If you are getting hyped for the localized version of The Legend of Legacy on Nintendo 3DS, Atlus hopes to reassure your purchase. The game, which released in Japan on January 22, 2015, is hitting North America in a couple of days with some major changes to gameplay. According to an Atlus representative on NeoGAF, these mostly include grinding in the New Game Plus mode:
So here’s the deal about the adjustments we made in bringing the game to the west. By and large, they mostly affect NG+.
In NG+, all the money and formations you designed now carry over. Any special weapons you created will also be available to purchase in the shop.
Drop rates for items and materials was increased across the board. Drop rate for rare items goes up in subsequent NG+. FICTITIOUS EXAMPLE TO ILLUSTRATE THIS POINT: The made-up drop rates for a rare item could be in the first 1st Game – 1%, in NG+ 5%, NG++ 8%, NG+++ 10% etc. Let me stress that these numbers are made up and I have no idea what they are for actual items.
Finally, the time it takes the trade ship to return is decreased substantially. The ship uses real-world time, and we’ve decreased the amount of time it takes to return.
Basically, the adjustments were to cut down on the amount of grinding in subsequent playthroughs, making NG+ a little more palatable for western audiences.
While many gameplay updates can be divisive among the fanbase, it seems like these are being made for the better. The Legend of Legacy will be available for Nintendo 3DS in North America on October 13, 2015 and in Europe early 2016. Are you looking forward to the title?
Phew… The title scared me for a minute there. I thought it was going to be the worst kind of changes that result in “Why the fuck did they change this!? It was fine the other way!” or “What the fuck were they thinking!? This change is worse!” Then again, this is Atlus, not NintenD’OH!, we’re talking about here.
LOL. US is too weak to handle a hard game.
Grinding does not equal hard
Yea, grinding equals boredom.
It’s all in the eye of the beholder. It lengthens the title either way so requires more effort.