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Spoon

343th Post

Bronze Customer

"Yoot Saito's Odama: feudal pinball warfare?" , posted Fri 14 May 01:05

This game seems to be going under the radar, esp. beneath the onslaught of Nintendo's own Zelda, Metroid, and DS hype.

But I'll be damned if Odama turns out to be as good as it is promising and geeks like us fail to notice!

It's a game about a giant pinball and it's giant flippers set up amidst feudal Japanese battlegrounds. If you can't already guess, the ball is there to bring doom, death, destruction, and the occasional salvation-via-conversion of enemy troops. Basically it sounds absolutely crazy, but reports have indicated that even at this early phase in its dev, it is darned good.

Will Odama beat Katamari Damacy as the greatest giant-ball game? Only time will tell...

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Ishmael

1391th Post

Red Carpet Executive Member

"Re(1):Yoot Saito's Odama: feudal pinball warf" , posted Fri 14 May 07:49

Thanks for pointing this one out since I did miss this one initially and this game is too damn weird looking not to get some sort of notice. I especially like the idea that it may be compatible with the DK bongos. Controlling a giant pinball that's crushing feudal Japanese armies by banging on bongos... who says there's nothing new in the world of videogames?

TeirusuCSS
53th Post

Occasional Customer

"Re(2):Yoot Saito's Odama: feudal pinball warf" , posted Fri 14 May 12:26:

Speaking of Yoot, I wonder whatever happened to the idea of a sequel to Seaman...

Cats? I much prefer foxes.

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Celsius
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Rare Customer

"Re(1):Yoot Saito's Odama: feudal pinball warf" , posted Fri 14 May 17:58

I played it, it was great! You can tilt the playing field in any direction with the Control stick so you have more control over the Odama than other pinball games. You, the leader of the red army, is all the way at the bottom of the screen, centered between the flippers. The demo stage was divided by a river and a canyon. Your objective is to hit the warlord on the otherside of the screen (beyond the river and canyon) while protecting yourself from his troops. YOu have a limited amount of troops to send into battle with the other troops but an unimited amount of "ladder armies," whose sole purpose is to bridge the gap in the cliff so the odama may cross the canyon and hit the warlords.

You'll also have to stop the river from running so your troops can cross and prevent the enemy from resurrecting their damaged bases.

"What? Sarah! Look not upon me with doubting eyes." - Motoko Aoyoma (Love Hina: Mystery Guests at Hinata Hotel)

ONSLAUGHT

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"Damn!" , posted Fri 14 May 19:59

quote:
beneath the onslaught

Ssssshh, Iggy might find out our secret messages!

Spoon

347th Post

Bronze Customer

"Re(1):Damn!" , posted Fri 14 May 20:46:

quote:
beneath the onslaught

Ssssshh, Iggy might find out our secret messages!

Kirby Assist! t(`-`t)

[this message was edited by Spoon on Fri 14 May 20:46]

ONSLAUGHT

2658th Post

Platinum Carpet V.I.P- Board Master

"Re(2):Damn!" , posted Fri 14 May 20:56

quote:
beneath the onslaught

Ssssshh, Iggy might find out our secret messages!

Kirby Assist! t(`-`t)

Kirby Dance <(o_o)> (>o_o)> <(o_o<) <(o_O)>

jiji
83th Post

Occasional Customer

"Re(3):Damn!" , posted Fri 14 May 21:51

I really want to try this. It sounded sort of weird at first, but after reading about how it works and that the evil genius Yoot is making it, I must play it.