We already had Resonance of Fate appearing on PSN (now also up on the EU store), and now Sony has revealed a list of discounted games for the EU PSN, containing plenty of Sega and Atlus games. While they may not all fit our campaign, we’ve compiled a list of them for your convenience here (PS Plus subscribers get 10% discount unless noted otherwise). Fighting Vipers and Virtua Figher 2 & 5 FS in particular are now about as cheap as they’re likely to get:

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Also note that the Virtua Fighter 5 avatars appear to be free for PS Plus users (not sure if this is new or not, but it’s the first time I noticed).

This news is certain to give us some food for thought. PlayStation Taiwan has announced that Sega will be localizing Phantasy Star Nova and Shining Resonance in Chinese. Obviously, this begs the question why an English version of these games wouldn’t be equally worthwhile for Sega. In comparison, the Taiwanese version of Namco Bandai’s PS Vita game “Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment” received both Chinese and English subtitles, and the game has since been confirmed for a release in North America.

Seeing how many niche Japanese RPG’s are being localized nowadays, and companies like Square-Enix even changing their focus back to JPRG’s for a core audience after the worldwide success of Bravely Default, it’s surprising to see Sega continue to ignore the Western market. Even more so since Sega’s recent financial results weren’t particularly good, largely due to a simple lack of new games. Let’s hope we can eventually convince Sega to release more of their games worldwide.

While Siliconera had already revealed that Tears of Tiara 2 would be localized, it’s only now that Atlus has officially confirmed the release of the game for North America and Europe. Co-developed by Aquaplus and Sting, Tears of Tiara 2: Heir of the Overlord is a strategy RPG where most of the story is told in a visual novel style. While the first game was never localized, its characters were featured in the 2D fighting game Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match, which Atlus did localize and release last year. There’s also an anime adaptation that was released in North America by Sentai Filmworks. Continue reading »