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This weeks Japanese mag news (10/31~)

J

Jonnyram

Member
Famitsu reviews

DS
Yosumin 7887
Mario Party 9978

PSP
NBA Live 08 7887

PS2
Tiger Woods 08 7677
NBA Live 08 7777

PS3
NBA Live 08 8888
Musou 5 8988
Ratchet 9999

360
NBA Live 08 8888
Just Cause 8788
Musou 5 8988

Poison Pink
PS2, Banpresto, Spring 2008
- developed by Flight Plan / Banpresto
- original simulation RPG
- char. design by tomatika, director Koichi Kawase, producer Tomakazu Fukazawa
- game set in land between current world and magic world, called Beseku
- story told from perspective of 3 main chars, Tage, Oriphin and Harshu
- turn-based battles, capture 100+ beasts

Lost Planet
PS3, Capcom, start of 2008
- includes all DLC from 360 version, plus extras in PC version

G Generation Spirits
PS2, Bandai Namco, 2007/11/29

Devil May Cry 4
PS3/360, Capcom, 2008/1/31
- early buyers will get a special DVD (two versions - dante and nero)
- devils make an appearance (apparently): Echidna and Assault
- Assault is the devil that was in the first game, looks like a blade (?)
- Echidna is like a snake and a woman comes from its open mouth, as it spits out more it's appearance changes

...and that about wraps it up for this week.
 
D

drohne

hyperbolically metafictive
i see the eyebrows have boosted ratchet's score by a full point and a half per reviewer
 
A

Amir0x

Banned
Eteric Rice said:
Yosumin is that awesome puzzle game, right?

Famitsu WHAT THE FUCK...
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Seriously the ONLY POSSIBLE way to fuck Yosumin up, is basically to not have Yosumin on the screen.

10/10/10/10 in Famitsu, or else confirmed sham. Guess it's confirmed sham Famitsu (everyone should know this though since forever)
 
L

lyre

Member
Jonnyram said:
Famitsu reviews

DS
Yosumin 7887
Mario Party 9978
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I wonder if copious amounts of alcohol was involved with these reviews.

Irregardless, MP sounds like it's worth getting
cheap
.

Now where's the news!
 
Eteric Rice

Eteric Rice

Member
Amir0x said:
Seriously the ONLY POSSIBLE way to fuck Yosumin up, is basically to not have Yosumin on the screen.

10/10/10/10 in Famitsu, or else confirmed sham. Guess it's confirmed sham Famitsu (everyone should know this though since forever)
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This is a fucking outrage.

I hate puzzle games... Yet I played Yosumin for like 6 hours one night! It's fucking brilliant!
 
A

Amir0x

Banned
Eteric Rice said:
This is a fucking outrage.

I hate puzzle games... Yet I played Yosumin for like 6 hours one night! It's fucking brilliant!
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i was all "o SquareEnix getting into puzzle games"

then jonnyram was like "here's a link to play it."

Then I was like :O
 
E

ethelred

Member
An original strategy RPG for the DS by Flightplan? Awesome.

Edit: whoops, PS2! Still awesome, though significantly less likely to be localized, sadly.
 
Eteric Rice

Eteric Rice

Member
When I first read your post I was like, "Puzzle games lolz, I'll try it for a sec anyway."

Then 6 hours later I was like... :O

I lost sleep because of that game.

I hope to God it has a US release so I can spread the love to my friends.
 
A

Amir0x

Banned
Anyone who hasn't already experience Yosumin, you can just bypass Famitsu failure and go to automatic win in THIS THREAD. Let Yosumin consume your soul.

Eteric Rice: Actually I don't really think it matters if this gets a US release, 'cause I can't imagine there'd be any real language barrier in a puzzle game.
 
M

Mandoric

Banned
New release dates.

<Nintendo DS>
12/6&#12288;Jushinden Booster Pack 1 <Konami>
08/1/31&#12288;Big Bro Hiromichi's Family Gymnastics Navi <Doras>
08/2&#12288;Kururin with Puppy (working title) <MDO>
08/2&#12288;Happy Happy Clover (working title) <TDK Core>
08 Spring&#12288;DS Edo Cultural History Test (working title) <Marvelout>
08&#12288;Section Chief Shima Kohsaku DS: Can-do Man's Love and Romance <Konami>

<PSP>
08/1/31&#12288;Sega Rally Revo <Sega>

<Wii>
12/13&#12288;WE LOVE GOLF!! <Capcom>
12/27&#12288;Metal Slug Complete <SNK Playmore>
Early 08&#12288;Oneechanbara Revolution <D3 Publisher>

<PS3>
08/1/31&#12288;Devil May Cry 4 <Capcom>
08/1/31&#12288;Sega Rally Revo <Sega>
Early 08&#12288;Lost Planet: Extreme Condition <Capcom>

<Xbox360>
Winter&#12288;Flatout Ultimate Carnage <Russel>
08/1/31&#12288;Devil May Cry 4 <Capcom>
08/1/31&#12288;Sega Rally Revo <Sega>

<Canned>
DS&#12288;Shrek 3 <Activision>
Wii&#12288;Shrek 3 <Activision>
 
D

Defuser

Member
Special DVD eh? Dante version am get! Still no news for the special edition?

EDIT: So DMC4 does release at Jan :O
 
S

Scribble

Member
sp0rsk said:
Well, it is a pretty signifigant update you know.
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Renbu? You know, when I tried the demo, I didn't even know how to fight properly. After years of Musou games. "Why does triangle do the same move, even when I try to string it with square?" I felt like a newbie.

Everything else seemed the same, though.

Oh, is there any new Afterschool Boy (Shenmue DS) info?
 
K

klee123

Member
vicious_killer_squirrel said:
I don't understand something. I thought Famitsu's reviews were considered pretty reliable and vigorous. Was I wrong?
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Only when people agree to the score.
 
G

gconsole

Member
vicious_killer_squirrel said:
I don't understand something. I thought Famitsu's reviews were considered pretty reliable and vigorous. Was I wrong?
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Famitsu review score breakdown.

Game quality - 50%
Popularity - 20 %
Publisher - 30%
 
A

Amir0x

Banned
klee123 said:
Only when people agree to the score.
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Hell, I think they're not reliable even when I do agree with their score. Like, Super Mario Galaxy is a 38 or a 39... that's a great score for the game, who can disagree? But it's from Famitsu, so it's worthless.
 
D

drohne

hyperbolically metafictive
Mandoric said:
08/2?Kururin with Puppy (working title) <MDO>
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damn it, what's with all these games that sound like kururin but ARE NOT KURURIN

this is like the fourth one

KURURIN HAS NO USE FOR PUPPY
 
Eteric Rice

Eteric Rice

Member
vicious_killer_squirrel said:
I don't understand something. I thought Famitsu's reviews were considered pretty reliable and vigorous. Was I wrong?
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Play Yosumin and tell me it's only worth 7/8/8/7...

Look me in the eye and say it.
 
V

viciouskillersquirrel

Member
Tristam said:
Yes.

And did you mean "rigorous"?
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Yes, rigorous.

I also imagine that at least some of the reviewers are very enthusiastic when it comes to their work, making them tend towards being over-zealous... OK, I'm reaching here.
 
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