Japanese console RPG fans rejoice, as you are not alone in this corrupt world of casual gaming and first-person shooters (no offense to those lost souls). Worry not, as one of your brethren is here with the Good Word… the good word onStar Ocean 4.
A few of our other “brethren” have sent in scans from the latest issue of Famitsu (see below). Thanks to all that did so. The scans don’t show much, but they’re still worth a look. And why is it that no one is facing the camera?
Also, Square Enix has launched a JapaneseStar Oceanportal site calledEternal Sphere. It has teasers and information on the upcoming games from Square Enix’s “other, other” RPG series. Unfortunately, there are only teaser splash pages for the titles we really want to know about, namelyStar Ocean First DepartureandSecond Evolution(both for PSP), and of course,Star Ocean 4. All three of these will make a showing at this years Tokyo Game Show.
The last bit of news comes to us fromNext-Gen.biz, as they came across something we must have missed. They say thatStar Ocean 4will be a PS3 exclusive title. It’s a bit surprising to hear that, as most of Square Enix’s other properties seem to be going multiplatform.Star Oceanhas always been a PlayStation series, so the fourth one should be right at home on the PlayStation 3.
Next-Gen is also saying thatStar Ocean 4has the potential to be for theStar Oceanseries whatOblivionwas for theElder Scrollsgames. I don’t know that we’ve seen enough of the game to say that yet, but let’s hope that this is true.
We’ll be able to bring you more details on the two PSP remakes as well asStar Ocean 4later this month from TGS.
