Solatorobo goes gold and the website is live!

[H.Protagonist]

Official Press release:


XSEED Games Confirms Gold Status for Solatorobo: Red the Hunter for Nintendo DS and Ship Date of September 27 in North America

Critically acclaimed RPG Game Celebrates Upcoming Release with Full Web Site Launch

Torrance, Calif. (September 9, 2011) – Fans will soon take to the skies! XSEED Games, an independent-minded publisher, is pleased to announce today that the upcoming action RPG title, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter for the Nintendo DS™ handheld system has gone gold and is slated to ship to retailers across North America on September 27, 2011. The game will give players the option to play in English, Spanish, and French. The first run copies of Solatorobo: Red the Hunter will contain a bonus soundtrack CD at an MSRP of $34.99. To help celebrate the upcoming launch, XSEED Games is launching the official product web site, www.solatorobo.com, which fans can access to get more information on the game along with a host of gorgeous art and assets.

Developed by renowned Japanese games studio CyberConnect2, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter is the spiritual successor to the PlayStation classic Tail Concerto, and features a vibrant anime art style and a unique fantasy world of floating islands and airships. Solatorobo's soundtrack is equally memorable, with music composed by famed Japanese musician Chikayo Fukuda (.hack series), and both the game's Opening and Ending songs were sung by LeiN (Tomoyo Mitani and Chikayo Fukuda).

Literally translated “Sky and Robot,” Solatorobo: Red the Hunter is set high in the clouds of the Shepherd Republic, where two races of anthropomorphic dog- and cat-like people live their everyday lives with the aid of robot mechs, or Robos. The game follows the adventures of dog-like Red Savarin, a buccaneer for hire out looking to make a quick buck. While on a mission to retrieve some files for a client, Red unwittingly sets in place a series of events that will lead him to fight for the survival of the entire planet and discover his true inner potential.

Solatorobo: Red the Hunter will be released in North America by XSEED Games for Nintendo DS on September 27, 2011. Solatorobo: Red the Hunter carries an ESRB E10+ rating.

[Terro]

Literally translated “Sky and Robot,” Solatorobo: Red the Hunter

Ohhhh..... I always thought the word looked odd. I never realized it was literally "sora to robo" >_> I wonder why 'r' to 'l' change though? To flow better when (attempting) saying it?

[Ryusui]

Japanese doesn't have an "r" or "l" sound. What they have is a liquid consonant somewhere between the two. It's usually rendered as "r" when romanizing Japanese words into English, but Japanese titles often ignore the standard Hepburn (Western) and Kunrei (Japanese) romanization systems in favor of style/euphony. Another example of inconsistent r/l use would, of course, be "LocoRoco," which is コロコロ ("korokoro," the sound of something rolling) backwards.

[BACONBACONBACON]

What does go gold mean? Is it like BACON?

[H.Protagonist]

What does go gold mean? Is it like BACON?

Direct from our own Onii-San in Marketing:

"Gone Gold" is when the final master copy has been produced at the developer and sent off for replication, packaging and shipment.

The term itself comes from the old practice of recordable CDs being manufactured with gold film. Hence the gold colored CD actually being the source, with no reference to copies sold as in the recording industry."

So, it's like when bacon is first butchered from a fresh piggy, beautifully cut and waiting to be fried.

[H.Protagonist]

Did I mention that I love your user name?

[BACONBACONBACON]

Thanks for saying that.

[perrandy]

awesome! so this also could mean that you might be moving on to other unannounced projects,right?cant wait to get the game

[Megamixer]

Congrats! I can feel the excitement building even more up to its release!

Direct from our own Onii-San in Marketing:

"Gone Gold" is when the final master copy has been produced at the developer and sent off for replication, packaging and shipment.

What happens to the final master copy when production ceases? Whos lucky hands does it fall into... (please don't say a dumpster)?

[Ventara]

Congrats! I can feel the excitement building even more up to its release!



What happens to the final master copy when production ceases? Whos lucky hands does it fall into... (please don't say a dumpster)?

A tournament style fighting competition is the only way to settle something like that.

Anyways, I've been on the fence about this (mostly due to my recent acquisition of a 3DS and my attempt to catch up to all the awesome DS games, causing me to go broke), but finally decided that Professor Layton 4 can wait and made my preorder today. I'm really looking forward to this, what with the unique gamestyle and complete soundtrack CD.