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First Soma Bringer [DS] trailer.
- Thread starter AceBandage
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AceBandage
Banned
duckroll said:
They just need to market it better!
Something like "Mother 3 stinks even worse than Earthbound!" then pack it with scented oils.
NintendosBooger
Member
It's out in 2 weeks?
Does Nintendo know ahead of time that one of their exclusives suck and not bother to market it in an attempt to distance their name from their own product? Why else would they not try to advertise some of them?
Does Nintendo know ahead of time that one of their exclusives suck and not bother to market it in an attempt to distance their name from their own product? Why else would they not try to advertise some of them?
AceBandage
Banned
NintendosBooger said:
Actually, in a recent interview Iwata said this would be a new trend. Many games wouldn't be detailed or even announced until a month or so before hand.
But, they are already advertising it in Japan, so that's good.
dermannmitdemcolt
Member
dark steve said:
ah, shut up. the beginning of xenogears was pretty generic and cliched too and we know how that played out in the end. i have faith in takahashi. the game looks really amazing and is already my most wantet game of the year...after mgs4 of course.
Flakster99
Member
Beautiful trailers.
I know, it still hurts.
ivysaur12 said:
I know, it still hurts.
I don't know how we went from those early screenshots to this, but I'm not complaining. The music is pretty, the environments are beautiful, and the battles seem interesting. I still hate the character art and wish the camera never zoomed in during the battles, but those things are relatively minor if everything else is good.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/ds_station/touch_try/index.html#somabringer
Cool, it seems from the 21st, they're adding Soma Bringer to the Touch!Try!DS service in Japan. The demo will consist of a single dungeon and a boss, and you can pick any of the 7 characters to play.
Cool, it seems from the 21st, they're adding Soma Bringer to the Touch!Try!DS service in Japan. The demo will consist of a single dungeon and a boss, and you can pick any of the 7 characters to play.
AceBandage
Banned
duckroll said:
Damn it... why isn't this channel out in any other country?
BudokaiMR2
Member
duckroll said:
Oh shit this is the Demo channel through wii????
I am hyped now. Definitely going to download it.
Or wait....is this just for DS stations? Either way I will check it out.
Chris Michael
Banned
blu said:
I've actually wondered about this. It would certainly be... interesting to have a Xenotales that would replace racist jargon with religious jargon.
BudokaiMR2
Member
Busaiku said:
Nah that is normal except for SE stuff on DS. SE stuff on DS is usually like 5500-5800 at first.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
duckroll said:
That cuts me deep duckroll
Hey guys, it just dawned upon me that Soma Bringer is the first Monolithsoft co-owned IP ever! Xenosaga, Baten Kaitos and Namco x Capcom are 100% NBGI owned IPs. But ever since Nintendo bought Monolithsoft.... Soma Bringer is copyright Nintendo/Monolithsoft and SRW OG Saga Endless Frontier is copyright Monolithsoft for the game, NBGI for the Xenosaga and NxC characters and Banpresto for the series IP.
That's a pretty drastic change, I wonder if this means the studio actually has more freedom after the buyover to control their own games. Who knows, but I'm excited. Too bad it seems I'm the only one here excited! Oh well! I LOVE ME SOME BOMBAS! T_T
That's a pretty drastic change, I wonder if this means the studio actually has more freedom after the buyover to control their own games. Who knows, but I'm excited. Too bad it seems I'm the only one here excited! Oh well! I LOVE ME SOME BOMBAS! T_T
Chris Michael
Banned
duckroll said:
I'm pretty excited for the game - I just hope it doesn't turn out to be a shallow dungeon crawler.
In Nintendo's current position, I doubt Monolith will get "dumped" any time soon.
PataHikari
Banned
I feel bad that I laughed at this.Amir0x said::|
Also, I like the way that GAFs feelings about the game have done a 180 as more info comes out.
My good friend Jinx translated and subbed the trailer if you guys want to check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJjVzcZ-KY
She also translated the prologue from the official site
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJjVzcZ-KY
She also translated the prologue from the official site
Jinx said:
Chris Michael
Banned
Thanks for the translation.
Wow, there's seems to be a pretty big spoiler in the trailer.
Wow, there's seems to be a pretty big spoiler in the trailer.
I'm pretty sure the organization investigating the Visitors are called the Fulves. Also, a retailer staff that has attented a Soma Bringer preview that Nintendo organizated for retailers has been posting tons of information on the game on 2ch regarding gameplay and answering general questions. I'll translate if there's an interest but..... looks like no one gives a shit. Oh well. :/
BrodiemanTTR
Member
duckroll said:
You will translate and post that shit immediately. >:/
Chris Michael
Banned
duckroll said:
I would love to see these impressions. Are they good impressions? Does he like the game?
Here's a summary of some points that the guy has posted so far recently:
- He likes the direction of the events and story very much. The locations and events do a good job of drawing you into the game.
- The Pharzuph are kinda like the Jedi knights of the Soma Bringer world. As part of an entire unit, the game does a good job of making your character feel like you're part of an organization. Getting missions from HQ in towns, and interacting with the support staff, etc.
- Each character have their own personalities and quirks, and the game does a good job of showcasing it.
- For battles you can actually toggle the Camera Zoom option on or off. There's another setting for Area Cursor which determines if the "starting position of the area cursor for ranged attacks" is near or far. He has no idea what the setting actually does based on the demo they got to play though.
- He also says that while the game is probably going to take 20-30 hours for a single play (this is based on what was briefed by Nintendo probably, since he isn't actually playing the full game), the game isn't really about just playing once through.
- There are a lot of questions he really has no answer to based on the time he spent on it and the information given. He can't confirm either if Takahashi is really working on the game or not. I guess we'll just have to find out next week.
- He likes the direction of the events and story very much. The locations and events do a good job of drawing you into the game.
- The Pharzuph are kinda like the Jedi knights of the Soma Bringer world. As part of an entire unit, the game does a good job of making your character feel like you're part of an organization. Getting missions from HQ in towns, and interacting with the support staff, etc.
- Each character have their own personalities and quirks, and the game does a good job of showcasing it.
- For battles you can actually toggle the Camera Zoom option on or off. There's another setting for Area Cursor which determines if the "starting position of the area cursor for ranged attacks" is near or far. He has no idea what the setting actually does based on the demo they got to play though.
- He also says that while the game is probably going to take 20-30 hours for a single play (this is based on what was briefed by Nintendo probably, since he isn't actually playing the full game), the game isn't really about just playing once through.
- There are a lot of questions he really has no answer to based on the time he spent on it and the information given. He can't confirm either if Takahashi is really working on the game or not. I guess we'll just have to find out next week.
BudokaiMR2
Member
I have also decided to bite the bullet on this one. I will post impressions at least and maybe translate something if I run over anything interesting.
Chris Michael
Banned
duckroll said:
Does this mean the game will have a lot of "DO IT NOW OR YOU'LL NEVER GET IT" instances?
fuck
Lolz I was reading on the Pharzuph on the official site, and it seems they're the anti-Visitor division set up by the main organization that controls all Soma Energy in the world called.... Secundadeians. Lolz demon names lulz.
No, it just means the game probably has tons of optional stuff and rare equipment and loot that you'll keep playing to get. Considering there are 7 (or 8? hmmm) playable characters and there are minor changes in scenes based on who you picked to play as, I could see the game getting very replayable and addictive depending on how good the actual gameplay is.
Chris Michael said:Does this mean the game will have a lot of "DO IT NOW OR YOU'LL NEVER GET IT" instances?
fuck
No, it just means the game probably has tons of optional stuff and rare equipment and loot that you'll keep playing to get. Considering there are 7 (or 8? hmmm) playable characters and there are minor changes in scenes based on who you picked to play as, I could see the game getting very replayable and addictive depending on how good the actual gameplay is.