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[Jonnyram]

Info coming in slooooowly.

Hallowe'en event in PSU.

Famitsu reviews:
PS2 Utawareru Mono 7/7/7/8
PS2 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 7/8/8/6
PSP Untold Legends 6/7/7/7
DS Tales of the Tempest 7/7/7/7
DS Odenkun Jigsaw Puzzle 6/5/6/8
DS Pinky Street 8/8/6/7

 

[Error]

Tales of Tempest 28/40

yikes that's pretty bad.

 

[ethelred]

Info coming in slooooowly.

Hallowe'en event in PSU.

Famitsu reviews:
DS Tales of the Tempest 7/7/7/7

Ouch. But pretty expected.

 

[john tv]

Namco probably didn't advertise enough in last week's Famitsu.

 

[Mejilan]

Owie. Any chance of getting a bit of the review text?

 

[jj984jj]

TotT sucks? After so many delays?

 

[ethelred]

Owie. Any chance of getting a bit of the review text?

Reviewer 1: The character design is hideous, and everything looks like a blotchy amorphous explosion of pixels in battle.
Reviewer 2: When a game is delayed multiple times, you know there's usually something wrong with it. And there is!
Reviewer 3: Wait, is this by the same people who did Legendia?
Reviewer 4: What the ****, they didn't even put anything on the top screen? Who do they think they are, Final Fantasy?

 

[duckroll]

Ouch! See Tales Studio that's what you get for spreading yourself too thin! One Tales a month indeed! :lol

 

[Deku]

That's a relief. Great graphics engine though, Tales games have reached a dead end creatively and commercially. I don't know why Namco keeps making them.

 

[Mejilan]

Reviewer 1: The character design is hideous, and everything looks like a blotchy amorphous explosion of pixels in battle.
Reviewer 2: When a game is delayed multiple times, you know there's usually something wrong with it. And there is!
Reviewer 3: Wait, is this by the same people who did Legendia?
Reviewer 4: What the ****, they didn't even put anything on the top screen? Who do they think they are, Final Fantasy?

Not enough of Engrish. Authenticity is of the being questionable.

 

[KGKK]

PS2 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 7/8/8/6

Is that a game based off the popstar JoJo? If so then wow:lol

 

[DCharlie]

Namco probably didn't advertise enough in last week's Famitsu.

it's funny because it's probably true.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Did we ever get Keroro scans from last week?

 

[Jonnyram]

Owie. Any chance of getting a bit of the review text?

- encounter rate is low so don't feel stress while moving
- battle system is good but ally AI is poor
- overall volume is low
- online play is for swapping items and stuff
- map is unnecessarily large considering how fast you move, seems like wasted effort
- should have done it in 2D instead of with these chunky polys
- three line battle system makes the game more action oriented

 

[duckroll]

Is that a game based off the popstar JoJo? If so then wow:lol

....................

 

[BrodiemanTTR]

D: @ Tales DS score.

Is that a game based off the popstar JoJo? If so then wow:lol

D: @ humanity

 

[BorkBork]

Reviewer 1: The character design is hideous, and everything looks like a blotchy amorphous explosion of pixels in battle.
Reviewer 2: When a game is delayed multiple times, you know there's usually something wrong with it. And there is!
Reviewer 3: Wait, is this by the same people who did Legendia?
Reviewer 4: What the ****, they didn't even put anything on the top screen? Who do they think they are, Final Fantasy?

*nods sagely*

 

[LevelNth]

Previous Tales scores for comparison?

 

[Error]

Is that a game based off the popstar JoJo? If so then wow:lol

que?

 

[Mejilan]

- encounter rate is low so don't feel stress while moving
- battle system is good but ally AI is poor
- overall volume is low
- online play is for swapping items and stuff
- map is unnecessarily large considering how fast you move, seems like wasted effort
- should have done it in 2D instead of with these chunky polys
- three line battle system makes the game more action oriented

Your impressions? Or you have the mag?

 

[Jonnyram]

Your impressions? Or you have the mag?

I don't have the mag yet... I'm looking at a scan of the review

 

[kIdMuScLe]

Is that a game based off the popstar JoJo? If so then wow:lol

NANI? no entiendo mierda..........WTF is goin on here?

 

[kiryogi]

Sounds spot on, every famitsu review always slams on the AI anyway.

 

[jj984jj]

Hey Pinky Street is that music game right? Did it really turn out good?

 

[NomarTyme]

NO! not my precious Tale of Tempest!

 

[polg]

Hey Pinky Street is that music game right? Did it really turn out good?

did u say music game? pics? impresions? free copy?

 

[jj984jj]

did u say music game? pics? impresions? free copy?

Yeah:
http://ds.qj.net/category/Pinky-st-Sparkling-Music-Hour/cid/2059

Didn't think it would turn out any good given the look of the game.

 

[Stat Flow]

I thought Tales of Bomba was going to be a new Tales game. D:

=( at the score for TotT. *shakes head*

 

[Busaiku]

Ouch for Tales Of The Tempest.

Is that a game based off the popstar JoJo? If so then wow:lol

:lol

 

[Amir0x]

- should have done it in 2D instead of with these chunky polys

Poor jarrod. :lol

This should be the primary negative of every 3D DS game. Say no to 3D, yes to 2D!

 

[Bebpo]

That's a relief. Great graphics engine though, Tales games have reached a dead end creatively and commercially. I don't know why Namco keeps making them.

That makes as much sense as the rest of your post!

 

[ethelred]

This week's magazines are pretty underwhelming.

 

[Busaiku]

Yeah:
http://ds.qj.net/category/Pinky-st-Sparkling-Music-Hour/cid/2059

Didn't think it would turn out any good given the look of the game.

Probably swayed over by the lolis.

 

[polg]

Yeah:
http://ds.qj.net/category/Pinky-st-Sparkling-Music-Hour/cid/2059

Didn't think it would turn out any good given the look of the game.

ign has TGS impressions

 

[jj984jj]

Should've been 3D with 2D sprites for the horrible looking polycharacters. But then Chris might've call it a GBA game.

 

[ethelred]

Should've been 3D with 2D sprites for the horrible looking polycharacters. But then Chris might've call it a GBA game.

That would've been fantastic. Really, the backgrounds in the game look wonderful... world map looks great, towns look excellent. It's just the horrible, eye-stabbing character models that stain everything. A Xenogearsesque approach would've worked so damned well here.

 

[Derps]

DS Tales of the Tempest 7/7/7/7

This is what happens when you try to make big rpgs on the DS..

Spoiler

you getting this Bioware?

 

[Amir0x]

Really, the backgrounds in the game look wonderful, town looks excellent...

for N64! Keep 3D off DS, say no to archaic visuals. It's a Wonderful World ftw.

 

[ethelred]

This is what happens when you try to make big rpgs on the DS..

Spoiler

you getting this Bioware?

Except plenty of other RPGs have scored much, much higher and are likely to be considered much, much better, proving that RPGs work on the system just fine.

 

[Tempy]

Hey Pinky Street is that music game right? Did it really turn out good?

Pinky Street DS is based on the Pinky Street figures brand and is now branching out towards other media (animation, games).

The DS game seems to have music rhythm game elements as well as purchasing clothing and accesories to adorn your character with. Although the figures are collected by a wide range of people (especially since some of them are figures based on popular anime series), the game looks more aimed at girls.

Official site here:
http://www.dmpl.co.jp/kira_mu/index.html

 

[Amir0x]

oh god, my eyes

 

[jeremy1456]

Info coming in slooooowly.

Hallowe'en event in PSU.

Famitsu reviews:
PS2 Utawareru Mono 7/7/7/8
PS2 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 7/8/8/6
PSP Untold Legends 6/7/7/7
DS Tales of the Tempest 7/7/7/7
DS Odenkun Jigsaw Puzzle 6/5/6/8
DS Pinky Street 8/8/6/7

Straight 7s isn't a bad score at all.

And this is coming from the mag that gave Nintendogs straight 10s. Suffice to say, their impressions are a bit off.

 

[Mejilan]

I don't have the mag yet... I'm looking at a scan of the review

Thank you

 

[ethelred]

oh god, my eyes

It's so... pink.

 

[jj984jj]

oh god, my eyes

That's what I thought. :lol

Didn't think it would turn out good, but it was a music game I remember reading about. Too bad the game seems to be aimed at 8yo girls.

 

[Jonnyram]

Woot!

PSP Parodius, January
PSP Twinbee, January
PSP Salamander, January

I ♥ U Konami

P.S. PS1 emulator am どこ？

P.P.S. Further info:

Salamander Portable, Jan, 4179 yen
- Salamander
- Life Force
- Salamander 2
- Xexex
- 1 secret game

Parodius Portable, Jan, 4179 yen
- Parodius da!
- Gokujou Parodius
- Sexy Parodius
- Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius (my fave)
- 1 secret game

Twinbee Portable, Jan
- Twinbee
- Deta na Twinbee
- Twinbee Yahho!
- Pop'n'Twinbee
- 1 secret game

 

[Jiggy]

Poor jarrod. :lol

This should be the primary negative of every 3D DS game. Say no to 3D, yes to 2D!

QFT.

FFIII, Tales of the Tempest, Dragon Quest Monsters. These are the "lauded" 3D DS games, graphically, but they're quite horrible, every one, and why developers devoted money to ugly 3D rather than beautiful 2D is simultaneously beyond my understanding, beyond their best interest, and beyond the best interest of the games themselves.

:/

 

[FateBreaker]

Info coming in slooooowly.

Hallowe'en event in PSU.

Famitsu reviews:

DS Tales of the Tempest 7/7/7/7

oh dear.


well
I can't say this ever looked good in the first place.

 

[Stat Flow]

P.S. PS1 emulator am どこ?

Wait wat?

 

[duckroll]

It seems:

Salamanda Portable = Salamander, Lifeforce, Salamander 2, Zexxax + 1 secret title

Parodius Portable = Parodius da!, Gokujou Parodius, Sexy Parodius, Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius + 1 secret title

Twinbee Portable = Twinbee, Detana!! TwinBee, Twinbee Yahho!, Pop'n Twinbee + 1 secret title

All out in Jan, for 4179yen each.

Edit: Damnit I took so long typing the titles Jonny beat me. Boo! :lol