Damn, been waiting for a new Vanillaware title since completing Muramasa: The Demon Blade and now we have one but sadly it's on the crappy PSP. Another PS3/Wii title would of been most welcome but oh well.

Grand Knights History is the first traditional, turn-based RPG from Vanillaware, a developer that's gained a worldwide following chiefly thanks to the virtuoso 2D graphics and animation seen in their titles. The game is set in the land of Ristia, home to three competing nations: Union, Avalon and Logres. You play the leader of the knight corps in the nation of your choice, supervising a team of warriors that you're free to customize and train as you like -- raising their stats, defining their appearance and personalities, and so forth.

The battles in GKH are strictly turn-based, but there is some innovation to be had here -- Vanillaware has plans afoot for seamless online multiplayer, although they aren't going into details on them yet.

"The 2D characters will be animated just like in our action games, and we're also challenging ourselves to build a new type of gameplay by fusing online and offline," said Tomohiko Deguchi, project director at Vanillaware. "Most RPGs up to now involve one person or a group of friends playing together, but we're trying to set up this new kind of game, a full-on war that all the users are connected together in. It's a war RPG where not just one player, not just a few people, but all of the players are drawn together as they fight."

The PSP title, which is being published by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan, has a summer release date planned for the region. No US release has been announced yet.

This game will look great when i download it for my NGP.

Besides what did you expect? Muramusa sound horribly on the Wii, and considering the PSP is outselling the 3DS in Japan, the PSP really is a market to hit. And this will most likely come in a digital format meaning its future proof for the NGP.

LOL sinn just be a spokesperson for sony

anyways most important of all it has to get translated 1st, nothing worse than playing rpg's in japanese. at the very least we can hope it makes psn in US/EU regions

Have you seen the latest hardware sales in Japan?

Everyone knows the PSP is big business in Japan (for quite some time now)... you'd have to be blind to think otherwise.

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Besides what did you expect? Muramusa sound horribly on the Wii, and considering the PSP is outselling the 3DS in Japan, the PSP really is a market to hit. And this will most likely come in a digital format meaning its future proof for the NGP.

One try not too be a fanboy for once. Two I seem to remember seeing that Muramasa The Demon Blade is Vanillawares best selling game to date. Vanillaware titles always sell badly compared to other games so it doesn't matter what platform they release it on when you try and compare it for sales. I'm pretty sure a PS3 game release would do far better than the PSP, but that's the companies decision. Thirdly only an idiot would think the 3DS would sell well straight off the bat especially with it's game line-up and price. Do your comparison when your heavenly handheld is released.

Regardless of whether Muramusa was their best selling game or not, it doesn't' deny the fact that it sold poorly. From what I have gathered it has not even hit half a million sales, and even then, its sales are not exactly blowing their ps2 titles out of the water.

And no, I doubt a PS3 release would be better. I'd prefer a PS3 release because I'd be more willing to buy the game, but it just wont sell on the console either.
PSP is the better bet: cheaper to develop for and currently selling well in Japan. They wouldn't even need to sell exactly the same level as Murammusa and they'll most likely see the same profits back (if any at all). Of course digital sales aren't even factored into sales data. So PSN downloads (which many might do for a game like this) will aid them on both PSP and NGP: they'll be covering two handhelds.

haha no offence.. its a Nintendo handheld: it should be selling well, and in fact is. Clearly 3DS software is severely lacking with PSP software working their way all over the top 10 in Japan. Doesn't deny the facts: PSP hardware has increased post 3DS release.

You just said it sold horribly on Wii so it's not a surprise it is on PSP. WTF are you talking about, it is there best selling game, it sold more copies than both their PS2 title releases put together. So no all your being is a fanboy trying hard to justify why it's going to a Sony device yet your reasoning is stupid.

There title will sell poorly no matter what console it's on and I guarantee this will sell just as badly as the rest.

As I explained, and what you failed to take notice of, is that (1) its cheaper to develop for PSP, (2) handhelds sell better in Japan, (3) the game can be given a digital release for both the PSP and NGP.

If you can provide my with any proof that the WIi title outsold both PS2 titles combined then go ahead, even though Grimgrimoire was a super niche title being a sidrscroller RTS.

Again, I stated that the game may nto sell well on the PSP anyhow.

Either way, I'm still waiting for your justification on why a PSP release is the wrong way to go besides your ignorant hate for the device.

A New Trailer For Grand Knights History Shows Off The Game’s Animated Battles

Trailer

Grand Nights History, unlike Vanillaware’s last two games, is going to be a turn-based affair with some strategizing. In particular, Marvelous say that you’ll need to keep an eye on the formation of your units, which can be placed on a 4 x 4 grid. There are over 20 formations in the game, and each one offers certain bonuses during battle.

Marvelous released a promo video for the game today, which shows you a glimpse of the battles in Grand Knights History, and a peep at the unit customization as well:

Units in Grand Night History are customizable, and are divided into three classes: knight, wizard and archer. These classes are then further divided into sub-classes. For example, the three types of knights are: soldier, paladin and maiden. You can select their hair colour, hairstyle, voice, accessory and other physical features. Your character’s personality will influence their development, too.

Marvelous have Grand Knights History scheduled for a September 1st release in Japan for the PSP.

localisation plz

Looks too much like an Odin Sphere follow up rather than a Muramasa follow up. I'll most likely pass on this, did not enjoy Odin Sphere. If the title is under R200 though it may well be worth some time.

Too many awesome PSP titles. No wonder the device is so popular in Japan these days.

is it me or does this game have the best bgm ever

Xseed Are Teasing A New Game
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/09/21/xseed-are-teasing-a-new-game/

Xseed are teasing a new game over their Twitter feed. The only clue they provide is: “[???CLUE???] : A RAVELING NOON SOUL”.

A follow-up tweet states: “That clue is for those who’d rather know the ‘secret’ sooner than later.”

Take your best guess!

Update: Xseed are giving away more hints pertaining to what the mystery game is. Quoted from their Twitter feed:

1) It IS an anagram.

2) “Online” is NOT part of it.

3) It’s not actually the title of a game, but something /central/ to that game. (^-^)/

4. [CLUE #3] _ _ A _ O _ / _ O _ R _ _ / _ N I _ _

Looks like people have already figured out which game it is
look like they're bringing over Corpse party on PSN as well
good stuff Xseed,

*edit*

XSeed is a western publisher btw

Rising star will be publishers of Grandknights history in EU
http://gamingeverything.com/?p=9571#more-9571

hype

http://trendygamers.com/2012/04/27/grand-knights-history-29th-release-date-listed-retailer/

Possible US release date for 29 May

hmmmm that about a week or two before Gungnir comes out.
damn still a long wait though

Grand Knights History Canceled For North America

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/05/01/grand-knights-history-canceled-for-north-america/

NOoooooooooooooooo

On the bright side, doe not mean the EU version is cancelled since it is a different publisher.

Believe Ragna.... BELIEVE!!!
T.T