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To be a game changer, a game doesn’t necessarily have to introduce a revolutionary change in gameplay, graphics, or interaction. Sometimes, all it takes to make an impact on the development of RPGs is to turn to one of the most basic impulses of human life: sexuality. Mass Effect wasn’t the first game to include sexuality, but it certainly went farther than most had before.
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NISA has announced that the release of Phantom Brave: We Meet Again has been slightly delayed. The game will be out on August 14.
Via the official Lunar: Harmony of the Silver Star website, Gungho Works has announced that the PSP remake of the first Lunar title will be released in Japan on November 12. Those who pre-order the game will receive a bonus limited edition soundtrack that includes “Nocturne of Wind 2009” and “Tsu Ba Sa 2009.”
XSEED will be localizing the game for its North American release as Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, but the company has not announced an official release date yet.
So much for October 20. Bioware has revealed that Dragon Age: Origins won’t be out in North America until November 3, and Europe will have to wait until November 6. That’s just for the 360 and PC versions. PS3 owners on both sides of the pond will have to wait until later that month.
Source: IGN
Without fanfare or grandiose announcements, Konami has re-released several PS2 titles, including Suikoden Tactics, in Europe at budget prices. A company spokesperson stated that the titles were reissued due to “demand.” It is unknown whether Konami will do the same for other games.
Source: Eurogamer
This week, we’ll be taking a look at one of the big legendaries of the first generation, part of the elemental trio that forms R/B/Y‘s big triumverate, and one of my favorite stall critters ever. This birdie is surprisingly flexible, able to play defensive roles while still packing quite a punch. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Zapdos.
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In Wild Arms 5 there is a shop that lets you exchange experience levels for items and equipment. It’s run by the vampire chick from 2, who refers to it as exchanging your life force for items. The lesson here is that Wild Arms 2 always comes back to bite you.
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On top of the information about Final Fantasy XIV‘s job and quest system, Square Enix has recently started to release information about Eorzea’s three city-states: Ul’dah, Gridania, and Limsa Lominsa. Constructed from the remnants of ships on a series of small islands, Limsa Lominsa boasts a powerful navy, named the Knights of the Barracuda. With an economy dependent on fishing, shipping, and shipbuilding, the city-state appears to have a vested interest in keeping control over the high seas. Other nations suspect, however, that the Knights are collaborating with pirate groups operating within Limsa Lominsa’s waters.
Further details and artwork are available on Final Fantasy XIV‘s website, located here. Information about Ul’dah and Gridania has not yet been posted.
Radio Free Jeuno returns! It’s been over two weeks since the update alongside the release of A Moogle Kupo d’Etat, and we’ve had time to partially digest the changes both have brought. Our impressions: mixed, to be charitable. Join Nerdboy, Alethea, and myself as we discuss the new things lurking about the wilds of Vana’Diel. Also, Nerdboy assaults the elderly. Like, a lot. Eight times.
We are accepting mailbag requests for a Q&A session in our next podcast, so please, fire off those comments and feedback… things! Whatever the plural noun form of feedback is. FFXI stuff, general stuff, questions about fanfiction that I wrote when I was young and stupid two weeks ago, it’s all good. Lay it on us, we’ll answer it.
Continue reading ‘NPCast XI-2: This is Three Chocobo! Waaaaaark!’ »
In the latest issue of Famitsu, Final Fantasy XIV director Nobuaki Komoto spilled some of the beans behind the series’ next entry into online roleplaying. In particular, he revealed some key information about the game world, how quests are handled, and the so-called ‘armory system’ that will take the place of Final Fantasy XI‘s job system:
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The PSP remake of Persona will be available both at retail outlets and downloadable through the Playstation Network, though the two-disc soundtrack remains exclusive to the retail version.
Both versions are scheduled for a September 22 launch.
Source: Kotaku
The upcoming Sega/Tri-Ace RPG Resonance of Fate will not feature a full English voice track. Sega localization producer Jun Yoshino states that the game will have language options, but some lines for the English option will be left as text-only to minimize the delay between Japanese and western releases. Apparently, not doing some of the work means less work is needed.
Resonance of Fate is scheduled for a winter 2009 release in Japan, with the western versions hitting US and European markets early in 2010.
Source: Siliconera.
Acquire have recently, well, acquired the rights to the long-running PC RPG series Wizardry, and are bringing the next title in the series to the Playstation 3. Wizardry: Dungeon of the Imprisoned Souls – a dungeon being a good place to put imprisoned things, naturally – will be released this fall in Japan, downloadable through the Playstation store.
No information is available about a possible Western release.
Source: Siliconera
Those of us who remember the 1980s and the early days of console gaming can probably recall at one point or another being puzzled by the text we saw appearing in white block letters on the screen before us. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link had one of these classic moments. You, the hapless player, send Link into a house to gather information, and the NPC, with perfect aplomb, announces that, “I AM ERROR.” To which most players responded, “I am confused.” If you never got to experience this, one of the high points in the history of gaming localizations, I have procured for you a shiny screenshot. Behold! The fellow’s name would better have been romanized as “Errol.” But you see, the Japanese language doesn’t distinguish between “r” and “l” as we do and you can see for yourself the results of a poor translation.
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One made the 32X, one’s responsible for the Dinner Dance. They’re cops.
Ahem. Sega and Tri-Ace have announced that their upcoming sci-fi RPG Resonance of Fate will hit European and North American markets simultaneously. Jun Yoshino, localization producer for Sega Europe, further stated that the release gap between the Japanese and western markets “will be as small as possible.” Resonance of Fate is slated for a fourth quarter release in Japan, with the EU/NA release sometime next year.
Source: Videogamer
Y’know, I’m not much of a Japanophile. Not really. I’d like to visit the place, trying to learn to speak the language, maybe watch an anime or two – they keep breaking my heart, but I keep giving them chances, it’s like some sick relationship that just won’t die. But I can say with a straight face that Vocaloid is one of the best things they’ve ever made.
Seriously, Miku can de-angst the most hardened man in time. Oh, you might balk at it initially, but she finds a way in. She finds a way.
But enough about me, let’s talk media. In today’s update: Disgaea 3 DLC, Summon Night: Tear’s Crown, Ys Seven, Princess Antiphona’s Hymn: Angel’s Score Op.A, and Blood of Bahamut. Observe:
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Natsume has announced that Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming will be released in the next few weeks, likely hitting North American shelves in the last week of August. The Nintendo DS title shares some characters with the previous Harvest Moon installment Island of Happiness, and will spearhead the upcoming release of several further entries: Sunshine Islands, Animal Parade, Sugar Town, and Littlest Shop.
Natsume has made no comment as to whether Myron Reducto, of the law firms of Freezoid, Zarog & Skon, had a hand in creating Littlest Shop by way of shrink gun.
Source: Siliconera
With The After Years debuting on WiiWare in Japan, Square Enix will be offering Final Fantasy IV on Virtual Console later this month for 900 Wii points. No announcements have been made regarding a US Virtual Console release for FFIV.
Source: Siliconera
This week, we’ll be looking at the anti-Electric Electric-type Pokemon, Ampharos. This mutated sheep hasn’t been getting a lot of respect of late, dropping down to the Never Used tier, so we’re here to clean Amphy up a bit, polish up that rubbery hide, and present it as a shining example of a durable Electric.
Continue reading ‘Strategy Session – Competitive Pokemon X: Ampharos’ »
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