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Arc Rise Fantasia - New Wii JRPG

GuekGuek Registered User regular
edited July 2010 in Games and Technology
See, I have this habit of making threads about games way before they're anywhere near ready to launch. Subsequently, they fade out into the blackness, only to be resurrected weeks before the game comes out. This thread is no different!

I just felt like posting this info since the game looks quite...pretty. I've been aching for a good traditional jrpg on my wii. Hopefully this'll satisfy when (if? localization is still in question it seems) comes out.

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- Image Epoch x Marvelous
- Traditional fantasy RPG
- Luminous Arc staffers on board
- Official Site will be open on 27th June
- Graphics style is similar to tri-Ace games
- 16:9
- 3 character party
- One shared AP gauge between the team, which empties as actions are performed
- multiple attacks are possible, as are massive attacks that will drain a lot of AP
- if party members use the same skills, those skills will be increased
- beasts = Roguresu. These creatures help teach you throughout the game

Producer (MMV): Hideyuki Mizutani
Development Producer (Image Epoch): Ryoei Mikage
Director (Image Epoch): Hiroyuki Kanemaru
Scenario: Takumi Miyajima
Composition/Music Director: Yasunori Mitsuda
Main Character Original Design: Kenichi Yoshida
Roguresu Design: Shin Nagasawa

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    GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Color me interested. Looks pretty cool so far and a new JRPG on the Wii? Yeah, unless something goes horribly wrong, this'll get bought.

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    XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    What kind of history do these developers have?
    Have they done anything interesting previously?

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    urahonkyurahonky Resident FF7R hater Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Sign me up.

    Any JRPG that's not on the PS3 is alright in my book... But only because I don't own one yet. By the time this gets released I'll probably own one though.

    To my future self: GET A GOOD DEAL ON IT! Pay off the credit card!

    Sorry... Just covering my bases before this dies and gets resurrected a few weeks before release.

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    GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Xagarath wrote: »
    What kind of history do these developers have?
    Have they done anything interesting previously?

    They've done Luminous Arc and LA2 for the DS. I can't find anything else.

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    EtericEteric Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Direct feed screenshots.

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    Radikal_DreamerRadikal_Dreamer Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Xagarath wrote: »
    What kind of history do these developers have?
    Have they done anything interesting previously?

    According to RPGamer:

    Marvelous Entertainment Inc. has announced Arc Rise Fantasia for the Nintendo Wii. The development staff for Arc Rise Fantasia includes a variety of veteran developers including director Hiroyuki Kanemaru (Tales of Symphonia), scenario writer Takumi Miyajima (Tales of the Abyss), character designer Kenichi Yoshida (Eureka 7), and Roguresu (summon beasts) designer Shin Nagasawa (Bahamut Lagoon).

    Sounds good. If I had a wii I'd totally be watching this. I'm still watching it for if I ever do get a wii, though.

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    ArdeArde Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The characters look like characters from Eureka - or at the very least the design.

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    JihadJesusJihadJesus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Man, I'd love to be interested in this but I just don't know how many years will go by before I can put together 40+ hours of gametime in front of an actual television. Instant suspend + play anywhere will probably make handhelds my console of choice for gigantic games ala JRPGs these days.

    In related news, is it September yet? Because I want to play DQIV.
    I'll still buy this at some point, and then bitch about how I can't possibly finish it.

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    DualEdgeDualEdge Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I stopped caring at the third point. Luminous Arc was horrid.

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    KuratosuKuratosu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    They've got my attention. Hopefully this'll turn out well.
    Arde wrote: »
    The characters look like characters from Eureka - or at the very least the design.
    Was just gonna say, pink hair and blondie look like Anemone and Moondoggie.

    EDIT: Radikal_Dreamer just mentioned the character designer.

    Looks like a solid team from the list of people involved. Looking forward to it.

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    FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I almost bought Luminous Arc. Maybe I will almost get this.

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    RedMageDarionRedMageDarion Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    DualEdge wrote: »
    I stopped caring at the third point. Luminous Arc was horrid.
    One of the few DS games that made me want to barf.

    Just... bleagh.

    I forced myself to finish it, just to see if it got any better. Protip: It doesn't.

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    IceBurnerIceBurner It's cold and there are penguins.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    DualEdge wrote: »
    I stopped caring at the third point. Luminous Arc was horrid.
    Agree with the second half of that. Will cautiously monitor this. At least the engine already looks halfway decent, we'll just have to see if they've since learned how to implement gameplay worth more than a first glance.

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    TrevorTrevor Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Hey, those screenshots don't make my eyes bleed. This an unusual development. Perhaps I will have to get my Wii back from whichever person borrowed it sometime before this game comes out. I could use a good timesink game.

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    B:LB:L I've done worse. Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Arde wrote: »
    The characters look like characters from Eureka - or at the very least the design...if the designer was trippin' acid

    Because holy shit, those designs are not good.

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    AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Hmm... Interesting.

    I'll pay more attention if a stateside release becomes imminent.

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    ValleoValleo Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    So I dug this up using the search function (apologies if another more recent thread exists). I'm curious....has anyone played/bought this yet? Impressions? I don't know much about this game, but from the gameplay videos I've seen, the fights remind me of Skies of Arcadia.

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    WotanAnubisWotanAnubis Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Giant Bomb has a Quick Look that focuses mostly on the battle system and the awful, awful voice acting.

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    pslong9pslong9 Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    The lousy voice acting really turned me off from purchasing this game on release. I just don't want to support Ignition and their terrible localization efforts yet again - Muramasa wasn't very well done, and it looks like this is worse. At least you can turn off the voices. I watched the first 30 minutes on YouTube, and it looked like your standard JRPG fare, but the voices are just terrible.

    On the plus side, the battles look like they load quickly and are fairly quick. There's also a fair amount of customization you can do - in addition to leveling up yourself, your weapons level up and unlock abilities - some of which are locked to the weapon, others of which you can remove and put on new weapons. And supposedly the boss battles are really difficult.

    Basically, from what I've read, if you're itching for a console JRPG, you should get it because it's a pretty decent one. Just turn the voices off if they annoy you too much. Personally, I'm waiting for it to hit $20 or so before picking it up.

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    UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Yeah, consensus is that it's fun enough, a satisfying game, but really generic and with awful voices that should be turned off immediately.

    I think I still want it because it looks very nice, but yeah, I'll wait on the price.

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    urahonkyurahonky Resident FF7R hater Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    urahonky wrote: »
    Sign me up.

    Any JRPG that's not on the PS3 is alright in my book... But only because I don't own one yet. By the time this gets released I'll probably own one though.

    To my future self: GET A GOOD DEAL ON IT! Pay off the credit card!

    Sorry... Just covering my bases before this dies and gets resurrected a few weeks before release.

    Oh hey look at that. I was right! I did get a PS3 before this got released! Also I did pay off my credit card!

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    ValleoValleo Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I may wait to see if I can get a cheaper copy as well, if for no other reason than the fact that my backlog is getting ridiculous.

    Thanks for the giant bomb link, it looks pretty good (or at the very least, it looks like what I was expecting). I have been itching for a console JRPG to play. As much as I appreciate my handheld RPGs, sometimes I prefer to be playing on a big TV with a controller that doesn't give my giant hands carpal.

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    BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    I might get this after I finish Resident Evil 4.

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    UncleChetUncleChet N00b Lancaster, PARegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    urahonky wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Sign me up.

    Any JRPG that's not on the PS3 is alright in my book... But only because I don't own one yet. By the time this gets released I'll probably own one though.

    To my future self: GET A GOOD DEAL ON IT! Pay off the credit card!

    Sorry... Just covering my bases before this dies and gets resurrected a few weeks before release.

    Oh hey look at that. I was right! I did get a PS3 before this got released! Also I did pay off my credit card!

    ^5

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    El FantasticoEl Fantastico Toronto, ONRegistered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Upon first look, I would've said I played this game on my PSX, and it was called Xenogears back then.

    Now? Eeenh. I could link to Tropes for all of the characters featured in the article, but then I'd never come back to these forums cause I'd be lost.

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    RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited July 2010
    Bartholamue wrote: »
    I might get this after I finish Resident Evil 4.

    Have we gone back in time? Is it 2004?

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