Level-5 announces new horror RPG, Ushiro

Posted Sep 24th 2008 8:21AM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: Imports

Level-5, developers of Jeanne d'arc on PSP, have just announced a new horror-themed RPG called Ushiro. Players will take on the role of a death god (shinigami) to help people fulfill their wishes, and fight monsters along the way. It's scheduled for a release next year. Check out a scan at Gamekyo.

[Thanks, Jon C.!]

Tags: jrpg, level-5, ushiro

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

9-24-2008 @ 8:35AM

natsoy said...

great!! but i dont expect it to be release in english version

9-24-2008 @ 8:38AM

Makoto99 said...

Shinigami helping fulfill wishes, and fighting monsters?

Any chance of them changing the name from Ushiro, to "Full Moon wo BLEACH"?

9-24-2008 @ 10:47AM

daniel-kun said...

Full Bleach wo Flame Haze no Death Note, perhaps?

9-24-2008 @ 9:30AM

Rygy said...

This is amazing news! I hope this gets localized. Level-5 are such great developers. I'm importing this if it doesn't come out here.

9-24-2008 @ 9:57AM

Alien said...

It looks bleah to me... I cant really see the horror in those screens :P

9-24-2008 @ 11:03AM

Mikhail said...

Well they are just screens, maybe you should wait until they release some videos before you begin to judge it prematurely.

On the otherhand I hope both this and Cardboard Senki get published here, the PSP is in need of some games and hopefully these two will be just as good as Jeanne D'Arc was.

9-24-2008 @ 3:57PM

cafecito said...

More than actually "horror" it looks to me like a dark-themed RPG like say, Persona... which is great. So if the game is actually "horrorific" or not, it's a win-win situation with Level 5 at the helm IMO. Let's just hope it gets an english version; if it's worth it of course.

9-25-2008 @ 6:26AM

Alien said...

Now on that I can agree... but seeing that Parasite Eve couldent scare me I dont think that this will manage to do it...

9-24-2008 @ 3:38PM

Yan said...

horror rpg?! we havent had one of those since parasite eve 2 or so unless i missed out on earlier ones?

9-25-2008 @ 1:37AM

Frastoglegnia said...

Your character is the God of Death, eh? Subtle choice. What's next for the PSP, Kratos vs. Thanatos?

BTW: I'd love to play Thanatos in a dating SIM:

"You are hereby consigned to the realm of eternal sleep."

"But -- but -- I'm in high school! It's not my time! Why me, why me?!"

"Because you're wearing a fuschia sweater and I *don't like fuschia*. I'd suggest you warn your friends about that color, but where you're going, you won't have any! It'll be just like high school, only you'll unconscious! Strike that -- it'll be just like high school!" (snaps fingers, tips derby)

9-25-2008 @ 10:28PM

cafecito said...

Sarcasm Fail.

9-30-2008 @ 6:34AM

Frastoglegnia said...

Not to get involved in a touching snipe orgy, but I do have to correct the last comment:

1. The post you're commenting on is not sarcastic, it's facetious. In places, it's ironic.

2. Literacy fail + originality fail = Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately, we have no use for your posted fragment at this time. Feel free to post again when you can (a) glean meaning from others' words, (b) put more than two together yourself and (c) avoid resorting to tedious internet cliches.

9-25-2008 @ 1:54AM

Frastoglegnia said...

(And, yes, I'm aware you spell the word, *fuchsia*. Please don't take me, Thanatos!)

9-25-2008 @ 8:00AM

pixelator said...

Wouldn't it be great if most of the interesting new games posted to PSP Fanboy were coming to the USA, instead of them almost entirely being Japan only?

PSP is dead in the USA. It's too bad... But domestic development has all but ceased and Sony refuses to assist localization of JP titles to keep the system going. I suspect it will continue in Japan as a viable platform but on these shores, it's officially orphaned. A real shame... Thanks a bunch, Sony. Way to kill your best selling system.

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