Fate/Extra Western Release! Also: Sequel Planned!

And introduce you to another person that you'll probably hate for life. (If you haven't read Fat4e/Zero first... lol)

You mean Zouken good sir?

Edit: *sigh* its dead here

Yeah I know. I've been busy with some stuff and it seems most folks don't talk about a game after the first week it's out. At least there's always the main-stays, and the hopefully eventual release of the sequel to keep this thread up once in a while.

OT: Sounds like a real asshole of a guy. In SMT there's some Chinese guardian spirit or something named Zouken. He has immense strength attributes.

Oh, and for shits and giggles I made an IB thread for Fate wifey/man-bitches.
Also saw the rules didn't prohibit Fate characters from made-up Fate material. Should be a good laugh, you know, as in what the waifu contest was (hopefully) meant to be before it became srs business.

So fate/Apocrypha is just a light novel...
http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Apocrypha

I'll read it if translated but remember fate zero started out as a light novel

As I thought, since it's kinda impossible to make the Fate universe into a "working" online game.

It wouldn't be funny to see more than one people using the same Servant. lol

I agree that's why I was triping out when I saw MMORPG but was somewhat relieved when I saw cancelled

It would be a world full of Sabers. There'd be so much blond it would blot out the sun.

I'm curious about the novella, but I've come to enjoy the idea of any given Saber not being a historical religious figure. Something tells me Nasu or many other Japanese authors wouldn't give the... How do I say this without sounding racist or sound like I'm putting down Nasu as an author?
...Ah! There we go:
There's a serious cultural divide when it comes down to Western religion and Japanese fiction. One of the biggest series to date, Evangelion, is overloaded with convoluted religious symbolism, and to what end?
The writers thought it was cool.

I don't think Nasu is dense like those writers, though. Not at all. After reading FSN and reading/playing Extra, I believe he's a very capable writer (if pretty inconsistent on rules). I don't, however, think that he's up to the task of writing a story with Jeane D'Arc as the heroine in his Fate universe. Maybe a Legendary Soul like her, but not her. To be honest I doubt he can really pull off a truly religious character at all, at least not one firmly grounded in Catholicism.
Plus, as cool as it might seem, he'd already be starting with a massive handicap: Jeane D'Arc and the Holy Grail.

He managed to get away with it in regards to the characters we already know, despite many of them ever making a wish on the grail not making any sense (I think it works better in Extra since the servants are created from human history, and though it's kind of vague if they are just data or if they're legitimately the reincarnations of past souls, it's obvious none of them had to make a deal with the Holy Grail to become Servants).
_No religious individual would make a wish on anything. This goes for more than just Catholics, of course. No one who worships a god/gods would turn to the Holy Grail, even if they didn't know it was evil as hell. It's...kind of a big deal. Worshipers, from what I've come to understand, would refuse wishes because they know their god(s) don't like them taking an easy way through whatever tribulation they are struggling through. Basically "the merit of human perseverance and the worshiper's reliance on their diety(ies)" makes the idea of them making a wish unacceptably absurd.
Unless they're like Kotomine, but Kotomine isn't a Catholic Saint, so...

King Aurthuria making a wish made sense since she was intimately tied to the search for the Holy Grail in the stories. Nero (why didn't they make a female version of that name?) was from a plot with totally different rules. Jeane D'Arc? Unless he makes another Fate story with different rules (which would be the best way to me), it's going to be really hard fitting in that wish/deal thing into her background. It'll also be hard for him to bring a Catholic protagonist to the Japanese fanbase. It's already hard enough to have such a character in the West. And though some might bring up Nero as an example of making a historical figure into a good protagonist, that was actually a great example of what I'm talking about:
Saber Nero is nothing like Nero. She's conceited, but assertive. She's fascinated with beauty, loves poetry and showing off, but she also abhors unchivelrous acts and senseless violence, has a firm sense of justice, and takes responsibility for her actions.
Saber Extra Red is the antithesis of the pot-bellied, double-chinned emperor who started a long and horrific holocaust against the Christians.

So, yeah. Who knows? I don't think he can do it, but maybe he can. Maybe he'll surprise the hell out of me and knock me on my ass. All I can say for sure is that the odds are against him.


I WILL say that I'm still holding out for CCC and a dating sim featuring the wide cast of the entire Fate universe, done in a Carnival Phantasm comedy style.

Honestly I am not all that interested in religion im not denying it or anything just if a Anime/Manga/Game distorts something about it meh so be it because no matter how much we wish it were real its still just a Anime/Manga/Game.

As to other games I would also like to see another Battle Moon Wars with all the new characters added from the Nasuverse.

and cant wait for Mahou Tsukai no Yoru.

What's that? I looked it up but I didn't get much info.

As for the religion: You're right, mate, and while many have the same feeling you do (which is always a blessing to a writer since it gives them a little more breathing room when writing with a religion/religious character), there's still a lot to consider when writing with fireworks like that. Done right it can be a beautiful display. Done wrong, you lose half your hand and your nose.

...Battle Moon Wars?
EDIT: That is incredibly adorable and I need to see a 3D sequel. I want Ultraman and Saber fighting side-by-side. Come on, Japan! I know you can do it!

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/09/05/fateextra-ccc-destined-for-psp-this-spring/
US release slated for October and it is in fact a direct sequel as I speculated according to that link.

BMW was great and a 3D sequel might be interesting but I wouldn't mind it staying 2D

Fate/Prototype will have a 12-min. animation upon the release is carnival phantasm season 3.
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/12/29/fateprototype-anime-short-to-abridge-type-moons-original-fatestay-night-story/
Here’s Prototype’s Saber:

Now that's King Arthur in the flesh ...er , animated anyway.
And here’s his master, Ayaka Sajou:

I really like stories with a female main character.

edit: wait , it's already out!
http://www.gogoanime.com/fate-prototype-ova
Prototype lancer looks so badass.

AKA How Fate should've been if it wasn't for the bitter-sweet sex changes


Very nice, mate! Thanks. I really like stories with female protagonists too, but only when they make them realistically and not overly-cold or overly-shy. Considering how well Rin came out, I'm sure Nasu could've made a very good female protagonist for the original concept.



I already posted this up before, my main Fate man. I didn't see a US release mentioned there.
I forgot it said it would be a direct continuation, though. No other way to interpret that. You're most likely right!

I was about to say that it was already out then noticed your edit

But If Fate/Prototype was released as a VN, it would be an Otome Game lol. That's why Nasu changed the genders, since the majority of VN players at that time were males.

Hahahaa~ Yeah, you're right about that. While I do think it should've gone Prototype's direction from that start, I did enjoy female Saber, Rin and Sakura, which just further proves your point.

look what i found:

Read This!
I wish i could buy this;:
More pics.

Well, finally got around to opening it and started playing.

and the pure awesomeness of Saber blew you away right. Its ok it happens to most people.

jokes aside hope you enjoy it half as much as I did

I'm not into Fate/Zero, but even I have to admit that is a great piece. If I had money to burn I'd snatch it in a heartbeat too.


Your avatar is blowing me away. I wish that was from an optional scene in CCC.