Horror, survival, and ... incest? Theresia localization announced
Aksys has announced that it will be localizing Theresia, a title jointly developed by Workjam and Arc System Works, for a U.S. release in October. Not to blow our own trumpet or anything, but The game will join a small but growing group of DS survival horror titles played from the first-person perspective, and incorporates many staple features of the genre: corridor exploration, the collecting of clues, and deadly traps.
It also appears to have a fairly dark storyline, including ... unusual family relationships. Aksys Associate Marketing Manager Harry Chang notes that the female protagonist "loves her mom... a lot". Could this be a reference to something incestuous? We've consulted resident psychic JC for another prediction, and used our "incest" tag, just in case.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nigeria @ Jul 7th 2008 5:15PM
That picture screams incest, or David Bowie.
Erik @ Jul 7th 2008 9:43PM
To me it looks like Light Yagami. When I saw the pic, I was thinking it was th announcement of the Death Note games for US, then I read the title. It made me sad. I need more Death Note since they... ok I wont spoil it for people, so just watch or read it.
Zealot @ Jul 7th 2008 5:40PM
I saw the picture before the title and thought one of the Death Note games was getting localized. That guy looks a little like Yagami Light.
The fact that this is getting published by Aksys worries me a bit. After the Jake Hunter fiasco, their taste in adventure games, professionalism of translation, etc. could be considered questionable. We'll just have to see if they've learned from their mistakes.
Mr Khan @ Jul 7th 2008 7:30PM
I saw the image and thought DeathNote also
such a gripping series, sad that it's finished here in the States
Mr Khan @ Jul 7th 2008 7:29PM
DS fanboy: proud to be the first and only joystiq family member to have an active and growing incest tag
Alisha Karabinus @ Jul 8th 2008 1:09AM
Just to offset it, we also have this one:
dsfanboy.com/tag/noooooo
TJF588 @ Jul 8th 2008 4:06AM
Incestua; Death Note corridors...
Let's see, Light's family ("familay"? LOL typo) includes... uck. Not a good choice of incestuosities.
BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ Jul 8th 2008 4:41PM
Wait a second... "loves HER mom a lot"?
Lesbian incest?! :O
If that's true, well... I can see this sparking a bit of controversy (partly for the incest thing, and partly for the girly action).
supa_s @ Jul 10th 2008 2:17AM
Well given it *is* a Japanese game, I wouldn't be surprised if there was something freaky happening behind closed doors.