This week, we’ll be continuing our theme of Pokémon set to appear on the covers of the upcoming Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Ho-oh’s counterpart, Lugia, is more defensively oriented, and generally makes a better wall than the rainbow pheonix. Lugia’s more focused nature makes it easier to fit into teams, though its typing does tend to cause it trouble in a metagame full of anti-Psychic tactics.
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Y’know, Jackie Chan can star in the worst movie imaginable, but it would still be worth it for the blooper reel and at least one of the fight scenes. Who Am I? is just epic. But, I ramble. Today we’ve got some A Witch’s Tale, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord, Lunar: Harmony of the Silver Star, Ragnarok Online DS, and Resonance of Fate. Get ’em hot, get ’em here:
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Sega of America and Sega of Europe have announced that Tri-Ace’s End of Eternity will be crossing the Pacific as Resonance of Fate. The game is due out in spring 2010 for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.
XSEED games has announced that it will be bringing Ragnarok Online DS to North America this winter. The game centers around an orphan-turned-adventurer, Ares, and Sierra, a mysterious girl with amnesia. The game will include online functionality so players can team up for wireless battles.
Source: Siliconera
Ubisoft announced today that it will be bringing the Might & Magic series to the Nintendo DS. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is a puzzle-RPG hybrid in which players fight in turn-based puzzle battles and explore a sprawling world. The game will employ manga-style art and include a two-player peer-versus-peer mode.
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Hey everybody! No fancy stuff today, too busy running fetch quests for XP with catgirls to comment about awesome things like STALKER Complete 2009. But, I digress. In today’s update: Arc Rise Fantasia, Class of Heroes, Final Fantasy Legend II DS, Infinite Space, Mario and Luigi RPG 3, and A Witch’s Tale. Check it out!
Continue reading ‘Mass Media 05/14/09’ »
Those who missed out on Lunar: The Silver Star when it was originally released on the Sega CD and later re-released as Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete on the PlayStation will have another chance. The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed that the PSP will be receiving an enhanced port of the game as Lunar: Harmony of the Silver Star.
Source: Siliconera
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete has finally been given a release date in North America. It will hit shelves on June 2 for $38.96. Instead of a playable demo of Final Fantasy XIII, gamers on this side of the world will be treated to a new trailer instead.
The movie features 26 minutes of new scenes and several bonus features. There is a 25-minute animated feature detailing Denzel’s past called “On the Way to a Smile – Episode: Denzel.”
If you’re still on the fence, look for our upcoming review of the movie.
Hybrid-genre games have always been something of an experiment, even as they have grown more common throughout the industry. Going back as far as the Doom era, namely with a little-known title called Strife (which was built on the Doom engine) hybrids don’t often truly appeal to fans of one genre or the other. Too much a shooter, RPG fans get turned off; too much an RPG, shooter fans won’t like it. This is a gross oversimplification, but there is truth to the notion that a hybrid game can’t lean too heavily on any single aspect.
Continue reading ‘Game Changers: Volume 7 – Deus Ex’ »
If you’re on the fence about the upcoming Atlus game Knights in the NIghtmare, own a Wii connected to the internet, and have a DS, you can get an early look via a new downloadable demo. It will walk players through the game’s systems. The demo is only available for a limited time, but the full game will be available everyone June 2nd with an MSRP of $34.99.
RPG fans hungry for the next quest have a couple of new options today. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is now available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows PC for a suggested retail price of $59.99. Fable II fans can also download the second add-on for the game, See the Future, for 560 Microsoft Points for the premium content package. Both games are rated M for Mature.
Earlier this year Square Enix announced an upcoming DS remake of SaGa 2 aka Final Fantasy Legend II: Goddess of Destiny. The company has now launched an official site for the game and confirmed it for a fall release in Japan.
Man, I don’t know if I want to live in a world where Duke Nukem Forever is truly no more. It was like Schödinger’s Cat in game form, only we now know for certain that there never was a cat in the first place, and they were just showing us pictures of other cats. Of course we kinda knew all along that something was up but were going with it anyway because it made for good joke fodder, and who knows? Maybe there really was a cat in there the whole time and it’d be a really awesome cat. A cat with attitude and strippers. Oh well. Another hallmark of our pasttime gone by the wayside.
Anyway, here’s some completely unrelated media for you: Knights in the Nightmare, Blood of Bahamut, Ys Seven, Inazuma Eleven 2, and Trinity Universe.
Continue reading ‘Mass Media 05/10/09’ »
With Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver being announced this week, I — that is to say, the Pokemon nerd in me — thought it might be fun to take a look at the game’s signature Pokemon. We’ll start off by looking at the rainbow Pokemon, Ho-oh, one of the more overlooked Legendary Pokemon in competitive play. In order to provide a little more depth than our Pokemon Platinum entries, I’ll also be offering some move set and nature suggestions, as well as some recommended EV spreads for the more obsessive Pokemon players in our audience.
Continue reading ‘Strategy Session – Competitive Pokemon I’ »
If you’ve been dreaming about getting a free art book with Knights in the Nightmare, then Atlus can make your dreams come true. Those who pre-order the upcoming DS title at participating retailers will receive the game’s official art book, entitled Tome of the Lost Souls. In addition, launch copies will include the game’s soundtrack CD.
Knights in the Nightmare comes out on June 2, so get those pre-orders in ASAP.
NIS America has announced three new titles for North America: Mana Khemia 2 and Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love, both for the PlayStation 2, and Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days for the PSP. All three will be released in the fall.
Continue reading ‘Lots o’ News from NISA’ »
Hudson has announced Linebarrels of Iron, a PSP SRPG based on the mecha anime of the same name. Unlike many anime-based games, this will not simply rehash the story of the show, but instead, it will be a completely new plot. The game will hit Japanese shelves this fall, but there has been no announcement of a North American release at this time.
Source: Siliconera
Nintendo announced that Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver, which sold a combined 23 million units for the GBA, will be remade for the DS, similar to the way Pokemon Red and Green were remade for the GBA in its time. The new games will be called Pokémon Heart Gold and Pokémon Soul Silver and will commemorate the series’ ten year anniversary.
Hiya, folks! If you didn’t get enough Final Fantasy XIII from J_Sensei’s preview yesterday, we’ve got a whole heap of screenshots for you. Along for the ride are more shots of Harvest Moon: Makiba no Omise and Dungeons and Dam. Got a minute? Give a click or two or twenty:
Continue reading ‘Mass Media 05/07/09’ »
Nintendo has announced it will be bringing the Fire Emblem footprint experience to Anime Boston, in addition to its appearance at Anime Central. In celebration of the release of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, they’ve constructed a life-size display for fans to interact with, which will be present at both the Boston and Chicago suburban events. They have also released preliminary renderings of how the display will appear on the floor.
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