This week, gamers in the U.S. have some options again, but the big news is in import titles, with the release of the Ouendan sequel. How many of you will be shelling out the extra cash required to bring this one across the ocean? Probably more than a few, considering this is one of the most hotly anticipated sequels ever.DS releases in the U.S.
- Code Lyoko
- Etrian Odyssey
- Touch the Dead
DS releases in Europe
- MinDStorm
- Pony Friends
DS releases in Japan
- Custom Beat Battle: Draglade
- Duke Saraie no Kenkou Walking Navi
- Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
- Utsukushii Nihongo no Kakikata Hanashikata DS
- Yukkuri Tanoshimu Otona no Jigsaw Puzzle DS: Sekai no Meiga 1: Renaissance, Baroque no Kyoshou
- Yukkuri Tanoshimu Otona no Jigsaw Puzzle DS: Sekai no Meiga 2: Inshou-ha, Kouki Inshou-ha no Kyoshou
DS releases in Australia
Looks like you guys have the week off -- thus making the decision to import Ouendan 2 that much easier.
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5-14-2007 @ 1:41PM
ConstyXIV said...
Code Lyoko: (probably) sorta-okay game based off TV show
Etrian Odyssey: yay! rougelikes!
Touch the Dead: ...?
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5-14-2007 @ 1:55PM
Justin said...
Oh this is going to be a tough week. I want both Etrian Odyssey and Touch the Dead. Going to have to drop some birthday gift hints or something.
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5-14-2007 @ 1:56PM
Chicago_Josh said...
I've been eagerly awaiting the "Your Order Has Shipped" email from play-asia.com for the past three weeks. Next week will be Ouendan 2 Week for me.
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5-14-2007 @ 2:04PM
Saphion said...
I really want Etrian, but I live in the UK so we probably won't get it for a million years. Hopefully my local import shop has a copy tomorrow!
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5-14-2007 @ 2:20PM
ConstyXIV said...
And in a bizarre twist of events, I am currently waiting on Picross DS to make it's way across the pond to the US due to the lack of an official US release date
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5-14-2007 @ 2:25PM
Saphion said...
Clearly, someone has been mucking about with the natural order of things. THE SWINES!
Picross DS is very, very good though.
Very.
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5-14-2007 @ 2:28PM
Kristi said...
I am really looking forward to the Etrian Odyssey reviews, to see if it's a game I want to pay full price for.
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5-14-2007 @ 2:34PM
ConstyXIV said...
@7 Kristi:
According to Metacritic, EGM gave it a 60, saying:
"Kids weaned on "Final Fantasy VII" likely won't have the patience for it, but questers of the appropriate age(and/or nerdy enough to dig the Yuzo Koshiro soundtrack)should dive in."
In other words, it's a dungeon crawler/rougelike, which tend to be very love/hate games
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5-14-2007 @ 8:26PM
Renzatic said...
Etrian Odyssey isn't a roguelike at all. It's more akin to those back-in-the-day PC RPGs like Eye of the Beholder and Wizardry. Roguelikes are more similar to Diablo and it's ilk.
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5-15-2007 @ 8:04AM
Otty said...
Etrian Odyssey...get ready to map and map some more... gone is the convenience of modern RPGs...the automap. You have to map EVERYTHING yourself...just like 20 years ago with Wizardry....sounds extremely tedious....draw each wall, mark each staircase, each trap, each monster etc....
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