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[comedy bomb]

Just popped in my inbox.

Me too.

Spoiler

and by that I mean I just jizzed in my pants

 

[Electivirus]

Me too.

Spoiler

and by that I mean I just jizzed in my pants

I will never get this image out of my head, thank you.

 

[Meccanical]

Meh.

 

[slaughterking]

Please be reasonably priced and I will pick you up.

 

[Gravijah]

Please be reasonably priced and I will pick you up.

square enix tax shall rise from the dead

 

[thebeeks]

DUDE YES.


YESSSSSSSS.

 

[frequency]

I'll buy this day one for whatever price.
Glad to hear it's coming to NA/EU. Stupid 3DS region locking is stupid.

 

[mugurumakensei]

Now where's my firm release date for KH 3D. I need to put down for a preorder.

 

[Chairhome]

Probably gunna pass then

If you're worried about being "precise", I think the game play is only "slash", "tap", and "hold", it doesn't matter where you do it on the screen. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[slaughterking]

square enix tax shall rise from the dead

The SE tax is exclusive to North America. No such thing exists in Europe since every DS game is expensive by default! So...yay?

 

[Nisa65]

I picked up the Japanese version at launch and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've only played FF 7 and FF8 for any great length of time so I'd definitely recommend it to music game fans who are considering it despite not caring too much about the FF series.

 

[electroplankton]

YES!
Unexpected, great, news!

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

The SE tax is exclusive to North America. No such thing exists in Europe since every DS game is expensive by default! So...yay?

Cheap arse gaffer task force will be on the lookout.


Also, yay. My 3DS needs more love.

 

[IrishNinja]

nice! best looking FF property in a while now, for me.

get that demo up soon, NOA!

 

[weeaboo]

nice! best looking FF property in a while now, for me.

get that demo up soon, NOA!

Oh yes, we need the demos

 

[Neiteio]

I'm glad they retained the awesome title, "Theatrhythm." This, coupled with the adorable art, rhythm-based gameplay and FF music, makes it look interesting to me, someone who hasn't really played Final Fantasy outside of FF6 and Tactics Advance. Any impressions from those who have played it would be appreciated.

I wonder if the U.S. will get the cool character portraits on the inside of the case that Japan got? We finally got character portraits with the Kid Icarus Uprising case, so maybe.

 

[Hex]

Fantastic, some great music and will be a great game

 

[kiryogi]

I have it. Game is awesome.

 

[Pyrrhus]

So they kept the name for North America after all.

 

[MidnightScott]

Okay, need impressions now.

Anybody have a chance to play this yet?

I just imported it a few weeks ago and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. It figures that right after I did that, Square Enix got off their lazy butts and announced something for 3DS lol.

 

[Neiteio]

So they kept the name for North America after all.

"Theatrhythm" is one of those words you want to say over and over again. Just like "Gary Whitta."

 

[Volcynika]

I just imported it a few weeks ago and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. It figures that right after I did that, Square Enix got off their lazy butts and announced something for 3DS lol.

Import other games so we may get them localized.

 

[ActStriker]

Go import Beyond the Labyrinth

 

[Einhander]

Good news. I don't know if I want to play it, though. It doesn't look too interesting to me.

 

[squall211]

I'm really trying to hold off until this holiday season so I can get a deal on a 3DS. This will make it very difficult.

 

[creid]

I just feel rhythm emotion.

 

[b3b0p]

so its gonna cost $30 and have $300 DLC you will *have* to buy to play longer than 30 minutes?

 

[Hasemo]

Great, Theatrhythm is surprisingly fun, so it's good that the English speaking players will be able to play it.

 

[Javier]

img-fuckyeah.gif

 

[cw_sasuke]

so its gonna cost $30 and have $300 DLC you will *have* to buy to play longer than 30 minutes?

2/10

 

[BassForever]

Awesome, I can't wait to pick this up!

 

[Lambtron]

Cool. I'm actually pretty interested in trying this out. Day one, etc.

 

[MatthewB92]

Yes! Will get!

 

[Neiteio]

Does this game have a nice, snappy, punchy feeling when you hit the notes? In other words, does it have the same sort of punch as Elite Beat Agents? I loved hitting and holding the notes in EBA.

 

[massoluk]

Nice.
Now dreaming that it comes with more songs on the cartridge than Japanese version.

 

[Brazil]

The announcement we've all been waiting for. Day 1.

so its gonna cost $30 and have $300 DLC you will *have* to buy to play longer than 30 minutes?

Sure.

 

[Chairhome]

so its gonna cost $30 and have $300 DLC you will *have* to buy to play longer than 30 minutes?

70 tracks = 30 min?

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

Day one! I have been waiting for this to come over.

I hope we get the DLC, too. I want to play Matoya's Cave! Oh, and the demo would be really nice too, hopefully SE decides to get it on the eShop soon.

 

[EvilMario]

so its gonna cost $30 and have $300 DLC you will *have* to buy to play longer than 30 minutes?

Stop sullying that Earthbound avatar.

 

[zroid]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

 

[Skiesofwonder]

I'm extremely excited to hear it is coming over, I was starting to get a bit worried. I just recently realized how much of an amazing nostalgia trip this would be for me. Grew up playing all the FF's, and revisiting them brings me down memory lane more then any other gaming series. I'm not of much a rhythm game fanatic, but I'll be day one for this!!

Congratulations peeps! It's a surprisingly deep and fun rhythm game. There's of course the 'main mode' where you play the music from each game starting with the OP and finishing with the ED theme. The real depth comes from the other, harder modes with RPG elements and the like.

Just a really great, nostalgic experience and well worth the money. I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. XD

Really enjoyed it. Reviewed it too: http://www.bordersdown.net/content.php/422-Theatrhythm-Final-Fantasy-Review-Nintendo-3DS

I have it. Game is awesome.

I just imported it a few weeks ago and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. It figures that right after I did that, Square Enix got off their lazy butts and announced something for 3DS lol.

It is so awesome to hear all the positive impressions, summer can't come soon enough!!!!

 

[speedpop]

Awesome. It was a given but looking forward to this one a lot.

 

[mclem]

I love rhythm games but hate the DS/3DS touchscreen. Can I use buttons?

Not played Ouendan/EBA, or did it just not gel for you?

Everyone on the fence: Japan had a demo. I wouldn't be too surprised if other regions followed suit.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Grew up playing all the FF's, and revisiting them brings me down memory lane more then any other gaming series. I'm not of much a rhythm game fanatic, but I'll be day one for this!!

Won't matter to much about not being into rhythm games that much - the nostalgia will hit you hard, especially for someone like you who grew up playing the FF games, and you'll likely end up falling in love with it. I did anyway.

 

[Huff]

Not played Ouendan/EBA, or did it just not gel for you?

Everyone on the fence: Japan had a demo. I wouldn't be too surprised if other regions followed suit.

I loved EBA. But that was before playing similar games on iOS (osu!, groove coaster, etc). Then I tried to replay EBA and gave up. It just wasn't reactive enough.

 

[Famassu]

I knew it that once they bothered to announce this for NA & Europe, it would only be a few months at most from the announcement to release.

 

[Cjdamon042]

It was obvious it was going to come, but I'm glad it's now official. Wish it were sooner but summer's cool.

 

[jdevil99]

Keep the gif train rolling

 

[marc^o^]

Gamekult tested the import version and they loved it. I'll wait for a demo though.

 

[speedpop]

I must say I am actually still a little surprised that it took Square Enix this long to develop a music rhythm game for Final Fantasy, considering the popularity of the soundtracks and the amount of various remix albums they have pumped out.

Hopefully the DLC is fair because as much as I dislike DLC, I fear that I will buy it all up