This week's delicious JP mag news - Page 2

Aokage · (05-09-2007, 03:46 AM)

No Dissidia/FFIV DS/FFXII International stuff in this Famitsu makes me wonder where that blog got its info from. Jump, I guess...

Anyway, I feel it is my duty to post the awesome DS games Jonnyram and Duckroll cruelly and heartlessly ignore.

Daddy's Sunday Carpentry DS
Rurubu Sightseeing Series: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Akihabara (!!)
Doraemon Makaihen
Pixel Maritan (based on some military moe manga. Yes, military moe)

Also apparently a Walküre (Namco) game on PSP? Waiting for more info...

duckroll · (05-09-2007, 03:48 AM)

Originally Posted by Aokage:

No Dissidia/FFIV DS/FFXII International stuff in this Famitsu makes me wonder where that blog got its info from. Jump, I guess...

Anyway, I feel it is my duty to post the awesome DS games Jonnyram and Duckroll cruelly and heartlessly ignore.

Daddy's Sunday Carpentry DS
Rurubu Sightseeing Series: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Akihabara (!!)
Doraemon Makaihen
Pixel Maritan (based on some military moe manga. Yes, military moe)

Also apparently a Walküre (Namco) game on PSP? Waiting for more info...

Hey you cruelly and hearlessly ignored Prince of Persia for DS and PSP too! Japanese gamers who don't import want to know too!

Acosta · (05-09-2007, 03:48 AM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

What are you talking about, Sonic rocks. Maybe you're just jealous cause you're stuck with a Wii and not next-gen graphics.

You must be really bored ;)

Sound novel in HD, well, it had to happen. But I suppose the text adventures will start going for Wii very fast given the interface and that is way cheaper over HD consoles. Maybe they will start soon with PS2/Wii games (but I think companies dedicated to develop adventures are facing bad times, don´t know where I read that)

By the way Duckroll, is there any chance you can answer my PM or is out of question?

Mr_Furious · (05-09-2007, 03:49 AM)

Originally Posted by StephaneC:

wow :/ no FF PSP screens ... and nothing about the Square Enix Party

Uh, that's next week.

duckroll · (05-09-2007, 03:51 AM)

Originally Posted by Acosta:

You must be really bored ;)

Pretty much.

Quote:

By the way Duckroll, is there any chance you can answer my PM or is out of question?

The first rule of Fight Club is........ :(

Acosta · (05-09-2007, 03:51 AM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

Pretty much.

The first rule of Fight Club is........ :(

I understand, don´t worry and thanks ;)

duckroll · (05-09-2007, 04:06 AM)

Famitsu's Odin Sphere comments:

- Difficulty is high, but the controls are relatively simple but very intuitive and work well
- The item creation aspect and how its used in the game is unique, but when there are too many items in your inventory management can be hard
- Great directing with powerful music and voices, there's quite a lot of volume in the game
- Lots of loading
- Lots of stages look the same
- In some of the boss fights there appears to be slowdown

Avalon · (05-09-2007, 04:08 AM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

Famitsu's Odin Sphere comments:

- Difficulty is high, but the controls are relatively simple but very intuitive and work well
- The item creation aspect and how its used in the game is unique, but when there are too many items in your inventory management can be hard
- Great directing with powerful music and voices, there's quite a lot of volume in the game
- Lots of loading
- Lots of stages look the same
- In some of the boss fights there appears to be slowdown

Hope this is accurate. I don't know about the rest of you but for some reason I figured this game was going to be a really easy brawler. Sucks about the loading though.

Y2Kev · (05-09-2007, 04:09 AM)

Originally Posted by Aokage:

No Dissidia/FFIV DS/FFXII International stuff in this Famitsu makes me wonder where that blog got its info from. Jump, I guess...

Anyway, I feel it is my duty to post the awesome DS games Jonnyram and Duckroll cruelly and heartlessly ignore.

Daddy's Sunday Carpentry DS
Rurubu Sightseeing Series: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Akihabara (!!)
Doraemon Makaihen
Pixel Maritan (based on some military moe manga. Yes, military moe)

Also apparently a Walküre (Namco) game on PSP? Waiting for more info...

Hcoregamer00 · (05-09-2007, 04:16 AM)

That sega game will move 1,000,000 PS3's

If it has tentacles

jj984jj · (05-09-2007, 04:17 AM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

Famitsu's Odin Sphere comments:

- Difficulty is high, but the controls are relatively simple but very intuitive and work well
- The item creation aspect and how its used in the game is unique, but when there are too many items in your inventory management can be hard
- Great directing with powerful music and voices, there's quite a lot of volume in the game
- Lots of loading
- Lots of stages look the same
- In some of the boss fights there appears to be slowdown

:(

Did Grim Grimoire have any of that?

duckroll · (05-09-2007, 04:21 AM)

Originally Posted by jj984jj:

:(

Did Grim Grimoire have any of that?

Sure. Pretty much all of Grim Grimoire looks the same. It's pretty low budget, but the quality is great imo. There's loading too, but we're talking about 30 minute stages versus 1-3 minute stages here, so Odin Sphere is without doubt more frequent - it's also a much longer game. There's no slowdown in Grim Grimoire because there are no bosses. :P

Grimmy · (05-09-2007, 04:22 AM)

Originally Posted by Aokage:

Also apparently a Walküre (Namco) game on PSP? Waiting for more info...

WHAT WHAT!!!

Pls say it's true!!! And it's in the classic 2-D top-down mode!

jj984jj · (05-09-2007, 04:31 AM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

Sure. Pretty much all of Grim Grimoire looks the same. It's pretty low budget, but the quality is great imo. There's loading too, but we're talking about 30 minute stages versus 1-3 minute stages here, so Odin Sphere is without doubt more frequent - it's also a much longer game. There's no slowdown in Grim Grimoire because there are no bosses. :P

So it isn't so bad for that game as it is for Odin Sphere because of type of game it is, I see.

traveler · (05-09-2007, 04:53 AM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

Famitsu's Odin Sphere comments:

- Difficulty is high, but the controls are relatively simple but very intuitive and work well
- The item creation aspect and how its used in the game is unique, but when there are too many items in your inventory management can be hard
- Great directing with powerful music and voices, there's quite a lot of volume in the game
- Lots of loading
- Lots of stages look the same
- In some of the boss fights there appears to be slowdown

I gathered pretty much all of this from the media we've seen thus far.

Though I don't know if "stages look the same" is how I'd put it. The enviromental variety seems to be quite impressive; it's the level structure that seems to be the same to me. I wonder how much of a damper to the quality of the game that is as it has been my only real concern. I can deal with the loading times and slowdown that I've seen.

Troidal · (05-09-2007, 05:14 AM)

Originally Posted by Aokage:

Rurubu Sightseeing Series: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Akihabara (!!)

Akiba? That place changes a lot in such a short period of time, not sure if making a map software for it makes sense... ・_・

drohne · (05-09-2007, 05:32 AM)

Originally Posted by Aokage:

Also apparently a Walküre (Namco) game on PSP? Waiting for more info...

!

i dig the classic arcade game. let's hope this is both true and awesome.

...then again it's namco. in 2007. on psp.

Y2Kev · (05-09-2007, 05:33 AM)

Originally Posted by drohne:

!

i dig the classic arcade game. let's hope this is both true and awesome.

...then again it's namco. in 2007. on psp.

PSP is like the only place namco has been reliably good.

A Link to the Snitch · (05-09-2007, 05:42 AM)

Originally Posted by Wario64:

Ouendan 2 - 9,9,8,8

This score is too low.

At least it's the same score as the first, so Famitsu says it = Ouendan.

ethelred · (05-09-2007, 05:45 AM)

Originally Posted by drohne:

!

i dig the classic arcade game. let's hope this is both true and awesome.

I've never played it, actually. It looks pretty cool from that one screenshot. What's the game like?

Bo130 · 05:48 AM

Originally Posted by A Link to the Snitch:

At least it's the same score as the first, so Famitsu says it = Ouendan.

No it's not :)

Quote:

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time | 9 / 9 / 8 / 9 | 35/40
Ouendan | 9 / 8 / 9 / 9 | 35/40
Pokémon Diamond & Pearl | 9 / 8 / 9 / 9 | 35/40
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team | 9 / 9 / 8 / 9 | 35/40
Tetris DS | 9 / 9 / 8 / 9 | 35/40
Trace Memory | 9 / 10 / 8 / 8 | 35/40
Yoshi Touch & Go! | 9 / 9 / 9 / 8 | 35/40

-------------------------------------

Advance Wars: Dual Strike | 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 | 34/40
Final Fantasy III | 9 / 8 / 9 / 8 | 34/40
Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren DS | 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 | 34/40
Kirby: Canvas Curse | 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 | 34/40
Ouendan 2 | 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 | 34/40
Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime | 8 / 10 / 8 / 8 | 34/40
Super Princess Peach | 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 | 34/40

Y2Kev · (05-09-2007, 05:46 AM)

The screenshot actually reminds me of the Mode 7 scrolling parts of the SNES Mickey Mouse game Jaffe directed. Can't think of the name of it. It looks cool.

CO_Andy · (05-09-2007, 05:54 AM)

Never played it, but my guess is Legend of Valkyrie played like Pocky & Rocky.

icecream · (05-09-2007, 05:56 AM)

Originally Posted by _leech_:

Sound novel? What's that?

Think Higurashi.

Takuhi · (05-09-2007, 06:15 AM)

Originally Posted by duckroll:

There's no slowdown in Grim Grimoire because there are no bosses. :P

When dragons fight chimeras, you get a bit...

Were the 7's from the ones who complained the difficulty? If so, I'd feel much more comfortable about dismissing them entirely.

king zell · (05-09-2007, 06:18 AM)

so whats the new Tecmo game for the Wii ?

Wii「テクモ新感覚アクション(仮)」

excite translation :

Wii"Tecmo new sense action (temporary)"

icecream · (05-09-2007, 06:21 AM)

Also known as, Generic Title Because We Haven't Started On It Yet!

duckroll · (05-09-2007, 06:22 AM)

Originally Posted by Takuhi:

When dragons fight chimeras, you get a bit...

Were the 7's from the ones who complained the difficulty? If so, I'd feel much more comfortable about dismissing them entirely.

I don't know. There are no scans of the actual seperate 4 reviews yet. Although I don't really care that much, I mean it IS Famitsu. I don't think anyone is going to cancel their preorders over a Famitsu review. :)

Btw, in the second last mission in story mode I've had a chimera and 2 dragons attack me with 2 Morning Stars of my own and like 7 demons, didn't really notice any slowdown honestly. Dragons are just slooooow so it's hard to tell too.

Grimmy · (05-09-2007, 06:36 AM)

Originally Posted by CO_Andy:

Never played it, but my guess is Legend of Valkyrie played like Pocky & Rocky.

You mean Pocky & Rocky plays like Legend of Valkyrie.

JavaMava · (05-09-2007, 06:45 AM)

Quote:

Custom Beat Battle - 7,7,7,7

What's this? Is it a rythm game?

Doctor_No · 07:11 AM

New(I think?) NiGHTS：Journey of Dreams screenshots:

http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/games/art...9/news031.html

Edit:

Watch Impress just got their pics up:
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...070509/nig.htm

Takuhi · (05-09-2007, 07:00 AM)

Yeah, that's true... Why do I care about Famitsu's opinion again? Didn't they give GrimGrim all 7's?

Originally Posted by duckroll:

Btw, in the second last mission in story mode I've had a chimera and 2 dragons attack me with 2 Morning Stars of my own and like 7 demons, didn't really notice any slowdown honestly. Dragons are just slooooow so it's hard to tell too.

Ha, good point! Those lumbering dragons are a tidal wave of molasses on their best of days...

Jaagen · (05-09-2007, 07:02 AM)

Now new Team Ico news this week either...

TreIII · (05-09-2007, 07:11 AM)

Originally Posted by JavaMava:

What's this? Is it a rythm game?

It's actually a "rhythm-based" fighter from Dimps, published by Banpresto, for the DS.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthre...light=Draglade

^Read that for an idea of what to expect.

nelsonroyale · (05-09-2007, 07:20 AM)

suitably shitty indeed

Eteric Rice · (05-09-2007, 07:22 AM)

Originally Posted by Doctor_No:

New(I think?) NiGHTS：Journey of Dreams screenshots:

http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/games/art...9/news031.html

Edit:

Watch Impress just got their pics up:
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/...070509/nig.htm

Why does the first link you mention have pics of the old Saturn NiGHTS at the very bottom?

I'm going to jump to conclusions.

NiGHTS PORT TO DS AM COMFIRMED

Blablurn · (05-09-2007, 07:23 AM)

this is really shitty

Doctor_No · (05-09-2007, 07:28 AM)

Originally Posted by Eteric Rice:

Why does the first link you mention have pics of the old Saturn NiGHTS at the very bottom?

I'm going to jump to conclusions.

NiGHTS PORT TO DS AM COMFIRMED

They are just there for comparison.

neo2046 · (05-09-2007, 07:34 AM)

Soul Calibur Legends
Wii / Bandai Namco / Action Adventure

Meet the SC characters and fight with the Wiimote

Bo130 · (05-09-2007, 07:35 AM)

W00T!

cvxfreak · (05-09-2007, 07:38 AM)

Originally Posted by neo2046:

Soul Calibur Legends
Wii / Bandai Namco / Action Adventure

Meet the SC characters and fight with the Wiimote

Wow

Chumly · (05-09-2007, 07:39 AM)

Originally Posted by neo2046:

Soul Calibur Legends
Wii / Bandai Namco / Action Adventure

Meet the SC characters and fight with the Wiimote

Matt was right!

StephaneC · (05-09-2007, 07:41 AM)

Originally Posted by neo2046:

Soul Calibur Legends
Wii / Bandai Namco / Action Adventure

Meet the SC characters and fight with the Wiimote

huhu Oo

Pachael · (05-09-2007, 07:43 AM)

Originally Posted by neo2046:

Soul Calibur Legends
Wii / Bandai Namco / Action Adventure

Meet the SC characters and fight with the Wiimote

Can't do worse than Virtua Quest.

TTP · (05-09-2007, 07:43 AM)

Originally Posted by neo2046:

Soul Calibur Legends
Wii / Bandai Namco / Action Adventure

Meet the SC characters and fight with the Wiimote

Totaly unpredictable gameplay mechanics

BrodiemanTTR · (05-09-2007, 07:44 AM)

Is this real confirmation or a clever ruse?

SolidSnakex · (05-09-2007, 07:44 AM)

Originally Posted by Pachael:

Can't do worse than Virtua Quest.

Never played their Death by Degrees game did you?

Smiles and Cries · (05-09-2007, 07:46 AM)

Originally Posted by neo2046:

Soul Calibur Legends
Wii / Bandai Namco / Action Adventure

Meet the SC characters and fight with the Wiimote

matt c was right :(

schuelma · (05-09-2007, 07:47 AM)

Originally Posted by neo2046:

Soul Calibur Legends
Wii / Bandai Namco / Action Adventure

Meet the SC characters and fight with the Wiimote

Wow

nelsonroyale · (05-09-2007, 07:51 AM)

Originally Posted by neo2046:

Soul Calibur Legends
Wii / Bandai Namco / Action Adventure

Meet the SC characters and fight with the Wiimote

not good