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[Soul4ger]

Courtesy of RPGFan:

At a strategy conference held in Tokyo today, Tecmo announced the newest addition to its popular monster-raising RPG series Monster Farm and its first PC-based online RPG. Titled Monster Farm 5: Circus Caravan, the former will be produced by Yoshimi Yasuda, a member of Tecmo's board of directors. Monster Farm 5 will not only feature a new visual style, but also a stronger fantasy feeling and an emphasis on the characters. With this new approach, the company is not only aiming at series veterans, but also at RPG and fantasy fans. According to Yasuda the three keywords of the game will be "a story begins with love", "a circus show that invites to dream" and "travelling means becoming closer friends with you". As those keywords suggest, a circus group will be at the center of the game's story and the protagonist will be called Jurio. In addition to well-known monsters, Tecmo also revealed the appearance of Toro in the game. The cute, white fellow is the mascot of Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan, and has starred in the company's popular Doko demo issho series. Makoto Isomine of Sony Computer Entertainment's first production team was at hand to introduce Toro.

Monster Farm 5: Circus Caravan will be available in Japan sometime this year.

CAN THIS STAND UP AGAINST THE RE5 ANNOUNCEMENT?!

I don't think so, but boyee, it sounds great.

 

[Tarazet]

I'm a longtime fan of the series, but I was really disappointed with the PS2 installments. This sounds like it will be a big step in the right direction - MR4 started to branch out in interesting directions, but it was too ambitious and not fleshed out well enough. There wasn't enough story or impetus to carry me through the massive amounts of time I would have had to put into the game to master it.

 

[SolidSnakex]

 

[Tarazet]

:/

 

[Amir0x]

:|

*rubs chin*

 

[Azure Dream]

If Square had made Pokémon Colosseum?

I kind of like the look of the characters in that shot, but the environment... ow.