After announcing that they’re porting Higurashi When They Cry to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, Kaga Create have been pretty busy with another port for Vita with Hyakka Ryouran Elixir.
“We’ve been aware that the original translation for Higurashi was not the best it could’ve been,” MangaGamer say about the upcoming Steam release of the game.
The almost universally dreadful results of the 30 year history of game to movie adaptations, particularly where Hollywood is involved, are highlighted here by Japanese movie fans in this unsurprisingly abysmal ranking. Here are the top ten movies that Japanese gamers couldn't believe were made into movies.
(Warning: Source is NSFW)
Each of the games mentioned have the potential to make a great movie.
Unfortunately the film devs / script writers rarely seem to up to the job.
That's the most annoying thing about it, The franchise chosen for a movie iteration is usually pretty popular, that's why it's chosen in the 1st place. But instead of using the source material and sticking close to what actually made the games popular, the directors seem to have the need to change everything, and it just ends up a complete mess
Considering the millions and millions of dollars that went into making these movies, I'm surprised at least one of them didn't end up being a fantastic blockbuster.
I mean, statistically you'd think at least one would be good with the amount of cash that went into making them. :(
It was actually popular in Japan?
By the way, I'm still waiting for the Onechanbara Z Kagura game to come out next year. I need something pretty to fap to while cutting zombies in half.
Or Mortal Kombat, for that matter! haha :D
(Who would have thought MK would ever be made into a movie...let alone a good one!)
Fair enough! :)
(Though I'm now interested in knowing how popular the game-to-movie adaptations based off American games were in Japan)
GameZone: "For fans of the Higurashi: When They Cry series of all-age visual novels, MangaGamer has announced this week that the eighth and final chapter of the mystery series will be released on July 15. Entitled Higurashi: Matsuribiyashi, the chapter continues from where the last one left off, leaving all of the players and pieces from the last couple of chapters at wits end as everything moves in perpetual motion."
Dunno about the all-age visual novel part tough, Higurashi has its brutal and psychopathic parts as well. Dunno about the answer arcs tough.
I really hope at least some of these vn's get more attention, there are plenty good with really good plot but many just tend to ignore them for the AO rated fan service that they tend to offer. (Note: Manga gamer offers more suitable versions for those who prefer the slightly cut version)
Would buy Higurashi but I have yet to convince myself on DL only games/visual novels.
It is worth noticing that 90% of the JP PS Vita games are actually Visual Novel games. Whether we are missing out, is the real question.