Since it wasn't in the reviews this is likely in the case. And other than that this collection seems better than the first one
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PSA: Makai Kingdom (in NIS Classics Vol 2) on Switch has an unavoidable progression-ending crash less than half-way through. Game cannot be completed.
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Yeah, bugs are graded based on 1) Chance of it happening and 2) Severity when it does happen. 100% chance of it happening during a playthrough is as bad as it gets there and the only bugs that would be considered more severe than "Hard lock preventing the player from continuing past this point" would be bugs that opens the company up to lawsuits (like intentionally installing a virus or bricking the hardware). There's no way on earth that NISA knew about this bug and said "Ship it!"
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Someone should play it off the cart without the day one patch and see if it still happens. Would settle the question.
lol yeah didn't the original pressings of Makai Kingdom have a very similar problem? I remember hearing that Makai Kingdom was notoriously bug filled
I've got this pre-ordered from a recent sale, but this is classic NIS through and through. I've got a sizeable backlog, so I'll guess I'll wait until the "Playdate".
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NIS currently has a launch stream happening:
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I went in and put "PSA Makai Kingdom is busted on Switch. Unavoidable crash bug in a cutscene in Chapter 5 and it's impossible to progress past it" in chat and they instant-banned me from chat within like...5 seconds.
Not unexpected behaviour from NIS I guess, but, lol.
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NIS America is Japanese game publisher of such wonderful titles as Disgaea, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, and GrimGrimoire Once More.
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I went in and put "PSA Makai Kingdom is busted on Switch. Unavoidable crash bug in a cutscene in Chapter 5 and it's impossible to progress past it" in chat and they instant-banned me from chat within like...5 seconds.
Not unexpected behaviour from NIS I guess, but, lol.
NIS currently has a launch stream happening:
NISAmerica - Twitch
NIS America is Japanese game publisher of such wonderful titles as Disgaea, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, and GrimGrimoire Once More.
I went in and put "PSA Makai Kingdom is busted on Switch. Unavoidable crash bug in a cutscene in Chapter 5 and it's impossible to progress past it" in chat and they instant-banned me from chat within like...5 seconds.
Not unexpected behaviour from NIS I guess, but, lol.
Godlike.
NIS currently has a launch stream happening:
NISAmerica - Twitch
NIS America is Japanese game publisher of such wonderful titles as Disgaea, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, and GrimGrimoire Once More.
I went in and put "PSA Makai Kingdom is busted on Switch. Unavoidable crash bug in a cutscene in Chapter 5 and it's impossible to progress past it" in chat and they instant-banned me from chat within like...5 seconds.
Not unexpected behaviour from NIS I guess, but, lol.
Sounds like they were fully aware then.
I may just be done with these clowns.
And people said they had learned from the Ys VIII localization screw-up.NIS currently has a launch stream happening:
NISAmerica - Twitch
NIS America is Japanese game publisher of such wonderful titles as Disgaea, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, and GrimGrimoire Once More.
I went in and put "PSA Makai Kingdom is busted on Switch. Unavoidable crash bug in a cutscene in Chapter 5 and it's impossible to progress past it" in chat and they instant-banned me from chat within like...5 seconds.
Not unexpected behaviour from NIS I guess, but, lol.
If they banned you for five seconds for saying that, why haven't they said anything about fixing the issue? Are they essentially taking people's money for nostalgia?
Sounds like Nintendo should get involved and tell them 'what's what' if NIS isn't going to fix it. Although this isn't the first time Nintendo has looked the other way on game crashing bugs.
Sounds like Nintendo should get involved and tell them 'what's what' if NIS isn't going to fix it. Although this isn't the first time Nintendo has looked the other way on game crashing bugs.
It's been a week and no official statement about it, for a game that has a major game breaking bug, that reviewers didn't even acknowledge, this is insane.
I'm a massive NIS fan but I will wait as much as needed before buying this, I've heard Codeglue isn't making Vol.3 so at least there's hope.
I'm a massive NIS fan but I will wait as much as needed before buying this, I've heard Codeglue isn't making Vol.3 so at least there's hope.
NISA's Europe branch said in a tweet reply when i mentioned it on their announcement:
"We are aware of issues with Makai Kingdom, and we have forwarded these reports internally. We will share any updates we receive. Thank you for your patience and understanding."
This sucks. And y'all are saying Vol.1 has bugs too?
I was super excited that Rhapsody was coming back for Vol.3, but now...
I was super excited that Rhapsody was coming back for Vol.3, but now...
NIS currently has a launch stream happening:
NISAmerica - Twitch
NIS America is Japanese game publisher of such wonderful titles as Disgaea, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, and GrimGrimoire Once More.
I went in and put "PSA Makai Kingdom is busted on Switch. Unavoidable crash bug in a cutscene in Chapter 5 and it's impossible to progress past it" in chat and they instant-banned me from chat within like...5 seconds.
Not unexpected behaviour from NIS I guess, but, lol.
I.........what the absolute fuck?
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Over a week out, NIS America Finally acknowledged this on their twitter today:
"Some Users"
To be fair, some people have deliberately avoided Makai Kingdom because of this, so it's not entirely a fib!
There's a reason why Trails/Kiseki fans were mortified back when NISA got the rights to localize the series
Wait. Ar tonelico 2 isn't the only game they broke the final boss fight of?
Oh no. I know their track record. This is just the first time I heard about how they broke Atelier Iris 1!
No. Atelier Iris 1 crashes during the final boss fight if you have the audio set to English. You have to change it to Japanese audio to be able to beat the game.
Well, to be fair, if you play a JRPG with an English dub, you deserve everything you get.
I'm deadly serious
To be transparent I only got my review key this week and have been putting more time into ZHP, I haven't gotten to makai kingdom yet. Thanks for this heads up. When I get to my review for hackinformer for both games, I will mention this crash and the status at the time of writing.
Post it please. I remember seeing a text file back in the day, titled something like "why NISA is horrible".
I want to show a friend just how bad NISA is at their job.
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Yep, just got the patch. It's at 1.0.2 now.
Anyone able to verify it's fixed? I'm not at the point where the crash happens.
downloaded the patch myself but haven't gotten there yet. anyone test it out?
The NIS Discord say it works
The NIS Discord say it works
I know English. I don't know Japanese. I'll play a Japanese game with an English dub every time that's an option.
How does ZHP run? That's the one I care about. I never did like Makai Kingdom.
It runs nicely. Granted i didn't put too much time on the PSP version so this time around Im actually invested and i haven't had issues and been enjoying it quite a bit.
Just picked this up after seeing it was patched. It's been a long time since I played Makai Kingdom, and ZHP is something I never got to put any time into, so this should be fun.
I also know English and don't know Japanese, but thankfully they offer subtitles and I'm capable of reading. The dubs are absolutely trash almost every time, so I'm thankful for that.
I also know English and don't know Japanese, but thankfully they offer subtitles and I'm capable of reading. The dubs are absolutely trash almost every time, so I'm thankful for that.
My cousin is blind and cannot read subtitles so he relies on ENG dub (if available) to understand the story. He would like a word with you!
The ar tornelico 2 was not the final boss but the optional super boss, but still stupid they didnt correct it.
Same thing happen in secret dungeon of mana khemia on psp and DS version of Rapsody. Like it was a trademark... this is terrible.
I have 0 expectations for the La Pucelle/Rhapsody release now and will just treat it like a surprise release if it launches without bugs.
Seems extremely unlikely, but does anyone know if there's a revised cart with the patch on it? I have Volumes 1 and 3 now and it looks dumb on my shelf. I guess, at the very least, I'll be able to download the patch and play through it but I'm definitely going to want to play Makai Kingdom on my Switch in 2052.
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So as a heads up, NIS Classics Vol 3 released about a week ago and unbelievably has the SAME issue in one of the games. La Pucelle has a consistent crash in a chapter 9 cutscene that is not skippable. The game is not able to be progressed past this point and cannot be completed. So far, no patch. You can't make this up.
There's been no revisions that I am aware of.
There's been no revisions that I am aware of.
I returned my copy of volume 3 to Gamestop. This will be the last game I ever buy from this company, because if they don't care, why should I?
I haven't bought a game new from NISA since Atelier Iris 1. Every game they release has game breaking bugs in it. It's kind of impressive how a company that has been localizing and publishing games for almost 20 years can still be so incompetent.