01.30.06
Lost Magic
The Okami site has been upgraded – go to the last tab that has 戦闘 written on it, and the third and fourth pages will have clickable movies for the character’s moves.
Baten Kaitos II has a new site up. From left: Story, Characters, Battle, Movie. It’ll be out 23rd Feb. for approx. £34 for the GC. It’ll need 6 memory blocks, and is playable by one only.
Lost Magic translation then. From left: Summary, World View, Story, How to play, Battle, Character, Creatures… second row, from left: Novel, and Gallery.
Story: A world where the Creator has already died. The Creator passed away but left 6 ‘magic’s and 7 staves. The staves were long held by the wise men of the world and was passed from master to apprentice and so on. Over a thousand years had passed since the death when this story begins. All that had gone wrong over the years, the boy (main character) will have to set right, by using the magics and the stave left him.
Character: 3 main characters on the right, 7 characters they meet on the way at bottom.
This game has been out since 19th Jan. on the DS for approx. £25 (Action RPG/1-2 player) and seems to be quite popular. It is well noted that the DS touch screen usage is much in evidence in game-play (draw a ‘rune’ or two to perform magic), and it can be played over the Wi-fi connection, albeit, up to two players. You never know… it might make it outside Japan. From what can be divulged from the interview (from Nintendo Inside), the world and characters are done with the help of Yoshiharu Sato (art director) who has helped make many of the Ghibli films successful. One to watch out for, perhaps?