The first ever Phantasy Star Zero trailer is so damn hot that Gamekyo decided to reproduce it twice when uploading its video. That's fine with us, because we spent the first run-through simply rubbing our eyes at what we were seeing. Is this the best 3D yet on the DS? It's definitely a contender, with elaborate, screen-filling enemies and multiple characters legging it about on screen with no visible lag. It is, in a word, stunning.
Alas, there's one very small fly in the ointment: the game has been dated for December 25th in Japan, preventing us western importers from getting it as quickly as we'd like.
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10-01-2008 @ 7:52PM
dagguis said...
Pretty awsome, first day buy for me (if it manage to be localized)
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10-01-2008 @ 8:03PM
leonus11 said...
looks sweet! definitely buying this (if it comes to the US).
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10-01-2008 @ 8:07PM
Risingsun said...
Character customization, fluid action and animations, cool setting and designs. What is not to love?
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10-01-2008 @ 8:29PM
Jo said...
I am definitely looking froward to this game after watching such a video O_O
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10-01-2008 @ 8:35PM
Neil said...
Very impressive....if they don't get too crazy with the touch controls this could end up being on of the best RPGs (whatever system) to come out in quite sometime.
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10-01-2008 @ 8:57PM
jfrdricks said...
The DS is basically a reworked N64 so I dont know why it wouldn't be able to produce 3D animation such as this.
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10-01-2008 @ 9:05PM
Josh said...
Hehe, it's all anime-ified because it's on DS.
Generic anime-ified.
:(
Well, only about three more months until we can know if it's any good or not!
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10-01-2008 @ 11:54PM
iofthestorm said...
Actually I think Phantasy Star kind of looks like that anyway. I played PSO on PC a while back and I think it looked about the same as this.
10-02-2008 @ 12:20AM
Zealot said...
Just wondering, and I don't mean this in any sort of negative or critical way, but what constitutes non-generic anime style? It's just that I hear the two words together a lot when describing particular games (usually RPGs) and I'd like some perspective from someone whose tastes are more discerning in this area than mine. Is it the common complaint of ridiculous hair/clothing or something else?
10-02-2008 @ 2:49AM
Josh said...
I'd really like to help you Zealot, but it's hard to explain. Hard to explain art, you know? It's just that, if you watch enough anime, certain faces, certain colors, things like that, you start noticing them all over the place, and soon enough, they become the "generic anime" style to you.
10-01-2008 @ 9:28PM
Zealot said...
Mark my words, this will never make it out of Japan.
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10-01-2008 @ 9:40PM
Risingsun said...
why is that?
10-01-2008 @ 10:08PM
Zealot said...
No actual logical reason, just pessimism. It looks great, therefore we won't get it.
10-02-2008 @ 12:07PM
Dash said...
Don't say that man. This has (reportedly) the closest to a MMO on DS sytem so far.
All others Phantasy Stars made to this side of the world (Genesis, PS2, Gamecube), with much smaller user base. Why not this one, with the DS selling so much.
The main barrier would be the online server, but if they did that for PS2 (which had a hard-to-work online structure, unlike today systems) they can do it for the DS.
10-01-2008 @ 10:15PM
scissors125 said...
I can finally dive into the Phantasy Star Online series without having to buy a new console to do it.
I've always been curious about the series. I've been dying to play it.
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10-01-2008 @ 10:41PM
Covarr said...
I'd thought the DS could only do crappy hideous 3D like seen in Dragon Quest 4. Silly me.
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10-01-2008 @ 11:30PM
TechNick said...
You know I can't just help but get the feeling that these newer better looking DS games coming out just may be for the rumored new DS and their just being announced for the current DS.
Because something with the level of graphics like this and that newly announced Level 5 game "The Another World" just seem to nice to run on the current DS. I mean, why would such advancements in the graphics of DS games come so sudden??
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10-02-2008 @ 12:15AM
eleefece said...
SWEET!!! me want!!!
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10-02-2008 @ 12:19AM
unreal mccoy said...
That dragon battle brings back memories of PSO...
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10-02-2008 @ 12:12PM
Dash said...
I liked the fact they included the chat messages, which are a great addition to the game. Pretty cool drawings (even though I know mine won't even come close to that quality)
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