EU users have known it's September for awhile.
US, JP and AU dates have yet to be confirmed, but I am assuming unless there's a Fusion-esque situation it'll be out within a week or two in at least the NTSC-A region.
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EU users have known it's September for awhile.
US, JP and AU dates have yet to be confirmed, but I am assuming unless there's a Fusion-esque situation it'll be out within a week or two in at least the NTSC-A region.
No, it will be only one region;)
here is the link
http://www.wipeoutzone.com/forum/sho...0&postcount=29
stevie:)
By "NTSC-A Region" I meant Canada & the US.
So let me rephrase: Hopefully, it will be out in the US & Canada shortly around the time of the EU release, am I right...?
Awesomeness. Thanks guys.
If there are no online region restrictions, doesn't that mean that downloaded content would have to be cross compatible?
This time around there wont be different downloads for different regions, so the titles will match up - unlike last time.
Ah! That's great to know. It means I won't have to buy three different versions this time!
But there'll still be three different cover designs? ;)
Since when do handheld games come in different TV-standard-formats? There's no such thing as an NTSC or PAL PSP game, only an US, J or EU (UK and contintental Europe) version, that's got nothing to do with PAL, NTSC, SECAM, or on whatever standard TV sets run there
It's just the conventional way of dividing up the regions.
Historically, aside from the different TV standards, NTSC-A versions have only needed localising into American-English, while PAL versions have needed at least English, French, Italian, German and Spanish (EFIGS).
Sometimes old habits die hard (4.0). ;)
I was wondering about the "different region version" issues as well. Glad to know that we are (probably) looking at (effectively) a single version to be released worldwide, with the same downloadable content.
So... does this mean that for time trial competition and the like that there will be a single ladder for JPN, NA and EUR versions? Just curious.
I'll be watching release dates closely as we get closer to September, trying to decide if it's worth importing to get the game a few week early :hyper
If yes Pulse could have been called WipEout Unified
8)
If there will be ladders on the official webpage, will there be WOZ tables at all? I'm thinking Fusion... Or is WOZ going to be the official Site for record hunters? ;) Has this been discussed before? So many questions, so litte time. Zathras!
Ben (tired)
LOL!
Zathras was awesome! :D
Sadly, Zathras creature of great burden. ;)
I don't know if I'm at liberty to say anything about the official site, but I imagine WipEoutZone will step in if there's a shortfall in functionality.
No one understand Zathrus. Not even Zathrus understand Zathrus!
B5 fans here? All this time? Wow! Looking forward to Lost Tales. Now I got something else to have talk to Task about over drinks on Saturday ;)
Back to Pulse, I really hope we get a definitive answer about when the game is coming to my side of the pond. I'm glad that Europe will be getting the game first. Lord knows you guys get shafted a lot of times for release dates. I'm really worrying that the ball may be dropped with all this momentum the game has. Especially with the gaming press here in North America. They're making it sound like PSP's killer app.
I'm definitely in favor of a unified ladder system, for two reasons. First, it makes participants' life much simpler-- you don't have to buy separate versions of the game to participate with the most active region.
Second, it should help consolidate competition. The ladder system for WOZ is awesome, however, IMO, it suffers a bit from having so many options for participation. Not only are there multiple games but there are multiple regions for each, and then lap and race times, time trials and single races, and five different speed classes. Anything that consolidates gamer efforts into a smaller number of events is a good thing, or at least, it would seem that way to me ;)
Gajo: It is the PSP's killer app, don't you know. Of course, my idea of North American reception towards WipEout games has always been
"It's an outstanding game, but it's biggest flaw is that it's not Grand Theft Auto/Halo 3/Final Fantasy MCMLXCVII."
No offense, but I've always felt that the mainstream gaming press here has essentially given WO the shaft....-_- and the IGN features were all from IGN Australia, don't you know.