Week o Games, 11/23: Chrono Trigger DS, KOF Orochi Wii, SSIITurbo HD Remix (I think)

slash000

Another week, another 7 days of new game releases!

Welcome to the 40 edition of G&T's newly traditional "Weekly Games Release Thread!" - Week 11/23 - 11/29!

Where we discuss what we're looking forward to, what we're going to buy, and what we're just now realizing is being released this week that we had forgotten about!

NDS

Chrono Trigger

True to the game's original premise, Chrono Trigger DS presents the story of Crono, who attempts to first save his friend Marle from a malfunctioning teleportation device. However, a more sinister threat evolves through his adventures, and Crono soon finds himself altering space-time to divert the near-certain apocalyptic future.

Age of Empires: Mythologies

Age of Empires: Mythologies is inspired by the hit Windows PC series Age of Empires and built on the Age of Empires: Age of Kings' critically-acclaimed game engine. Featuring three playable civilizations with individual campaigns - the Egyptians, Greeks and the Norse - Age of Empires: Mythologies will allow players to lead mighty heroes and legendary monsters, call down divine powers of the gods, and change the tide of battle with an all-new active combat system. Age of Empires: Mythologies will also offer an immersive multiplayer experience with unique maps, customizable rules, a new skirmish mode and single-cart game sharing, allowing players anywhere to go head-to-head worldwide.

Syberia

Leave behind the past and embrace a future of unpredictable events, as you encounter unique worlds, endearing characters and challenging puzzles. For Kate Walker, a sophisticated New York Attorney, the Voralberg Toy Company acquisition seemed like an easy task: a quick stop-over to a small alpine village in France to buy-out an old toy factory, then straight back home to New York. But deep in the alpine valleys, Kate uncovers a secret which starts her on a fascinating quest of discovery. Due to an unexpected twist, her business trip quickly becomes a journey across land and time throwing all she values into question, while the deal she set out to sign becomes a pact with destiny... Embark on a journey that will envelop and capture your imagination, emotions and senses...

Cradle of Rome
All Star Cheer Squad
Emma in the Mountains
Personal Trainer: Cooking
Chrysler Classic Racing
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force
Neopets Puzzle Adventure
Imagine Gymnast

PC

Band Manager
Call of Atlantis
Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual
Bolt
Puzzlegeddon
The Chronicles of Spellborn

PS2

Nothing! Agh!

PS3

Nothing except PSN stuff

PSP

Nothing!

Wii

The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga

The first ever collection of THE KING OF FIGHTERS, consisting of 5 complete games. KOF 94, 95, 96, 97, 98

Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine

Prepare for Battle! Chop, mix, stir and dice against the greatest chefs the world has ever known in a lightning-paced cooking competition. Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine challenges players to take up the role of a master chef in the midst of a battle for culinary supremacy. Recreating the blistering speed of the Food Network’s hit television show, players are presented with epic culinary battles centered on 15 theme ingredients and hundreds of dish variations.

Cake Mania: In the Mix!

Skate City Heroes
Ski & Shoot
AMF Bowling World Lanes
Championship Foosball
Chrysler Classic Racing
Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
Winter Sports 2: The Next Challenge

Xbox360

NPPL Championship Paintball 2009

The intensity of first-person-shooters and extreme sports collide in NPPL’s Championship Paintball 2009! Feel the adrenaline of intense tournament and woodsball action like never before as you take your game to the next level with this release from the #1 publisher in paintball video games. With most authentic and realistic paintball game to date, you’ll feel like you’re right in the action!

WiiWare/VC

dunno yet

XBLA

Banjo-Kazooie (This has been delayed to next week)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

dunno yet

PSN

Metal Gear Online Meme Expansion
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix


dunno yet

So, not too big of a week, amidst an otherwise huge Fall '08.

We have Chrono Trigger DS coming out, one of the greatest RPGs ever made, for NDS.
NDS also gets a new Age of Empires, which hopefully well be good like the last one. NDS also gets another port of an adventure/point/click game, Syberia, which, I think is/was good?


The Playstation systems get no retail releases this week.


The Wii gets the awesome must-have King of Fighters Orochi Collection, in other words KOF 94, 95, 96, 97, and 98 in one package. Definitely hittin' that up.



The HD systems get the Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, after much ado.



So what's everyone getting this week? Probably nothing but Chrono Trigger DS?

Lightor216

Banjo got delayed until next week.

slash000

Lightor216 wrote: »

Banjo got delayed until next week.

Huh. Didn't realize it.


Is SSIITHDR really coming out this week?

Cherrn

Do we know if the Wii Orochi Collection is better than the PS2 version? It's an incredible deal nonetheless, but it has some pretty inexcusable bugs, such lack of arranged soundtracks in-game (meanwhile they're in the soundtest), and tons of bugs all around.

I want to get it, but the soundtrack problem is especially infuriating, since the music is my favorite part of the non-'98 games.

Jubeh

slash000 wrote: »

Is SSIITHDR really coming out this week?

Yeah, on the 26th.

Xagarath

CTDS has horrible cover art.
Preordered, nontheless.

Ranced

Still debating whether I should buy Turbo HD or not. I'll wait for the online impressions first.

slash000

Cherrn wrote: »

Do we know if the Wii Orochi Collection is better than the PS2 version? It's an incredible deal nonetheless, but it has some pretty inexcusable bugs, such lack of arranged soundtracks in-game (meanwhile they're in the soundtest), and tons of bugs all around.

I want to get it, but the soundtrack problem is especially infuriating, since the music is my favorite part of the non-'98 games.

Oh, right. Shit. I'll have to wait and see. Do you know what all bugs/issues there are? I can live without the rearranged music.

slash000

Xagarath wrote: »

CTDS has horrible cover art.
Preordered, nontheless.

Meh. It's essentially the same as it was on the SNES box.

Graviija

CTDS is like the realization of a dream I had when the first Final Fantasy remake was announced for the GBA.

It will be bought. It will be bought so hard.

MiserableMirth

HD Remix is my most anticipated title of the year. I've been reading Sirlin's website and keeping up to date with it. I know a lot of people aren't a big fan of Sirlin, but I think he does a good job.

Not sure what I think about time stopping abilities though...

slash000

What time stopping abilities?

MiserableMirth

slash000 wrote: »

What time stopping abilities?

I was talking this blog post of his. I could try to explain it, but I think your better off reading it first hand. It's only a few paragraphs into the blog.

BTP

How awesome would it be if Nintendo were to bring out Ocarina of Time: Master Quest for Virtual Console next week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the game?

But, yeah.....I know.

Rent

Man, I wish I could get CTDS this week but....I'm out of money i-i

Jubeh

MiserableMirth wrote: »

Not sure what I think about time stopping abilities though...

Man Sirlin gets so much hate for this, but if you ever fallen from really high or something like that, than you totally know what he's talking about.

urahonky

Heh. I was going to say: "Oh thank God! Nothing good this week!" Then I saw Chrono Trigger.

RainbowDespair

Glad that nothing too big comes out this week (CTDS can wait until a price drop seeing as how I played the SNES one to death); means I can catch up on my existing games and buy a few XBox Community Games (Weapon of Choice and maybe 1-2 more although I haven't decided which).

Rex Dart

slash000 wrote: »

Cherrn wrote: »

Do we know if the Wii Orochi Collection is better than the PS2 version? It's an incredible deal nonetheless, but it has some pretty inexcusable bugs, such lack of arranged soundtracks in-game (meanwhile they're in the soundtest), and tons of bugs all around.

I want to get it, but the soundtrack problem is especially infuriating, since the music is my favorite part of the non-'98 games.

Oh, right. Shit. I'll have to wait and see. Do you know what all bugs/issues there are? I can live without the rearranged music.

I've spent a lot of time with the PS2 version, and read several impressions, and from all I've read, none of the issues really affect gameplay. There's a bit of lag at the start of '94 matches, but it never affects gameplay apparently. The only other noticeable bug is the KOF '98 announcer.

SirUltimos

I don't care how close it is to Christmas, or many epic RPGs I have yet to even touch. I am fucking buying Chrono Trigger.

slash000

Rex Dart wrote: »

slash000 wrote: »

Cherrn wrote: »

Do we know if the Wii Orochi Collection is better than the PS2 version? It's an incredible deal nonetheless, but it has some pretty inexcusable bugs, such lack of arranged soundtracks in-game (meanwhile they're in the soundtest), and tons of bugs all around.

I want to get it, but the soundtrack problem is especially infuriating, since the music is my favorite part of the non-'98 games.

Oh, right. Shit. I'll have to wait and see. Do you know what all bugs/issues there are? I can live without the rearranged music.

I've spent a lot of time with the PS2 version, and read several impressions, and from all I've read, none of the issues really affect gameplay. There's a bit of lag at the start of '94 matches, but it never affects gameplay apparently. The only other noticeable bug is the KOF '98 announcer.

OK sweet.

Plus, I have KOF94 on Virtual Console anyway.

brynstar

I might buy HD remix. Going to check out the demo first. Other than that, I survived another year of crazy game release madness!

urahonky

brynstar wrote: »

I might buy HD remix. Going to check out the demo first. Other than that, I survived another year of crazy game release madness!

Except Dead Space! I see that in your tag, you can't hide it!

brynstar

urahonky wrote: »

brynstar wrote: »

I might buy HD remix. Going to check out the demo first. Other than that, I survived another year of crazy game release madness!

Except Dead Space! I see that in your tag, you can't hide it!

I love Dead Space. It's one of my favorite games of all time, and possibly my favorite of this year.

I bought all the downloadable content. It's awesome.

I ended up buying SFII on PS3, due to the Dpad conundrum.