not as frustrated as if the doorman beat around the bush, but still pretty frustrated.

If another SRT title comes along that doesn't have licensing nightmares and doesn't have the specific retail viability problems that the games you are suggesting have, bring it to our attention, and we will look into publishing it. We love working on games fans love. we love pleasing our fans, but if we did every game that our fans wanted, we simply wouldn't be around to please them anymore.

Seriously? It's obvious that there's a good chance Atlus will bring over EXCEED. There's hardly a need for persistent pestering since it is that "another SRT title" you're mentioning. And of course I'll buy it. However, there will still be two OG games left unlocalized. I'm not asking you to publish every game that your fans want or even a portion of them. I'm asking you to publish two games that bridge the gap between the games you've published and the ones in the series that you'll (hopefully) publish in the future. Sure you can simplify it by dismissing the games as wishful thinking by fans, but they play an actual relevant role in completing the storyline. Ignoring all the financial mumbo jumbo and estimates devised using what could be black magic for all I know, it's a valid reason to publish them and it's not just "because the fans want you to." Otherwise you’re breaking a moral contract you have with fans by delivering an incomplete series of OG games.

Question: Does Atlus believe that Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED has exceeded the original EF in every way? Enough so to warrant localizing it?

[slayn]

I will say this for SRT fans: they are persistent to a fault.

[Zoltor]

I will say this for SRT fans: they are persistent to a fault.

No kidding geez.

[Kakizaki]

Ignoring all the financial mumbo jumbo and estimates devised using what could be black magic for all I know, it's a valid reason to publish them and it's not just "because the fans want you to." Otherwise you’re breaking a moral contract you have with fans by delivering an incomplete series of OG games.

You absolutely have to be kidding me...

[Zoltor]

Ignoring all the financial mumbo jumbo and estimates devised using what could be black magic for all I know, it's a valid reason to publish them and it's not just "because the fans want you to." Otherwise you’re breaking a moral contract you have with fans by delivering an incomplete series of OG games.

You absolutely have to be kidding me...

Lol yea, the next thing he is bound to claim, is ATLUS employs assasins, and they kill anybody who gets in ATLUS's way.

Drug companies, Oil companies, hell even Sony/Microsoft might do that, but lol ATLUS doesn't, ATLUS couldn't be farther from the corrupt/evil company, he's trying to make it out to be.

[Hamel]

Look, Elysion Zero, to make a long story short.
THEY WON'T TRANSLATE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE THEM LOSE MONEY

If you really want it YOU get Atlus all the money they will need in order to license, translate, and publish the games and I am sure they would do it.
Otherwise, a company won't throw away their money just because some fans cried MOAR.

[Elysion Zero]

If you really want it YOU get Atlus all the money they will need in order to license, translate, and publish the games and I am sure they would do it.

Do you know much would it cost to localize OGs and OGG? I'll likely not be able to come up with anywhere near the amount, but surely your bold statement would be a bit more effective with that crushing monetary figure. In fact...

Atlus, how much would it cost to localize both OGs and OGG?

[Onion of Mystery]

Elysion Zero: I admire your passion for the SRT series, but understand that your HOTBLOODED SPIRIT isn't going to make us change our policies, those being that we Atlus employees are here as moderators and as fans, not here to throw open our financial records and corporate inner workings to the general public.

You are not going to get an answer as to why or why not we choose to publish a particular game here. We've said as much about many games in the past, and we'll continue to do so in the future. Repeatedly asking, then hectoring, then outright insulting us is not going to change that. All that serves is to annoy us and make us even less likely to want to answer further questions.

I'm going to keep this thread open, because it's fun to answer harmless questions about life at Atlus and teasingly ignore others. Any more discussion of SRT OGs and OGG should be taken to the Game Suggestion forum; further postings here are subject to the whims of our increasingly-aggravated mod staff. You might think it's unfair that we're not giving you a straight answer, and to that, all I have to say is "Yes, it is unfair."

I'd much rather discuss Mellusia's question about fanservice, anyway.

[Camanche]

What's the best prank that's been played around the office?

[Inzaghi]

What's the best prank that's been played around the office?

I think I still have a picture of it somewhere around here. Let's see...

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff67/inzaghi_atlus/motorcycle.jpg

[Kakizaki]

How many blocks of post-its was that?

[Camanche]

Hahaha. Awesome. :)

[Manly Biceps]

What's the best prank that's been played around the office?

I'm partial to the time I put a "Hazmat Curtain" on a translator's desk.

http://www.atlus.com/pd/e12/2.jpg

I felt bad later when I learned that the curtain funneled one of the AC vents onto the guy's desk, and so that guy was freezing his behind off for most of the day.

[Manly Biceps]

What's the best prank that's been played around the office?

I think I still have a picture of it somewhere around here. Let's see...

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff67/inzaghi_atlus/motorcycle.jpg

Oddly enough, the worst prank also involves that same motorcycle. 3 of us tried to move it into the warehouse one night. We didn't realize that the forks locked on the damn thing, and since we couldn't lift it high enough, all we ended up doing was moving it 2 parking spaces down.

[Hamel]

What's the best prank that's been played around the office?

I'm partial to the time I put a "Hazmat Curtain" on a translator's desk.

http://www.atlus.com/pd/e12/2.jpg


That's awesome
any more?

[sdragon21]

Does Atlus like to hold monkey knife fights with other localization compaines???

[Onion of Mystery]

Monkey X-ARM is more fun to watch, and you can reuse the monkeys afterwards.

[Tivor]

Video now or it didn't happen. ;)

[Camanche]

I love how they took the time to put a post-it IN the tailpipe.

Poor translator. lol

[Zoltor]

What's the best prank that's been played around the office?

I think I still have a picture of it somewhere around here. Let's see...

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff67/inzaghi_atlus/motorcycle.jpg

Oddly enough, the worst prank also involves that same motorcycle. 3 of us tried to move it into the warehouse one night. We didn't realize that the forks locked on the damn thing, and since we couldn't lift it high enough, all we ended up doing was moving it 2 parking spaces down.

Lol, well now I know why some games seemed to take longer then they should've.

ATLUS's response to a game needing to be pushed back: Did you guys run into a problem/bug, that's hard to fix? ATLUS says, something like that.

[sdragon21]

what games did u guys regret publishing

I can answer that one for you: Steal Princess.

[Elysion Zero]

Does Atlus prefer Pepsi or Coke?

[DamageCity]

Do you have the "You kill the 'Jo, You make some 'Mo" problem in your office?

[Manly Biceps]

Do you have the "You kill the 'Jo, You make some 'Mo" problem in your office?

We used to, actually. For some reason there were only 3 of us who knew how to make coffee, and so there would be several times when one of us would start up the coffee and then return to our desks to work until the coffee was brewed. When we'd get up 30 minutes later the pot would be empty. Those were bad times.

[sdragon21]

Do you have the "You kill the 'Jo, You make some 'Mo" problem in your office?

We used to, actually. For some reason there were only 3 of us who knew how to make coffee, and so there would be several times when one of us would start up the coffee and then return to our desks to work until the coffee was brewed. When we'd get up 30 minutes later the pot would be empty. Those were bad times.

So you're saying coffee is atlus's kryptonite???

[Onion of Mystery]

On the contrary, coffee is Atlus's yellow sunlight.

[Nephlabobo]

Are you guys going to include any Japanese DLC in the U.S. release of 3D Dot Game Heroes?

(Serious question, because this will determine whether I buy it or not)

[NullPointer]

On the contrary, coffee is Atlus's yellow sunlight.

I remember that when I first started at Atlus, there was this morning where I made coffee, but I didn't set the pot all the way in, so the coffee filter didn't drain. As a result, all the coffee grinds spilled out and got all jammed up in everything. So I had to spend a good part of the morning cleaning it out. :frown:

It was kind of embarrasing since it was my 1st or 2nd week here. People would come into the kitchen and look at me, and I'd be like 'Nothing to see here!' :oops:

[slayn]

Are you guys going to include any Japanese DLC in the U.S. release of 3D Dot Game Heroes?

(Serious question, because this will determine whether I buy it or not)


You ignored everything Atlus staff said on this matter in your locked thread. What makes you think they'll bother responding to you now?

[Tivor]

Are you guys going to include any Japanese DLC in the U.S. release of 3D Dot Game Heroes?

(Serious question, because this will determine whether I buy it or not)


You ignored everything Atlus staff said on this matter in your locked thread. What makes you think they'll bother responding to you now?


Regardless of any past history, I think it's a fair yes/no question. Let's not turn this into another argument. Disagreement in opinion doesn't mean "you don't get to ask questions."

Besides, I'm curious too. It won't affect my purchasing decision, but I still wouldn't mind knowing the answer to that question.

I wonder if Atlus USA themselves know the answer though. I mean, the game is still 5 months away from US release. Still plenty of time for them to make up their mind on that.





-----EDIT-----

Actually, I have a question of my own.

Does Atlus USA start working on localization AFTER the US release is announced? Or do you sometimes start the localization process BEFORE the rest of us even know it's coming?

I guess my real reason for asking is if I can secretly wish that you guys are working on EOIII localization without telling us. :D

[Rednusander]

Are you guys going to include any Japanese DLC in the U.S. release of 3D Dot Game Heroes?

(Serious question, because this will determine whether I buy it or not)

If we were planning DLC, here's a few things you should consider:

1. We certainly wouldn't announce it via our forums via a moderator's post, it would come from our PR department.

2. In my experience, a DLC announcement can come anywhere from two months or so before the game's launch to six or so months after you've owned it. Anyone hoping to get clarification on DLC this far away from its release, well, we're going to have to ask you to be patient.

[Inzaghi]

Does Atlus USA start working on localization AFTER the US release is announced? Or do you sometimes start the localization process BEFORE the rest of us even know it's coming?

Almost always before.

I guess my real reason for asking is if I can secretly wish that you guys are working on EOIII localization without telling us. :D

Not much of a secret wish now that you've told everyone, is it?

[Tivor]

Does Atlus USA start working on localization AFTER the US release is announced? Or do you sometimes start the localization process BEFORE the rest of us even know it's coming?

Almost always before.

Ah, awesome.



I guess my real reason for asking is if I can secretly wish that you guys are working on EOIII localization without telling us. :D

Not much of a secret wish now that you've told everyone, is it?

You got me there.

Well, here's publicly wishing that you guys are working on EOIII localization without telling us. ;)

[slayn]

Well, here's publicly wishing that you guys are working on EOIII localization without telling us. ;)

I think EO3 is one you can almost certainly assume will be brought over by Atlus.

[Nephlabobo]

In my experience, a DLC announcement can come anywhere from two months or so before the game's launch to six or so months after you've owned it. Anyone hoping to get clarification on DLC this far away from its release, well, we're going to have to ask you to be patient.

Ok, but that's a drag.

Having to wait and see means a definitive non-sale when the game launches.

[Tivor]

Well, here's publicly wishing that you guys are working on EOIII localization without telling us. ;)

I think EO3 is one you can almost certainly assume will be brought over by Atlus.

True, true. But I just don't want to take things for granted, you know? :)

Also, a part of my wish is that they've already begun the localization process so that the US release will come sooner rather than later. :D

[Gen Eric Gui]

Just to prove that not ALL of the SRT fanbase is crazy, hateful, and derogatory, I'll ask a question. For the employees that worked on the GBA SRT games, which characters were the most fun to write dialogue for? Or I guess a more simple and direct question; who were your favorite characters/robot designs in the game?

[Onion of Mystery]

Just to prove that not ALL of the SRT fanbase is crazy, hateful, and derogatory, I'll ask a question. For the employees that worked on the GBA SRT games, which characters were the most fun to write dialogue for? Or I guess a more simple and direct question; who were your favorite characters/robot designs in the game?

Editor Mike Meeker looked less crazed than usual just now, so I floated the question past him while he was reloading his Nerf gun from having shot up the QA testers.

"I'm a fan of the Real Robots that actually look like things people would sit inside and pilot. None of this 'pirouetting super-agile giant robots with hair and faces powered by LOVE AND SPIRIT' stuff. So... Alteisen and the Gespensts. As to characters... I like Ryusei for his constant obliviousness, plus he got 'sweetdiculous' into the games. Excellen had great one-liners, Tetsuya was often the lone voice of reason amid all the crazy stuff going on, Arado had a gullible wanna-be gallootish innocence that made him fun to write, and Ibis was hot as all hell. Kai is the most badass character in all the games, moreso because he didn't need to be psychic or drive a magic dragon-god mind-reading machine to kick someone's ass seven ways from Sunday--just the Dan McNinja mustache of power and his own quiet determination."

[Gen Eric Gui]

Sweet, it's neat to know at least one staffer liked Maj. Kai as much as I did.

[Steel Greyfalke]

Have you had forum members actually come & Visit Atlus Corp in person?

[Rednusander]

Have you had forum members actually come & Visit Atlus Corp in person?

Uh, no... So let's not have them start any time soon. :tongue:

[Steel Greyfalke]

Have you had forum members actually come & Visit Atlus Corp in person?

Uh, no... So let's not have them start any time soon. :tongue:

yeah that'd be creepy

[slayn]

Have you had forum members actually come & Visit Atlus Corp in person?

Uh, no... So let's not have them start any time soon. :tongue:

Why you gotta ruin my summer plans, Red?

[Camanche]

What is the quirkiest thing staff members do?

[Rednusander]

I think our production blog, "World of Translators" answers that question better than I could.

[Elysion Zero]

In Super Robot Taisen Endless Frontier, was Raymond Browning a mistranslation of Lemon Browning?

Was it a correct translation that's supposed to imply that it was actually Lemon before the name was lost from data corruption on the Mighty Era?

Or is Raymond Browning another character entirely?

[Camanche]

I think our production blog, "World of Translators" answers that question better than I could.

I completely forgot about those. :oops:

[iloveatlus]

u guys skipp my question again

[Inzaghi]

u guys skipp my question again

Asking a question does not guarantee we'll answer it. It's right in the thread title.

[iloveatlus]

what 2010 will u guys be buying and it cant be a atlus game

[Zoltor]

what 2010 will u guys be buying and it cant be a atlus game

I would put my money on some of them picking up Ragnarok Online(DS).

[iloveatlus]

what 2010 will u guys be buying and it cant be a atlus game

I would put my money on some of them picking up Ragnarok Online(DS).

i think they will buy ffxiii resonance of fate or the new pokemon game

[Inzaghi]

You're limiting us to one game? Have you seen all that's coming out in March?

I'm gonna say Alpha Protocol, though.

[Jon_Mclane]

Yakuza 3 for me, I just hope Sega doesn't give it the Alpha Protocol treatment and delay it without letting anyone know.

[Elysion Zero]

Still wondering who Raymond Browning is.

[cwmaggie09]

Ooh I have a question! Do you have any fun "rites of initiation" or reoccurring pranks that you play on new employees or interns at the office?

[slayn]

Atlus Forum Admin

:D

[Inzaghi]

Ooh I have a question! Do you have any fun "rites of initiation" or reoccurring pranks that you play on new employees or interns at the office?

They already have to play through a horribly buggy version of Choro-Q for half an hour during the interview process. Piling more abuse on top of that just seems unnecessarily cruel.

[Tivor]

Atlus Forum Admin

:D

*rimshot* :D





Ooh I have a question! Do you have any fun "rites of initiation" or reoccurring pranks that you play on new employees or interns at the office?

They already have to play through a horribly buggy version of Choro-Q for half an hour during the interview process. Piling more abuse on top of that just seems unnecessarily cruel.

Do they have to play the game WHILE answering your questions? Or do you observe how the candidate deals with the game (or at least make them think how they deal with the game has a bearing on the outcome of the interview)?

[Steel Greyfalke]

Ooh I have a question! Do you have any fun "rites of initiation" or reoccurring pranks that you play on new employees or interns at the office?

They already have to play through a horribly buggy version of Choro-Q for half an hour during the interview process. Piling more abuse on top of that just seems unnecessarily cruel.

I can take it

[Rednusander]

Ooh I have a question! Do you have any fun "rites of initiation" or reoccurring pranks that you play on new employees or interns at the office?

They already have to play through a horribly buggy version of Choro-Q for half an hour during the interview process. Piling more abuse on top of that just seems unnecessarily cruel.

Do they have to play the game WHILE answering your questions? Or do you observe how the candidate deals with the game (or at least make them think how they deal with the game has a bearing on the outcome of the interview)?

I just think it's funny to watch people in suits play Choro-Q.

[Steel Greyfalke]

Well since the OG Topic is locked , any statements on the Thread, Franchise & the state of Atlus

[Elysion Zero]

Choro-Q for the PS2

Q1: Great game or greatest game?

Zoids Assault for the 360

Q2: Another great game or the second greatest game?

[cwmaggie09]

Ooh I have a question! Do you have any fun "rites of initiation" or reoccurring pranks that you play on new employees or interns at the office?

They already have to play through a horribly buggy version of Choro-Q for half an hour during the interview process. Piling more abuse on top of that just seems unnecessarily cruel.

Do they have to play the game WHILE answering your questions? Or do you observe how the candidate deals with the game (or at least make them think how they deal with the game has a bearing on the outcome of the interview)?

I just think it's funny to watch people in suits play Choro-Q.

Good point. :D

[Jon_Mclane]

How will you guys celebrate your Game of the Year award? The community demands pics!

[Camanche]

Which game caused the most headaches localizing?

[Gen Eric Gui]

Which game caused the most headaches localizing?

I'm splitting my bet between Choro-Q and Demon's Souls.

[Fuyukaze]

Ooh I have a question! Do you have any fun "rites of initiation" or reoccurring pranks that you play on new employees or interns at the office?

They already have to play through a horribly buggy version of Choro-Q for half an hour during the interview process. Piling more abuse on top of that just seems unnecessarily cruel.
This, this is not torture to the Choro-Q fan. Viva la Choro-Q!

[Mellusia]

What's the average amount of hours you'd work in a day? Do you get enough free time off? Is there a big "rest spell" after a game release before you get working on the next project or something? O.O

[sdragon21]

For the mods:
Have any of you picked up the new WiiWare castlevania game yet, and if so, what are your thoughts???

[movsoldier_12]

i was wondering if atlus is going to make another dokapon kingdom or make a game just like it? and if so when will it becoming out?

[Rednusander]

@Mellusia: Let's just say none of our significant others are going to become "Atlus Spouse." We put in the OT when it counts, but our working conditions are quite amicable.

The ideal situation is always to jump onto a new project as one ends, but yes, sometimes there is downtime. Usually that's when you'll see considerably more moderator posts. ;)

@Sdragon: As a raging CV nerd... I still need to pick that up.

@MovSoldier_12: Dokapon Kingdom was developed by Sting, so the fallacy of your first question nullifies the validity of your second. If you enjoyed it, try Dokapon Journey.

[sdragon21]

Do any of the atlus employee's have any guilty pleasure's???

[Manly Biceps]

Do any of the atlus employee's have any guilty pleasure's???

Maybe. :)

[Onion of Mystery]

Do any of the atlus employee's have any guilty pleasure's???
I'm a published author of erotic fiction under the pen name Sedgewick Shaftington.

[Olethros]

^ I actually believe that! :D

[Tivor]

Do any of the atlus employee's have any guilty pleasure's???
I'm a published author of erotic fiction under the pen name Sedgewick Shaftington.

I googled "Sedgewick Shaftington".... and got this very thread!! :lol:

[Master Ichijou]

I've been wondering about one for some time, I beat P2 Innocent Sin, and some of the enemies always said "Sieg Reich" for hailing Hitler, but one of my friends said that it's written wrongly, but it means something like "Empire's Victory". Is it true?

[Gai]

Question:

Since you are publishing Metal Slug XX, could it mean that there could be more SNKP games coming through this partnership, or is this a "One and Done" kind of thing?

Also, any Hockey fans at Atlus?

[Bright Shadow]

Ok, here's a burning question of destiny:

Is there any hope at all that Atlus would release Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax Chronicle Edition in America?

I'm saying because, let's face it guys, there will never be another game as good as Nocturne ever again. I've already replayed it to death but I'll take even the most trivial addition as an excuse to buy and play it all over again!

Come on, it would be easy! All you'd have to do is change a few lines (oversimplification)! I would buy this even if you priced it at $200 (not an exaggeration).

[LordShade]

Ok, here's a burning question of destiny:

Is there any hope at all that Atlus would release Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax Chronicle Edition in America?

I'm saying because, let's face it guys, there will never be another game as good as Nocturne ever again. I've already replayed it to death but I'll take even the most trivial addition as an excuse to buy and play it all over again!

Come on, it would be easy! All you'd have to do is change a few lines (oversimplification)! I would buy this even if you priced it at $200 (not an exaggeration).

Um, ITS THE SAME GAME AS BEFORE. No difference except for the guest character. and his moves are the same, too.

[Bright Shadow]

That's what I said.

That's why it would be so easy! They already have all the work done.

[Hamel]

That's what I said.

That's why it would be so easy! They already have all the work done.

The problem is IT'S THE SAME GAME
so just play it and imagine that Dante is Raidou

[slayn]

I know you guys get a cut from Amazon if someone buys a game via a link on your website, but does that extend to preorders as well?

[sdragon21]

To the mods, if you could have any 1 mobile suit from the gundam universe, which one would it be and why???

For me, it'd probably be Burning Gundam, because my movement's would match what Burning would do, and you can't beat the Erupting Burning Finger!!

[Hamel]

To the mods, if you could have any 1 mobile suit from the gundam universe, which one would it be and why???

For me, it'd probably be Burning Gundam, because my movement's would match what Burning would do, and you can't beat the Erupting Burning Finger!!

It's GOD GUNDAM! not Burning
He is a GOD

[Steel Greyfalke]

To the mods, if you could have any 1 mobile suit from the gundam universe, which one would it be and why???

For me, it'd probably be Burning Gundam, because my movement's would match what Burning would do, and you can't beat the Erupting Burning Finger!!

RX-79[G] Ground Type Gundam or Tallgeese I or II

[Tivor]

To the mods, if you could have any 1 mobile suit from the gundam universe, which one would it be and why???

For me, it'd probably be Burning Gundam, because my movement's would match what Burning would do, and you can't beat the Erupting Burning Finger!!

Can I answer that too?

Because I would pick a Kampfer with a GN Drive in a heartbeat. Cool looks, cool armaments, and near-invincible GN Drive hax!! *drool*

It's too bad that my gunpla-fu is too feeble to kitbash something like that.

[Gai]

Odd question:

Is there any chance we will see SNKP games like Garou, and KOF 2002 UM get ported to consoles other than XBLA? I was curious since the versions of Garou and KOF98 UM seem to be lacking the features/polish of the PS2 versions.

[Hawuvajo]

When will be the next online event?

[Onion of Mystery]

When will be the next online event?

When there is one, we'll let you know.

[Steel Greyfalke]

@ Onion do you like Bagel or English muffins?

[Olethros]

^ Onion Bagels, duh!!! :p

[CyberKlown28]

Will you guys ever make Rondo of Swords 2, or make a new game using the route maneuver system?

[LordShade]

Will you guys ever make Rondo of Swords 2, or make a new game using the route maneuver system?

Atlus USA doesn't deveolp games, they localize them.

Also, RoS is from Success, NIT Atlus JP.

[ArjenUnpronouncable]

In the Atlus USA staff's personal opinion, how did the Trauma Center games for Wii do in Europe (in mean in both terms of sales and reviews)?

[Hamel]

...Atlus USA ...Europe ...

Seriously what don't people get?
Atlus USA are not related to anything realesed in Europe and I doubt they have sales numbers (Atlus JP might)
ask the company that translated these games in Europe

[Rednusander]

Not entirely true, Hamel... The European publishers do license games from us, so we remain in the loop as far as numbers go.

That said, two things prevent us from answering the question, one, being that forum moderators are not privy to those numbers, and two, we make it a point not to discuss numbers if we were.

Generally speaking, though, the European publishers tend to pick up our top tier games, so they do well.

[nbinney]

Is there a large demand for voice actors? It seems like most video games have the same few people in them. (Robin Atkin Downes and Steve Blum to name a few)

[Steel Greyfalke]

Whats Your Favorite type o' Chip?

[Onion of Mystery]

Fish n'.

[Inzaghi]

Sour cream and onions.

Not sour cream and Onions.

[Kyoji]

Would you say being a moderator on Atlus' forums is a rewarding experience, or... *ahem* more trouble than it's worth? lol

[Manly Biceps]

Is there a large demand for voice actors? It seems like most video games have the same few people in them. (Robin Atkin Downes and Steve Blum to name a few)

Some people want to stick with known quantities over unknown quantities.

[Kyoji]

Though sticking with big name VAs is all well and good, I think it'd be more beneficial to bring in new people with talent.

I'm all for the seasoned VA or two, but it kind of unnerves me to hear the same person in every other game in one role or another.

[Onion of Mystery]

You also don't want to gamble on your actors when you're paying for voice recording. The best method I've found is to use the actors I know are good for the big parts, and bring in ones I'm not as familiar with for smaller ones. That way I get to know them, which ones are good, which can be used for certain roles, etc. Then, the more I'm familiar with an actor and their work, the more favorably I'll consider using that person in beefier roles in the future.

[Olethros]

Slow day in the office today guys? :p

It's like an Atlus mod fest in this thread!!!

[Rednusander]

Slow day in the office today guys? :p

It's like an Atlus mod fest in this thread!!!

It's not a mod fest till I show up, you know that!

Being an Atlus mod is indeed its own reward. The highlight of Onion's day is explaining to people that it takes 5 posts to make a new thread.

[Kyoji]

HA. Interesting highlight. :B

[elf_boobs]

PSP, or DS? Also, what is your favorite sandwich?

[cj iwakura]

Do Atlus staff have a favorite game from their parent company that never made it to the states, or is that taboo? (That's pretty much 90% SMT, excluding some pachinko games, I think.)

[Inzaghi]

Do Atlus staff have a favorite game from their parent company that never made it to the states, or is that taboo? (That's pretty much 90% SMT, excluding some pachinko games, I think.)

I think the Growlanser stump threads you're looking for are thataway.

[Mellusia]

Did a lot of the staff have to move to California from their home states, or home countries even?

[Hamel]

Do Atlus staff have a favorite game from their parent company that never made it to the states, or is that taboo? (That's pretty much 90% SMT, excluding some pachinko games, I think.)

I think the Growlanser stump threads you're looking for are thataway.

Growlanser aside
Do you have some games (Atlus or not) that you wish were translated into English but never got the translation?

[Onion of Mystery]

Man, if you only knew. But I can't tell you, so you won't know! Ahahaha!

[Rednusander]

Did a lot of the staff have to move to California from their home states, or home countries even?

Almost all of our job listings have had this little gem:

LOCAL APPLICANTS ONLY (We are located in the Irvine, CA. Applicants outside of the Orange County area will not be considered.)

[Neveryll]

What percentage of games that are localized by Atlus are initiated by Atlus because they would like to localize them vs the host company approaching Atlus to localize their game? When localizing a game does Atlus or the host company consider expanding the onto other platforms from when it was intially released? If so who handles that?

[Onion of Mystery]

1) I can't tell you.
2) No.

[cj iwakura]

Did a lot of the staff have to move to California from their home states, or home countries even?

Almost all of our job listings have had this little gem:

LOCAL APPLICANTS ONLY (We are located in the Irvine, CA. Applicants outside of the Orange County area will not be considered.)

I guess that's in case you have to get called in on a moment's notice. Rush to release time!

[Tivor]

Did a lot of the staff have to move to California from their home states, or home countries even?

Almost all of our job listings have had this little gem:

LOCAL APPLICANTS ONLY (We are located in the Irvine, CA. Applicants outside of the Orange County area will not be considered.)

For some reason, all this time I thought you guys were located in Bay Area. Heh.

Too bad that I live in Los Angeles County (and toward the northern edge of it too). Not that I'm looking for a new job or anything, but still. :)

[Neveryll]

1) I can't tell you.
2) No.

Alright. I figured those might be a bit close to the shirt to ask but I was curious about such anyway and had to give them a try. You guys do such awesome work I was curious if Atlus's reputation drew your clients in or you just had people out there scouting for them as good choices for both of you. No worries. :)

[Master Ichijou]

Do you guys listen to any of the OST of the games you work on, while...working? I mean, not if you play the game necessarily, I mean listening to 'em becuase you like...

[Rednusander]

Do you guys listen to any of the OST of the games you work on, while...working? I mean, not if you play the game necessarily, I mean listening to 'em becuase you like...

Uh... I've been guilty of that before. Sometimes even the music of a game in the same series or a different game that's in the same vein as the one you're working on can help set the mood, or inspire you to get to the bottom of the file.

[Inzaghi]

Do you guys listen to any of the OST of the games you work on, while...working? I mean, not if you play the game necessarily, I mean listening to 'em becuase you like...

Depends on when we're working on the text and whether or not the OST has been released yet in Japan, but yeah, I've definitely done this.

[Onion of Mystery]

I'm pretty sure I mentioned turning a DS up to full volume and playing the Koma song from SRTOGSEF here before. I'm pretty sure we've all listened to music from the games we work on at some point.

Me, I like playing Audiosurf on the Knights in the Nightmare soundtrack.

[Jon_Mclane]

Why hasn't Atlus used Nolan North in their games?

[Manly Biceps]

Because I do a pretty good Nolan impersonation.

[Jon_Mclane]

Because I do a pretty good Nolan impersonation.

Manly Biceps is what comes to mind when I think of Nolan North. You two are basically the same person.

[Mellusia]

Did a lot of the staff have to move to California from their home states, or home countries even?

Almost all of our job listings have had this little gem:

LOCAL APPLICANTS ONLY (We are located in the Irvine, CA. Applicants outside of the Orange County area will not be considered.)

Oh, I see O.O

...Did anyone move to Orange County before applying to Atlus? xD

[elf_boobs]

I am going to have a little extra tax money this year and am planning on buying either a 360 or a ps3. As a fan of Atlus, the Megaten stuff being the only games i've played for the last six months, I was wondering if I should just go ahead and get the ps3, as two games will have been published by Atlus on that system in the last year vs. the zero games on the 360. Does Atlus have an official stance/opinion on either system, or any plans to publish games for the 360? Thanks!

[Rednusander]

I am going to have a little extra tax money this year and am planning on buying either a 360 or a ps3. As a fan of Atlus, the Megaten stuff being the only games i've played for the last six months, I was wondering if I should just go ahead and get the ps3, as two games will have been published by Atlus on that system in the last year vs. the zero games on the 360. Does Atlus have an official stance/opinion on either system, or any plans to publish games for the 360? Thanks!

We can't really take an "official" stance on the matter, being that we love all systems equally as a company who publishes games for all systems.

And uh... We do have three games we've published on the 360 at retail, as well as two (one upcoming, XenoClash: Ultimate Edition) for XBLA. You should buy them! Just don't look at the review scores, whatever you do!

[elf_boobs]

:oops: well I'll be darned! thanks for the info.

[Jon_Mclane]

No disrespect to Atlus but all those retail 360 games where pretty terrible. Especially compared to what they've published on ps3. Just make sure you do your research before making such a big investment.

[Takara_Kitsune]

I am going to have a little extra tax money this year and am planning on buying either a 360 or a ps3. As a fan of Atlus, the Megaten stuff being the only games i've played for the last six months, I was wondering if I should just go ahead and get the ps3, as two games will have been published by Atlus on that system in the last year vs. the zero games on the 360. Does Atlus have an official stance/opinion on either system, or any plans to publish games for the 360? Thanks!

We can't really take an "official" stance on the matter, being that we love all systems equally as a company who publishes games for all systems.

And uh... We do have three games we've published on the 360 at retail, as well as two (one upcoming, XenoClash: Ultimate Edition) for XBLA. You should buy them! Just don't look at the review scores, whatever you do!

Maybe I'm just weird, but I honestly didn't see a problem with any of the three... although I suppose part of that could be the only one I've played any substantial amount is Zoids Assault... (Hard for me to lie when it's easy enough to look up my gamertag...) But I do own all three of the strategy trio for the 360... and I'm more than sure I won't really have an issue with any of them. ^^;

No disrespect to Atlus but all those retail 360 games where pretty terrible. Especially compared to what they've published on ps3. Just make sure you do your research before making such a big investment.

I'm pretty sure Atlus knows how to handle that... and overall, the games they chose were not bad. I mean, graphically, they're not the best looking games... I understand Operation Darkness has some gameplay bugs, Spectral Force 3 is... well, it's an Idea Factory game... and Zoids Assault is actually disconnected enough it doesn't make sense to a hardcore Zoids fan storywise (I'd be the hardcore Zoids fan, by the way...) I suppose the issue with Zoids Assault was probably that the story was more connected with the Battle Story... which had nothing to do with the more recent revival. (I've played enough Zoids games, I can't remember if Zenebas is mentioned in Assault... I think it was only Guylos and Helic, though...)

Which I guess is actually something to ask... since Atlus did localize Zoids Assault, does that mean someone there is a fan of Zoids? Or was it just coincidence that it was chosen?

[cj iwakura]

No disrespect to Atlus but all those retail 360 games where pretty terrible. Especially compared to what they've published on ps3. Just make sure you do your research before making such a big investment.

I'd like to think they're keeping their options open for whatever system SMT goes to when it goes next-gen(if ever).

[Jon_Mclane]

Even if you disagree with what I said and think spectral force 3, operation darkness, and zoids assault are good. I think we can all agree they aren't anywhere near Demon's Souls and 3D Dot Game Heroes good. I also heard that Demon's Souls outsold all 3 xbox games combined and PS3 has sold about 3 times more consoles in Japan so I think it's a safe bet that when SMT makes the next gen jump you'll see it on the ps3, maybe they'll be on the 360 also but I could almost guarantee they wont be 360 exclusive, either multiplatform or ps3 exclusive.

[elf_boobs]

I guess it makes sense that the 360 wouldn't be a likely console for a company like Atlus to make the move to the next gen on. They seem to be first and foremost focused on THEIR audience, and the since the 360 isn't exactly making huge numbers in Japan, I would imagine a Wii or PS3 game would be in order for their next console SMT game, assuming they don't find portable gaming so profitable they just focus more on that for the time being.

[CyberKlown28]

Will you guys ever make Rondo of Swords 2, or make a new game using the route maneuver system?

Atlus USA doesn't deveolp games, they localize them.

Also, RoS is from Success, NIT Atlus JP.

Well Success doesn't have a website....
and yeah...
figured atlus would be the ones to choose if they wanted a sequal made

[Kakizaki]

Will you guys ever make Rondo of Swords 2, or make a new game using the route maneuver system?

Atlus USA doesn't deveolp games, they localize them.

Also, RoS is from Success, NIT Atlus JP.

Well Success doesn't have a website....
and yeah...
figured atlus would be the ones to choose if they wanted a sequal made
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/

[Woo Nam]

1. can i look forward to a demon's souls sequal?
2. can i look forward to a persona 5 in the near/far future?
3. 1 and 2 over again

[DamageCity]

1. can i look forward to a demon's souls sequal?
2. can i look forward to a persona 5 in the near/far future?
3. 1 and 2 over again


I may be mistaken but didn't ATLUS japan say they wish they hadn't released Person 3 and 4 so close together? I think Persona 5 will obviously be made but I thinks it's gonna be far in the future. That is if, 3 to 4 years is considered far.

[Woo Nam]

news to me

[Manly Biceps]

I think it was only Guylos and Helic, though...)

Yup. Zenebas is never mentioned, just Guylos and Helic. I think it is actually supposed to be entirely detached from the rest of the series, which is why the Deathsaurer becomes a cannon, and isn't an actual Zoid.

Which I guess is actually something to ask... since Atlus did localize Zoids Assault, does that mean someone there is a fan of Zoids? Or was it just coincidence that it was chosen?

We're under the same Japanese parent corporation as TakaraTomy.

[Steel Greyfalke]

I think it was only Guylos and Helic, though...)

Yup. Zenebas is never mentioned, just Guylos and Helic. I think it is actually supposed to be entirely detached from the rest of the series, which is why the Deathsaurer becomes a cannon, and isn't an actual Zoid.

Which I guess is actually something to ask... since Atlus did localize Zoids Assault, does that mean someone there is a fan of Zoids? Or was it just coincidence that it was chosen?

We're under the same Japanese parent corporation as TakaraTomy.

one crazy Question Will you Localize any Votoms or Dougram games ?

[Olethros]

The great oracle 8 ball says you'll never get a straight answer to that question. ;)

[Takara_Kitsune]

I think it was only Guylos and Helic, though...)

Yup. Zenebas is never mentioned, just Guylos and Helic. I think it is actually supposed to be entirely detached from the rest of the series, which is why the Deathsaurer becomes a cannon, and isn't an actual Zoid.

That would make sense... even moreso because I've noticed more or less there is no way for there to be a single timeline on Zi at all. So I can go with the idea that it's detached.

Which I guess is actually something to ask... since Atlus did localize Zoids Assault, does that mean someone there is a fan of Zoids? Or was it just coincidence that it was chosen?

We're under the same Japanese parent corporation as TakaraTomy.

Wow. I didn't actually realize that you were under the same company as TakaraTomy. So that must mean that it was pretty easy to get the license for Assault? Unfortunately, as much as I love Zoids, I get the idea the performance of Assault means there's probably no chance you'd end up localizing any other Zoids games. ^^; I've imported the majority of the good ones anyway, so no big deal. But definitely one of those "You learn something every day" answers. Thank you. :3

[unknown]

If you guys went on the Oregan Trail (like the old school PC game), which Atlus employees would you take along and why?

[morph]

If you guys went on the Oregan Trail (like the old school PC game), which Atlus employees would you take along and why?

now thats humor:p

[nbinney]

How expensive is it to produce TV advertisements for games?

Nowadays, TV advertising is really only used for big name games that are going to sell regardless. Why hasn't anyone used TV ads for the more obscure games?

[Steel Greyfalke]

Any particular Game soundtracks that made you cry?

[Fuyukaze]

Does any of the staff at Atlus play games online, and if so, knowingly play against board members?


Not asking for x-box live names or psn names, just wondering.....

[Manly Biceps]

Does any of the staff at Atlus play games online, and if so, knowingly play against board members?


Not asking for x-box live names or psn names, just wondering.....

Yes.

And other Atlus employees count as board members, so yes, I do. :)

[Rednusander]

How expensive is it to produce TV advertisements for games?

Nowadays, TV advertising is really only used for big name games that are going to sell regardless. Why hasn't anyone used TV ads for the more obscure games?

Question 1: Very, very, very expensive.
Question 2: See answer to question 1.

If you guys went on the Oregan Trail (like the old school PC game), which Atlus employees would you take along and why?

None of these guys. We're all very prone to illness. Dysentery would claim us before we were halfway to the promised land.


Any particular Game soundtracks that made you cry?

I wouldn't say a whole lot of songs make me break down and cry. But to give you something, here's a short list of random tracks I find very moving, either due to my personal experiences with the game or because the song carries the emotion of their associated scenes without the scene even being present:

Chrono Trigger - Sealed Door
Soul Blazer - Dream Sequence Theme
Secret of Mana - The Pureland
Final Fantasy VI - Ending
Metal Gear Solid 3 - Debriefing
Final Fantasy XI - Memoro De La Stono (Distant Worlds version)

[Onion of Mystery]

Does any of the staff at Atlus play games online, and if so, knowingly play against board members?


Not asking for x-box live names or psn names, just wondering.....

I played Metal Gear Online with a couple of you guys back when Tomm was running around here. That's about it.

[Steel Greyfalke]

[

Any particular Game soundtracks that made you cry?

I wouldn't say a whole lot of songs make me break down and cry. But to give you something, here's a short list of random tracks I find very moving, either due to my personal experiences with the game or because the song carries the emotion of their associated scenes without the scene even being present:

Chrono Trigger - Sealed Door
Soul Blazer - Dream Sequence Theme
Secret of Mana - The Pureland
Final Fantasy VI - Ending
Metal Gear Solid 3 - Debriefing
Final Fantasy XI - Memoro De La Stono (Distant Worlds version)[/quote]


Ahhhh the Reason I Asked is cause I recently went though a Replay of SD the Great Battle 3 & Also explain part of my sig , I just brings manly tears

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNfSphQBSa4#movie_player)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNfSphQBSa4#movie_player heres what i mean ...

[sdragon21]

To the mods:
Have you ever been to a Dairy Queen before, and if so, what's your favorite flavor of Blizzard???

[Onion of Mystery]

Cookie Dough.

[sdragon21]

I prefer either oreo or banana cream pie.

[Rednusander]

This thread is becoming insensitive to certain lactose intolerant moderators. :very_sad:

[Manly Biceps]

This thread is becoming insensitive to certain lactose intolerant moderators. :very_sad:

Your fault for being all racist against lactose. :)

[Manly Biceps]

If you guys went on the Oregan Trail (like the old school PC game), which Atlus employees would you take along and why?

If I were on the OreGON Trail, the first person I'd have to choose would be Onion. I'd need someone else who knew the lyrics to John Linell's "Oregon".

(Oregon is bad, stop it if you can. Run away, run away. Now it's after you. Flee to some place new.)

Second would be one of the creative designers who doesn't post in the forums. He's handy with firearms and bows, and old enough to remember most of the old-tyme afflictions.

The last member of the party would be our QA Manager. Between us, we'd have a good amount of languages covered, and he's a fellow Laker fan so there would be awesome conversation.

[unknown]

You mean there are people working at Atlus in Irvine who aren't Laker fans?

Blasphemy

[Tivor]

Boo, Lakers, boo!! -_-)p

[Manly Biceps]

You mean there are people working at Atlus in Irvine who aren't Laker fans?

Blasphemy

Yeah, I KNOW.

Some people...

[Rednusander]

Clips are gonna RUN THIS TOWN!

[Onion of Mystery]

Globetrotters all the way! They never lose!

[Steel Greyfalke]

Does anyone like Fried Oysters?

[Manly Biceps]

Yup.

Though, I do like quite a bit of fried. I even have a deep fryer in my apartment. Though, I will state that those things are a pain in the ass to clean.

[sdragon21]

Yup.

Though, I do like quite a bit of fried. I even have a deep fryer in my apartment. Though, I will state that those things are a pain in the ass to clean.

Tell me about it. I got one for christmas 2 years ago, and i have to soak both the fry bucket and basket in hot soapy water before i send it through the dishwasher. Other than that, it's convient as hell and is the best christmas gift i received since i got my george foreman grill back in 07.

Now, a question to the mods, what do you think of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFjhdqB4_EY

[Manly Biceps]

Now, a question to the mods, what do you think of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFjhdqB4_EY

Aw yeah.

[bahines]

Are there any plans to bring both Persona 2: Innocent Sin & Persona 2: Eternal Punishment to the PSP? I know Innocent Sin was never released in the states. Is there any chance that this might change in the future?

[Rednusander]

Is there any chance that this might change in the future?

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
turn and face the strange (journey)
ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Don't want to be a richer man
ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
turn and face the strange (journey)
ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't announcegamesinthisthread

Mmmmm yeah

[Lara Croft]

Hello
i would love to know if you plan to release Touch Detective 3? i think those great are great and need to be continued :)
thanks

[iloveatlus]

do you guys give suggestion to atlus of japan.

[Onion of Mystery]

do you guys give suggestion to atlus of japan.

Not with enough frequency that you should consider us a way to give them suggestions.

[Steel Greyfalke]

Does any one at Atlus own any Tankobon (Doesn't matter if its manual or textbooks either)

[iloveatlus]

do you guys give suggestion to atlus of japan.

Not with enough frequency that you should consider us a way to give them suggestions.

wat? so its a no?

[sdragon21]

If a japanese PS1 game is on the PSN, can i suggest it for you guys to localize and bring to the US PSN, if at all possible? Because there were a lot of good PS1 rpg's that never made it stateside.

[Inzaghi]

3) Virtual Console: It's not up to us to decide what gets put on the VC. Bug NOA if you'd really like to see our games on it. Also, localizing old Atlus games for release on VC wouldn't make us any money, so there's almost no chance of it happening.

Replace "Virtual Console" with "PSN" and that's basically your answer.

[slayn]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

[Manly Biceps]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

[iloveatlus]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

have u try Sriracha hot suace? they r the best. they taste great with pho

[Steel Greyfalke]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

have u try Sriracha hot suace? they r the best. they taste great with pho

Sriracha & Tabasco is good on everything

[iloveatlus]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

have u try Sriracha hot suace? they r the best. they taste great with pho

Sriracha & Tabasco is good on everything

no its not. i try tabasco on pho one time because i didnt had sriracha. tabasco isn't good on pho

[Steel Greyfalke]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

have u try Sriracha hot suace? they r the best. they taste great with pho

Sriracha & Tabasco is good on everything

no its not. i try tabasco on pho one time because i didnt had sriracha. tabasco isn't good on pho
Have you tried it on Oreos or put Sriracha on a hot dog (but some times its good by itself)

[iloveatlus]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

have u try Sriracha hot suace? they r the best. they taste great with pho

Sriracha & Tabasco is good on everything

no its not. i try tabasco on pho one time because i didnt had sriracha. tabasco isn't good on pho
Have you tried it on Oreos or put Sriracha on a hot dog (but some times its good by itself)

i put sriracha on any type of meat, but oreos?????????????:question:

[Manly Biceps]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

have u try Sriracha hot suace? they r the best

I use Sriracha on my fried rice. It's Asian ketchup. :)

But, you gotta use different hot sauces for different foods. Tabasco doesn't work well with Asian foods. Sriracha doesn't work well with omelettes and Mexican food.

[unknown]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

have u try Sriracha hot suace? they r the best

I use Sriracha on my fried rice. It's Asian ketchup. :)

I would die without Sriracha, campus food is terrible here but the hot sauce makes it bearable, flavorful, and sometimes actually delicious.

[Steel Greyfalke]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

have u try Sriracha hot suace? they r the best. they taste great with pho

Sriracha & Tabasco is good on everything

no its not. i try tabasco on pho one time because i didnt had sriracha. tabasco isn't good on pho
Have you tried it on Oreos or put Sriracha on a hot dog (but some times its good by itself)

i put sriracha on any type of meat, but oreos?????????????:question:

No put Sriracha on Hot dogs & Tobasco on Oreos if you put Sriracha on an Oreo it will over power the sweetness of the cookie .

@ Biceps, theres a theory that says Ketchup is from China

[Manly Biceps]

@ Biceps, theres a theory that says Ketchup is from China

It wouldn't surprise me. There are a lot of Chinese dishes that call for something like ketchup.

But, even if that turned out to be true, sriracha would still be Asian Ketchup.

[Olethros]

Anchor Bar hot sauce > Frank's hot sauce > all other hot sauces combined! True story.

[Steel Greyfalke]

What is your favorite brand of hot sauce?

I like the Smoked Tabasco.

have u try Sriracha hot suace? they r the best

I use Sriracha on my fried rice. It's Asian ketchup. :)

But, you gotta use different hot sauces for different foods. Tabasco doesn't work well with Asian foods. Sriracha doesn't work well with omelettes and Mexican food.

@ Biceps, theres a theory that says Ketchup is from China

It wouldn't surprise me. There are a lot of Chinese dishes that call for something like ketchup.

But, even if that turned out to be true, sriracha would still be Asian Ketchup.

& thats why i make Flame dogs(hot dog w / Sriracha,Spicy brown Mustard,Jalapenos & Wasabi)& its also good fish taco minus the pico de gallo

[slayn]

I myself am partial to Texas Pete Hotter Sauce; it's not particularly hot, but I grew up with regular Texas Pete and love the flavor.

[Fuyukaze]

I'm partial to Sriracha on fried fish, popcorn shrimp, and fries. Tabasco is ok for boneless wings but Cholula Chipotle tastes better on it as well as omlets. I'd rather have pepers on my burgers. There's too many holiday brand hot sauces to name but most of them while good tend to sound hotter then they actualy are. Still looking for one that uses ghost pepers or habanero pepers. I've never found a hot sauce that ever burned to me but then I've always loved eating pepers.

[kaijura]

Who do we go to request suggestions/feedback or gameplay management for Demon's Souls USA?

Reason for asking is because there is a known player around the NA online community lately that is taking advantage of what seems to be a glitch, and invading/destroying folks with a strong spell.

Basically, a complaint about some player doing something that can't normally be done.

[Rednusander]

I've been paying attention to the other thread where people have been discussing what I believe you're referencing, and I can't promise there's anything we can personally do about it.

But, if you'll PM me ALL the details I would need in order to go about taking action: name, a VERY detailed description of what's occurring, and anything else you feel might be able to help our case, please do so.

I can take it through our channels to the best of my extent, although, as a word of forewarning, I won't be able to tell you whether or not I'm able to do something about it.

[twigster xd]

Could you tell me where that post is? I think it's the same prob I'm having. Twice now I have had to restart my game because Ed and the merchant in 2-1 have disappeared

[Hawuvajo]

What kind of events atlus can do ?
the normal "Global World Tendency Change"

than, what other events can be made?
maybe..double souls? (without changing WT)
or.. increase drop rate (without changing WT)

I'm asking to understand better what atlus can, or cant do on the server.. i assume that atlus cant change anything in-game.. like engine etc.. but some aspects of the online gaming, like the World Tendency Change..

adding some demons at random spots... dont know... ^^
making bosses really stronger during events.. like 10x stronger (HP and Attack Power)

[Curse_7781]

I am wondering how long the Demon's Souls servers will continue being up, reason I ask is due to myself considering buying the game and it would be a shame to finally jump in and there is no server to play online.

What is the end date for the Demon's Souls servers and is there talk to extend it?

[Yagami]

Yours pretend to release Goketsuji Ichizoku(aka Power Instinct) Senzou Kuyou in US arcades??????

[iloveatlus]

if square enix were to buy atlus what will happen to u guys

[Olethros]

The end is nigh!!!! DOOM!!!!!!

The S-E boogie man is coming to get you all....

[slayn]

It's me. I'm the S-E boogie man.

[Onion of Mystery]

No you're not! You're--

*dramatic unmasking*

--Old Man Smithers from the lumber mill!

[Rednusander]

Square-Enix isn't interested in RPG-centric companies. They do that well enough on their own.

[iloveatlus]

whos yah rival. do u guys have any. do u guys want us to boycott your rival games

[Onion of Mystery]

If you could boycott everyone who isn't Atlus, that'd be awesome. But since I don't really expect anyone to do that, I'll just say to go where the good games are.

[sdragon21]

To the mods: R U Ready 2 get funky???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1yY-wA9zL8

[DamageCity]

To the mods: R U Ready 2 get funky???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1yY-wA9zL8


That funk is way too smooth, you gotta put some dirt on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwb9Tqgi_rA

[sdragon21]

To the mods: R U Ready 2 get funky???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1yY-wA9zL8


That funk is way too smooth, you gotta put some dirt on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwb9Tqgi_rA

Now THAT is FUNKAY!!!

[Steel Greyfalke]

how many games have you localized that we not published by their Respected Companies 0r Co-operated with Ex:Sega, SNK Playmore

[iloveatlus]

what would u change about final fantasy xiii

[ArjenUnpronouncable]

Not entirely true, Hamel... The European publishers do license games from us, so we remain in the loop as far as numbers go.

That said, two things prevent us from answering the question, one, being that forum moderators are not privy to those numbers, and two, we make it a point not to discuss numbers if we were.

Generally speaking, though, the European publishers tend to pick up our top tier games, so they do well.

Ah, I understand. Thanks for your time. To be perfectly honest I ask these questions because I'm scared Europe is not getting Trauma Team, my most anticipated Atlus game of the moment.

Anyway...
Do the Atlus staff members have a favourite classic (non-Atlus :tongue:) video game? It can be from anywhere before the PS2/GC/Xbox generation.

[Rednusander]

how many games have you localized that we not published by their Respected Companies 0r Co-operated with Ex:Sega, SNK Playmore

Quite a few. Feel free to do the research yourself, because I don't have time!

what would u change about final fantasy xiii

Vanille.

Anyway...
Do the Atlus staff members have a favourite classic (non-Atlus :tongue:) video game? It can be from anywhere before the PS2/GC/Xbox generation.

I grew up in the NES/SNES era, and have been playing ever since, so there's too many great classics to name. Castlevania, Final Fantasy, the old Enix games, (Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, 7th Saga), my personal top 10 would be some conglomeration of those.

[Manly Biceps]

Anyway...
Do the Atlus staff members have a favourite classic (non-Atlus :tongue:) video game? It can be from anywhere before the PS2/GC/Xbox generation.

Star Control 2. When most gamers talk "classic" era, they're only referring to NES/SNES, which I think is a ton of BS, especially since the majority of the groundbreaking inventions were done on the PC side of the game industry at the time. If you only know half the history, you don't really know history.

[ArjenUnpronouncable]

how many games have you localized that we not published by their Respected Companies 0r Co-operated with Ex:Sega, SNK Playmore

Quite a few. Feel free to do the research yourself, because I don't have time!

what would u change about final fantasy xiii

Vanille.

Anyway...
Do the Atlus staff members have a favourite classic (non-Atlus :tongue:) video game? It can be from anywhere before the PS2/GC/Xbox generation.

I grew up in the NES/SNES era, and have been playing ever since, so there's too many great classics to name. Castlevania, Final Fantasy, the old Enix games, (Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, 7th Saga), my personal top 10 would be some conglomeration of those.

Ah yes. I like Castlevania a lot, but I have yet to play a Final Fantasy game. Any specific one out of those you could recommend?

Anyway...
Do the Atlus staff members have a favourite classic (non-Atlus :tongue:) video game? It can be from anywhere before the PS2/GC/Xbox generation.

Star Control 2. When most gamers talk "classic" era, they're only referring to NES/SNES, which I think is a ton of BS, especially since the majority of the groundbreaking inventions were done on the PC side of the game industry at the time. If you only know half the history, you don't really know history.

I know. There's so many classics that are often left out in the cold. The NES did start many beloved franchises, but there's a lot more out there.

[Tivor]

what would u change about final fantasy xiii

Vanille.

(warning: internet meme that's past its expiration date ahead)

QFT

[Rednusander]

Ah yes. I like Castlevania a lot, but I have yet to play a Final Fantasy game. Any specific one out of those you could recommend?

Welllll, as an Atlus employee, I probably shouldn't be recommending a "competitor's" titles. My personal favorite is VI. We have a business to run here!

[Fuyukaze]

I recomend 6. It's quite posibly one of their best titles ever in the franchise and the only one I consider to rival Atlus' greatness.

[iloveatlus]

if u guys could quit yah job at atlus and go work for another game company. who will you guys work for

[Olethros]

Are we just going to assume that there's anybody loopy enough out there to hire these guys again? It's amazing it even happened once already! :p

[Onion of Mystery]

I'd want to be Richard Garriot's assistant. Who knows what that guy gets up to!

[Rednusander]

My responses to Iloveatlus's questions will now be turned into grammar lessons.

if u guys could quit yah job at atlus and go work for another game company. who will you guys work for

If you guys could quit your jobs at Atlus, and go work for another game company, who would you guys work for?

First, we've made this sentence structurally correct. We've bothered to type out the word "you", and instead of using "yah," we've expanded the word to the grammatically appropriate "your", replacing the "a" with "ou" and capping it off with an "r" to make the word possessive.

We've also gone to such lengths as to capitalize Atlus, being that companies are considered proper nouns.

Finally, we've replaced an ill-timed period with a comma, and added a little piece of punctuation called a question mark, intended to imply that the writer is asking a question. Question marks are especially important in threads about questions, although one could certainly argue that in this thread, questions are simply implied. Take that up with your philosophy professors.

Now let's get advanced.

The use of "guys" implies that there is more than one "guy" here at Atlus, and therefore there is more than one "job," necessitating the addition of an "s" to the word "job".

Finally, we changed the word "will" to "would". This is an advanced tactic that may take you some years before mastering, but one definition of "will" is "expected or required to." In what we call a hypothetical question, the word "will" has no place, it implies in this case that the Atlus employee will most definitely be hired at the dream company of his choice, which as Olethros has so kindly pointed out, is unlikely.

[Olethros]

:lol:

You just brightened my noon time Red. Thank you!

[slayn]

I'm sorry, Red, but the best I can give you is a C+; you corrected most of iloveatlus' post, but the sentence still ended with a preposition, and we just can't have that.

[Chronoshale]

Why, Atlus? ...Why?

Be honest, now.

[Onion of Mystery]

Why, Atlus? ...Why?

Be honest, now.

Why not?

[Chronoshale]

Why not?

Touche.

[Inzaghi]

Why, Atlus? ...Why?

Be honest, now.

Because it's there.

[Chronoshale]

Because it's there.

Why not here?

[Manly Biceps]

Are we just going to assume that there's anybody loopy enough out there to hire these guys again? It's amazing it even happened once already! :p

It's significantly less amazing after the 3rd time. :)

[Chronoshale]

I thought of a serious question (yee-gads).

Is there any chance of Atlus opening their own online store? After finding out about SE's, it was pretty exciting. Granted I'm not crazy about a lot of their music or merchandise, but Atlus on the other hand...

[slayn]

I doubt it. Atlus used to run their own store, but I think the costs started outweighing the benefits so now they just use Amazon.

[Tivor]

I doubt it. Atlus used to run their own store, but I think the costs started outweighing the benefits so now they just use Amazon.

Which begs another question: how come GameStop sometimes gets exclusive Atlus goodies while Amazon doesn't?

[slayn]

Gamestop typically gets that stuff because they pay for it. Atlus' deal with Amazon isn't iron-clad, it's just a simple referral system.

[Shin-Chikuzo]

:D my question is which decide which game or projects come to America Atlus US or Altus JAP
and what are the factors to deicide what projects come to American or not ????? :lovefirefox:

The other one is who can I do for buy a game direct for the atlus if I live in other country because in my country is so difficult find a original game of atlus I wait for a answer thanks

[Olethros]

:D my question is which decide which game or projects come to America Atlus US or Altus JAP
and what are the factors to deicide what projects come to American or not ????? :lovefirefox:

The other one is who can I do for buy a game direct for the atlus if I live in other country because in my country is so difficult find a original game of atlus I wait for a answer thanks

The obvious answer to this one is: Onion of Mystery! :p

(I realize this will expose my maturity level as being less than my actual age, but I felt compelled to do it anyway)

[slayn]

(I realize this will expose my maturity level as being less than my actual age, but I felt compelled to do it anyway)

Because we were all unaware of your maturity level before now :P.

[Steel Greyfalke]

Does anyone at Atlus have/had any Mecha Models made in the 80's?

[Riku Xander]

Is there gonna be an April Fools joke this year?

[Inzaghi]

Nah. We've all been too busy lately to pull off a good one, and if you don't pull out all the stops on an AFD joke, you might as well not bother.

[unknown]

I have high expectations for next year then.

[Riku Xander]

:agree:

[Tivor]

And this time next year, Inzaghi will be saying, "did I somehow imply that we'll pull out all the stops for a good AFD joke this year? and when did I say that? right, last year's AFD. mwahaha."

:P