Japanese publishers have game promotion down to a science, nowadays. The routine: announce a game in Famitsu, release a bare official site for the title several days later with artwork and a few shots, update the site sporadically for the next several months until the game's release, launch, and move on.Marvelous Interactive has kicked off the second stage of its operations, putting an Avalon Code page online just days after debuting the ARPG in this week's issue of Famitsu. You won't find any video or downloadable items there yet, but you can preview a dozen images to check on what developer Matrix Software is preparing for the game's 2008 release.
The screenshots don't look bad -- they're about on par with what we've seen in Namco's Tales titles on the DS and the Final Fantasy III/IV DS remakes, the latter examples being titles Matrix had its hand in. Hit the gallery below to see if Avalon Code's 3D is for you.
[Via NeoGAF]
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5-09-2008 @ 1:04PM
FoliathR said...
Looks really interesting.. I'll be keeping a close eye on this, for sure..
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5-09-2008 @ 2:43PM
Mad Martin Kinderhook said...
I agree with what the staff said in that it looks a little derivative. Given that the higher-ups at Namco are foolishly and irrationally withholding the Tales DS games from us, it might make an alright consolation game. This is, however, with the caveat that if Nintendo decides to localize Soma Bringer (and they had better), I would purchase it over Avalon Code in a heartbeat. In other words, this game had better make itself stand out in some manner, and soon.
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