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Jawa gets less mysterious through boxart, new screens

Fresh screens and the Japanese boxart have dropped for Spike's Jawa: The Mammoth and the Mysterious Stone, depicting the young caveman protagonist (you can also play with your own Mii) going about his usual business. The boxart, which is pictured to the right, actually kind of clicks with us. We know, line-ups are totally boring, but there's something about this line-up that just resonates with us. Maybe it's the huge, tusked Mammoth that's chilling behind the clan, soaking up the sun. Or, maybe it's just all of those darn dinosaurs going about their business in the backgrounds. That's probably it. Dinosaurs are pretty awesome, you know.

Head on past the break for a look a pair of new screens from the game.

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Jawa: The Trailer and the Mysterious Battle System

If you're among the elite crowd who has spent precious seconds thinking about Spike's Jawa: The Mammoth and the Mysterious Stone, you've probably wondered two things: first, why the heck it's called Jawa, and second, what they're trying to push on us, here. This R2 unit has a bad motivator! how those rhythm-based battles work.

From the trailer, it appears to be a call-and-response type of system: the game shows a motion or button press right before you're to attack, and then a successfully on-beat press of the correct button connects. It's somewhere between Simon and a Quick Timer Event, or something.

Between the rhythm-battle system, the communication elements between players, the dinosaur-raising, and the animal-riding, there seems to be a lot going on in Jawa -- much more than the simplistic style suggests.

[Via NeoGAF]

Jawa turns your Mii into a caveman

Back in November, Famitsu posted a scan of Jawa: The Mammoth and the Mysterious Stone, which left detail junkies like us wanting more. Aside from the game sounding a bit like Tail of the Sun, the screens seemed unimpressive and bare.

As it turns out, though, Jawa includes an attractive feature -- assuming, of course, that your Mii is attractive, since you'll be able to dress him or her in caveman gear. You can also use your Mii to explore and wander about the game's 3D world.

While the complete disinterest that Sting seems to have for Jawa doesn't bode well for the game (which releases in Japan on July 3rd), it sounds like it could be a fun Harvest Moon-like title. Instead of growing crops, though, you hunt prehistoric animals, chill out with dinosaurs, build pots, and other such activities. Can such a cute idea really go so wrong? Probably, but we hope this one surprises us.

[Via Siliconera]

Jawa: kinda like Caveman Crossing


Some gameplay details have come to light about Spike's Jawa: The Mammoth and the Mysterious Stone, which do a lot to continue the Tail of the Sun comparison. Of course, the simplistic (but different) graphical style and the caveman theme go a long way in that direction, as well. But the game veers from Tail of the Sun in a few ways.

Like Tail of the Sun, the game centers around the survival of a small tribe of cavemen. Hunting and gathering food is important, and as you get stronger, you can expand your search area without succumbing to fatigue. However, Jawa takes more of an action-adventure game approach, putting you in control of one character and allowing you to ride animals to traverse the area. Battles use a rhythm-based Wiimote-shaking method.

This game has more of an emphasis on communication and (asynchronous) multiplayer, as well. Up to four players can occupy the same settlement and send each other messages. It's just like Animal Crossing, except you hunt and eat all the animals!

Introducing JAWA: The Mammoth and the Mysterious Scan


Here's a game we hope comes to the world outside of Japan. Called JAWA: The Mammoth and the Mysterious Stone, the game is an action-adventure title set in the prehistoric times. There will be plenty of NPCs to interact with in the village and areas to explore outside. There, you'll find lots of different enemies (up to 270), including dinosaurs (natch).

Many of the GAFfers are commenting that the title looks a lot like Tail of the Sun, which we can't say we've ever tried. Still, from the scan past the break, we like the art direction and the promised content.

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