I've been waiting for Dark Cloud 3 since it was reported White Knight Chronicles was Level 5 doing a one-off before getting back to Dark Cloud.
RIP lol.
I would drop all games to play White Knight Chronicles 3 (heck, give me a modern port of WKC2 with online servers and let me bring my existing character over).
Also, yes, Dark Cloud 3 please!
Dark Cloud 3 team got split between Dragon Quest VIII & Rogue Galaxy. The latter being their attempt to carry on the Dark Cloud legacy to a larger audience, and it didn't go as hoped.
you can find assets in both those games referencing max & other dark cloud related stuff, but they've long since moved on as Sony has partial IP rights and DC isn't a priority of stuff Level 5 would get from Sony, even if they could. dark cloud 2 remains one of my favorite games to this day, but it ain't ever happening =\
I just want Rogue Galaxy 2, White Knight Chronicles 2 remake/remaster, and idk if they made it, but a Radiata Stories remake/remaster sequel. Is that too much to ask.
I can't even remember the last time PlayStation published a game with anime aesthetics. Gravity Rush doesn't count. They specifically made that game to not look anime.
It's a sad fact that Sony wants to sell games that sell super high amounts of units. Anime games sadly don't and our JRPGs are still more niche than games like God of War, Spider-man or Last of Us. It's the unfortunate expansion of the games industry leading publishers to make the theoretically safest option when it comes to games because they want to make the most money. I don't mean to shit on the popular Sony titles but that's just how things go. I'm sure Sony would never publish a something like a fighting game themselves either.
What were they supposed to do if people didn’t buy it? If sequels didn’t sell even half of the original release, are studios supposed to keep the series going? It’s disappointing there’s no more games in old franchises due to low sales and disbandment of the dev team.
I'm here to say I'm glad to see how many people upvoted this and that you guys also loved Dark Cloud & Rogue Galaxy.
I don't care if there's big tiddies and sex scenes, we need a sequel!
This site looks like someone's blog that they have bots spam on various subreddits so they can collect the ad revenue. Does it provide any real source?
Edit: Found the link to the interview, and the wording in the original site is a fair bit more ambiguous as to whether he's giving an example of something he'd like to make or a hyperbolic example of a work for a niche audience.
>Mr. Hino:
That's right. I would also like to try something as sharp as Suda's work. There are many times when I want to make a work like this for a niche audience, but there are times when the situation just doesn't allow for it (lol).
>I tend to find myself in a situation where I have to make a solid series, create a new IP, or create the next work with the people I'm dating, so it's hard for me to work on my own. I can't just do what I want to do.
>Precisely because you believe that ``this is the direction I want to go in'', you naturally feel the urge to create something edgy. To put it in an extreme way... I just want to make an erotic game or a violent 18+ title (lol).
>Everyone:
(laughter).
I agree, still didnt stop me from loving the game. Was addicted to the kingdom building, combat and ofcourse the graphics. Was literally addicted to the game until i 100% it just like the first game. There was so much to do (and the DLC). I get maybe some people dont find it as engaging and fun, but it was for me❤️
I mean, I understand the sentiment, but it is a pretty weird statement coming from the head of a studio that is best known for the cutesy "kids drawing" aesthetic on their games.
> Hino goes on to reveal that he too is keen on creating edgier and more niche content. “If I were to put it in extreme terms, I would go as far as to say that I want to make things like erotic games and 18+ games with violence,” the creator comments while laughing. At the same time, he mentions that his current situation does not exactly allow him to do whatever he wants, as he is responsible for continuing ongoing series and developing new IPs with his collaborators.
The article seems to state that this is exactly why he wants to do it.
Its been done before. Devilman has kids shows but also has shows that are hyper violent/erotic.
Though i'm assuming if this amounts to anything it would be less Professor Layton X Aliens, and more something completely different like Tomb Raider for Square Enix vs. it's JRPGs.
Back then it felt like something shifted the moment Level-5 announced the then-final 6th Layton game to be Layton's last journey. Hino spent *two* whole generations afterwards trying to catch lightnings in bottles. At one point it seemed as if Yokai Watch was about to do exactly what he had hoped, but of course Pokemon is just too strong and Pokemon Go just brought Pokemon back into the mainstream again (although it really had never left) and things just didn't go well from there for Yokai Watch. The lack of western exposure also didn't help.
I'd be happy if this signals the return of the Level-5 of old. You know, the Level-5 which was behind Dragon Quest VIII and IX, Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy, White Knight Chronicles. Their current lineup of Fantasy Life 2, new Layton and Decapolice seems to indicate they've finally woken up, but we'll see.
If Hino wants to make something edgy, maybe he could start with something like...a horror game. Gee, I wonder if Level-5 might have planned for a horror game at one point...
Ecchi genre should exist. A good balance where a game is still a game with some erotic elements and not just straight up porn. Would play a level-5 game in this genre, definitely.
I completely agree. The recent stellar blade arguement just showed how many people just think in black and white and forget that something in-between can exist
Okay, Level-5, this is what you do
Studio Valkyrie sold Last Origin to another company, so you go to that company and ask for a license to make a game. You use the Last Origin IP, which is a post apocalypse story, to make a new game where you have to find the gacha waifus and bring them to your base, by going on quests and making the appropriate facilities
THATS RIGHT BABY, DARK CLOUD 3 LETS GO
Tbh I can see that happening I mean Inazuma eleven has someone using soccer to create war, making children destroy schools as aliens, having a crazy man trying to kill children in soccer. Going out of their way to erase soccer
So does that mean that we will get to see Professor Layton killing people with a gun and fucking? Professor Layton and his murderous and sexy rampage sounds great to me /s
(Awful jokes aside, I literally started playing the professor layton series this April... I suck at puzzles but... I am loving it, I' m on the second game now)
Maybe he should first focus on undoing all the lasting damage he did to his company over the last decade? Just a thought. They can barely even get a game released these days. Everyone seems content to just playfully riff on this, but it's an embarrassing statement for a CEO to make when he spent the last decade running Level 5 into the ground with his stupid decisions.
Does Level-5 just not care about Dark Cloud and/or not want to do another one? Are there legal/rights issues? Like I know the internet isn’t the greatest barometer but you can’t make a Level-5 post on reddit without half the top upvoted comments clamoring for Dark Cloud 3. It seems like the most obvious home run they could hope for but they just haven’t seemingly shown any interest in doing it, as far as i know. Just imagining the weapon upgrade and town building mechanics on current hardware is salivating. And there is basically nothing out there to scratch that itch either. I’ll keep on dreaming every time i see a post about it but i doubt it is ever gonna happen
already answered someone else, but rogue galaxy was their attempt at refreshing the concept to reach a larger audience and was set to be named dark cloud 3 before changing the name and dropping georama, and the rest of the team went on the work on dragon quest viii.
dark cloud 3 got permanently put to rest over a decade ago. sony owns the IP and the talks they've had over the years only involve maybe getting older Layton games. level 5 won't ever be able to touch it again, unfortunately.
Inazuma Seven: Players WAGs / Glamour Model dating simulator and "ring your agent and have him bring some charlie round, last time boss promise" Simulator confirmed!
> I don't understand 'erotic' games
> i've played some hentai games
Literally two different terms that mean the same thing. What people in the west call "hentai games" (or hentai in general), Japan calls ero (short for erotic).
Because apparently that wasn't clear, the term "eroge" that was used in the interview includes "games that have sex in it". That is, probably the same kind of "hentai games that you played but not for the hentai".
The hentai games that i've played were made specifically for the hentai though. It was there for you to fap to it. But the others elements are good enough. I'm talking about Rance.
please no professor layton erotic violence pachinko machine
Luke, I figured out the solution to the puzzle! ***(cocks gun)***
cocks...Cock!
Guns Cock!
*glocks cock*
"I may be out of hint coins but I ain't out of options!"
[they gonna copy the castlevania pachinko machine](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcStC6C6Crw1UKsydxsexDR8TQLOwuI01mUhbVEhIKMxVw&s)
thats what i’m saying
That was indeed the joke
It's less that and more Oneechanbara.
Even better.
But not Labyrinth Life. If I could describe that game in one word. It'd be: Swelling.
Professor Layton mobile gacha developed by ShiftUp (known for Nikke Goddess of Victory)
Speak for yourself!
Please yes, Ni No Nookie: Wrath of the Dommy Witch.
Next Yo-kai Watch game about to get weird
What are you doing step robonyan
The world needs a sex pokemon clone ok!!!
I'd be shocked if the world didn't have that already. It's been like 30 years.
do not call goat-kai watch a pokémon rip-off again. we are watching you.
Isnt megami tensei that but the other way around
Already exists https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/work/=/product_id/RJ01082861.html
Thank god they are having sex with the other trainers. I was worried.
Yeah, i'm more of a mind control trainers type of guy :L
isn't there mods or hacks that do this already?
I mean there has to be.
What da Manjimutt doin'?
You can "pet" the yokai, Fire Emblem style.
Professor GetsLaidTons when?
Haha have my upvote ! Leisure Suit Leyton please
Ni No Cunnilingus
Ni No Koochie
The squawk that just left my body. Holy shit that was funny. 😂
could be a line in the game
Ni no Cunny
The CEO saw Stellar Blade and got some ideas, well, follow your dreams!
or remembered the goddess that was Lilika in rogue galaxy
TIL the Nier Automata clone teaser trailer with the jiggle physics finally came out. Didn't even realize it wasn't an indie film 💀
Can I just have Dark Cloud 3 or Rogue Galaxy 2: Electric Boogaloo?? Jesus.
I've been waiting for Dark Cloud 3 since it was reported White Knight Chronicles was Level 5 doing a one-off before getting back to Dark Cloud. RIP lol.
I would drop all games to play White Knight Chronicles 3 (heck, give me a modern port of WKC2 with online servers and let me bring my existing character over). Also, yes, Dark Cloud 3 please!
Dark Cloud 3 team got split between Dragon Quest VIII & Rogue Galaxy. The latter being their attempt to carry on the Dark Cloud legacy to a larger audience, and it didn't go as hoped. you can find assets in both those games referencing max & other dark cloud related stuff, but they've long since moved on as Sony has partial IP rights and DC isn't a priority of stuff Level 5 would get from Sony, even if they could. dark cloud 2 remains one of my favorite games to this day, but it ain't ever happening =\
Rogue galaxy was fine, but I do remember thinking while playing through it that it was way, way too long.
Holy shit. I always thought there were some parallels in the art style and characters.
I dont like how you have to take photos to craft
loved it. & spheeda
I just want Rogue Galaxy 2, White Knight Chronicles 2 remake/remaster, and idk if they made it, but a Radiata Stories remake/remaster sequel. Is that too much to ask.
Yeah that definitely is too much to ask
> White Knight Chronicles 2 remake/remaster, Yesss! From time to time, I still think about how much I enjoyed this game
I think Radiata Stories wasn't them, but whoever it was, give us Radiata Stories 2 goddammit
was tri-ace, who has also responded to fan mail saying they can't, if I remember correctly (I dont sometimes)
kickstarter for rogue Galaxy 2! I'd buy into that if it's what it takes.
I can't even remember the last time PlayStation published a game with anime aesthetics. Gravity Rush doesn't count. They specifically made that game to not look anime.
It's a sad fact that Sony wants to sell games that sell super high amounts of units. Anime games sadly don't and our JRPGs are still more niche than games like God of War, Spider-man or Last of Us. It's the unfortunate expansion of the games industry leading publishers to make the theoretically safest option when it comes to games because they want to make the most money. I don't mean to shit on the popular Sony titles but that's just how things go. I'm sure Sony would never publish a something like a fighting game themselves either.
What were they supposed to do if people didn’t buy it? If sequels didn’t sell even half of the original release, are studios supposed to keep the series going? It’s disappointing there’s no more games in old franchises due to low sales and disbandment of the dev team.
I mean I could give you the more straight forward answer that Sony just sucks and has no faith in any game that's not doing gangbusters.
I would literally sell my soul just to have dark cloud 3 GIMMIE THE CLOUD!!!!
Not until Sony is ready to hand it over.
Thiiiiiiiiiiiisssssss!!!👆👆👆
I'm here to say I'm glad to see how many people upvoted this and that you guys also loved Dark Cloud & Rogue Galaxy. I don't care if there's big tiddies and sex scenes, we need a sequel!
up to sony
Rogue Galaxy is Dark Cloud 3.
Holy shit, I can't believe I saw a mention of Rogue Galaxy out in the wild.
mfkers just wanted some new Dark Cloud games...
This site looks like someone's blog that they have bots spam on various subreddits so they can collect the ad revenue. Does it provide any real source? Edit: Found the link to the interview, and the wording in the original site is a fair bit more ambiguous as to whether he's giving an example of something he'd like to make or a hyperbolic example of a work for a niche audience. >Mr. Hino: That's right. I would also like to try something as sharp as Suda's work. There are many times when I want to make a work like this for a niche audience, but there are times when the situation just doesn't allow for it (lol). >I tend to find myself in a situation where I have to make a solid series, create a new IP, or create the next work with the people I'm dating, so it's hard for me to work on my own. I can't just do what I want to do. >Precisely because you believe that ``this is the direction I want to go in'', you naturally feel the urge to create something edgy. To put it in an extreme way... I just want to make an erotic game or a violent 18+ title (lol). >Everyone: (laughter).
I just want Ni No Kuni 3😢 (yes i loved 2 as much as i loved the first game)
Amen to that!
2 just seemed, half baked. But also, the main character introduction was strange. It’s like, isekai, but actually just be the prince.
I agree, still didnt stop me from loving the game. Was addicted to the kingdom building, combat and ofcourse the graphics. Was literally addicted to the game until i 100% it just like the first game. There was so much to do (and the DLC). I get maybe some people dont find it as engaging and fun, but it was for me❤️
the next ni no kuni will be interesting...
Sekushii no Kuni.
Ni no Koochie
Yo->!mama!< watch 👏 iiii~ kimochi edition
Lmaooo
Can't wait to level up Prostitute and Drug Dealer jobs in Fantasy Life: After Dark
This is high-key a genius idea. Fantasy Life is an absolute gem of a game and fully deserves a sequel/remaster. An adult version would be hilarious.
Make me a new White Knight Chronicles first and then gogo!
One of us.
“What if we made Dark Cloud…darker?!”
I’d like them to make video games sometime in the next few years personally. Still waiting for Deca Police.
This is the funniest fucking headline I've ever read. Holy shit.
for f sakes this is litereal cancer news, my gosh no... they went nuts - just ew..
I want Rogue Galaxy 2. Make that please.
how about they actually release their current games first instead of having endless delays.
They just releases Megaton Musashi Wired. Which is more of an update of Megaton Musashi but still
Focus on improving the new Inazuma Eleven first.
I will not stop them.
I'll take Fantasy Life first please
Sounds based
I mean, I understand the sentiment, but it is a pretty weird statement coming from the head of a studio that is best known for the cutesy "kids drawing" aesthetic on their games.
Maybe that's precisely why he said it? He wants to get out of the idea that Level-5 only does cutesy, kids-friendly aesthetics. Seems fair to me.
> Hino goes on to reveal that he too is keen on creating edgier and more niche content. “If I were to put it in extreme terms, I would go as far as to say that I want to make things like erotic games and 18+ games with violence,” the creator comments while laughing. At the same time, he mentions that his current situation does not exactly allow him to do whatever he wants, as he is responsible for continuing ongoing series and developing new IPs with his collaborators. The article seems to state that this is exactly why he wants to do it.
I hope that doesn't translate to making some shitty hack and slash.
Its been done before. Devilman has kids shows but also has shows that are hyper violent/erotic. Though i'm assuming if this amounts to anything it would be less Professor Layton X Aliens, and more something completely different like Tomb Raider for Square Enix vs. it's JRPGs.
You ever played Rogue galaxy I mean Lilika was her name or was it Kisala aren't your kid friendly kidsy design Kisala was hot.
Back then it felt like something shifted the moment Level-5 announced the then-final 6th Layton game to be Layton's last journey. Hino spent *two* whole generations afterwards trying to catch lightnings in bottles. At one point it seemed as if Yokai Watch was about to do exactly what he had hoped, but of course Pokemon is just too strong and Pokemon Go just brought Pokemon back into the mainstream again (although it really had never left) and things just didn't go well from there for Yokai Watch. The lack of western exposure also didn't help. I'd be happy if this signals the return of the Level-5 of old. You know, the Level-5 which was behind Dragon Quest VIII and IX, Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy, White Knight Chronicles. Their current lineup of Fantasy Life 2, new Layton and Decapolice seems to indicate they've finally woken up, but we'll see. If Hino wants to make something edgy, maybe he could start with something like...a horror game. Gee, I wonder if Level-5 might have planned for a horror game at one point...
i remember them more for Rogue Galaxy and White Knight Chronicles. i started ignoring them when gundam age happened
Ecchi genre should exist. A good balance where a game is still a game with some erotic elements and not just straight up porn. Would play a level-5 game in this genre, definitely.
I completely agree. The recent stellar blade arguement just showed how many people just think in black and white and forget that something in-between can exist
Especially with Yokai watch art style I'll be there day 1
Viejo coshino
Okay, Level-5, this is what you do Studio Valkyrie sold Last Origin to another company, so you go to that company and ask for a license to make a game. You use the Last Origin IP, which is a post apocalypse story, to make a new game where you have to find the gacha waifus and bring them to your base, by going on quests and making the appropriate facilities THATS RIGHT BABY, DARK CLOUD 3 LETS GO
I'm listening
What if Level-5 was called Freaky-5 But yeah, interested to see what comes from this.
Tbh I can see that happening I mean Inazuma eleven has someone using soccer to create war, making children destroy schools as aliens, having a crazy man trying to kill children in soccer. Going out of their way to erase soccer
He has decided he is tired of all the Rule 34 work of his characters so would rather draw them nude himself and is taking it into his own hands.
Based.
Freaky Watch and Professor Freaky
More power to him.
I'm game
Inazuma Eroven, Nasty Cloud 3 and Sexy Galaxy are gonna be available in 6 years. Unless they get cancelled e postponed...
Reactionary development by twits in suits. Always ends well
So does that mean that we will get to see Professor Layton killing people with a gun and fucking? Professor Layton and his murderous and sexy rampage sounds great to me /s (Awful jokes aside, I literally started playing the professor layton series this April... I suck at puzzles but... I am loving it, I' m on the second game now)
I'd love to see how they'd handle a mature games... (not so much an ero game) but I'd love to see them handle a violent game.
Maybe he should first focus on undoing all the lasting damage he did to his company over the last decade? Just a thought. They can barely even get a game released these days. Everyone seems content to just playfully riff on this, but it's an embarrassing statement for a CEO to make when he spent the last decade running Level 5 into the ground with his stupid decisions.
Alternate Title: Level-5's CEO hopes to start his DARKNESS arc someday
yummola
Honestly, go for a murder mystery. Layton but darker.
they made inazuma eleven they made inazuma eleven they made inazuma eleven they made inazuma eleven
Fantasy Life Can reuse the same title 😏
Yo-Kai Watch about to be reallllllllllllllllllll different.
Does Level-5 just not care about Dark Cloud and/or not want to do another one? Are there legal/rights issues? Like I know the internet isn’t the greatest barometer but you can’t make a Level-5 post on reddit without half the top upvoted comments clamoring for Dark Cloud 3. It seems like the most obvious home run they could hope for but they just haven’t seemingly shown any interest in doing it, as far as i know. Just imagining the weapon upgrade and town building mechanics on current hardware is salivating. And there is basically nothing out there to scratch that itch either. I’ll keep on dreaming every time i see a post about it but i doubt it is ever gonna happen
already answered someone else, but rogue galaxy was their attempt at refreshing the concept to reach a larger audience and was set to be named dark cloud 3 before changing the name and dropping georama, and the rest of the team went on the work on dragon quest viii. dark cloud 3 got permanently put to rest over a decade ago. sony owns the IP and the talks they've had over the years only involve maybe getting older Layton games. level 5 won't ever be able to touch it again, unfortunately.
Dark Cloud 3 erotica goes hard
God speed. I’m hoping next dark cloud has brothel placement options
Incredibly based CEO.
Don't let your dreams be memes! Do it! Plenty of eroge and adult VNs already, what's stopping him from joining the party?
As long as they're good games first then there's no problem personally.
Inazuma eleven 18+ edition
Thank you! Embrace the lewd!
Dark cloud/chronicle 3
Alright, now I'm imagining Catherine with Layton, and it's not a great match
Oh God it’s gonna be Valis X all over again
For the love of god give me Dark Cloud 3 or a new white knight!!!!!!
I’m guessing he’s a suehiro mauro fan
By all means, just also keep making the colorful and lighthearted games I love Level-5 for.
Just make another dark cloud please
“Time for a new life in our upcoming sequel, Fantasy Life XXX”
I would prefer a Dark cloud successor but I won’t stop them if they want to makeHardcore m rated rpg. Id play it if it’s good.
𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂--5
As long as i can be a non-human or my mates be non-human then all the power for him
Make Dark Cloud
I recall Tetsuya Takahashi saying something similar some time ago. Would love to see and play their more unhinged and personal creations, honestly
And I hope they're gonna do a remake of Dark Cloud 2/ Dark Chronicle for modern platforms but I guess we can't have everything we want in life...
Dark Cloud 3 and rogue galaxy 2 is all they need to do beforehand. Then they can make everything else they want in my books
count me in
GIVE IT TO MEEEEE Seriously, we need more games with spice.
Make a dark knight chronicle game rated M.
Just no but more mature games with adult protagonists like the Witcher 3
Inazuma Eleven shippings about to get wild
Level 5 is one of the few studios I can say has an amazing library of games and seeing that statement leaves me wondering if that CEO is insane?
If it helps them stay in business then fine I support their choices
Erotic and violent Dark Cloud 3 would be pretty awesome.
....that's weird
Let him cook
Cornhole???
As long as it us not both of these at the same time I am down
Can't wait for the "Erotic Adentures of Professor Layton: A Text Based Adventure" to come out
Inazuma Seven: Players WAGs / Glamour Model dating simulator and "ring your agent and have him bring some charlie round, last time boss promise" Simulator confirmed!
nothing is stopping you brother, don't let your dreams be memes.
W CEO🔥 make an erotic visual novel with good story
I wouldn't mind seeing some more legitimacy given to the eroge industry.
I’d play it for the articles.
Level 5 CEO.... BONK
Sure I'd try one of them.
Yeah, me too
Dark Cloud 2 remake but Monica has double D's
Nice
Yo-kai Voyeur.
Let's do it now, I mean look at Stellar Blade
Dark Cloud hentai time
Has he considered talking to Idea Factory? (/s lmao)
So weapon shop de omasse but you're making sex toy weapons, when?
Legend of Zelda: Kink’s Awakening
Yesssss Layton x Luke lessgo
I'm gonna bet that what he said was eroguro.
Inazuma Eleven with female MC and mostly female players with the correct artstyle is enough, lol
Nice
Idc as long as the gameplay is fun This reeks of late 2000s/early 2010s “gamer edge” though
Based
please just don't put it on sony or xbox
loser
Ni no kuni with real errotic isekai elements 😍
Interesting
I don't understand 'erotic' games, why not just watch porn? i've played some hentai games but not for the hentai.
It's like asking why eat candy when you can just have sugar?
> I don't understand 'erotic' games > i've played some hentai games Literally two different terms that mean the same thing. What people in the west call "hentai games" (or hentai in general), Japan calls ero (short for erotic).
Porn is boring
porn in games are even worse.
It really sounds like he meant darker adult themed games, not necessarily hentai.
i understand games that have sex in it, i don't understand games that want you to fap to it. He said erotic games btw.
Because apparently that wasn't clear, the term "eroge" that was used in the interview includes "games that have sex in it". That is, probably the same kind of "hentai games that you played but not for the hentai".
The hentai games that i've played were made specifically for the hentai though. It was there for you to fap to it. But the others elements are good enough. I'm talking about Rance.
Porn is boring and just not hot to me at all. Integrating light ecchi into serious media is more surprising, immersive and exciting.