Crimzon Clover World Explosion (Switch)

[Creamy Goodness]

I check production progress occasionally, but really I just assume they are never going to deliver. And I assume the personnel issues they mention are because those staff knew the company was a sinking ship or they were never properly staffed in the first place and that "staff" never actually existed.

But I'm kind of curious how Clover-Tac feels about all this. I haven't heard anything from him. Wonder if he just got paid and said fuck it, not his problem or if he is actually concerned about the matter. Considering it is his only game and probably made a decent amount of money from digital sales I figure he doesn't really have much skin in all this.

[Sengoku Strider]

So that Switch physical release, yeah?

First Press Games update, wrapped in this hyperlink thanks to a hilarious underlying URL

"All of our suppliers went bankrupt! For the second or third year in a row! Then all our staff quit! Then all the staff we hired to replace them quit! Then a dark meteor with an eerie glow hit the earth near a farmhouse just outside of town. Then everyone remaining got sick! People are talking, people are saying it's the most sick they've ever seen! So you see nothing was our fault, nothing to learn here...

Guided by the same core philosophy as always...We are...confident that the upcomng [sic] year will mark a positive new beginning for our company after these difficult past years.

...in fact guided by the same great thinking as always, we hope to achieve different results than the past several years in a row!

Please be advised that our company will be closed for the winter holiday period from Wednesday, 24 December 2025, through Sunday, 4 January 2026. We will resume business operations on Monday, 5 January 2026.

...starting by going on vacation from all this hard work so you hopefully forget about this for a little while and leave me alone. Here's an AI generated image of a sulking guy who walked backwards to a bench in the middle of a snow-clogged railroad track to make you feel reassured about our future:




...I must leave to serve The Meteor's will now."

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Wow, how long does it take to ship out the NSW Crimson Clover game (Regular Version, Collector's Set Version & Collector's Set EX Version)? It'll be 2026 starting tomorrow and still no physical NSW CC even though it was announced back in 2022 (with First Press Games accepting pre-orders for all three variants indeed and still considered "vaporware" in 2025/2026). What gives? Might we have to wait another year towards 2027 then?

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I believe the Sega Genesis boxed set of Earthion will be released in 2026 and definitely before the NSW port of CC ever is released for sure -- why is that so?
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Clover-TAC should find another reputable game publisher for physical copies of NSW Crimson Clover instead of First Press Games as they have nothing to show for it even to this very day.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_^

[Tokyo-J]

Knowing I cannot own a physical copy of this game makes me a sad panda.

[jandrogo]

Saddest is technically I own a physical copy because I already paid for it, but maybe is never gonna be delivered.

[professor ganson]

Probably everyone interested in the game on Switch has it already, but it's on sale right now. Picked it up last night because it's easier for me to play Switch on a larger screen than Steam games.

[Gamer707b]

I'm so glad I got out of this mess years ago. I went by instinct and requested a refund 3 years ago. Surprisingly, after 2 or 3 emails, I got my refund and never looked back. I'm one of those people that doesn't mind paying a bit extra getting it on the secondary market when a game is out. Ebay, Amazon, whatever. I'm just not very good or patient enough to wait 1, 2 let alone 3 years or more. A similar fiasco happened with WaterMelon games when they were putting out the beat em up game they did. I just got my Pier Solar copy fro them, saw they were a Mickey Mouse outfit and said, I'm done. Learned my lesson that I'll NEVER pre-order a game years in advance no matter how much I want the game.

[TransatlanticFoe]

Well still no news for Crimzon Clover but here come the lawsuits:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/ ... istributor

[Creamy Goodness]

About time someone stepped up. Unfortunately I think this means there will never be a modern physical of Crimzon Clover. I'm just curious what BS they sold the developers to acquire publishing rights and ultimately where the shortfalls were to make them fuck up so bad on their obligations.

[Steven]

I wonder and highly doubt if Worst Press has enough money to defend itself in court. It would be hilarious in a twisted manner if all of the games it hasn't shipped never ship because it got sued out of existence for never shipping.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

And will First Press Games issue refunds to those whom have paid for such pre-orders as far back as of 2021/2022 or even earlier? The court could order that FPG refund all that money back to customers as they still don't have anything to show for it (in terms of giving the customers their pre-ordered games whether it be the regular edition, the upgraded edition or the Super Limited Edition as associated with the Switch Crimson Clover physical edition iterations).

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What's Clover-TAC's response to the FPG's Switch Crimson Clover fiasco? He should find another reputable game publisher that will get the job done right the "first time" with no "hemming and hawing" around -- it's already March of 2026 and still no actual physical game release of Crimson Clover.
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PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[zyloj]

Yesterday I emailed Clover-TAC asking about the status of the physical edition. He apologized for the situation and mentioned that First Press Games either doesn't respond to their requests for information or gives the same excuses. He considers it a scam and said they weren't aware that other developers have filed lawsuits. He will contact KOMODO (the game's publisher) to pass this information on to them.

We can probably consider the pre-order money lost, but perhaps there's a chance the game will be released physically by another distributor. Fingers crossed.

[Creamy Goodness]

Wonder why Clover-TAC went with FPG in the first place. Crimzon Clover has enough of a following to have easily been released by a more "reputable" limited release publisher. Hell I think it could've done well as a retail release. Some serious lies must've been told for FPG to get the rights for the physical release.

[Steven]

Perhaps I should consider emailing Qute to see what they say about Worst Press having still not shipped the Ginga Force + Natsuki Chronicles limited edition thingy or given me my refund. Has anyone tried contacting Qute yet?

[Sengoku Strider]

Yesterday I emailed Clover-TAC asking about the status of the physical edition. He apologized for the situation and mentioned that First Press Games either doesn't respond to their requests for information or gives the same excuses. He considers it a scam and said they weren't aware that other developers have filed lawsuits. He will contact KOMODO (the game's publisher) to pass this information on to them.

We can probably consider the pre-order money lost, but perhaps there's a chance the game will be released physically by another distributor. Fingers crossed.

It's great he emailed you back that quickly. Hopefully they're in a position to put FPG's feet to the fire legally, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Faith]

Perhaps I should consider emailing Qute to see what they say about Worst Press having still not shipped the Ginga Force + Natsuki Chronicles limited edition thingy or given me my refund. Has anyone tried contacting Qute yet?

Please do that! This whole situation is really, really crazy. I think the more people involve developer directly, the better! At least show them that other developer taking action!~

[Steven]

Yeah, I should probably try it. Just kind of lazy to do the whole super proper Japanese email thingy because it's a pain lol. They'll probably not care at all if I mess it up a little once they see my clearly not Japanese name on the contact form thingy though. I'll figure it out eventually.

It's just really annoying and funny to me, unfortunately in a bad way, that Worst Press is so incomparably terrible at everything. How did this situation even come to be? I have no idea, and I don't want to know. Actually, I do have an idea: the combination of too much ambition combined with too much incompetence. I know they are capable of doing stuff because I have actually received stuff from them before, but between this Crimzon Clover mess, the Ginga Force + Natsuki LE thing, especially since all of the other versions of Ginga Force and Natsuki have apparently shipped as of like a year and a half ago, and the fact that they apparently decided not to give me my refund when I asked for it and then they said they would do it but then nothing, even after I later threatened legal action, it's just hilariously bad and moderately frustrating.

At this point, I don't care about the games since I played them on PC like literally half a decade ago after I gave up on the physical copies, I just want the soundtracks that are included in the box. If I ever get the damn thing, which I doubt, I may dump the CDs and then sell the whole thing on ebay or here or whatever and be done with it. Does anyone who wasn't able to get the Ginga Force + Natsuki LE thingy want one? I may sell it, but I might not. No promises, especially since it will probably never ship.

[clairobskur]

I actually received Ginga Force and Natsuki Chronicles from them years ago... standard edition. I'm the only one?
Still waiting for Crimzon Clover though...

[zyloj]

I actually received Ginga Force and Natsuki Chronicles from them years ago... standard edition. I'm the only one?
Still waiting for Crimzon Clover though...

I also have them.

[davyK]

It's extremely frustrating that we appear to have incompetent gatekeepers to physical copies of games we want.

I gave up on them trying to send me a copy of Tetris Effect that they had in stock. Got lost in transit twice.

[Faith]

Just saw by super coincidence while looking for CC stuff that First Press just uploaded update video with mention of Crimzon Clover @_@"... posting here just in case anyone ordered and still waiting!!~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlxuPSVQnY

[TransatlanticFoe]

Wow I was not ready for that irritating jovial music so early in the morning!

Looks to me from that video that everything is ready to go, only...

https://firstpressgames.com/blogs/news/ ... itch-games

"While we're unable to provide a new shipping date right now"

"Recent developments are also affecting some of our other titles"

"We need to recruit and train new staff'

So in spite of seemingly having plenty ready to go, they... erm... aren't.

[jandrogo]

I think that since this purchase I have never bought any other product in preorder again. As a customer now I only trust in available products ready to sell and ship.

[Firehawke]

LRG and the like have done about as much damage as Kickstarter has to trust in a new product announcement.

[Faith]

Wow I was not ready for that irritating jovial music so early in the morning!

lol!!!!! Sorry >.<!!!~ Actually when I saw that video, audio was muted haha... because was listening to own music... and didn't feel their audio would add anything important anyway... so I just had to try and listen for myself... hahaha! Yes this is the kind of music that when you hear after waking up... will make self annoyed for rest of day!~

[lastemperorjubei]

Just saw by super coincidence while looking for CC stuff that First Press just uploaded update video with mention of Crimzon Clover @_@"... posting here just in case anyone ordered and still waiting!!~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlxuPSVQnY

I wonder why the comments are disabled (actually I don't). They didn't show the game card of Crimzon Clover.

[Tokyo-J]

Just saw by super coincidence while looking for CC stuff that First Press just uploaded update video with mention of Crimzon Clover @_@"... posting here just in case anyone ordered and still waiting!!~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlxuPSVQnY

I wonder why the comments are disabled (actually I don't). They didn't show the game card of Crimzon Clover.

Yeah, an Empty case is not proof of life.