60bfa7 No.14714568
Long story short, Bamco just announced Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time: https://archive.fo/BN36Q
https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/04/little-witch-academia-chamber-of-time-multiplayer-trailer-revealed/57407/
Now, the one thing I'm curious about is why does it seem like Bamco is the only company putting out "anime games" in the recent years because, in addition to this, you also have Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet, that new Boku no Hero Academia game, Gundam, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Girls und Panzer, Saint Seiya, and so on. Meanwhile, the only property I've heard about coming from different company is Koei Tecmo's Attack on Titan 2 and Sega's Hokuto ga Gotoku. So, the question I'm trying to make is why does it seem like Bamco almost has a monopoly on games based on anime and/or manga in recent years?
44d952 No.14714578
Do they have a monopoly on the rights? Only thing I can think of why so many properties are under Bamco's control.
87cd34 No.14714646
>Bandai makes cheap toku shit for Toei, budget licensed games
>Namco made anime games already since they were one of the big giants of the arcade scene
>Sega went bankrupt and restructured, they funded a lot of shit themselves before that
>licensed budget shit takes more money to make now, lower budget companies would rather make and release their own games independently than licensed shit to promote a brand
>??????
5be572 No.14720428
>>14714568
Because they have the cash to throw around.
7462c0 No.14720445
They have that celshade engine that they worked hard on. They also have the rights to the most popular franchises which is the true fuel behind their consistent sales numbers.
37561a No.14720485
I think they have a deal with Shonen Jump to have the vidya rights to whatever is being published. So that covers a ton of stuff. Then I think it's probably because they have such big studios and good developer relations that they can do most jobs quickly.
It's a shame they didn't outsource MHA to CyberConnect like they did Naruto. It's looking to be really underwhelming.
f54725 No.14720510
>>14714568
Dunno why it's like that now. All I know is that Sucy is best girl, and that she's gonna be my go-to in Chamber of Time.
8cd5ae No.14720559
Because Bandai is a fucking huge toy company. Like "top 3 toy companies in the world" huge and the only one of the three that bothers with Japan. If the game rights aren't outright bundled with toy rights, they have an "in" for negotiating for the game rights.
Further Namco Bandai has a notable steak in some anime studios and outright owns several others. This means Gundam (Namco Bandai owns Sunrise), Dragon Ball (NB is a stake holder in Toei), Saint Seiya (also Toei) and Girls Und Panzer (owns Actas) aren't really going to anywhere else.
e24a60 No.14720574
>>14714568
Most of what Bamco publishes are popular shonen anime/manga. I imagine since the company makes toys as well the businesses have partnerships, and Bamco has been good at delivering consistently decent games.
A monopoly it is not, though. Hokutou Ga Gotoku is a recent enough example of SEGA's collab over a classic anime, and plenty of other publishers make anime style shit as well.
2ed1a3 No.14720575
>>14720510
Sucy can be fun, but Diana is best girl.
e24a60 No.14720578
>>14720574
I'd also like to add all OP shows is that Anime was better in the 90s.
9c454a No.14720597
>>14720510
I hope you plan on pirating since denuvo is very likely.
e24a60 No.14720612
Also worth thinking about is that Bamco is one of the few major Japanese publishers still thriving, with Capcom and Konami suffering at the moment and Squeenix being a shitshow.
2ed1a3 No.14720625
>>14714568
Is that all there is to gameplay?
Just waves after waves of samey enemies interspersed with Persona-styled mundane social crap?
3ec6ed No.14720628
HookTube embed. Click on thumbnail to play.
After the infinite money train dried up from centralized lending, companies have had to be much, much safer. This is reflective in the anime industry itself, where something typically goes from Web Novel (optional) -> Light Novel -> Manga -> Anime and is pared down at each stage, and the anime is aired as a 1 cour promotion for the light novel release, and if people are going to go around greenlighting games, they're going to do so on properties that sell well and/or have a baked-in market. You're seeing less original properties in general, and if they're showing up it's not generally at the anime or game level, it's in web novel/light novel/manga format, and only gets adapted if it gains traction.
9c454a No.14720629
>>14720510
I hope you plan on pirating since denuvo is very likely.
13e2aa No.14720896
>>14714568
Bandai was always a conglomerate operating on monopoly as it's base business. Almost all products based on anime, manga and tokusatsu outside TV or cinema are property of Bandai. Toys and video games included. And Bandai is always looking for means to buy the rights of what it does not posses yet.
051c32 No.14721147
>>14720510
Reminder that your "best girl" is a vorefag.
fbb108 No.14721190
>>14720896
Bandai isn't the borg. They haven't been stooping to squeenix levels and started licensing indietrash games for publishing. Their games are mostly popular anime series, and they are of fairly consistent good (not great) quality.
Also who is it going to go to if not them? The various indietrash companies trying to dig their tendrils into the Japanese market?
525fb9 No.14721227
>>14721147
they're all shit really so it doesn't matter very much. I'm still gonna get chamber of time even if studio nigger has literally never made a good anime in their existence.
60bfa7 No.14721233
>>14720574
>Hokutou Ga Gotoku is a recent enough example of SEGA's collab over a classic anime
Here's the thing, Sega has been making Hokuto no Ken games since the Master System (In fact, they put the first one out).
8f05d4 No.14721292
>>14721190
>they are of fairly consistent good (not great) quality.
I'd say there's way more misses than hits with Bamco's licensed anime games. The SAO games are a great example of this. The only ones that aren't total shit are Hollow Realization and Fatal Bullet, and even those just have solid foundations that could become good games if they refined what they had with a game not based on SAO. Bamco also royally fucks over these games with absurd amounts of DLC (Hollow Realization, in particular, had half of its content cut and earmarked as DLC) because of they know SAO fans are retarded enough to cough up the cash.
8372fc No.14721298
>>14720574
Tezuka Productions also seemed to have some deal with Sega, at least during sixth gen, resulting in two Astro Boy games (including Omega Factor) and a Dororo one during that era.
13e2aa No.14721367
>>14721190
Better to always have competition than to have the same board of directors dictating everything for many years, and nobody being able to complain when shitty practices or bad games are forced into the market. Japanese games and consumers would benefit more from a market full of competition, instead of Bandai's grip on every major franchise.
Also, their games are not guaranteed to be good. Mostly, they are hit or miss.
820908 No.14721393
>>14721227
>Gurren Lagann
>Little Bitch Academia
>Kill la Kill
580a3e No.14721437
d3a9f9 No.14721468
>>14721227
>Talking shit about Luluco and Ninja Slayer
424f3f No.14721580
There was a dirty pair video game?
c34533 No.14721590
A great deal of Saturn games were turned in to Anime later.
8dc641 No.14721600
i think Oh my Goddes and Tenchi Muyo had videogames too, back in the day.
Lum had some sort of dating sim for NDS.
72a58f No.14723638
>>14714568
Bandai Namco, emphasis on "Bandai"
8200a7 No.14723659
>>14721227
>they're all shit really
2c27f9 No.14723710
real talk. why was this game so fucking good.
9b1e8a No.14730660
525fb9 No.14730677
>>14721393
TTGL is gaynads and kill la kill is an inferior retread of it.
>>14721437
lol
>>14721468
try watching something good instead
>>14723659
100%
>>14730660
Wrong.
87cd34 No.14730722
>>14730677
Gurren Lagann is like a really gay version of an Imagawa anime except with a tv budget and drill dick jokes.
9824e3 No.14730903
>>14723710
god, english words in katakana are tortuous to say
b88931 No.14730928
>>14723710
>Berserk 1997 anime, while not spectacular itself, has yet to be surpassed
>no good berserk vidya since PS2/dreamcast, cutscenes in PS2 game look and mimic the style better than the movies/new anime
2392a8 No.14731776
>>14714568
Namco Bandai are kind of the Japanese EA in the respect that a lot of licensed shit is funneled to them. They make and distribute the games mostly on time amd under or on budget just good enough to enjoy but ultimately hollow experiences. You can expect an above average quality from them that consistently sells. There is your answer.
507ab4 No.14731909
>>14721190
Be careful with this line of reasoning, its not far from becoming a fanboy
>if this shitty localization company doesn't bring over the games who will
>they aren't the worst around
is what your post reads incredibly like. They are responsible for some horrible things existing, like Denuvo, and they are known to censor very much.
I still think they make good games, but one should always be aware of who you're buying from and supporting and if you care, you should let your voice be known to them. If you're defending them, and you haven't let them know you have problems with their shit then you're a fucking cuckold for the company.
f1750c No.14739213
>>14714568
Anime fans are brainlets so it's easy money.
cefb90 No.14739465
10 years without Kinnikuman vidya
What happened? Why this injustice?!
1556b3 No.14739490
>>14739465
Why not just grab the dog instead of breaking everyone on the bullet train's necks by stopping it nearly instantly. Even if the train hit him it would not have hurt him.
801613 No.14739516
>>14739490
Any dog is worth more than 1000 Japs. Texasbronco-san made the correct choice.
b9ec50 No.14739520
>>14723710
It wasnt also fucked by CERO like it could be the case nowadays. You can no longer show any gore in a nip video game, unless you want to be Z-rated (which mean it's impossible to buy the game with cash money, only a debit/credit card instead) and thus kill any profits
bb9858 No.14739523
>>14730928
>Berserk 1997 anime, while not spectacular itself, has yet to be surpassed
The Golden Age Arc might have some cheesy CGI and ignores Gutz rape but its far better than that 1997 garbage.
db897f No.14739528
For your consideration.
A Tiger Mask/Tiger Mask W game.
124ead No.14742368
>>14739523
The animation janked out quite a bit, and the story oddly skipped over key points like the skull knight, but the art was rock solid, and the music was godhand tier.
The movies were only laudable insofar as they weren't the abomination that is the new anime.
357100 No.14742506
Reminds me of the fact that Crunchyroll seems to have big control over subbed anime, with most torrent sites like HorribleSubs uses. Are they at least decent subs? I remember I got banned from /a/ for asking what was wrong with their subsThat place is over moderated.
8372fc No.14742566
>>14742506
>That place is over moderated.
Try /animu/.