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[Jonnyram]

Not much going on this week, as you can imagine, but I'll post standout info here if/when there is any.

PS3 | Gran Turismo: HD
- professional mode included
- update next year will add car damage
- updates will improve AI
- ferrari is included, also more collaborations

PSP | Winning Eleven
- you can play CPU while waiting for human opponents

PS2 | KH Re:Chain of Memories
- included with Final Mix+
- made by the Musashi team
- didn't plan to release Final Mix originally, but after Musashi team made this, they changed their minds

PS3&360 | Sonic
- coming out on 21 Dec for 7140 yen
(I swear it said 11/11 at TGS)

 

[jj984jj]

Is the PSP version of WE stripped down like hell again?

What's Musashi team?

 

[sprsk]

Is there 360 and wii stuff also?

 

[Jonnyram]

Is there 360 and wii stuff also?

No, I'm biased towards PS3, so I won't type that up.
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[sprsk]

No, I'm biased towards PS3, so I won't type that up.

Oh right I forgot!

 

[elostyle]

Great, no we get to buy games way before they are done.

 

[Jonnyram]

oops

 

[sprsk]

Great, no we get to buy games way before they are done.

Yeah I'm not excited about this.

 

[davepoobond]

any inkling of a KH2: Final Mix release anywhere else in the world? :}

 

[Scalemail Ted]

This must of been one short magazine.

 

[Joe]

would sony dare charge for a gt4:hd car damage add-on?

 

[jj984jj]

Great, no we get to buy games way before they are done.

PSConnect microtransactions FTL?

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Is there 360 and wii stuff also?

Or games anybody cares about?

 

[cvxfreak]

Final Mix+ = KH2FM right?

 

[Jonnyram]

This must of been one short magazine.

Yeah, they're planning to sell extra pages separately over the next few days, so you can buy the news you want to read.

Final Mix+ = KH2FM right?

The actual title is Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+
I guess they added the + because it includes Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories.
Wait, I think I just made that up. I'm not sure, but I read the + somewhere. Not sure if it's official or not.

 

[mj1108]

Not much going on this week, as you can imagine, but I'll post standout info here if/when there is any.

PS3 | Gran Turismo: HD
- professional mode included
- update next year will add car damage
- updates will improve AI
- ferrari is included, also more collaborations

Now car damage is a microtransaction?

 

[cvxfreak]

The actual title is Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+
I guess they added the + because it includes Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories.
Wait, I think I just made that up. I'm not sure, but I read the + somewhere. Not sure if it's official or not.

Oooh. I thought for a second there they were going to re-release KH1: Final Mix+ with COM. :lol

 

[duckroll]

Sony's hoping to move more PSPs in Dec. It seems that MPO will have a limited edition PSP pack-in package.

 

[Amir0x]

Sony's hoping to move more PSPs in Dec. It seems that MPO will have a limited edition PSP pack-in package.

so...40,000?

 

[AlanHemberger]

Wow, that GT:HD news is ****ing awful.

 

[DefectiveReject]

Now car damage is a microtransaction?

Welcome to next gen!

 

[Vic]

Now car damage is a microtransaction?

ugh

 

[Amir0x]

maybe they'll offer the damage upgrade as a free update

maybe

dear god please

 

[Yoboman]

maybe they'll offer the damage upgrade as a free update

maybe

dear god please

Of course they will

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Musashi Team?!

Uh oh.

 

[jj984jj]

Musashi Team?!

Uh oh.

Oh that musashi. Which PS made that within S-E?

 

[BorkBork]

maybe they'll offer the damage upgrade as a free update

maybe

dear god please

 

[Bad_Boy]

PS3&360 | Sonic
- coming out on 21 Dec for 7140 yen
(I swear it said 11/11 at TGS)

another ps3 game confirmed same price as 360 games?
7140 yen is like 60 bucks (according to google), any chance of it being cheaper than that in the US?

 

[sharkie]

Yeah, they're planning to sell extra pages separately over the next few days, so you can buy the news you want to read.

:lol good one

 

[AniHawk]

maybe they'll offer the damage upgrade as a free update

maybe

dear god please

Haha

Oh, that's cute.

 

[UltraMagnanimous]

:lol

We need one that looks like a Pokeball (or whatever they're called) for the Pearl/Diamond sales thread.

Someone get on that stat!

 

[reriel]

so what's about sakaguchi interview on blue dragon ?
and famitsu xbox/famitsu wave coverage on lost odyssey demo ?

 

[duckroll]

another ps3 game confirmed same price as 360 games?
7140 yen is like 60 bucks (according to google), any chance of it being cheaper than that in the US?

Dude, if you don't know jack shit about Japanese prices, don't even try comparing. Most games in Japan this gen have been 6800yen and some 7800yen. 7140yen is 6800yen listed with tax.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

7140Y is actually the same normal pricepoint this gen....I don't want to think how much will europeans pay if they increase the price in the other regions...

 

[duckroll]

Tales of the World PSP confirmed - 21st Dec 2006
Super Robot Wars OG PS2 confirmed - 25th Jan 2007

KH2FM+ is a 2 discs package, with KH2FM on a disc and KH:ReCoM on the other. Save data betwee the two are compartible, but no details yet on why.

 

[ourumov]

PSP WE...I hope it controls better than the previous one...Otherwise it will continue being a waste of time.

 

[Y2Kev]

GTHD is sony's testing ground for microtransactions.

NOBODY buy that piece of shit.

 

[Pureauthor]

Hmmm... so, nothing big this week.

It's immediately after TGS, I'd have though some impressions would have made their way in.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Haha, sounds like Tales went from one-each-year to one-each-month :lol

ToP 7 Sep
ToT 26 Oct
ToD 23 Nov
ToW 21 Dec

Well, at least they meet the dates they gave in the tales event. 2007 ToD2 PSP next...

 

[duckroll]

Haha, sounds like Tales went from one-each-year to one-each-month :lol

ToP 7 Sep
ToT 26 Oct
ToD 23 Nov
ToW 21 Dec

Well, at least they meet the dates they gave in the tales event. 2007 ToD2 PSP next...

I said this 2 months ago but not many believed me that Namco would be pulling this! I've said that ToD would be Nov, TotW would be Dec and ToD2 would be Jan some time ago. :lol

 

[6.8]

No, I'm biased towards PS3, so I won't type that up.
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You fight the good fight. Keep on!

 

[AniHawk]

GTHD is sony's testing ground for microtransactions.

NOBODY buy that piece of shit.

There's a reason Sony chose their biggest selling franchise.

 

[KyanMehwulfe]

Though I'm not sure I like the affect that microtransactions will have on game development as a whole, there are elements of it that I do like the sounds of. Buying a game for $5, for example, and then buying all the content.

Now for any game I'd buy normally this would be a waste of money since it would be too expensive to get the full game out of it.

But what about a game I may not normally buy?

Imagine a Fighter game that I simply don't have enough interest in to spend $60 on it. But perhaps I have a slight interest in it. So I go buy the disc for $5, and then I download the 1 cool character I like and perhaps a snow and mountain stage to fight on. $15 spent and I get all I really need for that specific game.

I win because I got the game at a discount and enough of the game to satisfy its purpose, and the developer wins because instead of getting $0 from me, he gets $15.


(Numbers are just examples to try illustrate the scenario, though Kaz Hirai did paint a picture at TGS where the game discs were given away for free or just the cost to make the disc.)

 

[Bad_Boy]

Dude, if you don't know jack shit about Japanese prices, don't even try comparing. Most games in Japan this gen have been 6800yen and some 7800yen. 7140yen is 6800yen listed with tax.

chill out man. what im asking is what would this price be in the us.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

I said this 2 months ago but not many believed me that Namco would be pulling this! I've said that ToD would be Nov, TotW would be Dec and ToD2 would be Jan some time ago. :lol

Heh, I was off by little too in July when I posted this:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3888510&postcount=110

· Tales of Phatansia: Full Voice Edition (PSP) - September 2006 - Namco Tales Studio PORT Team
· Tales of the Tempest (NDS) - October 2006 - Namco Internal Team
· Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (PSP) - November/December 2006 - Alfa System
· Tales of Destiny Remake (PS2) - December 2006 - Namco Tales Studio Team Destiny
· Tales of Destiny 2 (PSP) - 2007 (March?) - Namco Tales Studio PORT Team

Bolded the wrong, but by little....

 

[AniHawk]

Why does Namco so desperately want the Tales of series to die?

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Why does Namco so desperately want the Tales of series to die?

Does Square-Enix want the Final Fantasy series to die?
Does Bandai want the Gundam series to die?
Does Konami want the Winning Eleven series to die?
Does Capcom want the Rockman series to die?

More like, Tales riding success for Namco.


¿Unconfirmed? scores...

Famitsu
Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Neo (PS2, Bandai Namco): 8 / 8 / 7 / 6 - (27/40)
Tomb Raider: Legend (Xbox 360, Spike): 9 / 9 / 8 / 7 - (33/40)
Tenchu Senran (Xbox 360, From Software): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (PS2, Vivendi): 8 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (27/40)
Gundam Battle Royale (PSP, Bandai Namco): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
Guilty Gear Dust Strikers (NDS, Arc Systems): 8 / 6 / 6 / 7 - (27/40)
Kawaii Koinu DS (NDS, MTO): 6 / 6 / 6 / 7 - (25/40)
Ice Age 2 (NDS, Vivendi): 7 / 6 / 6 / 6 - (25/40)

Dengeki PS2
Power Stone Portable (PSP, Capcom): 80 / 85 / 70 / 75
Pop'n Music 13 Carnival (PS2, Konami): 85 / 90 / 80 / 85
Gundam Battle Royale (PSP, Bandai Namco): 90 / 90 / 90 / 85
Kuryuu Youma Gakuenki Recharge (PS2, Atlus): 75 / 80 / 75 / 75
Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki FC (PSP, Falcom): 80 / 75 / 70 / 80

 

[duckroll]

Does Square-Enix want the Final Fantasy series to die?
Does Bandai want the Gundam series to die?
Does Konami want the Winning Eleven series to die?
Does Capcom want the Rockman series to die?

More like, Tales riding success for Namco.


¿Unconfirmed? scores...

Famitsu
Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Neo (PS2, Bandai Namco): 8 / 8 / 7 / 6 - (27/40)
Tomb Raider: Legend (Xbox 360, Spike): 9 / 9 / 8 / 7 - (33/40)
Tenchu Senran (Xbox 360, From Software): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (PS2, Vivendi): 8 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (27/40)
Gundam Battle Royale (PSP, Bandai Namco): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
Guilty Gear Dust Strikers (NDS, Arc Systems): 8 / 6 / 6 / 7 - (27/40)
Kawaii Koinu DS (NDS, MTO): 6 / 6 / 6 / 7 - (25/40)
Ice Age 2 (NDS, Vivendi): 7 / 6 / 6 / 6 - (25/40)

Dengeki PS2
Power Stone Portable (PSP, Capcom): 80 / 85 / 70 / 75
Pop'n Music 13 Carnival (PS2, Konami): 85 / 90 / 80 / 85
Gundam Battle Royale (PSP, Bandai Namco): 90 / 90 / 90 / 85
Kuryuu Youma Gakuenki Recharge (PS2, Atlus): 75 / 80 / 75 / 75
Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki FC (PSP, Falcom): 80 / 75 / 70 / 80

I saw those, but as you said... unconfirmed.

If true though, wow at Gundam Battle Royale.

 

[AniHawk]

Does Square-Enix want the Final Fantasy series to die?
Does Bandai want the Gundam series to die?
Does Konami want the Winning Eleven series to die?
Does Capcom want the Rockman series to die?

Yes.

 

[Magicpaint]

Why does Namco so desperately want the Tales of series to die?

Well, at the very least, they're spreading the Tales games on different platforms which should prevent this milking from being an absolute disaster, but I generally agree.