One advantage to
releasing a niche game, is you can essentially make the game you want.
And small profit from
releasing niche games (and supporting what is left of your core audience) is better than no profit from releasing nothing.
Not exact matches
We'll see how fun it is when it
releases, but the
game does look like it'll fill a nice action
game niche on the Switch.
Mollie got her start in
games media via the crazy world of gaming fanzines, and now works at EGM with the goal of covering all of the weird Japanese and
niche releases that nobody else on staff cares about.
The enhancement doesn't bring sweeping graphical changes, so don't expect Red Dead Redemption to look like a
game released this year — just wait for Red Dead Redemption 2 to fill that
niche — since that would require extensive work on the in -
game assets that isn't feasible.
Believe it or not, the PlayStation Vita was the platform with the most
games in the Top 1 000, thanks to the many
niche releases rarely selling more than a few 10 000 units.
But then Tesla
released the Model S electric luxury sedan, and the
niche manufacturer transformed into a
game changer.
They may hit a
niche market with many of their
releases, but they are consistently great
games.
That also had good and
niche games in - between Nintendo and Rare
releases.
With a steady mix of Wii U and 3DS
games on display, the developers are keen not to leave anyone out, and their
releases show a good range from the well known gentle RPG Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories to the more
niche developments of Gotcha Racing and Brave Tank Hero.
The
games I like to play... JRPG's or
niche Japanese titles... typically aren't broken on
release, and while I have a massive backlog as well... probably more than yours spanning 30 years of gaming... I still get stuff day one.
Austin's Certain Affinity have carved out a
niche for themselves as specialist level designers and code doctors for multiplayer shooters, contributing to the latter Halo
games and to Call of Duty, including the just -
released combat canine sim Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Not only is Under Night In - Birth a more
niche fighting
game, but it's
releasing at a time where many fighting
game fans are still playing the bigger
releases.
Luigi Dude you are forgetting that last year Xbox One and PS4 had nothing to speak of and still sold quite well this year they are getting their big hitters and theirs will probably get them far more momentum than those fanbase facturing
niche games Nintendo is
releasing.
August was a huge month for PlayStation fans, with
games such as Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
releasing as well as more
niche titles such as Yakuza Kiwami and Everybody's Golf.
Mollie got her start in
games media via the crazy world of gaming fanzines, and now works at EGM with the goal of covering all of the weird Japanese and
niche releases that nobody else on staff cares about.
Currently an arcade - only, Japan - only update, VF5R could well come to consoles in the form of downloadable content or even a standalone
release (in the vein of Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution on PS2)- more on that in the interview of course - but for the time being this is obviously a bit of a
niche game for us to be covering on Kikizo.
Fellow European region
gamers, raise your hand if an instalment in your favourite
niche or cult - favourite JRPG series has arrived in your country nearly a year after its American
release, and possibly more than a year after the Japanese
release.
Fans of Japanese
niche games will be particularly pleased as Rockin» Android is using a very Atlus - like approach with the
release of their first
game Suguri Perfect Edition by including tons of extra bonus content, an expansion pack, and two soundtracks.
You have to find your
niche and
release quality
games to avoid that race.
And while both of those modes have enjoyed a considerable resurgence since the rise of the indie
game, they were considered
niche at best, and commercial anathema at worst, which is part of why the first installments of the series didn't make it to other territories until 2005, nearly four years after their original
release.
Even though I have a lot of respect of people (and stated such in my thread before I read this and saw your videos) who can produce videos of these
games, especially anything approaching a full playthrough of
niche releases fast for an English speaking audience, here any person who wants to grasp what this update offers in full may think they have to watch 42 minutes + 36 minutes + 32 minutes + 35 minutes + 25 minutes + 22 minutes of video.
XSEED
Games, quirky localization company and lovable bastards responsible for putting out
niche - within -
niche Japanese
games for the American audience, have ensured their place in Mecha Valhalla with their announcement of a North American
release for Solatorobo.
Look, Senran Kagura is already
niche enough — see the whole improbably boobs thing above — but then they decided that the special edition
release of the
game would feature a body pillow.
I understand that Bethesda needs to make money, but a six year old
game,
released on a
niche technology is not worth that price; especially as the chances that the people buying this
game have already purchased the remastered edition.
Past those two properties, most other
games the Big N
releases tends to be a
niche release in America.
The PlayStation Vita still remains a viable platform for many
niche Japanese pubs and pubs looking to
release multi platform
games.
While it's a pleasant surprise to see a
niche Japanese title getting a physical
release (a first for the Project DIVA series in Europe), it shouldn't be a surprise to learn that the basics of the main rhythm
game haven't greatly changed from the previous installments.
Complaining about marketing makes sense for a big
release, but not
niche games like Valkyria or Yakuza, where the fanbase are usually formed by people who go to gaming sites everyday.
Since the launch of the PlayStation 4, PS Plus has moved away from offering popular retail
releases to subscribers such as Bioshock Infinite and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, in favor of
niche indie
games and port.
SEGA of Japan has been embracing the idea of
releasing some of their «
niche» packaged
game titles with such examples as the Mandarin
release of Phantasy Star NOVA and Shining Resonance.
After nine years in development, The Last Guardian, the
game that has been driving
niche Playstation
gamers insane since its initial announcement all the way back in 2007 as Team Ico's next project and the follow up to Shadow of the Colossus, finally has an actual
release date.
Hacking a
game to run a fan patch is against Nintendo's Terms of Service so maybe don't tell Nintendo your NNID when letting it know you support
niche releases like Tokyo Mirage Sessions but not its ludicrous localization choices.
While the series kept on chugging, for years it would end up in its own little
niche, popular only among its hardcore fans, with «professional» fighting
game players scoffing at each new
release.
Knowing it was published by Marvelous — a publisher I am a big fan of, even though the
games they
release are pretty
niche — helped spur me through even the most stale of missions.
Easy publication of indie
games or
niche releases isn't always such a great thing though.
The 3DS is also home to some excellent
niche RPG titles (the Shin Megami Tensei and Etrian Odyssey franchises, and though I can't personally vouch for them, Harvest Moon / Rune Factory), some delightful download - only
games (Mighty Switch Force, Attack of the Friday Monsters, Pushmo / Crashmo, Picross), and of course the slate of first - party
releases.
(Was hoping for a STEAM
release * wink wink *)... but seriously, you will go as far as bringing other
niche IP's like Hatsune Miku
games over here, and still leave out PSO2?