Operation Bluebird needs your help (Zero Escape 3)

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The creator of the Zero Escape series Kotaro Uchikoshi has recently announced that there probably won't be a third game to the series, as it didn't sell well enough in Japan and as such he can't get the third game greenlit.

In a series of tweets he mentioned the sad news and now fans of the series have reacted with Operation Bluebird.

The page aims to get the game funded, either by crowd sourcing or kickstarter and could possibly be the only way that gamers get to finish the story started with the DS only title; Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.

Show your support for Zero Escape 3 by visiting and liking the Operation Bluebird Facebook page here

Operation Bluebird

 

[Clydefrosch]

to be honest, the first game never made enough sense to me to even want to play the second game.

 

[Gahars]

Wait, they got ELO on board?

Maybe they have a shot after all.

 

[Arras]

I totally would... if it wasn't a facebook page. I'm not creating an account just for this.

 

[Super.Nova]

For all it's worth, I'm with this all the way.

 

[WiiUBricker]

The problem here is that for this to succeed the japanese people need to show their support.

 

[FireEmblemGuy]

Yeah, I like the idea, but I don't really know that it's going to do much good. As stated above, it's not the English-speaking communities that are going to sway Chunsoft any.

Even if it were, has this ever truly worked? I'm pretty sure even when the 'big 3' Wii JRPGs got localized, everyone involved denied that Operation Rainfall really had anything to do with it.

 

[Joe88]

facebook "likes" arnt going to do anything for the actual cause

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maybe if people go out and actually buy the games rather then downloading roms
but to be fair VN's are a bit of niche genre, japan particularly is flooded with them, so trying to stand out from the crowd is a bit hard
even phoenix wright games face the same troubles lately

 

[Mario92]

facebook "likes" arnt going to do anything for the actual cause

maybe if people go out and actually buy the games rather then downloading roms
but to be fair VN's are a bit of niche genre, japan particularly is flooded with them, so trying to stand out from the crowd is a bit hard
even phoenix wright games face the same troubles lately

If you talk about charity via facebook likes then no - they aren't going to work. For gaming howerer it usually shows that there's at least some interest for title. Project Diva F got ported because Sega asked if there was interest for it and there was tons of likes and shares. Of course it should account where Miku is super popular in itself I'm pretty sure far less people have heard of Zero Escape series.

I was almost about to say that there's no way to pirate 3DS games
VLR has been on numerous sales on eShop and I think on EU it's right now.

 

[Cyberdrive]

Facebook... Oh well. Liked anyway, 999 was almost as good as Ever17. Hopefully this one will be a 3DS title.
Also thanks to fakenamegenerator.com and whatever was the third or so Google result of "disposable email" search query.

 

[YayMii]

I kinda doubt that this would do anything. They're not making the game because of a lack of Japanese sales. They already know that this game has a sizable English following.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

facebook "likes" arnt going to do anything for the actual cause

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maybe if people go out and actually buy the games rather then downloading roms
but to be fair VN's are a bit of niche genre, japan particularly is flooded with them, so trying to stand out from the crowd is a bit hard
even phoenix wright games face the same troubles lately

At first, I thought that it would be great if that was actually how "likes" worked. But then I thought about it, and Justin Bieber would be a god by now... so no thanks. Sorry, thirsty people.

I liked the page. But that doesn't really mean squat. I also liked the Megaman Legends 3 and Funimation Shin-chan pages, but here we are with no ML3 or more Shin-Chan. The only way this will actually work is if the creator gets a kickstarter or something similar, then I can actually donate to the cause.

 

[Ulieq]

Lets do an English only release then.

 

[ChaosBoi]

If it's anything, even Uchikoshi himself acknowledges and is supporting this campaign through his English twitter and facebook page. But yeah, they really should advertise this on Japanese sites for more support because Spike Chunsoft only cares about Japan.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Its sad that always the good series need to die while shit COD is still there.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

Its sad that always the good series need to die while shit COD is still there.

Sometimes I wish I was born a dudebro. They have it so much easier...

 

[kernelPANIC]

Well, it may not do much, but I followed that page hoping that they will announce some sort of Kickstarter program for the third game.

 

[Clarky]

Wait, they got ELO on board?

Maybe they have a shot after all.

Paul McCartney wants this shit too apparently

 

[T-hug]

The facebook likes page are just to gauge interest, If it gets 1 milliion likes then thats potentially a million sales. Something like that anyway.
It's just an easy way to gauge interest instead of having tons of separate petitions that no one really takes seriously.

 

[pokefloote]

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...nsidering_new_options_for_possible_third_game

Not sure if it's directly because of the likes on Facebook, but now he's looking at other options.