If you’re trying to keep track of what’s going on with the North American launch of Namco Bandai and tri-Crescendo’s Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, you’ll need to take note here. XSEED has announced that they’ll be completely changing the name for the game’s localization. The game will now be known as… Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon.

OK, maybe it’s not quite a complete change… in fact, you barely even notice it. What do you think, though? It does make it seem more whole, at least as far as titles go. I just don’t know that Fragile Dreams screams “franchise” to me as much as the original. Oh well. I doubt it’s really going to make a difference in whether or not you pick the game up when it launches here in early 2010.

XSEED Games Announces New Game Name – FRAGILE DREAMS: FAREWELL RUINS OF THE MOON

Adventure RPG Brings Dramatic Post-Apocalyptic World to Life

Torrance, Calif., (November 5, 2009) –XSEED Games announced today that FRAGILE: FAREWELL RUINS OF THE MOON will be published in North America under the new name FRAGILE DREAMS: FAREWELL RUINS OF THE MOON. Developed by NAMCO BANDAI Games and tri-Crescendo, and released by NAMCO BANDAI Games as Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon in Japan, FRAGILE DREAMS: FAREWELL RUINS OF THE MOON will be available in North America in early 2010, exclusively for Wii™.

FRAGILE DREAMS: FAREWELL RUINS OF THE MOON finds protagonist Seto exploring an eerie and abandoned world, seemingly populated only by haunting ghosts and demons. Players utilize the Wii Remote™ as a flashlight to illuminate Seto’s surroundings, solve puzzles and interact with the environment. Gamers are immersed in an intensely cinematic experience where desolate, strangely beautiful atmospheres filled with gorgeous graphics and stunning lighting effects are brought to life by an emotional musical score. Explore the narrative of a lonely and lost soul as he encounters memorable characters and discover the back story behind scavenged items that provide insight on people’s last days before the apocalypse.

Look for FRAGILE DREAMS: FAREWELL RUINS OF THE MOON exclusively on Wii™ in early 2010. For more information please visit: www.xseedgames.com

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How do you bring Fragile to America? Very carefully.

That’s what Xseed Games will be doing, apparently. We knew the publisher was keep a close watch on the game (originally from tri-Crescendo and Namco, published in Japan by Namco Bandai), and luckily for all of us, they’ve decided to localize the game for a North American release. Xseed apparently received a tremendous amount of requests from gamers for the company to bring the game over, and the localization team is responding with a full English voice recording for the game that they’re hoping will match the quality of the Japanese original (which, if the publisher gets its way, will be available as an additional language option).

Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon should be available to add to all of our Wii libraries by the holiday season, but definitely by this coming winter. Have your flashlights ready!

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This game still intrigues me, probably because all us non-Japanese folk barely get any information about these games. Namco and tri-Crescendo’s Fragile received a new trailer yesterday, less than a month before the game’s Japanese launch. If you don’t know about the game yet, the trailer should give you a better idea of the connection between your character, Seto, and the girl, Ren, what the general mood of the story is, and a great listen at the theme song sung by Aoi Teshima.

For those wondering, it doesn’t seem like Namco Bandai is interested in bringing anything Fragile overseas, but word on the street is that Xseed Games is keeping a close eye on the game…

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