Level-5 says White Knight Chronicles coming to North America, online region locking not decided yet

by Majed Athab { Jan 7th 2009 at 7:30AM }

Yes, White Knight Chronicles is coming to North America; Akihiro Hino, the CEO and president of Level-5, says so himself. In an interview with GameTrailers, Hino reaffirmed that Level-5 plans to bring the game over to North America, but he did not disclose when it would be coming.

Furthermore, when pressed for the possibility of North American gamers playing alongside Japanese gamers in WKC's online components, Hino neither denied nor confirmed the cross-region play with a "hasn't been decided yet" response. This sort of wording leads to speculation that such a feature might be in the works and will be implemented if Level-5 works out all the kinks. It would be great if they do. To see the full video interview, just have a look past the break.

Tags: akihiro-hino, level-5, scea, scej, white-knight-chronicles

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ps3man @ Jan 7th 2009 8:07AM

what about europe???? why are we always last???

trunks @ Jan 7th 2009 10:03AM

i wouldnt count on a release in Eu, therefore just get the US version, doesnt matter anyway does it

adolson @ Jan 8th 2009 12:01PM

You aren't always last - you've got Savage Moon and Astro Tripper already, no?

adorna @ Jan 7th 2009 8:14AM

oh pretty please... now we just want a release date.I'm from europe too, but this gets importet the moment it releases in a language I'm able to understand..

wocyob @ Jan 7th 2009 12:25PM

ps3man im sure it will come to europe so dont worry... does kind of suck they they do forget to talk about you guys....

OT: cant wait for this game.... need something to take my ass away from WoW... and im dyyying for a new JRPG

just realllly hope its soon... but my guess Christmas Day 09 :P

RPGJock @ Jan 7th 2009 3:28PM

Actually its been rumored to hit before E3 but you never know with these things.

And yea, I miss WoW too...

wocyob @ Jan 7th 2009 8:17AM

ps3man im sure it will come to europe so dont worry... does kind of suck they they do forget to talk about you guys....

OT: cant wait for this game.... need something to take my butt away from WoW... and im dyyying for a new JRPG

just realllly hope its soon... but my guess Christmas Day 09 :P

Kattleox @ Jan 7th 2009 8:30AM

Then I am buying it day one. (Otherwise, I would have immediately imported it)

stargateheaven @ Jan 7th 2009 8:53AM

Importing because Europe always waits a year and a half. I mean FFS we don't even have ETERNAL SONATA yet!!

Styar @ Jan 7th 2009 9:59AM

lol dont worry man you're not missing too much eternal sonota is ok but nuttn special. grab valkyria chronicles. way better

CLupula @ Jan 7th 2009 8:52AM

I just hope they add voice chat to the U.S. version. I'm not really fond of not being able to communicate with the people in my party.

higeki @ Jan 7th 2009 9:52AM

The overhypification of this game has begun. I bought this game on its release date, Christmas Day, and I am about 30-35% done with the game. The game feels more like a chore than a fun RPG. I wouldn't call the game boring, but it's not keeping me as interested as I thought it would. It feels like Final Fantasy XII, only less fun. If you thought FF XII was a snoozefest that dragged on and on, this game won't please you. I find myself going back to replaying Senjo No Valkyria and X-Edge to wash the taste of this game out of my mouth. Of course this is just my opinion and should be taken lightly.

For those who feel cheated that Japan (or the States) gets games first, we still haven't gotten World At War, and we never will. The next Call Of Duty game for Japan will be Modern Warfare 2. All the PS3 fans here really want World at War and some are paying insane prices for imports. World At War will NEVER be released here due to its content. Someone told me it makes Japan look bad, and I just said "It's probably just telling the truth." For those who don't know, Japan loves to censor history. Just pick up any high-school level history book in Japan and you'll realize this quickly. You'd think there were pages missing, but nope, they're all there in consecutive order. My high school cheated me! lol.

D.O. @ Jan 23rd 2009 4:58AM

Wait so is the story good cause that's all I care about in an RPG.

other than that I don't hype myself for games If I see it and feel like I like something from it than I'm going to buy it. Why did you think I bought Lair when I got my PS3 last month.