If I had to talk about the games that I regret having sold, among them would undoubtedly be the first Baten Kaitos by Namco. Released in Europe in 2005 (two years later than in Japan) under the name of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, It was an RPG of the most atypical for the time (with permission from From Software’s Lost Kingdoms
Already in 2006, its prequel was published, entitled Baten Kaitos Origins, again as a GameCube exclusive game, with the planned Nintendo DS version being canceled. And he ran the same fate Baten Kaitos 3 five years later, hence we are happy to discover that Bandai Namco has just renew the brand of the first.
You mean a remastering is on the way? It is probable. At the very least, Bandai Namco wants to continue with its intellectual property and may surprise us at the next Tokyo Game Show 2021 with a news about its return. If only. Because of course if you look at the price of its prequel, things get out of hand compared to the 30 ~ 50 dollars of the first game.
We must also remember that unless we resort to the second-hand market, we have no option to legally play these two classics, as they are not available on current Nintendo consoles. Although, curiously, your file is still active on nintendo.es. Baten Kaitos Origins, on the other hand, never came out in Europe. Hopefully with this record that enormous injustice is corrected …
