As a rule, if you want to sell consoles in Japan, you'd better have some good RPGs available. Microsoft knows this, and is doing everything in its power to secure some decent Japanese titles for it's uphill battle in the Land of the Rising Sun. Late last year, Microsoft released a
Blue Dragon bundle, which quickly sold out and gave the Xbox 360 a hearty but brief boost. Microsoft looks to repeat that success by bundling the 360 with the upcoming RPG from Namco and tri-Crescendo,
Trusty Bell (known as
Eternal Sonata in the west). X3F readers will recall that
Eternal Sonata left Joystiq with a
good impression in March. The bundle will include an Xbox 360 core system,
Trusty Bell, and a special soundtrack DVD. The bundle's price has not yet been set. Of course, you can tack on the price of a memory card or hard drive to the bundle's price, as players won't be able to save their progress otherwise. While
Trusty Bell isn't likely to have the same impact as
Blue Dragon, it is expected that the RPG will generate a small amount of "buzz" for the console.
The new bundle will be available on June 14th in Japan.
[Via Xbox-Scene]
