Atlus announces Dokapon Journey, delays
by JC Fletcher 
{ Feb 3rd 2009 at 7:00PM }
Apparently, Wii and PS2 owners bought a sufficient number of copies of Dokapon Kingdom, because Atlus has announced that they're localizing Dokapon Journey, for release on April 14 -- just as Amazon.ca "predicted"!
In another press release, Atlus announced delays for some of their upcoming handheld games. The mindblowingly awesome-looking Tokyo Beat Down is now coming out March 31st, The Dark Spire is scheduled for April 14th, and Steal Princess is out April 21st. We don't mind having all the Atlus releases spaced out a bit, really.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
HotLimit @ Feb 3rd 2009 11:45PM
I just have to bring this up again because 'Tokyo Beatdown' is getting a lot of undeserved hype: it's not that great of a game. It's too simplistic, but not in a fun Turtles in Time/Streets of Rage kind of way. Cool characters and awesome art, but no multiplayer combined with sub-par gameplay was too much for me to enjoy it. I usually love the stuff Atlus decides to bring over, but this was an unpleasant surprise.
As for Dokapon Journey, I haven't played it yet, but I'm glad to see it's getting a US release. The number of hybrid RPG/Board games in Asia is huge, and a lot of them are really fun (like fantasy 3 kingdoms and stuff). Hopefully the AI is more forgiving than Itadaki Street!
Maxim @ Feb 4th 2009 7:18AM
how can you play the game if it didn't come out yet? or is it out already in Japan?
HotLimit @ Feb 4th 2009 2:50PM
It came out in Japan earlier last year, I was in Hong Kong at the time so it was really easy to get a copy.
Maxim @ Feb 5th 2009 5:15AM
i thought it was only going to be released in NA.
what's the name of the game than?
Mabui @ Feb 4th 2009 12:16AM
Dokapon Kingdom is nearly useless alone. Yet, with like minded friends, it can be an enjoyable- albeit long experience. Hopefully Dokapon Journey is a better single player game.
b003 @ Feb 4th 2009 3:56PM
The stuff atlus put out makes it look pretty good. Never played it either. Monster collecting or bashing not sure.