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gimme a minute (GSK)
btw, at City Connection's 20th-anniversary live event last month, somebody build them a shrine out of used MoePro carts
January 9, 2026 at 6:09 AM
possibly, although it seems like it'd be fairly straightforward to emulate (or even just continue to mimic a la VC) if one was so inclined
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
iirc they straight up stole the emulator for those releases too, but I might have my wires crossed with another FC/NES-on-GBA release
January 9, 2026 at 5:55 AM
they still merchandise the hell out of it, ofc, but they're between a rock and a hard place when it comes to earnestly trying to sell or revive a series known for being broken a hundred times over (not as true of Bases Loaded)

they made a new retro version in 2016, so they're about due for retry
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 AM
icymi, the Digital Pictures FMV library (which includes a few games already reissued by LRG & several others, including the recently-announced Slam City & Prize Fighter), was recently sold to them, too—as in, it seems they personally own them, not their former or current companies
January 7, 2026 at 10:08 AM
nope, it's by the European team that did Rainbow Cotton, X-Out etc for ININ
January 7, 2026 at 6:54 AM
anyway, R-Type Cosmos 1+2's out in March, so that might be make or break... that or that Formation Z game they've been making forever, and if they really expect that to save them, they're screwed
January 7, 2026 at 2:42 AM
two other affiliated companies are also implicated; Granzella's statement says their backpay has been paid in instalments & will be cleared up by spring... so, the reportage is only misleading inasmuch as it might imply the issues are localised to Granzella, but they still owe a bunch of money
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
(the other takeaway: the complete difference in reactions to this news from laypersons vs. JP gamedev associates who are like "must be nice to work for a company that publicly admits to not paying ppl, what an age we're in")
January 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Granzella's statement claims that the reportage is inaccurate; they say employees were consulted about & agreed to postpone salaries for a 3mo stretch in '23 & it took until mid-'25 to pay them back

whatever the case, the firm takeaway is that Granzella's barely stayed afloat since 2023
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 AM
these are all made near-solely by Kimura: the first game, Elemental Dragoon (made in RPG Maker MV), is free due to having bugs that Kimura couldn't fix & therefore didn't feel it was right to charge people

the new games (prequels to Emerald Dragoon made in RPG Maker MZ) are ¥1000 each
January 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
ah, damn
January 1, 2026 at 8:16 AM
does it run any better?
January 1, 2026 at 7:08 AM
well they just turned Ripple Island into an Overcooked clone so I won't even try to guess how Route 2026 is gonna turn out
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 AM
oh and IGA said they're still not quite done with OG Bloodstained... Switch 2 port, I suppose
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 AM