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The Legend of Dragoon Now On PSN, Almost Had A Sequel

Good news for any Legend of Dragoon fans out there. The classic Sony RPG is now available on PSN. Well, it’s actually been available for a while. I’m a bit late to the party (playing Xenoblade and all). I do remember my time with The Legend of Dragoon. I got quite hooked on the game and almost beat it. What happened? Well, first my gaming ADD acted up (I got a new game). Then my PS1 stopped working. Then my PS2 had trouble reading PS1 games. And I was on the fourth disc. Damn. But hey, I got a PS3, and it does read PS1 games (as ALL PS3s DO.) So maybe I’ll return to this someday. But hey, if you want a bug-free romp through this game and/or you want to finally play this game, it’s up on PSN as a PSOne classic.

And now for some crotch kicking news. The Legend of Dragoon almost had a sequel. Yep, and it was in production, most likely for the PS2. However, no one knew about this until Shu Yoshida talked about it recently. He states that when he left SCEJ, the game was still in production. Why it was cancelled is a mystery. But it could’ve been lack of interest at the time. I mean, yeah, there were fans of the game and yeah the game did well with critics, sales, and gamers. But when you have Final Fantasy X looming around the corner and everyone talking about how awesome the game was going to be, you know your morale’s gonna take a major blow. Yoshida didn’t state how long the game was in production, nor when exactly it was cancelled. But hey, at least this cancellation wasn’t as bad as another one we know.

Sony Reveals That A Sequel to The Legend of Dragoon Almost Happened [Shogun Gamer]

Use These Xenoblade Commercials in Your Youtube Videos

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[UPDATE: 3o second version of ~Action~ now up. View after the break]

Ahoy!

After seeing that Operation Rainfall made their own trailer for Xenoblade, I decided to jump in and create my own videos for it. But instead of a trailer, I decided to make TV commercials! Three 15 second ones to be exact (with a 30 sec one coming soon). You can read up on the process of how these videos were made in the video descriptions on YT. Now I could’ve made another trailer, but I feel that commercials, particularly the ones for videogames, don’t get as much love. Plus fan-made trailers tend to lean dangerously close to AMV territory. Sure they pop up every freaking time on TV and before a video. But when you sit down and look at a commercial (especially the older ones), you sort of begin to appreciate how the video was made and who it was made for. That and how far we’ve gone in the art of advertising.

But enough about that. We’re here about using them. After the break, the other two commercials and what to do.
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Did The Last Story U.S. Release Date Get Leaked?

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Looks like it. A User by the name of Conegamer at gamrConnect noticed that The Last Story‘s Metacritic page has posted a release date of June 19, 2012. Conegamer does point out that Metacritic has been wrong before, but with many signs pointing to an ambiguous Summer release for the game, Metacritic may not be too far off.

Remember kiddos, Xenoblade gets release on April 6, a Friday. Those that pre-ordered get a snazzy artbook. Though I’ll have to confirm with Gamestop if those artbooks apply to those that preodered before or after they said it. And to U.K. gamers, GAME doesn’t have The Last Story in stock. So you might have to look elsewhere for your TLS fix.

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Confirmed For Release on PSP

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I saw the alert in my inbox today and though, “Man these guys are ultra late. This game came out last summer.” Then I look closer, and it’s actually about the other Persona 2 game, Eternal Punishment. In any case, Atlus has confirmed that Persona 2: Eternal Punishment will be released in Japan in May of this year. Eternal Punishment is a sort of continuation/expansion of the story told in Innocent Sin. Here, the story takes place a few months later, everything is set in a parallel world where the events that happened in Innocent Sin… never happened. Maya is now the silent protagonist, everyone returns but they do not know each other, save for Tatsuya, Innocent Sin’s protagonist, who remembers everything. I haven’t beaten the first Persona 2 game to know why EP is set up this way. I’m far though. Let’s just say that the map is very different from when I first started the game.

Atlus has confirmed that the new intro animation for Eternal Punishment will be done by Madhouse, the studio behind Persona 4: The Animation. IS‘ opening was done by Satelight. On the music side, players will be able to switch between the remastered and original soundtrack in-game. So far no word yet if Persona 2: Eternal Punishment will make it stateside. With Innocent Sin it seemed like a must since that was the only Persona to not get a U.S. release. With Eternal Punishment, it was released back in 2000 for the PS1, so it may not be that big of a priority. But ya never know. Atlus has been making nice with its fans so far, so I wouldn’t write this one off just yet.

Atlus announces JRPG Persona 2: Eternal Punishment coming to PSP in May [Pocket Gamer]

The Last Story English Trailer

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And finally there’s a trailer for Mistwalker’s The Last Story with English voices. Since the primary market for the PAL release is European (obviously), the voices here are British, just like Xenoblade. Of course I have no problem with it, at all. And they seem to fit even more too, especially for the Lowell character (uh, no offense), even though we don’t hear his voice. Regardless, The Last Story is scheduled for release in Europe on February 24, with Australia getting it a day before. And remember, Xenoblade graces our shores on April 6th.

Atlus Reveals Gungnir for PSP

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After teasing the hell outta gamers with little hints of what they’ll be bringing to the U.S., Atlus has revealed the game to be the strategy RPG Gungnir. While being only the fourth game in the Dept. Heaven series of games by developer Sting, it’s actually the 9th episode of the whole series. I’m guessing they’re pulling a Star Wars and skipping some episodes. The Dept. Heaven series so far consists of Riviera: The Promised Land, Yggdra Union, and Knights in the Nightmare. Gungnir is slated for release on June 12, 2012 for the PSP. That up there is the announcement trailer/intro to the game.

Now get cracking! You got a new game to guess about!

The Last Story Gets European Release Date

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In the midst of all the celebration of Xenoblade’s U.S. release confirmation, Nintendo has set February 24, 2012 as Europe’s release date for The Last Story. Hironobu Sakaguchi and his company Mistwalker are the makers of this game. The last major games they made were Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon, both Xbox 360 releases. The Last Story was release in Japan in late January of this year. No word yet on if The Last Story while join Xenoblade in coming out in the U.S., but I’m assuming Nintendo of America is going to see how this game performs in Europe before taking any action on it.

The Last Story gets European release date [CVG]

I Stand On My Soapbox: You Wanted The Game, Now Follow Through

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I Stand On My Soapbox is a series of editorials that cover more specific topics in the games industry and community. These articles are a little more extreme than normal editorials published here, and could just degenerate to outright ranting. Have fun and enjoy the show!

Over the weekend, the Wii community, and JRPGs as a whole, have been celebrating the confirmation of Xenoblade finally making it to the U.S. I’ve been listening to the music all weekend and have added some songs to my daily playlist. I’ve seen the trailer a lot, saw some gameplay footage, and watched a couple of early cutscenes in the game. I’m ready to preorder this baby this week (even though I really hate Gamestop, it’s my only choice. And no I have no means to pre-order from Nintendo). But in the back of my mind, I fear that this game may not sell well in the U.S. But this time, it cannot happen. It mustn’t happen! Continue reading →

Xenoblade U.S. Trailer and new Title Design

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Not too long after the reveal of Xenoblade coming to the U.S., a new trailer was posted. The trailer reveals that the U.S. release will be based on the PAL version, meaning that there will be British voices a-plenty. One thing that has been changed is the title design, which now has “Chronicles” in smaller font and under a line (ignore the IGN thumbnail). I actually like this new design as it’s less busy than the PAL version and downplays the “Chronicles” part of the title (something that many gamers saw as an unnecessary subtitle). You’ll also notice many of the songs that are in the game that are really stunning. I’ve been listening to some of the music all weekend, and it’s really good! Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts, Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story) and Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono series, Soma Bringer) are the composers for this game, so you know this is going to be an amazing soundtrack. Xenoblade is set for release in April 2012.

Xenoblade Confirmed For U.S. Release!

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Well guys, it finally happened. Xenoblade will finally be hitting the U.S. next year under the title Xenoblade Chronicles. This comes to us via a report from IGN in which an image from an anonymous Gamestop employee was shown to have Xenoblade in the release schedule. Soon afterward, images of Xenoblade Chronicles popped up on on Nintendo’s Facebook page. At 10:10AM PST, Nintendo posted on their Facebook page:

“It’s confirmed! Next year, Wii players throughout North America can wield the Monado blade and join the epic battle between the Homs and the Mechons in Xenoblade Chronicles. Like this post if you’re ready for an adventure on the surface of two frozen Titans!”

There are some out there that may feel a little manipulated out there after begging, pleading, and potentially boycotting all Nintendo products, and they have a right to be a little disappointed that Nintendo would dangle the carrot in front of gamers like that. But I think it’s time to put the pride aside and just be happy that we’re getting the damned game. The critically acclaimed game is set for release in April 2012.

Xenoblade Confirmed for United States [IGN]

The Wired Fish Podcast Episode 3

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Welcome one and all to the third episode of The Wired Fish Podcast. For this third episode we finally have Kung-Fu expert David and fighting game funnyman Bryan on board to discuss the issues at hand in this wonderful geekoverse we live in. In this episode, we discuss Sonic Generations and the trials and tribulations of the series leading up to this point. Next is Sony’s PSN Pass and their attempt to combat used game sales. Afterwards we discuss the current state of the JRPG market and its migration too handhelds. And finally we talk about comic-con and the anticipation of many new fighters on the horizon.

The new intro animation and title card was inspired by Gaijin Game’s BIT.TRIP series if you notice the similarity.

Lost Odyssey trailer obtained from IGN.

Intro – ………………………………………:30

Sonic Generations – ……………………2:18

The Sonic Supporting Cast – …………16:40

PSN Pass – ……………………………..26:00

The current state of the JRPG Market – 45:23

Comic-Con -…………………………… 1:13:10

Credits – ………………………………..1:17:16

Soulja-Boy Attack -…………………. 1:17:48