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Legend of Zelda DS - The game is being developed by a small team of about 10 people, and is targeted for early 2007. The cutscenes in the game will be done by the same team that handled the cutscenes for Zelda TP.

Front Mission 1st - Square Enix hates the internet, no wifi support.

Heroes of Mana - Square Enix really hates the internet, no wifi support, no wifi versus!

 

[Y2Kev]

WHAT THE **** SQUARE ENIX

WTFFFFF

 

[Wario64]

Zelda DS JPN = Early 2007, late 2007 for US?

 

[John Harker]

guys i heard Square hates fun

 

[john tv]

Legend of Zelda DS - The game is being developed by a small team of about 10 people, and is targeted for early 2007. The cutscenes in the game will be done by the same team that handled the cutscenes for Zelda TP.

Front Mission 1st - Square Enix hates the internet, no wifi support.

Heroes of Mana - Square Enix really hates the internet, no wifi support, no wifi versus!

Zelda DS? Is this different from Phantom whatever?

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Zelda DS, would that be Phantom Hourglass? 10 people. That is like unheard of for such a franchise.

 

[cvxfreak]

Zelda DS by ten people only? Remarkable if it turns out great!

FM1st = DS? Port of WSC/PSone version?

 

[Snaku]

**** you Squ....

Spoiler

remembers DQIX

...I <3 u. =)

 

[cvxfreak]

**** you Squ....

Spoiler

remembers DQIX

...I <3 u. =)

You can curse Square, just don't curse Enix.

 

[DarknessTear]

**** you Squ....

Spoiler

remembers DQIX

...I <3 u. =)

Just love Level 5 instead.

 

[duckroll]

Zelda DS? Is this different from Phantom whatever?

I believe Phantom Hourglass is the English title. It doesn't have a formal title in Japan yet afaik.

 

[John Harker]

Zelda DS? Is this different from Phantom whatever?

Zelda DS, would that be Phantom Hourglass? 10 people. That is like unheard of for such a franchise.

naw, this is the 10 person team that did Brain Training

This is Zelda Training: How To Make A Franchise Stop Selling In Japan

and the sequal

Zelda Training 2: How To Add Minigames To Revitilize A Franchise In Japan (comes out during Easter)

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Just love Level 5 instead.

Why? What's so great about Level 5?

Boo at Square-Enix and Hmm... at Nintendo/Zelda PH.

 

[Pureauthor]

Isn't Heroes of Mana the RTS thing?

No wifi play for an RTS? Oh, Square, you living in crazytown.

 

[sprsk]

Legend of Zelda DS - The game is being developed by a small team of about 10 people, and is targeted for early 2007. The cutscenes in the game will be done by the same team that handled the cutscenes for Zelda TP.

Front Mission 1st - Square Enix hates the internet, no wifi support.

Heroes of Mana - Square Enix really hates the internet, no wifi support, no wifi versus!

WTF? The box clearly had the wi-fi logo on it. (heroes of mana I mean)

 

[Chris Michael]

WTFUXK SQUARE

I remember the game being confirmed for WIFI when the game was announced (FM)! Now no online?! NO ONLINE FOR HoM EITHER!? ARRRRGH

Zelda DS is so gonna suck, gimmicky bullshit touch screen controls and... 10 people working on the game? damnit Nintendo is screwing up all their DS games. >:|

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Stupid Square. <3 Enix. And hopefully, <3 Nintendo.

 

[the girl next door]

Legend of Zelda DS - The game is being developed by a small team of about 10 people, and is targeted for early 2007. The cutscenes in the game will be done by the same team that handled the cutscenes for Zelda TP.

Good! at least it's not by Crapcom.

 

[Pureauthor]

I think Square has a pathological hatred of the internet ever since fanboys everywhere savaged them for FF:TSW.

I can only describe FFXI as a fluke.

 

[ethelred]

I'm actually glad both Heroes of Mana and Front Mission lack Wifi, just because it pisses off Chris Michael.

Also, Phantom Hourglass is going to rock. Last I heard, it was being developed by the Four Swords Adventures team.

 

[Y2Kev]

I'm actually glad both Heroes of Mana and Front Mission lack Wifi, just because it pisses off Chris Michael.

:lol

I'll believe DQIX is online when I'm playing it with Team Bucket™.

 

[castle007]

WTF at Zelda

WTF at square

this is going to be a bad week for news

 

[Amir0x]

Navi Controller Zelda is made by only 10 people? Why doesn't that surprise me.

Meh on no wifi, but Heroes of Mana looks genuinely good... so I don't care for some reason.

 

[Jake.]

am i the only person who could care less about wi-fi not being in front mission?

 

[ethelred]

am i the only person who could care less about wi-fi not being in front mission?

No, you're not the only one. Online is... neat, I guess, in an SRPG, but it's pretty superfluous overall. Action RPGs, sure. I mean, I can see far more reason to be annoyed by the lack of online in Crystal Chronicles (and even then I don't necessarily consider the lack fatal)... but Front Mission and Heroes of Mana? Meh. Not that big a deal.

I've never cared about the idea a lot of people have always pushed of an online Fire Emblem, either.

 

[PhoenixDark]

WTF at Zelda

WTF at square

this is going to be a bad week for news

But a good week for grandparents and innocent children!

 

[Chris Michael]

Also, Phantom Hourglass is going to rock. Last I heard, it was being developed by the Four Swords Adventures team.

This better be false. >:|

 

[Y2Kev]

This better be false. >:|

Oh this will be fun.

 

[sprsk]

Also, Phantom Hourglass is going to rock. Last I heard, it was being developed by the Four Swords Adventures team.

4 Swords ****ing rocked, put me on the yay team.

 

[Jiggy]

am i the only person who could care less about wi-fi not being in front mission?

Absolutely not, no. Of course, I'm indifferent to Wi-Fi in pretty much anything where a single game would take longer than 10-15 minutes.

 

[ant1532]

oh boy. how big was the minish cap team? (well that was capcom...)

 

[AniHawk]

The cutscenes in the game will be done by the same team that handled the cutscenes for Zelda TP.

Oh shit. Hope this is true. The scene direction in TP was the best in the series and some of the best I've seen in games.

 

[BrodiemanTTR]

What's up with people going crazy over Zelda being handled by a small team? Small team =/= bad game, and it's from Nintendo. They're not going to let a main Zelda game be crappy.

The real WTF-worthy news here is Square. There's just no excuse for this bullcrap.

 

[Pureauthor]

Absolutely not, no. Of course, I'm indifferent to Wi-Fi in pretty much anything where a single game would take longer than 10-15 minutes.

*hugs you*

...

Did you bath today?

 

[Giard]

Is WiFi that difficult to incorporate in a DS game....?

Maybe Square thinks that it won't affect their sales, or they are already planning a sequel with WiFi enabled

 

[g23]

Why do you guys care so much, this is japanese news and it won't matter to the USA because they will never release Front Mission 1 in the US

 

[Ganondorf>Link]

The Zelda DS news sounds like almost the opposite of what we heard from Game Informer. 10 people? What the hell? This isn't Brain Training, it's ****ing Zelda. The only reason why I could understand this is if they're mainly focusing on Zelda Wii (from the GI news they said the game had already been in development for over a year).

 

[Terrell]

No, you're not the only one. Online is... neat, I guess, in an SRPG, but it's pretty superfluous overall. Action RPGs, sure. I mean, I can see far more reason to be annoyed by the lack of online in Crystal Chronicles (and even then I don't necessarily consider the lack fatal)... but Front Mission and Heroes of Mana? Meh. Not that big a deal.

I've never cared about the idea a lot of people have always pushed of an online Fire Emblem, either.

I take it you never played WarCraft III or StarCraft? One of the major appeals of an SRPG is versus play. People are STILL PLAYING STARCRAFT for its online modes. I think, above all things, that makes this a big frickin' deal to a vast majority of people who enjoy SRPGs and want to get the same kind of longevity out of them.

 

[Wario64]

Why do you guys care so much, this is japanese news and it won't matter to the USA because they will never release Front Mission 1 in the US

It's time to mail bomb Squeenix and voice our demands

 

[Pureauthor]

I take it you never played WarCraft III or StarCraft? One of the major appeals of an SRPG is versus play. People are STILL PLAYING STARCRAFT for its online modes. I think, above all things, that makes this a big frickin' deal to a vast majority of people who enjoy SRPGs and want to get the same kind of longevity out of them.

Um, hello? RTS? Different from the SRPG genre? Fundamentally different?

 

[ethelred]

Why do you guys care so much, this is japanese news and it won't matter to the USA because they will never release Front Mission 1 in the US

You never know, they might, even despite the lack of Scars of War in the US.

It'd probably be a lot cheaper to publish here. And who knows, Nintendo might do a cooperative publishing on the game, like with Children of Mana and plenty of Square Enix's GBA games.

The Zelda DS news sounds like almost the opposite of what we heard from Game Informer. 10 people? What the hell? This isn't Brain Training, it's ****ing Zelda. The only reason why I could understand this is if they're mainly focusing on Zelda Wii (from the GI news they said the game had already been in development for over a year).

Why should we believe one half of Game Informer's rumor when Nintendo Dream has just disproven the other half?

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Even HoM and FM1 not having wifi doesn't piss me off as much as Crystal Chronicles not having it. That's just a stupid, stupid move.

 

[A Black Falcon]

Um, hello? RTS? Different from the SRPG genre? Fundamentally different?

No. "SRPG"s are strategy games every bit as much as Warcraft is; TBSes, true, not RTSes, but certainly within the same genre... and if there's one genre that benefits greatly from online multiplayer (and has had it on PC for a really long time), it's strategy games.

Console strategy games will hopefully eventually figure this out, but for now...

 

[Mr. Pointy]

I imagine Hereos of Mana is a single-player game only. Front Mission 1st would have been awesome with online though.

 

[Matix]

Why do you guys care so much, this is japanese news and it won't matter to the USA because they will never release Front Mission 1 in the US

Money, Power, and Respect...

Gaming.. not so much.

 

[Pureauthor]

No. "SRPG"s are strategy games every bit as much as Warcraft is; TBSes, true, not RTSes, but certainly within the same genre... and if there's one genre that benefits greatly from online multiplayer (and has had it on PC for a really long time), it's strategy games.

Console strategy games will hopefully eventually figure this out, but for now...

Not, really. For one, character balance is a lot more difficult with an SRPG than an RTS or TBS.

The random stats can really hurt things.

 

[ant1532]

wheres neo?

 

[Unison]

4 Swords DS would be the best game ever.

 

[lordfroakie]

Not all games need to have wifi:lol

 

[Troidal]

Square-Enix, still living in the 80s apparently.