Compile Heart Blasts Rogue Remake For PS2
Well, this is news that should really be left for JohnH's regular '@Play' GSW on the subject, but since he's not posting again til next weekend, I'd better to it for him - a NeoGAF thread reveals that a Japanese remake of Rogue for the PlayStation 2 has been announced, blimey!
The always slightly grumpy Duckroll (who can read the Japanese!), comments in the thread: "This is being published by Compile Heart [here's an Insert Credit post on them - as commenters note: "They are a descendant of legendary developer Compile. Moo Niitani, creator of Puyo Puyo, works there. Right now they are developing an original puzzle game for arcade and Wii."].... It is being developed by Plophet, a tiny developer best known for the D3 published Simple series games The Maze and The Dungeon RPG. The only light at the end of the tunnel is that the "supervisor" is the Japanese guy that originally translated Rogue and all support docs into Japanese." Informative, if glass half-empty!
Anyhow, the game is called Rogue Hearts Dungeon, and there's a Game Watch Japanese-language piece with lots more pics - here's the Wikipedia page for Rogue for those wondering about its history. I wonder how the copyright/licensing worked in this case, if at all? Also, some hyper-niche publisher should pick this up for the States, hah.
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Interesting. I hope 505 Game Street (who seem to publish a lot of obscure japanese games) or some other company publish this in Europe. I'd definitely buy it.
Posted by: fluffy bunny | January 15, 2007 8:01 AM
That's "cor" blimey
Posted by: ryan in exile | January 15, 2007 12:20 PM
Compile heart is a bit more than a shit port company, they are a descendant of legendary developer Compile. Moo Niitani, creator of Puyo Puyo, works there. Right now they are developing an original puzzle game for arcade and Wii.
Posted by: LH | January 15, 2007 12:40 PM
ai, yeah, Compile Heart (not hearts!) is basically Compile reborn, and they're making the Takoron puzzle game for Wii and arcades, as well as publishing... It's idea factory-funded, but yeah. More credit for Compile!
Plus Vulcanus isn't shit ;_;
Posted by: brandon | January 15, 2007 2:40 PM
Time show the depth of my geek roots, I guess....
Yep, I was aware of this game, but was waiting until I had some more information on it. (Very recently, too, I scoffed at the idea that it could be a port of Rogue of all thing. It's still looking like it's a variant, but one that's relatively close to the original -- and games like Shiren aren't actually that far from it.) I emailed Glen Wichmann (one of the three original Rogue guys) about it, no response yet though.
Further, it is nice to see that Niitani, the man who gave us ZANAC, my vote for the greatest of all shooters, is still in the biz.
Posted by: John H. | January 15, 2007 3:03 PM
I saw the preview and video at
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/high-resolution-ps2-game-rogue-hearts-dungeon/
and I've liked the other stuff from Compile so willing to try this one out.
Posted by: Paul | March 11, 2007 7:09 AM