Topic: Inuyasha RPG in Development for DS

[Svevan]

Namco Bandai adapts the TV show into a turn-based RPG.

NAMCO BANDAI GAMES ANNOUNCES INUYASHA(TM): SECRET OF THE DIVINE JEWEL(TM) FOR THE NINTENDO DS    

Exciting RPG Based on the Popular TV Series Starts a new Portable Adventure    

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (November 9, 2006) – Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that Inuyasha(TM): Secret of the Divine Jewel(TM), an exciting RPG for the Nintendo®DS, is now in development. Featuring an all-new original storyline, Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel promises original characters created exclusively for the game and an intuitive battle system based on action from the popular animated series.    

“We are very excited to have an opportunity to add something all our own to the already amazing world of Inuyasha," said Naruo Uchida, NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.’s Senior Vice President.  â€śHaving an established property to work on, while adding our own special creative vision, is truly a wonderful experience."    

Rumiko Takahashi’s popular animated TV and comic series Inuyasha comes to life in this brand new adventure for the Nintendo DS. Players will experience the intriguing origins and exciting stories of all-new characters as they join beloved well-known Inuyasha characters in the struggle to unlock the mystery of the Divine Jewel. Utilizing and uniting familiar faces like Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippo, players will battle hordes of monstrous demons in this epic RPG. With an intuitive command-based control scheme and the new Cover Fellow System (CFS), players will get Inuyasha and his friends to work together in ways never before seen. The chance to learn the secret of the Divine Jewel arrives in 2007 with Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel.

[Smash_Brother]

Continuing to support my stance that, although Nintendo owns stock in Banco, they do very little good for Nintendo.

[Svevan]

Inuyasha fans will buy this, plus it could be good - handheld RPGs aren't hard to make.

[NWR_pap64]

...IT'S FREAKING DBZ FOR GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!

...Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Smash_Brother]

I know they'll buy it, it's just that Inuyasha irritates the hell out of me.

[denjet78]

I just lost my DSLite. As soon as my sister hears about this I'm never going to see it again.

[TheBlackCat]

Who the heck is "Janis"?

[Michael8983]

I know it's the official girly anime or something, but I LOVE Inuyasha and admit I will most likely at least give it a rental.

[Famicom]

The show's premise practically begs for an RPG, but I don't have much faith in anyone pulling it off. Too many name brand cash-in games on portables.

[jasonditz]

Do we actually get a US version of this, or will I be fumbling through it in Japanese like I am with Urusei Yatsura?

[Svevan]

The press release came from Namco Bandai Games America, so I'd say yes.

[wandering]

Inuyasha. I watched some of that. Did they ever find all the jewel shards and defeat the bad guy, or does the show just go on and on into eternity?

[TheBlackCat]

Neither, they ended the series I would gather about 2/3 of the way through the storyline without actually resolving anything.  The bad guys had just developed a new defense against Inu Yasha's latest sword technique and new more powerful assistant for Naraku, and then it just ended the series.  Nothing resolved, nothing finished.  That was a few years ago, it doesn't look like anything more will happen.  They just randomly and permanently stopped the series at a major cliffhanger.

[Famicom]

And for the record, in the original and ongoing manga, Naraku is still on the run and the Shikon jewel is still not complete.