Switch Physical Release Of Psychological Horror RPG 'Omori' Cancelled

I already got impatient and imported it from the US last year. It seems I won't regret it.

If by "technical problems" they mean "developer incompetence", then that would sound about right.

They've also been taking pre-orders for this for what seems like 2-3 years now. I wonder if they'll still go ahead and release this in Australia (doubtful as we rarely get something if Europe misses out).

One of my favorite games in recent memory. It takes a lot to scare me, but when you board that train……. ☠️

It's just an OK game anyways.

I tried the game out on Game Pass when it was on there and I couldn't develop a taste for it at all.

One of the best indie games of the generation, play it do it. Do it now, stop eating, sleeping, working, play it now.

How do you run into memory issues with localization text storage? In an RPG Maker game?!

@SillyG So the Spanish have learned the LRG special, huh?

Didn’t they already have an omori physical? Because I have one I’m confused now? (I’m in the US)

@marvelis Yes, there was a North American/NTSC release at least 2 years ago. I was confused too.

Bought it when in Japan last year - very glad I did so, to me the writing was on the wall that the Europe version was hit or miss...

pretty sure they also promised a 3DS version and then never mentioned it again hoping we forgot about it.

Ehhhhh... Then please release it in English, without localization, rather than cancelling my preorder...

This headline legit made me think my NA copy I purchased was left in some other reality, sometimes I forget y'all are talking about a different region. Well, you know what this means-get whatever version of the game you can now, while it's sub-$100 because prices are gonna rapidly rise, especially when the switch era ends.

@Chlocean "The Spanish publisher Meridiem Games "

@Mormel The whole point of this distributor selling the game was adding languages to a physical cartridge. So if clients want to buy the game in English and don't care about other languages, they already have the means to do so.

@Chlocean Despite Meridiem being a video game publisher, their role here is distributing to retail stores in Europe. The actual publisher is Fangamer.

As far as I've been able to assess, there might also be licensing issues to boot. A Spanish localization was already added to the Xbox Game Pass version, but the game was pulled off from the storefront after OMOCAT and Xbox ended their partnership.

@aegis_autumn Well...then you stretch the definitions of 'having the means'. I pre-ordered at 40 euros, I could order from Asia for more than 61 euros (including expensive shipping...).

So please let the publisher at least send me an English copy for the price I paid, rather than throwing this problem at me...

@Mormel Of course, don't get me wrong—I'm not saying this is the most reasonable outcome and it's really sad it had to end up like this. Companies aren't our friends and physical game distribution is expensive. If numbers don't add up, they'll back down at the slightest opportunity.

@Zeebor15 Gotcha, I was super confused I must have skimmed over that. Thanks for the clarification.

As far as i know, the cancelled physical edition is Spanish, and there seems to be licensing problems and technical problems with the spanish translation. It was released some years ago only on xobx, and it was taken down.
Even if you go to steam, the spanish translation is nowehere to be found.
It seems like a problem OMOCAT has, not the distributor, who im pretty sure would make money releasing it.

@Overzeal Eh...it's not my kind of thing...I'll pass lol. Good for those who enjoy it though.

@plug313
first omori trailer was 2014, omori released in 2020.
3DS was promised, 3DS life span passed, so it switched to switch promised

Ordered it from Japan as soon as I heard the news, what a shame