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rpmurphy · Dec 28, 2011

This is ... random: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGM8oyTR-sI
Okay, here's some actual gameplay (not so random): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pb5p9CZ0xM
A shorter gameplay video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaNFfqZeKvE

And Iwata playing the game from the Nintendo Direct event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcgeDqBzops

The game is a collection of minigames with a focus on listening to sounds and spoken language. Naturally, Sakamoto is heading this with the WarioWare team.

cosmicblizzard · Dec 28, 2011

Random is right. This makes all the scenarios in Rhythm Heaven and Warioware look grounded.

disco · Dec 28, 2011

Amazing.

rpmurphy · Dec 28, 2011

cosmicblizzard said:
Random is right. This makes all the scenarios in Rhythm Heaven and Warioware look grounded.

Yeah, Rhythm Heaven is really tame in aesthetics. I like that they're doing a variety of art styles in this.

AceBandage · Dec 28, 2011

I...
Uh...
Hmm...
What?

Alrus · Dec 28, 2011

The reliance on voices probably means this is never leaving Japan

It looked pretty fun.

I wonder if it will reach the level of crazy sales Sakamoto's similar projects had.

AntMurda · Dec 28, 2011

Sakamoto's development team is the absolute craziest Nintendo team!

Why would you do that? · Dec 28, 2011

The 2nd vid is amazing. I love the game with the 4 videos. I guess they're trying to figure out which one is different, or something specific. (Edit: I think they're guessing which video the sound is coming from.)

This looks like a game where if you were to ask a random person to describe a weird Japanese game, this would probably be it.

rpmurphy · Dec 28, 2011

Alrus said:
The reliance on voices probably means this is never leaving Japan It looked pretty fun.

I wonder if it will reach the level of crazy sales Sakamoto's similar projects had.

Localizing this would be a ton of work involved, but I really hope it does get its chance. This looks like a really good original game.

Lord Ghirahim · Dec 28, 2011

I want it, but I wouldn't pay over 3k for it.

Koomaster · Dec 28, 2011

Why would you do that? said:
The 2nd vid is amazing. I love the game with the 4 videos. I guess they're trying to figure out which one is different, or something specific. (Edit: I think they're guessing which video the sound is coming from.)

This looks like a game where if you were to ask a random person to describe a weird Japanese game, this would probably be it.

Yeah I didn't catch on till the lady singing one and I was like ah-ha!

Boney · Dec 28, 2011

This really looks so fun.

It's a shame they won't bring it over.

JasoNsider · Dec 28, 2011

This was the best surprise of last night's video. He and the team earned my trust with WarioWare (and, subsequently, Rhythm Tengoku) This team's games are excellent by being focused on fun with really light-hearted and wacky implementations.

Bring it on!

Luigiv · Dec 28, 2011

Further proof that Sakamoto is bat shit insane.

Nuclear Muffin · Dec 28, 2011

This looks amazing, and the live action video ensures that we will never see an English version get released

KenOD · Dec 28, 2011

Ah word games like しりとり, seems fun. I've actually been looking for a videogame versions of that, non-text based or DoCoMo only, to play and never found one. Not sure about the rest of those modes though.

Zero-Crescent · Dec 28, 2011

Jeez, that video was even more random than the Warning! A Huge Podcast live show intro.

PumpkinPie · Dec 28, 2011

ICE CUHREEM! I wish I could understand Japanese, it looks really cute.

speedpop · Dec 28, 2011

Luigiv said:
Further proof that Sakamoto is bat shit insane.

Well he's had to compete against Miyamoto and Tezuka for a long time. How else is an individual supposed to react to that tag team?

Jonnyram · Dec 28, 2011

The bottom line is that only salarymen are gonna find 5800 yen worth of entertainment in this game.

rpmurphy · Dec 28, 2011

PumpkinPie said:
ICE CUHREEM! I wish I could understand Japanese, it looks really cute.

That one was neat. You have to identify when someone is mispronouncing a word. If the pace goes faster, it would be pretty challenging.

Jonnyram said:
The bottom line is that only salarymen are gonna find 5800 yen worth of entertainment in this game.

Lol yeah. It does seem to have at least some multiplayer modes in it, so maybe that's Nintendo's angle for selling this at that price. Then again, next year's lineup for Wii isn't all that bright.

Shikamaru Ninja · Dec 28, 2011

speedpop said:
Well he's had to compete against Miyamoto and Tezuka for a long time. How else is an individual supposed to react to that tag team?

The R&D1 designers were more a of a cohesive team than EAD. Which is also why creatively they had much more range in the products they produced. Now all of those guys are in their 50s-60s and thus have to be spread around in supervisory positions.

This game looks ultra fun though.

loosus · Dec 28, 2011

This looks like shit. I guess this is what happens nowadays when you ask a prominent developer to make something new.

Soulhouf · Dec 29, 2011

OMG it looks amazing.
How could People say that Japan video game industry became irrelevant after this?

TunaLover · Dec 29, 2011

Makes you fear for japanese people mental sanity...

[Nintex] · Dec 29, 2011

Bulzeeb · Dec 29, 2011

this game might be interesting to learn japanese due to all the voice stuff :O but this is just so crazy it scares me

Graphics Horse · Dec 29, 2011

Nuclear Muffin said:
This looks amazing, and the live action video ensures that we will never see an English version get released

While you're probably right, it doesn't exactly look like a high budget production. Just lock a bunch of Nintendo Europe guys in a room with a video camera for a few days.

rpmurphy · Jan 5, 2012

I don't know who these women are, but Nintendo made some gameplay trailers with them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzNpXpkjMrs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh2_WApyDro

I guess the game has rhythm toys like those in Rhythm Heaven.

disco · Jan 5, 2012

I like the talking fish in a dress.

Codeblue · Jan 5, 2012

I'd look forward to this if it didn't look like localization hell.

rpmurphy · Jan 5, 2012

Codeblue said:
I'd look forward to this if it didn't look like localization hell.

It's not that bad. Nintendo and iNiS did Elite Beat Agents after all. The issues I think are the budget and whether it can sell, especially at this point in the Wii's life.

Boney · Jan 5, 2012

Yep this game looks amazing.

Maybe we'll get the Wii U sequel.

Boss Doggie · Jan 5, 2012

I guess the game relies on the fact that Japanese dialect is really hard. o_o

Littlegator · Jan 5, 2012

rpmurphy said:
It's not that bad. Nintendo and iNiS did Elite Beat Agents after all. The issues I think are the budget and whether it can sell, especially at this point in the Wii's life.

But EBA wasn't localized from a Japanese title.

BGBW · Jan 5, 2012

Graphics Horse said:
While you're probably right, it doesn't exactly look like a high budget production. Just lock a bunch of Nintendo Europe guys in a room with a video camera for a few days.

Or they could just subtitle it. Europe is pretty used to subtitles.

EDIT: Though that was more focusing on the random TV footage as seen in the first trailer

rpmurphy · Jan 5, 2012

Littlegator said:
But EBA wasn't localized from a Japanese title.

They basically made an entirely new game based on Ouendan. That's a lot more work than it would probably take to localize this. From my observations of the trailers, they'd just need to film or create new video clips and write some new dialogue on top of the usual text translation and recording new voices. It isn't as impossible of a localization as some are making it out to be.

Littlegator · Jan 5, 2012

Yes, but it was still a new game. You're comparing a ridiculous localisation to making a new game, and using that as justification for the localisation being reasonable.

rpmurphy · Jan 5, 2012

Littlegator said:
Yes, but it was still a new game. You're comparing a ridiculous localisation to making a new game, and using that as justification for the localisation being reasonable.

My point is that Elite Beat Agents was the result of Nintendo's decision to localize Ouendan. Compared to that, this is far from being as difficult. I still don't see what is about this game's content that makes people think it is impossible to bring over.

rpmurphy · Jan 23, 2012

Some gameplay videos:
Bar
Electronics Store
Cat & Dog Factory
Ramen

Lol

にゃんだって！？

kunonabi · Jan 23, 2012

Bulzeeb said:
this game might be interesting to learn japanese due to all the voice stuff :O but this is just so crazy it scares me

Yea, I think it would be a fun way to work on my Japanese. I'll be keeping my eye on it for sure.

Boney · Jan 23, 2012

This game keeps getting better and better

sigh

sorijealut · Jan 23, 2012

Boney said:
This game keeps getting better and better

sigh

agreed!

A.KU.MU · Jan 23, 2012

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rpmurphy · Jan 23, 2012

Boney said:
This game keeps getting better and better

sigh

I really dig the art style. The flat characters and the manga-ish look is cool. It's like middle-of-the-road betweem WarioWare and Rhythm Heaven.

randomkid · Jan 23, 2012

pretty annoyed this won't be coming out here. the team has never lead me wrong and as usual the style is impeccable. sigh indeed.

rpmurphy · Jan 23, 2012

randomkid said:
pretty annoyed this won't be coming out here. the team has never lead me wrong and as usual the style is impeccable. sigh indeed.

I have faith. It has a better chance of coming to the US than The Last Story, that's for sure.

345triangle · Jan 23, 2012

did anyone here pick this up? i'm really tempted but i dunno, 5000 yen...

BGBW · Jan 23, 2012

I see they managed to sneak in a few Nintendo references.

That bar game looks quite tricky. Or maybe it's because I have the radio on in the background.

Log4Girlz · Jan 23, 2012

Love the visual style!

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