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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.
What is that chick actually trying to do? Munching on invisible corn on the cob?
Wiping off a Bukakke.
Which makes it 100% appropriate for the quote you posted it to
In keeping up with my reputation of always being very LTTP, for the first time since I bought it upon release back in the day, I have been thinking about actually playing this.
Does it really take 120 odd hours just to finish this game? That's the only thing that's keeping me. I've played JRPGs before like FFIV and DQIV etc but never anything longer than 45-50 hours.
Also ... I so wish I'd bought the limited edition with the funky red classic controller and the sexy box.
I think my playthrough clocked in at 128 hours, and thats's not counting the endgame stuff I did. Totally worth it though.
You can do the story in 60 hrs I hear but don't worry about playtime, it's easy and enjoyable throughout.
You CAN do it in 60, but it'll be a LOT more challenging since you won't be leveled up properly for the end which gets pretty tough.
I usually take longer than most people for such games. It took me over 70 hours for Twilight Princess (though that was possibly because I just didn't want it to end).
I took 60 to 100% it.
It took me 50-55 for 100% sans fishing. Fuck the fishing.