Unfortunately for those of us in the states and Europe, our hopes that Earth Eternal was picked up by Time Warner were dashed when it was announced that a Japanese company, Sankando, had bought the title and was planning to re-release it under the name Ikimonogatari. Unfortunately, this is where the news descends from triumphant to disappointment: Sankando will only release Earth Eternal in Japan, at least for the time being.
Right now our focus is on the Japanese release. We are investigating our options for an English re-release.
My guess is that Sankando wants to test the game in home territory before they go ahead and launch international operations, or invest the money in translating the game to other languages. That does, however, raise some valid skepticism as to the game’s viability and odds of reaching the Western audience. Earth Eternal was, to scope the game broadly, a bare bones browser version of WoW, albeit with adorable characters, that financially collapsed so hard, there is a black hole where the Earth Eternal offices used to be.
Hopefully the Sankando team will pull a Fantasy Earth Zero (In Japan) and turn Earth Eternal into a financial profiteer. MMO Fallout will continue supporting the game, although I have to admit I may refuse to change the category title. The game will always be Earth Eternal.
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