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Popularity Rising for SEGA's 'Perfect' Wii Game
on 28.11.2008 at 08:05
Posted by Adam Riley (jesusraz) 
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428, SEGA, Famitsu, Perfect Score, Visual Novel, Thriller
Posted by Adam Riley (jesusraz) Comments: 19 Reads: 2996 Tags:
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Update - It has been revealed that SEGA was planning on shipping between 50,000 and 60,000 units of its sound novel thriller '428' for Wii, most likely due to the genre being extremely niche. SEGA and Chunsoft's previous sound novel was called 'Imabikisou' and arrived on the PS3 back in June of this year, selling just over 22,000 units in its first week, but then plummeting down the chart the following week and disappearing forever more. Its Wii re-release Imabikisou: Kaimei Hen did not fare quite as well, failing to break the upper regions of the Media Create Top 50 and slinking away after just one week. So if you look at those facts, 50,000-60,000 units actually looks pretty good, showing SEGA has higher hopes for this Wii-exclusive.
On top of this, since receiving the top score in the latest issue of Famitsu, interest is rising in '428: The World Does Not Change Even So', meaning the sky could indeed be the limit! Many will be hoping that SEGA at least gives the game a limited run in the West, keeping the Japanese voices and simply providing subtitles to retain the original atmosphere.
Original Story - Upcoming SEGA-published and Chunsoft-developed Wii visual novel '428: The World Does Not Change Even So' has become the second Wii game to achieve the elusive top score from Famitsu. The Japanese publication has been criticised over the years for being open to various influences from publishers / developers, but it is obviously still a massive honour for game makers that see their titles obtain straight 10/10 scores from the four reviewers. For reference, below is the full of games to receive the same 40/40 accolade (in chronological order):
1.) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, Nintendo 64)
2.) Soulcalibur (1999, Namco, Dreamcast)
3.) Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., PlayStation)
4.) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003, Nintendo, GameCube)
5.) nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, Nintendo DS)
6.) Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, PlayStation 2)
7.) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Nintendo, Wii)
8.) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, Konami, PlayStation 3)
9.) 428: The World Does Not Change Even So (2008, Sega, Wii)
Check out the making of this thrill-fest title below:
This now means that the Wii is the first single platform to achieve two perfect scores from Famitsu (the other obviously being Smash Bros. Brawl), whilst also being the first achieved on a Nintendo system and not actually made by Nintendo, as well as being the first SEGA game to feature on the list.
Elsewhere, SEGA also has success with its new Nintendo DS RPG 'Blazer Drive', scoring 8 / 9 / 9 / 8 for a total of 34/40, whilst Cooking Mama on Wii obtains a surprisingly strong 8 / 8 / 7 / 6, 29/40 in total.
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L87 Eggman
well if a game do well what it set out to do give a a high marks
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L88 Super Sonic
Light Wolf said:
I haven't even heard of this game, lol.
I haven't even heard of this game, lol.
But this is awesome! My hype for it is up ten fold!!
Any game with the title beginning with "za warudo" must be awesome.
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L14 Pirate
FF XII didn't deserve a 10 score IMO, one of the weaker FF's.
I've never heard of this game though. What genre is it?
I've never heard of this game though. What genre is it?
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Lynk said:
I've never heard of this game though. What genre is it?
I've never heard of this game though. What genre is it?
Other, as in a visual novel, it's like hotel dusk I guess.
Wow I remember this game being announced, but I never thought the ratings would be that high.
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L100 C3 Master
Nice! Hoping to see this make its way to the West!
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L32 Deku Baba
Light Wolf said:
I haven't even heard of this game, lol.
I haven't even heard of this game, lol.
Same here
The cheese is a lie.
5926L100 C3 Master
Quite clearly their scoring has become slightly more lenient over the years. Still a good sign for this game though, I'll have to look into it.
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12189News Editor
It's actually classed as a 'sound novel' rather than a 'visual novel', to be honest. And it plays like an interactive movie/adventure.
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L42 Wizzrobe
Looks interesting, I think Famitsu gave it that score due to originality since you don't see this genre out there.
Congrats SEGA, you deserve it!
Off topic: Seeing LoZoOT at the top of the list makes me smile.
Congrats SEGA, you deserve it!
Off topic: Seeing LoZoOT at the top of the list makes me smile.
6980L100 C3 Master
But then again they gave Nintendogs are perfect score
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Good to see interest rising. If this beats expectations then it could very well be in with a chance of being localised after all! Fingers crossed as it looks really intriguing.
I am not.
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L6 Deku Scrub
I\'d like to see more of it, seems interesting and innovative enough.( Edited 28.11.2008 17:49 by Light Wolf )
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iCAME said:
But then again they gave Nintendogs are perfect score
But then again they gave Nintendogs are perfect score
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6980L100 C3 Master
I wouldn't have even given that game an 8, let alone a 10.
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iCAME said:
But then again they gave Nintendogs are perfect score
But then again they gave Nintendogs are perfect score
Haha too true. I still am somewhat interested in this game so hope it does make an apperance in the West.
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L1 New Born
428 is actually the spiritual successor to an earlier 1998 game called Machi, which took place in the same city as 428.
The game was unique in that it took a Pulp Fiction approach to interactive storytelling, with multiple unrelated protagonists acting in parallel but subtly affecting each other's lives. Except you can interfere with their behavior and the whole thing being ten times as complex.
Despite being hailed as a major innovation in the adventure genre, its sales suffered and the sequel was canned. Now, 10 years later they're finally giving the formula an another go, and I'm pretty happy to hear it's earned such high acclaim, even if from Famitsu.
I already have it preordered; now to go find a Wii console for cheap...
I wrote a longer rant in another blog comment so I'll link to it:
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/11/26/for-famitsu-428-equals-40/#c15812997
The game was unique in that it took a Pulp Fiction approach to interactive storytelling, with multiple unrelated protagonists acting in parallel but subtly affecting each other's lives. Except you can interfere with their behavior and the whole thing being ten times as complex.
Despite being hailed as a major innovation in the adventure genre, its sales suffered and the sequel was canned. Now, 10 years later they're finally giving the formula an another go, and I'm pretty happy to hear it's earned such high acclaim, even if from Famitsu.
I already have it preordered; now to go find a Wii console for cheap...
I wrote a longer rant in another blog comment so I'll link to it:
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/11/26/for-famitsu-428-equals-40/#c15812997
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L76 Ridley
Famitsu has become a joke, 3 top marks this year alone, they definately have become very lenient! Considering there are only nine 40/40 marks in the last 10 years!
Nintendogs and Smash Bros Brawl do not deserve to be up there and i bet this game is poor as well!
Nintendogs and Smash Bros Brawl do not deserve to be up there and i bet this game is poor as well!
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2038L72 Samus
Good grief, their best game ever list is terrible.
Really devalues Ocarina having that lot on there.
I mean, I guess, playing devils advocute, Nintendogs could be said to be revolutionary in that it got more people playing games.
But that dosnt go for the rest of the list. Incremental upgrades to previous games dont cut it. (Smash, MGS4)
Wind Waker certainly dosnt deserve to be on it.
Or rather, if it is, then Okami and Beyond Good and Evil deserve to be as well. (which, imho, are vastely better games overall, despite being shorter).
How can you have most of that list but not Mario Galaxy ?
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Really devalues Ocarina having that lot on there.
I mean, I guess, playing devils advocute, Nintendogs could be said to be revolutionary in that it got more people playing games.
But that dosnt go for the rest of the list. Incremental upgrades to previous games dont cut it. (Smash, MGS4)
Wind Waker certainly dosnt deserve to be on it.
Or rather, if it is, then Okami and Beyond Good and Evil deserve to be as well. (which, imho, are vastely better games overall, despite being shorter).
How can you have most of that list but not Mario Galaxy ?
( Edited 30.11.2008 13:54 by Darkflame )
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