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NEWS: Aksys Games To Release 999: The Novel for iOS




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Pokenatic



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:19 pm Reply with quote
The headline has a typo. (it should be release not releases)
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yappers4



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:37 pm Reply with quote
I was almost fooled. The picture seemed like an anime announcement.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:40 pm Reply with quote
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but has removed the escape puzzles.
lol no thanks.

With android owning 80% of the mobile phone market as of Dec 2013 and is only rising, this really makes no sense to me at all.
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Sango chan



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:25 am Reply with quote
.........Why are they releasing this on ISO...... instead of redawing and fixing the pictures for HD and taking out the puzzles, that little money could have gone to the funding of the 3rd game......
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:52 am Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
With android owning 80% of the mobile phone market as of Dec 2013 and is only rising, this really makes no sense to me at all.

Android's 80% comes in part from low-end phones where people don't pay for, or even necessarily use, any of the apps.

But let's not have a mobile platform pissing match. If there's Android money being left on the table, someone will be smart enough to come along and snatch it up.
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LinkSword



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 7:46 am Reply with quote
999 was a great game. If it can reach more people this way, that's awesome as far as I'm concerned.


Removing the puzzles, though... now that's a really stupid move.
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Alunimus



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:56 am Reply with quote
3DS? I thought it was released only on DS. Am I getting old and 3DS release actually exists or is it just a typo?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:51 am Reply with quote
... given that a lot of vital/interesting plot devices and foreshadowing are revealed during the escape sequences, and that the puzzles are sort of what make it fun, this is incredibly stupid. I agree with an earlier put sentiment, they should have put the money used on this into the development of the final game...

Also, Alunimus is correct, 999 is a DS game, not a 3DS game.
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Kur0_Inu



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:55 pm Reply with quote
Alunimus wrote:
3DS? I thought it was released only on DS. Am I getting old and 3DS release actually exists or is it just a typo?

They made a mistake there. Original it is a DS version.
The only Zero Escape game that came out on 3DS (and on Vita) was "Virtue's Last Reward"

This iOS version is also know (not sure they mentioned in the article); "Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors: The Novel"
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EricJ2



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:32 pm Reply with quote
yappers4 wrote:
I was almost fooled. The picture seemed like an anime announcement.


And I don't play Nintendo, so I thought it was the OTHER 999. Sad

(But if it's good, I'd play it on iPad.)
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Sven Viking



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:31 am Reply with quote
LinkSword wrote:
999 was a great game. If it can reach more people this way, that's awesome as far as I'm concerned.

Removing the puzzles, though... now that's a really stupid move.

I came to say this, but you already said it.

Seriously? Escape puzzle games gained much of their popularity on mobile platforms -- the original game, with puzzles, seemed like a perfect fit. It also added appeal for people who wouldn't otherwise play through a visual novel. Perhaps there were unexpectedly problematic technical challenges to porting the puzzle sections, but this seems like a terrible decision.
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