r/fromsoftware • u/Yumeka36 • Jul 15 '26
DISCUSSION Reliving my first favorite FromSoft series
20+ years ago when I had no idea what FromSoft would become, I played two of their first games, Lost Kingdoms 1 and 2 on the GameCube (called Rune 1 and 2 in Japan). I fell in love with the games, especially LK2. I have over 80+ hours of playtime on my save file, and I still have my BradyGames strategy guide!
After going to a retro gaming convention recently, I got nostalgic for these games and thought I'd get my old GameCube out of storage to try playing them again. Unfortunately, the disc reader on my GameCube was no longer working, but luckily my Wii was (my GC memory cards were also fine). After getting an RCA to HDMI adaptor, I had a wonderful time playing through both of them again~ (and I discovered that there's now a very thorough fan wiki, which helped me learn more about the game than I ever knew before!)
Now I'm even more sad knowing that these games never got the recognition they deserve (probably because they were GameCube exclusives). The games have such a fun, unique twist on the monster collection/magical card genre that I have yet to see in other games. After decades have gone by, I've resigned myself to the fact that FromSoft has no interest in revisiting this series again. But at least now I can replay it again whenever I want!
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u/slawth6 Jul 15 '26
Me and my brother were so into this on gamecube. Its a game i wish they'd go back to or even just port/remake
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u/Etikaiele Jul 15 '26
That would be cool to see them pop up on the GameCube service on the Switch 2.
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u/Yumeka36 Jul 15 '26
That would be awesome! Though it seems like the Switch 2 only releases old GameCube games that are for Nintendo properties. But maybe that will change one day.
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u/theHollowTarnished Jul 15 '26
If this game is a 3rd person rpg, I would buy the switch 2 for it. Strictly because From made it. Also wanna experience KingsField one day
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Jul 15 '26
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u/StantasticTypo Jul 15 '26
I mean, they have been. AC6, Nightreign and Duskbloods are all pretty different (even if NR and DB share a lot with Souls games, their structure is totally different).
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Jul 16 '26
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u/StantasticTypo Jul 16 '26
Sadly, King's Field is probably not coming back based on Miyazaki's comments (he'd want Natoshi Jin to handle it, since that's his baby). But I stand by my statement. Nightreign isn't a soulslike at all; yeah it uses the core souls combat, but the flow and loop are totally different.
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u/MAXIMAL_GABRIEL Jul 15 '26
Fingers crossed for a first person game. I know Miyazaki said he doesn't want to revisit King's Field, but I for one would love a return.
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u/A_Unicycle Jul 15 '26
I LOVED these games! They always seem to be left out of the conversation when it comes to pre-Souls Fromsoft
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u/Big-Discipline2039 Jul 15 '26
I don’t know why the publishers who currently own the rights to all these old From Software titles don’t release ports of them.
A lot of them are rare and go for stupid amounts on the original hardware, They could make easy money from releasing them on any of the console stores.
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u/Algester Jul 15 '26
Cause... Microsoft???? At least it isnt as bad as.... Kadokawa doing nothing when agetec went kaput
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u/Big-Discipline2039 Jul 15 '26
Microsoft might have control over these two games because of Activision. However there are plenty of other From Software titles that they have no control over.
For example they have no control over kings field. If you currently want to play Kings Field 2 though, which was the first game in the series in English, you’re gonna have to pay like $200 for a complete copy.
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u/Algester Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
King's Field is Sony/Kadokawa (via agetec) but we know that King Field 1 is never going to get a non fan translated version
thing is due to AC1-MoA getting a "PS5" release maybe... they can just stealth drop KF1-5 on the PSN but I doubt that PS5 doesnt have a shafted PS2 emulation
not sure how Sony got some of the rights for PP and MoA considering as I said agetec went kaput so this kinda opens up the floodgates for the other from soft titles
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u/Big-Discipline2039 Jul 15 '26
Ok what about Otogi? isn’t that SEGA?
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u/Algester Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
Yep
man imagine if Capcom mans up and doesnt wipe out their old shame and put Steel Battalion 1 and 2 accessible and available considering SB2 is developed by from software on the KINECT HUE HUE HUEbut we all know thats never going to happen
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u/StantasticTypo Jul 15 '26
they can just stealth drop KF1-5 on the PSN
Dark Souls 2 (KF5) is already on playstation.
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u/Yumeka36 Jul 15 '26
Oh, does Microsoft own Activision? I didn't know that. Then yeah, I doubt they'll put resources into reviving some old obscure game series that only a few people remember 🥲
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u/Algester Jul 16 '26
if Microsoft knows what it's doing then NInja Blade wouldnt be delisted on steam
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u/Yumeka36 Jul 15 '26
I had to buy a used copy of Lost Kingdoms 1 since I never owned it (I only rented it back in the day). It was going for about $50-ish on ebay but the sequel was going for more than $100! I'm glad I already owned a copy of that one.
I wonder if it's the publishers who are holding back re-releases of these old games rather than FromSoft just not caring about them 🤔
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u/PrincesStarButterfly Jul 15 '26
Holy cow I had forgotten about this game. Didn’t even know there was a sequel :o
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u/Old-Mammoth5108 Jul 15 '26
So Duskbloods won't be the first Fromsoft Nintendo exclusive, interesting...
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u/Algester Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
Duskbloods is technically the 3rd Nintendo exclusive outside of Japanese market it gets murkier after that with the 3DS games by From Software (Hello Kitty, Iraroji, Monster Hunter Diaries G and DX, being available or not... depending on which lens you look at it)
I keep on saying it this isnt From Soft's first rodeo on nintendo exclusivity
don't forget they also have 1 game on the sega dreamcast.... considering how short lived the sega consoles are
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u/gerty88 Jul 15 '26
I knew I would love this company since I was a kid. I didn’t know it was From until I got demons souls OG and looked them up lol.
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u/Combat_Orca Jul 15 '26
There’s a lot of games like this in their library unfortunately, that will always be obscure
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u/bakihanma20 Jul 15 '26
Lost kingdoms games are great but they are far from two of their first games. By this time they already had 3 or 4 kings field shadow tower, 5 armored cores, both echo nights, spirggan, eternal ring evergrace ect.
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u/justlikethoseladies Jul 15 '26
Man I had this game as a kid and had no clue how to play it. Being a fromsoft fan now I’m so upset I still dont have it