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EDarkness
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(01-12-2008, 12:13 PM)
RPG Speculation (From Nintendo Power) #1

I caught this in another thread (the Sonic RPG one), but since it got lost there, I figured I'd move it to it's own thread. Apparently, the information was posted in Nintendo Power, so it's a game coming out on either the DS or Wii. I wonder if this is part of the same game that was hinted by the IGN guys some weeks ago.

Originally Posted by giggas:
Oh yeah I just read this in the back of the issue. Could be another huge goodie next month:

"Next month's cover story is an RPG so fantastic, so engrossing, so epic, and so hush-hush that we'd have to erase your memories if we told you what it is. In fact, maybe we already did. Role-playing fans, get ready for a big one."

Monolith Megaton Confirmed?!?

I'm hoping it's Chrono Trigger, but I'm sure that's just wishful thinking.
Yoboman
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(01-12-2008, 12:16 PM)
 
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Must be Final Fantasy XIII
Lost Fragment
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(01-12-2008, 12:16 PM)
 
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#3

FFIV DS perhaps.
Vic
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(01-12-2008, 12:16 PM)
 
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Final Fantasy V DS
SantaC
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(01-12-2008, 12:17 PM)
 
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#5

Golden Sun 3!!!!!!!

Gigatontonton!
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(01-12-2008, 12:19 PM)
 
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Is that memory thing a hint? Or just me reading too much into it?
Vic
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(01-12-2008, 12:19 PM)
 
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#7

Maybe it's Pokemon Ranger 2
jiggle
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(01-12-2008, 12:20 PM)
 
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Originally Posted by EDarkness:
we'd have to erase your memories


FF7!
Salazar
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(01-12-2008, 12:20 PM)
 
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#9

A Song of Ice and Fire.
Kyoufu
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(01-12-2008, 12:20 PM)
 
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Something to do with memories being lost. Cloud? OMG FFVII REMAKE CONFIRMED.
SantaC
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(01-12-2008, 12:20 PM)
 
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#11

ToS: KoR maybe...
CcrooK
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(01-12-2008, 12:21 PM)
 
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#12

I'd say it's an overexaggeration. Something that we probably already know. ......right?
king zell
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(01-12-2008, 12:21 PM)
 
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#13

maybe Fragile ?
dermannmitdemcolt
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(01-12-2008, 12:22 PM)
 
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a new game by matsuno or takahashi. everything else would be lame.
E-phonk
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(01-12-2008, 12:22 PM)
 
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Originally Posted by CcrooK:
I'd say it's an overexaggeration. Something that we probably already know. ......right?
I don't know, but Nintendo power is certainly one of the few western magazines that can have big scoops.
EDarkness
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(01-12-2008, 12:23 PM)
#16

I doubt it would be Final Fantasy V or IV for the DS. We already know about those games, and from my impression of the comment, it's a game we don't know about yet, or something that was hinted about at some point. I also think that it would be something that has some history to it, which would generate some hype. No idea what that could be though, but Golden Sun is also a good candidate. Too many possibilities. Maybe they have the scoop on Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers. Could be anything.
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(01-12-2008, 12:24 PM)
 
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Heh, I stopped reading Nintendo Power like 15 years ago. Do they even cover games that are announced in Japan?
MCD
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(01-12-2008, 12:24 PM)
 
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#18

Skies of Arcadia 2.
Ydahs
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(01-12-2008, 12:24 PM)
 
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Didn't the main character in Baten Kaitos lose his memory? Or am I mistaken?

Bring on FF7
viciouskillersquirrel
(01-12-2008, 12:25 PM)
 
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Quote:
Oh yeah I just read this in the back of the issue. Could be another huge goodie next month:

"Next month's cover story is an RPG so fantastic, so engrossing, so epic, and so hush-hush that we'd have to erase your memories if we told you what it is. In fact, maybe we already did. Role-playing fans, get ready for a big one."

Monolith Megaton Confirmed?!?

Are Nintendo Power normally prone to hyperbole? If so, I could easily see this as being about the FF remakes for the DS (unless these were already covered). Was "Megaton" originally from Nintendo Power?

I think that if it isn't about the DS remakes, it'd have to be the announcement of a new IP or something new from Monolith.

Then again, there's an infinitecimally small chance that it's something huge on the scale of (say) an announcement of a Final Fantasy VII remake or a Final Fantasy XIII spinoff. If we're talking impossible dreams though, I'd ask Santa for a Chrono Trigger remake or a cell-shaded, Amano art inspired Final Fantasy VI remake.
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(01-12-2008, 12:25 PM)
 
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Originally Posted by Ydahs:
Didn't the main character in Baten Kaitos lose his memory? Or am I mistaken?

Bring on FF7

Lots of RPGs have protagonists who lose their memories.

Xenogears 2!
Chromax
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(01-12-2008, 12:26 PM)
 
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Sonic RPG!
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(01-12-2008, 12:26 PM)
 
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#23

Originally Posted by McDragon:
Skies of Arcadia 2.

*dies*

well there was a rumor of SoA2 a couple of months ago
Bo130
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(01-12-2008, 12:27 PM)
 
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Originally Posted by EDarkness:
I caught this in another thread (the Sonic RPG one)

Hm? Which thread is that? Either way, it sounds interesting. When the next issue due?
MidiSurf
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(01-12-2008, 12:27 PM)
 
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#25

Suikoden.

Or maybe new Baten Kaitos game... That would be awesome.

EDIT: What about Surfer Girl rumors are there any indications in her past rumors for an epic RPG for Wii or DS ?
Vic
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(01-12-2008, 12:27 PM)
 
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Yeah, FFVII for the DS would be great news; It's been a long time since I've tasted Sony fans bitter tears and I quite miss it tbh. Bwahaha
Night_Trekker
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(01-12-2008, 12:28 PM)
 
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Originally Posted by McDragon:
Skies of Arcadia 2.

Even having heard the rumor, I would flip out.
Dascu
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(01-12-2008, 12:30 PM)
#28

Originally Posted by McDragon:
Skies of Arcadia 2.
.
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#29

Somebody check their past rumourmill for RPG hints
EDarkness
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(01-12-2008, 12:31 PM)
#30

Originally Posted by Bo130:
Hm? Which thread is that? Either way, it sounds interesting. When the next issue due?

This one...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=226943
viciouskillersquirrel
(01-12-2008, 12:31 PM)
 
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Originally Posted by Vic:
Yeah, FFVII for the DS would be great news; It's been a long time since I've tasted Sony fans bitter tears and I quite miss it tbh. Bwahaha
What are you talking about? The Monster Hunter 3 announcement wasn't that long ago at all.
Fritz
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(01-12-2008, 12:31 PM)
 
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#32

I dont think a JRPG would be uncovered by a US-mag. Or was this ever the case. Guess its something from a western developer. I hope to be proofed wrong tho.
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(01-12-2008, 12:32 PM)
 
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They said cover story right? How long does it take before we know what the cover of a Nintendo Power is?

Originally Posted by Fritz:
I dont think a JRPG would be uncovered by a US-mag. Or was this ever the case. Guess its something from a western developer. I hope to be proofed wrong tho.

Well, it's a month away. That's at least 4 issues of Famitsu and 3 issues of Jump. Who knows what might happen by then.
viciouskillersquirrel
(01-12-2008, 12:33 PM)
 
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#34

Originally Posted by duckroll:
They said cover story right? How long does it take before we know what the cover of a Nintendo Power is?
This is a good point. How soon can we expect this?
jiggle
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(01-12-2008, 12:34 PM)
 
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Sora had his memory erased HMMMM
iirc surfergirl said KH3 gonna be on Wii
Vic
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(01-12-2008, 12:37 PM)
 
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Originally Posted by viciouskillersquirrel:
What are you talking about? The Monster Hunter 3 announcement wasn't that long ago at all.
Bah. The emotional attachment that some Gaffers have for FFVII is well far and beyond the Monster Hunter series.
EDarkness
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(01-12-2008, 12:37 PM)
#37

Originally Posted by viciouskillersquirrel:
This is a good point. How soon can we expect this?

Considering Nintendo Power just came out, I would think we have at least 3 or 4 weeks. Anything can happen before then, though. My guess is that someone from another magazine or internet site will break the news before Nintendo Power comes out.
Stocka
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(01-12-2008, 12:38 PM)
 
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#38

Skies of Arcadia II is the sequel i've always dreamed for. Tales of Symphonia II is coming, perhaps it's just about that? Golden Sun 3 is a possibility. Camelot did confirm to be making the game in the past right?
viciouskillersquirrel
(01-12-2008, 12:39 PM)
 
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Originally Posted by jiggle:
Sora had his memory erased HMMMM
iirc surfergirl said KH3 gonna be on Wii
But Kingdom Hearts isn't, strictly speaking, an RPG. How wide, historically, is their definition of "RPG"?
Stocka
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(01-12-2008, 12:42 PM)
 
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#40

Baten Kaitos III?
maxmars
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(01-12-2008, 12:42 PM)
 
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#41

Planescape Torment? (lol)
EDarkness
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(01-12-2008, 12:43 PM)
#42

Originally Posted by viciouskillersquirrel:
But Kingdom Hearts isn't, strictly speaking, an RPG. How wide, historically, is their definition of "RPG"?

I've always thought that Kingdom Hearts was an RPG. An Action RPG, but still an RPG.

Kingdom Hearts 3 would be nice as well. What would be even cooler is if they change the visual style a bit. <drool>
Mr. Pointy
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(01-12-2008, 12:45 PM)
 
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#43

Final Fantasy VIII-2
mandiller
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(01-12-2008, 12:46 PM)
 
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#44

What I hope for: Golden Sun DS

What I expect: Disappointment
Haunted
(01-12-2008, 12:48 PM)
 
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#45

Opoona.
manueldelalas
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(01-12-2008, 12:49 PM)
 
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#46

Chrono Trigger 2 (remember the returning to a Nintendo console big franchise IGN was speaking of...)

That or SOA 2.
Kyoufu
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(01-12-2008, 12:49 PM)
 
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Its obviously not from Square-Enix. They don't reveal megatons in NP. If you wanted an S-E megaton, it would've been at a Japanese event like Jump Festa or a Japanese publication like Famitsu.

I'm going to say this is from Nintendo themselves. Golden Sun 3 would be amazing but its probably something else, like Fragile.
king zell
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(01-12-2008, 12:50 PM)
 
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#48

brain training RPG

Wii RPG
viciouskillersquirrel
(01-12-2008, 12:51 PM)
 
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#49

On the "losing the memory" thing... didn't Terra from Final Fantasy VI have amnesia through most of the first half? ;)

Protip: don't read too much into the memory thing. It's so vague that it could be applied to any game, so even if it is a clue, it won't become clear until after the announcement is made.

I'm thinking that this will be about something that will be announced publicly prior to the release of the next issue. Basically, Nintendo Power won't be the ones making the announcement.
Sule
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(01-12-2008, 12:52 PM)
#50

Nintendo Power bom zal droppen?

Originally Posted by Stocka:
Golden Sun 3 is a possibility. Camelot did confirm to be making the game in the past right?

''GI: I hate to totally break away from all the sports’ games, but there’s another game Camelot is known for, and that’s Golden Sun. What’s the status of Golden Sun, and is that series finished or is that something you’d like to bring to consoles?

Hiroyuki Takahashi: First of all, I love that game and I love the world of Golden Sun. We think we have to make another one. We have to do it! Not just that we have to do it, but we want to do it. Nintendo has asked us to please make it. But at the same time we haven’t gotten around to making it. We’re not really sure why. (laughs)''

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Sto...309.htm?Page=1

Originally Posted by Mr. Pointy:
Final Fantasy VIII-2

Yes please. Not happening though.
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