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Offline BlackNMild2k1

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Shadow of the Tower
« on: August 07, 2009, 02:39:33 PM »
Interesting new concept from Hudson in platforming style
http://www.hudson.co.jp/kagenotou/

http://www.hudsonent.com/gamedetail.php?game_id=213&console=1







- pseudo-platformer
- reminiscent of Ico
- a giant tower sits in an abandoned land
- control the shadow of a boy as he tries to climb the tower
- walk on the shadows that platforms cast, and avoid the shadows of traps
- interact with shadows to move things in the real world (pull the shadow of a lever to move the real lever)
- boy has a black butterfly that aids him on his quest
- butterfly can move the light source to make jumps/puzzles easier for the boy
- no release date
« Last Edit: September 01, 2009, 05:42:13 PM by BlackNMild2k1 »

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2009, 02:41:35 PM »
Sounds interesting but also disorienting...

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2009, 03:13:23 PM »
I'm intrigued by such concept.

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2009, 03:21:46 PM »
It looks pretty but I'm worried the shadow casting architecture may obscure the playing field.

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2009, 03:25:58 PM »
Here is a video of a different game that is using the same concept.

Hopefully Tower of Shadow has a lot of the same ideas for creating diversity in puzzles as these guys do..0

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2009, 03:38:07 PM »
Is this for Wiiware? If it is this is the type of game the service was made for.
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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2009, 03:44:24 PM »
It's actually a retail game and is about 30% complete.

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« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2009, 03:53:02 PM »
I doubt it'll sell much but if they want to throw their money away so be it. They'd probably make more money with a good FPS instead.

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2009, 04:22:06 PM »
It's actually a retail game and is about 30% complete.
Even better!!
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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2009, 04:59:28 PM »
I doubt it'll sell much but if they want to throw their money away so be it. They'd probably make more money with a good FPS instead.

Well they could've gone the HD route.
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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2009, 03:04:24 AM »
I doubt it'll sell much but if they want to throw their money away so be it. They'd probably make more money with a good FPS instead.

Well they could've gone the HD route.

Hudson seems kinda poor financially to me, I doubt they can even afford an HD game.

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2009, 04:06:18 AM »
If they know that, they're smarter than Marvelous.

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« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2009, 04:48:13 AM »
Oh they don't seem stupid to me, just either unable or unwilling to make "AAA" titles (full multi-million investments).

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2009, 12:29:53 PM »
- reminiscent of Ico
Yeah, that's about the first thing I thought of when I saw the screenshots. Hudson basically CTRL+C, CTRL+V the art direction.
Hudson seems kinda poor financially to me, I doubt they can even afford an HD game.
They made Bomberman: Act Zero.... I'll see myself out.

Seriously though, I think Konami became a majority shareholder of Hudson years back. With Konami backing them, they probably could make bigger HD games, but they seem content generally making Bomberman updates and Mario Party sequels.

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2009, 01:20:45 PM »
This game looks very unique. I think i will buy this one when it comes out. Im not sold on the concept but it looks great.

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« Reply #15 on: August 08, 2009, 02:24:00 PM »
Seriously though, I think Konami became a majority shareholder of Hudson years back. With Konami backing them, they probably could make bigger HD games, but they seem content generally making Bomberman updates and Mario Party sequels.
It's been over two years since the release of the last Mario Party game and there hasn't even been an announcement of a new one. They might be moving away from that series.

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« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2009, 02:30:03 PM »
Seriously though, I think Konami became a majority shareholder of Hudson years back. With Konami backing them, they probably could make bigger HD games, but they seem content generally making Bomberman updates and Mario Party sequels.

Konami seems to consider Hudson their casual division. I think if Konami wants to make an expensive game they'll make it themselves.

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« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2009, 03:22:14 PM »
Not necessarily. They're not developing the new Castlevania in house. I'm sure if someone at Hudson came up with an interesting concept, Konami would back them. Of course, that's assuming someone at Hudson is even that creative which is silly.

Mario Party DS came out Nov. 2007. Nintendo will release another Mario Party game. Why? Well, why not? People are suckers for those games despite how trite they've become. It sells so Nintendo will sell it.

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« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2009, 03:28:32 PM »
I always forget about Mario Party DS. Still, that was almost two years ago, and Mario Party was a yearly release. Here we are approaching the two-year mark and there isn't even a word about a new one. It may come eventually but I think it will be a while, especially because both Mario Party 8 and DS are still selling (MP8 is the best-selling Mario Party).

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2009, 02:32:03 AM »
More screens from Famitsu:











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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2009, 11:06:35 AM »
Some of those screens remind me of Rune Factory Frontier so.. <3
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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #21 on: August 19, 2009, 09:34:25 PM »
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-09-the-tower-of/54514

First video of the game coming from Gamescom.

Oh Spring 2010 is when it is coming out Black N Mild.

http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/50249/The-Tower-of-Shadow
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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2009, 01:42:40 PM »
Not necessarily. They're not developing the new Castlevania in house. I'm sure if someone at Hudson came up with an interesting concept, Konami would back them. Of course, that's assuming someone at Hudson is even that creative which is silly.
Lately, Konami's development teams have been losing the spark which made their games awesome in the late 80s/early90s/mid90s.

Nowadays they just force Hideo to make MGS games. =/
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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2009, 11:38:13 PM »
There really is not enough 2D games these days.  Perhaps we are finally reaching the point in the generation that developers are getting it through their heads that realism is considerably overrated.  Or perhaps not.  Either way, this will satisfy me.

Oh, and hello.  The thought of introducing myself in the introductory thread is far too embarrassing, so can we just pretend we got that out of the way?  ^_^

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Re: Tower of Shadow
« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2009, 11:54:17 PM »

Oh, and hello.  The thought of introducing myself in the introductory thread is far too embarrassing, so can we just pretend we got that out of the way?  ^_^

NO. embarrassment is part of the process.

j/k, you can stay as far from that thread as you like. just be sure to swing by The Funhouse instead.