Siliconera's Spencer Yip was able to have a chat with Imageepoch president Ryoei Mikage, talking about Imageepoch's upcoming titles during the Tokyo Game Show. Mikage revealed to Yip that Imageepoch is now working on a US version of their recently-released RPG, World Destruction ~Michibikareshi Ishi~, which will be published by Sega of America in the future. He notes that they are aiming for a full localization, with composer Yasunori Mitsuda rewriting the game's songs for this US release. Other tweaks and fixed will also be made based on user feedback from players outside of Japan.

World Destruction released on September 25th in Japan. You can find the official site here. According to the December 2008 issue of Nintendo Power, the game will see a Fall 2009 release.

At Tokyo Game Show I caught up Ryoei Mikage, the President of Imageepoch, and among discussing Arc Rise Fantasia, Seventh Dragon, and a bunch of other titles we touched on World Destruction. He told me Imageepoch is currently working on the US version of World Destruction which Sega USA will publish in the future. A complete US version is on the table which includes famed composer Yasunori Mitsuda rewriting songs and making them original for the US release. The difficulty of the game may also be altered since Imageepoch is taking feedback from players outside of Japan.

So, World Destruction is coming. We just need to wait for Sega to give us a firm date. However, the release may not be in the near future since as Mikage-san explains they are looking at a full localizatio

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