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Upcoming games!; For the remainder of 2005.
Topic Started: Oct 1 2005, 06:35 PM (253 Views)
Mellorine
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Now that we've gotten into the last few months of the year, we've got quite a few awesome-looking games coming our way. Some of the ones I'm looking forward to are: (sorry, mostly RPGs)

Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness -GCN- NA Release date: October 3, 2005

I'm not a big Pokemon fan, and I still haven't decided whether I really want this game or not, but it looks like it may be really fun. And the title makes me smile. XD (Info: Gamespot, RPGamer)

Wild ARMs Alter Code: F -PS2- NA Release date: October 18, 2005

The PS2 remake of the original Wild ARMs. After countless delays, which rumours suggest have been used to improve and add to the game, it's finally coming to North America. With a unique western atmosphere and tons of fun dungeon puzzles, I think that this will be a great game. (Info: Gamespot, RPGamer)

Shadow of the Colossus -PS2- NA Release date: October 18, 2005

This game is made by the same people who brought us Ico, and like Ico, this game is very, very unique. Fans of Ico will probably love this game, others may want to try it before buying it, as it is very different and is probably not for everyone. (Info: Gamespot)

Magna Carta: Tears of Blood -PS2- NA Release date: November 8, 2005
EU Release date: October 2005

This game looks absolutely beautiful. The characters and the environment are stunning. So, after a long time of drooling over fantastic concept art and movies, us North Americans (and Europeans!) will finally get a chance to play the game itself on the PS2. (Info: Gamespot, RPGamer)

Rhapsodia: Suikoden Tactics -PS2- NA Release date: November 8, 2005
EU Release date: Q1 2006

Hmm. I'm honestly not that big on tactics-type games for the most part, but a tactics-type game based on Suikoden IV sounds interesting. Since Suikoden is my favourite RPG series ever, this game will likely find its way to my collection. ^^ (Info: Gamespot, RPGamer)

Dragon Quest VIII -PS2- NA Release date: November 22, 2005
EU Release date: To be announced.

Here it is. The one game that many predict will be the best RPG of 2005. What can I say? This game looks fun. Really fun. Anyone who likes RPGs should try it out, because it looks very promising. (Info: Gamespot, RPGamer)

Final Fantasy IV -GBA- NA Release date: December 12, 2005

Originally released in the US as "Final Fantasy II". Final Fantasy IV was, like, THE game of my childhood. There is nothing more pleasing* than the news that there will be a GBA release for it. There will be some minor changes; character portraits added to speech boxes, enhanced colours, but it shall remain true to the original. (Info: RPGamer)

*The development and release of Mother 3 may actually be more pleasing.

So! What games are you guys looking forward to for the remainder of this year?
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I'm not really looking forward to any games this year. But the ones that I do want are:

Jak X: Combat Racing.
The next game in the Jak and Daxter franchise. Yes, sadly is's a racing game but who am I to complain? ;p

Sly 3: Honor among Thievs.
The last game in the Sly Cooper franchise.

Shadow of the Colossus.
Mellorine already explained it.

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
Uhhh...O_o

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
I played Shin Megami Tensie: Nocture, so, maybe I'll like this one too.

The Movies
It's like the Sims only you make movies! xD

King-Kong
Who wouldn't want to play as a giant gorilla?

Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus(03/01/2006)
Vincent Valentine is always strapped, and he's always down to save the children.

KH2. (Delayed until 2006. T_T )
If you haven't heard of this, your stupid. o_o



That's all I have so far. O_o;
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Fire Emblem: Path of Radience:
If the previews are a totally accurate indication, then some of the animations might not be as cool with the 3D-styled graphics rather than the more anime-styled ones of the GBA games, but how could I NOT get this game? You get to do support conversations OUTSIDE of battle! Yay for not necessarily having to glue two characters next to each other to watch them interact! I REALLY hope that they just remove the entire battle relevance of the support coversations, then characters won't be limited to 5 of the damn things... Do you KNOW how annoying it is to see two levels of a support conversation and then NEVER be able to see the last one?

Man... Lute and Artur's relationship from FE: Sacred Stones STILL cracks me up...

Artur: Lute I... I really like you

Lute: AAAHHH!!!! Love isn't mentioned in my text books! *brain explodes*

It's the classic "guy who has no idea what to do with himself in a romance situation," but with the usual roles reversed, which just makes it funny. Of course, I had a hard time telling that Lute was a GIRL for forever... really, the "I'm a super-genious," attitude could apply to anyone...

Castlevania: OMFG ANOTHER CULT! (Dawn of Sorrow):
ANY sequel to Aria of Sorrow is a friend of mine. But I seriously lack a S of the D variety (for Dual Screen.. get it.... yeah, that sucked). But this game makes it worth stepping up my DS fund a bit... after I get Path of Radience, because saving for the DS will STILL take me a while, even though they lowered the price some and I've saved like $50 already... But yeah, this game looks awesome. It's got a SWEET anime-styled opening, the return of an interesting cast, hopefully with a bit more light shed on them this time, but they still managed to throw in a major plot twist into Aria of Sorrow with a fairly minimal amount of story overall, so this would probably work okay like that anyway. SPOILER I actually really thought that there SHOULD be a sequel to Aria of Sorrow, but I sort of pictured it as, rather than trying to kill Soma so that Dracula could be reincarnated, forcing him to BECOME Dracula by making him draw upon his power more and more. Call me a sucker for Rurouni Kenshin-esque "Good guy with evil powers that gradually turn him evil," scenarios, I suppose. Though actually, that COULD still happen in the story, I dunno... Though I guess Soma was supposed to have eternally sealed Dracula's power so that it wouldn't take him over...

[Randomfanboyness]OMG Soma swings giant two-handed weapons with BOTH HANDS!!!! ZOMG! HE'S WEARING HIS COAT LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!!! WITH BOTH ARMS THROUGH THE SLEEVES!!![/randomfanboyness]

Kingdom Hearts 2:
Oh, come on. Dual weilding keyblades. The chance to play as some new characters in the Kingdom Hearts universe. Axel, the most AWESOME villian out of Chain of Memories returning with the rest of the 13th Organization, and Diz as well. Riku fighting having accepted that he is somewhere between light and darkness and using BOTH together (which was, by the way, EXACTLY how I thought Reverse Rebirth should end... I'm also a sucker for people who use evil powers to do good... Sort of the "power isn't inherently good or evil," thing...). The potential to finally PLAY as Riku in a normal KH style. The King having a bigger role in the story. How could I NOT be obsessively waiting for this game? I'm torn between wanting the series to go on forever, and knowing that they'll a) probably run out of ideas and disney movies, and B) that the next one will probably be PS3 exclusive, unless they decide to make it for Revolution based on the sword play capabilities of the controller for the Revolution. Which is unlikely, since Sony gets just about EVERYTHING to come out of Square Enix... Or at least, everything that's well known...

Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Winter Assualt:
Okay, I'm not a Guard player, but how could I NOT want to upgrade this game? It's so awesome... I just hope that the extended single player campaign includes some levels for the Eldar, or that they finally decided to include Striking Scorpians or Fire Dragons or something... Eldar troops have all of ONE ABILITY that's good for tank hunting as it is.... and THAT takes forever to recharge... we REALLY could use the Fire Dragons... And the Striking Scorpians are just cool. Not to mention that, true to the game itself, the Howling Banshees get their asses handed to them by any unit higher than toughness 3... which basically means, in both the table top and video game, that they're not very handy against either version of Marines, normal or Chaos... And they're not very good against Necrons... they'd run right through the Tau if they ever got close enough, what with that 4+ armor save thing meaning that the average Tau weapon kills them outright... or if it doesn't gives them only a 50/50 chance of survival...
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I gotta get Black and White 2. And also, once it comes out next year, spore.
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Envy,Oct 1 2005
08:09 PM
I'm not really looking forward to any games this year. But the ones that I do want are:

Jak X: Combat Racing.
The next game in the Jak and Daxter franchise. Yes, sadly is's a racing game but who am I to complain? ;p

Sly 3: Honor among Thievs.
The last game in the Sly Cooper franchise.

Shadow of the Colossus.
Mellorine already explained it.

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
Uhhh...O_o

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
I played Shin Megami Tensie: Nocture, so, maybe I'll like this one too.

The Movies
It's like the Sims only you make movies! xD

King-Kong
Who wouldn't want to play as a giant gorilla?

Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus(03/01/2006)
Vincent Valentine is always strapped, and he's always down to save the children.

KH2. (Delayed until 2006. T_T )
If you haven't heard of this, your stupid. o_o



That's all I have so far. O_o;

I want Jak X and Sly Cooper. Since all i have is a ps2. I also want Psychonauts(Blame the creator of the game! He desined it to my liking!) and the One piece game when it comes out.
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EverQuestII Expansion.

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What? x.x It's... an upcoming game. Sort of.

*needs more EQII*

I want a pet monkey in the game .-.
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I heard that they're making a kindom hearts 2 and they have a anime book.
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Sorcina,Nov 2 2005
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I heard that they're making a kindom hearts 2 and they have a anime book.

They've been working on KH2 for a long time (Almost three years now). O_o
But, about the manga. Yes they have a manga based on th first game. The first vol. of it came out in the US I think it was last month and all four of them have already come out in Japan. ^_^
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Wow, they condensed the story into four volumes? Well... the first had Destiny Islands, Traverse Town, and Wonderland, so I suppose that's not SO unreasonable. Plus they could skip some like Tarzan or the Little Mermaid since they end up being irrelevant, then use that time to show more of the story, maybe.
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Actually, Tarzan ended up seeming like one of the more revelant worlds since they got a new Gummi from there. They could probably cut out Halloweentown and Atlantica, they really weren't that important, they just felt like filler.

As for KH2...*Twitches* I swear, they had -better- release that game soon. It's shaping up to be God in video game form, though, which is good. I heard they may change it so it's released on the PS3 though...I really, really hope not.
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I heard they may change it so it's released on the PS3 though...I really, really hope not.

Okay, who ever you heard that from...Don't believe them. KH2 is going to be one of the last GOOD games for the PS2 before the PS3 comes out. xD
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It's coming out in Japan near Christmas, I believe, so there's NO WAY that it'll end up on PS3 at this point. Course, it might be pretty close to the release of the PS3 in AMERICA, but, still...
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