Rock Band hitting Japan By rakuen42 4 Comments Categories: Music, News, Rakuen and Video Games Tags: Harmonix, Q Entertainment, Rock Band Via Harmonix. Okay, I’m a little late on this one, but I’ve been a bit busy recently. Anyway, Harmonix has announced a partnership with Q Entertainment to develop a Japanese version of their rhythm based game. For those not in the know, Q Entertainment developed Lumines and the rerelease of Rez on Xbox Live. Sounds great for Japan, but what
Harmonix, makers of Rock Band, have recently announced that they are making a Japanese localized version of their money-printing franchise Rock Band. Helping Harmonix and MTV localize Rock Band to Japan is Q Entertainment, makers of rhythm-based action and puzzle games such as Lumines and Rez HD. Working together, Harmonix and Q Entertainment will add popular Japanese songs to the game’s library as well as localize various parts of the game to the Japanese culture. So far, no word has been
June 03, 2008 at 01:43 PM Harmonix and MTV Games have announced a partnership with Japanese developer Q Entertainment to bring Rock Band to Japan. According to Harmonix, it will be the first time a US-originated rock music game will be heavily localized for Japanese gamers. The two studios will work together to develop the title which will feature Japanese musical acts and localized assets. Founded in 2003, Q Entertainment has had experience integrating music elements into game play as
Q Entertainment is localising Rock Band for Japan Rock Band is one of those games I’ve had my eye on for a while - one of those games that could spur me into getting a HD-enabled current-generation console, high cost notwithstanding. The biggest obstacle for me is the soundtrack, and how I don’t know any of the songs featured in the game, but a Japanese edition of the game might very well address that problem. Hopefully Q Entertainment (founded by Sega/UGA alumnus Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the creato
Rock Band heads to Japan with help from Q Entertainment
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Rhythm Harmonix and MTV are bringing Rock Band to Japan with some help from Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Q Entertainment (Lumines). According to the press release, “The two studios will work together to develop the title, marking the first US-originated rock music game to be heavily localized for the Japanese market.” No clue on what that heavy localization will entail. It has been little over a week since a Harmonix rep was asked abo
Q Entertainment creates, produces, and publishes in digital entertainment content across multiple game consoles, PC broadband and mobile units. It was founded in 2003 by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, formerly of Sega (where he was best known for producing the Sega Dreamcast game Space Channel 5), and Shuji Utsumi, former founding member of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Senior VP of Sega Enterprise, and head of Disney (Buena Vista Games) Asia.
It is best known for their critically acclaimed music and luminary action puzzle game series Lumines, which was released worldwide in 2004/2005 for the PlayStation Portable system and has now developed into mobile (Lumines Mobile), Xbox Live Arcade (Lumines Live!) and PlayStation 2 (Lumines Plus) platforms. Q Entertainment’s line-up also includes the action puzzle title Meteos for the Nintendo DS and fantasy action title Ninety-Nine Nights for the Xbox 360.
Games released
Lumines — (2004) (PlayStation Portable)
Meteos — (2005) (Nintendo DS)
Every Extend Extra (E3) — (2006) (PlayStation Portable)
Lumines Mobile — (2006) (Mobile Phone)
Lumines Live! — (2006) (Xbox Live Arcade)
Lumines II — (2006) (PlayStation Portable)
Meteos Mobile — (2006) (Mobile Phone)
Lumines Plus — (2007) (PlayStation 2)
Meteos: Disney Edition — (2007) (Nintendo DS)
Every Extend Extra Extreme (E4) — (2007) (Xbox Live Arcade)
Lumines — (2007) (PC)
Rez HD — (2008) (Xbox Live Arcade)
Games co-developed and released
Ninety-Nine Nights (N3) — (2006) (Xbox 360)
Battle Stadium D.O.N (Battle Stadium DragonBall Z ・ One Piece ・ Naruto) — (2006) (GameCube)
Battle Stadium D.O.N (Battle Stadium DragonBall Z ・ One Piece ・ Naruto) — (2006) (PlayStation 2)
Ongaku wo Tsunagau! - Gunpey Rebirth♪ — (2006) (Nintendo DS)
Gunpey — (2006) (Playstation Portable)
Games in development
Meteos Online — (2007) (PC)
Angel Love Online — (2007) (PC,PS3)
Notes
Ninety-Nine Nights (N3) was co-developed by South Korean game studio Phantagram and published by Microsoft Games Studios.
The title Battle Stadium D.O.N, was co-developed by Takara Tomy, Eighting Co.Ltd and published by Bandai Namco Games.
Ongaku wo Tsunagau! - Gunpey Rebirth♪, was co-developed by Koto Laboratory, and published by Bandai Namco Games.
Gunpey, was co-developed by Koto Laboratory, and published by Bandai Namco Games. Also known as: Gunpey-R (Gunpey Rebirth) (in Japan)
Ongaku wo Tsunagau! - Gunpey Rebirth♪ — (2006) (Nintendo DS) also known as: Gunpey DS: Music x Puzzle (in US)
External links
Official Q Entertainment Site
Q Entertainment profile on MobyGames
Authoritative expose on Q Entertainment and their games at 1UP.com
