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During E3, I had the opportunity to sit down for a hands-on demo of Ivy the Kiwi?, the quirky-titled and even more quirky-designed game by Prope Studios for XSEED. It stars a Kiwi, vines, and a beautiful art style.During E3, I had the opportunity to sit down for a hands-on demo of Ivy the Kiwi?, the... more
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Spawn Kill's Cuatro Chihuahuas reviews the portable version of the hit MMO. Is it worth your coins, or are you better spending your time questing elsewhere?Spawn Kill's Cuatro Chihuahuas reviews the portable version of the hit MMO. Is... more
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Half-Minute Hero hits retail shelves tomorrow for PSP and XSEED has provided us with this neat launch trailer, showing four of the game’s modes in action.
Assuming you haven’t been following our previews on CFD! (and if you haven't been, what the heck?), this might help get you up to speed on the concept if you’re strapped for time. Hah! Time! Get it? I… erm, nevermind.
Just… enjoy the trailer. I’m going to go work on my comedy chops.Half-Minute Hero hits retail shelves tomorrow for PSP and XSEED has provided us with... more
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As years of comic books, video games and film have taught us, the Big Bad Evil Guy rarely, if ever, considers himself to be such. Pragmatic or misunderstood or simply superior perhaps, but almost never just flat-out evil and rotten. It’s a complex mix of differing perspectives and powerful self-delusion, but it’s also something every grand villain excels at.
Which brings us to our look at the second demo from Marvelous and XSEED’s upcoming time-challenged RPG, Half-Minute Hero. More specifically, a mode where instead of playing the typical spunky young kid with spiky hair out to save the world, you instead take on the role of the very force he’s out to stop – the Evil Lord.
What’s that? I… oh, I’m sorry. Correction – the “devastatingly beautiful” Evil Lord. Sorry about that, sir. I promise it won’t happen again.
Hit the link for the full preview.As years of comic books, video games and film have taught us, the Big Bad Evil Guy... more
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You might remember CFD!'s recent preview of the demo for the upcoming time-challenged RPG from Marvelous, Half-Minute Hero. For those who don’t, imagine your standard RPG tropes… packaged into 30 seconds or less.
Well, today, publisher XSEED announced that the second of two demos for the PSP title would be dropping onto PlayStation Network tomorrow – Thursday, September 24th.
Hit the link for more details.You might remember CFD!'s recent preview of the demo for the upcoming... more
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Half-Minute Hero is a completely generic RPG. There are sidequests. There are hidden treasures. There is an evil Lord who plans to destroy the world. There is a Hero who has been chosen to stop him, no matter what. He’ll kill monsters for experience and gold. He’ll buy new equipment and complete special quests. And, if he’s good enough, he’ll defeat the evil Lord before it’s too late. Sounds familiar, right? Well get ready for a brain-busting twist on this done-to-death formula:
He only has 30 seconds to do it.
Hit the jump for the rest of the preview.Half-Minute Hero is a completely generic RPG. There are sidequests. There are hidden... more
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Fun Fact #1: Ju-on is my all-time, most favorite Japanese horror movie. Seriously. I love it to death.
Fun Fact #2: I actually make that ratchety, croaking noise the ghosts in the movie make in my sleep on occasion. This makes sleeping with or near me feel like something of a horror movie, should you catch me on the right night.
Something else that wants to make you feel like you’re stuck in a horror movie is Ju-on: The Grudge for Wii. Based on the popular series of movies, the title is billed as less a survival horror game and more a “haunted house simulation”. You find yourself guided through several locations, including the infamous Saeki residence from the original movie, while the game does its best to shake you up, rating your scare factor at the end. If ever a game was tailor made for the Wii Vitality Sensor, this would have been it.
Oh well. Hit the link to watch the video, showing some low-light footage of players’ reactions to the game.Fun Fact #1: Ju-on is my all-time, most favorite Japanese horror movie. Seriously. I... more
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Little King's Story brings a new brand of old-school console gaming to the Wii, but can it rule the Wii world with ease, or is it a royal flop?
From the Review:
Make no mistake, despite all the fairy tale trappings, and box art that looks like it would target the Saturday morning cartoon audience first, this is by no means a child's game. Its level of required skill, planning, and difficulty should be targeted to players of games like Starcraft, Knights of the Old Republic, and others. The game is difficult. Very difficult. Punishingly difficult. Even on the "easy" skill, the game rapidly starts to become next to impossible, especially for the actual bosses (kings of other lands, not just guardians.) While getting your party killed either by poor strategy, or selecting the wrong composition for your party before taking on the quest is often a source of defeat, even worse is truly complicated bosses who have unconventional and irritating strategies to beat them. While I applaud the genius of diversity in creating a boss that must be defeated through a pinball mechanism, a boss which asks riddles, and other highly creative scenarios, the fact that the strategies to beat them are highly redundant and vaguely explained detracts from some of the fun.Little King's Story brings a new brand of old-school console gaming to the Wii,... more
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Released as RIZ-ZOAWD by D3Publisher in Japan, THE WIZARD OF OZ: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road is an RPG inspired by the beloved tale of Dorothy and her magical journey through the Land of Oz, showing a unique new perspective on what happened after reaching the end of the Yellow Brick Road.
THE WIZARD OF OZ: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road takes gamers through the endearing adventure of protagonist Dorothy and her lovely dog, Toto, turning these charming characters into classic RPG heroes. A tornado suddenly strikes a small farm in Kansas, savagely uprooting Dorothy and Toto with just one gust. After hours of dancing around in the bushel of wind, the pair eventually settles in an unfamiliar countryside. It is here Dorothy learns that the only way to return home is by following the ominous voice calling out to her to the end of the Yellow Brick Road. On her journey, Dorothy encounters some unlikely characters who eventually decide to join her on her quest.
http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php?t=200214Released as RIZ-ZOAWD by D3Publisher in Japan, THE WIZARD OF OZ: Beyond the Yellow... more
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