Being a gigantic fan of the Japanese RPG and knowing the appetites of said fans, I am half tempted to just toss these new Famitsu scans out onto the site and then head for high ground to avoid the ensuing flood of drool, but I'll be nice.
Cross Edge is a new RPG due out in Japan for the PlayStation 3 this September that is a collaboration between some of the top names in the genre. Nippon Ichi, Gust, Namco Bandai, Idea Factory, and even Capcom have lent their properties to this superstar game, which features characters from Darkstalkers, Disgaea, Ar Tonelico, and many more. Hell, a game with Etna and Morrigan together alone is worth eleventy million dollars. The game features turn-based battles, a plot that involves rescuing souls, and...if you look to the bottom right corner of the scan...the ability to dress your characters up in a wide variety of outfits, from PE clothes to devil costumes.
Chances of this coming out in the states? Pretty damn unlikely. Chances of me importing this? Over nine thousand. Thanks to SupaPhly for the scans!
The game features turn-based battles, a plot that involves rescuing souls, and...if you look to the bottom right corner of the scan...the ability to dress your characters up in a wide variety of outfits, from PE clothes to devil costumes.
sounds like it'll sell millions dude. goty 2008
and i completely forgot that i had chaos wars preordered. i bought the awful mana khemia last month (which sounds like a fucking disease) and i'm buying chaos wars this month because i know games like these instantly turn into gold mines on ebay within the year. every nippon ichi game i purchased after disgaea is still wrapped in the plastic because i dare not touch it.
I think I may now vomit in disgust. At least they aren't actually using RPG Maker.
you know i played ar tonelico (not all of it, like 5 hours - ps i bought it because it came in ridiculous packaging, which is the kind of thing that will sell for 5 times what i bought it for on ebay) and it was honestly the most disgusting and horrible game i have ever played. only women are able to use magic, and because of this they are exploited and made into these sort of wizard slaves by men. they don't resist, though, because they're moe and have the personality and will of five year olds. men unlock these women's magic power by soul diving, or going into their subconscious, but the game sexualizes it and makes it really awful. i remember there was this one point where a girl said "will you... s... soul dive into me?" and when you do it she says "that... that hurt more than i thought it would... but it was my first time... and i chose you" or something like that. ps that was said by an 18 year old trapped in a 12 year old's body.
so yeah ar tonelico is absolute garbage and this will be too.
you know i played ar tonelico (not all of it, like 5 hours - ps i bought it because it came in ridiculous packaging, which is the kind of thing that will sell for 5 times what i bought it for on ebay) and it was honestly the most disgusting and horrible game i have ever played. only women are able to use magic, and because of this they are exploited and made into these sort of wizard slaves by men. they don't resist, though, because they're moe and have the personality and will of five year olds. men unlock these women's magic power by soul diving, or going into their subconscious, but the game sexualizes it and makes it really awful. i remember there was this one point where a girl said "will you... s... soul dive into me?" and when you do it she says "that... that hurt more than i thought it would... but it was my first time... and i chose you" or something like that. ps that was said by an 18 year old trapped in a 12 year old's body.
so yeah ar tonelico is absolute garbage and this will be too.
This is Ar Tonelico.I really hope all of that was intentional. Because that was hilarious if not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoODv8LVib8
I remember an atlus game, on the back it said,"Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series!"
except dante's inclusion in nocturne was actually used tastefully (well, as tasteful as a videogame cameo gets) and they even tied the story around his appearance. these games are basically just taking a bunch of shitty characters and throwing them in the same universe with no explaination or nothing kind of the like the Tales of the Niri Kiri Dungeon/World/WHATEVER THE FUCK GODDAMN I HATE THE TALES SERIESWell I never said I played the game. However, I heard it was rare and/or expensive. Anyways, this does look pretty bad. Everyone has their moments. Like Squenix. Squenix has alot of bad moments~
And the original version of that game didn't have Dante in it. He was just a random bonus to sell more copies.
(And it was actually a good game by itself, whereas Cross Edge has NO CHANCE of being a good game)
btw to be fair there's a realistic lack of breasts on the 12 year olds nippon ichi sexualize in their games. no pretending you're jerking off to someone with an adult figure with them!actually most of sexualized NI characters are 1230 year old demons or whatever, except maybe Hanako, but the rest of them actually look like adults or are Marona who doesn't look sexualized at all.
You could always learn to get off more quickly.nor am i, but i do endorse SRW which pretty much started the whole cross-over genre, so i have no right to complain
EDIT: I am in no way endorsing this
EDIT: Also I don't really know that much about Japan but I'm under the impression that while it is illegal to have sex with young girls that it is not considered socially unacceptable to be a pedophile. So maybe that justifies the situation at least a little bit?
I think every 14 year old on GW got an erection when they saw that picture.
you know i played ar tonelico (not all of it, like 5 hours - ps i bought it because it came in ridiculous packaging, which is the kind of thing that will sell for 5 times what i bought it for on ebay) and it was honestly the most disgusting and horrible game i have ever played. only women are able to use magic, and because of this they are exploited and made into these sort of wizard slaves by men. they don't resist, though, because they're moe and have the personality and will of five year olds. men unlock these women's magic power by soul diving, or going into their subconscious, but the game sexualizes it and makes it really awful. i remember there was this one point where a girl said "will you... s... soul dive into me?" and when you do it she says "that... that hurt more than i thought it would... but it was my first time... and i chose you" or something like that. ps that was said by an 18 year old trapped in a 12 year old's body.
so yeah ar tonelico is absolute garbage and this will be too.
this is the worst type of reasoning for this shit. the characters look like children and behave like subservient little girls. Just because the instruction manual says Michiko is a 1000 year old demon doesn't make it any less creepy.i wasn't really trying to defend it, just stating a point(that i thought was a bit funny).
i wasn't really trying to defend it, just stating a point(that i thought was a bit funny).
but while i'm at they don't act like "subservient little girls" in any of the games(except maybe Marona, who isn't sexualized), in fact most the major female characters are kinda bitches.
*Flonne: 1500 years old, looks 9. Wears a one piece bathing suit under a lacey white teddy. Completely subservient.Okay Flonne is pretty subservient, but she's to be an angel, so... duh? I wasn't aware what she wears under her clothes(never came up in the game from what i remember), but i never said she wasn't sexualized.
*Etna: 1400 years old, looks 9. Wears a black leather bra and micro mini skirt. Loyal to her father figure.
*Marona: 13 years old, looks 8. Completely subservient. Sexualized to the point of creepiness. There's even a pedophile in the game ("Papa Cauldron")! Also there's this not safe for work image is official artwork for Phantom Brave (http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Phantom-Brave/item53856/). Note that Marona is not only sitting on a bed with her crippled friend (although it appears as if though she's sitting in her lap), she's also mostly naked.
*Hanako: 8 years old or something, looks 5. Wears practically nothing.
think about this for a second, guy.really, i don't really think these games are really that great, but idk, i guess i feel i have to defend them because i enjoy making towers of people and messing with geo-panels in these game even those things have nothing to do with the character and stories that even i know are pretty bad.
And also that whoever said Super Robot Wars games were great was right.chef did, but we obviously don't always see eye to eye on vidcons
Okay Flonne is pretty subservient, but she's to be an angel, so... duh? I wasn't aware what she wears under her clothes(never came up in the game from what i remember), but i never said she wasn't sexualized.i've never seen anyone try to reach so hard to rationalize something that's clearly true. you can just spend a brief time playing the game, look at how it's marketed, look at the character art and the way it's drawn, and it's PRETTY EASY to discern what they were going for. i guess because flonne is an angel not only does it explain why she's ridiculously subservient in the same way all those terrible anime women are (you're right this couldn't possibly be for reasons going beyond NECESSARY FOR PLOTLINE), but also why she's drawn as a sultry 10 year old girl with no pants on. i mean, that's how a ten year old angel should be portrayed, right? either you are blind or in denial here, man.
Enta was in love with Laharl's dad, but it doesn't come up much and she spends most of her time planning to defeat Laharl in both Disgaea games, so i'm gonna say bullshit on her being subservient.
Marona is subservient to the max, but that picture came up no where in the game(in fact that shirt looks a bit different from the one i see in the instuction booklet) and while i admit Papa Cauldron was creepy, he never really did anything more then try to be her dad. creepy? yes. pedo? maybe in his own mind. does that make Marona sexualized? i don't think so.
Hanako, yeah i mentioned her like 2 times already.
i can't say i know anything about the other ones(are the first two from LP Tactics?) except i think the last one is from Disgaea 3 which i have yet to play.
i've never seen anyone try to reach so hard to rationalize something that's clearly true. you can just spend a brief time playing the game, look at how it's marketed, look at the character art and the way it's drawn, and it's PRETTY EASY to discern what they were going for. i guess because flonne is an angel not only does it explain why she's ridiculously subservient in the same way all those terrible anime women are (you're right this couldn't possibly be for reasons going beyond NECESSARY FOR PLOTLINE), but also why she's drawn as a sultry 10 year old girl with no pants on. i mean, that's how a ten year old angel should be portrayed, right? either you are blind or in denial here, man.oh man, i never said she wasn't sexualized, i only said Marona wasn't. if nothing else i should probably stop posting because apparently you guys aren't even reading them.
Okay Flonne is pretty subservient, but she's to be an angel, so... duh? I wasn't aware what she wears under her clothes(never came up in the game from what i remember), but i never said she wasn't sexualized.
Enta was in love with Laharl's dad, but it doesn't come up much and she spends most of her time planning to defeat Laharl in both Disgaea games, so i'm gonna say bullshit on her being subservient.
Marona is subservient to the max, but that picture came up no where in the game(in fact that shirt looks a bit different from the one i see in the instuction booklet) and while i admit Papa Cauldron was creepy, he never really did anything more then try to be her dad. creepy? yes. pedo? maybe in his own mind. does that make Marona sexualized? i don't think so.
Hanako, yeah i mentioned her like 2 times already.
i can't say i know anything about the other ones(are the first two from LP Tactics?) except i think the last one is from Disgaea 3 which i have yet to play.
really, i don't really think these games are really that great, but idk, i guess i feel i have to defend them because i enjoy making towers of people and messing with geo-panels in these game even those things have nothing to do with the character and stories that even i know are pretty bad.
so yeah i should probably just stop, even if people are saying shit(that isn't true) about games they probably never spent more then 1 hour on.
this isn't about the intricacies of each character's contrived backstory, it's about why the people who make this game would choose to have sexy, willless little girls as it's main characters. defending the portrayl of these characters by citing the fact that it's necessary for the plotline is so ridiculous because the plotline only exists to provide an excuse to give the people who play these games a hard on.are you talking about their portrayl as sexualized little girls? in that case then, then i've said like a billion times that yes they are(with one exception). if your talking about the whole submissive thing(the one thing i really disagree on), then thats just bullshit that people are trying to say about the game because they don't like it or something.
only exists to provide an excuse to give the people who play these games a hard on.i can't say anything for japan, but i doubt there are nearly as many people playing these games for a hard on as you seem to think(there are a lot of people who actually like these games for the story, humor and gameplay who don't beat off to Etna).
how is what has been said untrue in any way? this game appeals to men who want to see little slave girls in almost no clothes - you can't really deny this without sounding like an extreme apologist or extremely naive, and you aren't naive after this topic.your are absolutely right except the part about them all being slaves.
people are reading your posts and responding to them accordingly, because your points have zero merit.funny, i would think ignoring what i'm actually trying to say here would seem to give their points zero merit. tbh, i'm a horrible writer and i'm starting to think maybe i'm not getting what i'm trying to say across correctly, because this is really getting stupid
and you're defending this thing cos you like it's battle system?my first post about their age was actually a joke(even though it was true).
are you talking about their portrayl as sexualized little girls? in that case then, then i've said like a billion times that yes they are(with one exception). if your talking about the whole submissive thing(the one thing i really disagree on), then thats just bullshit that people are trying to say about the game because they don't like it or something.
i can't say anything for japan, but i doubt there are nearly as many people playing these games for a hard on as you seem to think(there are a lot of people who actually like these games for the story, humor and gameplay who don't beat off to Etna).
your are absolutely right except the part about them all being slaves.
my first post about their age was actually a joke(even though it was true).
now most people are starting to make up shit that isn't true because they don't like the game, they probably never played or are just projecting themselves on characters making them look worse then they really are
i don't think anyone who has posted about how awful these games is telling lies to make it look bad.no they are telling lies because they are assuming they are oh so bad, even though they don't have any idea what they are talking about
if it wasn't terrible, then we wouldn't dislike it.this is bullshit, you may think its terrible to you, but that sure as hell doesn't make it, or anything else you don't like, actually terrible. seriously i can't believe you would say something that retarded. unless you are god, then yeah you have the right to make that choice for everyone else
this isn't a Gamegrudge.after the last thing you said i'm seriously starting to doubt that
now i haven't played these games in particular, i've only looked up some things on them cos of this topic, but in most of the jrpgs i've played the heroine or idealised female character(s) are blank slate do what is expected of them and what they are told saints, and this shit is so stupid. i'm not saying videogames are doing great harm to the plight of feminism here, but it's still gross.so you barely know anything about the games i am actually taking about, but you are basing your assumptions, of this game, on other jrpgs, most of which have nothing to do with it?
i am not saying they are literally slavesno fucking duh, i know exactly what you meant, i'm not an idiot. tired and a little miffed maybe.
don't try and innoculate yourself from criticism while continuing to defend the thing that is being criticised, and don't make left field accusations based on nothing.my first post(if thats what you're talking about) was a joke and has nothing to do with anything else(other then starting this whole mess).
no they are telling lies because they are assuming they are oh so bad, even though they don't have any idea what they are talking about
this is bullshit, you may think its terrible to you, but that sure as hell doesn't make it, or anything else you don't like, actually terrible. seriously i can't believe you would say something that retarded. unless you are god, then yeah you have the right to make that choice for everyone else
so you barely know anything about the games i am actually taking about, but you are basing your assumptions, of this game, on other jrpgs, most of which have nothing to do with it?
as for the "people are starting to make up shit" I was wrong. what i should have said is that, people how haven't played the game are making unfair assumptions based on information unrelated to these games themselves.
the last thing i said was joke
little girls dressing up like hookers is not terrible. women getting violated with Life Extending Crystals and saying thanks for it is not terrible. this stuff is worthwhile content.i have no idea what the life extending crystal(from a game i never said anything about i assume) thing is about and yeah dressing up little girls like hookers is pretty bad, but my point was saying 'i don't like something so it must be terrible' is a stupid thing to say, ever
this would be a valid point if i didn't know everything i need to know. i haven't played this game in particular so if we were discussing the gameplay or some shit like that, then all right, but we aren't, we're just talking about the portrayl of women/girls in these games and i can come to conclusions about it based on the characters background and the way they are presented. i'm also not only talking about disgaea,i am and always have been pretty much only talking about disgaea(and maybe a little phantom brave). and since you are pretty much wrong i can only assume you don't know everything you need to know.
what? how is anyone using information unrelated to these games? i think this just you not expressing yourself correctly here.how is saying that something happens in some other jrpgs you played, that most likely have little to no relations to the ones being mention, automaticly means it happens the same way in these games not using unrelated information?
good jokereal_jamicus seal of approval right her guys. you jealous? i bet you are...
Marona is subservient to the max, but that picture came up no where in the game(in fact that shirt looks a bit different from the one i see in the instuction booklet) and while i admit Papa Cauldron was creepy, he never really did anything more then try to be her dad. creepy? yes. pedo? maybe in his own mind. does that make Marona sexualized? i don't think so.
yeah i too am confused as to why being attracted to a drawing of an adult is somehow better than being attracted to a drawing of a 12 year old child.
idk if you caught the mocking sarcasm but what i was mostly saying was that jerking off to cartoons of clearly 9 year old girls is definitely way way worse than jerking off to cartoons of adults. just because one's BAD doesn't make the other one not worse.
This is Ar Tonelico.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoODv8LVib8
About Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia
Ages ago, the world was like any other. But, two apocalyptic wars changed everything. The sky has been sealed off by a deadly electromagnetic field and the ground is now an ocean of death. Humanity lives life peacefully suspended above the sea on continents powered by the magical tower of Ar Tonelico and protected by the knights of Elemia. However, evil is lurking upon humanity threatening the peace and balance of Ar Tonelico.
Key Features
* Moé
* Interactions among characters reveal more depth of each character
* A new and unique "Song" battle system
* Virtual interaction with mood shifting characters -Customizable weapons and items
* Over 300 creatable items
* Stunning animation
What is Moé?
Moé has become one of the most popular words among Japanese "Otaku". Various definitions of Moé have been presented. However, it seems like each individual give different definitions to the word.
Here is what NIS America sees in the word, Moé:
Moé is used when a person expresses his/ her feelings of adoration, admiration, and love toward fictional characters, which are unreachable or unobtainable. Moé is a combined feeling of innocence, purity, and naïve. This feeling is often non-sexual. A good example is if you could remember the feelings of your first love when you were young, those pure and indescribable fluttery feelings. The Japanese Otaku tend to have that innocent love and adoration toward videogame characters, and Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia contains many characters that embody those feelings. Interestingly, each individual may describe Moé differently from others; some might say it is sexual, some might not. NIS America would like to represent Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia as a game that recreates those innocent feelings once again.
Has anyone played Arcana Heart? The entire game's cast is less than 15 years old. One of the characters is 10 and wears a gothic lolita outfit but SHE'S A PROFESSIONAL WORLD REKNOWN ASSASSIN DON'T FUCK WITH HER!yes and its actually a pretty good fighting. the gothic chick and her puppet are fun to use, but incredibly hard to use right. also i think Mildred or whatever is 17 but she's an unplayable boss.
Has anyone played Arcana Heart? The entire game's cast is less than 15 years old. One of the characters is 10 and wears a gothic lolita outfit but SHE'S A PROFESSIONAL WORLD REKNOWN ASSASSIN DON'T FUCK WITH HER!
this kinda reminds me of that guy who puts peanut butter on his genitals so his dog will lick it off.Has anyone played Arcana Heart? The entire game's cast is less than 15 years old. One of the characters is 10 and wears a gothic lolita outfit but SHE'S A PROFESSIONAL WORLD REKNOWN ASSASSIN DON'T FUCK WITH HER!yes and its actually a pretty good fighting. the gothic chick and her puppet are fun to use, but incredibly hard to use right. also i think Mildred or whatever is 17 but she's an unplayable boss.
Key Features
* Moé
What is Moé?
Moé has become one of the most popular words among Japanese "Otaku". Various definitions of Moé have been presented. However, it seems like each individual give different definitions to the word.
Here is what NIS America sees in the word, Moé:
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So I don't know if this was assumed or whatever but IGN has a preview of this game and it is definitely coming to US.
I see no preview.
I'm not even going to bother getting it for you but I read it okay so try harder I guess?
Man, not that I even care about bumping or anything, but did you really just dig through the forums to find a two and a half week old topic just to call him a liar or something?
I think you read about Chaos Wars (crossover RPG from the same devs).
Is that voice acting for real? Because that would be too hilarious.Apparantly, yeah it is. I have never been so... amazed, by anything ever before.