A constant fan-favorite, the target of this week’s Strategy Session has largely clung to its position in the tier system through sheer popularity. It isn’t as overpowering as some other Dragons, and it tends more towards the jack-of-all-trades master-of-none role. And yet, people have consistently voted with their Pokeballs; Dragonite is OU. This week, we’ll see if we can’t pick a focus for this fluffy orange-yellow lizard.
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NIS America has just launched the official website for Trinity Universe, their upcoming collaboration with Idea Factory and Gust. The site can be found here, and it helpfully reminds us all that the game will hit shelves sometime this June.
The Carolina Panthers are having their best draft ever.
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As the title may have possibly hinted, upcoming Capcom RPG The Last Ranker has just been dated for a Japanese release on July 15. Coming from the official site, the game will retail in both standard and limited editions, the latter of which is available solely through e-Capcom. For an extra 400ish yen (standard is ¥5,990) players get a 48-page booklet of character illustrations, while both versions of the game will contain a soundtrack CD with bonus piano, violin, and cello compositions of in-game tracks.
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In an update to the official website, Nintendo and Monolith Soft released details about three of the main characters for Xenoblade. Apparent frontman Shulk is hitting the books looking for ways to fend off the enemies attacking his hometown, presumably through the use of Monado, the sword for which the game was previously named. Dunban is a hero of the Homs tribe and the current wielder of Monado. Fiorung is Dunban’s responsible sister, and she fills out the obligatory childhood friend role for Shulk.
Xenoblade will hit shelves in Japan on June 10. Safe money says Fiorung will hit Shulk at least once, either due to a comical misunderstanding or because she’s too stubborn to admit she likes him.
Translation: Adrienne “Sicondera” Beck
The battle system behind The Last Story, Mistwalker’s upcoming RPG, got a little more detailed courtesy of a recent post on the developer’s blog. Three tidbits are of particular note:
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You may have noticed that we had some technical difficulties this weekend. Specifically, we were flagged as an attack site by Google. Rest assured, we aren’t out to beat you up for experience points and gold.
After checking everything, we determined that it was clearly not our fault. The problem was actually with our webhosting service, which had developed a security flaw. We have now changed to a different webhost and uploaded a clean backup.
We apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused.
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A preview of the upcoming Fable III was featured in the Official Xbox Magazine released over the weekend. Among the other bits and pieces discussed was one extremely curious new feature, that being the ability to get airquotes-intimate with another player over co-op. This includes having and raising a child down the line, possibly ruling the kingdom as king and queen, and piping in Barry White at opportune moments over voice chat.
In a related story, the non-existent website Days Since Fox News Complained About Video Games has announced that it is ready to roll its counter back to zero. Its sister fake site, Days Since Someone Referenced Robes and Wizard Hats, issued a statement that it plans to do the same.
Source: OXM UK
Mistwalker recently updated its developer blog for The Last Story once again, this time with artwork and some information regarding the leading male and female. There is a “wall” between the two protagonists that keeps them from sharing their feelings. The blog also says that while the hero’s story is the main focus of the game, other stories will be woven in as well.
In addition, Hironobu Sakaguchi noted on his own blog that The Last Story is in the final stage of development. So far, the company has not even shown screenshots of the game or released much information about it, but that may change in the near future.
Pens and Sens in the first round. Again.
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In their ongoing bid to acquire every last dollar, yen, euro, and neo-shekel on earth, Nintendo announced the upcoming release of Pokemon Black and Pokemon White. The Japanese website for the games also went live and can be found here; the teaser image indicates the release period is Fall of this year.
The Japanese website for NieR Gestalt and Replicant has been updated with track listings and samples (courtesy of their YouTube channel) from the soundtrack. The tracks and samples can be found under the information sections, and the soundtrack will hit Japanese stores on April 22. Gestalt itself will be out the following day in Japan, with the Japanese-exclusive Replicant due on the 24th.
The US release, simply known as NieR, will launch on the 27th.
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The official Xenoblade site has just been updated with, among other things, a Japanese release date and more details about the game world.
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The official Final Fantasy XIV website has just been updated with more detailed descriptions and sample character assets for the five races. Additionally, information about racial clan options is now available; each race is subdivided into two clans depending on regional origin.
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Dragon Slayers, Dragons, and Dragon Knights are all key players in the battle for the world, with Damian as the vengeful antagonist. Divinity II: Ego Draconis‘s storyline follows a newly trained Dragon Slayer, though the process isn’t entirely complete and interrupted with the appearance of a Dragon Knight. Of course, there’s a lot more to it than that. There’s plenty of questing and exploration on the side as well, and the life of a Dragon Slayer is unlikely to be dull.
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Confirmed via their Members Twitter feed, Square Enix has just announced that Final Fantasy IX will be released on the Playstation Network, though a date was not specified. In the same vein, a PR email courtesy of Nintendo confirmed that Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is now available on the Virtual Console.
Since its announcement in 2006, fans of the series have eagerly anticipated Final Fantasy XIII. It was arguably one of the biggest stories to come out of E3 that year, and considering all of the announcements that year, that’s saying something. And then in 2008, Microsoft finally dropped the bombshell that people had been expecting for years; Final Fantasy XIII was coming to PS3 and 360. The net result has been four years of almost nonstop hype, which made the wait for the game all the longer. So now, the question remains; was it worth the wait? I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that it was.
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A man should never let a woman wear too much make-up, or too many clothes.
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Over the years there have been signs and portents of a remake of Pokemon Gold and Silver, fan favorites in the series due to its sheer size and the fact that it was the first game to expand the Pokemon universe beyond the confines of the Kanto region. The final result, Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, is every bit as fully featured and chock-full of Pokemon goodness as the originals, but unfortunately, they also carry over some of the less desireable quirks of Gold and Silver. Most serious of these are bothersome balance issues, and a plot which is flat even by Pokemon standards. On the whole, HG/SS isn’t a bad game, and makes some definite strides in the areas of sound and visuals, but it probably won’t be of much interest to anyone but fans of the series.
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