It’ll take some real hocus pocus to get this one localized…
We’re gettinga newRiver City Ransomgamesoon enough, andthat’s darn exciting. What’s less exciting is the fact that a bunch ofnewKunio-Kungameshave been announced for the3DS over the past few years, but none of them have made it out of Japan. For those not well versed in their history of Japanese beat ’em ups, theKunio-Kunseries is the parent to games likeRiver City Ransom,Renegade,Super Dodgeball, andCrash ‘n the Boys. Kunio is a big deal, though a lot of his fans don’t even know who he is.
Now yet another Kunio game is headed to the 3DS eShop. This one looks like it borrows heavily from classic JRPGs, which might make for an interesting change of pace. Will we ever get to play it? Given how large the 3DS’s install base is, and how profitable some eShop games have been, I imagine that a smart publisher would be able to turn a profit from localizingHot-Blooded Magic Tale Kunio-Kun. With the rights toRiver City Ransomalready tied up, I’m not sure what they’d call it though.Rungo’s Cast a Spell Lets Hurt ’em Kidsmight be good.
Hot-blood Magic Tale (Kunio-Kun title) hitting 3DS eShop[GoNintendo]
