So what should I be looking forward to? Here's my current list of wants...

New GC Zelda (obviously)
Final Fantasy 12
Phantom Brave
Killer 7
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

It's looking a bit slim, to be honest, isn't it.

Is Wanda & Collossus due this year?

Other than that there's not a lot that I'm getting too excited about...

I'm not really sure about Stranger's Wrath. It doesn't sound like a game which has much in common with why I loved Abe's Oddyssey and Abe's Exoddus so much. The addition of violence as a central theme, especially, smacks strongly of Warrior Within-esque pandering to the mainstream. Still, I expect I'll buy it regardless.

Jonman the Edge fanboy says:

Edge gave it a 9 and praised it very highly. That's good enough for me.

Apparently, it's still a very Oddworld world. If you see what I mean. Except with a Western bent. So Westworld. Or Westoddworld, strictly, I suppose.

KotOR II

Out Feb. 11th, I think, but maybe thats only in america. I hope not; I need something to distract me from valentine's day. A girlfriend would be better, but KotOR will suffice.

Mm, I saw that. A very high Edge score is generally enough to convince me to buy a game, and this is no exception. I still have misgivings, though.

It may well be that case that you're no longer able to telepathically possess your own farts.

While it's close to a reason not to invest, it's not quite there for me.

My main problem is that it seems a very different game. The first three have been light-hearted, quirky puzzle-platformers. This one appears to be a light-hearted, quirky third-person shooter. Honestly, it's like they made a Final Fantasy FPS. Maybe it's a brilliant FPS, but is it Final Fantasy? I'll have to see.

Allow me to paraphrase...



Final Fantasy: Tactics anyone?

I second that, gameplay.co.uk has it down for the 11th on PC and Xbox release and that looks to be UK...(they .co.uk gives it away see? ) It looks good though from the screen shots I've seen, the graphics don't look that different from the original.... >_>

Good example of what I'm talking about. Now, I've only played Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, but it really just didn't seem like a Final Fantasy game to me. If they'd stuck a different name on it, it could have been anyone's game. It lacked whatever indefinable quality it is that makes me love the Final Fantasy series.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm near positive that Phantom Brave is out.

Anyway, I'm obviously looking forward to Devil May Cry 3. The new Zelda looks great, I have high hopes for Mario Baseball and Mario DDR. GC Kirby looks pretty great, too, and I might even let a stealth title into my library: Batman Beginnings. I'm optimistic about Star Fox, too, and the inevitable Ratchet and Clank 4 (okay, I'm just hoping right now... but Insomniac has released a Ratchet and Clank at Christmas time each year for three years.) Oooh! And Mario 128. I've been looking forward to that for a while.

For you, sure.

For us at the bottom of the technology heap here in the UK, not for another couple of days - released on 4th Feb

Might be getting a little ahead of myself (sinse the original game took three years in development to complete and this one has only just started...) but Neverwinter Nights 2 has begun the long road to release (though Bioware only have a partial say in its completion, and its using a completely new graphics engine). The dev forums are up on the bioware site for anyone who wants to have their say in this next installment in the RPG that changed RPGs forever...?

In no particular order.

1. Gran Turismo 4
2. Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater
3. The next Zelda
4. Stalker
5. F.E.A.R
6. KotOR 2
7. Star Wars Republic Commando.
8. The Inevitable HL2 Expansion park that comes out.

Dynasty Warriors 5
Kessen 3
Timesplitters future perfect
Area 51

etc.

Stubbs the Zombie looks pretty sexy. I might actually break down and upgrade my computer for that game. (And Half Life 2, but as of now, I'm obstaining. FECKING STEAM!)

It's sad I haven't heard of half of those games, but... I'm looking forward to the second Xenosaga, even though I've yet to beat the first one, and I want KHII. Unfortunately, KHCoM took forever to make, and so I think I have a year or two before KHII. Ragnarok 2 looks good, but it has no out date on it, and I'm looking forward to the next FF for whenever comes out merely because most of the final fantasies I loved.

Kingdom Hearts II is coming out this year. Along with Final Fantasy XII and probably another expansion pack for XI.

Not so sure about the KHII. It was originally posted for January of this year, which ended up being the release date for CoM. CoM, originally, was set to be out by late summer of last year. Of course, by late summer of last year all they had released by that time was 12 screenshots and a 5 minute gameplay at a show that featured only one level and one type of card. Currently, all that's been released for KHII is this very short, albeit incresibly cool, clip that may or may not be actual gmaeplay. Square refuses to release any information on it now except that it will most definitely come out before the world ends. I suspect that unless we see a few more bits and pieces floating along by the end March we're looking at a 2006 release, unless they're witholding things, which I find to be hard to believe, since KHII is projected to be a big seller and they'd want to get some things going about it. Plus, who knows what crazy-ass Jupiter will do now that they have a good hold on the game. It's all really unknown.

You know what? As long as I dono't have to deal with the Gummiy ship, I'll be pretty okay with anything KHII throws at me. Though I could use a better script and camera system.

Would this Star Fox be another Lylat Wars/Star Fox Adventures thing, or just something else with the same name?

I was under the impression it was more like Lylat Wars.

IGN didn't review Star Fox Armada so hotly, but they tend to not like games that I do, so take that at watever face value you'd like. If it's as good as the N64 version, I'm there.

And one more thing. Tekken 5. The graphics engine is sick enough fro me to want it, but with promised gameplay and combo system (let's face it, 4 wasn't the pinnacle of great stuff) I'm happy. And while on the subject of Namco, I'm looking forward to their corroboration with Capcom for a new RPG. I hope it'll be cool. Like a merger of Disney and Square, but... better.

::cough:: Guild Wars ::coughcough::
Insert blatant plug for The Otherside Guild here.

/spam

You know, I'm really looking forward to NBA Street Version 3 - the GCN verison, of course. You know, Nintendo characters... and basketball. ON a similar note, I'm looking forward to Mario Baseball. Woo hoo!

And, I might have said this already, but I'm a Kirby whore. I can't wait for the new Kirby game Kirby Air Ride was crap (at least, I didn't like it) sure not a Mario Kart. No siree.

Constantiene is looking pretty good, too.

Hell. I keep thinking of more. No one's yet said anything about Katamari Damacy II. I've not played the first a whole lot, but it is most fun. I hope for KD 3 they get a new graphics engine, though. I'm not graphics whore by any means, but a glossy finish sure is nice and would compliment an already great gane.

I hope they bring back the Tekken Tag feature. It was great to have four people gathered around a TV after a night at the pub, beating the hell out of eachother and then running away... Of course, I am a _very_ dirty fighter on that game and will happily smack a player as they try to run away or when they're on the floor. It's part of the game!

Of course!

I personally can't wait for the inevitable Dead or Alive 3. I just bought two and it is incredible! Granted, I haven't played much, but I'm in love. I'm rambling, aren't I?

Let's make this more less spamish. The PSP version of Darkstalkers is looking pretty sweet, even though I have a copy of that on my PSOne somewhere. But damn Capcom, they're going to make me buy it because there's a new gameplay mode.

After a wickle bit of research on the weekend, I'd like to add another two games to the list:

Gamecube versions of Fire Emblem and Advance Wars

mmmm.

Good Lord, it looks terrifying.

I'm with Commie on this one... I don't think that Advance Wars will translate well to the GC, but that is a different story for Fire Emblem. I'm actually looking forward to that one.

Fire Emblem.....just another reason for me to remain poor (after buying a copy, that is)

I can hardly wait for it! I've been drooling over it since I unlocked the characters in SSBM

This might be my Capcom fanboyness showing, but I must say that Shadow of Rome is looking pretty tasty. I'm not a fan on stealth gaming, but I am a fan of ancient Rome, so... we'll see how this goes, yeah? While on the subject of upcoming Capcom, I might as well mention Haunting Ground. I'm not a fan of gimmicks (they seem... gimmicky! ) like the dog thing, but who knows? It looks pretty sexy and I do love Capcom...

So they're making a comletely different game and slapping an IP on it. Fair enough Commie, but terrifying? The inside of your head must be an odd place.

Wasn't Commie making the point that they've slapped a warning notice on Advance Wars? Or am I fashionable late in the day to make this point and/or stupid?

Well, it is a game about blowing the living crap out of soldiers. So the warning notice probably isn't too far off the mark.


I'll be honest, I'm not sure what point Commie was making either, but I figured I'd play along. Care to explain yourself, Sean?

Just that 1) everything I loved about Advance Wars is conspicuous in its absence; 2) I've never met a real-time squad-based strategy action game I liked; and additionally 3) I haven't seen anything about the game that makes it sound vaguely interesting, so I'm not sure what drew Jonman to it.



I've been on these forums for a year and a half now; I'd've thought that would have been firmly established.

To be honest, I knew next to nothing about other than it was a 3D Advance Wars. I was interested based purely on how much I enjoyed the GBA iterations. I may have seen the error of my ways - I'll watch it with interest as the release approaches.

*nod* That was my initial reaction, but now I'm less sure. Still, it may turn out to be a great game on its own merits - after all, I loved Fallout: Tactics, which was an entirely different genre from the first two Fallout games.

Oh! That reminds me!

Fallout 3 in pre-production

The idea of a third Fallout RPG fills me with joy indescribable. I doubt we'll see it this year, since Bethesda are apparently getting Oblivion out of the way first, but soon... soon...

Quake 4 looks as if it has some potential.

I've played three Fallout games - 1,2, and BoS. BoS was nowhere near as good as the first two, which are some of my favorite games, I make it a point to replay them at least once a year. I am wary of a Fallout 3, simply because there is no longer the genius that was Black Isle.

I can't wait to see what Destroy All Humans will be like.

aye, yeah, that caught my eye too - looks interesting. Kind of like a playable Mars Attacks.

Hey, if it's funny, I'm there.

Does anyone happen to know if/when the next installment of You Don't Know Jack will be coming out? I always enjoyed those.

I enjoyed You Don't Know Jack quite a bit, but somehow it seemed that I always was a tad behind in answering questions.....

Oooh, oooh, KotOR 2 is out on Friday (11/02/04). Anyone else anticipating this?

I enjoyed the first, but it didn't blow my mind or anything, and since KOTOR2 is apparently more of the same I'll give it a miss, personally.

Alright, so I must know... what are the thoughts of forumites about Odama? For those of you who don't remember/know, it's the military pin ball game. I'm skeptical, but open to new ideas... this one could be great or horrible (as is the case with every game of course, save Devil May Cry 3 and Viewtiful Joe 3) but I'm intrigued. Your thoughts?

And while on the subject of odd Nintendo games that may or may not be worth any salt, what of Geist?