Friday, July 10, 2015

Mystery Chronicle: I Won't Look Back Until I Win is one of many interesting Japanese Vita games I'm currently thinking of buying

Full disclosure: although I fell in love with the Vita the second I pulled my Japanese pink-and-white system from its packaging in early March, I've only played it sparingly in the last couple of months.

I know I'll be calling into action again soon, though, as my pre-ordered-eons-ago copy of Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version, a title that just hit store shelves in Japan, should start making its way across the ocean to our doorstep in a week or two, and once it's in my hand I'm sure it'll keep me busy--and thoroughly entertained--for a good while.

A handful of similarly intriguing Vita titles that'll first, if not only, see the light of day in the Land of the Rising Sun should keep the proverbial ball rolling, with one of the titles in question being a remake of the mobile RPG, Hero Must Die, and another being Nippon Ichi's surprisingly adorable spookathon, Yomawari.



The latter will be released around Halloween, by the way, while the former, which is being made by the same company, Pyramid, that brought the world the three Patapon games that graced the PSP throughout its lifetime, won't hit the streets of Japan (or any other region, I guess) until February of next year.

Between Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version and Yomawari, though, there'll be at least one other import-only (for not, at least) Vita title that's likely to prompt me to pull my system out of storage for a spell.

The Vita game in question is Fushigi no Chronicle: Furikaerimasen Katsu Madewa, which translates to Mystery Chronicle: I Won't Look Back Until I Win in English.



Like the aforementioned Hero Must Die, Mystery Chronicle's roots are in the mobile space. Unlike Hero Must Die, though, Mystery Chronicle is more of an "inspired by" effort than a full-on remake of an earlier release.

Regardless of which version of Mystery Chronicle you play, though, the gameplay is still that of a roguelike that features forced, side-scrolling stages. Don't worry if that leaves a few question marks bobbing around in your head; I'm in the very same boat.

Thankfully, the pair of trailers that can be viewed above do a far better job than I do of shining a light on how this Spike Chunsoft-made game is going to play--and I don't know about you, but I think the action looks pretty awesome. What do all of you think, though; do you think it looks interesting, or something less appealing?

9 comments:

Chief said...

Looks interesting and that song is fantastic, the English portion totally surprised me.

thegaygamer.com said...

Agreed on both accounts, Chief! Now if only I could figure out if the physical JP release of this game includes an actual Vita cart or if it's just a download code...

thegaygamer.com said...

Ah, it's great to hear that you're interested in it, too, Anne! Are you interested in either of the other Vita games I mentioned here--Yomawari and Hero Must Die? I really wish we'd be given a better look at Hero Must Die, BTW...

apricotsushi said...

Oh yeah! I'm interested in both of those as well, actually. I'm just not sure what exactly I'll end up picking up...

thegaygamer.com said...

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I definitely want Yomawari, even without seeing any gameplay footage, but it seems it's going to be released in English is some form or other (it already has an English name, I believe--Night Watch, or something like that), so I may wait to hear more about that.


That said, if it's digital only in the US, I'll probably go for the JP physical version, as I love that box art :)


As for Hero Must Die, I'm going to need to hear and see more about it before making a decision. It sounds interesting, but that's not enough to get me to drop my hard-earned cash on it.


And then there are all of these other games coming out in NA and JP for the Vita that will be mine, no matter what--like Steins;Gate, Hatoful Boyfriend, Crypt of the NecroDancer and MUSE: Together is the New Alone.


Basically, between all of the above and all of the awesome 3DS games coming out in the next year or so, it's a great time to be a portable gamer ^^

Reynaldo Madrinan said...

I have the game (I think) it's based on "One Way Heroics" and I can say it's a lot of fun, if very simple. Looks like they really expanded on it with this version, though!

thegaygamer.com said...

Oh, thanks for chiming in, Reynaldo! I'm really looking forward to playing the Vita version someday soon ^^

Reynaldo Madrinan said...

I am hoping to snag a PS4 by the end of the year, so I'll probably play this on that if it comes over!

Chief said...

I hate that. I didn't think they still did that. I assumed they just sell the cards with download codes now.