PortLa Pucelle: TacticsandRhapsodyagain, thanks
NIS 2022 plans include new games, sequels, and ports, as the company continues to build and dip into its extensive decades-long catalog.That’s actually pretty much always in the cards for the company, but now NIS is looking to feedback as a guide.
Here’s what producer Sohei Niikawa had to say to 4Gamerwhen asked about the future (as translated by Gematsu):
“In 2022, we’ll release various titles, including new works, sequel(s), and port(s). For the sequel(s) in particular, we’ll reflect on the opinions of our users and gradually improve the quality of the game. Please look forward to what’s to come!”
So we do know thatCrystaris coming to Switch (NIS is publishing the port) in early 2022, amidanticipated wider releases for projects likeAsatsugutori. We’ll likely see more and more teasers in the weeks to come,like this onethat ledto the announcement ofYomawari 3. It’s interesting to hear that feedback will be incorporated for the sequels “in particular,” as the company strives to adapt and survive in the modern era. No matter what the company will keep busy through their diversified publishing arm, which can outshine their developmental works in any given year.
As for me, possibly as part of those NIS 2022 plans, I want more HD “classics collection” projects. Give meRhapsody, La Pucelle Tactics, Makai Kingdom: all of those late ’90s and early 2000s games in one place on a modern platform. While the company’s PSP ports were admirable, picking many of those up is exceedingly difficult to navigate now, not to mention the fact thatLa Pucellewas only released in Japan on PSP. We did get a “Volume 1” this yearforPhantom BraveandSoul Nomad, so there’s hope.
