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Official Little King's Story Thread of Tiny Conquistadors
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Hero of Legend
Member
I preordered my copy at my local EBGames. Hopefully they'll get the game in on the 21st, with that doll! 
lordoftherink
Member
I have it preordered, hopefully it will be ready for pickup on Tuesday, or is that just its shipping date?
AceBandage
Banned
GhaleonQ said:
Well, European reviewers loved it, if that means anything.
Oddly enough, though, I think IGN will be harshest on it...
Haha,botticus said:
I got the Conduit a few days ago... My Wii says I played it for one full hour the day I bought it and then played LKS for a solid 7 hours and 39 minutes.... No wonder I have sore wrists...
The boss battles in this game are absolutely awesome, Very important to save before them i've discovered for fear of taking in the wrong team!
How many copies of this game would need to sell for any possible sequel to be put into development, For the amount of 'game' thats on the disc I imagine it cost a pretty penny to develop!
I just loved the 60 hours I spent on Little king's story. The game is definitely not flawless but the details, the atmosphere, the musics, the story were just lovely.
So lovely that I had to start a new game just after finishing the first one just to have my lively town back.
About the story, am I the only one who find a resemblance with Ernst Hoffmann's count (Warning, ending spoilers
So lovely that I had to start a new game just after finishing the first one just to have my lively town back.
About the story, am I the only one who find a resemblance with Ernst Hoffmann's count (Warning, ending spoilers
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
After all:
* In both stories, toys become alive
* In the toys worlds, the main character is a prince (Nutcracker)/ a king (LKS)
* Their world is endangered by mice/rats who attack them in the real world. The mice wanting to nibble the nutcracker doll and the rats destroying the theatre.
* Most musics in town and in the city are from Tchaikovsky version of the Nutcracker (Act 1, scene 1: March /Act 2: Chinese dance/ Act 2: dance of the reed-flutes).
If we go further in this theory, we can also add as a similarity the spell cast by the rats. In the nutcracker, it's the mice king who transform the prince in nutcracker. In LKS, even if there is no transformation per se, the rats are the ones who are leading us to the toy world.
After all:
* In both stories, toys become alive
* In the toys worlds, the main character is a prince (Nutcracker)/ a king (LKS)
* Their world is endangered by mice/rats who attack them in the real world. The mice wanting to nibble the nutcracker doll and the rats destroying the theatre.
* Most musics in town and in the city are from Tchaikovsky version of the Nutcracker (Act 1, scene 1: March /Act 2: Chinese dance/ Act 2: dance of the reed-flutes).
If we go further in this theory, we can also add as a similarity the spell cast by the rats. In the nutcracker, it's the mice king who transform the prince in nutcracker. In LKS, even if there is no transformation per se, the rats are the ones who are leading us to the toy world.
I finished just about all of the Conduit in one sitting yesterday. I've got about 6.5 hours total on the clock. But that's with actively seeking out all 60 Trust Discs and all 42 or so Hidden Messages. If you don't care about those, you can probably easily finish the game in about 5 hours.
Just saying, it's perfectly feasible to start and finish The Conduit before LKS lands!
Personally, I'd rather enter into LKS without any distractions.
The Conduit's basically made for replays anyway, what with the large number of difficulty levels, the stats, the achievements, and the unlockables...
Personally, I'd rather enter into LKS without any distractions.
The Conduit's basically made for replays anyway, what with the large number of difficulty levels, the stats, the achievements, and the unlockables...
NOOOO! that game will sell gangbusters and be on the shelf for months to come! this game is something that needs as much love as it can get, since the love put into it is sincere and beautiful. don't let little Corobo and Howser down! you must conquer the world!gimz said:
correction: terrible commercials. and while LKS will have to sell on internet ads, a couple of print ads, and word of mouth alone, i think it has a good chance to do the 120k they want out of it.AniHawk said:
then again, i'm the eternal optimist, so i could just be doting on the game...
AceBandage
Banned
doomed1 said:
WoM will be the biggest thing moving the game, I think.
The game certainly has enough substance to warrant it.
EzLink said:
Depends on how long you get to play for each day. Depending on how many of the sidequests you do you're looking at 25 hours minimum and up to 50-60 hours if you try to do everything.
So if you get to play for five hours each day, maybe, but you'd be pushing it and probably have to rush through it which is kinda missing the point.
GhaleonQ
Member
AniHawk said:
I'm going to pretend that Valkyria Chronicles and Little King's Story are directly comparable, and thus predict that Little King's Story wins people over in the end!
*grits teeth into frozen smile* YAY.
doomed1 said:
Seriously. I don't like it when people pretend that purchases are obligatory, but this is the kind of thing that disappears from our shores without sales. I think that 15% of these companies' games made it here, most of which came from the main guy for this. Reward his bravery!
Mekere said:About the story, am I the only one who find a resemblance with Ernst Hoffmann's count (Warning, ending spoilers
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
After all:
* In both stories, toys become alive
* In the toys worlds, the main character is a prince (Nutcracker)/ a king (LKS)
* Their world is endangered by mice/rats who attack them in the real world. The mice wanting to nibble the nutcracker doll and the rats destroying the theatre.
* Most musics in town and in the city are from Tchaikovsky version of the Nutcracker (Act 1, scene 1: March /Act 2: Chinese dance/ Act 2: dance of the reed-flutes).
If we go further in this theory, we can also add as a similarity the spell cast by the rats. In the nutcracker, it's the mice king who transform the prince in nutcracker. In LKS, even if there is no transformation per se, the rats are the ones who are leading us to the toy world.
I think that's definitely right. Don't forget that the Rat King has 7 crowns, and that the main female what's-her-face
falls asleep after the adventure and wakes upto realize that it was a dream, after which she actualizes it in real life
This looks like a good buy.
Really, I'm tired of the onus being on us Americans to pick up the tab for core Wii games.
You Europeans LET this game die in your market. You have Disaster Day of Crisis, Tingle DS, and Trace Memory R and yet you hunger for more?
This is YOUR problem, not MY problem.
The only thing I see in common is both got high critical acclaim but were mostly forgotten. Until the latter got an aggressive marketing campaign by it's publisher and fans strong word of mouth campaign.
I cannot see an underdog story happening here at all, mostly because of how niche Marvelous is and their philosophy towards the Western market (Don't advertise, don't promote, don't have strong online community).
After a 20USD price drop.
Really, I'm tired of the onus being on us Americans to pick up the tab for core Wii games.
You Europeans LET this game die in your market. You have Disaster Day of Crisis, Tingle DS, and Trace Memory R and yet you hunger for more?
This is YOUR problem, not MY problem.
The only thing I see in common is both got high critical acclaim but were mostly forgotten. Until the latter got an aggressive marketing campaign by it's publisher and fans strong word of mouth campaign.
I cannot see an underdog story happening here at all, mostly because of how niche Marvelous is and their philosophy towards the Western market (Don't advertise, don't promote, don't have strong online community).
if you pass up this game, which is easily the best game to release this year thus far, because you think that Europe didn't do "its par" you're not just part of the problem, you're a propagator of the problem. if it looks worth it, then get it this Wednesday and enjoy it for what it is. if not, GTFO.MrBubbles said:
doomed1 said:
No, I'm passing up because I am not obliged to pick up the tab for anyone. That is my problem, being told what to buy just because the publisher has no interest in advertising their games. Unless you're a viral, it isn't your job to be this aggressive towards anyone remotely interested in the game.
A good game needs to sale on it's own merit, not because the platform it's own reeks of shovelware to high heaven with the worthwhile games being put up on a ridiculously high pedestal.
This doesn't look 50USD material to me so I'm going to wait it out, I'm not a sole Wii owner so I'm not starved for games. It's got good production values but not enticing enough for 50USD. I did the same for Zack and Wiki and No More Heroes, bought them both brand new at 30USD.
Why it doesn't look worth 50USD to me? If I told you, you wouldn't like the answer. So let's just leave it at that.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
I guess Amazon sold out of their initial allocation. I have Prime and my estimated delivery date is 7/24-7/29. I pre-ordered a few days ago.