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[duckroll]

Old videos fine, super lame, fine, but complain about releases after the event's done. Press kits obviously haven't gone out yet, since nobody has direct feed footage as of now, so be calm.

If they're timing stuff and it ramps up and we get vids and demos as time goes on, be happy. If it stays this bad throughout the whole thing, then engage angry mob status.

Okay, disengaging angry mob engine. Going into "optimistic and patient" failsafe mode.

Spoiler

Angry mob engine will be engaged again in 8 days.

 

[SnakeXs]

Okay, disengaging angry mob engine. Going into "optimistic and patient" failsafe mode.

Spoiler

Angry mob engine will be engaged again in 8 days.

I'll be right there with a pitchfork and a backpack filled with torches for anyone who needs one.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Fusion Frenzy 2 trailer
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom trailer

Hey now, they are new to me!

 

[duckroll]

Hey now, they are new to me!

Yeah I just watched the Circle of Doom trailer. Really bad trailer, but the game has some potential. It's a dungeon crawler action RPG running in the N3 engine. The trailer was really badly put together though. :/

 

[SnakeXs]

Yeah I just watched the Circle of Doom trailer. Really bad trailer, but the game has some potential. It's a dungeon crawler action RPG running in the N3 engine. The trailer was really badly put together though. :/

Any clue how deep the combat/RPG elements go?

 

[duckroll]

Any clue how deep the combat/RPG elements go?

No clue. The trailer didn't really tell me anything except the camera sucks and it's definitely the N3 engine. As far as combat goes, there's a guy using a crossbow to shoot enemies crawling all over a huge pole, and he also uses a sword on some other enemies. Looks like there are spells too, but that could just be another enemy! :lol

 

[B'z-chan]

Yeah I just watched the Circle of Doom trailer. Really bad trailer, but the game has some potential. It's a dungeon crawler action RPG running in the N3 engine. The trailer was really badly put together though. :/

**** what have the done to KUF? this looks more like NNN2 instead of freaking KUF hell i think its even borrowing textures if you look at the armor. Disapointment total

 

[sangreal]

yeah, framerate issues aside that was a really poorly directed trailer

 

[Son of Godzilla]

I was all for this game being a monthly fee-less substitute for PSU, but now I'm not so sure.

 

[SnakeXs]

*cough*

K, in a word: Worth downloading?

Keep in mind that would involve me getting up and changing my switcher to 360 (off of the awesome Okami).

 

[duckroll]

*cough*

K, in a word: Worth downloading?

Keep in mind that would involve me getting up and changing my switcher to 360 (off of the awesome Okami).

I was going to say yes until you mentioned Okami. Now... hell no!

 

[SnakeXs]

I was going to say yes until you mentioned Okami. Now... hell no!

Deal!

 

[kallisto76]

Circle of Doom will be out in second quarter 2007, lot of time to improve graphics and framerate...i trust phantagram!

 

[JMPovoa]

Circle of Doom will be out in second quarter 2007, lot of time to improve graphics and framerate...i trust phantagram!

But it isn't Phantagram doing the game is it? I thought it was some other development team doing the game and that it wouldn't be an RTS game?

 

[duckroll]

But it isn't Phantagram doing the game is it? I thought it was some other development team doing the game and that it wouldn't be an RTS game?

Blue Side is under Phantagram. They made KUF Heroes. This is something along the same lines.

Oh that note I just watched the Fusion Frenzy 2 trailer. Not bad, at least this one felt like a good trailer! 4 player minigameathon in HD by Hudson, could be good!

 

[GhaleonEB]

Old videos fine, super lame, fine, but complain about releases after the event's done. Press kits obviously haven't gone out yet, since nobody has direct feed footage as of now, so be calm.

If they're timing stuff and it ramps up and we get vids and demos as time goes on, be happy. If it stays this bad throughout the whole thing, then engage angry mob status.

I expect the bulk of the content to go up at X06. I'm surprised we're getting Kingdom Under Fire, Fuzion Frenzy 2, Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 at this point. I have not seen anything on those yet, so I'm happy.

 

[GhaleonEB]

You know, I was thinking that Fuzion Frenzy 2 looked just like Bomberman on the 360. Then the Hudson logo showed up at the end. :lol :lol :lol

 

[duckroll]

OMG Disappointment TOTAL! This list better not be 100% complete, SOMEONE DAMAGE CONTROL THIS: http://www.xbox.com/ja-JP/live/BringItHome/list.htm

9/20

Demo:
- Tenchu
Trailers:
- DoAX2
- Project Sylpheed
- Tenchu

9/21

Trailers:
- Fusion Frenzy 2
- Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
- Table Tennis
- Vista Gaming Montage
- Xbox360 Media Briefing Report

9/22

Demo:
- Fusion Frenzy 2
Trailers:
- TGS Arcade Montage
- Full Auto
- TGS Daily Video

9/23:

Trailers:
- Forza 2 Customization
- Forza 2 Physics & Damage
- Vampire Rain
- TGS Daily Video

9/24:

Trailers:
- TGS Daily Video

 

[GhaleonEB]

OMG Disappointment TOTAL! This list better not be 100% complete, SOMEONE DAMAGE CONTROL THIS: http://www.xbox.com/ja-JP/live/BringItHome/list.htm

9/20

Demo:
- Tenchu
Trailers:
- DoAX2
- Project Sylpheed
- Tenchu

9/21

Trailers:
- Fusion Frenzy 2
- Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
- Table Tennis
- Vista Gaming Montage
- Xbox360 Media Briefing Report

9/22

Demo:
- Fusion Frenzy 2
Trailers:
- TGS Arcade Montage
- Full Auto
- TGS Daily Video

9/23:

Trailers:
- Forza 2 Customization
- Forza 2 Physics & Damage
- Vampire Rain
- TGS Daily Video

9/24:

Trailers:
- TGS Daily Video

I want Blue Dragon and Lost Planet trailers up there, stat.

Also, I noticed that's from the Japanese site, and only lists the content that was for Japan. The 20th and 21st had the Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 trailers, both of which are missing from that list. So I think it could have more on the upcoming days as well.

BUT! X06 is next week and I've always expected MOST of the content to come from there.

 

[duckroll]

Also, I noticed that's from the Japanese site, and only lists the content that was for Japan. The 20th and 21st had the Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 trailers, both of which are missing from that list. So I think it could have more on the upcoming days as well.

Funny you should mention that, because they're both on JP Live too...... just not mentioned on the list! Weird.

 

[Uncle]

That's just terrible. Not a gem total.

 

[Tieno]

I really can't understand why they would not release HD footage of their jRPGs Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey and Trusty Bell on marketplace....I mean, that just does not compute. Off-screen, low res footage does games such an injustice....It makes me want to cry.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Sweet! Fusion Frenzy demo will be coming according to that list. IM SATISFIED.

 

[arne]

OMG Disappointment TOTAL! This list better not be 100% complete, SOMEONE DAMAGE CONTROL THIS: http://www.xbox.com/ja-JP/live/BringItHome/list.htm

[damage control]

X06 is the real show for MS

[/damage control]


Did I make you happy? heh.


also, I have no idea what the bringing it home schedule is.

 

[Mercury Fred]

*crosses fingers for a PSU demo*

 

[GhaleonEB]

Funny you should mention that, because they're both on JP Live too...... just not mentioned on the list! Weird.

That is weird. Not sure what to think then.

X06! Believe!

Spoiler

expect a flood of gamerpics

 

[duckroll]

also, I have no idea what the bringing it home schedule is.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo! All hope is lost! >_<

 

[dante786]

I really can't understand why they would not release HD footage of their jRPGs Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey and Trusty Bell on marketplace....I mean, that just does not compute. Off-screen, low res footage does games such an injustice....It makes me want to cry.

Yeah, this shit boggles the mind, also i need the new LP trailer up there. I thought i read somewhere most of the major content is gonna be put up at the end of X06 though, so I'm not too dissappointed yet.

PS: that KUF trailer is total shit.

 

[arne]

I really can't understand why they would not release HD footage of their jRPGs Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey and Trusty Bell on marketplace....I mean, that just does not compute. Off-screen, low res footage does games such an injustice....It makes me want to cry.

imho, it will happen. just how soon will be the question.

 

[Bebpo]

Ok, so MS is like:

Hey Japanese people! Xbox rocks! Support the cause! We're gonna bring it home! And we got these awesome new RPGS for you! And we have hot new trailers for them that we're showing to the media! Oh, but you don't get to see them...Oh and you don't get demos of them...Oh and ummm, here's an E3 trailer of DOAX2..it's got BOOBS! BE HAPPY! BUY XBOX!

This is basically equivalent to MS spitting on the face of the Japanese otaku who are buying their system and supporting them in Japan. They get Fusion Frenzy! Whereas Sony is like MGS4!!! DMC3!!! VF5!!! RPGS!!!

I thought the whole point of firing the guy in charge of MS Japan was that the new guy was smarter than a monkey and would make intelligent decisions? Guess not!

 

[Tieno]

imho, it will happen. just how soon will be the question.

Hopefull

I thought i read somewhere most of the major content is gonna be put up at the end of X06 though, so I'm not too dissappointed yet.

Shit, I am, I won't be home then and probably not in time (by a few hours) till most of it gets deleted the 29th
. My hope will be for BlimBlim to capture it and put it on his site then.

 

[sangreal]

I thought the whole point of firing the guy in charge of MS Japan was that the new guy was smarter than a monkey and would make intelligent decisions? Guess not!

While this guy has yet to prove his worth, Maruyama was on a completely different level of stupidity. He had absolutely no idea what was going on

I still can't believe Microsoft didn't announce a single new game at their show though

I thought i read somewhere most of the major content is gonna be put up at the end of X06 though, so I'm not too dissappointed yet.

You read that on IGN, who most likely misread the press release (which says most content will be deleted at the end of x06)

 

[duckroll]

I thought the whole point of firing the guy in charge of MS Japan was that the new guy was smarter than a monkey and would make intelligent decisions? Guess not!

Nope, the whole point was that MS knew back then that his resemblance to the current American Idol will sell a gazillion Xbox360s in Japan.

 

[arne]

While this guy has yet to prove his worth, Maruyama was on a completely different level of stupidity. He had absolutely no idea what was going on

I still can't believe Microsoft didn't announce a single new game at their show though

you do know that Sensui-san was formerly in charge of building relationships with developers right? i.e. as far as I know he had a role securing current support from the Japanese developers.

 

[ghostmind]

I would rather wait until X06 to get MS info anyway... the rest of this week is going to be flooded with PS3 stuff, so waiting a week isn't going to kill me...

 

[C4Lukins]

Ok, so MS is like:

Hey Japanese people! Xbox rocks! Support the cause! We're gonna bring it home! And we got these awesome new RPGS for you! And we have hot new trailers for them that we're showing to the media! Oh, but you don't get to see them...Oh and you don't get demos of them...Oh and ummm, here's an E3 trailer of DOAX2..it's got BOOBS! BE HAPPY! BUY XBOX!

This is basically equivalent to MS spitting on the face of the Japanese otaku who are buying their system and supporting them in Japan. They get Fusion Frenzy! Whereas Sony is like MGS4!!! DMC3!!! VF5!!! RPGS!!!

I thought the whole point of firing the guy in charge of MS Japan was that the new guy was smarter than a monkey and would make intelligent decisions? Guess not!

It is a bit amazing how incompetent they are concerning anything Japan. Trusty Bell, Blue Dragon, LO, and a new DOAX2 trailer should have been on there as soon as the conference began, just how it was for us at E3. A LO and Blue Dragon demo would have been great as well, but I can understand that at least. Project Sylpheed is coming out pretty soon as well, and they should be pimping that out. I guess there is still time to get it together before the conference is over, but if they are waiting to X06 when Japan is no longer paying attention to get this stuff out there, that is a mistake.

 

[sangreal]

you do know that Sensui-san was formerly in charge of building relationships with developers right? i.e. as far as I know he had a role securing current support from the Japanese developers.

I meant as head of the operation, but no I did not know that so thanks for the info

Maruyama was terrible though. For example:

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200507/N05.0725.1321.09238.htm

GI: And then are you aggressively going after exclusive content?

Maruyama: We have more exclusive content announcements that are coming from our first party developers. But some of the games which we are announcing today will be kind of exclusive in terms of next-gen quality. Like, I'll say Resident Evil. They didn’t announce any particular date. Most likely when Resident Evil 5 is published in Japan the 360 version will be hi-def quality with next-gen graphics. But PlayStation 2 will be just ordinary graphics. So until PlayStation 3 comes we have an exclusive window to the hi-def gaming experience for the consumer.

GI: Resident Evil 5 is coming to the PS3 and...

Maruyama: PS3? Maybe the PS3 version will come, I hope, later than ours.

....

 

[IJoel]

WTF, this is the suck! ARNE, YER GOING DOWN!

I hope X06 blows the doors open. My heart can't receive another NG-size-ton or I'll steal MrBob's flipflops and camp out for a PS3.

Spoiler

1. NGB is one of my top 5 favorite games of all time.
2. A Halo 3 mega trailer would satisfy my hunger.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I would rather wait until X06 to get MS info anyway... the rest of this week is going to be flooded with PS3 stuff, so waiting a week isn't going to kill me...

Exactly. This is Sony's show. Nintendo held theirs last week, TGS is Sony, X06 is Microsoft. And by Microsoft, I mean Gears of War.

 

[dante786]

You read that on IGN, who most likely misread the press release (which says most content will be deleted at the end of x06)

Damn. Now I'm extremely disappointed.

 

[Mrbob]

I meant as head of the operation, but no I did not know that so thanks for the info

Maruyama was terrible though. For example:

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200507/N05.0725.1321.09238.htm



....

Oh my god. :lol What a gem of a quote.

 

[Mrbob]

WTF, this is the suck! ARNE, YER GOING DOWN!

I hope X06 blows the doors open. My heart can't receive another NG-size-ton or I'll steal MrBob's flipflops and camp out for a PS3.

Spoiler

1. NGB is one of my top 5 favorite games of all time.
2. A Halo 3 mega trailer would satisfy my hunger.

Flipflops are mine and I'm not giving them up without a fight!

 

[Tieno]

I wonder if they're going to pimp the Mistwalker stuff at X06 too...

 

[duckroll]

GI: And then are you aggressively going after exclusive content?

Maruyama: We have more exclusive content announcements that are coming from our first party developers. But some of the games which we are announcing today will be kind of exclusive in terms of next-gen quality. Like, I'll say Resident Evil. They didn’t announce any particular date. Most likely when Resident Evil 5 is published in Japan the 360 version will be hi-def quality with next-gen graphics. But PlayStation 2 will be just ordinary graphics. So until PlayStation 3 comes we have an exclusive window to the hi-def gaming experience for the consumer.

GI: Resident Evil 5 is coming to the PS3 and...

Maruyama: PS3? Maybe the PS3 version will come, I hope, later than ours.

Yup, he definitely needed to go.

 

[Bebpo]

Exactly. This is Sony's show. Nintendo held theirs last week, TGS is Sony, X06 is Microsoft. And by Microsoft, I mean Gears of War.

But the Japanese don't care about X06. The time to sell them on the system is now. MS has the games! They are just hiding them from the public while the public gets hyped on PS3 & Wii. Basically from an outside perspective it appears like MS is playing project Sabatoge themselves and trying to completely erase the X360's existence from Japan.

This was it, TGS was their last chance in Japan for a turn-around. By blowing this they're never going to have a chance to recover and I wouldn't be surprised if a result of this is 90% of Japanese development support dropped by the end of next year.

 

[Mrbob]

Exactly. This is Sony's show. Nintendo held theirs last week, TGS is Sony, X06 is Microsoft. And by Microsoft, I mean Gears of War.

MS better have more than Gears of War or underwhelmingt0n total.

 

[duckroll]

But the Japanese don't care about X06. The time to sell them on the system is now. MS has the games! They are just hiding them from the public while the public gets hyped on PS3 & Wii. Basically from an outside perspective it appears like MS is playing project Sabatoge themselves and trying to completely erase the X360's existence from Japan.

This was it, TGS was their last chance in Japan for a turn-around. By blowing this they're never going to have a chance to recover and I wouldn't be surprised if a result of this is 90% of Japanese development support dropped by the end of next year.

Well to be fair, all the games WILL be at TGS, and they'll all be PLAYABLE. The problem people pissed off are those of us fed the bullshit empty promise of BRINGING IT HOME. Sony doesn't even have something like Live Marketplace yet so that point is moot. I think MS will make an impact in Japan at TGS, however small. But I'm just ****ing pissed about how they're just bringing all the SHIT home.

 

[IJoel]

But the Japanese don't care about X06. The time to sell them on the system is now. MS has the games! They are just hiding them from the public while the public gets hyped on PS3 & Wii. Basically from an outside perspective it appears like MS is playing project Sabatoge themselves and trying to completely erase the X360's existence from Japan.

This was it, TGS was their last chance in Japan for a turn-around. By blowing this they're never going to have a chance to recover and I wouldn't be surprised if a result of this is 90% of Japanese development support dropped by the end of next year.

Exactly. It's quite mindblowing that at least videos for Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey aren't up on the Marketplace considering how fantastic they look.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I wonder if they're going to pimp the Mistwalker stuff at X06 too...

I'm hoping for confirmation both are coming to the US. I just hope they at least talk about them. I'd like X06 to go like this:

1) Hardware stuff (HD-DVD,, 1080p, etc) Big news: Holiday bundle
2) XBox Live: stats, blah blah. Some new titles, including that "new franchise"
3) Holiday: Dates for Viva Pinata, Crackdown, Fuzion Frenzy 2, etc.
4) 2007 preview: Forza 2 release date, the Mistwalker RPGs, Bioshock, RE5, Lost Planet, etc. End with another sneak peek at Halo 3. Which hits Live an hour before they show it, of course.

But the Japanese don't care about X06. The time to sell them on the system is now. MS has the games! They are just hiding them from the public while the public gets hyped on PS3 & Wii. Basically from an outside perspective it appears like MS is playing project Sabatoge themselves and trying to completely erase the X360's existence from Japan.

This was it, TGS was their last chance in Japan for a turn-around. By blowing this they're never going to have a chance to recover and I wouldn't be surprised if a result of this is 90% of Japanese development support dropped by the end of next year.

Oh, I agree there. I think Japan is an utter lost cause for the 360, though Microsoft sure isn't doing themselves any favors on the execution and marketing fronts.

 

[arne]

But the Japanese don't care about X06. The time to sell them on the system is now. MS has the games! They are just hiding them from the public while the public gets hyped on PS3 & Wii. Basically from an outside perspective it appears like MS is playing project Sabatoge themselves and trying to completely erase the X360's existence from Japan.

This was it, TGS was their last chance in Japan for a turn-around. By blowing this they're never going to have a chance to recover and I wouldn't be surprised if a result of this is 90% of Japanese development support dropped by the end of next year.

are you saying this only because it's not on marketplace?