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[Tiktaalik]

It's for the iPad launch

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178578

exerpt:

Over in Japan this week, Marvelous Entertainment took the wraps off Followars, a game which (if all goes well) will be the first from a Japanese outfit to come out on Apple's upcoming iPad device.

A casual social game, Followars lets you construct an RPG-style fighter based off your Twitter account, with stats like hit points and agility automatically generated by number of tweets and so forth. You and up to three people you follow can band together to form parties, which can clash against rival groups onscreen using a very simple battle system.

"It plays out something like chess," said designer Kenichi Nishi, the Japanese game maker behind such offbeat titles as Nintendo's Chibi-Robo. "Two players gather around a single iPad and battle each other. Depending on the results, you'll be able to earn experience points and have your characters improve their skills and such."

 

[Subliminal]

It's for the iPad launch

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178578

exerpt:

Why does it need to be an iPad game?

 

[AceBandage]

A casual social game, Followars lets you construct an RPG-style fighter based off your Twitter account, with stats like hit points and agility automatically generated by number of tweets and so forth

Haha, well, I'd stay level 0 forever, since I don't use Twitter.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Why does it need to be an iPad game?

Because developers want to make sure the iPad game economy does not drop like a stone in to the "must be $2 at most" pool that iPod/phone games did.

 

[Archie]

So I can spam tweets to powerlevel? Awesome.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Because developers want to make sure the iPad game economy does not drop like a stone in to the "must be $2 at most" pool that iPod/phone games did.

Good luck with that - at one pointe there will be some big company which will be dropping prices and everyone will have to follow. I think this game should also be on iPhone/Touch why would they leave out the huge already existing AppStore Userbase ?

 

[Haunted]

A casual social game, Followars lets you construct an RPG-style fighter based off your Twitter account, with stats like hit points and agility automatically generated by number of tweets and so forth

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[Tiktaalik]

Why does it need to be an iPad game?

"Two players gather around a single iPad and battle each other."

Pretty hard to do that with an iPhone. It sounds like a cooperative multiplayer game, like a board game, and you'd need a big board for it.

 

[Femmeworth]

So I can spam tweets to powerlevel? Awesome.

Ugh, it will be even worse then typical RPG grinding.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

Don't iphones and touches have the nike plus thing that tracks the amount you run?


Someone turn that into an addictive RPG so I run more. Only 3 more miles to the next level lets gooo!!!

FUUU If I could power level and delevel jobs in FF Tactics by running I would be in the greatest shape EVER.

1.) Unlock Ninja
2.) Delevel to 1 as chemist
3.) Level to 99 as Ninja for speed boost
4.) PROFIT... kinda

You don't even need the ??? part

 

[Somnid]

Don't iphones and touches have the nike plus thing that tracks the amount you run?


Someone turn that into an addictive RPG so I run more. Only 3 more miles to the next level lets gooo!!!

FUUU If I could power level and delevel jobs in FF Tactics by running I would be in the greatest shape EVER.

1.) Unlock Ninja
2.) Delevel to 1 as chemist
3.) Level to 99 as Ninja for speed boost
4.) PROFIT... kinda

You don't even need the ??? part

Do you like Pokemon?

 

[Johnanderson]

hmmm... i find the ipad stupid but i'll buy it maybe just for gaming..

 

[wrowa]

This is going to be MMV's most successful ever.

Spoiler

 

[Vorador]

Time to block everyone who buy this, or be flooded in tweets. Dang.

 

[A Twisty Fluken]

finally, something to put my twitter followers to good use