Post by: Nick DiMola on May 22, 2008, 12:35:25 PM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15993
Nintendo's ASH was rated E 10+ today by the ESRB. Since acquiring an ESRB rating is a typical step in gaining release for the American market, ASH is probably being localized into the English language.
Listing from the ESRB Website
Released in Japan last October, ASH is a strategy RPG developed by Racijn / Mistwalker Studios and directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, father of the Final Fantasy series. It features full voice acting, FMV sequences, and pre-rendered visuals for its battles. The game garnered fairly strong reviews upon release, receiving a 33/40 from Famitsu for instance, but achieved relatively weak sales.
ASH (short for Archaic Sealed Heat) chronicles the journey of Queen Aisha to unravel the mystery behind an ancient flame. This flame is responsible for destroying her kingdom and transforming her people into living ash.
Currently there is no official release date for ASH, nor are there any details about release in other territories.
Post by: Nick DiMola on May 22, 2008, 12:38:28 PM
Post by: Kairon on May 22, 2008, 02:57:34 PM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on May 23, 2008, 02:03:53 AM
Post by: ATimson on May 23, 2008, 03:37:33 AM
Oh goody, another SRPG, just what the DS has been lacking!With no Fire Emblem game yet, yes, it's been lacking them. :D
Post by: KDR_11k on May 23, 2008, 07:54:36 AM
Post by: ATimson on May 23, 2008, 01:16:52 PM
There's no DS fire emblem?Not yet. One was announced late last year (set in the universe of the first three games; it's been assumed to be a remake of the first or third, based on screenshots showing Marth, but I don't think it's been officially announced), but there's been little news about it, much less a release.
Post by: Kytim89 on July 02, 2010, 04:52:18 PM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 02, 2010, 04:54:15 PM
I have heared that the cartridge for this game is around one GB in total size. I was wondering if they could release it in America as a 3DS title since those games for the 3DS will be around 2 GB each. It just makes sense.
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Post by: BeautifulShy on July 02, 2010, 04:55:16 PM
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 02, 2010, 10:18:20 PM
I have heared that the cartridge for this game is around one GB in total size. I was wondering if they could release it in America as a 3DS title since those games for the 3DS will be around 2 GB each. It just makes sense.
Gb, as in Gigabit; not GB, as in Gigabyte. ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat is 2 Gigabits, which is about 250 Megabytes. The largest DS game is the upcoming Level-5/Studio Ghibli game Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no MadÅshi, which will be about 512 MB.
Post by: Stratos on July 07, 2010, 03:28:47 PM
I had hopes this was finally going to come out. It's been over two years so I've given up hope.
RIP ASH and Soma Bringer and Tact of Magic... :'(
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 07, 2010, 05:39:47 PM
So DS cards can now equal N64 game sizes.
"now" equal N64? The largest N64 game was 64MB (which was done by only two games: Conker's Bad Fur Day and Resident Evil 2), so DS passed it years ago.
Post by: broodwars on July 07, 2010, 05:47:43 PM
So DS cards can now equal N64 game sizes.
"now" equal N64? The largest N64 game was 64MB (which was done by only two games: Conker's Bad Fur Day and Resident Evil 2), so DS passed it years ago.
I could have sworn Ogre Battle 64
EDIT: Nope, 40 MB. Anyway, can we let this thread die now? Being reminded of yet another promising DS game that never left Japan is just depressing.
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 07, 2010, 05:53:02 PM
Post by: Stratos on July 07, 2010, 07:03:06 PM
Post by: Mop it up on July 07, 2010, 07:55:25 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on July 08, 2010, 04:18:16 AM
Post by: MegaByte on July 08, 2010, 05:21:52 AM
Post by: ThePerm on July 08, 2010, 05:22:58 AM
Post by: Stratos on July 08, 2010, 06:08:02 AM
I could go on and on...it all adds up eventually.
Sounds like a motto that Kojima lives by. Wasn't he the first to run out of room on a Blue-Ray?
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 08, 2010, 11:39:49 AM
And that's largely because he didn't bother compressing movies or music.
Post by: Mop it up on July 08, 2010, 05:33:26 PM
Post by: Ymeegod on July 08, 2010, 06:10:13 PM
Any date for Ash? Might look into it.
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 08, 2010, 10:00:20 PM
Actually the DS did have a FE game, FE Shadow Dragon which was a remake of the orginal FE game. In fact the upcoming FE game is just another remake, FEIII, and should be coming this year I think.
Any date for Ash? Might look into it.
Check the date for when the thread happened. Kytim89 bumped a 2-year old thread (from May 2008), that was before Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragons was announced.
Post by: Kytim89 on July 12, 2010, 09:00:52 PM
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 12, 2010, 09:05:10 PM
Post by: Stratos on July 13, 2010, 04:29:35 AM
Anyway, can we let this thread die now? Being reminded of yet another promising DS game that never left Japan is just depressing.
Any date for Ash? Might look into it.
Bringing sorrow to Nintendo gamers, one necro-thread-bump at a time.
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 13, 2010, 04:47:57 AM
Maybe DSiWare? It's probably too big for that but I could see smaller titles come out on the Shop service.
If I remember correctly, this game was notable for using a 256 MB card, the largest at the time, which you'll note is the same size as the entire internal storage of the DSi.
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 13, 2010, 10:51:42 AM
Post by: Sarail on July 13, 2010, 11:03:58 AM
Post by: Mop it up on July 13, 2010, 06:19:03 PM
Post by: broodwars on July 13, 2010, 06:35:57 PM
I'm fairly certain the cap is due to technical limitations, and not just some arbitrary number.
With SD Card support, those technical limitations are much less, though. Sure, we still have a maximum possible space of 512 MB, but with the ability to store those files on an SD Card (until needed) we could at least see a cap size increase to 100-200 MB.
Post by: Mop it up on July 13, 2010, 06:44:58 PM
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 13, 2010, 06:49:30 PM
