New Bakeru DLC & More on Nintendo Switch

[@Amanojaku8]

Yay, this game is getting an English translation!

[@axeoseilez3207]

Love that Dusty Rhodes reference. May he rest in peace.

[@MAXX1up]

Damn I really hope that they translate this and release it over here.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

That is the hope...the dream!

[@Amanojaku8]

@@ImportGamingFTW They have!

[@JustinRamirez-q5p]

This game will release in America on 9/3/2024.

[@drummermg131]

And it’s AMAZING

[@danidyrule7836]

Can we play in english with the phisical japanese imported version???

[@MrGoat7449]

Played the Demo for this on switch it’s so awesome 🔥I might pre order it

[@alfriscosoftofilo9032]

Oh, heeey... Spike Chunsoft Is on charge of the western release of the Game! It'll be release on September 3rd, 2024 on Switch and PC!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I just heard the good news--thanks for coming by to let me know!

[@wtcvidman]

@@ImportGamingFTW Do you know how the Coro Coro comics based masks work? Do the special stages have to be beaten before the passwords work? Or do all the regular masks have to be unlocked prior to entering the passwords for those comics-based masks? I tried entering a password in the Japanese release I bought and it didn't do anything. I haven't tried any of the special stages yet and I have 2 more regular masks to unlock & buy. I have a feeling they will remain exclusive to the Japan release of the game. I checked the English website and don't even see a mention of the hidden tanukis you can find once you get access to the Bunbuku, so I'm wondering if the DLC update that added the Bunbuku & hidden tanukis to the game will get added to the English version or if maybe they're not mentioning them to avoid spoilers? Or maybe it's planned for the future to keep the game fresh and players playing the game. If you have any answers on any of these questions (especially the special masks in the Japanese version which you seemed to unlock), I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks again and I hope you do more videos on the localization of Bakeru.

[@teevee23]

The game is finally coming west on September 3 as 'Bakeru'!

[@Darule514]

Finally localization is confirmed by Spike Chunsoft

[@tankatlus5797]

That game needs more playable characters who are like the ebisumaru, sasuke and yae to the tanukis goemon

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Four player Bakeru would be great--Uriko, gramps and an Ebisumaru-like tanuki fatty.

[@tankatlus5797]

@@ImportGamingFTW i know right and it would be cool if they made an snes or ps1 goemon uchuu kaizoku sprite style demake and ad a cool new final boss that should be a cool robot space emperor

[@tankatlus5797]

@@ImportGamingFTW the next game needs the hero to be a bigger version of his cuter furrier chubby tanuki form

[@tankatlus5797]

@@ImportGamingFTW we need a cool robot ninja similar to sasuke and a yae like character and a fat sumo tanuki that has a cute design

[@MarcoFD]

with the english release announced for september, it would be great if the japanese game also got the english patch.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

That would be awesome!

[@danidyrule7836]

Can we play in english with the phisical japanese imported version????

[@selinadean5824]

@@danidyrule7836no I have the Japan version and no English but still can play the game on any switch

[@ColeFam]

Glad to see the game getting support! Hoping for an international release

[@ZanarkandFFX]

I need it in english!! 😔

[@rafe9852]

This and yokai watch 4 are the two games I want to be localized most

[@NinGamerDave]

I wonder... if GoodFeel would perhaps include Uriko (the Tanooki running the General Store) as a playable character as part of one of the future updates. 🤔 She's been featured in the serialized Bakeru manga, with a human transformation to boot. If not via the ongoing updates, it'd be neat to see her playable in a sequel.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I'm hoping she'll be a playable character in a sequel, honestly--very cute and has some personality in the manga. I had to include an image of her in this video!

[@Kanecobond]

I'm happy to say Bakeru is coming to the West, and not just on Switch... it's also coming to Steam, too me by surprise too. Getting it day 1 on Steam and it probably will run much better and consistently there than on the Switch. Go a PC handheld ready if I ever want to get that portable experience too. Hope with the release of Castlevania DS Dominus collection stealth dropping, and hoping that it's doing well, that Konami finally considers Goemon Collection... especially if this re-release everywhere Worldwide performs well as well.

[@andlopez18]

Jimmy, this is definitely the most underrated gaming channel. Have been enjoying your content for years now. The videos I like the most are the ones focusing on Japan only- obscure retro titles. Please keep up with your great work!

[@practicallyneutral]

Woohoo! And during my lunch break!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I hope it didn't cause you to lose your appetite! Thanks for watching, brother!

[@RiderWithTheScarf]

01:19 - Ah yes, literaly me.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

It's a discouraging club to be a part of sometimes.

[@sayonarakid]

I saw the thumbnail and before even read it I tought "oh boy. It will be released in the west!" But oh boy it was not it XD

[@ImportGamingFTW]

...yeah...the news is good, but it's not THAT good!

[@tankatlus5797]

I wish we could play as a slightly bigger version of the cute chubby tanuki form of the protagonist of the goemon successor

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Fingers crossed for a sequel and a playable fat Bakeru!

[@tankatlus5797]

@@ImportGamingFTW i know right

[@sodafreakk]

Just 100%ed it, and it seems the update content never made it to the western release :(

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Happy to hear you complete the game, sorry to hear the extra content stayed Japan-only. Licensing issues, I would assume, but fingers crossed that will change.

[@MrVariant]

Thanks for the manga info, does have a playasia sale at the moment, though I know there is google lens or an english vid to struggle with.

[@RawPower867]

I'm curious. Could licensing issues with the CoroCoro content possibly prevent a localization?

[@ImportGamingFTW]

That could be a problem, if CoroCoro has some stake in the license. I need to check the end credits, but as far as I know there is nothing to indicate on the packaging and in game that CoroCoro is a stakeholder.

[@RawPower867]

@@ImportGamingFTW Let me know what you find.

[@RawPower867]

Honestly, I think I'm just gonna import it and download the English patch now. I doubt this game is getting localized at this point. If it were, we would have heard something about it by now. It's already been 6 months. I just hope that a) modding the Switch won't be difficult, b) I can gain access to the DLC content without having a Japanese account, and c) all of this will be transferable over to a region-free Switch 2.

[@terabitez3374]

How would you even get the patch working

[@theaceofspades56]

Hopefully all these additions will be included if and when they finally port this game.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

That would be awesome, but I wouldn't be surprised if it all got cut. I just hope it sees the light of day on other platforms and of course, other markets around the world.

[@oblivion-hymns]

Thank you for the informative video. I imported this game and I've been wondering what that shrine was about for a while now (I don't speak or read Japanese). I knew CoroCoro was the name of a magazine but I didn't make the connection.

[@ksenolog]

If megaton musashi can get ww release, anything goes. Thanks for updates!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Very true--I was quite surprised that Musashi got that big release!

[@ksenolog]

@@ImportGamingFTW I with friends enjoying it very much, such a great game. Dunno how Level-5 funded all that but I'm happy they did.

[@TheKonamiMan]

A new video!? About Mameru no Bakeru!? With a Dusty Rhodes reference!? My birthday isn't until the end of May, what did I do to deserve this?

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Happy birthday! And I'll tell you about hard times--hard times is waiting for 20 years for a new Goemon game. Hard times is going online and watching the latest Nintendo Direct and seeing nothing about a Mameda no Bakeru international release. Hard times is trying to get KZbin to share you video out to anyone for ten years! ...but not that hard, I guess.

[@Funbil]

So much post-launch support, and such a strong marketing push. I wonder if they're interested in making more Bakeru games?

[@DieselJT]

Still waiting on a western release. Cant believe we havent heard any news on that yet!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

...any day now, I keep convincing myself...

[@RealSkyDiver2]

Somebody actually made a fan translation already and currently working on one for the 1.3 update. Because this needs manual patching of the game it’s only playable via CFW or emulation. Sucks the publisher is leaving money on the table by not doing it themselves.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I mentioned the patch at the end of the video--good to hear the work is still going on for the new updates.

[@RawPower867]

How do you download the DLC from an English account?

[@RawPower867]

I read that the patch can be downloaded onto a Japanese Switch cartridge and played that way. How do you do that?

[@NinGamerDave]

I must ask; what CoroCoro Comic manga series is the left-most mask supposed to represent?🤔 Researching the masks and their series, I've come to learn that besides that one, the other masks are from characters representing, > Cosmo VS! > Black Channel > Ore Dake wa Matomo-kun

[@tofu042]

They release (after the Promo Manga in the CoCo-Comics Issue of December 23) monthly in CoCo-Comics and as an addition to that as a standalone? Or do they release the standalone in bits in the Monthly comic?

[@Krisipoke]

Nice updates! I'm still hoping for a Western release, but if it doesn't get released within a year of the Japanese debut, I'll just buy a Japanese one. The Corocoro DLC doesn't really make me hopeful, because it's not something people outside of Japan really know, plus it would possibly mean more licencing difficulties, but who knows. Mario Maker also had free DLC based on some heavily Japanese stuff, like Famitsu magazine, Ika Musume, Game Center CX, and Babymetal, so who knows. But then again, that was Nintendo with their seemingly infinite funds.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I think that's a pretty good window as far as waiting for an announcement--you have like six months! And if you do buy the Japanese version somewhere new like at Play-Asia and there is a Western release announced afterward, at least it's a little bit of support for the devs/publisher. I would imagine the DLC stuff wouldn't be a part of the international release, but who knows?! Maybe in its stead we'll get elusive Corey in the House themed masks and levels.

[@javierdurini]

I was about to just buy the game, I was holding on to hopes that this would get an English version since I don't speak Japanese, but ots sold out on play asia and I don't really know were to get it from . Still I am thankful for your videos as that is how I was able to experience this game

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Thank you for watching, hope you get to play the game--have you tried Amazon? I know a lot of people can pick up Japanese games from all over the world there. If not, you can try to use a proxy service like Buyee or Zen Market to look for copies on auction sites. Obviously buying new is the best way to support the devs, but you have to do what you have to do for Bakeru. One more thing, I know Surugaya has an online shop for international buyers, you might be able to buy a new copy there. Good luck!

[@garfieldoftheweek]

Is it hard to Patch the english fan translation onto the switch? I assume you need a modded switch or something? Anyways, thanks for the goemon content :)

[@RawPower867]

This is the first I'm hearing of a English fan translation patch. Where can I find it?

[@ImportGamingFTW]

You're welcome! And you'll have to tinker with your Switch, which obviously brings about certain complications. There are places you can go online to find how to do this...I imagine it's not that complicated, though.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Just search online and you'll find it in the results pretty quickly--a few big sites also covered the patch, so happy searching.

[@aeragonia811]

I guarantee if you ever decide to cover the N64 Goemon titles, you'll see views like never before.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I appreciate that, and while I do want to and eventually will talk about those games, nothing I ever put out seems to get traction on KZbin, even with less niche or more popular subjects. I hope for the best, though!

[@NewtypeAndy]

Well, it's available in English now since 3 September, I think I'll pick this one up! EDIT: Oh, it's on Steam now too!

[@megagrey]

With Suikoden's successor, in the form of Eiyuden Chronicles, out in the West now, the silence on a localization for this is downright infuriating.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Yeah, it's not looking good...but once in a while some game will get picked up for localization some time after its initial release, so I'm hoping this is one of them!

[@RawPower867]

@@ImportGamingFTW I think our best bet is if someone like XSEED picks it up. If, god forbid, Good-Feel were/are counting on Nintendo to take the initiative and localize the game, we're definitely not getting it. Ever. Nintendo simply does not care about games that aren't marketable to a "broad" audience (i.e. something like Wii Fit or 1-2 Switch) or do not feature one of their own mascots. That said, there's also a chance that Good-Feel, seeing the demand for this game in the West (just look at their KZbin channel), are determined to see this game localized no matter what. Even if it means telling Nintendo of America to shove it.

[@StephenWilds]

Hard Times!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

You don't know HARD TIMES, daddy! ...oh wait, maybe YOU do. My bad! And you're funky like a monkey!

[@mr.c9382]

I want this game in English and away from the switch(the frame rate is not great)

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Let's go PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S...and while we're at it, the Ouya, too.

[@astr0sauce]

bro i skipped in randomly to 3:06 and my ears exploded

[@wtcvidman]

Do you know if the passwords for the CoroCoro Comics masks only work once you get to a certain point in the game, such as completing the stages above the clouds? I tried entering the one all the way on the bottom of the png file on the website (for the yellow mask with those 3 black "fireballs") and it didn't seem to work, but I hadn't tried the above the cloud stages yet. I had Stage 32 completed I believe when I tried and I've been going through them in order. I preordered a copy of this game from PlayAsia when a friend sent me a preview of it prior to its release & prior to the showing at the Japanese Nintendo Direct and would gladly buy another copy if it's ever localized overseas to North America (where I am). The only thing I needed any help to figure out so far is the floating ability of the mini Bakeru form when a friend who could read some Japanese told me about it and I think I may have figured that out on my own after some time. I remember being stuck in a part of the tutorial due to that and I'm glad I stuck to playing the game because it's been extremely enjoyable for the most part minus a few parts. One of those parts being that stage where it starts on a beach & then ends up jumping ledges/cliffs was annoying with how many times I fell in from falling short or rolling to my death on the cliffs portion of the stage which is I think the next thing they should patch (so that perhaps Bakeru grabs the end of the platform instead of falling off). It's very easy to roll to your death if you have ZL held after transforming and then trying to switch to another form without letting go of ZL and slowly trying again to switch forms. And sometimes you just don't have the proper camera view of the jumps you need to make before you make them.

[@SuperPowerPainter]

Man... I want an English Language release of this game so bad. I bought several games off Play-Asia, and almost pulled the trigger on this game, but it's all in Japanese. Maybe I'll give in....

[@ImportGamingFTW]

You might have to just give in, but let's keep an eye out on any localization news and hope for the best.

[@Darkbeatdk]

Hope for an Asian-English version at the least.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

That would be good--but I do hope for the larger release to increase sales/success potential, of course!

[@80sNinjas]

Yo where can I get that Mameda Manga?! 🥶🥶🥶

[@drowningin]

How do you find it on Switch if you don’t know kanji? I tried typing company name, and the name in the title and 0 results

[@PBandJo]

Goöd Feël!

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Nice umlauts (don't tell Jared I said this).

[@Vulpas]

It's a huge missed opportunity if they don't translate this.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Agreed. I feel like this is a title that would do well internationally given the Switch fan base.

[@hteekay]

GIve us English translation, I don't even care if the translation is a little wonky.. dammit

[@MusicJunkie37]

This game was fun and creative, but combat became repetitive quite quick & some levels overstayed their welcome and I say that as someone that loves Wario World.

[@MusicJunkie37]

And even after the updates the performance is not good, hope it can run better on Switch 2.

[@djukor]

I am guessing you cant really make a game and expect it to sell in Japan only anymore. And as i stated before there is no such a thing as a game that's to Japanese for the west. Unless its like a unconventional genre like horse racing gambling simulator or idol group management etc. And you dont get more conventional than a 3d platformer.

[@RawPower867]

If this game doesn't see release here, it's because a) they were counting on Nintendo to localize it, or b) licensing issues with the CoroCoro Comics cameos. Otherwise, this game is - or at least should be - a shoe-in for localization.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

I'm always surprised just looking at the Japanese estore how many oddball games have English, Chinese and a whole lot of other languages available. I think a lot of those translations are machine translated (see the Switch version of Metal Dogs), but it seems like the winning strategy, maybe the only viable strategy, for many game devs/publishers to succeed in today's market.

[@RawPower867]

@@ImportGamingFTW There's always a chance (even if a small one) that Good-Feel will release a definitive edition that comes with an English language option. This would remove all hurdles for English speakers without having to publish the game outside of Japan themselves. It could also circumvent licensing issues with CoroCoro.

[@ssestakhch]

How will societies function without money?

[@UnShredded]

You grow rice, I grow carrots. We keep trading and hoping that someone will invent drones and PS5s within the next 2024 years.

[@Eevian666]

Super Mario 3D World in Japan! Bought it played it loved it. Not a Goeman killer by any means. Its awesome to see all the varied locations in Japan. Im from the U.S. and I love japanese mythology. Weak but fun bosses. Needs more macguffins and powerups within stages.bMusic is stellar.

[@MrVariant]

Thanks for the manga info, does have a playasia sale at the moment, though I know there is google lens or an english vid to struggle with.