Go week 17 of the GBAtemp book game club. Now the series has been running for quite some time now but we still get new viewers so the quick summary is each week a game gets suggested and then we all discuss it either as a whole or parts worth discussing. Our wish is to have enjoyable games make the list but rather than just have a top ?? games list we have expanded it to also include things worth knowing about, games with interesting mechanics, games that were notable from a industry perspective or something along those lines not to mention the occasional special feature (a compare and contrast for instance) or restriction on the selection (early releases, must be available under a given price....) to mix things up. The games themselves will tend to come from systems we usually cover around here but that is not set in stone and otherwise can draw from commercial releases, homebrew, hacks or something else entirely.[/p]
Soma Bringer DS
Developed by Monolith Soft who are best known for their Xenosaga games on various consoles and Baiten Kaitos on the gamecube this is one of the big RPGs that never made it out of Japan on the DS but also one of the first big English translation hacks to appear but we seem to have met several people over the last few months that did not know of it we thought we would do our part to spread it a bit further. The game itself joins many other RPGs of recent years that eschew the final fantasy style turn based combat in favour of some real time combat similar to the GBA games shining soul or secret of mana depending on the person you find yourself speaking to but with more of a team and tactics leaning although the plot and game universe are more in line with traditional Japanese RPG games but still quite compelling.[/p]
GBAtemp release thread
GBAtemp translation thread
Filetrip patch download
Would your thoughts be that the game did not get an official translation for a reason or was it a missed opportunity on the part of Nintendo? Do share your thoughts in the discussion below[/p]
Discuss
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&search_tags=gbagotw&search_app= should get you other links in this series
Soma Bringer DS
Developed by Monolith Soft who are best known for their Xenosaga games on various consoles and Baiten Kaitos on the gamecube this is one of the big RPGs that never made it out of Japan on the DS but also one of the first big English translation hacks to appear but we seem to have met several people over the last few months that did not know of it we thought we would do our part to spread it a bit further. The game itself joins many other RPGs of recent years that eschew the final fantasy style turn based combat in favour of some real time combat similar to the GBA games shining soul or secret of mana depending on the person you find yourself speaking to but with more of a team and tactics leaning although the plot and game universe are more in line with traditional Japanese RPG games but still quite compelling.[/p]
A trailer although some battle and gameplay videos are available
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJjVzcZ-KY[/youtube]
Would your thoughts be that the game did not get an official translation for a reason or was it a missed opportunity on the part of Nintendo? Do share your thoughts in the discussion below[/p]
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&search_tags=gbagotw&search_app= should get you other links in this series