Fall 2007 Rpg release calendar heating up!

[Dragonsoul]

We are discovering gradually which top rpg's will come out in the fall of this year. We just found out that three Mistwalker games are coming out this fall! The Fall season will be much better than the Spring season of this year. I will list all of the top rpg's coming out, and list when the roughly announced release date is and when they will probably actually come out. For example, Wild Arms: The Vth Vanguard was listed for summer quarter(Jul/Aug/Sep) but I think it'll come out in early August to seperate itself from Blue Dragon, Dragon Quest Swords, and Fable 2. These are just partially educated guesses for fun so we can all see how the release schedule for the fall is going to turn out.

Fall season, chronological order...
Wild Arms: The Vth Vanguard - Early August[PS 2]
(Announced for summer quarter[jul/aug/sep], but probably early August to get out there before Blue Dragon/Dragon Quest Swords/Fable 2?)
Blue Dragon - Late August[August 27th][Xbox 360]
(Announced for August, probably August 27th, high profile weekend, like Xenosaga 3/Disgaea 2 was last year)
Dragon Quest Swords - Mid/Late Sep[Wii]
(Not announced but probably fall, probably Sep/Oct to not compete with the early/late fall titles, between Blue Dragon and Fable 2 to space out those competing Xbox 360 titles. I'm thinking mid/late Sep.)
Fable 2 - Late Sep or Oct[Xbox 360]
(Not announced but probably fall, probably Sep/Oct to not compete with the early/late fall titles. I'm thinking late Sep or anytime in Oct.)
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix - Late Oct[PS 2]
(Not announced but probably fall this year. Probably late Oct or during Nov because this is a huge release and will get a prime spot during that time period. I am actually thinking Late Oct so it can get out before Square Enix's other huge game Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings and give FF: RW the primetime mid/late November spot)
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings - Mid/Late Nov[DS]
(Not announced but probably fall this year. Probably late Oct or during Nov because this is a huge release and will get a prime spot during that time period. I am actually thinking Mid/Late Nov so that it is able to let Square Enix's other huge game Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix come out. Square Enix will probably give a better launch date to FF: RW rather than KH II: FM.)
The Elder Scrolls IV: The Shivering Isles - Mid/Late Nov[PS 3]
(Not announced but probably fall this year. Probably during mid/late Nov because this is a huge release and mid/late Nov is the best specific time for rpg's, like Zelda(Action rpg) was last year on Nov 19th and The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine was on Nov 21st last year. Also note that the Xbox 360 and PC will have already released this title by March so this PS 3 release of this game may not get a super high profile Mid/Late Nov release date but could come out earlier than that, also in atleast in part because the PS 3 community won't want to wait for this game.)
Lost Odyssey - Early/Mid Dec[Xbox 360]
(Announced for December around Christmas. I am not sure what time in December though because it could come early. Probably needs to come out at a seperate time from ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat, another Mistwalker title. They anounced this would come out first so I am thinking early/mid December to give some space.)
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat - Mid/Late Dec[DS]
(Announced for December around Christmas. I am not sure what time in December though because it could come late. Needs to come out at a seperate time from Lost Odyssey, another Mistwalker title. They anounced this would come out after it so I am thinking mid/late December to give some space.)

[NeoCracker]

Blue dragons schedualed for June.

[Dragonsoul]

That's what I read earlier, June 1st, on it's Wikipedia article. But Rpgamer.com released this article on March 6th...

Mistwalker Scoring Hat Trick in North America
http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q1-2007/030607b.html
"The first will be Blue Dragon for the Xbox 360. ... It will be hopping the pond in August."
So apparently they changed the release date from June 1st to August, or the June 1st date was never accurate. Where did that June 1st date come from?

[XxSephirothxX]

There was never an officially announced release date for the US, that I know of, until the August one, which was just announced yesterday or the day before.

[Yuriev's ghost]

Not interested in any of those games besides FFXII:RW and only because it's for a platform I actually own.

[NeoCracker]

I was at EB Games earlier, and there archives say its June. IT may have changed and they didn't update it yet though. They've had a june release for a while.

[Dragonsoul]

I got Blue Dragon's release date from Wikipedia.org article on it. Anyways, another top DS title is coming out, ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat. It's a tactical rpg by Mistwalker, who also are creating Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, and Cry On(not sure what their next project is, maybe a Chrono Cross sequel I hope.). ASH is schedule to come out in December, but so is Lost Odyssey, by them, and will come out after Lost Odyssey. So look for ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat in mid/late December. I'm happy!

I'm annoyed, it takes a ton of work to beat these new top rpg's but I also want to beat the old top rpg's I never beaten yet and are on my backlog. Specifically Radical Dreamers, Xenogears, Chrono Cross, and Vagrant Story, gargh!

[XxSephirothxX]

EB has a bad tendency to just guess when a game will be released and post it up like it's fact. You can usually tell if they set it to a release like the first day of the month. For instance, they list Halo 3 as being launched on November 1st, but Microsoft hasn't yet announced an official release for the game.

[NeoCracker]

Not really surprised.

[Dragonsoul]

A positive effect of Blue Dragon being released on August(probably Tuesday August 27th!) is that it gives me an ability to take my time with Final Fantasy XII, Rogue Galaxy, Alundra 1, and Mass Effect during this Spring and Summer. Also, I might be less interested in Mass Effect, it seems like a 3rd person shooter rpg, very similar to an action game or a first person shooter. Part of me is like: "Is this an Rpg?". Lost Odyssey is cool!

[JKTrix]

I think people are skewed to what an 'RPG' is because of the abundance/popularity of Japanese styled games. Play Knights of the Old Republic.

Mass Effect is currently the most interesting RPG of the year--partly because it's a completely different style than the others by a high caliber developer, and mostly because it will be here sooner :P

[Dragonsoul]

The rpg's released in the primetime of the spring are the Oblivion stuff and Super Paper Mario. The rpg's released in the primetime of the fall season are Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix, and the Oblivion stuff.

Mass Effect is cool, but I want to see more specific gameplay. I want to see in the gameplay movies how the person walks around in a non-battle situation. I saw movies, fighting, and talking movies thing. I'll research more.

[Slothy]

I think people are skewed to what an 'RPG' is because of the abundance/popularity of Japanese styled games. Play Knights of the Old Republic.

Meh. KOTOR was good, but nothing spectacular as many claim. I couldn't even be bothered to finish it because I just didn't care that much. Maybe I'll get around to it someday. Call me crazy, but I prefer Japanese style RPG's to any western RPG I've played.

The only Fallish releases I care about are MGS4, Half-Life 2: Black Box and Assassins Creed. Honourable mentions to Army of Two, Lair, Turok, and Warhawk.

[ValkyrieWing]

Wild Arms FTW!!

[Dragonsoul]

Wild Arms FTW!!

Wild Arms: The Vth Vanguard is coming out in the 3rd quarter, I'm thinking early August. I haven't played any Wild Arms or Suikoden games, but I want to, but dang I have so little time right now. What's Wild Arms about?