Four companies have announced their involvement to develop and publish Nostalgia for the Nintendo DS today. On the developers side is Matrix Software and Red Entertainment who have both had their share in the creation of a few adventure games. For the publishers, it’ll be the lately busy Ignition and Tecmo.
Unfortunately, Nintendo Power has the scoop for media relating to the game for now. If you’d like to see what the game is going to look like localized, you may want to keep an eye out for the latest issue. Luckily a Japanese trailer has been released for the game, so all is not lost.
For those who enjoy reading the key selling features of a game, Ignition has provided a glimpse at least into that aspect:
• Ambitious, fully 3D polygonal graphical engine offers dramatic, sweeping camera angles and impressive vistas rarely seen in a DS title.
• Cohesive, anime-inspired art direction that effectively captures the game’s turn-of-the-century charm.
• Travel to incredibly unique, non-traditional RPG locales via airship including London, New York, Cairo, Africa, and Russia.
• Features two distinct combat engines: One is a brisk, turn-based close-quarters melee between your party members and monsters; while the other offers thrilling, large-scale airship battles. In addition, your battle skills are scored at the conclusion of each conflict, inspiring strategic mastery.
• Handy in-game notebook feature keeps track of people, monsters, airships and items you’ve run across.
• Plenty of user-defined customization, allowing the player to trick out his or her airship with various weapons, armor types, and special skill attacks. The player can also choose character-specific skills from a branching tree for a more personalized experience.
• Explore a variety of diverse, engaging dungeons that include brain bending puzzles and tricky Indiana Jones-style traps.
• Optional quest system inspires players to approach the adventure from a less linear perspective, extending the life of the gameplay experience.
Well at least it’s a reason to keep an eye out for my copy of Nintendo Power I suppose!
Whoa. I was just blown away by that trailer. Maybe it’s just me. Looks great.