Title: Away Shuffle Dungeon
Genre: Action RPG
System: Nintendo DS
Publisher: AQ Interactive (Japan), Majesco (US)
Release Date: 16 Oct 2008 (Japan), 21 Oct 2008 (US)
Price: 4800yen
http://www.aqi.co.jp/product/away/pc/
The official site for the game is formally open and looks like it'll be getting quite a bit of updating and solid news so I'm not going to post the scans here. Basically here's what we know about the game:
Story
- In the village of Web there is a curse called "Away" that spirits away a villager mysteriously once a year
- This has been going on for a hundred years
- The main character, Sword, is a young man who loves adventure and creating music with self-made instruments, at 15 he is shipwrecked on the island Web is in
- Two years later it seems he is destined to be struck by "Away", but his girlfriend at the village saves him and is taken away instead
- Sword ventures out to find beams of light all over the island that lead to mysterious Shuffle Dungeons where he finds spirited away villagers and brings them back
Gameplay
- Top-down 2D in dungeons, third person 3D outside of dungeons
- The game is played like a typical Zelda game in dungeons (except there are levels and exp)
- Both screens are used for a single dungeon room
- A timer is always counting down on one screen and at the end of that the contents of that screen will be randomized (shuffed)
- You proceed to the bottom of each dungeon to rescue villagers that then tag along behind you until you get back to the surface
- Along the way mysterious blobs also spawn and tag behind you, they provide aid in offense spells or healing
- When you rescue villagers back to Web, they repopulate the town and expand it making more shops, events and clues available and moving the plot forward
The people behind it
- The scenario and game concept is by Sakaguchi from Mistwalker
- The character and monster designs are all by Oshima at Artoon, of Sonic and Nights fame
- The main theme that is heard on the site is composed by Uematsu
There is also a video on the site that shows gameplay in dungeons, I suggest everyone check it out!
Edit: Thanks jarrod, here's the US PR for the game from Majesco:
Genre: Action RPG
System: Nintendo DS
Publisher: AQ Interactive (Japan), Majesco (US)
Release Date: 16 Oct 2008 (Japan), 21 Oct 2008 (US)
Price: 4800yen
http://www.aqi.co.jp/product/away/pc/
The official site for the game is formally open and looks like it'll be getting quite a bit of updating and solid news so I'm not going to post the scans here. Basically here's what we know about the game:
Story
- In the village of Web there is a curse called "Away" that spirits away a villager mysteriously once a year
- This has been going on for a hundred years
- The main character, Sword, is a young man who loves adventure and creating music with self-made instruments, at 15 he is shipwrecked on the island Web is in
- Two years later it seems he is destined to be struck by "Away", but his girlfriend at the village saves him and is taken away instead
- Sword ventures out to find beams of light all over the island that lead to mysterious Shuffle Dungeons where he finds spirited away villagers and brings them back
Gameplay
- Top-down 2D in dungeons, third person 3D outside of dungeons
- The game is played like a typical Zelda game in dungeons (except there are levels and exp)
- Both screens are used for a single dungeon room
- A timer is always counting down on one screen and at the end of that the contents of that screen will be randomized (shuffed)
- You proceed to the bottom of each dungeon to rescue villagers that then tag along behind you until you get back to the surface
- Along the way mysterious blobs also spawn and tag behind you, they provide aid in offense spells or healing
- When you rescue villagers back to Web, they repopulate the town and expand it making more shops, events and clues available and moving the plot forward
The people behind it
- The scenario and game concept is by Sakaguchi from Mistwalker
- The character and monster designs are all by Oshima at Artoon, of Sonic and Nights fame
- The main theme that is heard on the site is composed by Uematsu
There is also a video on the site that shows gameplay in dungeons, I suggest everyone check it out!
Edit: Thanks jarrod, here's the US PR for the game from Majesco:
