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This week's JP mag news: Beautiful Katamari Damacy
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nelsonroyale
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neo2046 said:
this has cool style...summer vacation though? cant say I have much interest.
What is it about? Just messing about and exploring on a summer vacation on your old grandpa's farm?
peace
Who knows. The interviewer asks about the possibility of a Wii version and the response simply suggests that the rather special controller would present a big problem (no motion control on PS3, I assume). Directly before that, they ask him about hardware choices (Wii specifically) and he basically says that there were lots of considerations (PC for keyboard, DS for touch panel, etc). He said he was interested in challenging all sorts of interfaces.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Didnt the first FFCC for GC take place over a number of years?
What are the chances the characters are so young becuase they'll actually grow up during the process of the game?
Wouldn't that be sweet... I dunno how seriously I can take an involving RPG with infants
What are the chances the characters are so young becuase they'll actually grow up during the process of the game?
Wouldn't that be sweet... I dunno how seriously I can take an involving RPG with infants
IfAllElseFailsUseFire
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John Harker said:
I'd say none...
Bo130 said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=145778
The news says, that Grasshopper Interactive has announced, that The Silver Case will be released in 2008 in Japan.
Strangely enough, I'm far more interested in the idea of a new Wild ARMs SRPG than I would be in a traditional RPG. After the hex combat system from 4, it seems like a pretty natural direction to spin off into. Hopefully it'll be fun.
I'm not too bothered by the graphics -- as was noted, that's pretty standard for SRPGs. Gameplay's a bigger deal here. The one big concern I have at the moment, based just on the scans we've seen, is that most of these battlefield maps look pretty barren. I think an SRPG using hexagonal grids instead of the standard square grids needs to have a lot more enemies than normal SRPGs to work best -- just because otherwise it's way too easy to surround individual enemies with way too many characters.
I'm not too bothered by the graphics -- as was noted, that's pretty standard for SRPGs. Gameplay's a bigger deal here. The one big concern I have at the moment, based just on the scans we've seen, is that most of these battlefield maps look pretty barren. I think an SRPG using hexagonal grids instead of the standard square grids needs to have a lot more enemies than normal SRPGs to work best -- just because otherwise it's way too easy to surround individual enemies with way too many characters.
The chances are great since they already confirmed that they do grow during the game, actually the start out smaller than what we are seeing in the scans, did you watch the opening video? They are smaller there than they are here, I have no clue if they get older than this though.John Harker said:Didnt the first FFCC for GC take place over a number of years?
What are the chances the characters are so young becuase they'll actually grow up during the process of the game?
Wouldn't that be sweet... I dunno how seriously I can take an involving RPG with infants
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
jj984jj said:
They grow in... physical size?
No, I didn't know this was confirmed... that's cool, but a bit odd. They just get bigger, not older? I hope by the end they at least look like teenagers... what kind of story can they tell with pre-tweens?
splattergnome
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How well did the previous iterations of the My Summer Holiday sell in Japan? It looks like a franchise which would probably do well in the Harvestmoon/Animal Crossing market, except not neccessarily on the PS3 right now, due to price and library... It does seem like a good idea for Sony to expand the PS3 audience, though.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
jj984jj said:
Oh yah, good eye. Glanced at it before, just thought it was a costume change - now I see he is actually, physically older.
My only gripe now is, the pic in the bottom left makes him look younger than most of his current art. So I hope it isnt, he starts as a 5 year old and ends at 11 :lol
Lets hope they keep aging... one of the cut scene parts in the center of the page makes him look teenish, so there is still hope. I wished the concept of aging characters was more prevalant in RPGs these days.
trancejeremy
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I don't see what's wrong with the art in the Wild Arms game. I mean, I don't see how you could have small 2d art that is any better than that. Sure, you could use a zoomed in view, and have more detail, but that would restrict the field of view, which would probably be a problem if most of the attacks in the game are ranged (which I would think, since it's a Wild West themed setting)
Maybe they could go 3d, but pretty much every 3d SRPG (not that there are many) gets hated on for graphics as well.
Maybe they could go 3d, but pretty much every 3d SRPG (not that there are many) gets hated on for graphics as well.
BobJustBob
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iapetus said:
I don't know what this means.
As for the guy who complained about the music in We <3 Katamari: seriously? The music was awesome. At least as good as the music from the first game, if not better.
ShockingAlberto
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creamsugar said:
Vyse The Legend
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creamsugar said:
Ouen! Dai-sei-kou!
CamHostage
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Kurosaki Ichigo said:Ape Escape Saru Saru Daisakusen better be a normal Ape Escape and not another minigame festival
Hmm. Can't read the text, but it looks like it's an Ape Escape brain trainer, so that'd be worse than Academy (or maybe not?)
Somebody correct me if I'm reading that wrong.
Seriously, is a "Traditional" Ape Escape on PSP even a good idea? The first one, the port, was horrible, and the lack of a second analog just guarantees it's going to blow ass. There are plenty of good franchises Sony could put on PSP. Just leave Ape Escape alone, for Christ's sake.
Juwanna Peezadis
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I'd buy it. In fact, I'd buy more than one copy. It'd be that awesome.ShockingAlberto said:
â Narayan
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PARTY TIME! EXCELLENT!Bildi said:360 Katamari + possible Wii Katamari = more Katamari =
BobJustBob said:I don't know what this means.
As for the guy who complained about the music in We <3 Katamari: seriously? The music was awesome. At least as good as the music from the first game, if not better.
Well, that is an opinion, as was mine, and I know quite a few people who share my opinion. Regardless of this, the music in the second game pretty much killed the experience for me. In every other way it was an excellent game, but I found myself listening to the soundtrack for the original on my PC while playing. I'm not saying the music was bad, it just set the mood all wrong.
Cheesemeister
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justchris said:
It just dawned on me... This means a new Katamari soundtrack! Yes!
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I am sorry to pop anyone's bubble but I think that summer vacation game is full of static 2D backgrounds (when it looks nice, that's what it is). Then you have atcual 3D gameplay parts where it is in... 3D, and it looks like a PS2 game.
That or they are showing old PS2 screens along with the PS3 ones.
That or they are showing old PS2 screens along with the PS3 ones.
Dante said:
I remember reading an interview on IGN yesterday, that says it's dual-analog, according to a (Famitsu?) interview. They also make mention that the producer (the one who did the PSP game) said that it's a little strange to get used to the analog scheme of the 360 version, but that you do get used to it. He also made mention that when (if?) he does a Wii version, he'll have to re-evaluate the controls completely (duh, dual analog doesn't work! lol) and that they're also considering other versions like PC/DS/mobile/etc. Then again, that's probably been mentioned already in this thread, but I haven't read the whole thing either.
justchris said:
I share this opinion as well. The music just isn't as strong for the second one. Though I liked the game concept with fan requests and all, there were too many "challenge" segments. Collect only these type of things, you can't touch this, make the ball this size, etc. I don't fault the designers because where else can you take this concept? How many games can you realistically create around rolling everything up into a huge ball and still keep it fresh?
I think I have the same opinion of the original creator that maybe once was enough. Maybe we only needed one katamari game and not more sequels.
Love To Love You Baby
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Edit: nm.
From Nintendo Dream:
S-E's Hashimoto talks about Fabula Nova Crystallis:
The FFXIII world will go on for ten years. Think of it like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings.
Wii version of FFCC will make full use of remote.
S-E is currently thinking how best to capture the light user audience of DS
There will be unannounced titles at S-E party, TGS and Jump Festa
Nintendo fans, and S-E fans in general, should look forward to the S-E party next month.
Release date predictions from Famitsu Wii&DS
July
FFTA2, Mushiking Super Collection, Wii Health Pack, Mario Party 8
Aug
FFCC Ring of Fates
Sep
DS TV digital tuner
Oct
Super Mario Galaxy
Nov
Pokemon Fushigi Dungeon 2, DQIX
Dec
Mario & Sonic Olympics, Wii Music, Smash Bros X
Jul-Dec
Wii w/ DVD playback
2008
RE Umbrella Chronicles
S-E's Hashimoto talks about Fabula Nova Crystallis:
The FFXIII world will go on for ten years. Think of it like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings.
Wii version of FFCC will make full use of remote.
S-E is currently thinking how best to capture the light user audience of DS
There will be unannounced titles at S-E party, TGS and Jump Festa
Nintendo fans, and S-E fans in general, should look forward to the S-E party next month.
Release date predictions from Famitsu Wii&DS
July
FFTA2, Mushiking Super Collection, Wii Health Pack, Mario Party 8
Aug
FFCC Ring of Fates
Sep
DS TV digital tuner
Oct
Super Mario Galaxy
Nov
Pokemon Fushigi Dungeon 2, DQIX
Dec
Mario & Sonic Olympics, Wii Music, Smash Bros X
Jul-Dec
Wii w/ DVD playback
2008
RE Umbrella Chronicles
_Alkaline_
Member
Jonnyram said:
Nice news about FFCC: TCB. Glad to see it takes advantage of the controls.
I wonder how accurate those predictions will be.
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