New Atlus RPGs

A Super Robot Wars game in English??? Like, no fooling? Man, my brother is going to be pissing himself in excitement for a week.

Super Robot Wars: Original Generation is probably an entrance test to see if the series has any potential here. It's the safest bet because it's all Banpresto original characters, and they sidestep any sticky licensing issues. There's a small fanbase that would be all over any SRW game, but it's the mainstream audience that's the tricky part.

If they can find enough fans that will embrace the tactical combat system, it's a sure-fire thing that they'll try porting one of the main games over here. The OG games give people a familiar contact in the games where the characters first appeared, and there's plenty of animes people are familiar with represented in the games to keep people's attention. They might not have any idea who the hell Voltes V is, but they sure as hell can sell the product on Gundam Wing.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I've heard unsubstantiated rumors for a long time to the effect that Banpresto was toying with the idea of a US Super Robot Wars, using only robots from animes that were released stateside. Probably just fan speculation, but it wouldn't be a bad idea. I really think there's enough of a fan base to carry the series here if they can get their foot in the door.

Put Gundam Wing and Evangelion all over the cover and you'll get the anime nuts, and the strategy gamers should appreciate it too, since it's actually an honest-to-God good strategy series. It tends to be on the ridiculously fucking hard side of the difficulty spectrum most of the time, but there's (now) actual depth to the system, which always surprises me.

There's nowhere I can't reach.