Herakles no Eikou (Glory of Herakles/Hercules) comes out in Japan on the 22nd, and Nintendo and Paon are taking the traditional RPG-promotion tactic of displaying some gorgeous cinematics. We tend to enjoy the anime-style promo scenes more than the high-res CG stuff that Square Enix tends to use, so we were very pleased to watch the animated half of this trailer, which we suspect is the opening scene of the game. It's enjoyable both on its own and as a look at a parallel universe in which Greek mythology developed in Japan.
Though it's an obvious step down in visual fidelity from the high-quality animation, the gameplay footage that follows looks pretty spectacular as well, and enough of the feeling carries over from the intro to temporarily convince us that RPGs can be exciting. We'd love for this to be the first Herakles no Eikou game to escape Japan.
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5-14-2008 @ 9:12PM
chispito said...
While not being the exact same, the music reminds me of the score to the animated show, Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates, which I absolutely loved http://youtube.com/watch?v=OzYiLHc0-lc (thankfully the first intro featured in that clip). This anime cutscene looks superb.
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5-14-2008 @ 9:19PM
chispito said...
Ah, a much better version of said intro: http://www.retrojunk.com/tv/videos/796-foxs-peter-pan-and-the-pirates/1757/#intro
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5-15-2008 @ 12:07AM
hvnlysoldr said...
Wow that looked great.
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5-15-2008 @ 12:35AM
Waffala said...
that gameplay footage is beautiful
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5-15-2008 @ 5:30AM
C02M0 said...
seems great .
when i hear the word herculas i usually remember disneys old movie , this dosent seem very herculas to me .
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5-15-2008 @ 8:07AM
rongus said...
reminds me of golden sun!!!
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5-15-2008 @ 12:03PM
Symytry said...
Looks fantastic. Nintendo will hopefully localize this for us english speaking people ;)
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5-15-2008 @ 10:59PM
JBGUY2K said...
Holy carp, that looks effing amazing! I hope we see SOME sort of english release at all.
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