Potentially Useful Information For Your Many Adventures
Fans of the Sega’s speedy blue hedgehog can get their hands on his first RPG. Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the Nintendo DS is available in stores this week. It’s selling for a suggested retail price of $34.99 and is rated E for Everyone.
Farming fans in North America can now waggle their wiimotes. Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility has shipped and will be available in stores this week for $49.99. The game is rated E for Everyone.
In a period when many developers shy away from trying new things and instead hold to tried and true formulas for RPGs, games that wander off the beaten path are few and far between. Odin Sphere is one of these few. The game suffers from significant slowdown in some areas and a less than original battle system, but it also offers gorgeous graphics and a deep, memorable storyline. It’s a game that’s taken chances, and most of these pay off to create a game that, though not without rough edges, is a breath of fresh air in the genre. (more…)
PAL gamers itching for some Nippon Ichi goodness can get their fill in a few months’ time. It was announced today that PAL territories will be getting Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure for the Nintendo DS and Disgaea DS in spring of 2009.
The latest issue of Famitsu has not been lacking in RPG news. Yet another game was announced, this one by Acquire. In Dungeons and Dam for the Nintendo DS, players will defend a town built by a dam from hoards of monsters. In additions to the regular RPG business of party and character building, players will also be responsible for the dam and its layout, and water flow will be crucial to gameplay. The game is slated for a 2009 release in Japan.
Level-5 has certainly been keeping busy. In the latest issue of Famitsu the developer announced not one, not two, but four upcoming RPGs, divided between the PSP and Nintendo DS. (more…)
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked for the Nintendo Wii is washing up on store shelves this week. The game ships out today and will retail for $29.99. It’s rated E for Everyone.
Source: Gamekyo
Source: Famitsu
Source: Dengenki
Pokémon Platinum took Japan by storm this week. In its first week it’s managed to sell a whopping 963,000 copies, beating out the number two game (Quiz Magic Academy DS) by nearly 850,000 copies. Not too shabby.
Infinite Undiscovery for the Xbox 360, the only other RPG in the top ten this week, managed a respectable 90,000 copies and a solid number three spot.
Source: Gamekyo
A couple of Level 5’s upcoming titles have finally been dated in Japan. Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix Japan announced today that Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS will be out in early 2009 in Japan. Coincidentally, in the latest issue of Famitsu, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that White Knight Story for the PlayStation 3 will be available on December 25 of this year.
Source: Gamekyo
Hot on the heels of its Japanese release, Blue Dragon Plus for the Nintendo DS has set its sights on the rest of the world. Ignition Entertainment Ltd. and AQ Interactive will be bringing the game to North America and Europe in March of 2009. (more…)
After making its debut in Famitsu magazine just last week, Phantasy Star Zero now has an official release date in Japan. It was announced today that it would be available as of December 25, 2008. Importers can now start writing Santa to ask if he can sneak them an early copy.
In breaking news, Sega is developing a new RPG, an RPG so top secret they won’t even reveal its name. A teaser site has been posted for an upcoming game that seems to have something to do with dragons. The game is being produced by Rieko Kodama (Phantasy Star, Sonic), directed by Kazuya Niinou (Etrian Odyssey), with a music by Yuzo Koshiro (Etrian Odyssey), and character design by “Mota”. Sega has promised to reveal more information about the game in the upcoming edition of Famistu due out on September 26. For those who are curious, check out the the teaser site.
Edit 9/24/08 The title is 7th Dragon.
Source: Gamekyo
Blizzard Entertainment finally set a date today for World or Warcraft‘s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. In fact it set several dates. Most on the ten million players will be able to get their copy sometime between November 13-18, though mainland China is still waiting for an official release. As for everyone else, the game will be available in stores on November 13 in North America and Europe (along with Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Russia), and November 14 in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau will have to bide their time until November 18. (more…)
The Witcher Enhanced Edition is due out this week and to celebrate CD Projekt RED is handing out some party favors on their site. All week long, exclusive content will be made available on the game’s official site. There will be developer previews, ringtones, developer diaries and interviews, exclusive music, and other as yet unnamed goodies.
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition ships out September 16 in North America and September 19 in Europe.
Source: Game Watch
|
|
