I am putting this post up really early since I don't think I will have much time to do it later.
Basically, I got my shipping labels from Nintendo yesterday but I need to prep and send it off today before the chat. So, if I am late to the chat that is why. I want to make sure it is being sent off on Monday from UPS as I would like it back as soon as possible.
In any case, we can talk about Sage's experience with yesterday's Kid Icarus Uprising GameStop event as well as the Pandora's Tower connection between Operation Rainfall and this site. I think we were one of the earlier supporters of the campaign.
Anything else is fine as well. See you there in the chat.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Pandora's Tower Month starts now
Man it has been a long time since I typed one of these up.
Okay you have heard the rumors and the possible truths and what not if you are a fan of this game that I have been putting posts about for the past few days and you want to try it out no matter if you believe the stuff or even if you do there is only so much very few can do.We will keep on digging on our end while everyone else can do their part as well. We will get involved as well.
The below is from here on Operation RainFalls facebook page.
Also for North American Members here. This is how long this is going to last as far as contacting NOA for the day
It's that time again! Although the majority of this month we will be attempting a radically different approach than we've used in the past, we want to kick off the European launch of Pandora's Tower with some good old fashioned asking Nintendo of America to release the game! We'll explain our real plans in a few days once the staff have everything organized, but make sure you get your phones and keyboards ready to contact NOA on Friday the 13th!
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IF YOU LIVE IN AMERICA:
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1. Help us create OFFICIAL Wikis for the game on IGN
2. Call Nintendo of America Customer Service
Please use one of these numbers to reach NoA customer service:
3. EMAIL Nintendo of America
There are two methods to email Nintendo of America:
YOU WILL NEED TO SET UP AN ALTERNATE EMAIL ACCOUNT.
Doing so is very simple and only requires a few minutes of your time.
A few sites that provide free, web-based email services that you can use for this campaign are:
Gmail (by Google)
Yahoo Mail
Microsoft Live Mail
and more!
4. COMMENT & TWEET Nintendo of America
We will be focusing on TWO sites run by Nintendo of America
Full list of social media sites run by Nintendo of America:
http://oprainfall.freeforums.org/twitter-facebook-youtube-t154.html
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IF YOU LIVE IN EUROPE, OCEANIA, OR SOUTH AFRICA:
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Have fun, keep it clean, and stay classy, raindrops.
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I will be pretty busy with operation rainfall like I always am and I will be doing my part. I had a few ideas earlier today that I may run by the guys over at operation rainfall.
Okay till the morning.
Okay you have heard the rumors and the possible truths and what not if you are a fan of this game that I have been putting posts about for the past few days and you want to try it out no matter if you believe the stuff or even if you do there is only so much very few can do.We will keep on digging on our end while everyone else can do their part as well. We will get involved as well.
The below is from here on Operation RainFalls facebook page.
Also for North American Members here. This is how long this is going to last as far as contacting NOA for the day
It's that time again! Although the majority of this month we will be attempting a radically different approach than we've used in the past, we want to kick off the European launch of Pandora's Tower with some good old fashioned asking Nintendo of America to release the game! We'll explain our real plans in a few days once the staff have everything organized, but make sure you get your phones and keyboards ready to contact NOA on Friday the 13th!
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IF YOU LIVE IN AMERICA:
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1. Help us create OFFICIAL Wikis for the game on IGN
2. Call Nintendo of America Customer Service
Please use one of these numbers to reach NoA customer service:
- 1-800-633-3236 (General Office)
- 1-800-255-3700 (Customer Service)
3. EMAIL Nintendo of America
There are two methods to email Nintendo of America:
- Use their webform: NOA Web form
- Email them directly: NOA email
YOU WILL NEED TO SET UP AN ALTERNATE EMAIL ACCOUNT.
Doing so is very simple and only requires a few minutes of your time.
A few sites that provide free, web-based email services that you can use for this campaign are:
Gmail (by Google)
Yahoo Mail
Microsoft Live Mail
and more!
4. COMMENT & TWEET Nintendo of America
We will be focusing on TWO sites run by Nintendo of America
- Facebook - Nintendo's Facebook
- Twitter - Nintendo of America's Twitter
Full list of social media sites run by Nintendo of America:
http://oprainfall.freeforums.org/twitter-facebook-youtube-t154.html
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IF YOU LIVE IN EUROPE, OCEANIA, OR SOUTH AFRICA:
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- BUY THE GAME!!
- Zavvi
- thehut
- NCSX
- Tesco
- Shop.to
- Amazon.co.uk
- GAME
- Gamestation
- Zavvi
- Shop.to
- Post unboxing videos and Let's Play videos and share them with us
- Post your own user reviews and leave comments on the reviews of others
- After spending one hour or more, go to the Nintendo Channel and rate the game
- Be sure to thank Nintendo of Europe by sending an email to customer-support@nintendo.co.uk or if you use Twitter, you can send a tweet to @NintendoUK and/or @NintendoEurope
Have fun, keep it clean, and stay classy, raindrops.
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I will be pretty busy with operation rainfall like I always am and I will be doing my part. I had a few ideas earlier today that I may run by the guys over at operation rainfall.
Okay till the morning.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Pandora's Tower Day 4:Music and Sound
First off I want to talk about who does the music for the game. Just their names and what they do for the game. I may get into them in a later post.
Yuichi Hirose does the Arrangement and Acoustics for the game.
Takayuki Kobara does the Sound Composition,Arrangement, Music Direction,Acousitics for the game.
Finally Wataru Suzuki does the Music Direction.
These are from the Japan OST and they are really stunning.
Yuichi Hirose does the Arrangement and Acoustics for the game.
Takayuki Kobara does the Sound Composition,Arrangement, Music Direction,Acousitics for the game.
Finally Wataru Suzuki does the Music Direction.
These are from the Japan OST and they are really stunning.
This one is really sad and solemn and near the end it does slightly give a little hope to the player that you can pull through.
This one makes me feel that I am a small piece in a grand Tower in the world just looking to see what you can do to get up to the top of the Tower.
This one gives me the feeling of unease and and that anything can go wrong. The creepy and unease someone feels when someone is watching you.
I like how this one just hits you and never lets up. It is riveting and suspenseful and it gets your heart pumping!
Finally I will wrap up with the two main ones that I think most everyone are familar with.
This is the song that Elena sings at the beginning of the game. It is very nice and beautiful and soothing. A very stark contrast to most music in the game.
The other song is the main theme for the game.
These are just a small sample of the music in the game. There is 34 in the game. I will be focusing on the major developers for the game next because the rest of the stuff I have on my list kinda delve into spoiler territory.
Trail's Gone Cold
I had a busy day today. My schedule took me from out of town to mid-town to downtown and back home. During the course of this jaunt I was able to spare a few minutes to bother GameStop managers at three different locations and in two different cities.
None of them had even HEARD of Pandora's Tower. Obviously, that means they also did not have any knowledge of corporate emails telling them to begin promoting the game.
So, that's the update. Not a good day for the "let's prove NinSage isn't crazy" cause.
We'll try again this weekend, eh?
None of them had even HEARD of Pandora's Tower. Obviously, that means they also did not have any knowledge of corporate emails telling them to begin promoting the game.
So, that's the update. Not a good day for the "let's prove NinSage isn't crazy" cause.
We'll try again this weekend, eh?
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Pandora's Tower Day 3:Controls and Gameplay
First lets get what you can use to control the game with out of the way. You can use the Wii remote or Classic controller to play this game. Either Pro or normal will work.
As far as controls go here is the basic gist of it. You have a sword which is controlled by a button and there is a pointer aimed chain. With this simple and effective combat system you can mix the combat up from close and long range.
For example you can use the chain to target specific body parts on larger foes, tie up foes at the welterweight level and bind small fries together so you can focus on their larger brethren. You can wrap your chain around an enemy and then hit it with your sword. You can get enemies from the sky and then fling them back with a crack of the chain. Then you point where you want to lob it then press A and B together. You can use air born enemies to attack ground bound enemies.
As for the Classic Controller combat that is all done with the buttons.
There is a lot of options.Try stuff out!
Now for the the traversing of the tower the chain does play a pretty good role in the game. There is grapple between cliff and cliff, swing between bars, and use the chain on levers. There is some puzzles like using the chain to create new pathways among other things.Thinking out of the box helps.
Oh I should also mention that there is the aspect of the items. Basically there is the point that you have a certain amount of item space and time to make it to and and back to Elena. You have 30 total items that you can carry to start.I should also note that there is a place where you can put your items for future use at the observatory. I believe you can go back to Elena at any time and feed her anything you get from monsters but you need to get to the the top of the Tower and beat the boss and feed it to her to to get her restored fully and then on to the next tower. After you beat the boss you you can get back the observatory by warping there. The faster you do it the better. Speed Runners are gonna love this game.
Finally I will leave you with this it is the UK Launch trailer. Isn't that great music? I will be focusing on that next time.
Okay here is the Basic Wii Remote controls.
Control stick Moves Aeron around.
A is your sword attack and you can do this up to 5 times. Hold it down to for a powerful uppercut.
B is your Chain, grab items, reach new heights, and zoom in.
Z is your guard and you can move the control stick to dodge or strife while still holding it.
C is to pick up items and to open treasure chests.
The control pad when you move it to the left or right it scrolls between items and when you press either up or down on the control pad it uses the item. Those are the basic controls out in the Towers.
These are the controls in the Observatory.
The control stick moves Aeron around.
The A button allows you to speak with people.
The C button picks up items.
Finally the Z button centers the camera to see Elena.
As far as controls go here is the basic gist of it. You have a sword which is controlled by a button and there is a pointer aimed chain. With this simple and effective combat system you can mix the combat up from close and long range.
For example you can use the chain to target specific body parts on larger foes, tie up foes at the welterweight level and bind small fries together so you can focus on their larger brethren. You can wrap your chain around an enemy and then hit it with your sword. You can get enemies from the sky and then fling them back with a crack of the chain. Then you point where you want to lob it then press A and B together. You can use air born enemies to attack ground bound enemies.
As for the Classic Controller combat that is all done with the buttons.
There is a lot of options.Try stuff out!
Now for the the traversing of the tower the chain does play a pretty good role in the game. There is grapple between cliff and cliff, swing between bars, and use the chain on levers. There is some puzzles like using the chain to create new pathways among other things.Thinking out of the box helps.
Oh I should also mention that there is the aspect of the items. Basically there is the point that you have a certain amount of item space and time to make it to and and back to Elena. You have 30 total items that you can carry to start.I should also note that there is a place where you can put your items for future use at the observatory. I believe you can go back to Elena at any time and feed her anything you get from monsters but you need to get to the the top of the Tower and beat the boss and feed it to her to to get her restored fully and then on to the next tower. After you beat the boss you you can get back the observatory by warping there. The faster you do it the better. Speed Runners are gonna love this game.
Finally I will leave you with this it is the UK Launch trailer. Isn't that great music? I will be focusing on that next time.
Okay here is the Basic Wii Remote controls.
Control stick Moves Aeron around.
A is your sword attack and you can do this up to 5 times. Hold it down to for a powerful uppercut.
B is your Chain, grab items, reach new heights, and zoom in.
Z is your guard and you can move the control stick to dodge or strife while still holding it.
C is to pick up items and to open treasure chests.
The control pad when you move it to the left or right it scrolls between items and when you press either up or down on the control pad it uses the item. Those are the basic controls out in the Towers.
These are the controls in the Observatory.
The control stick moves Aeron around.
The A button allows you to speak with people.
The C button picks up items.
Finally the Z button centers the camera to see Elena.
Confirmation on Pandora's Tower Coming to NA GameStops
As promised, I followed up with the local GameStop manager regarding the release of Pandora's Tower in the North American territory.
The short version is that GameStop is scheduled to being taking pre-orders for Pandora's Tower around June 20th - when The Last Story goes on sale. To hear the whole exchange, check out the latest covert audio recording provided below. Note: As luck would have it, I caught the manager right as he was heading to the bank on his break. Did fate do us a solid? Perhaps...
If that's not confirmation I don't know what is! Rejoice Operation Rainfall! I think this makes us 3 for 3!
Site chat will be at 8pm EST
Only a few more days till Pandora's Tower launches in Australia and Europe in fact I think fact I think it is out today in Australia. In any case I think Sage said something about that he was supposed to go over to Gamestop and do his thing. I can't wait to see what comes of that.
See you in the site chat at 8pm EST.
See you in the site chat at 8pm EST.
First details on Capcom x Sega x Namco Bandai Strategy RPG surface
First details for the strategy RPG from Capcom,Sega and Namco Bandai SRPG have come from Andriasang.
The 3 companies will have pairings with someone from the same company. Here are the pairings.
The 3 companies will have pairings with someone from the same company. Here are the pairings.
- Capcom
- Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter 0), X and Zero (Mega Man), Demitri and Dante (Darkstalkers and Devil May Cry), Chris and Jill (Resident Evil)
- Sega
- Shinguji Sakura and Ogami Ichiro (Sakura Wars), Pai and Akira (Virtua Fighter), Kurt and Riela (Valkyria Chronicles), Ulala and Touma (Space Channel 5 and Shining Force EXA)
- Namco Bandai
- Sanger Somvold (Super Robot Wars), Jin and Ling Xiaoyu (Tekken), Kos-Mos and T-elos (Xenosaga), Yurie and Estel (Tales of Vesperia), Kaito and Black Rose (.hack)
- Also note that later in the month there will be a trailer of the game.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Pandora's Tower Day 2:Characters
Aeron is a 22 year old protaganist. He is voiced by Ryan Philpottin. He is a former soldier of Athens which I find interesting since this takes place some where in the real world somewhere in the past although it is more fantasy. He has to travel up the towers and traverse the 13 towers and do what he can to get items from the monsters and thus save our next character,
Elena is 18 years old and very interesting. She seems to be religious. She seems to be a great singer. Her English voice actress is Charlotte Sanderson. As the game progresses more of her story is revealed... The final main character of the game is the...
Friendly merchant Mavda. She is voiced by Ann Beach. She gives Aeron the Oraclos or Orihicalcum Chain so she can help with climbing the tower and in helping fighting the foes in the tower and she helped the duo into the tower when Elena when she was cursed.
Finally I will leave you guys with a character trailer of the game. Yeah it is kinda old and it is in Japanese but it does have a lot of gameplay in it which happens to be the the next part that I will be focusing on. I will be going over basically everything you need to know about about the combat and controls.
See you guys next time.
Elena is 18 years old and very interesting. She seems to be religious. She seems to be a great singer. Her English voice actress is Charlotte Sanderson. As the game progresses more of her story is revealed... The final main character of the game is the...
Friendly merchant Mavda. She is voiced by Ann Beach. She gives Aeron the Oraclos or Orihicalcum Chain so she can help with climbing the tower and in helping fighting the foes in the tower and she helped the duo into the tower when Elena when she was cursed.
Finally I will leave you guys with a character trailer of the game. Yeah it is kinda old and it is in Japanese but it does have a lot of gameplay in it which happens to be the the next part that I will be focusing on. I will be going over basically everything you need to know about about the combat and controls.
Hey, Warren! Thanks, buddy.
Over the years, many groups of people have treated Wii gamers as second class citizens. Gaming media, game retailers, fellow gamers. But, perhaps the worst offender has been third party developers. Often the Wii, its huge install base and its diverse audience are completely ignored when multi-platform games are made. If they do go to the Wii, they are often lazy, outsourced projects that don't even really try to recreate the product on the HD systems. If the Wii is fortunate enough for a robust, ground-up exclusive, it often suffers one of two fates. Either it does poorly and is seen as further evidence that the Wii is not a viable 3rd party platform, or it does very well and instantly loses exclusivity in the form of upgraded ports and HD-focused sequels.
Such is not the case with Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. No, Warren Spector has shown that he is a stand-up individual. He knows who brought him to the dance, and he's going to be honorable and dance with that one.
Epic Mickey 2 would not be getting made if not for the dollars of Wii owners buying Epic Mickey 1. Warren realizes this and realizes that cute, colorful, anthropomorphic, platforming might not even be what the HD-twin audience is looking for. Thus, the Wii is the lead platform under Junction Point's development of Epic Mickey 2. This is an honorable move and a smart one. By not turning your back on the folks who got you there, the sales of EM2 should be on par with EM1's success. And by not burning resources on the questionable appeal of HD productions, we have a truly "everybody wins" scenario...
Wii gamers get respect, a returned favor, and an awesome game. PS3/60 gamers don't have to say "why isn't this on PS3/60?!?! RARR!!" And Warren Specter/Junction Point/Disney will likely see their honorable deeds rewarded with filthy, filthy lucre. =)
So... Hey, Warren! Thanks, buddy.
Such is not the case with Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. No, Warren Spector has shown that he is a stand-up individual. He knows who brought him to the dance, and he's going to be honorable and dance with that one.
Epic Mickey 2 would not be getting made if not for the dollars of Wii owners buying Epic Mickey 1. Warren realizes this and realizes that cute, colorful, anthropomorphic, platforming might not even be what the HD-twin audience is looking for. Thus, the Wii is the lead platform under Junction Point's development of Epic Mickey 2. This is an honorable move and a smart one. By not turning your back on the folks who got you there, the sales of EM2 should be on par with EM1's success. And by not burning resources on the questionable appeal of HD productions, we have a truly "everybody wins" scenario...
Wii gamers get respect, a returned favor, and an awesome game. PS3/60 gamers don't have to say "why isn't this on PS3/60?!?! RARR!!" And Warren Specter/Junction Point/Disney will likely see their honorable deeds rewarded with filthy, filthy lucre. =)
So... Hey, Warren! Thanks, buddy.
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