Author Topic: Little King's Story (Formerly King Story, which was formerly Project O) (Read 61460 times)

Bill Aurion · « **on:** March 06, 2007, 11:51:06 PM »

Little King's Story

Publisher: XSEED Games
Developer: Marvelous/Townfactory/CING
Release: Winter 2008 (U.S.)

CING is hard at work on a Wii game with a partnership with Marvelous Interactive and Townfactory...Think of it as a medieval Pikmin with some Sim elements...

Executive Producer: Yasuhiro Wada (Harvest Moon)
Producer: Yoshirou Kimura (Harvest Moon, Chulip)
Character Design: Hideo Minaba (Final Fantasy XII)
Monster Design: Kazuyuki Kurashima (Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Game Design: Norikazu Yasunaga (World Neverland)
Director: Youichi Kawaguchi (Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King)[3]
Composer: Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts series, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2007, 12:28:10 AM »

The only important part is Cing's involved.

Certainly a surprising team up here though. MAKES ME SMILE!

in my pants

UncleBob · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2007, 01:09:12 AM »

Whoo!

Mario · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2007, 01:40:28 AM »

I see CING, Wii and Tingle in the same post, this is the most excited i've ever been.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2007, 02:19:02 AM »

What's Cing?

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2007, 02:44:49 AM »

>=|

Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk...

anubis6789 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2007, 05:41:38 AM »

Not that this is anywhere near on topic, but what is up with the "graffiti" on recent Famitsu scans? Does anyone know?

To be somewhat on topic though, Cing is awsome.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:32:10 AM »

Ah, I thought this was one of those dev groups founded by respected devs leaving larger companies that seem to be popping up frequently lately.

Crimm · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2007, 11:50:03 AM »

I hate claims of "a new genre." Do we have any idea what this game is like?

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2007, 11:59:34 AM »

The game will be a medieval/strategy/swimming/fishing/snowboarding/fighting/sim/puzzle/hidenseek/MMORPG

Pittbboi · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2007, 12:05:37 PM »

please please please Be mostly RPG in nature...

I need my fix!

Anyway, other than that, I am pretty excited by this for the simple fact that this project seems to have some major power backing it, what with three teams partnering up for it.

18 Days · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2007, 12:29:18 PM »

It'll be mostly adventure game in nature, that is to say Good as opposed to Bad (rpg)

IceCold · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2007, 01:58:39 PM »

The DS and Wii are begging for good adventure games to be made on them. Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk were awesome - let's hope this will turn out better.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #13 on:** March 07, 2007, 04:19:12 PM »

I really need to get Hotel Dusk. . . and of course this, when it becomes available.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #14 on:** March 07, 2007, 05:43:10 PM »

The game will be a medieval/strategy/swimming/fishing/snowboarding/fighting/sim/puzzle/hidenseek/MMORPG

So it's a Zelda clone?

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #15 on:** March 09, 2007, 06:41:20 AM »

New info!

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He likens this to the game Sim Earth. But in addition to a distant view of the world, he wanted to let players experience the world from the first person perspective of one of its residents. He likens this to Sim People.

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The game will combine the life simulation elements of World Neverland with the presentation of Kimura's own Chulip. On top of all that are simulation elements from Harvest Moon. The game will feature simulation, adventure and even a few real time action elements.

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The simulation elements will push the Wii to the limit, promised Wada. When in the god's perspective, the game will display dozens of characters simultaneously, each moving using unique AI routines.

Kairon · « **Reply #16 on:** March 09, 2007, 01:54:13 PM »

For some reason I'm sorta getting a Harvest Moon/Animal Crossing Vibe where you can go all SimEarth on the world beforehand?

~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #17 on:** March 09, 2007, 02:24:12 PM »

Well it sounds like you'll be having a significant part in your town's/country's/world's formation and direction throughout the entire game, and making the player a part of that community at the same time you're manipulating it is very interesting...I'm wondering just how they'll work that out...

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #18 on:** August 01, 2007, 04:54:31 AM »

Detail update!

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The third area is memory. Each NPC character will retain a record of things that happened in the past. Yasunaga gave the example of characters walking down a street that they used to traverse with a girlfriend who has died. The NPCs will also remember things that happened during gameplay. For instance, if a character kills a monster, he'll boast about it in town.

Very neat...And more info will be revealed at TGS!

ShyGuy · « **Reply #19 on:** August 01, 2007, 05:10:39 AM »

page not found!

KDR_11k · « **Reply #20 on:** August 01, 2007, 05:11:41 AM »

I hope that "memory" will be more than just them saying different lines depending on which part of the story you're in.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #21 on:** August 01, 2007, 06:51:57 AM »

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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
page not found!

You're not found!

Page works fine for me... =)

ShyGuy · « **Reply #22 on:** August 01, 2007, 07:14:48 AM »

The first one with artwork, you git!

Stogi · « **Reply #23 on:** August 01, 2007, 08:21:10 AM »

This looks very interesting. I can't wait to see what becomes of it.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #24 on:** August 01, 2007, 10:54:33 AM »

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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
The first one with artwork, you git!

Pffff, I'm not responsible for re-looking up links posted months ago... =)

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Author Topic: Little King's Story (Formerly King Story, which was formerly Project O) (Read 61460 times)