Archive for July 2nd, 2009
We want this Fallout 3 Brotherhood of Steel costume
July 2nd, 2009 
OK, we’re sure this has been floating around the tubes for a bit, but we’re more than happy to devote some attention to the very cool Brotherhood of Steel costume you see above. Made out of awesome and love (probably some foam and paint in there too), the beautiful homage to Fallout 3 was apparently completed back in March.
After seeing this, we don’t feel so bad about losing that auction for the 7′10″ Brotherhood of Steel statue. We’d go to work wearing this costume if we could.
[Thanks, Gawk]
We want this Fallout 3 Brotherhood of Steel costume originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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JAKKS wants to keep WWE, THQ not quite sure
July 2nd, 2009
JAKKS is more than happy to reenter into its WWE licensing deal with THQ, but the gaming company isn’t so sure it’s ready to make a commitment. After JAKKS signed on the dotted line to extend its gaming agreement with the wrestling group for five years, THQ sued the toymaker, saying it wasn’t ready to make a decision and that JAKKS had no right to sign the agreement without THQ’s consent.
There were some reportedly shady dealings when JAKKS originally got the contract — perhaps THQ wants to get the whole pie for itself. Who knows? Either way, the two companies have entered into arbitration, so hopefully the tiff won’t have an impact on releases.
JAKKS wants to keep WWE, THQ not quite sure originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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All-New, Old-School Final Fantasy Announced for DS
July 2nd, 2009
Promotional artwork from Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden.
Image: Square Enix
Sick of angsty amnesiac twentysomethings with lots of giant zippers on their clothes and haunted pasts getting in the way of your medieval fantasy role-playing games? Then you are the target audience for Square Enix’s latest Final Fantasy.
Another Final Fantasy, you say? On the Nintendo DS, you say? Impossible! And yet it is true: Square Enix has announced Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden via a teaser website and the Japanese comic magazine Shonen Jump. We’re not going to reprint the magazine scans (possible NSFW pop-ups), but there’s a good deal we can glean from Jump’s coverage.
Four Warriors of Light takes Final Fantasy back to the old school. As a 14-year-old boy, you’re tasked by the king of your tiny hamlet to go off and rescue the princess, a classic videogame story if ever there was one. You’ll eventually form a party of two boys and two girls, who will go off and save the world.
The gameplay system is also in the classic turn-based style. The menus seem to have been designed around the DS’ touch screen — each character’s list of possible actions looks like a tabbed browser window, which should make flipping between them quite easy.
The Jump article, stingy with details as it is, notes that there is no “Magic” command in the menu, but there is a “Charge” command. In the status screen, we can see that characters seem to have “AP” instead of magic points, which is represented by a row of yellow dots. Since each action in the menu, including “Fight,” has a yellow dot next to it, the system seems to be that you spend AP whenever you do anything, and you can spend a round charging it up if you need more.
You can equip swords, shields, armor, and accessories, and just like in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, your 3-D character’s outward appearance will change to reflect what you’re packin’.
Speaking of which, while the game seems to use the same 3-D engine that’s already taken Square Enix safely through numerous Final Fantasy adventures on the Nintendo DS, the colors seem a bit more painting-like, maybe a little softer and muted. I think it’s a more pleasing look, a nice contrast to the sharper colors and characters of the other games.
Four Warriors of Light, from what we can see today, is as close as Square Enix has ever gotten to creating a new Final Fantasy in the classic tradition, completely from scratch. I’m quite interested to see how this plays out, since I’m more of a fan of the DS remakes now than I am of the brand new games in the series.
It’s slated for release this fall in Japan. I’m sure the bankable brand name alone is enough to secure it an American release in 2010.
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