Nintendo Have Released Photographs From The Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Launch Event
Nintendo recently held a launch event for Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, the newly released Nintendo DS game from Square Enix. They have released photographs from this event as well as providing a caption for each of the photographs taken, you can view each caption by pressing the speech bubble icon in the Picasa viewer.
Photographs
Press Release
And here is the rest REDMOND, Wash., July 12, 2010 – One of the biggest games ever to launch for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems has arrived in North America, giving U.S. consumers a chance to experience the hand-held gaming phenomenon that has already attracted more than 4.2 million players in Japan. With unique features that let players customize characters and connect with friends via a local wireless connection to take on epic adventures, DRAGON QUEST IX®: Sentinels of the Starry Skies™, developed by Square Enix Co., Ltd., gives people of all ages, backgrounds and gaming experience levels a remarkable way to combine imaginative game play and social fun.
Players begin by creating fully customized heroes to guide on their quest, choosing from different face, hair and even eye color. As they journey forth, characters are further developed and enhanced as they choose from more than 1,000 items and pieces of equipment, change jobs and abilities, and join up with new customizable companions. Using a local wireless connection, up to four players within range of each other can band together at any time to explore mysterious dungeons and tangle with fearsome monsters throughout a spellbinding world of adventure.
In addition to a wireless multiplayer mode, DRAGON QUEST IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skiesincludes an interactive Tag Mode that allows players to keep the game active even while their Nintendo DS system is stored in their pocket, purse or backpack. When two players come within range of one another, Tag Mode enables them to wirelessly – and automatically – exchange character information, customized greetings and treasure maps. These treasure maps allow players to find otherwise inaccessible dungeons called grottoes featuring special boss monsters and even rare items.
"There's no limit to the fun of DRAGON QUEST IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "The ability to create your own characters and enjoy the game with friends makes every adventure as unique as players themselves. Better yet, the Nintendo DS family of systems makes the game easy for people to enjoy anytime, anywhere."
Interacting with different characters will unfold the story and point players toward their next quest. Players might be asked to find a missing item or to defeat a monster in a particular way. All quests come with a reward, which might be anything from a rare item to a new, unlocked occupation. During their journey, players will encounter mighty monsters in fast-paced battles. The more foes players defeat, the stronger they become. Players who get the urge to upgrade their characters can visit an in-game online shop (broadband Internet access required) to acquire new items using in-game currency they have collected while playing. The selection of items changes daily. Players can also connect online to download new weekly quests for about a year from the launch of the game, each with its own challenges and rewards.
For more information about DRAGON QUEST IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, visitwww.dqnine.com.
About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home console and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.4 billion video games and more than 565 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company's website at www.nintendo.com.
©2009, 2010 ARMOR PROJECT/BIRD STUDIO/LEVEL-5/SQUARE ENIX All Rights Reserved. DRAGON QUEST, SQUARE ENIX and the SQUARE ENIX logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. SENTINELS OF THE STARRY SKIES is a registered trademark or trademark of Square Enix Co., Ltd. it.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Leaked CoroCoro Scans Reveal 7 New Pokémon For Pokémon Black And White, New Characters, And Much More [Updated]
Scans from the latest CoroCoro magazine have made their way onto the internet. the magazine revealed 7 new Pokémon as well as new characters and specific features unique to each Pokémon game. The names of the Pokémon and characters are their Japanese names. no English names have been released as yet. Unfortunately, details are a bit light on many of the Pokémon and characters.
[New updated information for the Pokémon, Kibago, Koromori, and Minezumi have been released.]
Wargle is a Normal/Flying type Pokémon who's ability is Keen Eye. It learns a new Move called Free Fall. Free Fall is a 2 turn move, the first turn has Wargle picking up an enemy Pokémon whilst the second move has Wargle throwing the Pokémon to the ground.
Rankurusu is a Psychic Type Pokémon, and the green one in the picture above. one if its abilities is Magic Guard. This Pokémon is exclusive to one of the games but which one hasn't been announced yet.
Gochiruzeru's Type is currently unknown as is its abilities. is the Black and purple Pokémon in the picture above. This Pokémon is exclusive to one of the games but which one hasn't been announced yet.
Kibago is a Dragon type Pokémon whose ability is either Rivalry or Mold Breaker. It has a new attack called Double Chop which attacks an opponent twice.
Koromoriis a Psychic/Flying type Pokémon Whose abilities are either Unaware or Klutz. it knows a new attack called Heart Stomp, which can cause the opposing Pokémon to flinch.
Minezumiis Is a Normal Type Pokémon whose ability is either Run Away or Keen Eye.
Musharna, the Pokémon with smoke coming out of it in the picture, is reportedly the evolution of Munna. its also reported the Pokémon has a secret relating to something called Dream Smoke. its thought Dream Smoke is needed to upload your game save to the internet.
Makomo, the woman in the picture, is friends with Professor Araragi.
The Girl in the top picure is called Beru, whilst the guy in the bottom picture is called Cheren. They are both friends of the games main character.
The Final new character revealed is a guy called N.
These pictures show areas unique to each game. the first picture shows Black City and the second picture shows White Forest. its unknown which game each area is unique to.
The Magazine scans have also revealed that the 3 on 3 battles do have some strategy to them as setting up you Pokémon's formation will be important as it effects who gets hit.
The game also has a new feature called "Passing By," which connects your DS automatically to players near by, that lets you help other players.
"High Link" is a building which you can go to to get missions to help other players in the game.
A DSi only feature is "TV Transceiver." this allows you to chat to people who you have exchanged friend codes with, up to 4 people locally or 2 via Wifi.
From Pokebeach
Updated Information From Pokebeach
[New updated information for the Pokémon, Kibago, Koromori, and Minezumi have been released.]
Wargle is a Normal/Flying type Pokémon who's ability is Keen Eye. It learns a new Move called Free Fall. Free Fall is a 2 turn move, the first turn has Wargle picking up an enemy Pokémon whilst the second move has Wargle throwing the Pokémon to the ground.
Rankurusu is a Psychic Type Pokémon, and the green one in the picture above. one if its abilities is Magic Guard. This Pokémon is exclusive to one of the games but which one hasn't been announced yet.
Gochiruzeru's Type is currently unknown as is its abilities. is the Black and purple Pokémon in the picture above. This Pokémon is exclusive to one of the games but which one hasn't been announced yet.
Kibago is a Dragon type Pokémon whose ability is either Rivalry or Mold Breaker. It has a new attack called Double Chop which attacks an opponent twice.
Koromoriis a Psychic/Flying type Pokémon Whose abilities are either Unaware or Klutz. it knows a new attack called Heart Stomp, which can cause the opposing Pokémon to flinch.
Minezumiis Is a Normal Type Pokémon whose ability is either Run Away or Keen Eye.
Musharna, the Pokémon with smoke coming out of it in the picture, is reportedly the evolution of Munna. its also reported the Pokémon has a secret relating to something called Dream Smoke. its thought Dream Smoke is needed to upload your game save to the internet.
Makomo, the woman in the picture, is friends with Professor Araragi.
The Girl in the top picure is called Beru, whilst the guy in the bottom picture is called Cheren. They are both friends of the games main character.
The Final new character revealed is a guy called N.
The Magazine scans have also revealed that the 3 on 3 battles do have some strategy to them as setting up you Pokémon's formation will be important as it effects who gets hit.
The game also has a new feature called "Passing By," which connects your DS automatically to players near by, that lets you help other players.
"High Link" is a building which you can go to to get missions to help other players in the game.
A DSi only feature is "TV Transceiver." this allows you to chat to people who you have exchanged friend codes with, up to 4 people locally or 2 via Wifi.
From Pokebeach
Updated Information From Pokebeach
Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast For Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th July
This is all the news from Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th July.
You can subscribe to the Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast on iTunes and if you do or are already a subscriber, it would be very helpful for me if you can rate and review the podcast.
A podcast is available on iTunes from:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=328547861
A RSS Feed from Podbean:
http://qtegamers.podbean.com/feed
And on qtegamers.blogspot.com:
http://qtegamers.blogspot.com/search/label/Audio Re-Cap
You can subscribe to the Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast on iTunes and if you do or are already a subscriber, it would be very helpful for me if you can rate and review the podcast.
A podcast is available on iTunes from:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=328547861
A RSS Feed from Podbean:
http://qtegamers.podbean.com/feed
And on qtegamers.blogspot.com:
http://qtegamers.blogspot.com/search/label/Audio Re-Cap
Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest)
- QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ht.ly/184QGl
- QTE Blog: Hit X: The News Recapping Podcast For Friday 9th July http://ht.ly/184SqV
- Blizzard announce they are backing down over requiring forum users to post under their real name. Real ID Still coming http://ht.ly/29Bjp
- QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ht.ly/184U5H
- Ubisoft announce the Michael Jackson game is called Michael Jackson: The Experience. PS3+360 versions have singalong http://ht.ly/29Bkr
- PC: Civ 5 has a $99.99 special edition, comes with 5 metal figurines, 176 page art book, sound track CDs, dev DVD http://ht.ly/29BlK
- QTE Blog: Namco Bandai Announce Enslaved: Odyssey To The West Is Coming Out Across Europe On 8th October http://ht.ly/184W2q
- Dead Rising Special edition has 12" Zombie Statue + accessories, DLC token for Theme and 360/PS3 items, not coming to USA http://ht.ly/29BnO
- PopCap release a teaser image, 2nd August reveal coming, San Francisco Plants vs Zombies 2 setting suggested http://ht.ly/29BpY
- QTE Blog: Namco Bandai Have Released New Screenshots For The Nintendo DS Version Of Puzzle Quest 2 http://ht.ly/184XAZ
- PS3: ESRB rates Cho Aniki + others, MonkeyPaw publishing, they're Japan only PS1 Games coming to West via PS1 Classics http://ht.ly/29Bra
- Wildstorm Comics announce they are releasing a Ratchet & Clank Comic on 8th September that'll span 6 issues http://ht.ly/29Bux
- PSP: a version of the PS2/360 game Blazing Souls Accelate is coming to the PSP in the USA from Aksys later this year http://ht.ly/29Efk
- 360: Crunchyroll is bringing The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Giant Killing, and other Anime to Zune HD http://ht.ly/29Bwb
- QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/185G7Y
- QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ht.ly/185MAw
Sunday, July 11, 2010
QTE Tweets Of The Week
This top 10 shows the most clicked tweets from my News in brief Twitter stream. The clear winner was the number 1 post. it was picked up in a few places and got alot of hits. The PS3 surround system also got some attention, whilst the number 3 post was also clear ahead of the rest. from 4-10, they were clicked around the same amount.
10 360: Microsoft have changed their name in Japan from Microsoft Co., Ltd. to Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. (Microsoft Japan) http://ht.ly/27yM9
9 360: Kotaku have got hold of Kinect marketing material. solo unit and 360 bundle show products, games clearly different http://ht.ly/277gN
8 360: Microsoft is teaming up with Burger King to have small interactive Kinectimal animal plush toys in their meals http://ht.ly/2882H
7 PSP: A Tales of Phantasia X Demo is coming out this Thursday on the PSN http://ht.ly/27ySX
6 UK Game Charts, Lego Harry Potter: 1 -4, Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Tiger Woods 11, Dance On Broadway http://ht.ly/277nq
5 Sony's Shuhei Yoshida reveals they're working on secret Playstation project Developers playing a big part PSP2 speculated http://ht.ly/27yPU
4 PS3: Japan Announce Move Launch games include EyePet, Sports Champions,Beat Sketch, Kung Fu Rider, Big 3 Gun Shooting http://ht.ly/27wm0
3 3DS: Play.com say the release date for the 3DS as November, Dragon Ball as 19th November, Gundam 25th march http://ht.ly/277qb
2 PS3: Sony Japan announce the PS3 Surround System is coming out 30th September http://ht.ly/27w7H
1 Wildstorm Comics announce they are releasing a Ratchet & Clank Comic on 8th September that'll span 6 issues http://ht.ly/29Bux
10 360: Microsoft have changed their name in Japan from Microsoft Co., Ltd. to Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. (Microsoft Japan) http://ht.ly/27yM9
9 360: Kotaku have got hold of Kinect marketing material. solo unit and 360 bundle show products, games clearly different http://ht.ly/277gN
8 360: Microsoft is teaming up with Burger King to have small interactive Kinectimal animal plush toys in their meals http://ht.ly/2882H
7 PSP: A Tales of Phantasia X Demo is coming out this Thursday on the PSN http://ht.ly/27ySX
6 UK Game Charts, Lego Harry Potter: 1 -4, Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Tiger Woods 11, Dance On Broadway http://ht.ly/277nq
5 Sony's Shuhei Yoshida reveals they're working on secret Playstation project Developers playing a big part PSP2 speculated http://ht.ly/27yPU
4 PS3: Japan Announce Move Launch games include EyePet, Sports Champions,Beat Sketch, Kung Fu Rider, Big 3 Gun Shooting http://ht.ly/27wm0
3 3DS: Play.com say the release date for the 3DS as November, Dragon Ball as 19th November, Gundam 25th march http://ht.ly/277qb
2 PS3: Sony Japan announce the PS3 Surround System is coming out 30th September http://ht.ly/27w7H
1 Wildstorm Comics announce they are releasing a Ratchet & Clank Comic on 8th September that'll span 6 issues http://ht.ly/29Bux
What Have You Played This Week?
I got a lot more in this week. Well it maynot look like i've played a lot but I spent most my time playing Transformers: War For Cybertron. The site was fairly busy but I do feel i've played a good amount this week. Next week I'll try to finish Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2, the game i'm currently renting.
Football Manager 10 – PC – After a poor start to the season I had a very big rally just before Christmas and ended up finishing 3rd...and promoted to League 1. at the moment i'm still getting the team ready for my first season in league 1. I'm not aiming to get promoted as I need to build a squad for the championship as well as get a bigger stadium and facilities.
Transformers: War For Cybertron – PS3 – I Managed to finish both the Autobot and Decepticon campaigns over the week. I'm a huge fan of Transformers and have seen many different series over the years, so playing through both campaigns was very interesting seeing how they fit into the grand Transformers story. What's clear, by the end of the game, is that no one series is dominant. There are Transformers from a few different series in the game, and the overall story is mostly from G1 but with popular aspects from other series. For me the story was great and there is a great shout out in the credits that's worth waiting for.
Playing the game though was something else. The gameplay is fine, very accessible, and it flows very well. But technical issues really started to be annoying. Loading times are long, even after the 5gb install, maybe around 10-15 seconds. But on several occasions the game would stop and load mid-level. The game runs on the unreal engine and it shows. Sometimes there is no texture pop-in, but on other times i've watched a cut scene and the textures never loaded. I'm still having multiplayer issues, where it says there's people online...i go to play a game only to find the game says there's no-one online. Having played the game several times now, a new annoying is the load on the main menu. The game checks the install data and it takes a while to check the 5gb. Perhaps the most annoying issue was with the dialogue in the game. there's nothing wrong with the voice work but i do believe i missed over a quarter of all dialogue spoken in the game. its hard to describe why it happens but regularly in the game, characters are talking to each other but fade in and out. sometimes its cause i'm not near the person talking but even moving near them doesn't solve the issue. to try to hear it i basically had to not move the character or the camera but even this didn't work all the time. the worst issue was the final boss batter for the Autobots. as its hard i had to do it a few times and yet i heard hardly nothing of what was said. Whole plot points, battle tips, what/where to go were missed completely.
For me the story is brilliant and the gameplay is also great, but having played the game a lot, completing the single player story and getting all characters online lvl 10/11, the technical issues really do start to become an issue and can detract from the game by the end. its easy to see why its marked soo high and low by reviewers.
Dissidia Final Fantasy – PSP – this was the only game I got for my birthday I hadn't played as yet. What's clear from the off is the game looks amazing. The cutscenes are very impressive and the in-game graphics are some of the best on the system. It is soon clear that there is more to the game than just fighting as Square Enix have added interesting RPG elements to the game as well as an interesting way to create items. I'm not that far to comment on the story, but so far its competent and explains good enough why all these Final Fantasy Characters are together. The fighting works very well on the PSP. The controls are simple but offer a lot of depth to gameplay. The levels are also great and its easy to play the same level several times and use it differently every time. The game slowly introduces the RPG elements and explains them fairly well as you unlock them, plus there's a help button. This game has been clearly designed to be played either in short burst or a lot in one go and it succeeds in both.
Did you manage to play more games than I have over the week, or do you have any comments on my experiences or questions about the games i've played? If you do, feel free to add them in the comments section.
Football Manager 10 – PC – After a poor start to the season I had a very big rally just before Christmas and ended up finishing 3rd...and promoted to League 1. at the moment i'm still getting the team ready for my first season in league 1. I'm not aiming to get promoted as I need to build a squad for the championship as well as get a bigger stadium and facilities.
Transformers: War For Cybertron – PS3 – I Managed to finish both the Autobot and Decepticon campaigns over the week. I'm a huge fan of Transformers and have seen many different series over the years, so playing through both campaigns was very interesting seeing how they fit into the grand Transformers story. What's clear, by the end of the game, is that no one series is dominant. There are Transformers from a few different series in the game, and the overall story is mostly from G1 but with popular aspects from other series. For me the story was great and there is a great shout out in the credits that's worth waiting for.
Playing the game though was something else. The gameplay is fine, very accessible, and it flows very well. But technical issues really started to be annoying. Loading times are long, even after the 5gb install, maybe around 10-15 seconds. But on several occasions the game would stop and load mid-level. The game runs on the unreal engine and it shows. Sometimes there is no texture pop-in, but on other times i've watched a cut scene and the textures never loaded. I'm still having multiplayer issues, where it says there's people online...i go to play a game only to find the game says there's no-one online. Having played the game several times now, a new annoying is the load on the main menu. The game checks the install data and it takes a while to check the 5gb. Perhaps the most annoying issue was with the dialogue in the game. there's nothing wrong with the voice work but i do believe i missed over a quarter of all dialogue spoken in the game. its hard to describe why it happens but regularly in the game, characters are talking to each other but fade in and out. sometimes its cause i'm not near the person talking but even moving near them doesn't solve the issue. to try to hear it i basically had to not move the character or the camera but even this didn't work all the time. the worst issue was the final boss batter for the Autobots. as its hard i had to do it a few times and yet i heard hardly nothing of what was said. Whole plot points, battle tips, what/where to go were missed completely.
For me the story is brilliant and the gameplay is also great, but having played the game a lot, completing the single player story and getting all characters online lvl 10/11, the technical issues really do start to become an issue and can detract from the game by the end. its easy to see why its marked soo high and low by reviewers.
Dissidia Final Fantasy – PSP – this was the only game I got for my birthday I hadn't played as yet. What's clear from the off is the game looks amazing. The cutscenes are very impressive and the in-game graphics are some of the best on the system. It is soon clear that there is more to the game than just fighting as Square Enix have added interesting RPG elements to the game as well as an interesting way to create items. I'm not that far to comment on the story, but so far its competent and explains good enough why all these Final Fantasy Characters are together. The fighting works very well on the PSP. The controls are simple but offer a lot of depth to gameplay. The levels are also great and its easy to play the same level several times and use it differently every time. The game slowly introduces the RPG elements and explains them fairly well as you unlock them, plus there's a help button. This game has been clearly designed to be played either in short burst or a lot in one go and it succeeds in both.
Did you manage to play more games than I have over the week, or do you have any comments on my experiences or questions about the games i've played? If you do, feel free to add them in the comments section.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Namco Bandai Have Released New Screenshots For The Nintendo DS Version Of Puzzle Quest 2
Namco Bandai have released new screenshots for the Nintendo DS version of Puzzle Quest 2. these screenshots focus on the Sorcerer character, showing her moving on the over world, battling, and using magic. A mini game is also shown, the aim of which is to open a door by lining up shapes using the traditional Puzzle Quest mechanics. 2 level up screens are shown, showing that sometimes when you level up you can gain new spells or stat increases.
Screenshots
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