Mirby Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I searched for a topic about this, but it didn't show up so... merge if I missed it. New video and interesting map I found! Found this on the game's official JP site. Uploaded to my YouTube. also on the site was this map... and then there's this cuteness~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halt Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Is this confirmed? Because if it isn't and you posted this. Fuck you. I played the shit out of this series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 This game literally looks like a DSified version of the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFusion Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Is this confirmed? Because if it isn't and you posted this. Fuck you. I played the shit out of this series. It's confirmed. If you consider "revealed at E3" as confirmed, then yeah, it's confirmed. F%^& I want this game. I'm even considering buying a DS _JUST_ for this game, I absolutely loved the first and second ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palpable Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Yeah it's confirmed, comes out in November in the US. Looks great, I'll definitely be getting this. I'm a little surprised that so many Psynergy spells from the original games returned, I figured they'd want to do more new stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I figured they'd want to do more new stuff. Doing new stuff + JRPG. Does not compute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechaFone Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Hey guys, if it ain't barouque, don't fix it, amirite? But seriously. I beat the first game (barely) and I never got a chance to play the second. If I get a chance to play this one, I'll definitely take it. Looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftninja Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Great. Now i'm going to have to demand my first and second from the boyfriend. Totally buying this shit when it comes out. Totally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halt Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Great. Now i'm going to have to demand my first and second from the boyfriend. Totally buying this shit when it comes out. Totally. TOTALLY. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zergonaleash Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 'bout goddamn time! I might have to find my old ones and replay them now... I really should be more organized with my GBA games, I was really stoked when DS boxes came with slots for Advance games, reaaaallly stoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ab56 v2 aka Ash Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 It looks alright, but I won't expect much out of it. The story and characters will probably be utterly mediocre, generic, and one-dimensional again. Edit: I hope they improved the battle system too. It was pretty conventional. Also, if my character kills something that another one was targeting, the latter better automatically attack someone else instead of defending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Also, if my character kills something that another one was targeting, the latter better automatically attack someone else instead of defending. Oh god, yes, this. If you're going to rip off every JRPG ever, at least be thorough (I'm sure the targeting thing was already done in FFVI, six years before Golden fucking Sun). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mutericator Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Oh god, yes, this. If you're going to rip off every JRPG ever, at least be thorough (I'm sure the targeting thing was already done in FFVI, six years before Golden fucking Sun). Even DRAGON QUEST, the poster boy for traditional turn-based JRPG's, fixed this when they rereleased IV and V on the DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Is there a JRPG where "defend" is ever a useful option? And I specifically mean the "take 1/2 damage from physical attacks" kind of defend, not the "take 0 damage" or even FF5's ridiculous "take 0 damage to you AND one other person, AND counterattack for free". DQ4 and FF3(j) both eliminated "ineffective" attacks, so that's been gone since the Famicom days. Though I think that magical attacks misfiring on empty targets stuck around until DQ5/FF4, the SNES era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuketheXjesse Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Looking forward to it. Same here, I loved the two firsts, so I expect a lot from this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Is there a JRPG where "defend" is ever a useful option? And I specifically mean the "take 1/2 damage from physical attacks" kind of defend, not the "take 0 damage" or even FF5's ridiculous "take 0 damage to you AND one other person, AND counterattack for free".DQ4 and FF3(j) both eliminated "ineffective" attacks, so that's been gone since the Famicom days. Though I think that magical attacks misfiring on empty targets stuck around until DQ5/FF4, the SNES era. I seem to recall it being useful in a few games so you could set up your party's buffs and stuff before attacking, but I forget what games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Is there a JRPG where "defend" is ever a useful option? And I specifically mean the "take 1/2 damage from physical attacks" kind of defend, not the "take 0 damage" or even FF5's ridiculous "take 0 damage to you AND one other person, AND counterattack for free". there are some instances where it's useful in Persona 3 and 4 since defending nullifies any elemental weakness in addition to upping the defense stat for that turn/attack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ab56 v2 aka Ash Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 There are some games (I think FF7 is one) where during a boss fight, you may want to defend for a few turns because there are periods where attacking would result in crippling counterattacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 well in that case you can just not attack at all you don't specifically have to defend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril the Wolf Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 It can be your only option (to defend) Or you may not have any spells to use/need to conserve MP. Active Time Battles don't always occur in RPgs so you may have to Defend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Snooze Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Is there a JRPG where "defend" is ever a useful option? And I specifically mean the "take 1/2 damage from physical attacks" kind of defend, not the "take 0 damage" or even FF5's ridiculous "take 0 damage to you AND one other person, AND counterattack for free".DQ4 and FF3(j) both eliminated "ineffective" attacks, so that's been gone since the Famicom days. Though I think that magical attacks misfiring on empty targets stuck around until DQ5/FF4, the SNES era. Chrono Trigger, I think. If you hit someone during certain points, they'd get a free session on your ass with some uber-death-mega-win-ray 5000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 that's the exact same situation as the previously stated FF7 one that's just a non-attacking situation where you can fill up time with healing or buffing/debuffing there is not directly any benefit to just defending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Pretty much every JRPG will have a stereotypical boss that charges for one turn and rapes you the next turn unless you defend, so that one battle can justify the existence of the defend command. In general though, defending is only useful in a battle system that incorporates and exposes the concept of initiative in a way that's actually meaningful (e.g. the Grandia series, maybe FF10). If you can see when and whom an enemy will attack next (and they actually do significant damage), you suddenly have a legitimate choice to make: do I attack and take full damage so I can take this baddie down faster, or should I defend this turn and let my other party members take care of him? Not defending in a Grandia game is a good way to die pretty fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 New video! I assembled this myself from 8 short videos found off of the games official Japanese site. The Djinni images were also ripped from there. I placed them in order of characters you gained in the original (Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury = Isaac, Garet, Ivan, Mia). It took me all day to get this ready, but I hope you all enjoy it! Music, Graphics, Scenario, and Program copyright 2010 Nintendo and Camelot Software Planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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