Cave fans, give yourselves a round of applause. Wetold you a while backthat Makoto Asada had said the region code for the company’s upcomingMushihime-sama Futari Ver. 1.5for Xbox 360 had yet to be decided. Michael McWhertor over at Kotaku had a chance tospeak withAsada at TGS, and asked if the game would be region-free. His response?
“We had a lot of good feedback from overseas users, so for this time, as a test, we’re going to make the game region free so that overseas users can play it.”
Hell yes. Not only willMushihime‘s overseas sales directly affect the company’s decision to knock off the region-locking in the future, but Asada went on to say that if it performs well outside of Japan, they may even localize and export upcoming projects officially.
“By makingMushihime-sama Futariregion-free, what we’re doing is measuring the amount of overseas users, this will have a direct impact on whetherEspgaluda IIand other titles will be localized for America. So it’s probably a good idea to pick it up!”
Yes. Yes, it is. So if you’ve been emailing Cave and holding on to hope like I have, it was not in vain. Now you need onlyhit Play-Asiaor wherever it is you import your games from, and enjoy. Thanks to everyone who joined the cause, and to McWhertor for popping the question. Hooray!
