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In a recent interview, 7th Dragon producer Rieko Kodama and director Kazuya Niinou revealed some of the planning behind the series’ shift from fantasy to a future setting. As part of the jump from DS to PSP, the team felt rebuilding the game from scratch would work better with the new hardware.

More importantly, 7th Dragon was to be a multi-part installment from the beginning. Niinou indicated the original plan was for five installments, with four set in the fantasy environment and the fifth to be more of a side story set in near-future Tokyo. The transition to PSP saw the team shift gears and work on 2020 before developing the other titles.

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Vector, Inc’s free-to-play online RPG Seventh Dragon will be available on PC and Mac platforms come December 1. In addition to desktop computers, the game will also be accessible via netbooks and iPhones. The game’s persistent online world will allow players to issue instructions to their characters when going offline and check back later to view their progress.

A certain Mog House butler could learn a thing or two from this. Yes, I’m talking about you, Mister let-my-plants-die-again-even-though-the-crystals-were-right-there-on-the-table. Never trust a moogle gardener, folks.

How’s it going, everybody? Got some fresh new screens and arts for you fine folks. Take a gander, won’t you? This time around: Muramasa, Blue Dragon Plus 2, 7th Dragon, Harvest Moon: Makiba no Omise, Dragon Quest IX, White Knight Chronicles, and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork 03/14/09’ »

Fresh out of the barrel, some nifty new screenshots for all of you: Fallout 3: The Pitt, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Dragon Quest IX, 7th Dragon, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Sacred Blaze. Now if you’ll excuse me, your milkshake is unguarded and I have a very long straw. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots 03/07/09’ »

Take it slow, boys and girls, we got enough here for everybody and their families. In this update: 7th Dragon, Blood of Bahamut, Destiny Links, Knights in the Nightmare, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Pokemon Platinum, and A Witch’s Tale. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork, Packaging, Boxart 03/04/09’ »

Say, turn this record over, you ain’t heard nothin’ yet! On this side: 7th Dragon, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Tales of Radiant Mythology 2, Arc Rise Fantasia, Blood of Bahamut, and Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork 02/25/09’ »

Hoooo, but do we have the screens today. Hot off the presses: Phantasy Star 0, Disgaea 2 Portable, Sacred Blaze, Dragon Quest IX, Little King’s Story, 7th Dragon, Phantom Brave Wii, The Pitt DLC for Fallout 3, and Spectrobes: Origins. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork, Boxart 02/23/09’ »

In today’s update: Dungeons and Dam, Disgaea 3, Disagea 2 PSP, Phantom Brave Wii, 7th Dragon, Blazer Drive, Demon’s Soul, Phantasy Star Zero, Ragnarok Online DS, Sacred Blaze, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Summon Night X Tears Crown, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, Tales of Hearts, and Dragon Quest IX. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork, Boxart 01/07/09’ »

New screenshots and stuff for 7th Dragon, Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope, and Zill O’ll: Infinite Plus. So SO4 has catgirls now. Clearly, my weakness is known to many. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork 12/03/08’ »

In today’s update: Devil Survivor, 7th Dragon, Chrono Trigger DS, Last Remnant, Kizuna, Riz-Zowad, and Culdcept DS Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork 11/11/08’ »

In today’s update: Oboro Muramasa Youtouden, Valkyria Chronicles, AWAY Shuffle Dungeon, Rune Factory Frontier, Arc Rise Fantasia, Star Ocean Last Hope, Phantasy Star Zero, Last Remnant, Final Fantasy Fables Chocobo’s Dungeon DS, Shining Force Feather, 7th Dragon, Little King’s Story, and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Continue reading ‘Mass Screenshots, Artwork, Boxart 10/10/08’ »

Sega has revealed a few more details for its upcoming DS game 7th Dragon, which is due out in Japan next spring.  It will be a traditional RPG and feature four-member parties that can be filled by characters in one of seven classes: Rogue, Mage, Fighter, Princess, Knight, Samurai, and Healer.  Each class will have four different appearances and three skill trees. If this sounds similar to Etrian Odyssey, it’s probably because Kazuya Niinou produced both games.  Continue reading ‘Shiny New 7th Dragon Details’ »

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.

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