Unlike Dragon Quest fans, Square Enix never left its newly discovered Bravely Default groupies hanging in suspense over a localization. While I suspect that the two demographics share a considerable amount of overlap, Bravely Second was confirmed for a North American release two months after it launched in Japan. Dragon Quest VII… three years. And we’re still not out of the woods yet...
Bravely Second’s Tomahawk class has reportedly been changed for the North American release, allegedly trading in the character’s traditional Native American clothing for a Cowboy getup instead. Square Enix and Nintendo have not confirmed anything. All we have to base this report on is a leaked screenshot. This wouldn’t be the first time that Nintendo and Square Enix have danced around...
Yup, no denying it now. Bravely Second: End Layer is coming to the West, and we have both the announcement and the first batch of English screenshots to prove it. And just to show a little respect to its predecessor, Edea’s charming “Mrgrgr” growl has been left untouched by Square Enix’s localization team. The screenshots show her and her iconic exclamation twice. Joining her are the...
During its Nintendo Micro Direct presentation on Monday, Nintendo of America confirmed it has partnered up with Square Enix to bring Bravely Second: End Layer to Western shores. The highly anticipated sequel will be arriving for the Nintendo 3DS in 2016. The first game was a surprise hit for Square Enix, selling a million copies in the West after the company assumed nobody wanted it....
Square Enix needs to keep a tighter grip on these trademarks or its entire E3 presentation is going to be spoiled. Yesterday saw the trademark of Star Ocean: Faithlessness and Integrity slip through Square Enix’s fingers, and today brings us joyous news of Bravely Second. Its trademark has been filed with Europe’s Office for Harmonization in the International Market. Man, that is an...
Sticking with our theme from Bethesda’s first E3 press conference ever, Square Enix is also returning to the big stage this year, reclaiming its stake as one of the most influential, if not the most influential, Japanese developers out there. Things have been looking up for the company after an executive shake-up, a lot of soul searching, and the PlayStation 4 kind of catching on in...
Oh no! Panic button time?! Media Creates has released the financial results for Bravely Second: End Layer’s first week on the market, and it’s not especially pretty. The latest in Square Enix’s handheld RPG series barely broke 100,000 units at 100,047 and only pushed through 53.63 percent of its shipment. By comparison, the previous game, Bravely Default, sold 141,529 units in its...
Bravely Second: End Layer isn’t even out in Japan yet, and Producer Tomoya Asano already has an idea of where he wants to take the third game! I mean, just slow down and enjoy the minute, bro. Relax. Speaking with Famitsu, translated be Gematsu, Asano opens the flood gates on a third possible entry in Square Enix’s and Silicon Studio’s booming portable JRPG series. “It might make you...
You have to wonder, at one point, will Bravely Second simply have too many job classes? We've already seen a load of new ones added to the highly anticipated JRPG sequel, but Square Enix and Silicon Studios seem quite keen to just run rampant with the amount of options your characters can have. Will job classes even be able to distinguish themselves with so many? We'll see when the...
At this point, the only announcement I care about for Square Enix's Bravely Second is a Western release date. Everything else is just extra sugary sweet icing that I don't really need and will probably just make me really fat. Oh well, anything for the excuse to listen to that incredible soundtrack one more time. These composers know what they are doing. The latest trailer shows off...