XSEED Says Rune Factory 4’s European Release Was Cancelled Due To Technical Difficulties

Marvelous AQL announced earlier this year that it would – regrettably – cancel Rune Factory 4’s release in Europe. An official statement was released by Marvelous saying it was just “not possible” to secure the 3DS game’s arrival on European shores. Though there was no specific reason given by the company, it was widely speculated that the bankruptcy filed by the title’s developer, Neverland, was the cause of the cancellation.

After many months of silence on the issue, the franchise’s US publisher XSEED has stated that the cancellation was due to technical difficulties. Due to Neverland’s unfortunate circumstances, the game’s main coders and programmers are no longer working for the company and, while the current team did everything they could, it inevitably caused heartache for European fans. Here’s what XSEED said in response to a fan on the Facebook page:

“Wish it was that easy as obviously everyone involved in the project would love to see it released in Europe, but it’s very difficult from a technical aspect since the people closest to the code are all gone (the Forbidden Magna team does have people from Neverland, yes, but for example the main programmer for RF4 is not one of them).”