Announced back inJuly, Final Fantasy Gaiden is a retro, DS-only take on the series with an absolutely adorable art style and simplified controls.Instead of being a remake of an older title, this is an all-new game inspired by those classics of days gone by, specifically the NES entries in the series. Details revealed thus far include a “hat-switching” job system, a quick, screen tapping control scheme, and a rocking 8-bit soundtrack....
Being the Persona-obsessed freak I am sitting here writing this post while I wear my brand spanking new Persona 4 shirt I got from the Cospa booth today, you know I made a mad dash forPersona 3 PSPthe moment I spotted it on the show floor. So it was entirely in Japanese and I couldn’t read the menus very well — SO WHAT. After all, I’ve played enough of the first game to have most of the interactions memorized anyway....
You could be forgiven for thinking (or even hoping) that Platinum Games’Vanquishis just an awesome, balls-mental shooter about a space marine sliding about on his knees, and that there’s no plot tying it all together. This new “story” trailer, however, sets that to rights. Apparently, the Russians have exploded San Francisco and want to do the same to New York. It’s up to our knee-rocketing hero, Sam Gideon, to put a stop to the red menace and save humanity from bald men who say “comrade” a lot....
Razer is getting into the arcade stick game, and they have prototypes here at Tokyo Game Show to show off. I had a chance to poke at one and even pop it open today. It looks like a serious piece of kit already, but it’s not even close to being done yet. Product Marketing manager Hilmar Hahn told us that they have created this prototype arcade stick with feedback from the gaming community, but they want gamers to get their hands on it and give more feedback so that they can create the perfect stick....
SoFinal Fantasy XIIIis going to have a motorcycle that’s created when two women basically fuse together by scissoring each other. Hot. Jonathan talks some more with Gaijin Games, Nick checked outTony Hawk Ride, theChrono Crosssong in Mashup Monday is dope, GIGAPERSONADRILL BREAKAH,Metal Gear Onlinegets bikini outfits and plenty more happened on 06/15/09. Destructoid Originals:E3 09: Bit.Trip interview with Gaijin games part twoNew releases: Ghostbusters, Roogoo Attack and moreVideo interview/scoop: Tony Hawk Ride features a giant robotPodtoid 102 records in a few hoursMusic Mashup Monday: Michael Jackson meets Sonic 2?...
Oh the irony! I have mocked the uselessness of online petitions for many years during my Destructoid tenure, and yet I am now forced to throw my support behind one because it’s a subject I actually care about.A petition was started todayto getThe Last Storya Western release and, well, it’ssomething. At the time of writing, 1331 signatures are on the list and I’m throwing this out there for Destructoid readers who’d like to contribute....
When I woke up this morning, I certainly did not predict that I’d be writing aboutToejam & Earl,but here we are. The Sega Genesis game that never gets mentioned except by five peopleis coming to XBLAas one of Sega’s ever-popular rehashes of old stuff. Despite its cult status,Toejam & Earlnever seems to appear on Sega’s many Genesis compilations, often overlooked by the publisher. Now it finally gets its time to shine, with the game winninga pollto determine which classic Sega title should get released on XBLA next....
We’vetouched on what’s newinDungeons and Dragons: Eberron Unlimited. The digital upgrade will add a new class, raise the level cap, add new instances and even come with “gameplay enhancements.” Earlier today, Turbine blew the lid off the content, making our lives easier by not having to write in generalities. The new class being introduced byEberron Unlimitedis called the “Favored Soul.” It’s is a mixture of healer and sorcerer with a bit of melee thrown in....
This is the second holiday season Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect device has been on the market, and Ubisoft has a huge push for Kinect-enabled games lined up for the season. Ubisoft SVP of sales and marketing, Tony Key, had a lot to say about Kinect in a recent interview withGamasutra. Ubisoft has their own view of how Kinect games should be built and marketed, and it seems they’re fully aware of the device’s limitations....
What you’re seeing isn’t an official trailer for Epic’sGears of War 3, but you’d be hard pressed to tell. Created byThe Duo Group(in collaboration with a who slew of other folks), it’s set to Johnny Cash’s haunting cover of Nine Inch Nail’s “Hurt.” It follows in the footsteps of previous (and official)Gearspromotional clips — COG soldiers with their backs to a wall, facing unassailable odds against incoming Locust (and now Lambent) forces, and a depressing music bed....
ATLUS has teamed up with developer ACE Team’sZeno Clashto Xbox LIVE Arcade asZeno Clash: Ultimate Edition. You should know this is a good thing — the once PC-only title mixed first-person brawling and a bizarre fantasy world that just needs to be experienced to be believed. This latest trailer shows the XBLA version of the game in action, showing off some of the game’s melee attacks. Basically, it’s one minute worth of bizarre bird creatures and other questionable humanoid things getting the sh*t kicked out of them....
They say their calling “game on,” but I know that Walmart has their eye on Amazon.com when it comes to the prices of games. And they’re not about to give their sales up to Amazon either. Instead of backing down, they’ve cut prices on key games to match Amazon’s. They sent us a list of what had been cut, and here are some of the highlights: As you can see, these are about $10 price cuts....
Warriors: Legends of Troylaunches on March 8, and Tecmo Koei is celebrating the imminent release with a (surprisingly grainy) final trailer and a batch of screens. The video certainly looks epic and has lots ofMANLY SHOUTING, which is all I ask from a trailer. The game’s been in development for roughly three thousand years, and the amount of gameplay footage has been minimal to say the least. That does worry me, but when Iplayed it at E3, it showed a fair amount of promise....
