New Tales Game and Storyteller
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gullwhacker and I have been fangirl/fanboy over the annoucement of a new Tales game. Why is this exciting to us? First of all, it's being made by the same team who did Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss and I enjoyed both of those game.
EDIT: For those wondering, the name of the new game is "Tales of Vesperia"
Second, it's going to be the first Tales game to the first Tales game to be released in Japan and North America AT THE SAME TIME! ^_^ The game sounds really interesting, from what we read from the interview Apparently, unlike pervious games when the main hero does alot of growing up during the game, this main character is more mature and is more focuss on helping the other characters grow up. I think they're doing this because they're trying to make the game more appealing to university students and not just high schoolers.
It's going to be released on the xbox 360, so since Gull and I don't own one we figured we would buy one together. We've been thinking about it for awhile anyway, since I've also been wanting to play Enternal Sonata, and this just gives us more motivation. XD
Last night, I spent it watching episodes of Jim Henson's The Storyteller and it just reminded me more that I really need to buy the DVD of this series. For those who don't know, The Storyteller, is basically Jim Henson's attempt at retelling old folktales with his own twist.secondlina if you never watched this series, I suggest you do. It has a very nice fairytale element.
One of my favorite episodes is Sapsorrow, which is based on the story All-Kinds-Of-Fur
gullwhacker and I have been fangirl/fanboy over the annoucement of a new Tales game. Why is this exciting to us? First of all, it's being made by the same team who did Tales of Symphonia and Tales of the Abyss and I enjoyed both of those game. EDIT: For those wondering, the name of the new game is "Tales of Vesperia"
Second, it's going to be the first Tales game to the first Tales game to be released in Japan and North America AT THE SAME TIME! ^_^ The game sounds really interesting, from what we read from the interview Apparently, unlike pervious games when the main hero does alot of growing up during the game, this main character is more mature and is more focuss on helping the other characters grow up. I think they're doing this because they're trying to make the game more appealing to university students and not just high schoolers.
It's going to be released on the xbox 360, so since Gull and I don't own one we figured we would buy one together. We've been thinking about it for awhile anyway, since I've also been wanting to play Enternal Sonata, and this just gives us more motivation. XD
Last night, I spent it watching episodes of Jim Henson's The Storyteller and it just reminded me more that I really need to buy the DVD of this series. For those who don't know, The Storyteller, is basically Jim Henson's attempt at retelling old folktales with his own twist.
secondlina if you never watched this series, I suggest you do. It has a very nice fairytale element.One of my favorite episodes is Sapsorrow, which is based on the story All-Kinds-Of-Fur
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Date: 2008-02-26 09:42 pm (UTC)I've considered a solution, though - get a used 360. Microsoft doesn't get any more money, as the money goes to the reseller who bought it from a previous user. Call it an indirect rebellion.
That, and a way to save a few dollars. Ahem.
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Date: 2008-02-27 12:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-27 01:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-27 01:15 am (UTC)...and I remember hearing once something about Microsoft actually losing money on the XBox consoles themselves, and trying to make money on the software. Might've been the original XBox, though... =P
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Date: 2008-02-27 01:22 am (UTC)I'm waiting to see what happens, personally. If Nintendo continues to dominate with the Wii and whatever else it can come out with, and if Sony keeps offering up steep competition as well (hard to say, with the poor sales performance of the PS3 in comparison), Microsoft may finally decide it's best to stick in markets where it doesn't have to lose so much money in hope of making later gains.
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Date: 2008-02-27 01:30 am (UTC)Halo 3 was kind of one - but, hey, my brothers have the console and the game. So it doesn't count.
Tales of Vesperia - possible.
Super Smash Brothers Brawl - possible.
Haven't seen anything yet for the PS3...(.../are/ there games for it yet?)
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Date: 2008-02-27 01:40 am (UTC)If I can hook up a console in Canada this May, I'll be bringing Brawl with me. If you can wait that long, maybe then you'll know whether or not to break down and buy the Wii. ^_-
(There are games for the PS3, but I've not heard of anything noteworthy on there.)
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Date: 2008-02-27 01:48 am (UTC)Gamecube: Tales of Symphonia, and the promise of Twilight Princess. Which, IMO, was worth it.
PS2: Tales of the Abyss. Hands down. Oh, and I suppose KH and a few other games.
So, I'm kind of going by the same logic here.
(As for the PS2 controllers: I don't mind them, but then I liked the original XBox controllers - the massive chunks of plastic - so who am I to talk?)
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Date: 2008-02-27 03:33 am (UTC)...I can't even hold the XBox controllers very well. I'm cursed with small hands, so anything targeted strictly to guy gamers means there's no chance I can really hold onto the darn things very well. ...and they really are massive chunks of plastic! The N64 controllers were pretty big (and awesome! I miss the design), but the original XBox controllers put them to shame! o_O