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LegatoB · Posts: 1546

Hmm. Interesting. One of the big things that soured me on the stand-alone demo (aside from it being about ten minutes long not counting the tutorial) was that the enemies didn't really DO anything with the somewhat gimmicky environment. Sure, YOU could drop barrels and shit on them by smashing the planks holding them up, and sure, YOU can arrow a rope in half and send a big ass bundle of wood slamming into the wooden platform hanging over the cliff, shattering it and sending a poor orc or two to their doom, but the enemies just kinda sat there and swung their swords at me. Maybe I'll download the Steam version and give it another look.

Either way, this will hopefully make for bitchin' deathmatches.

antitype · Posts: 1148

Anything further about a UK release for Mother 3?

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

I believe that was always a hoax.

Monkeyman1138 · Posts: 15

[quote="mechanori"]

Baron Patsy wrote:

And Contact!!...

EDIT: Except both were pushed back.... and Contact to 10/10

Why has Contact been pushed back?

Tim · Posts: 169

aderack wrote:

This is the thread to point out and dwell on games that are going to come out within the next month or so. Without a thread like this, we might all miss games like Cooking Mama. And we wouldn't want to do that!

Speaking of Cooking Mama, I've had the Japan version for a while and it's really fun! It's not even really hard, just relaxing. It's one of those games you can pick up and play for a few minutes while waiting at the usual places we have to wait in.

I actually had no idea this was coming out here. It would have made a great present for my friend's daughter but instead I got her Super Princess Peach and Sonic. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

mechanori · Posts: 623

Monkeyman1138 wrote:

mechanori wrote:

And Contact!!...

EDIT: Except both were pushed back.... and Contact to 10/10

Why has Contact been pushed back?

I don't know, but I was already pissed when they pushed it back from early August. At least the website is awesome.

FocusRambo · Posts: 829

I plan on picking up Megaman ZX tomorrow.

So! I'm excited.

aderack · Posts: 5018

So Metal Slug 6 PS2 is out now. That's probably worth mentioning.

Brock · Posts: 421

FocusRambo wrote:

I plan on picking up Megaman ZX tomorrow.

So! I'm excited.

I've been thinking about doing this, too! That, and Cooking Mama. I guess with classes going on these releases sort of snuck up on me.

What's the word on Chulip? I guess that's still coming out, though I'm not crossing my fingers.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

Brock wrote:

What's the word on Chulip? I guess that's still coming out, though I'm not crossing my fingers.

I gave up hope on this game literally years ago.

Shapermc · Posts: 2450

FortNinety wrote:

Brock wrote:

What's the word on Chulip? I guess that's still coming out, though I'm not crossing my fingers.

I gave up hope on this game literally years ago.

Note the "Yes it IS coming." This is their flyer from E3.

Pijaibros · Posts: 968

Not even Natsume's website has anything on Chulip.

Fort90 wrote:

I gave up hope on this game literally years ago.

Along with Giftpia for the GC.

Shapermc · Posts: 2450

Pijaibros wrote:

Not even Natsume's website has anything on Chulip.

Not true. They just have a terrible website.

aderack · Posts: 5018

Also, Final Fantasy XII is soon.

aderack · Posts: 5018

And Elite Beat Agents (US version of Ouendan).

And, fuck, Card Fighters Clash DS is coming in two weeks.

Pijaibros · Posts: 968

Shit, I didn't think Card Fighters Clash was due out till the end of October.

I need to find a second line of work.

Mr. Business · Posts: 1530

Holy SHIT! Chulip!

I doubt that EB remembers that I ordered it from their web site 1-2 years ago.

edit: Jesus H. Christ! Watch the fucking trailer, people!

Ethoscapade · Posts: 627

i'm pretty confident at this point that ic's verdict is the only one i will trust on okami. which is saying something! (i'm not sure whether or not it's going to be boring)

at any rate: next week is rocket slime, which carries into mario vs dk 2, which carries into contact, which all but carries into final fantasy xii, into the wii, etc. we might just be back in business again. i mean, i don't know. but it's possible.

FortNinety · Posts: 4591

Shapermc wrote:

FortNinety wrote:

Brock wrote:

What's the word on Chulip? I guess that's still coming out, though I'm not crossing my fingers.

I gave up hope on this game literally years ago.

Note the "Yes it IS coming." This is their flyer from E3.

Okay... so when?

BalbanesBeoulve · Posts: 2126

Chulip
Playstation 2
October 2006

Bottom left of the scan.

Crazy Bacon Lips · Posts: 783

Ethoscapade wrote:

i'm pretty confident at this point that ic's verdict is the only one i will trust on okami. which is saying something! (i'm not sure whether or not it's going to be boring)

at any rate: next week is rocket slime, which carries into mario vs dk 2, which carries into contact, which all but carries into final fantasy xii, into the wii, etc. we might just be back in business again. i mean, i don't know. but it's possible.

I'm getting Okami on Tuesday, and I'll post impressions of the first couple hours of play because I have virtually nothing to do on Tuesdays after 12. SO you'll get it sometime in the evening. Hopefully pictures of me playing with the art board preorder bonus, too!

Mr. Mechanical · Posts: 1890

Crazy Bacon Lips wrote:

Ethoscapade wrote:

i'm pretty confident at this point that ic's verdict is the only one i will trust on okami. which is saying something! (i'm not sure whether or not it's going to be boring)

at any rate: next week is rocket slime, which carries into mario vs dk 2, which carries into contact, which all but carries into final fantasy xii, into the wii, etc. we might just be back in business again. i mean, i don't know. but it's possible.

I'm getting Okami on Tuesday, and I'll post impressions of the first couple hours of play because I have virtually nothing to do on Tuesdays after 12. SO you'll get it sometime in the evening. Hopefully pictures of me playing with the art board preorder bonus, too!

Every review I've read compares it to Zelda. So I guess your opinion of Zelda should factor into whether or not you'll enjoy the game.

My questions though: Is it more Zelda than Zelda? A little too Zelda? Or does it pull a Colossus and do Zelda "right"?

Really though I'd like to play it just to take in the visuals.

Baron Patsy · Posts: 573

aderack wrote:

And Elite Beat Agents (US version of Ouendan).

And, fuck, Card Fighters Clash DS is coming in two weeks.

Holy shit, I completely forgot about Card Fighters Clash DS. I haven't even seen any screenshots or heard anything about it.

I need to get some money, quick.

schild · Posts: 536

Card Fighters Clash went from 2 weeks to 02/01/07 today. Bleh.

BalbanesBeoulve · Posts: 2126

Are you getting these dates from gamestop or something? Cuz they make up their dates.

Crazy Bacon Lips · Posts: 783

Mr. Mechanical wrote:

Crazy Bacon Lips wrote:

Ethoscapade wrote:

i'm pretty confident at this point that ic's verdict is the only one i will trust on okami. which is saying something! (i'm not sure whether or not it's going to be boring)

at any rate: next week is rocket slime, which carries into mario vs dk 2, which carries into contact, which all but carries into final fantasy xii, into the wii, etc. we might just be back in business again. i mean, i don't know. but it's possible.

I'm getting Okami on Tuesday, and I'll post impressions of the first couple hours of play because I have virtually nothing to do on Tuesdays after 12. SO you'll get it sometime in the evening. Hopefully pictures of me playing with the art board preorder bonus, too!

Every review I've read compares it to Zelda. So I guess your opinion of Zelda should factor into whether or not you'll enjoy the game.

My questions though: Is it more Zelda than Zelda? A little too Zelda? Or does it pull a Colossus and do Zelda "right"?

Really though I'd like to play it just to take in the visuals.

I will mention Zelda as rarely as possible. If I can figure out a stupid enough way, I will describe the Zelda-esque gameplay as if it is full of novel concepts that have never been tried before. I mean, aside from those that it actually does possess.

Pijaibros · Posts: 968

schild wrote:

Card Fighters Clash went from 2 weeks to 02/01/07 today. Bleh.

SNK never fails to both dissappoint and amaze me.

Maybe they don't want to be lost in the coming Xmas flood?

antitype · Posts: 1148

Here's a list of upcoming releases from my LJ. "!" denotes must-have and "..." denotes undecided. Feel free to add/subtract/rearrange as you see fit!

September
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS) — 9/19 !
Okami (PS2) — 9/19 !
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (PS2) — 9/26 ...

October
Contact (DS) — 10/10 !
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner (PS2) — 10/10 !
God Hand (PS2) — 10/10 ...
Phantasy Star Universe (PS2) — 10/24 ...
Final Fantasy XII (PS2) — 10/31 !

November
Yoshi's Island 2 (DS) — 11/14 ...
Final Fantasy III (DS) — 11/14 !
Wii! w/ Wii Sports — 11/19 !
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) — 11/19 !
Sonic Wildfire (Wii) — 11/19 ...
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii) — 11/19 ...

December
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS) — 12/05 ...

1st Quarter '07
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) !
Phoenix Wright: Justice For All (DS) !
Gunpey Rebirth (DS) !
Rogue Galaxy (PS2) !
Persona 3 (PS2) !
Heroes? (Wii) !
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) !
WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii) !
Dragon Quest Swords (Wii) ...

WarpZone · Posts: 396

antitype wrote:

October
Contact (DS) — 10/10 !
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner (PS2) — 10/10 !
God Hand (PS2) — 10/10 ...
Phantasy Star Universe (PS2) — 10/24 ...
Final Fantasy XII (PS2) — 10/31 !

...for a moment there, I was trying to figure out your scoring system, and why you were scoring games that weren't out yet..............

Zepyulos · Posts: 176

BalbanesBeoulve wrote:

Chulip
Playstation 2
October 2006

Bottom left of the scan.

There you go Fort, no need to quote the full-page image again to say "thanks". Har har. I'm kidding there.

WarpZone wrote:

for a moment there, I was trying to figure out your scoring system, and why you were scoring games that weren't out yet..............

This is a review scale that really should be implemented. ... = "Eh" or ! ="Check it out". Daily Radar had a pretty good system (Direct Hit, Hit, Miss, Dud).

I'm also imagining a review scale that would award letters, numbers, or animal shapes, sometimes in combination with each other. The world may not be ready, though.

Ionustron · Posts: 47

If anyone remembers that Futurama episode where Fry and Zapp find out what Snoot Snoot is, and are sentenced to death by it...then the revolving looks they give each other...Yeah, that's how I'm kinda feeling about Valkyrie Profile 2...

I've been trying to keep my hopes low, as I realize the issues people had with the first, and Star Ocean 3 has gone out of it's way to be as inaccessible (embarrassing even) as possible every free moment that I try to plug away at it. Yet the first VP took me by absolute surprise back in 2001. But I was expecting this game out early next year! Why so early? Will much of the voice work manage to be worse than the last one? Least the same character artist is working on this game, as I loved the illustrations for the first one above all. Still seems to be mostly a side-scrolling, if not in profile game. Still miss the sprites though...

So! Heres to characters not named after Dogs and Human ideas! If anyone is interested, I can post impressions on Wednesday night, if ya like.

antitype · Posts: 1148

So, the years go by and still I care about RPGs. In fact, I continue to regard them as the Main Event, if only when considering the amount of time they demand. I only manage to play two or three a year at most, but hey, there are a number of interesting ones coming out this fall and winter. Let's see...

Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
Contact
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Final Fantasy XII
Tales of the Abyss
.hack//GU vol. 1: Rebirth

Which ones will you be playing? Factoring in my videogame budget and the amount of time I'm likely to have to play these things, Contact and FFXII are the only ones I plan to buy on release. The others may or may not come later — oh, the backlog swells. Have I missed any others?

Ah, yes, there's Rogue Galaxy... Out in early '07, I believe. Looking forward to that one. Persona 3, too!

Brock · Posts: 421

So wait, has anyone been able to find out what the deal is with the DS Gyakuten Saiban 2?

I mean, it seems highly unlikely Capcom would produce extra content *for America only, though such things aren't unheard of (Soul Calibur 2).

I'd just rather buy it in the near future than wait until next year, or whenever it's scheduled. Phoenix Wright was one of the highlights of my gaming year thus far, so more of the same would only be better.

108 · Posts: 2600

getting pokemon on the way home tonight!!

not yet sure if it's going to be diamond or pearl!!

i'll either make a snap decision or just flip a coin when i get there!!

BalbanesBeoulve · Posts: 2126

Brock wrote:

So wait, has anyone been able to find out what the deal is with the DS Gyakuten Saiban 2?

I mean, it seems highly unlikely Capcom would produce extra content *for America only, though such things aren't unheard of (Soul Calibur 2).

I'd just rather buy it in the near future than wait until next year, or whenever it's scheduled. Phoenix Wright was one of the highlights of my gaming year thus far, so more of the same would only be better.

No extra content. Just a mistranslation by hopeful nerds with poor japanese skills.

Koji · Posts: 571

BalbanesBeoulve wrote:

Brock wrote:

So wait, has anyone been able to find out what the deal is with the DS Gyakuten Saiban 2?

I mean, it seems highly unlikely Capcom would produce extra content *for America only, though such things aren't unheard of (Soul Calibur 2).

I'd just rather buy it in the near future than wait until next year, or whenever it's scheduled. Phoenix Wright was one of the highlights of my gaming year thus far, so more of the same would only be better.

No extra content. Just a mistranslation by hopeful nerds with poor japanese skills.

And there's also what I had to say about it in another thread.

I don't know you, but I'm buying the game this year, not next.

Nana Komatsu · Posts: 697

Can anyone tell me what Puzzle De Harvest Moon is about?

simplicio · Posts: 505

Nana Komatsu wrote:

Can anyone tell me what Puzzle De Harvest Moon is about?

Well, there are a bunch of barnyard animals, and while you're busy matching them in groups of three or more, Natsume steals $30 from your wallet.

tacotaskforce · Posts: 571

Imagine my surprise when, while combing through EBgames's upcoming release list, I find a King's Quest Collection. It inculdes 1-7 (wisely excluding King's Quest 8) and it's only $20. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be a hot item as far as EB is concerned because none of the ten EB/GSs in driving distance have a copy. Why does EB have such an aversion to good PC games?

Brock · Posts: 421

Guys this might be a major "RESPECT DOWN!" on my part, but what of the pending Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi 2/Sparking Neo?

The first Tenkaichi was pretty average, with probably the biggest fault being, uh, the gameplay? It's a terrible thing to say but it was pretty much the truth, since everyone played exactly like everyone else; moreso than in the Budokai games.

I mean I guess it's just nostalgia to my late elementary/middle school years, when DBZ was just starting to be a big thing, but I am sort of tempted about this new one.

It's probably the same sort of excitement I have for Mortal Kombat: Armageddon; I don't really care for the gameplay, but fuck, it has everyone ever in it.

aderack · Posts: 5018

Who made Tenkaichi again? I know Dimps did the Budokai games -- and we all respect Dimps, Sonic Advance aside. Tenkaichi was... someone else.

aderack · Posts: 5018

tacotaskforce wrote:

Imagine my surprise when, while combing through EBgames's upcoming release list, I find a King's Quest Collection. It inculdes 1-7 (wisely excluding King's Quest 8) and it's only $20.

Er. Are the mid-early games still EGA?

Brock · Posts: 421

aderack wrote:

Who made Tenkaichi again? I know Dimps did the Budokai games -- and we all respect Dimps, Sonic Advance aside. Tenkaichi was... someone else.

According to Wikipedia, Spike handled both of the Tenkaichi games.

Maybe DBZ isn't their forté? I mean they're more wrasslin' I guess.

aderack · Posts: 5018

Yes! Spike. I knew it was someone small and semi-respectable, like that.

We should make a list of S&S-R Japanese developers: Spike, Dimps, Yuke's, Genki...

Somehow a DBZ wrestling game makes even more sense than a versus fighter.

Ammadeau · Posts: 87

Brock wrote:

Guys this might be a major "RESPECT DOWN!" on my part, but what of the pending Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi 2/Sparking Neo?

Give me a few days. I'm getting a review copy from Atari. I thought Street Fighter DBZ was rather good though, if a little light on content. You need to play against a real person though, because aside from Vegetta, the AI is a chump. I liked how much emphasis it placed on positioning, and moving in all six directions to dodge and blindside your opponent.

Crazy Bacon Lips · Posts: 783

Devil Summoner comes out tomorrow! Who will bite the bullet and buy it first?

tacotaskforce · Posts: 571

aderack wrote:

tacotaskforce wrote:

Imagine my surprise when, while combing through EBgames's upcoming release list, I find a King's Quest Collection. It inculdes 1-7 (wisely excluding King's Quest 8) and it's only $20.

Er. Are the mid-early games still EGA?

Probably. Sierra's website only has screenshots from KQ5-7, and if they'd bothered to make new art I'm sure they would advertise it.

EDIT: So, according to gamefaqs, this is how the KQ collection stacks up:
1990 EGA remake version of KQ1 (no original version)
Voice version of KQ5
Floppy disc version of KQ6 (has voice, but no high res portrait or cursor art)

Everything else only had one release.

antitype · Posts: 1148

Crazy Bacon Lips wrote:

Devil Summoner comes out tomorrow! Who will bite the bullet and buy it first?

Not me! I'll be buying GOD HAND.

I might pick up Devil Summoner later, though. December or January, maybe?

Crazy Bacon Lips · Posts: 783

That's too long buy it sooner.

Lobst · Posts: 96

EBGames just put up the Wii section of their website -- alongside it, a fantastic preorder page for Super Swing Golf. My froth for this game is hitting the ground hard, guys. December simply isn't soon enough.

The 1UP Yours podcast featured the show's resident PS3 fan playing it in Tokyo and having a fucking blast -- then the Official Playstation Magazine crew stepped up with him and resumed having a fucking blast. It has been my contention, from day one of hearing about this game, that I will pick it up and have a fucking blast.

Here are some videos shamefully ripped from Gametrailers, for your viewing pleasure.