They're now competing with Square in the 'ridiculous show of wealth' department. Where Square disgraced Hironobu Sakaguchi into fleeing and almost ruined themselves with a high-budget CG movie, Level-5 is taking a more modest, but still overboard, approach to the whole 'conspicuous consumption' thing. Presumably to promote Inazuma Eleven (for which the company also manufactured a singing group), the company has purchased the naming rights to the Avispa Fukuoka J-League soccer team.
For the next three years (at $287,185 a year), Hakata no Mori Football Stadium in their native Fukuoka will be known as Level-5 Stadium, and teams across Japan will be encouraged to defeat the bosses of Levels 1 through 4 before attempting a game here. Well, maybe not. But the name thing -- that's true.
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1-15-2008 @ 3:13PM
wheatshelf said...
they deserve it. great games have come from the level-5 studios, though hope they continue to stay original. squaenix has sold out pretty badly. i mean, a potion pack? for 95 bucks? that's pretty ridiculous. just make some new games, please.
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1-16-2008 @ 9:57AM
Reeve said...
If you mean the FFVII collectable potion, then that's just retailers' markup. The original retail price was much closer to $30.
I love Level-5's games, and I'm really looking forward to Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven. I also hope they continue working with Squeenix on the Dragon Quest series, but if they don't, that's cool as well.