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IT IS REAL!




Reviews:

Bleach 2 (DS) - 8/7/8/7
Layton (DS) - 8/8/8/9
Tiger Woods 07 - 7/7/7/8
Lumines 2 (PSP) - 8/8/8/7

Soul Cradle (PS2) - 8/8/7/7
Appleseed (PS2) - 3/4/4/3 (ouch Dreamfactory)
Zero no Tsukai - 6/7/6/5

 

[jj984jj]

OH SNAP! PS2 4 EVAR!

Edit: What does it say about DS in the article?

P.S. It was always real, this is what was leaked on 2ch a while back:

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

omigod

 

[sprsk]

IT IS REAL!

http://www.imgup.org/iup328581.jpg

:O ps2?

 

[cank stoochie]

is that it? no more news?

 

[Jonnyram]

Reviews:
DS
Bleach 2 8/7/8/7
Layton 8/8/8/9

PSP
Tiger Woods 07 7/7/7/8
Lumines 2 8/8/8/7

PS2
Soul Cradle 8/8/7/7
Appleseed Ex 3/4/4/3
Zero no Tsukaima 6/7/6/5

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

Layton 8/8/8/9

yay

 

[cank stoochie]

awesome. level 5 ftw

 

[sprsk]

Hmm @ Soul Cradle scores.

I still got'ta faith though.

 

[Error]

finally!

so the game exists awesome

 

[jj984jj]

^5 Layton. More Adventure games for the DS!

Soul Cradle and Bleach 2nd did alright as well.

 

[Llyranor]

Nice score for Layton. What does the text say?

 

[jvalioli]

Reviews:
Layton 8/8/8/9

Woo. When does Layton come out and do the usual impression JGaffers plan on picking it up?

 

[duckroll]

OH SNAP! PS2 4 EVAR!

Edit: What does it say about DS in the article?

Staff. The character designer of Persona 3 on the PS2 and the writer of Etrian Odyssey on the DS (also the writer of Princess Crown). The game has 5 main characters and is a PS2 sidescrolling action RPG.

 

[Defuser]

That's all?

 

[Doctor_No]

Staff. The character designer of Persona 3 on the PS2 and the writer of Etrian Odyssey on the DS (also the writer of Princess Crown). The game has 5 main characters and is a PS2 sidescrolling action RPG.

So its Kamiya's new project. Is it via his Vanillaware company?

Edit: just saw jj984jj's picture, I guess it is. Between this and Grim Grimoire he must be pretty busy.

 

[Jonnyram]

Yes, Vanillaware is in charge of this game.

 

[Kittonwy]

Go go Odin Sphere!!!

 

[duckroll]

So its Kamiya's new project. Is it via his Vanillaware company?

Erm, it's always been Vanillaware. In fact, they already completed it. On their recruitment page they said the unannounced PS2 action RPG they were recruiting for is complete and now they're just working on Grim Grimoire.

 

[Jonnyram]

New Zealand Story DS is in the release list too.
Here's hoping it's not an abomination like recent Taito revivals

 

[Doctor_No]

Erm, it's always been Vanillaware. In fact, they already completed it. On their recruitment page they said the unannounced PS2 action RPG they were recruiting for is complete and now they're just working on Grim Grimoire.

Yeah just saw that, I was under the assumption that Grim Grimoire was going to be released relatively soon. The picture is too blurry for me to read, any word of the release date of either of the games.

 

[duckroll]

Yeah just saw that, I was under the assumption that Grim Grimoire was going to be released relatively soon. The picture is too blurry for me to read, any word of the release date of either of the games.

I can't read the details either. We need to buy Japanese fans scanners.

 

[Y2Kev]

New Zealand story?

 

[Jonnyram]

The release date of Odin Sphere looks like 17 May to me.

 

[Dante]

Can someone give me some backstory on "Odin Sphere"?

 

[castle007]

wait, why did you change Layton to Renton???

Anyways, great score. Hope it comes over to U.S

 

[pilonv1]

Here's hoping it's not an abomination like recent Taito revivals

Don't read the UK IGN review then.

 

[duckroll]

wait, why did you change Layton to Renton???

Anyways, great score. Hope it comes over to U.S

I blame insomnia.

 

[Error]

Can someone give me some backstory on "Odin Sphere"?

princess crown sequel/prequel or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Crown

 

[Greenpanda]

FINALLY!

Can someone give me some backstory on "Odin Sphere"?

It was a game clandestinely announced by Atlus at E3 '06; a bunch of sites reported it as part of Atlus's release list, and then pulled from the Web shortly thereafter, apparently when Atlus decided they didn't mean to announce it or something. We haven't seen the game since, or even really heard anything about it (save continual reassurances that it exists).

 

[Doctor_No]

The release date of Odin Sphere looks like 17 May to me.

Thanks, sounds great; looking forward to this action RPG.

 

[Jonnyram]

Don't read the UK IGN review then.

/cry

 

[Sho Nuff]

I really, really wanna play Appleseed now

 

[consoul]

Crappleseed.

 

[Doctor_No]

Glad Level 5's new game got a good score, looked interesting but wasn't that excited about it. Might pick it up since its coming out in like a week.

 

[jj984jj]

Iwata talks about Wii Connect 24 and DS demo downloads:

http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20060512/237702/?P=4

Edit: NVM. Seems it is an old one.

 

[Matix]

IT IS REAL!

Holy Hotness, Princess Crown 2 re-confirmed !!

Reviews:

Appleseed (PS2) - 3/4/4/3 (ouch Dreamfactory)

Soooo, the dream really did die with Tobal 2...

 

[ethelred]

Oh, Atlus, I think I love you.

 

[Chibbi Brady]

/cry

Don't cry just yet, impressions seem very positive from those who've played it. Hope isn't lost yet, just wait for some more opinions from the likes of NTSC-UK etc...

http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?showtopic=131908&st=100

 

[cvxfreak]

Can we get a translation of that Iwata interview?

 

[jj984jj]

Can we get a translation of that Iwata interview?

It's okay, my fault for now looking at the date, it's pretty old.

 

[lordfroakie]

Crappleseed.

:lol That was in my mind when I was watching the 3D version of Appleseed.

 

[Avalon]

Never heard of the game, but side-scrolling RPG's like the old Ys games were really fun. Atlus R&D1 is sure to do something fun with it.

 

[duckroll]

It's not R&D1, it's Vanillaware.

http://www.uploda.net/cgi/uploader1/index.php?dlpas_id=0000189951.zip

The password is "pri". I think this is from the PSP Princess Crown port, some bonus movie showcasing Odin Sphere. Yes, it's been in development for over a year and no one noticed this video!? It's definitely Odin Sphere because all the names are the same characters as the Famitsu preview. Graphics look great.

 

[Kiriku]

Nice score for Layton, looking forward to that game.

Appleseed (PS2) - 3/4/4/3 (ouch Dreamfactory)

HOLY SHIT, that's a HORRIBLE score!!
Dreamfactory just keeps falling deeper and deeper into a seemingly bottomless pit of eternal crappiness. Man, I miss the Tobal 2 days. What the hell happened to them?

 

[klee123]

Odin sphere looks awesome. Princess crown was great on Saturn, so I'm definitely gonna get preorder that asap.

I might try to get the PSP version of princess crown well.



Wow @ the Bleach DS2 score. How did the first game score in comparison?



Ouch @ Appleseed. DF has been making nothing but duds ever since they finished Ehrgeiz.

 

[jj984jj]

ブリーチDS2
・操作性とシステムは前作を踏襲
・キャラクター数から用語辞典までファン向けサービスも充実
・お遊び的なルールもあってバトルが楽しい
・4キャラ対戦は、やや雑然とした印象
・ストーリーモードが遊びやすくなっており、2周目以降にもフォローあり
・単調なゲームモードが多い

オーディンスフィアの画像左下にあるキャラの説明
一番左、グウェンドリン(声、川澄綾&#23376
左から二番目、コルネリウス(声、浪川大&#36628
真ん中、メルセデス(声、能登麻美&#23376
右から二番目、オズワルド(声、千葉進&#27497
一番右、ベルベット(声、沢城みゆ&#12365

I believe this is what Famitsu said about Bleach 2nd.

 

[duckroll]

I believe this is what Famitsu said about Bleach 2nd.

Well the other half is the voice cast for the 5 leads of Odin Sphere.

 

[Avalon]

It's not R&D1, it's Vanillaware.

Meh, who cares then. =P

Kidding of course, it still looks pretty cool.

 

[Jonnyram]

I believe this is what Famitsu said about Bleach 2nd.

Why do you do this?