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tyrannical · Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 51

Blame it on poor marketing.
Who is this Ryku San and why should he die?

Honestly, the game should have been titles "Modern Millitary tactics: Dai Senryaku VII" That way the game title would be listed with a nice English description of what it is, while still telling those that actually know the Dai Senryaku series.

Companies list games by their official titles. Try going into a store and asking for some weird japanese sounding name. Now imagine going to a store and asking for something titles "Modern Millitary Tactics".

Great game by the way.

Uglyduck · Guest

Actually it was the Name "Dai Senryaku" that first drew my attention. As it isnt published in this country I didnt have the embarrassment of trying to ask for it in a shop Smile

Incidentally - how *should* it be pronounced?

JVGFanatic · Posted: Mar Sat 05, 2005 1:05 am Post subject:

It's pronounced exactly like it is spelled though the last U is sometimes just barely said. Actually, I'm just going on how I've heard it and what I know about Japanese which--compared to some--is very little.

I think the name Dai Senryaku is distinctive and thus it's a great name for the game in the states and I'm glad they kept it.

Guest · Posted: Mar Sat 05, 2005 4:11 am Post subject:

I think it is pronounced "die sin rye ah coo". I nice long discustion thread on how to pronounce it (before adoug gets here) would kind of porve my point.

Calling it "Modern Millitary Tactics:Dai Senryaku VII" Would still keep the "interesting" name as a subtitle, but the main name would be a descriptive English one. WHen games are listed as coming soon, or order now, or in reviews it would be primarily listed as "modern millitary tactics" and not Dai Senryaku.

SemperFi2382 · Posted: Mar Sat 05, 2005 6:54 am Post subject:

JVGFanatic · Posted: Mar Sat 05, 2005 8:41 am Post subject:

SemperFi2382 · Posted: Mar Sat 05, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject:

JVGFanatic · Posted: Mar Sat 05, 2005 1:16 pm Post subject:

Wow, Kessen 3 is radically different than Kessen (or Kessen 2 for that matter) but DAMN it is one of the more "fun" Kessen's yet. You don't feel as removed from the battle as you did in part 1 and the controls are much easier than part 2. One small issue I have with part 3 is the absurdity of the magic, it's way over the top.

Off topic: here's that argument I was referring to:

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=583046&topic=19571948

tyrannical · Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 51

The game is called Dai Senryaku VII Modern Millitary Tactics.
All I really suggested was switching it to Modern Millitary Tactics: Dai Senryaku VII. Just changing the order of the words a bit.

SemperFi2382 · Posted: Mar Sun 06, 2005 8:18 am Post subject:

tyrannical · Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 51

We are having this silly discusion because we may never see a US release of Dai Senryaku VIII because VII did not sell well because stores did not order it because they didn't know what the hell it was.

The two people arguing with me are JAPANESE video game fanatic and a half Japanese guy that has cousins that speak Japanese.

JVGFanatic · Posted: Mar Sun 06, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:

The audience for this game will be small regardless of the title. It is possible that a swapping of the title would yeild a different kind of attention though.

I think that regardless of title this game will sell well over time. Kemco could hoard even a medium large printing of this and sell it as word spreads. It won't be a Katamari Damacy because Katamari Damacy had some kick ass marketing behind it and sadly I don't recall Kemco ever known for it's 'edgy' promotional schemes...or effective distribution for that matter.

Hell though, they could probably sell copies on ebay for years and make money that way, lol.

In a way I'm glad the title isn't as invasive as something English. It will keep the riff raff away. The only people playing it, at least for the most part, will be fans.

SemperFi2382 · Posted: Mar Mon 07, 2005 7:17 am Post subject:

I still don't see your logic. This is a turn based strategy game which in and of itself a niche genre. Most gamers want action, hence the obvious ratio of action vs thinking.

(I'm not saying that action games don't make you think, but I think I can safely assume you know what I'm inferring.)

The sucess of lesser known titles depends on word of mouth and it's reputation. I alone have gotten at least 5 people interested in the game just by mentioning it's a TBS. They were like, "I never heard of it, but it sounds like a good game."

I didn't know about this game until I saw a review for it in Game Informer. Disgaea (Another lesser known game) I found out through someone that was talking about it on a forum. The point is many Japanese games are sleeper hits or slow and steady in sales.
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JVGFanatic · Posted: Mar Mon 07, 2005 7:49 am Post subject:

I thought Disgaea was pretty darn popular...but never the less:

Have you seen La Pucelle, Phantom Brave, Kessen I, II, and III, Front Mission 4, P.T.O. IV?

Those are just a few other sRPGs and strategy games that might have slipped under your radar...of course they are all PS2 Smile

SemperFi2382 · Posted: Mar Mon 07, 2005 9:49 am Post subject: