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[Metroid Killer]

Finally beat the game! 60 hours, 100%!!
Found all paintings, armor and weapons. Completed all the princess books(even the tunesmiths), got all jobs and saw the movie 'Swimming Pool' in the cinema. 171 citizens, 117 days and a crazy amount of Bol

The ending was great, although it got a bit tedious. I lost the two farmers I had with me on the way to the boss. After having died 3 times, I started over since I needed those farmers. Had to go through all the endgame again, unskippable cutscenes and all.

It was a very dark ending:

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The area itself was dark and gloomy, your uncle is dead, the way the blue rat would pull your men into darkness never to see them again, alpoko getting destroyed, your princess being eaten alive, rat king spitting your dead soldiers' skulls and helmets back at you. And in the end it's just one big illusion. Very bittersweet.

Defintely my GOTY. And to think that I won the game in a Nintendo competition!

 

[Neo C.]

How do you make your people to

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magicians

?

The

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magicland

is available, but I don't get it.

 

[dani_dc]

Seeing this thread reminds me I never saw the

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doctor

despite finishing the game.

How do you make your people to

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magicians

?

The

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magicland

is available, but I don't get it.

You can't create them, you have to

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wait until a citizien comes talk with you on the palace and says there are rumors of a real magician appearing on magicland.

I think you may have to do

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all "I want to be paid" quest (the ones where you pay Verde and the other guy)

for that happen though.

 

[Metroid Killer]

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Doctor: Later half of the game Carefree adults will ask you to pay donations to the Royal School. After all the donation and hospital will show up in Glamor Town where you will find the Doctor(at some point... may take a couple of days)

Magician: Late game(after beating the 7 kingdoms, and possible more requirements) Carefree adults will tell about a rumor and that you should find a Magician at Magicland midnight.

I understand that the unique jobs are very powerful and thus should be limited in some form. But I think it was enough that you could only have 1 of each, but having to wait till pretty much the end game was a bit of a stretch imo. I wanted to use my

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Magician

more than I did, but when I got him there weren't much left to do. I had much more fun with my

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Doc

and even more with my

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Steel Knight

since I got them earlier in the game.

 

[GhaleonQ]

www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/06/marvelous_tearyeyed_over_poor.php

Do you want to make game companies cry?! Hm?! For what it's worth, the director, producer, and lead designer are getting a fair amount of interviews in the future and Garnett Lee's going to play it in addition to whoever is reviewing it. Success?

 

[hellclerk]

okay, i read and posted in the MMV lamentation thread, but this is something i have to introduce to everyone. i'm making a thread for it, since it so deserves it.

found here:
http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=3918

 

[Victrix]

For some reason I kept mentally parsing this game as My Life as a King and had no interest.

Then I stumbled across a video of it, and got really confused at the reviews, but lack of a game to buy. Then I saw the release date.

Now I'm

 

[eznark]

Good online retailer to import the game from?

 

[Dascu]

Good online retailer to import the game from?

http://www.zavvi.co.uk/zavvi/10026533.product

 

[eznark]

http://www.zavvi.co.uk/zavvi/10026533.product

Holy crap, it's $30! Awesome.

 

[hellclerk]

new interview video with Yoshiro Kimura from E3. see his toy playing awesomesauce caught on tape!

http://www.truegameheadz.com/bloghe...tory-developer-interview-with-yoshiro-kimura/

 

[lobdale]

okay, i read and posted in the MMV lamentation thread, but this is something i have to introduce to everyone. i'm making a thread for it, since it so deserves it.

found here:
http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=3918

As the writer of this article, I thank you for your enthusiasm! We had a blast talking to Mr. Kimura. He's a really fun dude.

 

[hellclerk]

Okay, first US review is in, and Nintendo Power gave it a 9! i'm going to buy the actual issue as soon as i can and give a quick synopsis of it later. good to see it's making a good transition.

 

[CTLance]

Just trust us PAL-gaffers when we say that it's awesome and that you should own it. That's really all you need to know. Because the game is awesome.

 

[zigg]

Just preordered the U.S. version. Really looking forward to it!

 

[Phife Dawg]

Just preordered the U.S. version. Really looking forward to it!

You should, awesome game. Would be almost perfect with a bit more polish and pointer controls.

 

[GhaleonQ]

doomed, I'm not sure if you're going to post the whole thing or add a blurb to the 1st post, so I'll just pop in the synopsis from the other topic.

• "Little King's Story is a deep, addictive, and thoroughly enjoyable effort that every serious gamer should experience."
• "It's two parts Pikmin, one part Animal Crossing, and one part SimCity - a winning formula concocted with the kind of TLC you'd find in one of Nintendo's first-party titles."
• Side quests and other diversions can take "hours and hours" of gametime.
• "you'll find yourself saying "just a few more minutes" until it's suddenly 2 o'clock in the morning."
• Graphics have a charming style versus being technically impressive.
• You can get attached to your subjects, which can make it hard if they die in battle. Sometimes they'll wash up alive on the shore the next day, though.
• "quite funny thanks to some clever writing and motley crew of eccentric bosses."
• "Tying everything together is a sublime classical soundtrack that fits the proceedings like a glove."
• Camera doesn't always cooperate, but it rarely detracted from the fun.
• No motion controls whatsoever.

Get the full thing up when you'd like.

 

[zigg]

Would be almost perfect with a bit more polish and pointer controls.

I'm still a bit "what" over no pointer, but I doubt I'll give it a second thought once I'm actually playing, honestly.

 

[antispin]

Why is the US price so high? That Zavvi deal is a steal, too bad I have a US Wii.

 

[Phife Dawg]

I'm still a bit "what" over no pointer, but I doubt I'll give it a second thought once I'm actually playing, honestly.

You will because aiming your citizens can sometimes be a bit annoying in the midst of battle, at least in my experience. It isn't a big deal though.

 

[Volcynika]

Why is the US price so high? That Zavvi deal is a steal, too bad I have a US Wii.

US price is....standard fare for most Wii retail games? I don't get the "so high" part.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Good online retailer to import the game from?

Mind you, the PAL version of the game is 576i only.

 

[Dash Kappei]

Sooo... some questions:

Does it change anything when citizens get married?
What about the hate/love thing? Maybe it'll influence the citizens vitals I guess...

About the tax thing, how did you guys proceeded?
It seems useless to me now (I'm at 7h of gameplay, past the

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Onii king

. I mean, what I'm doing is basically just to, once in a while, send some my Royal Guards into those doors (just three per house though?) for a super small amount of money.

What does it mean when citizens get the flower on top of their helmets?

I also haven't found any trees for the carefree childs to climb on yet...

 

[Phife Dawg]

Sooo... some questions:

Does it change anything when citizens get married?

You get citizens. Also if either husband or spouse dies, the other partner will bemoan his/her death. Haven't seen anything else. In my experience citizens in LKS are living in polygamy.

What about the hate/love thing? Maybe it'll influence the citizens vitals I guess...

Dunno.

About the tax thing, how did you guys proceeded?
It seems useless to me now (I'm at 7h of gameplay, past the

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Onii king

. I mean, what I'm doing is basically just to, once in a while, send some my Royal Guards into those doors (just three per house though?) for a super small amount of money.

I don't bother, just not worth it for me. I never had any Bol related problems.

What does it mean when citizens get the flower on top of their helmets?

You sent them into the redecoration shop.

I also haven't found any trees for the carefree childs to climb on yet...

Try blue ones, also aim carefully.

 

[Dascu]

I mean, what I'm doing is basically just to, once in a while, send some my Royal Guards into those doors (just three per house though?) for a super small amount of money.

Send all your troops in to get more money. It doesn't seem to affect the popularity of the king, oddly enough. A single house doesn't give much money, though the later parts of the kingdom (Royal City) give a lot more money per house. It's worth going around your full kingdom every now and then for some good cash. I got like 3 million each time I did a full round near the end of the game.

 

[Oxx]

Q for those who finished the game:

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Who did you choose to go with you on the flight? I chose Verde both times I attempted the endgame. Can you take any of the queens with you? The game did prod you fairly heavily in Verde's direction.

 

[Marvie_3]

Holy crap, it's $30! Awesome.

I wish it wasn't $49.99 here in the US. :\

 

[Hero of Legend]

Mind you, the PAL version of the game is 576i only.

But do we know if the other regions will have progressive scan?

 

[Phife Dawg]

I wish it wasn't $49.99 here in the US. :\

Worth full price and more - you'll get lots of fun playing time out of this.

But do we know if the other regions will have progressive scan?

It's a PAL resolution which might not be supported by NTSC TV sets (I don't know, just guessing).

 

[legend166]

I wish it wasn't $49.99 here in the US. :\

The game is meaty as hell. If you're not willing to buy this game at $49.99, I can't imagine what game you would buy at $49.99.

 

[Marvie_3]

The game is meaty as hell. If you're not willing to buy this game at $49.99, I can't imagine what game you would buy at $49.99.

Summer tuition is killing me. :lol Plus my backlog is huge already.... :\

 

[Dascu]

Q for those who finished the game:

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Who did you choose to go with you on the flight? I chose Verde both times I attempted the endgame. Can you take any of the queens with you? The game did prod you fairly heavily in Verde's direction.

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You can take any queen, but I also picked Verde. As far as I know, it doesn't really affect the ending though.

 

[Oxx]

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You can take any queen, but I also picked Verde. As far as I know, it doesn't really affect the ending though.

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It was between Verde and the toddler in the car. I think I made the correct choice.

 

[zigg]

I just realized the U.S. version is a mere three weeks out.

(Till "release" at least. Probably four till we're playing it here.)

 

[Dash Kappei]

The game is meaty as hell. If you're not willing to buy this game at $49.99, I can't imagine what game you would buy at $49.99.

Ditto.
The game is HUGE, long and meaty.
Ehmm, hopefully this one did come out right.

 

[JPBrowncoat]

I just realized the U.S. version is a mere three weeks out.

(Till "release" at least. Probably four till we're playing it here.)

Amazon has release date delivery.

 

[Dash Kappei]

I still can't make the carefree childs climb on trees (yes the blue ones)... they're the ones who are supposed to be able to climb trees, isn't that right? Because everytime I target them at those damn trees those little fuckers end up just bumping into them like any other kind of unit...

 

[Volcynika]

Amazon has release date delivery.

Awesome.

 

[Phife Dawg]

I still can't make the carefree childs climb on trees (yes the blue ones)... they're the ones who are supposed to be able to climb trees, isn't that right? Because everytime I target them at those damn trees those little fuckers end up just bumping into them like any other kind of unit...

That's right, never had any substantial problems. Just sometimes they bump into them due to the not-so perfect aiming mechanism - strange.

 

[Captain N]

I'm pretty pumped for this game and will be picking it up on day 1. This is one of those games that deserves to sell really well, but probably won't.. I sure hope i am wrong.

 

[Delodax]

I still can't make the carefree childs climb on trees (yes the blue ones)... they're the ones who are supposed to be able to climb trees, isn't that right? Because everytime I target them at those damn trees those little fuckers end up just bumping into them like any other kind of unit...

As far as I know the children can only climb trees which have something in them visibly.

 

[RichardAM]

They only climb the blue trees if there's something worth climbing for, otherwise, bumpy bumpy.

 

[Haunted]

Q for those who finished the game:

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Who did you choose to go with you on the flight? I chose Verde both times I attempted the endgame. Can you take any of the queens with you? The game did prod you fairly heavily in Verde's direction.

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You can take any queen. First time I went with the first princess you rescue (the one you get the photographs for) - second time I took the Fat Princess® just for laffs.

Doesn't really change anything.

 

[Skorp]

Wow can't believe I didn't see this thread before. I haven't wanted a game this badly since the N64 days when I was younger. The 21st can't come soon enough. Maybe I'll read through this entire thread while I'm waiting. That would be a first for me on gaf haha.

EDIT: Too many spoilers on the first two pages already, I guess I'll just wait 3 weeks.

 

[hellclerk]

HUGE interview over at Nintendo of the Scandinavia with Yoshiru Kimura. there are some spoilers within, so be careful, but they have an email address where, get this:

YOU CAN SEND IN FEEDBACK DIRECTLY TO MR. KIMURA

in English only. seriously awesome stuff. you can find the link here:

http://www.nintendo.no/arkivet/sidearkiv/kimura_english

 

[zigg]

Amazon has release date delivery.

Sure, if they get their copies in time! I'm not clinging to that given what's been what with XSEED/MMV in the past.

Regardless, when it arrives, it arrives, and I'll enjoy it!

 

[nli10]

Cool - I will hook up the Wii when it comes out in the USA and finish the Pal version then. Great game, I got distracted though!

 

[Dascu]

HUGE interview over at Nintendo of the Scandinavia with Yoshiru Kimura. there are some spoilers within, so be careful, but they have an email address where, get this:

YOU CAN SEND IN FEEDBACK DIRECTLY TO MR. KIMURA

in English only. seriously awesome stuff. you can find the link here:

http://www.nintendo.no/arkivet/sidearkiv/kimura_english

Seems he'd love to do a sequel, with a darker theme even. Or a Little Queen's Story.

That'd be really fun.

 

[Oxx]

Kimura-san: We definitely want to make Little King’s Story 2!

Damn.

LKS was one of the few games I have played that truly felt 100% complete. It was long enough to satisfy and never outstayed its welcome. It ended perfectly.

As much as I love the game I'm not sure if I need a sequel. At least it's heartening that he says that he would make it thematically darker.

Obviously pointer-controls would be a good addition for a sequel.

 

[GhaleonQ]

Even after I pared down my text and edited it tightly, I still sent him multiple gushing paragraphs with minute criticisms, questions about who contributed to this, his past developed games, and Love-De-Lic's breakup, and requests that he drop a reply e-mail to me and the 2 fansites out there. If he replies, I'll be sure to post. Thanks for the link (although I can't believe I missed out on the Q&A submissions).

Seems he'd love to do a sequel, with a darker theme even. Or a Little Queen's Story.

That'd be really fun.

www.originalsoundversion.com/?p=3115

Yep, he's really pushing that idea aggressively. At the very least, it means that this artificial team could reform for a project. That's only good news, even if a straightforward sequel is unnecessary.