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[Jonnyram]

All we know is the name at this point:
Kryon (sp. not known - katakana is kuraion)

It'll be featured in the latest issue of Famitsu Xbox360.

Source

 

[puebla]

as good as BD & LO are looking & even the DS game, i'm def excited to see what this game is gonna look like.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

this seems apt for this thread

 

[DopeyFish]

any idea if this is another collaboration or is it made internally at mistwalker?

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

any idea if this is another collaboration or is it made internally at mistwalker?

I believe that they outsource everything

 

[Borys]

this seems apt for this thread

Wow, even the logo is trying to be FF-like (name, line, mirrored name) :/

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

 

[Blimblim]

I believe that they outsource everything

Yup.

 

[Timedog]

so the japanese are at least interested in this game? That's a good sign I guess. MS better make sure it's ACE.

 

[BioFan]

good news for 360 fans...mistwalker is the only reason for me to own a 360...cant wait for more info on the third game!

 

[Excelion]

Now they should build an European studio like that, get Raynal & Chahi to work together and give the gfx work to Rare since it seems they cant make a good game by themselves.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Impressive. So, Bioware and Mistwalker are the two heavyweights for X360, RPG output-wise. That, plus we've not seen the Squeenix unveiling of their other X360 title yet. Then the rumor of Tri-Ace one and smattering of other developing RPGs on the system and I'd say that X360 is destroying the original XBOX for RPGs already and is becoming a very viable alternative/supplement to Sony platform RPG output. What's the Phantom Dust team doing right now? Weren't they working on an action-adventure game or even an RPG, as well?

 

[Blimblim]

What's the Phantom Dust team doing right now? Weren't they working on an action-adventure game or even an RPG, as well?

AFAIK Team Tree is working on a new game concept.

 

[cybamerc]

It's brave of them to commit to yet another title before DOA4 has launched.

 

[Excelion]

Impressive. So, Bioware and Mistwalker are the two heavyweights for X360, RPG output-wise. That, plus we've not seen the Squeenix unveiling of their other X360 title yet. Then the rumor of Tri-Ace one and smattering of other developing RPGs on the system and I'd say that X360 is destroying the original XBOX for RPGs already and is becoming a very viable alternative/supplement to Sony platform RPG output.

There is also "Fallout 3: Morrowind with Guns" and "Project New Jersey" by Obsidian.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

AFAIK Team Tree is working on a new game concept.

Cool! I really have high hopes for this team, especially after such an amazing debut with PD.

There is also "Fallout 3: Morrowind with Guns" and "Project New Jersey" by Obsidian.

What the heck is Project New Jersey?

 

[Jonnyram]

It's brave of them to commit to yet another title before DOA4 has launched.

Someone has to make games before people will buy it
Besides, if it's another Microsoft-funded endeavour, I don't see what's so brave about it.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Cool! I really have high hopes for this team, especially after such an amazing debut with PD.



What the heck is Project New Jersey?

I just did a search and nothing is coming up for me either. I guess we'll just have to wait till E3 for info I suppose

 

[cybamerc]

Someone has to make games before people will buy it
Besides, if it's another Microsoft-funded endeavour, I don't see what's so brave about it.

Tell that to Boss Game Studios and Oddworld.

 

[bloke]

Cry On?
Maybe Amano is doing artwork in this one.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

I just did a search and nothing is coming up for me either. I guess we'll just have to wait till E3 for info I suppose

Found some shaky shit on it... Involves a new IP, but is one that is inspired by an existing one, which is pretty popular. Lots of speculation on the theme, but concept work of a Snow White-style of dwarf is supposedly involved making it seem like there could be a more typical fantasy-based feel to it. Uses UE3 and is console-exclusive, though I don't see anything pointing to an exclusive release on either PS3 or X360.

Tell that to Boss Game Studios and Oddworld.

What do those developers have in common with Mistwalker? I don't get it.

 

[bloke]

Here's part of scan of ad for new FamitsuX360, so I guess news are official.

 

[cybamerc]

What do those developers have in common with Mistwalker? I don't get it.

They based their business on Xbox and now they're dead.

 

[Andy787]

Excellent news. Judging by how BD and LO seem to be turning out (and with developers like friggin Artoon), I'm really interested in whatever Mistwalker tries to produce.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Did anyone see the last episode of Season 1 of Drawn Together? Whenever I see a thread about Mistwalker I sing the Apprentice parody theme song in my head.

Cash cash cash
Don't you wish you had a buttload

 

[Andy787]

Did anyone see the last episode of Season 1 of Drawn Together?

There is no reasonable explaination as to why a man of your taste would be compelled to view this program. I am disappointed, sir.

 

[Kobun Heat]

There is no reasonable explaination as to why a man of your taste would be compelled to view this program. I am disappointed, sir.

Drawn Together is the best thing ever.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Did anyone see the last episode of Season 1 of Drawn Together? Whenever I see a thread about Mistwalker I sing the Apprentice parody theme song in my head.

LOL. What you said reminds me of what Shane Kim said in an interview a few years ago. I swear I wish I had the link still, it was a great interview. He tried to map out the future of the 360 and came to 2 conclusions. Buy up great franchises and make them exclusive. The other choice was to take the top talent from other development companies and have them make their games exclusive and grow with the Xbox brand.

Hironobu Sakaguchi of Final Fantasy fame
David Jones, creator of GTA and Lemmings
Ian Hetherington, creator of Wipeout
Tony Harman, executive director of Donkey Kong Country 1-3 on SNES
Yoshiki Okamoto, producer of Street Fighter 2
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of Rez and Lumines
Naoto Oshima, creator of Sonic

Many others are on this list, this is off of the top of my head

Shane said that franchises can fade, he used Tomb Raider as an example because when Toby Gard left, it fell to shit. Franchises fade, but the talent is there forever. They chose talent of existing franchises, that was the best thing to do by far.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker (Lost Odyssey,Blue Dragon) is allegedly currently working on a a new title called Cryon (Kuraion). This surfaced following a printed advertising in a Japanese magazine. The genre is still unclear.

http://www.gamefront.de/

 

[Blimblim]

Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker (Lost Odyssey,Blue Dragon) is allegedly currently working on a a new title called Cryon (Kuraion). This surfaced following a printed advertising in a Japanese magazine. The genre is still unclear.

http://www.gamefront.de/

Basically a recap of this topic

 

[ThirdEye]

I think it's Sakaguchi's game as much as N3 is Mizuguchi's game. i.e. nominal participation

 

[Blimblim]

I think it's Sakaguchi's game as much as N3 is Mizuguchi's game. i.e. nominal participation

Nominal participation in N3's case? Not really.

 

[BioFan]

Nominal participation in N3's case? Not really.

ya...didnt he basically went to korea to visit phantagram every other day to check on N3?

 

[Blimblim]

ya...didnt he basically went to korea to visit phantagram every other day to check on N3?

That's what he said yes. He also works a lot via video conference.

 

[bloke]

ya...didnt he basically went to korea to visit phantagram every other day to check on N3?

According to his blog he's basically living in Seoul atm.

 

[antipode]

I think it's Sakaguchi's game as much as N3 is Mizuguchi's game. i.e. nominal participation

I doubt that's true. Clearly the character designers, writers and composers for his games come from his personal relationships, and he's been honest about what he's contributed (for example BD's story originally started with him, then Toriyama bounced a better story off him and now that's the basis of the game.) He's also personally giving demos to journalists and is clearly conversant in the technical details. There's no reason to believe major decisions are being made on the games without his input or vetting.

It's just a different model of making a game, more akin to Hollywood after the studio system collapsed and you got "studio-less studios" like United Artists. After all the problems JRPG devs have had these past few years retaining talent and releasing games on time it seems like a good one.

 

[Striek]

Exciting. Hope its a different gameplay concept than the others, but either way, all of Mistwalkers titles are enigmas atm. MS paid out the ass for some poor exclusive this gen, but coming into next-gen they seem to have focussed on quality. Lets see how this pans out...

 

[ziran]

good news. mistwalker has great talent, can't wait to play their games.

 

[Sjoerd]

There is also "Fallout 3: Morrowind with Guns" and "Project New Jersey" by Obsidian.

I just read this as Fallout 3 by Obsidian.

Damn you.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Cool. As good as LO and BD are looking, i'm looking forward to seeing this one.

 

[Kasra]

Cool.

But MS needs to get some big Japanese RPG franchises on the console. FFXI and Mistwalker games isn't going to buy them success over there.

 

[P90]

JRPGs might be the 360's strength. Go figure. Wouldn't it be funny of DQ goes to the 360 instead of the PS3?

 

[MrSingh]

JRPGs might be the 360's strength. Go figure. Wouldn't it be funny of DQ goes to the 360 instead of the PS3?

yeah, wouldn't it be funny if Halo 3 went to the PS3 instead of the 360?

 

[Blimblim]

yeah, wouldn't it be funny if Halo 3 went to the PS3 instead of the 360?

While I doubt DQ on 360 (exclusivily at least) would ever happen, comparing a 3rd party game to a 1st party game is not really fair.

 

[Beowvlf]

Ian Hetherington, creator of Wipeout

Ian is still employed at SCEE, Studio London to be exact. He won't be making any Xbox games any time soon. The only high ranking employee from Psygnosis that isn't still with Sony right now is Mike Ellis, lead designer of the first Colony Wars game. He's with Crystal Dynamics last I heard.

 

[jedimike]

Glad to see the 360 getting some RPG lovin'. I'm more interested in Oblivion and Shadowrun, but I don't really know much about the Mistwalker titles yet.

 

[genjiZERO]

JRPGs might be the 360's strength. Go figure. Wouldn't it be funny of DQ goes to the 360 instead of the PS3?

360 will have to sell more than 40k units before that happens.

 

[sangreal]

Ian is still employed at SCEE, Studio London to be exact. He won't be making any Xbox games any time soon. The only high ranking employee from Psygnosis that isn't still with Sony right now is Mike Ellis, lead designer of the first Colony Wars game. He's with Crystal Dynamics last I heard.

You are wrong. Ian Hetherington works for Real time Worlds, who is indeed making titles for the 360.

 

[Redbeard]

Why did they cut out the rest of the scan?

 

[PhatSaqs]

I think it's pretty interesting that MS is already showing TV ads for BD in Japan.

http://xboxyde.com/news_2413_en.html