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Famitsu reports that all seven titles in the Japanese-style occult RPG series ONI (鬼忍降魔録 ONI), which spanned the Game Boy and Super Famicom, have been confirmed for a full-lineup port to the Nintendo Switch. The series is also known for its distinctive system in which a total party wipe erases your save data, and longtime fans flooded in with nostalgic reactions. On 5ch’s console gaming board, opinions varied widely on how to read the announcement — from confusion over whether the games will be sold individually or as an all-in-one package, to disagreement over whether the publisher is Konami or Mebius.
The Japanese-style RPG series running from Oni Ninja Demon-Sealing Chronicle: ONI to ONI: Bakumatsu Descent Chronicle is coming back on Switch.
All seven titles originally released on Game Boy and Super Famicom are confirmed for a full-lineup port
Source: famitsu.com / Original article here
What people said
Guess Zero's probably not included, huh
Zero's getting a remaster though
https://www.konami.com/games/tgs/ja/title/?id=oni-zero-reboot
Wasn't this one originally priced at 2000 yen?
If it were bundled with the finale at full price, fine, but selling it standalone is way too bold
It's already short as it is, on top of brutally long load times
Actually, tackling it as-is now would be rough, so just remake it instead
Why didn't they fold in the PS version of Gakkou no Kowai Hanashi (School Horror Stories) too?
Iijima wasn't really involved with the PS version anyway
Nice work!
No RPG ever used that system again afterward, so it must've caused a ton of complaints
Not some cheapskate single-title port
Apparently the special edition 7-title pack runs 21,978 yen
Comes with a newly written novel by Takiya Iijima and a soundtrack CD, so they say
Nintendo Direct doesn't do free advertising~ That's just capitalism 101!
Surely they wouldn't pull some garbage business practice like Edia did
It's not actually Konami handling sales though
Isn't Konami just doing distribution while Mebius handles actual sales?
Where'd Konami even come from?
What a sloppy source
There are people out there for whom the Goemon Collection was the happiest Direct reveal ever, so don't underestimate it
I mean, Goemon actually sold pretty well though?
① ONI Zero Reboot — Switch
② ONI series set — Switch
③ Newest ONI title, planned for 2027, platform TBD
So they're running three separate lines? Way to go, Konami
Wait, they're making a brand-new title? And is it confirmed that Konami's selling it, not Mebius?
It's like the gap between Dragon Quest and Dual Orb
There's no way anyone in their 40s or older doesn't know ONI
That's a good sign
Nowhere does it actually say 'collection' though
Guess they learned from stuff like Goemon that porting to a walled-off platform doesn't pay off?
I mean, it's only ever come out on Nintendo hardware to begin with
It'd be weird if GTA6 suddenly showed up on Switch 2
Same logic here
By the way, back in the day I hated Banpresto's glasses logo, so while everyone around me was into the boom, I was the only one who kept my distance
According to early-leak info, they're sold separately, with individual set packages for the GB titles and the SFC titles, plus an all-in-one special edition loaded with bonus extras
Aresa leaving out the crucial GB entry made zero sense
I'd played the GB trilogy but never touched the SFC one, so that collection didn't do much for me
About as disappointing as when Kowloon's Gate got ported and it turned out not to be the 'Richa' version
Wasn't this the one where your starting wooden sword ends up being the strongest weapon in the game?
That's traumatizing
Because of that I developed a sickness where I can't bring myself to ditch the starting weapon in ANY game now
It was seriously terrible
Background and Talking Points on This Story
The ONI series (鬼忍降魔録 ONI) is a Japanese-style RPG franchise that ran on the Game Boy and Super Famicom in the 1990s, and it made waves at the time for quirks like a system that wipes your save data on a total party wipe. Worth noting: details floated in the thread — a “21,978 yen special edition,” games “sold separately,” “individual GB and SFC set packages” — aren’t from Famitsu’s official announcement itself, but from what posters call “early-leak info,” i.e. unofficial information obtained ahead of release. The disagreement over whether the publisher is Konami or Mebius likely stems both from Konami’s past involvement with the series and from the fact that the distribution setup hasn’t been officially confirmed. The port itself is confirmed fact, but pricing and product lineup details will have to wait for an official announcement.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Console Gaming)) thread “Japanese-Style RPG Series ONI Confirmed for Port“.
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