Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on February 02, 2006, 03:56:05 PM
UBISOFT TO BRING LOSTMAGIC™ TO THE NINTENDO DS™ SYSTEM THIS SPRING
Innovative RPG/ACTION Game Takes Advantage of the Stylus and Wi-Fi Capabilities of the Nintendo DS System
SAN FRANCISCO – FEBRUARY 2, 2006 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s leading video game publishers announced that it will publish and distribute LOSTMAGIC™, the Taito-developed role-playing action video game for the Nintendo DS™ system in North America and Europe this Spring.
“LOSTMAGIC brings role-playing games on the DS to a new level, capitalizing on the innovative and unique gameplay abilities such as casting spells with the stylus and the global connectivity of the Wi-Fi mode,” said Tony Kee, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft. “Ubisoft is proud to continue in its tradition of bringing cutting-edge games to gamers worldwide.”
In LOSTMAGIC™, designed by renowned art director Yoshiharu Sato, peace in the world is challenged by a new evil force. The only hope lies with the wizard Isaac and the seven magic wands left behind by the creator. Monsters wield unimaginable power in this realm, and as Issac, the player will use the stylus to unleash magic spells and command numerous monster squads in magical battles.
Key Features: •Cast Spells With the Stylus! – Your stylus becomes your magic wand! Use different motions to unleash your magic.
•Evolving Magic System – Players can combine up to three single spells to create more than 350 magic combinations using a symbol system exclusive to the DS.
•Collect and Command Monsters – Learn to use each monster’s special skill to gain the advantage in battle.
•Use the Stylus to Open Up a New Frontier in RPGs – Experience strategy like never before! LOSTMAGIC’s innovative RTS-type RPG makes full use of the unique capabilities of the DS. Control your units directly on-screen using a point-and-click interface that PC strategy gamers have enjoyed for years.
•Challenge Others via Nintendo Wi-Fi connectivity– Create new characters and challenge friends over a Wi-Fi connection. In Dueling mode, players can test their magic casting skills and strategies against each other
Post by: Darkheart on February 02, 2006, 07:05:59 PM
Post by: ShyGuy on February 02, 2006, 07:46:49 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on February 03, 2006, 01:24:44 AM
The graphics look bad, almost programmer-art bad....
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on February 04, 2006, 07:27:09 PM
Post by: ruby_onix on February 04, 2006, 11:02:04 PM
Back around the time when he was starting Studio Ghibli, Gainax became really popular, due in no small part to their idea to bring their amazing artistic talent into videogaming. But Miyazaki didn't want to do go that route, because he thought videogames rotted kids minds worse than TV or movies, because "they were nothing but mindless shooting and killing." And then every time someone would come along and suggest "Hey, I've got an idea for how you can get ahead. Make some videogames, like Gainax does," his resentment of videogames would only increase, because he knew he was passing up easy money.
Then one day, one of his top assistants did the artwork for the PSX game "Jade Cocoon" as a side job, and since his drawing style was pretty much the same as Miyazaki's work, a large number of excited reporters in Japan mistakenly wrote that it was being made by Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Miyazaki "pulled a Yamauchi" and went nuts. He broke off all relations with his former friend, went on some public rants against videogames, and (IIRC) said that neither he nor Studio Ghibli would ever be involved with a videogame.
Edit: Looking into it, the "assistant" guy is Katsuya Kondô, and Jade Cocoon came out shortly after 1997's "Princess Mononoke", at which point he seems to have entirely missed being involved in "Spirited Away", but then he returned for 2004's "Howl's Moving Castle". So I guess Miyazaki eventually forgave him.
Post by: KDR_11k on February 05, 2006, 01:31:04 AM
Post by: ruby_onix on February 05, 2006, 08:39:16 AM
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Perhaps they demonstrated to Miyazaki that Lost Magic isn't just mindless shooing and killing?
True. But then again, the same was apparently true of Jade Cocoon. And it bombed (by most accounts for trying to be too creative, and for not being about shooting and killing), which he probably took as an affirmation of his ideas.
But then again, Gainax's biggest and most popular game, Princess Maker, isn't about mindless shooting and killing either. It's about playing with lolis. Which is what most of Miyazaki's films are really all about.
Post by: KDR_11k on February 05, 2006, 08:03:41 PM
Did they ever make a decent game out of NGE?
Post by: ruby_onix on February 05, 2006, 08:41:58 PM
And there was an actual "Evangelion meets Gunbuster" strip mahjong game that apparently wasn't afraid to include the male characters.
Post by: KDR_11k on February 06, 2006, 03:50:25 AM
