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Posted by: Dr Sturm May 13 2009, 03:33 PM

JaJa has been talking on his blog about the next DHE game, with concept art to accompany it. This next game? DHE IX. Yes. The Ninth one. Not the third, or even the fifth, but the ninth. And in one of his more recent blog posts he explains that it's going to be a long time before all nine games are complete.

Posted by: P.P.A. May 13 2009, 03:37 PM

Holy crap. Well seeing how DHE along with OutRun is about the only video game series I actively care about this is quite good news. Expect them to be done in about 20 years though, having put out about 15 new games including remakes. ...haha, ok. 22 games and remakes.

Posted by: Yuka May 13 2009, 08:32 PM

Hahaha. Wait. So Riviera is Episode I, Yggdra Union is Episode II, and Kitten is Episode IV. Granted we jumped over three, but now we're jumping from four to nine?

Oh Sting, you make me laugh. It's unexpected crap like this that makes me like you as a company.

Posted by: mattiator May 13 2009, 11:47 PM

All I can say is....

WHAAAAAAAAAAT?

I, II, IV, IX

Crud.

Posted by: Archeia May 14 2009, 01:14 AM

You've got to be kidding me.

Posted by: Sigmund May 14 2009, 12:49 PM

lrn2count

Posted by: sandpenguin May 14 2009, 01:56 PM

What the heck? Episode 9? Did they even have enough assets to complete the series up to 9 episode? So, what do you think guys, will they correlate to each other in storyline or just share the same place but totally different story?

You make me shit bricks, Sting, I love you.

You make me hate you back Sting, remakes ain't fun for a dying fan like me.

"I cannot think myself 5 years ahead, in the University/College playing DHE series...."

Well, that's a spectacular story to hear from a game developer. Let's see whether they can live up to their expectation....

Posted by: mattiator May 14 2009, 04:32 PM

Sting's buisness practices make as much sense as a robot blowing into his hand to produce a pumpkin.

Posted by: DustyHaru May 14 2009, 11:20 PM

Sure, whatever "Buisness" is.

Posted by: Hayate May 14 2009, 11:37 PM

>>

Maybe it's related to Buizel.

Posted by: Archeia May 15 2009, 06:13 AM

One of those concept art reminds me of saber+yggdra

Posted by: absolute0zero May 19 2009, 11:04 AM

Ehh...
From IV to IX?
What would it be?
Now, if they planned to make this series like Star Wars (jumping through episodes, am i right?), when will the series ended? And which episodes would be the last?

Posted by: Dr Sturm May 19 2009, 04:06 PM

Star Wars never jumped through episodes.

Posted by: absolute0zero May 20 2009, 02:50 PM

Ehh...
I don't know...
My schoolmate told me like that...
I say "do you know the 4th episode of Dept. Heavens? It's Knights in the Nightmare." and he say "so what's the 3rd episode?"
I say "i dunno, Sting haven't made it yet" and he say "eh? They make it like Star Wars?"
I say "ha? Whaddya mean?" and he say "you know, jumping through episode? Like, the latter episode was made before the early?"
I don't really understand what he says, but he obviously stated like that, so i think...

Posted by: P.P.A. May 20 2009, 03:41 PM

Star Wars: Episode IV -> V -> VI ---> I -> II -> III
Dept. Heaven Episodes: Episode I -> II --> IV ------> IX -> ???

Posted by: Dr Sturm May 20 2009, 04:19 PM

Star Wars wasn't originally supposed to be a six-episode story, though, and the first three movies were not given episode numbers until episode one was put in the works around thirty years later.

Posted by: absolute0zero May 21 2009, 01:29 AM

Ohh...
I understand!
Thanks for educating me!
Btw, isn't it supposed to be like this:
Dept. Heavens: Episode I->II-->IV->III------>IX->¿?
Maybe?
Because i think that DHE III was under progress before DHE IX was even discussed here.

Posted by: Dr Sturm May 21 2009, 01:46 AM

Episode III had more info on the game play out first, but IX has that and concept art out right now and isn't on indefinite hold, so...

Posted by: absolute0zero May 21 2009, 01:49 AM

So...
Where can i find the DHE IX concept art?

Posted by: Dr Sturm May 21 2009, 01:55 AM

JaJa's blog. It's in Japanese, though.

Posted by: absolute0zero May 21 2009, 02:16 AM

Uhh...
The link?

Posted by: Archeia May 21 2009, 02:49 AM

http://blog5.fc2.com/jajanote/

Posted by: absolute0zero May 21 2009, 04:29 AM

Oh, right.
Heck i can't read japanese!
Okay, that one was MY mistake.
EDIT: So, who is this JaJa?

Posted by: sandpenguin May 21 2009, 06:35 AM

JaJa is the game developer for these series. From Riviera to Yggdra and know Kitten, it's all from him.

Posted by: Dr Sturm May 21 2009, 07:12 AM

... No. JaJa is one of the graphic designers and close to the guy responsible for the DHE series, Shinichi Ito.

Posted by: sandpenguin May 21 2009, 07:17 AM

Oh okay, thanks for that info.....Looks like Wiki fails me again.

Posted by: absolute0zero May 21 2009, 08:02 AM

That makes sense.
About Wiki fails again and Jaja is one of the graphic designers.

Posted by: The Angel of Ruin May 28 2009, 12:29 PM

It's really weird to see how they do this. I mean, is wiki right about the titles being numbered based on how original they are with increasing numbered titles being more original then the previous ones?

Also, Kitten is Knights in the Nightmare right?

Posted by: P.P.A. May 28 2009, 01:14 PM

Riviera is unoriginal?

Posted by: mattiator May 28 2009, 01:53 PM

Compared to KITN? I think so. But that would mean KITN is unoriginal to them.... What DO they have up their sleeve?

Posted by: Dr Sturm May 28 2009, 09:25 PM

A very convenient tool on Wikipedia is the ability to look through the page's history and see who added or removed what. Now, when you see that a member named "DrSturm" added it, it's rare that it's false because this member checks and double checks his facts and doesn't vandalize Wikipedia.

Posted by: Raijinili May 28 2009, 10:10 PM

That's a lie.

Posted by: Dr Sturm May 28 2009, 11:20 PM

Proof?

Posted by: PinkMage May 29 2009, 02:28 AM

I hope one of those games is a giant crossover between all the games. Kind like Dissidia or Tales of Vs., but RPG.

Posted by: Dr Sturm May 29 2009, 02:29 AM

Maybe DHE 0 will be.

Posted by: Raijinili May 29 2009, 03:05 AM

You can't prove a lie.

Posted by: Dr Sturm May 29 2009, 03:11 AM

Rai, you just gave yourself away as a woman.

Posted by: Raijinili May 29 2009, 03:22 AM

you have no idea.
i'm leaving.

EDIT: YOU SAW NOTHING!

Posted by: Rhiannon May 29 2009, 11:15 PM

I know Rai's name.

Posted by: Sigmund Jun 1 2009, 02:26 PM

So do I.

Posted by: LukewarmHoliday Jun 12 2009, 02:57 AM

Seeing how they jumped to 9 I guess it's a play on the 9 worlds of norse mythology or something, I dunno, that's just the first thing that pops into my mind.

Posted by: Hayashi Tenshi Jun 17 2009, 02:53 PM

I wonder what the ninth game is about. Would any of the Dept. Heaven Episodes be sub-stories for the other games?

Posted by: Deathless Jun 28 2009, 06:58 PM

Does anyone have a copy of art? I didn't save it because I didn't expect them to be removed.

Posted by: Rhiannon Jun 29 2009, 12:53 AM

I have all of the art saved, but I'm a bit confused because it's all still showing up on the site for me...

Posted by: Dr Sturm Jun 29 2009, 01:08 AM

Same here.

Posted by: Deathless Jun 29 2009, 04:17 AM

It's strange, the links didn't worked some time ago but now they're valid again (I didn't check bedore asking). So it's ok.