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Rumour Exputer claiming Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean is getting a Switch remake launching this summer

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I wasn't a big fan of this game when I tried to play it a few years back, but a remake that fixes some of the funkier issues in the game could be interesting.
 
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MisterSpo said:
Something to keep an eye on, I guess, given the source is pretty definitive about it being this year. I'd love to see both games get remade/remastered because we never got Origins in Europe. Timeline in the article is a little odd - suggests an E3 reveal for a summer release, but that'd be cutting it close? Unless it's a relatively minimal job.

2023 really heavily rumoured to be the Year of the Coober, huh.
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It’s not cutting it close. It’s just a remake/remaster and an announcement in June for September release is plenty of time.
 
Yeah, if Nintendo is collaborating with this and along with all the other stuff we have been hearing (like the return of F-Zero) then there's no way in HELL that Golden Sun is not returning.
 
7threst said:
Card based RPG. An amazing game with a cool plot twist and an amazing soundtrack.
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Genuine question, I haven't finished it, but am pretty much stuck at the final fight... Is this plot twist still coming or am I just too jaded about everything that has come before?
 
This would be cool. Probably not my thing, but I would be happy for those diehard fans of the series. They're out there. Somewhere.
 
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Mirev said:
Is this a Namco or Nintendo IP?
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Namco, which is why Nintendo would need to work with them as alluded to in the rumor. Pretty excited about this, my first monolith soft game i played, have fond memories of this series made me like card rpgs. Remake could me a good chance to fix some problems with the original.
 
Mirev said:
Is this a Namco or Nintendo IP?
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Namco own the IP, but Monolith Soft appear to have held onto some of the rights; meaning that Namco can't do anything with it without Monolith Soft's permission (and by extension, Nintendo's).
 
I wonder if this could be just some leads of Monolith Soft as directors, producers and designers with the bulk of development done by Bamco.

If it's mostly/vastly Monolith it's great news tho as it would mean they were able to put Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and its Expansion out while also remaking Baiten Kaitos and possibly the action medieval game.
 
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Baten Kaitos is both amazing and gorgeous. I've been saying we need the games brought up to visual standards and a third game made to facilitate that trilogy release.

Shadow said:
Can we add this to the OP btw? Not because it adds anything, but it's a wonderful piece of 'What the hell kind of boss fight music is this?!'.

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It's not loading for me right now, but tell me those is Chaotic Dance. Because otherwise I'll have to track it down and drag it into here myself.

You know what, take a Yeah! because I'm choosing to have faith.

Comic Obsessed said:
I sure as hell hope that Honne is behind this. He deserves his revenge!

(Also, give him the Mother series too already!)
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I'm not entirely sure about Mother, since that seems to be concluded. However, I'd be interested in what his proposed Mother project would have become. From a recent mention of the topic:

Supreme Overlord said:
Even better, a sequel, with the proposal meeting set up by Iwata himself.


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Supreme Overlord said:
There's the question of whether certain elements, tone and themes and such, overall feel, would be captured, but Honne seemed to think it could be done, and I don't see why it necessarily couldn't. Of course, the element remains that Itoi considers the series done, and I wouldn't necessarily expect it to continue directly unless that changes.
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The way I could see something like this working now is if MonolithSoft were to put together a Mother trilogy remake* to have the series released now. Yasuyuki Honne would actually do really well with translating this into the clay style used in the advertising and manual, as evidenced by Sedna in Baten Kaitos: Origins

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Through this, experience would be gained to help with the overall feel of a new game, and that sequel could be developed, the serial numbers filed off and the project become a spiritual successor. The proposed project could be realized, but as its own thing.

With this following the proposed felt construction, the trilogy remake and the successor could be be brilliant entries into Nintendo's Crafted Worlds.

*I would, of course, prefer the originals be included, and don't even necessarily require the remakes so long as the trilogy is released.
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7threst said:
Card based RPG. An amazing game with a cool plot twist and an amazing soundtrack.
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And then you get into Origins, and it messes with things even more.
 
I’d prefer a double pack with this an Origins. The original game isn’t too expensive, but the prequel can really get up there.
 
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Zeal543 said:
I find it hard to believe BK is getting a remake when xenosaga can't get an HD remaster due to market research, I'm willing to wager BK is far less popular/known
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Nintendo actually owns something from the series. Compared to Xenosaga which is all Namco so I figured that’s the line.

Or important people care more about this series then Saga. That’s also something we’ve seen happen when it comes to remakes and sequels gettjng made lol
 
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Shadow said:
Genuine question, I haven't finished it, but am pretty much stuck at the final fight... Is this plot twist still coming or am I just too jaded about everything that has come before?
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I think that twist must come still, because you'd definitely know what I'm talking about. Don't look it up, just play!
 
Just finished BK2 for the first time today. If this is true let's hope they make the 100% requirements less fucking insane.
 
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Tho imagine if they went full watercolor motif and created a shader to make the 3D parts match it better
Zeal543 said:
I find it hard to believe BK is getting a remake when xenosaga can't get an HD remaster due to market research, I'm willing to wager BK is far less popular/known
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The former is a complete project who’s headman wants to return to it, the latter is a mess and the head people behind it moved on
 
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Omg. This is my gaming “devil’s bane” if you will. It’s the game in my entire gaming collection that I’m upset having never finished. So some backstory…

I bought the game, played an hour of it, and determined I just didn’t like it because I didn’t understand the card system. But it was really bothering me that I didn’t like it so I pulled out the gaming manual (don’t you all miss these?!), read through it, and gave the game another chance. This time I loved it.

So I get to the second disc and it clearly warns you that there’s no going back once it’s started and I believe even recommended having a backup save, and I in my elite gaming ignorance chose to discard the warning and continued on anyway. Well… I sure wasn’t expecting Disc 2 to practically start off with a hard as hell boss fight against not one, not two, but three tough as nails opponents simultaneously. And of course, I was badly under leveled and couldn’t do a thing.

I was then forced to start the game all the way back from the beginning, which I didn’t do until years later. And then I managed to progress pretty darn far after that point, but got distracted by some other game at the time and never finished it.

So with all of that said, I am super excited for this remake because I really, really need to play and finish this game.
 
Dark Cloud said:
NATE please confirm. Because this sounds completely believable with everything we’ve heard and seen in todays industry
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I know you didn't tag him, but please avoid requesting info from folks. They'll share if and when they're ready to, I reckon.
 
Rareware said:
Omg. This is my gaming “devil’s bane” if you will. It’s the game in my entire gaming collection that I’m upset having never finished. So some backstory…

I bought the game, played an hour of it, and determined I just didn’t like it because I didn’t understand the card system. But it was really bothering me that I didn’t like it so I pulled out the gaming manual (don’t you all miss these?!), read through it, and gave the game another chance. This time I loved it.

So I get to the second disc and it clearly warns you that there’s no going back once it’s started and I believe even recommended having a backup save, and I in my elite gaming ignorance chose to discard the warning and continued on anyway. Well… I sure wasn’t expecting Disc 2 to practically start off with a hard as hell boss fight against not one, not two, but three tough as nails opponents simultaneously. And of course, I was badly under leveled and couldn’t do a thing.

I was then forced to start the game all the way back from the beginning, which I didn’t do until years later. And then I managed to progress pretty darn far after that point, but got distracted by some other game at the time and never finished it.

So with all of that said, I am super excited for this remake because I really, really need to play and finish this game.
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Same but I never got around to restarting. That disk swap was brutal
 
Interesting. Monolith sure gets a lot of freedom from Nintendo. EPD must respect the studio a lot!
 
Since this website is so sure it will happen, I'll hold on to some hope as well.
Please bundle it with an Origins remake as well, we never got that one! I also have never finished the first game as I've only borrowed it back then. So this would be an amazing release for me.

MaitreWakou said:
Not worth believing so far but I hope it's true.

I never played it back in the day because I used to find JRPG boring as a kid beyond the Mario RPGs, and lately I've been really willing to play it. I was starting to wonder if I should buy a copy just a few days ago. Just in case, I'll wait till later this week to see if it's true.

Anyway, it would make sense, wasn't there a few Baten Kaitos trademarks poping up in the last two years or so ?
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What will happen later this week?

And yes, Bandai Namco renewed the trademark a few years ago.
 
LoneRanger said:
Is it a good game ?
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It's a bit of a mixed bag. Has some strengths. A pretty interesting story and beautiful environmental art, offset by some really bleh characters and bad voice acting (VA would be fixed in a remake). The card-based battle system is interesting and the aging of the cards even more interesting, but both can also be a bit tedious to manage imo but overall the battle system is a strength (though not necessarily a glowing strength). Some balance changes and QoL improvements could go a long way. Character interactions would probably stand to be the biggest room for improvement though. Whole party feels like a weird mishmash of characters who barely know each other, and not in an endearing way like they're a rowdy bunch of rogues forced to team up in the face of an existential threat.
 
Baiten Kairos came out right about the time I sold my GameCube for a PS2. If these are coming out then I'll surely purchase day one for Switch
 
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7threst said:
I think that twist must come still, because you'd definitely know what I'm talking about. Don't look it up, just play!
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I remember taking forever at that part for some reason. And then the power immediately went out before it could save.

And then I breezed right through it, so it couldn't have been that bad.

7threst said:
I'm from Europe, Origins never released here 😭
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All the more reason to release it again, but everywhere this time!

Rareware said:
Well… I sure wasn’t expecting Disc 2 to practically start off with a hard as hell boss fight against not one, not two, but three tough as nails opponents simultaneously. And of course, I was badly under leveled and couldn’t do a thing.
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At around the start of the second disk for Origins, there's also quite the battle. This one might start whilst you have some cards in your deck that you might have picked up around the end of the first disk, which are harmful to your characters. Though these do eventually age into something less malign

ProteusRidley said:
Hey if we are gonna be remaking some Gamecube classics, throw Lost Kingdoms in the mix. Thanks!
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FromSoft returned to Armored CoreI. Maybe we could get them to come back to this.

Also, specifically card-based GameCube classics.
 
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lightning16 said:
It's a bit of a mixed bag. Has some strengths. A pretty interesting story and beautiful environmental art, offset by some really bleh characters and bad voice acting (VA would be fixed in a remake). The card-based battle system is interesting and the aging of the cards even more interesting, but both can also be a bit tedious to manage imo but overall the battle system is a strength (though not necessarily a glowing strength). Some balance changes and QoL improvements could go a long way. Character interactions would probably stand to be the biggest room for improvement though. Whole party feels like a weird mishmash of characters who barely know each other, and not in an endearing way like they're a rowdy bunch of rogues forced to team up in the face of an existential threat.
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Yeah it's a very polarized game. Gameplay is full of good and innovative ideas, but has some jank and clunkiness around the edges (in a very "mid-budget 00s" kind of way). Though on the whole I quite like the battle system. Great worldbuilding and environments. Brilliant soundtrack, awful voice acting. The story has some good ideas but is executed in a way to feel kind of generic - I get the feeling a lot of this can be blamed on localization though. I have a soft spot for it but people will have different reactions. However I'm sure a remaster/remake would polish it up some.

Now is this true? I have no idea, it is interesting that little Baten Kaitos things keep sneaking into Smash but that's likely just Sakurai's museum curator thing so I won't read too deeply into it. If true hopefully we would eventually get Origins, which is a better game in many ways and would need less re-polish to be releasable (the VA is actually very good!).
 
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