Editor for Saint Seiya RPG

[Tux]

Hello, I've tried to read the French answer you gave about the ethernal problem of finding an editor for your game but i didn't understand everything.

So, are you still trying to commercialize the game or what are your future plans for Saint Seiya RPG?

Thanks, Tux.

[VJim]

Hi Tux,

I should make a proper translation of Dams's reply once I'm back from work.
For now, here comes some short answers :

- Aurora studio hasn't found an editor as Atari, Bandai-namco europe, and Toei japan owns no rights for a game adaptation of the manga.
- Professionals were impressed by the quality of SSRPG.
- Only Masami Kurumada can give an approval for such a project.
- Current development of SSRPG is paused.
- The search for the rights still goes on (they are still trying to get it done and commercialize it).
- The team want their other projects to move on and make a name for themselves.

[Tux]

But if so, what is Aurora Studio team waiting for? Masami Kurumada's approval?

If Masamy says "yes", will SSRPG be commercialized?

To me, this sounds too easy...

[VJim]

I hope this will make the whole explanation from this topic clearer :

We were prepared for this kind of question so we will talk a little of the whereabouts :
This is partly a reason for why the old forum and site were less active. We had found a person who did "help" us with our steps to find an editor which would allow Saint Seiya RPG to move on. I will say it to you right now : SSrpg did not die, it is simply stopped development-wise at the time I'm writing these lines.

Why? Our old contact has initially enabled us to see Atari and to have a very important meeting with people which "might have" helped us. There was, along them, one of the people in charge of Alone in the Dark 5. So we show them the software, PSP and PC demos, then a long monologue from our side begins. It is explained to us that they, Atari, will be able to do nothing and that licence-wise, being French, we'll have to look towards our Japanese friends. We suspected such a reply but they were very surprised by the quality of our work which reinforced even more our eagerness to achieve our goals.

Follows a meeting with Bandaï-Namco Europe nearby Paris, a few weeks before we had another one with Toeï japan in their French buildings where they explained to us that they had no power to authorise a game adaptation of an universe they once had the licence, then they remained on their positions. Fine, we thus go to Bandaï-Namco for the future of Saint Seiya RPG. The first thing they say is that they are not decision-makers, they can only forward information to Japan. We show them the full works, Demos, Game Design, Book and explanations then one says to us that it is almost impossible to make a France-Japan development. Thus, in a certain way we would have to hand over the concept. But all in all, yes the project is interesting, yes they are hooked, but we are French and the development isn't supposed to be like this, that the way of moving of such or such character isn't something that they are expecting, and so on and so forth… In short that a French development is not well seen somehow.

It is not downcast but with an enormous frustration that we left this meeting ; bitter but in any case enriching. We resume our investigations and that propels us to the TGS among our Japanese friends, no team member could be present but the person in charge of our project was there. In spite of his incompetence he managed to find a capital information for our project: no right and no licence of Saint Seiya are to be delivered without Kurumada's agreement ! It simply means that we need the approval of Masami to continue the aventure. At least for our case because we adapt the paper manga.

So Ssrpg did not die, we decided to suspend its development in order to concentrate on our various projects which we wish to succeed and to put forward our competences in the various fields that we master. And we continue our canvass for Saint Seiya RPG because we know now that it is reliable and viable from the professionals who saw the product. All of this we also owe it to you all which supported us during all these years. So long life to SSRPG and welcome in the new home of Aurora Studio!

To me, this sounds too easy...

A project with this kind of ambition is all but easy.

[Tux]

Ok, thanks for the translation...

So now the question is: Are you going to ask for Kurumada's approval?

[DarkSage]

Hi Tux,

Of course we want Kurumada's approval, but for the moment we have a contract with our "ex-editor".
Then, we have to wait this September to be free with Saint Seiya RPG and have the possibility to have the approval.
It's sure, we could try to contact Mr Kurumada before this date (and it's not easy at all !) and sign just after the end of our contract.. But, we don't know exactly how contact him, we don't talk/write Japanese..

[Tux]

Hi Tux,

Of course we want Kurumada's approval, but for the moment we have a contract with our "ex-editor".
Then, we have to wait this September to be free with Saint Seiya RPG and have the possibility to have the approval.
It's sure, we could try to contact Mr Kurumada before this date (and it's not easy at all !) and sign just after the end of our contract.. But, we don't know exactly how contact him, we don't talk/write Japanese..

Ok thanks, but it's quite difficult for me to understand why you need Kurumada's approval...

As far as I know, Saint Seiya's rights are owned by BANDAI, so it should be up to them to decide whether to develop SSRPG or not

[Tavion]

Hi Tux,

Of course we want Kurumada's approval, but for the moment we have a contract with our "ex-editor".
Then, we have to wait this September to be free with Saint Seiya RPG and have the possibility to have the approval.
It's sure, we could try to contact Mr Kurumada before this date (and it's not easy at all !) and sign just after the end of our contract.. But, we don't know exactly how contact him, we don't talk/write Japanese..

Vjim, pourrais-tu traduire ces propos s'il te plait ? Ca m'a l'air très intéressant mais j'ai pas tout saisi. D'avance merci..
ps : je suis content de retrouver un foruma actif! Ikeso

[Le Passant]

Aurora a un contrat en cours avec leur ex-éditeur, qui ne s'achève qu'en septembre, et ils attendent d'en être libéré pour tenter d'obtenir l'autorisation. Après, comme ils ne savent pas lire ni écrire japonais, dur de contacter Kurumada, et comme en plus ils ne savent pas vraiment comment le contacter, ça n'a rien de simple.

As far as I know, Saint Seiya's rights are owned by BANDAI, so it should be up to them to decide whether to develop SSRPG or not

Kurumada owns a part of the rights. He bought them back.
And I don't think that Bandai has any right on the manga itself.

[Dams]

Bandai have an exploitations rights only on miniatures and figures. For video games they have rights only for the two PS2 versions. No more titles.