Is a new trend in the making for packaged 3DS software?
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/29490
Hatsune Miku and the Future Stars Project mirai has a digital manual built into the cartridge, similiar to Nintendo's recent packaged software. This is what we discovered when we opened our version of the game.
Sega's music rhythm game featuring the Vocaloid singer is the first third party release to not feature a physical manual. The company's previous releases like Rhythm Thief R and Crush 3D did not go this route, which makes the move a tad weird. The box does feature a small one page folder describing the gameplay in rather short and simple detail, but doesn't talk about the features of the game.
It is unsure at this time if other companies will follow suit or have any freedom to do this, but we will keep you posted on any developments.
Hope this is just Sega doing this, I'd much rather have the physical manual.
I know the reason to not include one is entirely for the publisher to save a buck.You don't think it's any convenience for the consumer? I mean, if the manual is in the game, and if it can be accessed at any time in the game, then it saves you the trouble of having to get up and go flipping through the manual. This is especially useful to a portable system, where you may be out somewhere and don't have the manual with you
Let's be honest here: the otaku in Japan who buy this game don't need the manual. They buy this series for pretty much one thing only, and to increase the player's enjoyment of that the developer would be better off just packing a couple tissues in with the game.
Let's be honest here: the otaku in Japan who buy this game don't need the manual. They buy this series for pretty much one thing only, and to increase the player's enjoyment of that the developer would be better off just packing a couple tissues in with the game.
Excuse me, but what are you implying? This is a rhythm music game featuring female and male Vocaloid characters with no pervert features what so ever. Have you ever played one of these games?
Let's be honest here: the otaku in Japan who buy this game don't need the manual. They buy this series for pretty much one thing only, and to increase the player's enjoyment of that the developer would be better off just packing a couple tissues in with the game.
Excuse me, but what are you implying? This is a rhythm music game featuring female and male Vocaloid characters with no pervert features what so ever. Have you ever played one of these games?
No, but I've seen plenty of footage of them. Stuff like this is popular, though, in anime for the same reason. It's your little moe idol, and there's certainly an alarmingly-large fetish for that in Japan. I really can't stand moe, and it's all over that game from what I've seen in screenshots.
