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Advance Wars: Days of Ruin preview
With the release date (1/25/08) of the newest installment in Advance Wars series — Advance Wars: Days of Ruin drawing closer, I thought it would be nice to prepare everyone for the game itself with a little preview. Afterall, everyone knows that Days of Ruin will be different to its predecessors in terms of everything.
For those that owned a Gameboy Advance will undoubtedly have played or heard your GBA buddies ramble on about the greatness of the Advance Wars series. Those that are new to the title, Advance Wars is a turned-based strategy game that, depending on the player, might be very addictive. The combination of its game-play and graphics gave a “light-hearted” motif targeted towards children. But it did more than that and now have a legion of young and old followers!
However, all that has changed, with new characters (none from the previous games), new units and most astounding is the new storyline (totally unrelated to the previous games), Days of Ruin is bound to keep old followers on the edge of their seats and draw in new fans. The storyline goes like this:
Almost 90% of mankind has been killed off following a devastating meteor strike which has destroyed much of civilization and caused a massive dust cloud to blot out the sun. Scattered survivors pick through the wreckage, and the remnants of several military superpowers patrol the ravaged landscape, some factions protecting the innocent while the others prey upon them. - GWN
Everything about Dawn of Ruin had taken a more ‘mature’ stance, maybe to give old veterans a change or to accomodate their maturing fans. We won’t know if the change if for the better until the game itself comes out, but many reviews have shed a positive light on it so it will most probably do the series proud! If you want to learn more about Days of Ruin visit here.
For those that have a greater urge for knowledge on Days of Ruin, you can check out a Nintendo interview on the game itself here on 1up.
And finally to finish things off, here’s the latest video trailer on Days of Ruin! Enjoy!
If you’ve enjoyed this you might want to check out TBA’s Most Wanted Wii Games!
Pictures thanks to 1up
TBA Most Wanted Wii Games
With 14 million units predicted to be sold by March 2008, the Wii is no doubt on track to becoming the most popular home consoles in the history of gaming. And it’s easy to see why… the combination of a revolutionary motion-sensitive controller, a slick design and an affordable price tag almost guaranteed the success of the product since its launch. Furthermore, the Wii has rid itself of the problem that plagued its predecessor; the GameCube which lacked a good selection of games. The Wii has been blessed with a good selection of games — that is already available on the system – and many upcoming games from third party developers.
This is a list of Top 10 Wii Games that the editors of To Be Asian think that everyone must get in this holiday season. This list will not be mentioning launch games, because;
1) It’s just unfair, you’ll always remember your first time, and
2) Do you know of one Wii owner that doesn’t have these games already…? Exactly! Point proven.
Read On For TBA’s Most Wanted Wii Games!
Pirates vs Ninjas… Dodgeball?
The age old rivalry between the pirates and the ninjas has been resolved! Yes, that’s right! The Ninjas of the land of rising sun and the Pirates of the seven seas are facing off in a epic fight of dodgeball, and the best part is you decide who win! Who could have known they loved dodgeball? The newly formed Studio Blazing Lizard; and they seem to have a promising future in the hearts of Gamers and Asian enthusiast alike.
Enough compliments! On to the game! Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball will be launched on the Xbox LIVE Arcade on Xbox 360 in early 2008. The game will feature 5 teams of up to 8 players each with 6 arenas to play in. The other teams apart from the pirates and ninjas are rumoured to include Zombies and Robots. Characters will also have their own combat moves and special capabilities which will definitely make the game more exhilarating.
Game trailer plus more after jump!
Maple Story coming to Nintendo DS
Maple Story, the famous 2D side-scrolling MMORPG designed by a Korean company named Wizet is coming to the Nintendo DS! Unlike the online version, the Nintendo DS version will be single-player, so it will be interesting to see how they will keep the game’s excitement. Maple Story fans will be hoping for a good story to go along with the Singleplayer DS version.
Here’s a video of Maple Story’s gameplay on the Nintendo DS:
Everything looks the same, the only thing missing would be the other players. You can also watch the promotional commercial for Maple Story. This is a must-get game for those of you Maple Story fans that can’t survive a moment without playing Maple Story!
Source:
Siliconera
FF figurines comes with FF Potion
It wasn’t a while ago when Square Enix and Suntory teamed up to produce Final Fantasy Potions to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII. The can design looks very sleek and stylish, but from what i’ve read, the drink have a medicinal taste to it - thus the name, ‘potion’? That’s not very appealing…
It was some sort of promotional campaign they came up with for the FF franchise, but i guess it wasn’t very popular among the fans since their adding another incentive for you to buy the drink - Final Fantasy Figurines! You’ll have a chance to collect:
Cloud, Advent Children Cloud, tifa. Vincent, Zack, Crisis Core Aerith and One Winged Angel Sephiroth.
The figurines look greats for something that comes with a drink and it probably cost more than the drink itself. I’ll be buying a FF potion, but it won’t be because i need HP.
Here’s the Japanese commercial for FF potion:
Source:
Kotaku
Siliconera
Japan’s Concerto Gate heads to the US
The US will be getting a slice of the action from Square Enix’s Concerto Gate, a PC MMORPG that’s similar to Ragnorak Online in some aspects. The game is a sequal to the 2001 MMO, Cross Gate.
Concerto Gate is marked by its ease of familiarity to those fans of console based RPGs through its use of randomly generated battles. The game presents in an art style similar to that of Ragnarok Online, though with a Square Enix touch of flair. The visuals display a creative cross between the Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon and Seiken Densetsu titles. - RPGamer
The game will be release at the start of 2008 and will be free to play. The game has been very successful in Japan and other Asia countries already! If it’s a game from the creator of Final Fantasy, it must be at least worth checking out right?
Well, here’s the trailer for the Concerto Gate:
This look more like an anime than a MMO trailer, so here’s a video of a boss fight in Concerto Gate to give you a better perspective on the game:
Source:
Destructoid
RPGamer
Toyota in World of Warcraft
This move by Toyota to use World of Warcraft for advertising is a clear example of how gaming is moving in to the mainstream, arguable for better or worst, but it is happening. In this advertisement you can see the infamous Leeroy Jenkins, a World of Warcraft celebrity of sort driving a Toyota Tacoma. This will for sure attract the 10 Million subscriber of WoW and the larger gaming community. I won’t be surprise to see a lot more Toyota Tacoma on the roads, and their drivers will probably be gamers.