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| Iggy 4476th Post
 
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|  "Genji and "not - Nico - Wanda to Kyôzô""
, posted Fri 10 Sep 12:28:
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Remember the two games by SCE ? Genji has been revealed to be from Game Republic, in other words it's the first game by our friend Okamoto after he left Capcom. It's an action game taking place after the disorders of the Heiji era, and you control Yoshitsune and Benkei to fight the Taira (I thought Yoshitsune met Benkei after he had been betrayed by his brother ? Oh well).
The other game is called "Wanda and the giant statues" (and since the name is in japanese, I bet it will be called (back?) "Nico" out of Japan. Even though nobody will understand the pun with the "2". Oh well again.)
Either way, the goal is to revive a girl who lost her soul. You go to the end of the Earth, in the ancient land, to fight giants statues. It's also an action game. The giantness of the ennemies is the core concept, since you'll have to find a way to beat those monster without being stomped or eaten. For example, you'll ride on the sword in the hand of the statue, you climb to its back, and then try to put your own sword in the giant's head. A movie was also shown where the hero was riding a horse to fight an humanoïd statue.
SURPRISE the game is developed by the team behind Ico.
Both games will be playable at the TGS.
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| Gojira 1542th Post
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| "Re(1):Genji and" , posted Sat 11 Sep 04:52
On IGN a few developer comments have clarified that Wanda to Kyozou is not a sequel to ICO, or related to the game at all. So at least you don't have to worry about it ever being called NICO.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/546/546753p1.html
Kenji Kaido: "When we finished Ico (the Japanese version), we of course had to think about our next production. Normally, there would be talk of a sequel, but here, there was some opposition to that, along the lines of Ico being more than complete both in terms of gameplay and story, thus making production of a sequel very difficult, and also questions about whether users actually wanted a sequel. After much consideration, we decided to try a new game."
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| Mosquiton 1356th Post
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| "not a sequel" , posted Sat 11 Sep 06:15
quote:
On IGN a few developer comments have clarified that Wanda to Kyozou is not a sequel to ICO, or related to the game at all. So at least you don't have to worry about it ever being called NICO.
http://ps2.ign.com/articles/546/546753p1.html
Kenji Kaido: "When we finished Ico (the Japanese version), we of course had to think about our next production. Normally, there would be talk of a sequel, but here, there was some opposition to that, along the lines of Ico being more than complete both in terms of gameplay and story, thus making production of a sequel very difficult, and also questions about whether users actually wanted a sequel. After much consideration, we decided to try a new game."
Why gamers can't think of anything better to want than a sequel is beyond me... I admit I'm glad to see a similar visual style though. Should be an interesting project, I'm all over it.
Btw... anyone see that Genji screen of guy fighting some really weird monster? Not what I was expecting... hope it's some kind of freaky dream sequence...
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