SteelAttack said:Can't watch video here. Damn. Is combat turn based, or real time? Maybe programmable friend AI?
Try the japanese site link at the top. It seems to be a combination of things. But mostly action based with points and stuff.
It's confirmed as being Monolithsoft, now owned by Nintendo.
Awesome harbingers of Disaster Day of Crisis 
Only they are proven in the RPG realm and the rumour is that this is the game FFXII's Matsuno has been working on with them.
EDIT:
By the look of the trailer and this pic, the environments are huge.
Dvader just described it, though, it seems combat is real time. Awesome.
I'm all abord the hype train for this one.
Strangely the up close cinematic graphics are worse than the actual gameplay overworld graphics.
But its all solidly chunky and pleasing to the eye. I love this kind of look in games. It reminds me Skies of Arcadia. Basically anything that reminds me of that 50 hour lovefest gets a thumbs up from me.
Others say it reminds them of FF XII which I can definetely see.
Dvader said:Even Carnage thinks this game will be amazing. If that doesn't show you something about it nothing will.
What?
Dvader said:Even Carnage thinks this game will be amazing. If that doesn't show you something about it nothing will.
wow
personally, i'm trying to resist the hype as an overlong rpg of this type is the last game i can fit in my schedule. i think i'm secretly loving it though. with a pedigree like that i think at the very least it will be a good game
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Official Site: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/index.html
Previously announced at E3 2009 as Monado, this is Tetsuya Takahashi's next major RPG project due for release on the Wii in Japan in Spring 2010.
Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library...100129/06.html
Xenoblade?
So is this game somehow related to Xenogears and/or Xenosaga? If so thats fucking awesome as those are some of my all-time favorite RPG's.
edgecrusher said:
Xenoblade?So is this game somehow related to Xenogears and/or Xenosaga? If so thats fucking awesome as those are some of my all-time favorite RPG's.
It is from the same makers. Nintendo owns them now!
angrymonkey said:And they never have ip rights so they have to keep changing the name. They are running out of things to pair up with xeno
Until they call a game Xenowang I think they can keep migrating from name to name for some time.
I liked XenoGears, but I didn't really care for Xeno Saga at all. Too many cutscreens, not enough game for me. This one looks like it's following the path of Gears so it'll be interesting to watch. And that one screen shot of the two giant mechs fighting in the water just about sells the game on its own. That's a hell of a visual even for a cutscreen.
Dvader said:Even Carnage thinks this game will be amazing. If that doesn't show you something about it nothing will.
well now I'm aprehensive.
edgecrusher said:
Xenoblade?So is this game somehow related to Xenogears and/or Xenosaga? If so thats fucking awesome as those are some of my all-time favorite RPG's.
Monolith Soft developed:
PlayStation 2
- Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (2002)
- Xenosaga: Episode I: Reloaded (2003)
- Xenosaga Freaks (2004)
- Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (2004)
- Namco × Capcom (2005)
- Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (2006)
Nintendo GameCube
- Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (2003, co-developed by tri-Crescendo)
- Baten Kaitos Origins (2006, co-developed by tri-Crescendo)
Nintendo DS
- Xenosaga I & II (2006, co-developed by Tom Create)
- Soma Bringer (200
- Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier (200
- Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (2009)
- Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED (TBA)
Wii
- Disaster: Day of Crisis (200
- Xenoblade (2010)
I'm in!
I hope it comes here! I'm sure it would but hope it does.
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ASK_Story said:This looks pretty cool! A Nintendo first-party RPG by Matsuno?
I'm in!
I hope it comes here! I'm sure it would but hope it does.
That was the rumour at the time, at E3 last year. But I don't think its true as it hasn't ever been officially mentioned.
Maybe Matsuno is working with Sakaguchi at Mistwalker on Last Story?
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.
MONADO TRAILER
(back up link - check the japanese site first link in post for proper quality trailer)
Hit the HQ option.