Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: Bill Aurion on May 28, 2008, 12:34:16 AM
Title: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 28, 2008, 12:34:16 AM
May 30th Edition - Wario Land Shake (Wii), Fatal Frame 4 (Wii), SimCity Wii, Kumatanchi (DS) June 6th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg430408#msg430408) - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii), Shiren the Wanderer DS 2, Valkyrie Profile (DS), Avalon Code (DS) June 13th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg432089#msg432089) - Wario Land Shake (Wii), RIZ-ZOAWD (DS), Sigma Harmonics (DS) June 20th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg435704#msg435704) - Wario Land Shake (Wii), Tales of Symphonia: Knights of Ratatosk (Wii) June 27th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg435704#msg435704) - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier (Wii) July 4th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg438083#msg438083) - Chrono Trigger (DS), Tales of Hearts (DS), Winds of Nostalgio (DS), Fire Emblem (DS) AND MORE! July 11th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg438507#msg438507) - Captain Rainbow (Wii), Tongariboushi and the 365 Days of Magic (DS), Fatal Frame (Wii) July 18th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg440747#msg440747) - Dead Rising (Wii) July 25th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg442731#msg442731) - Tenchu 4 (Wii), Avalon Code (DS), Kimi no Yusha (DS) August 1st Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg444722#msg444722) - Sigma Harmonics (DS), Ragnarok Online DS, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) August 8th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg446195#msg446195) - Captain Rainbow (Wii), Sky Crawlers (Wii) August 22nd Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg449943#msg449943) - Suikoden Tierkreis (DS), Tales of Hearts (DS) August 29th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg450917#msg450917) - Kizuna (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Winds of Nostalgio (DS) September 5th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg452609#msg452609) - Shining Force Feather (DS), Animal Crossing City Folk (Wii), Manhattan Requiem: Kiss of Murder (DS), Suzumiya Haruhi Adventure Game (Wii) September 12th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg454278#msg454278) - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii), Item Getter (DS) September 19th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg455371#msg455371) - Monster Hunter 3 (Wii), Gyakuten Kenji (DS), Suikoden Tierkreis (DS) September 26th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg457409#msg457409) - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (DS), Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Infinite Line (DS) October 3rd Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg458554#msg458554) - Klonoa (Wii), Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga (Wii), Destiny Link (DS), Monster Hunter 3 (Wii), Sonic and the Black Knight (Wii), FFCC: Echoes of Time (Wii/DS) October 10th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg461667#msg461667) - FFCC: Echoes of Time (Wii/DS), Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) *TIMEGAPDISASTER* November 14th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg467737#msg467737) - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Gyakuten Kenji/Dragon Quest IX/Last Bullet (DS) *MORETIMEGAPSOHGOD* December 12th Edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg472238#msg472238) - Another Code R, ARF, Phantom Brave (Wii), Mario & Luigi 3, Shining Force Feather, DQIX (DS)
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I don't know why we don't have one of these already, but here we are! I will update this accordingly as news appears...
May 30th Edition
Japanese Release Dates (Wii, DS) July 10 - Densetsu no Starfi [Nintendo] July 17 - Virtual Commander [Konami] July 24 - Wario Land Shake[Nintendo] July 24 - Golfing Greats Albatross [Konami] July 31 - Fatal Frame: Gesshoku no Kamen[Nintendo] July 31 - Rhythm Tengoku Gold[Nintendo] (*bolded for MegaByte) July 31 - WaiWai World Nekusuto [Konami] Aug 7 - Fire Emblem [Nintendo] Aug 21 - Sigma Harmonics [Square-Enix] Aug 21 - Super Monkey Ball DS: Bargain Edition [Sega] Aug 22 - Inazuma Eleven [Nintendo] Aug XX - Pawa Pro Wifi [Konami]
(*Baten Kaitos DS has been removed from Namco's site...Suspicious, but may have been a mistake with listings...)
*Note: Konami listings are from 2ch, and thus rumour, until further notice...*
Wario Land Shake ~ Hand-drawn backgrounds ~ Toon-shaded characters ~ 20 stages ~ Locations such as jungle ruins, desert, and ocean ~ Shake the Wiimote for special actions (shake enemies to grab coins, unearth hidden locations...throwing...) ~ Vehicles such as rockets and submarines, seems that the Wiimote speaker plays a part in vehicles as well
Fatal Frame 4: Gesshoku no Kamen ~ Directors: Makoto Shibata (Fatal Frame 1,2,3) and Suda 51 ~ Producer: Keisuke Kikuchi (Fatal Frame 1,2,3) ~ Game takes place on Rougetsutou (Island of the 12th Lunar Month), which was used in a kidnapping incident in the past... ~ Main protagonist is Ruka Minazuki, who was one of five girls kidnapped... ~ Unlike the previous games, which utilized classic Resident Evil-like pre-set camera angles, the camera is set behind the heroine...
SimCity Wii ~ Wiimote IR used in a number of ways ~ Building designs from a variety of locations: Greece, Egypt, Futuristic, Crystal, Sweet (Gingerbread House inspiration I guess), Las Vegas, Jungle, Indian, Mediterranean, Ancient Edo,…etc ~ Events include fire-breathing dinosaurs, asteroids, people-abducting UFOs, giant mechas, etc... ~ Advisers return with a MySims-style design ~ Producer is Masahiro Ueno (MySims, Contra, a bunch of crap) ~ Release: September (Japan obviously)
I don't know why we don't have one of these already, but here we are! I will update this accordingly as news appears...
May 30th Edition
Japanese Release Dates
July 24 - Wario Land Shake (Wii) July 31 - Fatal Frame: Gesshoku no Kamen (Wii) July 31 - Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) Aug 7 - Fire Emblem (DS)
More as it comes...
Lets see Fire Emblem Wario and Fatal Frame will most likely come out in America but Nintendo better localize Rhythm Tengoku Gold.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: ShyGuy on May 28, 2008, 12:46:33 AM
Are scans allowed?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 28, 2008, 12:50:28 AM
Well I've been posting them in other threads for quite a long time now, so don't tell anyone if they aren't... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Crimm on May 28, 2008, 01:29:33 AM
What is Wario Land Shake?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: ShyGuy on May 28, 2008, 01:37:08 AM
Waggle to move Wario around, obviously. Also, waggle for jump and waggle for attack. (waggle pause and select too)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 28, 2008, 01:56:54 AM
Fatal Frame looks very nice from what I can make out...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: ShyGuy on May 28, 2008, 02:23:33 AM
It does look good. As good as Fatal Frame 3 on the PS2 at least.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Luigi Dude on May 28, 2008, 02:36:18 AM
For Wario Land, I just need to know if Nintendo is behind it. Since Nintendo outsourced the last Wario game, "Master of Disguise" to Suzak, it was crap. If Suzak is behind this one as well then we already know it'll suck.
But if it's made internally by Nintendo, by the people who made Wario Land 1-4(as well as Wario Land Virtual Boy which was also really good), then F*ck Yeah I'll buy 5 copies. With the power of the Wii, they should be able to do some really amazing things for the game.
Plus if it's being done internally by Nintendo and it's a 2d game, that gives me hope that Nintendo will release other internally developed 2d games for the Wii. Like maybe we'll finally get a TRUE sequel to Yoshi's Island done by EAD in the future, or a 2d Metroid as well. Or better yet, since the DS had New Super Mario Bros, a New Super Mario World for the Wii.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 28, 2008, 02:42:59 AM
The fact that the game uses the "Wario Land" title in addition to its "hand-made" nature, I think it's safe to say that at the very least Suzak isn't behind the game...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: MegaByte on May 28, 2008, 02:47:02 AM
This thread has a serious lack of Rhythm Tengoku bolding.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Crimm on May 28, 2008, 03:00:24 AM
Once the scan comes out I will harass the hell out of James Charlton to get a full translation.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: DAaaMan64 on May 28, 2008, 03:00:43 AM
Ehh I don't know, I just recently beet Wario Land VB and I'd give it a 7.5. It is good, but it's a real frustration sometimes. Especially the final bitch boss.
It wasn't bad otherwise.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: KDR_11k on May 28, 2008, 03:54:57 AM
Heh, WaiWai World... I hope it contains all the awesomeness of playable, head-butting Moais
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: MegaByte on May 28, 2008, 10:45:24 AM
The NCL site says it has lots of new touch-based mini-games.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 28, 2008, 10:59:59 AM
Perhaps a Super Mario 64 DS-type deal then? The price is set at 3,800 yen while most DS titles are set at 4,800...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: MegaByte on May 28, 2008, 11:08:25 AM
The original was budget priced as well.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 28, 2008, 11:13:27 AM
Oh I see! I did not know this...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Mario on May 28, 2008, 11:33:02 AM
I paid $40 US for it at Play-Asia
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 28, 2008, 06:29:56 PM
Wario Land Shake is sounding like a 2D platformer!
From a blog translated by KobunHeat over at GAF:
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"The definitive Wario platform game may have finally been produced. Even people who just like 2D platformers should buy this."
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 29, 2008, 02:59:54 AM
A new 2D platformer on a console and it's an actual full disc game and not just Wii Ware? I'd kiss you, Nintendo, if that didn't require an insanely long plane ride.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: blackfootsteps on May 29, 2008, 05:18:38 AM
Good idea for a thread.
I love 2D Wario games. I probably played Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 just as much as Super Mario World back in the day. Similar to Jungle Beat it was a fresh twist on the platforming genre.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Luigi Dude on May 29, 2008, 05:33:04 AM
And it's seems there's more info from Japanese retailers http://gonintendo.com/?p=44550
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- 20 stages - hand-drawn animation - 1 player - locations such as jungle ruins, desert, and ocean - shake the Wiimote for special actions (shake enemies to grab coins, unearth hidden locations, and more) - some sort of throwing mechanic via Wiimote manipulation - vehicles such as rockets and submarines, seems that the Wiimote speaker plays a part in vehicles as well
Hopefully they'll release screens soon.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Mario on May 29, 2008, 05:53:02 AM
Amazing potential.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 29, 2008, 07:13:42 AM
And it's seems there's more info from Japanese retailers http://gonintendo.com/?p=44550
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- 20 stages - hand-drawn animation - 1 player - locations such as jungle ruins, desert, and ocean - shake the Wiimote for special actions (shake enemies to grab coins, unearth hidden locations, and more) - some sort of throwing mechanic via Wiimote manipulation - vehicles such as rockets and submarines, seems that the Wiimote speaker plays a part in vehicles as well
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 29, 2008, 02:32:09 PM
It's uh...I think it's essentially like one of those Tamagotchi games, but you take care of a Beargirl... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 29, 2008, 02:39:47 PM
Bill will care for a ManFaye.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 29, 2008, 02:54:39 PM
No, this game is not called "Pro666tanchi"...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: Luigi Dude on May 29, 2008, 03:27:13 PM
Well the Wario Land images show the game has a style very similar to Wario Land 4, which points heavily to it being developed internally by Nintendo.
Now we just wait for some movies of the game in action.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread
Post by: animecyberrat on May 29, 2008, 04:59:54 PM
As long as it isn't Wario World suckage it should be worth checking out.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: Ian Sane on May 29, 2008, 06:53:27 PM
A Wario Land Shake would be nice but I can't, I'm on a diet. Yeah they may have to rename it for the Western release. ;)
I am in full support of a 2D side-scrolling platformer on a console. Hell ANY 2D game with SPRITES~! on a console is a good thing. Polygons are awesome, when it makes sense to use them. But this attitude that sprites should only be used for portables is so stupid and out-of-date. This isn't 1995. We now recognize that most Playstation 1 games that everyone thought looked awesome ten years ago look like balls and 2.5D sucks.
But I'm not so keen on "waggle" controls. That will be the 2.5D ten years from now; the outdated "fad" game design that ironically makes useful new technology look like a dumb joke. Sega CD FMV games are another example. The DS has been at a point now where forced touchscreen usage has become rare. These days when someone makes a good game on the DS where touchscreen usage doesn't make sense they don't use it and we get a better product as a result. It's not like every SNES game used the L&R buttons.
The Wii can't get to that point soon enough. The quality of Wii games will be much higher once devs don't feel any pressure to shoehorn motion control into games that don't need it. Though Nintendo is probably going to have to start including the classic controller (or a Gamecube one) with the Wii itself, something that was obviously unnecessary with the DS.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: Smoke39 on May 29, 2008, 07:09:57 PM
But I'm not so keen on "waggle" controls. That will be the 2.5D ten years from now; the outdated "fad" game design that ironically makes useful new technology look like a dumb joke. Sega CD FMV games are another example. The DS has been at a point now where forced touchscreen usage has become rare. These days when someone makes a good game on the DS where touchscreen usage doesn't make sense they don't use it and we get a better product as a result. It's not like every SNES game used the L&R buttons.
Waggle for the sake of waggle is bad. But shaking the controller to shake enemies down for cash seems pretty reasonable to me (smells like Mischief Makers, which was awesome). With any luck the rest of the waggle controls will be equally reasonable.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: BeautifulShy on May 29, 2008, 07:13:50 PM
Ian have you played a game called Viewtiful Joe?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: Ian Sane on May 29, 2008, 07:56:23 PM
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Ian have you played a game called Viewtiful Joe?
Yep. I have it for the Cube. Couldn't really get into it. Part of that though is that it kinda plays like a beat-em-up but I'm a big beat-em-up snob and it didn't impress me. I typically don't like the graphic style of 2.5D games. Sprites almost always look better. Polygons are something I deal with when a game is in full 3D and thus has to use them.
Though I also don't care for cel-shading. Seems like maybe I would like it since it's more cartoony, like sprites are but it ends up looking weird to me. Rendered sprites also look pretty bad, except in DKC where for some reason they look amazing, even over ten years later.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 29, 2008, 07:58:52 PM
ahahaha you are joking
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: BeautifulShy on May 29, 2008, 08:11:44 PM
Ian have you heard of a game called Madworld? It is from Platnum games who was previously Seeds and previously Clover Studios the development house that made Viewtiful Joe, Okami, and Godhand. There is a thread about it a page back.That game utilises cel shading. What types of cel shading do you prefer if any?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: Adrock on May 29, 2008, 09:43:13 PM
I'm really looking forward to Wario Land Shake. I miss 2D games. Now if Konami will just announce that 2D Castlevania for the Wii....
For Wario Land, I just need to know if Nintendo is behind it. Since Nintendo outsourced the last Wario game, "Master of Disguise" to Suzak, it was crap. If Suzak is behind this one as well then we already know it'll suck.
I wouldn't mind if Treasure is behind the game. They've worked on a Wario game before (Wario World which was decent) and they're quite proficient in creating 2D games. Smoke39 mentioned Mischief Makers a few posts above which was also made by Treasure.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wi
Post by: Luigi Dude on May 30, 2008, 04:00:35 PM
I wouldn't mind if Treasure is behind the game. They've worked on a Wario game before (Wario World which was decent) and they're quite proficient in creating 2D games. Smoke39 mentioned Mischief Makers a few posts above which was also made by Treasure.
Now I'd agree on that. Since Treasure is amazing at 2d games, they'd be able to pull it off. And since the Shake gameplay mechanic, does sound similar to Mischief Makers, Treasure would easily know what they're doing and how to pull it off.
Of course come to think about it, Treasure could actually be behind this game. A few months ago we heard that they were working on 2 games for the Wii, and one of them was hinted at being a sequel of some kind. Now a lot of us were quick to come to say a Sin and Punishment sequel, but what if they meant was a spiritual sequel to Mischief Makers staring Wario. Similar to how Bleach DS was the spiritual sequel to Yu Yu Hakusho for the Mega Drive(Genesis), and Ikuruga was the spiritual successor to Radient Silvergun.
Oh well, as long as it's either Nintendo R&D1 who made the previous Wario Land games or Treasure, we know the game will be good.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: KDR_11k on May 31, 2008, 01:25:19 AM
But treasure made Wario World.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wi
Post by: Luigi Dude on May 31, 2008, 02:50:41 AM
But Wario World was a 3d game, while this upcoming Wario Land is 2d. The guys at Treasure are masters of 2d games, while their 3d can be a mixed bag. That's why they're the only 3rd party company that I'd have no problem with Nintendo allowing to make a 2d sequel to one of they're series.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wi
Post by: Michael8983 on May 31, 2008, 08:42:51 AM
I don't see the waggle as a fad. I mean games that over-use or mis-use it are annoying but the concept of shaking the controller as an alternative to pressing a button is sound. It simplifies the control scheme and makes the experience more interactive. Mario Strikers used it brilliantly, after getting used to shaking the remote to smack an opposing team-mate it would be hard to go back to having to press a button for the same effect.
I think the waggle is more like the shoulder buttons of the SNES days. Shoulder buttons have become a standard for controllers but back in the early SNES days developers often didn't know what to do with these new buttons and used them for trivial things. Even the SNES's flagship title Mario World merely used them to scroll the screen which was pretty much pointless and I doubt anyone bothered doing so more than once or twice just for the novelty of it.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 31, 2008, 09:22:10 AM
Comparing waggle to shoulder buttons on the SNES is a brilliant analogy, your description is dead-on and by extension makes a good argument for the future of the remote. Let's hope it stays true. I also completely agree about Strikers, the game wouldn't be near as good with big hits mapped to a button.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: Kairon on June 01, 2008, 02:02:32 AM
I would... like to know more about Harvest Loli.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wi
Post by: animecyberrat on June 01, 2008, 02:04:34 AM
Is that a new Harvest Moon game or something?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: KDR_11k on June 01, 2008, 04:28:05 AM
It's uh...I think it's essentially like one of those Tamagotchi games, but you take care of a Beargirl... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: Ian Sane on June 02, 2008, 12:08:10 PM
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I think the waggle is more like the shoulder buttons of the SNES days. Shoulder buttons have become a standard for controllers but back in the early SNES days developers often didn't know what to do with these new buttons and used them for trivial things.
Shoulder buttons didn't replace anything though. They just added to it. Waggle is a replacement for a button press and I'm quite certain that the only reason it is even used is because Nintendo only put two buttons on the remote. The remote is useful for stuff like Wii Sports where it really feels like you're doing the action on screen or aiming like a mouse and stuff like that. But "gesture instead of button push" is just what we had before but it requires more effort from the user and isn't as accurate as an on/off digital button. In three years that kind of motion controller implementation will be regarded as a huge joke.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: KDR_11k on June 02, 2008, 04:19:49 PM
That's because gestures should be analogue, not on-off affairs.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 02, 2008, 04:57:36 PM
Developers lack ambition, that's all.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: Dirk Temporo on June 02, 2008, 05:36:40 PM
Fatal Frame 4 main character:
I would hit it like the first of an angry god.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wii
Post by: Kairon on June 02, 2008, 07:45:16 PM
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, Fatal Frame 4, SimCity Wi
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 04, 2008, 10:45:29 AM
June 6th Edition
Rune Factory Frontier (Wii) ~ Publisher/Developer: Natsume ~ Is set up to improve upon the DS games ~ The main character, a young man named Laguna, wanders the land in search of a missing girl ~ The game takes place on the island of Tranrupia, an uncivilized land which Laguna is challenged to pioneer and cultivate ~ In addition, a gigantic floating island resembling a whale mysteriously emerged from the sky. (It's the Windfish! :tpg: ) ~ As the land is further pioneered, a village starts to develop around the farms, and shops start to appear ~ The game is set for a 2008 release (in Japan)
Other News ~ Moon's Peak - Wii - ARPG - From Software - TBD
Now THIS kind of third party support is more like it! More as it comes!
(From now on, you can use the opening post to search for specific weeks of news/scans...)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: BeautifulShy on June 04, 2008, 02:36:26 PM
I don't believe there are any stealth titles on Wii... Hopefully this will open the floodgates.Also Bill thats a good idea.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: Kairon on June 04, 2008, 05:02:08 PM
Tenchu 4? Wii exclusive. Score.
This is progress.
Also good that a DS series (Rune Factory) is coming to the Wii. Sometimes companies benefit on the DS but don't jump off the handheld onto Nintendo's console.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 04, 2008, 05:08:53 PM
I had a hard time getting into run factory.... Seemed like the first dungeon thing was a pain.,
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 04, 2008, 05:17:08 PM
Rune Factory 2 supposedly fixed all the problems with the first game (I hope it's localized...I sorta...put off buying the first one when the sequel was announced...), and this Wii version promises to expand on that, so it SHOULD be a good game (hopefully!)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 04, 2008, 06:33:52 PM
Avalon Code, Valkyrie Profile, and Shiren the Wanderer DS 2 scans have been added...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 05, 2008, 02:46:16 AM
I stayed away from Rune Factory on the DS because I already had a Harvest Moon I really liked for it, but don't feel like playing a traditional Harvest Moon on a console (besides VC) and am very interested in Rune Factory Wii.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: Luigi Dude on June 06, 2008, 05:12:09 PM
Well we finally know who's making Wario Land Shake. It's been outsourced to a company called GOOD-FEEL. GOOD-FEEL is a new company that's made up of ex-Konami employees, who's notable work was on the Goemon games.
Well even though I'd have prefered Nintendo RD1 or Treasure, the fact that the people at this GOOD-FEEL were involved in the Goemon games is a good sign at least. The Goemon games were solid platformers, so at least there's a chance this game might be one as well.
I hope. :-\
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 06, 2008, 05:13:14 PM
Ahh so the bigger news is that the Goemon team gone :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 06, 2008, 05:53:17 PM
The bigger news is that the Goemon team is now working for Nintendo... :cool;
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: Kenology on June 06, 2008, 06:53:11 PM
True. But being a huge Goemon fan, it doesn't bode well for the series at Konami.
They haven't touched the series since the DS version that came out the first year of the system's life, so I'm confident that the series is pretty much dead anyway... *shrug*
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Rune Factory Frontier (Wii), Tenchu 4 (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 11, 2008, 07:25:16 AM
June 13th Edition
Wario Land Shake (Wii)
~ Anime cutscenes done by Production I.G. ~ CAPTAIN SYRUP!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, RIZ-ZOAWD (DS)
Post by: Bartman3010 on June 11, 2008, 10:12:26 PM
All I want to say is...why doesnt Nintendo just make a new Mario cartoon? If Pokemon was such a success, then they also did Kirby and F-Zero...come on.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Wario Land Shake, RIZ-ZOAWD (DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 12, 2008, 09:19:51 PM
New awesome scans of Wario Land are up!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia, Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 25, 2008, 09:22:50 AM
There wasn't much last week in terms of Nintendo-related goods, so I'm adding some Wario Land Shake and Tales scans from CoroCoro...
~ Publisher: Marvelous ~ Developer: Image Epoch (Luminous Arc, World Destruction) ~ Genre: Traditional RPG ~ 3 character party ~ The entire party shares an AP gauge, which depletes as actions are performed ~ It is possible for a character to attack more than once, or for them to use a single stronger attack, but it will leave less AP available for the other two characters to use ~ If multiple characters use the same skill on the same enemies, the effectiveness of the skill will be increased ~ Scenario by Takumi Miyajima (Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Abyss) ~ Music by Yasunori Mitsuda ~ Official Site will be open on 27th June ~ Graphics style is similar to tri-Ace games ~ Widescreen option
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii)
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 25, 2008, 03:03:12 PM
lol traditional games
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii)
Post by: Kairon on June 25, 2008, 04:26:29 PM
Japan is saving Wii hardcore games.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii)
Post by: Smoke39 on June 25, 2008, 09:16:56 PM
Some of those Wario Land levels have really pretty backgrounds.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 26, 2008, 09:36:27 AM
New awesome scans of Arc Rise Fantasia and Rune Factory Frontier are up! (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg435704#msg435704)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 26, 2008, 11:55:14 AM
"It is possible for a character to attack more than once"
MY, GAMES HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE PAC MAN
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: AV on June 26, 2008, 02:36:22 PM
Wario Land shake only has 20 levels. WTF.
Super mario brothers on NES had 32 (4 stages, 8 worlds) . Why can't a current game have as many levels as a game made 20 years ago.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 26, 2008, 03:23:43 PM
I take it you've never played the previous Wario Land games...
They are not start-to-finish stages like SMB...They are stages designed around exploration and checking every nook and cranny...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: Kairon on June 26, 2008, 10:33:38 PM
Those screens...look.....really...good....
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: Bill Aurion on June 26, 2008, 11:19:07 PM
I won't be here next week, so someone else will have to take up the torch for me...Sorry... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 02, 2008, 07:35:09 PM
First we have scans of Happy Dance Collection. Http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/uploads/80822_viploader688622_122_231lo.jpg Next we have a scan of a DS and a Wii game which I don't know. Http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/uploads/81098_viploader688632_122_671lo.jpg Finally we have scans of Simple 2000 and Megaman 9. Http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/uploads/80960_viploader688627_122_260lo.jpg
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: KDR_11k on July 03, 2008, 04:39:16 AM
The wii game in the second scan seems to be a WiiWare game, it's labelled 1000 Wii points.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 03, 2008, 05:59:36 AM
The wii game in the second scan seems to be a WiiWare game, it's labelled 1000 Wii points.
Yea you are right. I wonder what it is?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: Kairon on July 03, 2008, 12:47:00 PM
You sirs, have just gotten the very first glimpse of the WiiWare game Wild West Guns. GameLoft is publishing it stateside, but when I went looking for info I couldn't find any cellphone game with the title. Must be original.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 03, 2008, 02:53:26 PM
Thanks Kairon.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii), Rune Factory Frontier
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 07, 2008, 10:22:52 PM
Alright, I'm back...Time to start getting rid of some of this backlog of news...
July 4th Edition
Chrono Trigger DS ~ Touch-screen functionality ~ "A brand new dungeon and a Wireless Play mode"
Winds of Nostalgio (DS) ~ Joint project between Red Entertainment (Sakura Wars) and Matrix Software ~ Airship-to-airship combat ~ Menu battling (ram ships, assault, skill) ~ The main protagonist, Eddie, battles with a sword, and has melody magic ~ Takes place in 19th century London
Tales of Hearts (DS) ~ "Combination Aerial LMBS" battle system ~ Other characters not in battle can join battle if conditions are met ~ Theme song by DEEN. Title “Towa no Ashita” or “Eien no Asu” ~ developed by Team Destiny
Other News (Thanks to Maxi and Flames of Chaos) ~ Happy Dance Collection (http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc48/BillAurion/Videogames/80822_viploader688622_122_231lo.jpg) ~ Wild West Guns (WiiWare), Princess Maker 4 (DS) (http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc48/BillAurion/Videogames/81098_viploader688632_122_671lo.jpg) ~ Simple 2000: The Table Game & The Party Game (Wii) and Megaman 9 (WiiWare) (http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc48/BillAurion/Videogames/80960_viploader688627_122_260lo.jpg) ~ Next main "Tales" entry to be for Wii! (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=23410.msg437946#msg437946)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Chrono Trigger (DS), Tales of Hearts (DS)
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 07, 2008, 10:41:37 PM
That winds of Nostalgio reminds me of Skies of Arcadia Legends one of my favorite RPGS last gen. I need to grab a DS for Chrono Trigger and Tales of Heart.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Chrono Trigger (DS), Tales of Hearts (DS)
Post by: Kairon on July 07, 2008, 11:02:54 PM
I think I may need to establish a seperate savings account just to buy DS RPGs in the future.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Chrono Trigger (DS), Tales of Hearts (DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 07, 2008, 11:06:51 PM
What's with the two art styles for Tales of Hearts?
One more similar to the in-game sprites and the other for the CG cutscenes (yeah, it makes no sense at all...)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Chrono Trigger (DS), Tales of Hearts (DS)
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on July 08, 2008, 12:25:25 PM
I appreciate you giving me credit Bill. 8) Are there any enhancements to the Fire Emblem remake on DS besides graphics?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Chrono Trigger (DS), Tales of Hearts (DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 08, 2008, 12:36:19 PM
No problem...From the single scan above I can't make out anything alluding to any gameplay improvements, but if I find out I'll add it to the thread... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Chrono Trigger (DS), Tales of Hearts (DS)
Post by: KDR_11k on July 08, 2008, 02:11:29 PM
What's with the two art styles for Tales of Hearts?
One more similar to the in-game sprites and the other for the CG cutscenes (yeah, it makes no sense at all...)
I was hoping that maybe the two styles depict different modes within the game's story (so you switch between being a cartoon and "real" character?)...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Chrono Trigger (DS), Tales of Hearts (DS)
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on July 09, 2008, 10:37:36 AM
MegaMan 9 1000 Wii points, DLC confirmed by famitsu (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.famitsu.com%2Fgame%2Fnews%2F1216501_1124.html&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 09, 2008, 11:04:16 AM
July 11th Edition
Captain Rainbow (Wii) ~ Skip LTD!? ~ Protagonist is Nick... ~ It appears that there are mini games like golf, bug catching and fishing... ~ Captain Rainbow is a reference to Masked Rider (you can tell from the rainbow belt that he is wearing and his transformation stance...) ~ The island that you will be exploring is filled with past Nintendo minor characters (Yes, that's Birdo! Hikari is from Shin Onigashima...) ~ Genre: Action
(http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1351/84980viploader695606122xr6.th.jpg) (http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1351/84980viploader695606122xr6.jpg) And trailer! (http://www.wipido.com/video/1722)
Tongariboushi and the 365 Days of Magic (DS) ~ Shameless Animal Crossing ripoff...That's all that needs to be said...Shame on you, Konami...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: KDR_11k on July 09, 2008, 11:21:58 AM
Looks... Viewtiful.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 09, 2008, 05:55:30 PM
Updated with Animal Crossing ripoff...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Luigi Dude on July 09, 2008, 09:53:14 PM
Captain Rainbow looks great, but it's to bad NOA will never localize it. If we couldn't get Tingle's Rubyland, then the trailer makes it obvious we ain't getting this game either.
:'(
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: AV on July 10, 2008, 01:01:13 AM
Captain Rainbow looks even more gay than a big pile of men having sex with other.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 10, 2008, 02:09:08 AM
You know I was going to comment that everybody was being nice about this news unlike the rest of the internet but Vega messed that up.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on July 10, 2008, 03:41:33 AM
Captain Rainbow looks great, but it's to bad NOA will never localize it. If we couldn't get Tingle's Rubyland, then the trailer makes it obvious we ain't getting this game either.
:'(
europe got tingle localised. you guys just need to be more tolerant of things. mr vega is a fine example of how americans need to act, what a delightful outlook!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: KDR_11k on July 10, 2008, 01:10:37 PM
Adolf should try some Cho Aniki.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 10, 2008, 07:39:01 PM
New Fatal Frame scans!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 10, 2008, 07:57:11 PM
I can't wait for Fatal Frame 4.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: ShyGuy on July 10, 2008, 07:58:57 PM
pix plz
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 10, 2008, 08:18:51 PM
It's right up there under the July 11th Edition update, you goon! >=|
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Urkel on July 16, 2008, 03:02:48 AM
The internets are claiming Dead Rising Wii is in the new Famitsu.
Can anyone confirm this? I can't find the scans anywhere.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: ShyGuy on July 16, 2008, 03:12:39 AM
what Urkel said, I haven't tracked them down yet either.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 16, 2008, 03:26:42 AM
Http://gamersyde.com/pop_image.html?G=2786&N=1
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: ShyGuy on July 16, 2008, 03:33:48 AM
once again you impress, Maxi.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 16, 2008, 03:40:26 AM
Just trying to help.:)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: ShyGuy on July 16, 2008, 03:42:35 AM
//Wait, I see a 360 logo. Are we sure about this?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Urkel on July 16, 2008, 03:57:05 AM
Found em! (http://wiieveryday.blogspot.com/2008/07/famitsu-20080718.html)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 16, 2008, 04:00:42 AM
Yes Urkel found them. Sorry about the mistake.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Urkel on July 16, 2008, 04:39:51 AM
So it looks like The Omen's rumor finally paid off.
Okay, since Capcom has now set the precedent of downporting a major HD game to Wii, RE:5 plz. Seriously, they have no excuse not to now.
It's beyond me why they chose to show off the premature mess that was Spyborgs and not this.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Mario on July 16, 2008, 04:48:33 AM
KICK ASS!
A GOOD VIDEOGAME!
Hah, my plans to buy a 360 are falling apart at the seams. GO WII!
Dead Rising! Woohoo!
THREAD TITLE CHANGE! But it's nice to be reminded CAPTAIN RAINBOW EXISTS too! GAMES!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 16, 2008, 11:31:53 AM
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Capcom ports; noone shocked (Dead Rising)
Post by: KDR_11k on July 16, 2008, 03:36:04 PM
Oh wow, maybe this time it won't get indexed here...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Capcom ports; noone shocked (Dead Rising)
Post by: Maverick on July 16, 2008, 05:06:59 PM
Please everyone buy this game. The more people who buy it the sooner we get Dead Rising 2. I need the epic saga of Frank The Photojournalist/Zombie Killing Machine to continue!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Capcom ports; noone shocked (Dead Rising)
Post by: Adrock on July 16, 2008, 06:17:07 PM
You mean, the sooner 360 gets Dead Rising 2 while Wii gets Dead Rising Sports.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Capcom ports; noone shocked (Dead Rising)
Post by: Morari on July 16, 2008, 06:44:02 PM
I would definitely buy Dead Rising Sports so long as it's akin to Mutant League!
Come to think of it... EA should really give up on Madden and make a fun football game by bringing back Mutant League! :)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Capcom ports; noone shocked (Dead Rising)
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on July 16, 2008, 06:50:28 PM
Maybe we'll get a port of Possession too.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Capcom ports; noone shocked (Dead Rising)
Post by: KDR_11k on July 17, 2008, 03:56:33 AM
DR Sports? How would that work, let's see...
Zombie Baseball: A zombie walks up to you, you AIM FOR THE HEAD and try to bat it out of the court? Chainsaw Kendo: For all you Wii MotionPlus owners. Lawnmower Rally: Like that cow game in Wii Play but with zombies. Sawblade Frisbee: Another Wii MotionPlus game. Each limb has its own points value! Find Myy Corpse: Zombie Miis! Find the one the game declares but be careful, some people look different in death. Zombie Bowling: Drive a car through them, get their flying limbs to decapitate others! Zombie Boxing: Zombies shuffle towards you, punch them to bits! Bonus points for hitting others with the flying bits.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Capcom ports; noone shocked (Dead Rising)
Post by: Stogi on July 17, 2008, 05:14:24 AM
I'll take 3!
No 2!
8!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Capcom ports; noone shocked (Dead Rising)
Post by: Bill Aurion on July 17, 2008, 01:08:21 PM
Zombie Baseball: A zombie walks up to you, you AIM FOR THE HEAD and try to bat it out of the court? Chainsaw Kendo: For all you Wii MotionPlus owners. Lawnmower Rally: Like that cow game in Wii Play but with zombies. Sawblade Frisbee: Another Wii MotionPlus game. Each limb has its own points value! Find Myy Corpse: Zombie Miis! Find the one the game declares but be careful, some people look different in death. Zombie Bowling: Drive a car through them, get their flying limbs to decapitate others! Zombie Boxing: Zombies shuffle towards you, punch them to bits! Bonus points for hitting others with the flying bits.
This post right here is the perfect game of dark humor, creative ideas, and party game heaven.
I would by that as a stand alone title like Wii Sports Resort any day. I love the idea of Zombie boxing and slowly watching the person fall apart.
I also love the Saw Blade idea, and limbs are multiple points...and how you could get multiple skills. It would be nice to do this game also with a deadly Boomerang so you can Arc it back to you and get several hits as it comes back to you.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Tenchu 4 (NINJA CAT!)
Post by: Caliban on July 23, 2008, 09:52:44 AM
Tenchu 4 kitten bait? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Tenchu 4 (NINJA CAT!)
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on July 23, 2008, 12:44:38 PM
You can haz catburger
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Tenchu 4 (NINJA CAT!)
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 23, 2008, 03:53:19 PM
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow, Sky Crawlers
Post by: ShyGuy on August 06, 2008, 11:15:49 AM
So if you had to choose one game to be released in the US, would it be Mother 3 or Captain Rainbow?
neither one will ever come here, lulz
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow, Sky Crawlers
Post by: BeautifulShy on August 06, 2008, 02:05:21 PM
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (http://Http://gonintendo.com/?p=51718) 428:The World doesn't change even so (http://Http://gonintendo.com/?p=51706) Kingdom Hearts:358/2 days (http://Http://gonintendo.com/?p=51697) Avalon Code,Valkyrie Profile and World Destruction (http://Http://gonintendo.com/?p=51983)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Captain Rainbow, Sky Crawlers
Post by: Bill Aurion on August 22, 2008, 08:14:26 PM
Also I still don't get why they have two styles for each character in ToH, was there some reason given for that?
My guess is that it started off as CG-only...When they realized how bloody AWFUL it looks they made the anime version as well, but didn't want to waste the time they spent on the CG...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Suikoden Tierkreis, Tales of Hearts
Post by: KDR_11k on August 23, 2008, 03:18:52 PM
Ah, I thought it had something to do with travelling between two worlds where everything is shown in a different style...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Suikoden Tierkreis, Tales of Hearts
Post by: Bill Aurion on August 23, 2008, 03:20:39 PM
Ahahaha, no, I guess you didn't hear that Scamco is putting out TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SAME GAME, the only difference being either CG or anime cutscenes...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Suikoden Tierkreis, Tales of Hearts
Post by: KDR_11k on August 23, 2008, 03:30:10 PM
Nope, haven't heard that. Sounds pretty fucking stupid. Hm, makes me want to research if they were always like that or if that's Bandai's fault...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Suikoden Tierkreis, Tales of Hearts
Post by: Kairon on August 23, 2008, 04:16:45 PM
Oh darn, I was hopinh for the LONGEST time that Suikoden would come to the Wii. *shrug* Oh well.
On the other hand, Ragnarok Online on DS is SEX. But I guess it's too much to hope for an english version?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Suikoden Tierkreis, Tales of Hearts
Post by: Bill Aurion on August 23, 2008, 04:28:33 PM
Oh darn, I was hopinh for the LONGEST time that Suikoden would come to the Wii. *shrug* Oh well.
If you'd like some hope, Konami generally announces new Suikoden titles at TGS, which makes this announcement a bit odd...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Suikoden Tierkreis, Tales of Hearts
Post by: Bill Aurion on August 27, 2008, 09:43:14 AM
August 29th Edition
Kizuna (Wii) 黄金の絆 (Kigane no Kizuna) means "Bonds of Gold" ~ Action RPG ~ Developer: Jaleco ~ Release: Winter 2008 ~ Main character is Lian ~ Visuals will have a stylized "sketch" effect to them ~ More than 100 quests ~ Accumulated gauge techniques can be used ~ Huge bosses, find the weak point by pointing the Wii remote on screen (No idea what this means...The guy who translated this mentions Shadow of the Colossus, and that does sound similar) ~ Scenario: Miwa Shouda (FFXII, Saga Frontier, Little King's Story) ~ Director/Programmer: Youichi Kawaguchi (DQVIII, Little King's Story)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Kizuna (New Wii ARPG)
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 28, 2008, 12:12:49 PM
Yes, more honey for the pot.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Kizuna (New Wii ARPG)
Post by: KDR_11k on August 28, 2008, 12:16:47 PM
Nice boat lights (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BoatLights). Named after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord? Popular name in Japan it seems though maybe they want it to mean Alice...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Kizuna (New Wii ARPG)
Post by: Bill Aurion on August 28, 2008, 12:20:47 PM
Nah, I'm pretty sure they mean Eris and Elise, both of which are opposites (Elise's name meaning "consecrated to God"), just as the two girls seem opposite of each other...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Kizuna (New Wii ARPG)
Post by: Bill Aurion on August 29, 2008, 12:52:00 PM
Updated this week's edition (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=25132.msg450917#msg450917) with Rune Factory Frontier, Winds of Nostalgio, and some slightly better Kizuna scans!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Kizuna (New Wii ARPG)
Post by: Caliban on August 29, 2008, 01:28:35 PM
For Kizuna, that last scan shows just how miniscule the character we control is compared to that 1 giant boss. That's freaking awesome.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Shining Force Feather (DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 03, 2008, 03:13:01 PM
September 5th Edition
Shining Force Feather (DS) ~ Genre: SRPG ~ Publisher: Sega ~ Developer: Flight Plan (Summon Night) ~ Release: Spring 2009 (Japan) ~ Character Design: pako & NOIZI ITOU! (Suzumiya Haruhi, Shana, etc) ~ Utilizes a top down isometric view and turn based unit movement system while on the field ~ When you encounter an enemy, the games switches to a side-view action battle system ~ The entire game is 2D
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Kizuna (New Wii ARPG)
Post by: BeautifulShy on September 03, 2008, 03:32:40 PM
It all looks great.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Shining Force Feather (DS)
Post by: KDR_11k on September 04, 2008, 02:41:38 AM
SRPG: The new black.
Is that the same Haruhi game we've seen with the dancing stuff or was that another one?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Shining Force Feather (DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 04, 2008, 08:32:31 AM
Different one...The other game is purely a music/rhythm game...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Shining Force Feather (DS)
Post by: SixthAngel on September 04, 2008, 11:35:07 AM
Is it wrong for me to be excited about a new Shining Force? As my avatar shows it is my favorite game series. I know Camelot is still gone but its finally back to a strategy rpg again. I can deal with the new style but I'm scared of setting myself up for a fall. I could avoid Neo because it was arpg for some stupid reason but now they just sucked me back in and I can't not buy this game. They are obviously putting some money and effort into this with the famous character designer. Tell me its gonna be ok. Please, somebody?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Shining Force Feather (DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 04, 2008, 12:15:37 PM
Okay! Flight Plan is behind the Summon Night games, which happen to be a lot of fun! So this game should turn out pretty fun, too!
That good enough for you? =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Shining Force Feather (DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 10, 2008, 12:15:45 PM
September 12th Edition
Phantasy Star Zero (DS) ~ Publisher: SEGA ~ Developer: Sonic Team(?) ~ Release: Winter 08 ~ Character Designer : Toshiyuki Kubooka (IdolMaster, Lunar) ~ Scenario : Tooru Shiwasu (formerly in charge of the online quest on the original PSO, now a writer) ~ Scenario : Teru Arai (mystery novels writer) ~ New in the PSO series ~ Multi-play over Nintendo WiFi connection ~ Chat system supports sending of stylus sketches (akin to Pictochat)
Item Getter (DS) ~ Publisher: 5pb ~ Developer: ? ~ DS Adventure/RPG ~ Game is divided into Adventure and RPG parts ~ You can use alchemy to create new items
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: BeautifulShy on September 10, 2008, 12:28:41 PM
Disaster:DoC (http://Http://gonintendo.com/?p=55411) 428:The World Doesn't Change Even So (http://Http://gonintendo.com/?p=55414)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: KDR_11k on September 10, 2008, 02:05:30 PM
(from that 428 thing)
Wait, is that Arcueid? (http://mitglied.lycos.de/KDR_11k/pics/ext/expy.gif)
It does list Type-Moon in the corner, I wonder what that text says...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 10, 2008, 04:29:39 PM
It says that Type-Moon is doing the bonus scenario that will be included with the main game... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: KDR_11k on September 11, 2008, 01:32:04 AM
So the bonus scenario is in the anime style while the rest of the game is made of photographs?
I assume some of the people in those pictures are famous in Japan?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 11, 2008, 02:57:19 PM
Phantasy Star Zero is something that I've been wishing would happen for a long time. I played the original PSO on the DC to death, staying up until 2 AM playing it back when that was unusual for me. They immediately lost me when they started charging monthly fees, but now it's back to its roots and I can't wait to get it.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 11, 2008, 04:13:12 PM
So the bonus scenario is in the anime style while the rest of the game is made of photographs?
I assume some of the people in those pictures are famous in Japan?
It's basically a live-action game, like those of the the Sega CD era, but with less interactive gameplay...
And I wouldn't know...I don't follow Japanese TV... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: KDR_11k on September 12, 2008, 03:01:51 AM
I figured you'd know since you can even remember VA names.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 12, 2008, 08:44:19 AM
Haha, isn't that like assuming someone who reads the comics section in the newspaper to know what's going on in the editorials? :tpg:
Japanese TV is pretty much as uninteresting to me as Western TV for the most part (except for GameCenter CX!)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: KDR_11k on September 12, 2008, 09:42:35 AM
I thought there's some overlap between idol singers and voice actors.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 12, 2008, 10:48:53 AM
Oh there's certainly those in the VA world that also do singing (including anime drama CD stuff and original material), but most of them tend to stay in those fields (due to their contracts with their talent agency, etc)...At least all of the ones I follow do... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 12, 2008, 11:49:09 AM
TV is better when it's on-demand on the interwibble.
Japanese TV is even better with Hard Gay.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: Caliban on September 12, 2008, 05:02:17 PM
HOOOOOO!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: BeautifulShy on September 16, 2008, 04:04:08 PM
I found this (http://Http://www.siliconera.com/2008/09/16/sega-making-rpg-now/). It is a new RPG made by Sega. It is suppose to be revealed in the September 26th issue of Famitsu.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 16, 2008, 04:26:36 PM
Rieko Kodama? Why won't Sega let her work on a Skies sequel? =(
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 16, 2008, 05:36:33 PM
Skies of Dragoonia.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Phantasy Star Zero (DS), Kizuna (Wii)
Post by: Caliban on September 16, 2008, 06:33:29 PM
I hope this game is related to Skies of Arcadia.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (finally...scans not up yet)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 16, 2008, 11:57:59 PM
September 19th Edition
Reviews Knights in the Nightmare - 9/8/8/7 World Destruction - 8/8/8/7
I found this (http://Http://www.siliconera.com/2008/09/16/sega-making-rpg-now/). It is a new RPG made by Sega. It is suppose to be revealed in the September 26th issue of Famitsu.
Do we know if it has anything to do with the Wii? Knowing Sega it's probably a PS3 exclusive or something.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (FINALLY!)
Post by: BeautifulShy on September 17, 2008, 04:18:08 AM
No KDR we don't know if it is on Wii yet.We will find out more info come the 26th.
In the mean time look at this. Tatsunoko Vs.Capcom:Cross Generation of Heroes (http://Http://gonintendo.com/?p=56179)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (FINALLY!)
Post by: ShyGuy on September 17, 2008, 08:50:59 AM
Monster Hunter 3 looks really good, too bad they're screwing those PSP owners. First triple A third party wii exclusive title?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (FINALLY!)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 17, 2008, 08:57:11 AM
Updated with Gyakuten Kenji and Suikoden scans...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (FINALLY!)
Post by: Louieturkey on September 17, 2008, 11:46:23 AM
I'm guessing Capcom will make a Monster Hunter 3 portable version about a year after the wii version to calm those Japanese psp owners.
Suikoden Tierkreis was just announced for US release by Konami. I'm happy.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (FINALLY!)
Post by: BeautifulShy on September 17, 2008, 02:39:30 PM
Regarding that Sega rpg, I found this (http://Http://gamekyo.com/news29017_sega-new-rpg-called-7th-dragon-for-nintendo-ds.html)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (FINALLY!)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 17, 2008, 02:58:59 PM
It'll be in next week's Famishoe... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (FINALLY!)
Post by: BeautifulShy on September 18, 2008, 02:22:59 PM
I found this (http://Http://wiiware-world.com/news/2008/08/mobile_phone_rpg_coming_to_wiiware). It is a wiiware rpg.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (FINALLY!)
Post by: Adrock on September 18, 2008, 09:18:07 PM
I'm guessing Capcom will make a Monster Hunter 3 portable version about a year after the wii version to calm those Japanese psp owners.
They won't need to when Monster Hunter 3 dominates in Japan. People bought PSP in Japan for Monster Hunter, just like they're buying 360 for Tales of Vesperia. Proof that people will actually buy hardware for one game which I guess is a good thing, because technically they can't unbuy it. Yes, they can trade it in, but that first purchase still counts as a sale.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Monster Hunter 3 (FINALLY!)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 25, 2008, 08:22:44 PM
Alright, I'm sick of waiting for better scans, so just deal with these crummy ones for a bit...
September 26th Edition
Seventh Dragon (DS)
~ Director: Kazuya Niinou (Etrian Odyssey) ~ Command-based battles ~ 4 characters in a party at one time, all of which are completely customizable ~ There are 7 classes in the game (Rogue, Mage, Fighter, Princess, Knight, Samurai, Healer) ~ For each class there are 4 different appearances ~ There are skill trees for each of the classes ~ Simple game concept: kill all the dragons ~ The stats include LIFE, MANA, ATK, POW, DEF, INT, SPD. ~ While moving around, the top screen is a top-down map view, while the bottom screen is a conquest map.
~ New project from Level 5 ~ The animation in the game is all by Studio Ghibli ~ There will be a book bundled with the game filled with information on various magic crests and spell recipes. This "Magic Master" book is something that the main character in the game has, and the player will need to refer to from time to time while playing the game. ~ There will be a console version of the game, but the hardware is not decided yet (come on Level 5, the answer is pretty obvious...) ~ They want the console version to offer something different for people that have already played the DS version, the selection of the hardware will be based on which is most suitable for this purpose (AGAIN, the answer is OBVIOUS...) ~ The exact same book will be packaged with the console version as well
~ A party consist of 3 characters, and the longer the same characters stay in the party and battle, the stronger their bonds grow. As this intimacy bond increases, there will be visible effects. ~ A single character can pull off a combination of attacks with "single connect", while multiple characters can pull off a combination attack on an enemy with "party connect". ~ If all 3 party members use a special "Excel act" attack on the same enemy, it turns into a super attack called a "trinity act" that does huge damage.
~ Large scale space opera RPG ~ Your character does not equip armor and swords to fight, but captains battleships in space instead ~ You collect modules for your ships to freely upgrade and customize your fleet ~ Collect crew members with their own skills and specialities to change the strategy and abilities of your fleet
~ Akira Tago's Brain Exercise Vol.1 Travel Around the World Solving Puzzles (Nintendo DS / Level-5 / Spring 2009) ~ Sloane and McHale's Mysterious Story (Nintendo DS / Level-5 / 2009) ~ Level 5 is also working on an Inazuma DS sequel...
I'll update as soon as better scans come out, or when I feel like it...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 25, 2008, 08:30:44 PM
Ninokuni sounds and looks absolutely brilliant...The book pack-in makes me think that the localization will be butchered, if it even is at all, though... =(
Seventh (7th, whatever) Dragon looks pretty cute, too, for what is essentially a Dragon Quest clone, and I like the custom creation...
I'm WAITING for Kizuna and Arc Rise Fantasia scans, but whoever has the scanner refuses to do it for some reason... >=|
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: BeautifulShy on September 25, 2008, 09:50:26 PM
Everything looks great.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 25, 2008, 11:08:26 PM
Infinite Space is the game previously called Infinite Line, right?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 25, 2008, 11:10:56 PM
That is correct...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: Caliban on September 25, 2008, 11:32:51 PM
Studio Ghibli... I am teh giddy.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 26, 2008, 11:01:53 AM
Kizuna and Arc Rise Fantasia scans are out, though they are pretty piss-poor quality...Still, they are better than nothing!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: KDR_11k on September 26, 2008, 12:19:53 PM
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~ A party consist of 3 characters, and the longer the same characters stay in the party and battle, the stronger their bonds grow. As this intimacy bond increases, there will be visible effects.
Sounds horrible. Like players need any less incentive to ever change their characters instead of just picking a winning combination and staying with that. If it also prevents non-combatant characters from getting EXP you can be pretty damn sure no player will ever switch characters once he has decided which ones to use.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 26, 2008, 01:30:00 PM
That information is far too vague to make baseless assumptions off of...
Frankly, I think RPGs have gone on far too long with not making party relationships an important part of the game...It should standard as far as I'm concerned...
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: KDR_11k on September 26, 2008, 04:07:32 PM
Maybe. But tying it to the part of your party you use in combat is silly, that's usually determined by the game's balancing as some characters are simply better than others and when you have to choose a limited number you naturally pick the best ones. Why do RPGs insist on limiting the party size that much? If you want dynamic relationships you need good interaction dynamics too, not just "use this one in combat" or "keep talking to that character even though he just repeats one line".
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on September 26, 2008, 06:23:26 PM
Has Studio Ghibli ever been involved with a game before?
and holy crap, Level-5 should focus on finshing DQ9 before they start eighteen more projects.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: Pale on September 26, 2008, 06:29:22 PM
Not directly but Yoshiharu Sato, a guy that worked on several Ghibli films worked on Lost Magic... a game you actually sent me some time ago Jonny. :)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 26, 2008, 06:35:25 PM
They worked on some obscure monster-creating/fighting game called Rakugaki Oukoku (Graffiti Kingdom) for PS2...Not sure of anything else...
If you want dynamic relationships you need good interaction dynamics too, not just "use this one in combat" or "keep talking to that character even though he just repeats one line".
You never know, that could be included too... =)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: KDR_11k on September 27, 2008, 03:05:00 AM
Supposedly ZUN was working on Graffiti Kingdom toom at least Touhou Wiki lists that game as having a cameo of Reimu...
and holy crap, Level-5 should focus on finshing DQ9 before they start eighteen more projects.
If they start a new project they obviously have a team for it, most devs have enough teams to handle multiple games at the same time and it'd just be a waste of effort to throw the whole company at one game.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread - Seventh Dragon (DS), Ninokuni (Level 5, DS)
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on October 01, 2008, 06:41:29 AM
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Wii + DS) ~ Play at the same time on the Wii and DS, thanks to Pollux Engine created by Square Enix. ~ Players on the Wii and players on the Nintendo DS will be able to play online together. ~ Different gameplay for the 2 versions (stylus or Wiimote). ~ Story revolves around Charlotta and a mysterious crystal. ~ You can transfer Mii characters you made to the DS version.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of FFCC, Klonoa, and ARPGs!
Post by: Caliban on October 01, 2008, 12:56:49 PM
A Klonoa game, sweet! Valhalla Knights (online co-op *giddy*), and Destiny Links seem interesting. Where the hell is our Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles game that we watched with the flying superhero character? Come on Square-Enix, did you really toss it out?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of FFCC, Klonoa, and ARPGs!
Post by: Bill Aurion on October 01, 2008, 01:21:48 PM
Updated with Rune Factory Frontier scans! (Hahaha, the swimming suit event!)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of FFCC, Klonoa, and ARPGs!
Post by: DAaaMan64 on October 01, 2008, 02:23:09 PM
Ya think a new Klonoa is awesome!
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of FFCC, Klonoa, and ARPGs!
Post by: Dirk Temporo on October 01, 2008, 02:25:50 PM
What is all this RPG madness?
And why the hell isn't there any news about the REAL Wii FFCC yet?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of FFCC, Klonoa, and ARPGs!
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 01, 2008, 08:47:24 PM
(There's also a Dead Rising scan out there, but it's crappy...)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Leftovers From Last Week (FFCC, Kirby DS)
Post by: vudu on October 13, 2008, 01:47:50 PM
Dead Rising, or the scan?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Leftovers From Last Week (FFCC, Kirby DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on October 13, 2008, 04:20:04 PM
Well I meant the scan, but I don't blame you for getting confused... :tpg:
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Leftovers From Last Week (FFCC, Kirby DS)
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 14, 2008, 09:37:39 PM
So yeah, I decided to do this for once, since it was actually worth doing this time...Plus I threw in a few scans from the previous weeks...Now be grateful or I won't do it anymore...(No one cares anyway...)
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: vudu on December 12, 2008, 03:03:27 PM
Those Mario & Luigi 3 scans look great! I love the huge ball of Goombas that Bowser is holding in the first scan.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 24, 2008, 03:07:39 AM
Capcom is porting Monster Hunter G to Wii. Monster Hunter G is an enhanced version of Monster Hunter 1 and is apparently one of the hardest games in the Monster Hunter Series.
So here is the official release timeline of the monster hunter series: Source (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14124064&postcount=43)
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Timeline is like this. PS2: MH MHG MH2 --------- PSP: MHF(this is a MHG port) MHF2(this is MH2 port with some features excluded from MH2) MHP2G(this is a Expansion MH2 port with new features that not included in MH2)
------ Wii: MHG (Port from the PS2 MHG but maybe capcom will add new stuff to it.) MH3
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Kairon on December 24, 2008, 03:17:17 AM
Can I get Famitsu in America? Wait a sec I don't know how to read Japanese... gosh darn it I should've paid more attention in HIGH SCHOOL RRAARRGGHHH.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 24, 2008, 03:32:15 AM
Monster Hunter G (Wii) - Spring release - online fee unknown - wide picture - 77% complete - control with classic controller exclusively
Monster Hunter 3 (Wii) - New area: desert - 40% complete - new rock monster
Devil Survivor (DS) (Shin Megami Tensei series) - a 25 year old guy who is waiting for his sweetheart, and he's an owner of some place - another is a girl who is a vocalist for a town which has been quarantined or something - a new devil: resemble a white hydra with medusa face, but blue roses at the tip of the tentacle - if you can execute an additional attack move if you can strike the first hit on the weak point
7th Dragon (DS) - Jpn release date: 5th Mar - 5040 yen - new job: Princess (support by singing?), skill = ninetail - Princess & Knight have dual attack: Knight blade - peorder special: a booklet
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Kairon on December 24, 2008, 03:33:55 AM
Looks like Monster Hunter 3 still has a way to go.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Luigi Dude on December 24, 2008, 04:01:54 AM
Well if Monster Hunter 3 is only 40% done now, I'd imagine it wont be out until early 2010. With this Monster Hunter G port coming in spring, I wouldn't be surprised if Capcom ports Monster Hunter 2 G for the fall on the Wii as well.
This is Capcom we're talking about, they live to port. And with them now releasing a version of the first game in the series, before the 3rd game is even done, it's only a matter of time before some version of Monster Hunter 2 hits the Wii as well.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 24, 2008, 04:22:33 AM
They are most likely doing this intentionally to transplant the PS2/PSP monster hunter audience to Wii.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Kairon on December 24, 2008, 04:34:50 AM
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Maybe it's a prep release with a lower cost port?
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 24, 2008, 04:48:55 AM
That and easy sales each monster hunter sold practically a million each in Japan.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Kairon on December 24, 2008, 04:51:27 AM
No, I don't think the console versions were EVER too hot. When they got ported to the PSP they were million sellers but the PS2 games were lucky to move 500k I believe.
So even though the Wii getting the next console version is still a coup, smart observers are NOT expecting a million seller.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on December 24, 2008, 05:01:27 AM
No, I don't think the console versions were EVER too hot. When they got ported to the PSP they were million sellers but the PS2 games were lucky to move 500k I believe.
So even though the Wii getting the next console version is still a coup, smart observers are NOT expecting a million seller.
We'll see, the PSP version has made tons of penetration so that will most likely spill over to the Wii. I'll say it right now, the game will sell over a million in Japan, easily. You have to realize (at least from what I understand) that the game just recently caught on, so it may have just been a matter of building a userbase with the PS2 versions that jumpstarted the craze on the PSP. In fact by looking at the numbers the game started out slow, around 300k for PS2, then the next iteration sold around 700k for PS2 and then the next PSP game sold like 1.4 million then that was almost doubled with the next game. So it looks like it is slowly, but surely trending up and may not have anything to do with what platform it is on, but the growing popularity for the franchise.
I'm not sure about NA with sales though, but I do know that I want it to come out here! MH3 looks amazing with some great production values.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on December 24, 2008, 02:25:27 PM
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172055
Quote from: 1up.com
In a surprising, if Capcom-esque move, the company has announced a port of Monster Hunter G for Wii via the pages of Famitsu. First released in January 2005 for the PlayStation 2, MHG was an incremental upgrade to the original Monster Hunter from 2004 (seen above), adding G-Level Quests and a new weapon class. The Wii edition, to be released in Spring, will be an almost direct port: Control will use the Classic Controller exclusively, although minor upgrades such as a 16:9 widescreen mode and the ability to send items purchased from shops directly to your home will be added. Fees for online play, if any, have not yet been announced.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on February 04, 2009, 11:30:20 AM
- The transition to 3D improved the cinematic direction - Big emphasis on story/dialogues over the purely puzzles based aspect. - Story is in the vein of a young adult novel. - Music is splendid - The emphasis on the story is such that the pace of the game suffers somehow. - Not enough puzzles.
sf4 alternate costumes are in fact paid dlc. 400yen on psn, 320 ms points, 5 different packs. or you can get all costumes for 1200 yen / 1000 microsoft points. only 12 dollars.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: Caliban on February 04, 2009, 01:11:11 PM
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Mario & Luigi RPG 3 (NDS, Nintendo): 9 / 9 / 8 / 9 - (35/40)
YAY!
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Another Code:R - Kioku no Tobira (Wii, Nintendo): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (28/40)
???
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Another Code R review summary :
- The transition to 3D improved the cinematic direction - Big emphasis on story/dialogues over the purely puzzles based aspect. - Story is in the vein of a young adult novel. - Music is splendid - The emphasis on the story is such that the pace of the game suffers somehow. - Not enough puzzles.
I see. I'm still getting this game even if they say that there weren't enough puzzles to solve.
Title: Re: Official Weekly Famitsu Thread of Another Code, M&L3, and Phantom Brave
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on February 04, 2009, 04:54:16 PM
