DS RPGs: when it rains it pours

[darkblu]

*in light of square-enix's little godzilla of a title devastating the market in the country of the rising sun as we speak*

no, it's not another smash hit RPG being relesed simultaneously with FFIII ; )
but a couple more RPGs in the cooking look more than promising to me:

dragon quest monsters: joker by SE again (apparently those guys are on a roll to devastate their homeland)
and
tales of tempest by namco - hey, these guys learn fast ; )

 

[Guden Oden]

I also saw another RPG previewed somewhere, that used both screens for in-game graphics and boss monsters that were full-screens high! Looked way cool, with excellent art. Not sure how it plays tho.

 

[darkblu]

I also saw another RPG previewed somewhere, that used both screens for in-game graphics and boss monsters that were full-screens high! Looked way cool, with excellent art. Not sure how it plays tho.

perhaps luminous ark - isometric view, hand-drawn goodness?

 

[Guden Oden]

Sorry, that doesn't look like it unfortunately... It seemed pretty much like a secret of mana-like game (ie: not isometric), except that the game world was shown on both screens (this game has stats on the upper screen), and like I said, bosses were double-screen high.

 

[Corwin_B]

Sorry, that doesn't look like it unfortunately... It seemed pretty much like a secret of mana-like game (ie: not isometric), except that the game world was shown on both screens (this game has stats on the upper screen), and like I said, bosses were double-screen high.

Contact maybe ?

Or Magical Starsign : http://media.ds.ign.com/media/720/720463/imgs_1.html

 

[Guden Oden]

Contact maybe ?

Got any links for that one?

Or Magical Starsign : http://media.ds.ign.com/media/720/720463/imgs_1.html

Looks like it was this one. Graphically it looks boss, IMO. Dunno how it plays tho!

 

[Corwin_B]

Got any links for that one?

http://ds.ign.com/objects/761/761628.html : a preview, a couple dozens of pictures and a couple of videos. I'm soooo getting this day 1 (well, day 1 usually translates in day 15 or so since I'm importing from US).

 

[sfried]

Someone's forgetting Luminous Arc.

 

[Rolf N]

Does Children of Mana count as an RPG?

 

[Corwin_B]

Does Children of Mana count as an RPG?

That's an action-RPG so I guess yes . I've got the Japanese version, it's decent with nice town graphics (dungeons being less impressive) and superb music.

 

[darkblu]

and one interesting and more western-like styled (AD&D) RPG here:

Etrian Odyssey

(original japanese title Seikaijuu No Meikyuu)

 

[Corwin_B]

and one interesting and more western-like styled (AD&D) RPG here:

Etrian Odyssey

(original japanese title Seikaijuu No Meikyuu)

I just saw the thread about this on GAF. Looks sweet.

 

[StefanS]

New Square-Enix love...

The first is a new IP from the Kingdom Hearts staff, called It's a Wonderful World. The title appears to take place in an urban Japanese setting, but with tons of monsters in the streets. It appears that battles take place on both screens simultaneously, and the one battle screen also displays a group of button icons that look almost like what you'd expect in a dancing game, although my interpretation is probably flawed.

The other title revealed is Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.

http://planetgamecube.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=12040