Cave fans, give yourselves a round of applause. We told you a while back that Makoto Asada had said the region code for the company's upcoming Mushihime-sama Futari Ver. 1.5 for Xbox 360 had yet to be decided. Michael McWhertor over at Kotaku had a chance to speak with Asada at TGS, and asked if the game would be region-free. His response?
"We had a lot of good feedback from overseas users, so for this time, as a test, we're going to make the game region free so that overseas users can play it."
Hell yes. Not only will Mushihime's overseas sales directly affect the company's decision to knock off the region-locking in the future, but Asada went on to say that if it performs well outside of Japan, they may even localize and export upcoming projects officially.
"By making Mushihime-sama Futari region-free, what we're doing is measuring the amount of overseas users, this will have a direct impact on whether Espgaluda II and other titles will be localized for America. So it's probably a good idea to pick it up!"
Yes. Yes, it is. So if you've been emailing Cave and holding on to hope like I have, it was not in vain. Now you need only hit Play-Asia or wherever it is you import your games from, and enjoy. Thanks to everyone who joined the cause, and to McWhertor for popping the question. Hooray!
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10:40 AM on 09.27.2009
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Looks like we got some homework. I'd definitely like to import this!
@Topher
No one said that about Demon's Souls. The only people who complain about these types of games are people who don't import in the first place, so its useless rabble.
PEOPLE! GO BUY!
I will. For sure. Fantastic news.
brb fapping
better to pay about 70 bucks + now so we can at least get the shumps at regular prices over here.
I'm willing to take that chance if it means more Shumps to hit american shores and stop being alienated. Especially if it means Death Smilies will get a redo for region free. I want that game so much after seeing it at Otakon and I'd rather not buy a Import 360 just for shumps.
This is the greatest news in the history of news reporting !
$125 shipping on that thing. Awesome news though news for the future though. Get excited about Galuda 2 and Ketsui!
but holy crap, check out this final boss on the hardest difficulty. IN-FRIGGN-SANE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nscP9QpXoFM
I just came rainbows and sunshine.
My Japanese is not that great, but I think that Mushihime-sama Futari translates to "Together with the Bug Princess", or something along those lines.
I also want to try Death Smiles.
Where did you find an email for Cave? :D
From Kotaku, I think. From the post where they asked their customers on game ideas and stuffs. I guess they probably want their local customers' idea written in japanese but I'm pretty sure most people took advantage of that and spammed Cave on how they will buy 10 copies each or something if it is region-free.
Wow, after checking my mail box, it was exactly one month ago, don't know if they still use that one or not though. here's the mail, in case you are interested : blog360@mail.cave.co.jp
@Shinigamidude, Magnalon: I got Cave's email from their Dev blog. If you need it, it's blog360@mail.cave.co.jp
Thanks!