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『十三機兵防衛圏』Nintendo Switch版 DLC「デジタル・アートワークス」試し読み！ | アトラス公式サイト

2022年4月14日発売の『十三機兵防衛圏』Nintendo Switch版では、PlayStation®4版の先着購入特典「デジタル・アートワークス」を同梱しております。今回はその一部を公開いたしま...

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Super happy this is being ported. I've heard good things about this game and it's nice that it will have a chance to hopefully earn more sales on the Switch platform. Nice to see Atlas having faith in the system, I wonder if SMTV sales are doing reasonably well?

 

[spons]

nothing to do with faith in any system. they just rolled a dice and it resulted in nintendo switch.

 

[drganon]

Great news. It's an amazing game that hopefully more people will get to experience. It was my easily goty for 2020.

 

[ParaSeoul]

If you know how bad the framerate on PS4 gets,then the switch port is gonna be hilarious

 

[Deerock71]

Yup. Perfect for Switch.

 

[Methos#1975]

Now how about Persona 3 and 4 Golden?

 

[Pejo]

Well that's essentially a PC version then, with Emulation. I'll double dip and then play on Yuzu.

C'mon Vanillaware, just do native PC ports of your whole back catalogue. The market is definitely there.

 

[Saber]

Its a interesting game and I'm fan of Vanillaware games, its just hard for me to pick because here is way too much expansive.

Danjin44 will love about this. Its his favorite game.

 

[Shifty1897]

I see it's 24 bucks on PSN right now, should I pull the trigger?

 

[Captain Toad]

Fantastic game and is a perfect fit for Switch.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Seriously, I'm glad this game with get more exposure and sales.

 

[mejin]

Already beat 500k, really nice.

Game is great, but is not for everyone.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

I hope switch (only) owners support it.

 

[Danjin44]

About time, this game is god damn amazing and I want to see more people get to play this.

 

[CGiRanger]

If you know how bad the framerate on PS4 gets,then the switch port is gonna be hilarious

Oh, so it was plagued with performance issues?

 

[Danjin44]

Oh, so it was plagued with performance issues?

Mostly in combat section when you use missile rain and see 1000 enemies get destroyed.

 

[lachesis]

I actually enjoyed causing that stuttering on my PS4 Pro. Kind of felt real bad ass by doing so… like Tom Hanks yelling “Look what I have created!” after making fire from scratch in the movie Cast Away.

I probably will double dip, depending on the language options… but if it comes with OST CD, I may even jump to the collector’s edition.

 

[CGiRanger]

Mostly in combat section when you use missile rain and see 1000 enemies get destroyed.

Ah ok, so it wasn't like a constant thing all the time.

Still I wonder what sacrifices will need to be made to run the game on the Switch. The game doesn't look too graphically intensive from the trailer. I guess maybe the battle scenes as you said have a lot of things going on in them?

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

Now how about Persona 3 and 4 Golden?

Baffles me that Persona isn't on Switch yet. It's the perfect match for the series

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Game was designed with handhelds in mind (just look at the menu UI). Should be right at home. It’s basically Persona meets Starcraft, but simpler.

Good game. Tries to do too much, especially narratively. They probably could condense 5-6 of the campaign characters and it would make the game far less laborious.

 

[Amin_Parker]

Clearly the Nintendo Switch is doing unprecedented record sales in Japan and that is starting to bear fruit to all of the other regions around the world as well in the form of powerful hitting software. The Switch is the DS/PS2 of the modern era.

 

[Danjin44]

It’s basically Persona meets Starcraft, but simpler.

What part of it is Persona exactly? Just because game has high school sitting it doesn't make it Persona.

 

[DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy]

Cool can we get Muramasa too?
I can play it on the WiiU but 1080p would be nice

 

[Danjin44]

Cool can we get Muramasa too?

I would LOVE that as well but unfortunately this is one of the few Vanillaware game that wasn't published by Atlus.

 

[bender]

C'mon Vanillaware, just do native PC ports of your whole back catalogue.

 

[Pejo]

I would LOVE that as well but unfortunately this is one of the few Vanillaware game that wasn't published by Atlus.

It sucks that the best version is locked behind Vita, which doesn't even have a suitable emulator. I really liked the added characters.

 

[Danjin44]

It sucks that the best version is locked behind Vita, which doesn't even have a suitable emulator. I really liked the added characters.

If this game was published by Atlus it would have been ported to modern systems by now but currently we have no idea if Marvelous is even interested porting this game to other systems.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

This version is PROBABLY gonna sell the best.

 

[Danjin44]

This version is PROBABLY gonna sell the best.

I hope it does, most Nintendo players are much more open to VN/adventure games.

 

[ACESHIGH]

Does not seem to be too demanding visually. Hopefully runs as well as Metroid Dread on Yuzu.

 

[Danjin44]

Does not seem to be too demanding visually. Hopefully runs as well as Metroid Dread on Yuzu.

In the combat section there is a lot of particle effects and there can be over 1000 enemies on screen attacking.

 

[SirTerry-T]

As long as the end result is more cash deposited in Vanillaware's bank account, this can only be a good thing.
One of the best "auteur" Dev studios out there. Each of their games is a moving piece of art.

 

[SidViscous]

Awesome game, I suspect they'll switch to sprites perhaps for the battle stuff, or reduce the numbers and buff the stats? the PS4 Pro even struggled maintaining a decent framerate during big battles. The tower defence gameplay bits are not the main crux of the game anyway.

 

[Aenima]

Finished and even got the platinum trophy recently. Amazing game, especially great story and amazing 2D art. Combat was just ok.

Game is on promo right now.

 

[ranmafan]

Great news for switch fans. If you haven’t tried this game out before, especially if you only have a switch and couldn’t play the playstation version, take a chance and play this. The story is too good not to pass up. I’ll probably be getting it again as well on the switch. A replay of this in portable mode will be quite nice.

 

[arvfab]

I see it's 24 bucks on PSN right now, should I pull the trigger?

Yes.

Good move putting this on Switch. Hope it's successful, as the game really deserves it.

 

[Woopah]

Baffles me that Persona isn't on Switch yet. It's the perfect match for the series

From the sound of it there's some sort of contract with Sony.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Nice, wish we could see more Vanillware games on Switchm

 

[Celcius]

I see it's 24 bucks on PSN right now, should I pull the trigger?

I was on the fence for a long time but I finally pulled the trigger and I'm glad I did. The game is excellent.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Great news but what I really want on Switch is Muramasa and Odin Sphere ports

 

[remember_spinal]

Def my goty last year

 

[Rat Rage]

It looks kinda cool.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

First Nintendo game in 13 years. Now someone tell Vanillaware that PC exists.

 

[Nickolaidas]

First Nintendo game in 13 years. Now someone tell Vanillaware that PC exists.

Seriously. Dragon's Crown, Muramasa, Odin, Grimoire, Grand Knights History, Aegis .... free money on Steam, tbh.

 

[cireza]

Why not port the game on PC and Xbox as well ? Atlus...

 

[CamHostage]

Still I wonder what sacrifices will need to be made to run the game on the Switch. The game doesn't look too graphically intensive from the trailer. I guess maybe the battle scenes as you said have a lot of things going on in them?

I don't know that there would have to be sacrifices, per se? It was originally conceived to be on Vita as well as PS4, then delays put it out of contention for release on the Sony's dropped portable. So it was originally being made to be on lesser hardware, that just never happened until now. PS4 version has technical hitches, but it looks like the game engine already has a system for simplifying the effects display of units/attacks on-screen when commands are being given. (I haven't actually played the game, is that a correct assessment of how the game works?) If that's the case, they might be able to dial that in more severely in command-issuing moments on Switch. The visual style is intentionally excessive, but the gameplay systems seem to already have means of stabilizing when you need control; they maybe under-utilized it on PS4 since the framerate remained okay except for some hairy later events, on Switch they may have to be more constrictive.

Or, as some have mentioned, they might simplify battle balance with different enemy numbers (or clusters?) at a similar HP to present the battles as similarly as possible. Maybe also take off some of the particle lighting effects and quantity of particles in an explosion-shower. (Particles have been particularly problematic on a mobile device in other games, so it's the one worrying aspect of this port, that it's so particle-heavy in its effects, but they do have options.)

 

[STARSBarry]

For anyone wondering what this game is like, it comes with my highest recommendation and I really enjoyed my time with it.

It's closer to a visual novel although I still found the combat sections to be fun if somewhat unique, turrets are OP though.

Really glad those who haven't had the opportunity to experience it will now.

 

[funkygunther]

perfect game for Switch although it can be quite difficult to hold the console in one hand, I'm sure the target demo have perfected that technique by now though

 

[ULTROS!]

Really recommend the game, enjoy guys! But I'd be wary about the frame rate issues. Better check first before jumping in.


Slightly OT but I checked the Gematsu article about this and Sony hatred and Switch fanboyism are super cringe.

 

[Manji Uzuki]

This game being available to more people are great news! It was an amazing experience and as many said, this will be a great fit for Switch