Author Topic: Where's our weekly news from Japaland? (Read 6494 times)

Mr. Gundam · « **on:** March 26, 2008, 01:38:07 AM »

Like a heroin addict who hasn't got their fix, I'm currently experiencing massive withdrawals from the lack of Weekly Famitsu news. It's typically up by now. Did they crack down on internet leaks? I'm curious what the reviewers thought of Gundam 00 for the DS, and if there's any interesting news to report.

demi · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2008, 01:47:06 AM »

You're killing Japanese Media

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2008, 01:54:00 AM »

Quote from: demi on March 26, 2008, 01:47:06 AM

You're killing Japanese Media

Probably.

demi · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2008, 02:00:15 AM »

Sounds like a lot of shit

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #4 on:** March 26, 2008, 02:03:15 AM »

Wow, that's pretty anticlimatic so far. Oh well, I'm also curious to see if there's anything on Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3 for the PSP, or maybe a new release date for Umihara Kawase.

demi · « **Reply #5 on:** March 26, 2008, 02:03:40 AM »

It was released today, luls

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #6 on:** March 26, 2008, 02:04:20 AM »

Quote from: demi on March 26, 2008, 02:03:40 AM

It was released today, luls

Commercially.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #7 on:** March 26, 2008, 03:17:57 AM »

The only new PS3 game is Quake Wars?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 26, 2008, 03:21:03 AM »

yearofps3

MCD · « **Reply #9 on:** March 26, 2008, 03:31:51 AM »

groo, apparently there is a new soul calibur 4 character.

any scans?

gibletsngravy · « **Reply #10 on:** March 26, 2008, 03:41:13 AM »

Watermark the scans to pwn the Kotaku ayuki mafia!

MCD · « **Reply #11 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:32:36 AM »

shit week.

duckroll · « **Reply #12 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:33:02 AM »

I wonder if I should just give up on GAF and join the Jonnyram love train here. What are your thoughts? :-)

Edit:

Sigma Harmonics (DS)

- new Square Enix IP
- Adventure RPG
- You hold the DS sideways like a book
- The producer is Kitase, but the director and character designers are pretty lolz
- Director is Hiroki Chiba, the Event Director of FFVIII and the Scenario and Planning Director of DoC FFVII
- The character designer is Yusaku Nakaaki, the Sub-Character and Mechanics Designer of DoC FFVII
- lololol

MCD · « **Reply #13 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:39:11 AM »

i approve of ducky here.

and SMH at SC4 new character, awful.

jiji · « **Reply #14 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:40:21 AM »

I expect much hate for the new character. But I don't care.

THIRD GARTER

MCD · « **Reply #15 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:41:04 AM »

dirge of cerberus? scenario?

sup distinguished mentally-challenged plot.

demi · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:41:23 AM »

Quote from: duckroll on March 26, 2008, 04:33:02 AM

I wonder if I should just give up on GAF and join the Jonnyram love train here. What are your thoughts? :-)

i wouldnt object, but you won't find the traffic that GAF has

demi · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:42:44 AM »

also, nice score for Dark Sector... really considering picking that up, but it's getting average scores in America (same for Viking)

and when you mean tri-Ace's latest - what game do you mean? Star Ocean?

MCD · « **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:43:19 AM »

we have a problem here.

demi · « **Reply #19 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:43:44 AM »

Quote from: Groo on March 26, 2008, 04:43:00 AM

Quote from: demi on March 26, 2008, 04:41:23 AM
i wouldnt object, but you won't find the traffic that GAF has

Isn't that why we're here?

Some of us are just too important to post on GAF for free

duckroll · « **Reply #20 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:44:13 AM »

Quote from: demi on March 26, 2008, 04:41:23 AM

Quote from: duckroll on March 26, 2008, 04:33:02 AM
I wonder if I should just give up on GAF and join the Jonnyram love train here. What are your thoughts? :-)

i wouldnt object, but you won't find the traffic that GAF has

The traffic..... is GAF's problem.

demi · « **Reply #21 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:47:26 AM »

Quote from: duckroll on March 26, 2008, 04:44:13 AM

Quote from: demi on March 26, 2008, 04:41:23 AM
Quote from: duckroll on March 26, 2008, 04:33:02 AM
I wonder if I should just give up on GAF and join the Jonnyram love train here. What are your thoughts? :-)

i wouldnt object, but you won't find the traffic that GAF has

The traffic..... is GAF's problem.

Fo sho, you're more than welcome to post and troll and whatever

Vizzys · « **Reply #22 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:53:05 AM »

spiky tits are the new hotness

bork · « **Reply #23 on:** March 26, 2008, 04:57:26 AM »

Quote from: jiji on March 26, 2008, 04:40:21 AM

I expect much hate for the new character. But I don't care.

THIRD GARTER

(Image removed from quote.)

THIRD GARTER

HOLY SHIT, YOSHIKAWA MINE DOING SOUL CALIBUR CHARACTER DESIGN?! (He's the guy that does Keroro Gunsou) I take it there's some relation to Angol Moa from those comics?

Fuck George Lucas Shit, fuck Todd McFarlene shit, Namco should get more manga artists to design guest characters for their games. Fits in better than Star Wars, anyway.

duckroll · « **Reply #24 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:01:03 AM »

Quote from: lyte edge on March 26, 2008, 04:57:26 AM

HOLY SHIT, YOSHIKAWA MINE DOING SOUL CALIBUR CHARACTER DESIGN?! (He's the guy that does Keroro Gunsou)

Well it looks like Namco is just doing what they did for Tekken 5 PS2. Except instead of having designers doing guest costumes for the characters, they'll actually getting them to do guest characters for the game. Last week was Izubuchi's design.

bork · « **Reply #25 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:01:41 AM »

Quote from: duckroll on March 26, 2008, 04:44:13 AM

Quote from: demi on March 26, 2008, 04:41:23 AM
Quote from: duckroll on March 26, 2008, 04:33:02 AM
I wonder if I should just give up on GAF and join the Jonnyram love train here. What are your thoughts? :-)

i wouldnt object, but you won't find the traffic that GAF has

The traffic..... is GAF's problem.

I was going to say all the morons there, and that it's slowly turning into Gamefaqs 2.0, but sure.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:02:40 AM »

Quote from: duckroll on March 26, 2008, 04:33:02 AM

I wonder if I should just give up on GAF and join the Jonnyram love train here. What are your thoughts? :-)

Yes you should.

Quote

- Director is Hiroki Chiba, the Event Director of FFVIII and the Scenario and Planning Director of DoC FFVII
- The character designer is Yusaku Nakaaki, the Sub-Character and Mechanics Designer of DoC FFVII
- lololol

7/7/7/7 then

@ RR Pachislot. Next gen confirmed dead

pilonv1 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:03:06 AM »

Quote from: lyte edge on March 26, 2008, 05:01:41 AM

I was going to say all the morons there, and that it's slowly turning into Gamefaqs 2.0, but sure.

If by slowly you mean 12 months ago then yes.

Himu · « **Reply #28 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:06:22 AM »

SPIKY TITS

gibletsngravy · « **Reply #29 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:31:52 AM »

Quote from: jiji on March 26, 2008, 04:40:21 AM

I expect much hate for the new character. But I don't care.

THIRD GARTER

(Image removed from quote.)

THIRD GARTER

tiny lips.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #30 on:** March 26, 2008, 06:19:14 AM »

According to the Sigma Harmonics interview it's actually inspired by Kitase's love of Clue (the board game)

drohne · « **Reply #31 on:** March 26, 2008, 06:26:36 AM »

these random ass animu characters are seriously worse than darth vader and yoda -- and they got off to such a good start with hilde. fuck sc4.

MCD · « **Reply #32 on:** March 26, 2008, 06:27:02 AM »

Quote from: drohne on March 26, 2008, 06:26:36 AM

these random ass animu characters are seriously worse than darth vader and yoda -- and they got off to such a good start with hilde. fuck sc4.

.

Beezy · « **Reply #33 on:** March 26, 2008, 06:30:28 AM »

Heh, I didn't know duckroll joined.

drohne · « **Reply #34 on:** March 26, 2008, 06:34:48 AM »

enormous nipple spikes, twat in a sling -- when she turns around i half expect a feather duster sticking out of her asshole. when exactly did animu designers drop any pretense of design and just start venting their sexual pathologies on paper?

MCD · « **Reply #35 on:** March 26, 2008, 06:43:47 AM »

hell if i know.

i don't mind these designs in some niche game or an rpg (I've seen worse from Kazuma Kaneko who sometimes try too hard with his demonic designs) but in Soul Calibur? smh.

bork · « **Reply #36 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:01:25 AM »

Quote from: drohne on March 26, 2008, 06:26:36 AM

these random ass animu characters are seriously worse than darth vader and yoda -- and they got off to such a good start with hilde. fuck sc4.

FUCK U ANGOL FEAR ROX

And give me Sgt. Frog instead of fucking Yoda.

MCD · « **Reply #37 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:17:43 AM »

RE5 video: http://www.gamevideos.com/download?videoId=18134&url=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.gamevideos.com%2f18134%2fbiohazard5xvid.avi

MCD · « **Reply #38 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:21:43 AM »

MCD · « **Reply #39 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:24:00 AM »

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #40 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:26:00 AM »

Is the video awesome? I can't stand GameVideos

MCD · « **Reply #41 on:** March 26, 2008, 07:27:31 AM »

it's ok.

it's basically RE4HD.

and just copy pasta that link in your download manager of choice.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #42 on:** March 26, 2008, 08:50:37 AM »

No, jonnyram.

BTW duckroll, grade A job derailing that RE5 thread on GAF

duckroll · « **Reply #43 on:** March 26, 2008, 09:30:30 AM »

Clean scans of Sigma Harmonics from 2ch:

Masashi Hamazu is composing, so it's pretty much the entire DoC FFVII team, but hey at least the music will rock!

MCD · « **Reply #44 on:** March 26, 2008, 09:35:46 AM »

weird designs.

tiesto · « **Reply #45 on:** March 26, 2008, 10:23:03 AM »

Meh update this week, I'm really excited to hear about the new tri-Ace game next week (hoping for some Evilbore exclusivo action on that one

), they're like my favorite game company even if SO3 was a major disappointment to me.....

MCD · « **Reply #46 on:** March 26, 2008, 10:38:31 AM »

i still had fun with SO3 despite it's major flaws...

duckroll · « **Reply #47 on:** March 26, 2008, 11:12:54 AM »

SO3 is one of the few games I've actually sold because I couldn't tolerate it anymore. VP2 more than made up for it though.

jiji · « **Reply #48 on:** March 26, 2008, 12:49:10 PM »

Quote from: duckroll on March 26, 2008, 09:30:30 AM

Clean scans of Sigma Harmonics from 2ch:

Masashi Hamazu is composing, so it's pretty much the entire DoC FFVII team, but hey at least the music will rock!

Hamauzu is composing for a game I won't have to buy a PS3 for? And the characters aren't Nomura-clones? I'm in.

That's got the first fresh art style I've seen out of a Squenix game in some time.

jiji · « **Reply #49 on:** March 26, 2008, 12:51:23 PM »

Quote from: drohne on March 26, 2008, 06:34:48 AM

enormous nipple spikes, twat in a sling -- when she turns around i half expect a feather duster sticking out of her asshole. when exactly did animu designers drop any pretense of design and just start venting their sexual pathologies on paper?

Yoshizaki Mine has never really done anything other than that, so this is not surprising at all.

I'm fine with this direction. SC4 is bound to be a silly mess without an arcade port to iron out inevitable problems. And it's already got Star Wars characters, so they might as well run with the silliness.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #50 on:** March 26, 2008, 01:10:28 PM »

Quote from: drohne on March 26, 2008, 06:34:48 AM

enormous nipple spikes, twat in a sling -- when she turns around i half expect a feather duster sticking out of her asshole. when exactly did animu designers drop any pretense of design and just start venting their sexual pathologies on paper?

this is my complaint to a t. what the fuck. that chick belongs in one of ttob's fetish mangas, not in soul calibur.

someone described the other guest-designed character, scheherezade, as "female link cosplay," which makes her almost as awful. there is no creativity left in animu :'(

Error2k4 · « **Reply #51 on:** March 26, 2008, 01:41:35 PM »

a tri-Ace game blow out for next week

hyp · « **Reply #52 on:** March 26, 2008, 01:45:27 PM »

Quote from: Groo on March 26, 2008, 04:37:01 AM

Dark Sector 9888

wtf.

demi · « **Reply #53 on:** March 26, 2008, 01:47:19 PM »

Quote from: hyp on March 26, 2008, 01:45:27 PM

Quote from: Groo on March 26, 2008, 04:37:01 AM

Dark Sector 9888

wtf.

Nintendo Dogs 10 10 10 10

it's all over for dark sector, will be buying Viking today

hyp · « **Reply #54 on:** March 26, 2008, 01:49:41 PM »

:'(

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #55 on:** March 26, 2008, 03:13:26 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on March 26, 2008, 07:27:31 AM

it's ok.

it's basically RE4HD.

That's good enough for me.

Akala · « **Reply #56 on:** March 26, 2008, 11:16:28 PM »

The new character looks kind of like the dude from Magna Carta IMO.

I think this game will end up being a glorious trainwreck.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #57 on:** March 27, 2008, 01:34:45 PM »

Anyone in Japan pick up Gundam 00 for the DS?

Ichirou · « **Reply #58 on:** March 27, 2008, 01:39:40 PM »

demi · « **Reply #59 on:** March 27, 2008, 05:49:53 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on March 27, 2008, 01:34:45 PM

Anyone in Japan pick up Gundam 00 for the DS?

DS #2187: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Japan)

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Author Topic: Where's our weekly news from Japaland? (Read 6494 times)