Blue Protocol Is Hitting Japan First According to Developer

The anime-inspired MMORPG, Blue Protocol, has been in the news a lot lately, and a new developer quote gives credence to the fact it could be hitting the West.

Recently, we learned that Blue Protocol will be free-to-play, but a new quote talks about its release markets and how the game will roll out. In the quote, the developer seems to indicate that while Japan will likely see the initial release of the MMORPG, we can likely expect a global rollout - including releases in the West - soon afterwards.

The quote came in a new stream by the developers, and was translated by fans (via Reddit) thusly:

"In the interviews, we have said that it was intended to go global from the start. But CBT, as it follows [the closed alpha test], we will test CBT in Japan for feedback purposes. Will it be global or be certain regions, we can’t really say right now. (They will probably start with EU and NA first.) We’re still preparing but Japan will release first. Since it is designed [to be] very Japanese and will be interesting to a global audience, we don’t want to represent this style half-assed to the rest of the world."

Blue Protocol is currently being developed by Bandai Namco, though no release date has yet to be announced in any market.