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[Snaku]

Please tell me this is coming to America.

 

[PolyGone]

that first screenshot is fucking ridiculous

Please tell me this is coming to America.

I believe the English title has already been announced as Oboro Demon Sword or something

 

[BrokenFiction]

I want this in giant size. Framed and on my wall.

 

[darkvir]

Just amazing, looks beautiful. Any release dates yet??

 

[ShadowgeistX]

With all the beauty in this game, it'd almost be a waste not to include a screenshot mode, transferred to SD card.

Spoiler

not gonna happen

 

[tehbear]

Tentacles. It's finally on the Wii!

 

[sammy]

fantastic

 

[dragonlife]

Beautiful...

 

[Icomeinpeace]

The backgrounds look incredible, I wonder how they are animated, they look too good.

 

[Caelestis]

This game looks too beautiful. I am loving the first two screenshots.

 

[Saiyar]

Looks great. Hopefully this gets localised for the EU a bit quicker the Odin Sphere was.

 

[Saint Gregory]

I'm still working on my first playthough of OS on PS3 and there are no words for how beautiful that game is upscaled to 1080p and this looks to top it :O

Total eyegasm.

 

[zoku88]

Clearly you haven't actually seem my posts about the series!

Actually, pretty much. I know you like it from your comments about Monolith Soft (in non-Xenosaga related threads) but I just assumed that you must've ignored the flaws since you liked it, which should be impossible

Spoiler

I kid, I kid. Besides the really really boring/long battles and the long cinemas in some of the games, it was good.

 

[Haunted]

Just when my eyes calmed down from playing the 2D orgasm that is Wario Land, I come into this thread.

 

[bdouble]

freaking amazing looking. Need moar games like this plz.

 

[Magicpaint]

Oh crap. This looks magnificent

 

[Hero]

If there is a God, this game will not have the flaws of Odin Sphere.

 

[thetrin]

As others have said, please be nothing like Odin Sphere.

I have faith, though. Grim Grimoire proved to me that Vanillaware does know how to make awesome games. I think they can come through on this.

 

[jaundicejuice]

I wonder if they've locked down the framerate for those battles against ridiculously huge bosses. Odin Sphere's structure turned me off of the game as well but I'll still give Oboro Murasama Youtouden a shot, it's not like many other companies out there are trying to push 2D games as gorgeous as this as full retail releases.

 

[rollingstart]

I don't really think you can really tell if it plays like Odin Sphere at all based on the 2-3 seconds of footage there. Odin Sphere's problems come from the game balance, the game pacing, and general lack of variety of enemy types for how long the game is. None of that is going to be apparently in a 2-3 second sneak preview. In fact, even the trailers of Odin Sphere looked REALLY fun, until people played the game for 10 hours or so and realized there was still half a game to go with.... the same enemies and bosses.

Stop crushing my hype. Those 2-3 seconds of hot gameplay footage lasted longer than I did.

 

[Firestorm]

This is how Wii games should look. Go beautiful 2D to hide the ugly 3D.
Sort of like the DS.

 

[eve241]

Geez, people go crazy over 2D graphics over here. What I'm wondering is if the game plays any good. The screens look nice, but not THAT nice.

 

[Fuu]

Geez, people go crazy over 2D graphics over here. What I'm wondering is if the game plays any good. The screens look nice, but not THAT nice.

That's sort of how I feel too... Meanwhile we have people calling shit on Sin & Punishment 2 graphics when it's clear that it has much more chances that it will play great, considering it's by Treasure and that the first one was a sweet game (the reason most are excited about it).

The only game I played by Vanillaware was Odin Sphere. It had similar beautiful graphics and, while I found it to be a fun game, the slowdown was heavy on that one. So my personal stance on Oboro right now is that it does look pretty but I'll wait to hear future hands-on impressions and watch videos. Since it seems to be way more action oriented, it's the kind of game that can really break under technical issues.

 

[Armada]

I believe the English title has already been announced as Oboro Demon Sword or something

Muramasa: The Demon Blade.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Geez, people go crazy over 2D graphics over here. What I'm wondering is if the game plays any good. The screens look nice, but not THAT nice.

TGS Trailer for those who need to see the game in motion
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/25486.html

 

[Iam Canadian]

Please let this actually play as well as it looks.

Odin Sphere was beautiful, but the gameplay wasn't on the same level of quality.

 

[Porridge]

These screenshots really look stunning.

 

[Tiktaalik]

This game looks insanely incredible. One of the few Wii games I'm really, really interested in.

 

[godofcookery]

I don't see the "level map" that was on the top part of the screen in Odin Sphere. Was that also in Princess Crown? Maybe this game has some structural changes then...

 

[bdouble]

I don't see the "level map" that was on the top part of the screen in Odin Sphere. Was that also in Princess Crown? Maybe this game has some structural changes then...

they say it is more of an action game. Also the levels are more vertical and from that TGS 07 trailer it looks like it has a little platforming action going on.

 

[Forkball]

That is one short kimono.

 

[Pimpbaa]

That is one short kimono.

I was about to mention that. Are the 2 characters selectable to playthrough the whole game or are you forced to play one of the 2 on certain levels (I hate that).

 

[JaMarco]

Incredible art
Cant wait!

 

[Durante]

That is one short kimono.

Here's a picture of the US version:

Spoiler

For those (all?) of you that don't get it: this is a commentary on the utterly ridiculous changes in the US/EU versions of HSG5

 

[dragonlife]

Good one! :lol

 

[Amir0x]

Game looks INSANE. if they eradicate the slowdown of Odin's Sphere I will just fuuuuuck

 

[Cedille]

All they need to:

1) Take away the lag.

2) Stop reusing levels so much.

Well, #2 won't ever happen. Lagfree Odin Sphere tho would be awesome.

QFT. Two of biggest flaws I found in Odin Sphere.

 

[Cosmozone]

Simply stunning. 2D can't get better than this.

 

[Ryu Hayabusa]

Looks really beautiful <3

 

[Saint Gregory]

TGS Trailer for those who need to see the game in motion
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/25486.html

Wow, I don't remember seeing the high quality version of that trailer. It does look like the way the character moves in the environment and attacks is a lot like Odin Sphere but I couldn't give a damn how it plays at this point. I'd rub my knuckles across a cheese grater if it made this game play.

 

[Azure J]

Anybody who can gif that ending animation of the male protagonist sheathing his sword for me would be my friend forevah. :lol

 

[Ike]

Gorgeous.

 

[TekunoRobby]

_

 

[Gwanatu T]

Unbelievable, this is the pinnacle of 2D!

 

[Azure J]

If this game can deliver something on par with or exceeding the Megaman Zero series, man I think I'll have found my draft pick for GotY 2009.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Very nice! Please don't play at all like Odin Sphere

What this wise man said. 10-15 hours PLEASE.

 

[ultim8p00]

How is this even possible? It looks like a damn painting.

 

[careful]

Did they say how many characters would be playable? I hope they limit it to no more than 2-3, so that there's no gimped character (*cough* Velvet) and less repeating enemies cross campaigns. Then again, one of the things I really enjoyed about Odin Sphere was the cross cutting storylines.. lol

 

[soldat7]

Is Vanillaware working on anything for 360/PS3?

This looks stunning.

 

[titiklabingapat]

I said wow!