Now things are getting interesting.��
Listed on Nintendos japanese site
IGN eyes on trailer and screens
A lone warrior chopping through an army of robotic warriors with an outsized Cloud Strife-like energy sword. Colossal war machines advancing though a misty canyon, shooting anything that moves. The few remaining human defenders hiding behind simple wooden shields that are no match for high-energy weapons. Welcome to the world of Monado.��
The debut trailer for Monado: Beginning of the World premiered today at E3: 2009, and first impressions for the new Wii RPG are that the beginning is going to be pretty exciting. Things kick off with that canyon-set battle, revealing more and bigger enemies with an interesting steampunk design. Things likely don't end well for our lone warrior, as we soon segue to a young blonde hero discovering that energy sword - now inert - only to see it flash blindingly to life the moment he picks it up. Your standard JRPG Hero's Journey (tm) is definitely in full effect here, with just a dash of King Arthur.��
Gameplay appears to be open-world, where you'll traverse lush jungles, glowing forests, climb sheer walls, and encounter the crumbling remains of a conquered people. It looks nicely textured and details pop, animating at what looks like a smooth 30 fps.��
Players will pick up two partners in their travels, and while combat initially looks turn-based, we saw all three party members attacking simultaneously. Transitions into combat are completely seamless; characters approach enemies, draw weapons, and it's on. One scene showed your team (wielding much smaller edged weaponry) surrounding a lizard-man enemy, who didn't make much of a dent in their lifebars before it was downed. A much larger lizard-man (a good twenty feet tall) and giant mutant crab monster probably fared better.
(back up link - check the japanese site first link in post for proper quality trailer)
Hit the HQ option.
She's like a little girl, I can't play as that as a manly man. I had to ignore her.
manly men do not play Animal Crossing
Lies!
Hamster is right.
How is the wiimote with this, should I get CC Pro?
GG did you finish this game?
Don't bother with the CC at all with this game, you have to use the analogue and the d-pad at the same time so the CC is useless.
I am 95% of the way there, stuck on this boss and left my wii at a relatives house so I can play something whilst there.
When I wake up tomorrow this game is mine. Finally. This is all your doing Iga, I better like it.
I am 4 hours in, so much to do, it is a bit overwhelming. So it has a MM like NPC system, sweet! I am slowly getting around the leveling up systems, there is a ton of stuff to manage. The menus take a little too long to load, its not bad at all but for a game with so much to manage I wish it was more instantaneous.
Broken record time, the game looks like ass. You know all the reasons so I wont get into them. The world so far is design very beautifuly, nice green landscapes with big lakes and such.
This is where I am a bit worried, I am not connecting with the combat all that much yet. Most battles are super simple without much to do, all RPGs have these. The larger enemies are more fun to fight but still it just feels, I dont know, like I am doing simple actions. So far I find the FFXII system was more interesting. "But that was automatic!" Yeah but I had a million options, loads of spells, buffs, debuffs, summons, etc. I know it is very very early but I dont see that same level of variety, even when looking through the manual and stuff. Lets see, again very very early and these are just my first impressions. I really like the quest and NPC system, seems great.
A few questions, what are affinity coins for, I see that I earn them but I dont see where to use them. NPCs do you just talk to them after different events to advance their relationships, or do you talk with a different character or something?
I did just get beat down by some crazy fast bunnys with swords. I had killed a bunch of easy ones but I guess I reached a further area and this special one charged me and he called his whole bunny posse to beat the shit out of me. So that was awesome.
Looking back on this thread it seems like I have not seen shit of the battle system. Cant wait to see the chain thing.