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    #1  Edited By Icemael

    In a two-part intervew with Siliconera (part 1 is here, part 2 is here), Marvelous talk about a variety of things including potential localizations of Senran Kagura, Grand Knights History and Luminous Arc 3.

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    You know, Senran Kagura has a positive reception on Siliconera. Do you think there is a chance for the title to come out overseas? 
     
    Toshinori Aoki, Executive Managing Director of Digital Contents: We are certainly looking to bring this over to America and we’re working hard to do so. 
     
    Daniel Kurtz, Business Development Coordinator: With any of our games, if we can find a partner in the West that we can publish with be it Senran Kagura or No More Heroes. If there is somebody we can sell it with, partner with, and find a market with then we definitely want to push forward. Senran Kagura is no different.


    The PSP market is beginning to wane in North America. Do you think you will be able to bring it [Grand Knights History] over? 
     
    TA: Yes, I think so. 
     
    DK: PSP is a little bit tougher, if you compare it to Japan. If you want to take a look at a swan song. If you want to take a look at a game that caps off the best parts of the PSP. That is a fantastic high resolution screen with really good color reproduction, network capability, and really just brings forth that full visual experience. Combine that with the very best visual talent from Vanillaware and the directorial vision of Hashimoto-san over at Marvelous, I really think it’s a trifecta. This is something we look at as a flagship as one of the last titles, as a whole, from Japan that will strike a chord with gamers. 
     
    Have you thought about HD remakes perhaps for Grand Knights History or other titles through the PSP remaster series? 
     
    Tomio Kanazawa, Producer: This is a title that hasn’t been released in Japan yet, so it is a little difficult for us to talk about future plans. In the future, users will be able to download PSP titles for PlayStation Vita and we hope they will do so with Grand Knights History
     
    Currently, we are not planning a HD remake for Grand Knights History. Is that something we can consider in the future? Yes. As of now it is not in the cards, but it is something we can think about in the future.


    How about Luminous Arc? Since Imageepoch is self-publishing games is this going to affect the future of this series?
     
    TK: Being a traditional JRPG, don’t you think it will have a tough time with gamers in America? 
     
    I think there are many types of gamers in the West and there will always be an audience that appreciates JRPGs. Perhaps, that audience shrank from the PsOne days, but there is still a core fanbase that appreciates story driven games like Luminous Arc
     
    TA: With [Luminous Arc] 3 in particular, it’s a bit tough because the DS market has shrunk significantly. 
     
    DK: We very much rely on Western partners to get our games out here. We understand we have diehard fans and we understand our fanbase is large, especially for a Japanese company of our size. I can’t say thank you enough for it. Since we rely on partners they may or may not decide like listen the platform and this timing, this could be a little difficult for you. We would rather pass on it and bring it to a new platform in the future or do a remix series later on or something like that.

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