Valkyria Chronicles 4’s Nintendo Switch release is to be delayed in Japan, although owners of the hybrid console may be consoled by the fact that the first game is to receive a Switch port.
Sega has announced that the Nintendo Switch port of Valkyria Chronicles 4 is to be released in autumn in Japan, despite previously having been announced for summer. However, Switch owners are getting some perks: VC4 will be released at a lower price: ¥7,490 for Switch, compared to ¥7,990 for PS4. They are also getting a port of Valkyria Chronicles 1, to be sold at ¥1,990 (including tax), and buyers of VC4 will receive a token allowing them to purchase VC1 at a discounted price.
Unfortunately, Sega has not yet announced whether the Switch port of the first Valkyria Chronicles game is coming west, despite the begging of fans:
Valkyria Chronicles 4 is scheduled for an autumn release in the West on PS4, Xbone and Switch. Although the exact release date has not been officially announced, it is thought to be the 16th of October.
Hey SEGA? Yeah, uh, do us a favor? Could you, like, not delay VC 4? I get VC 1 is great but I’ve been playing that for a while now since VC 2 is just awful and VC 3, oddly enough, STILL HAS NO ENGLISH RELEASE! What in the hell? You’re spam happy about VC 1 and it seems you’re trying to hide two whole games for f♥♥k’s sake! Remake VC 2 faggets and release VC 3 here!
Uh, play VC 3 on emulator with full english translation?
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Really dude? We get VC 1 on almost all platforms and the rest are separated in between? Even if the VC 1 port isn’t the reason why VC 4 got delayed, the question is still “Why not VC 3?” because that game, to this day, is fan translated. They could’ve made a switch port of that game if they’re looking to appease those who are waiting for VC 4. Having a VC 3 while waiting on 4 isn’t a large pill to swallow but no, SEGA’s cowardice strikes again as they put up their hit first game again.
The more VC 1 we have, the less value it can accrue. SEGA knows this or pretends not to know. There is novelty in porting VC 3 and SEGA just wasted money by porting VC 1.
You say wasted but they would have to do a professional translation for VC3 first while everything is already done for VC1.
So port a convenient game that has little guarantee for profit than the other that has.
Best decision.
Maybe some of us want to support the creation instead of pirating it.
And? Depriving yourself of the experience won’t help Sega. Not buying it deprives Sega. Since Sega doesn’t offer, Sega loses nothing. Only you lose.
I don’t like this reality fingers.
Switch is still getting ports and no new IPs.