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Sorcery Blade: first trailer of the WiiWare RPG

Posted Oct 21st 2008 1:40PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports, Video, WiiWare


How do you make a cell phone RPG look great? Put it on an actual game system! World Wide Software's Sorcery Blade, a WiiWare version of the Sorcery Sword series, looks quite nice for a downloadable game. Rather than the action-oriented Monster Hunter cash-in we assumed it would be, Sorcery Blade is a "real" turn-based RPG. Either that or the monsters are just very polite.

There's no word on an international release for this game, but there's so little risk to a downloadable game that we think it's worth publisher Kemco's time. We'd definitely be up for a low-commitment RPG.

[Via Inside-Games]

Sorcery Blade: first brief look at a small RPG

Posted Oct 7th 2008 2:37PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports, WiiWare


When we first saw Sorcery Blade, all we knew was that it was some kind of WiiWare RPG based on a mobile game series. We may still not know all that much about it, but Famitsu has posted the first direct-feed screens, so we have a better idea what it looks like.

Sorcery Blade, evidently set on Mars in the year 3000, uses a motion-controlled combat scheme, with special attacks and magic done by drawing shapes on the screen, prompted by icons. When not in combat, you'll return to the town (we're guessing there's just one), where you'll receive quests and interact with Mii residents.

The idea of a tiny, downloadable RPG is very appealing. There's nothing in particular about RPG gameplay that lends itself to superlong games -- that's just how it's worked out. Maybe Sorcery Blade will be an enjoyable, but bite-size, action RPG.

Kemco reveals WiiWare action RPG Sorcery Blade

Posted Sep 17th 2008 1:37PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports, WiiWare


There are only two screens and a tiny writeup of this in this week's Famitsu, but this WiiWare RPG looks like it might be interesting. According to the (short) article, Sorcery Blade is a new entry in a popular mobile RPG series by publisher Kemco. We looked around Kemco's site and the best guess we have is that it's a Sorcery Sword game.

If so, then a lot has changed in the transition from phones to WiiWare. We don't know much about the combat in the new version, other than that it uses the Wiimote for timing-based attacks, but it looks like it may be real-time. We suspect that it probably plays as much like Monster Hunter as it looks.

Virtually Overlooked: Shadowgate

Posted Jan 3rd 2008 8:00PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Virtually Overlooked

Welcome to our weekly feature, Virtually Overlooked, wherein we talk about games that aren't on the Virtual Console yet, but should be. Call it a retro-speculative.

While replaying a little Resident Wiivil Evil 4 over the holidays with the man of the house, a great realization came unto me, and I demanded the right to take JC's place on the Virtually Overlooked soapbox this week. The inability to do silly things like jump into the river, shoot the drivers, and stab random people at the beginning of the game really bugged me, even moreso than on my first outing with the title. I need free reign for suicide and a little friendly fire! I need to be able to do all the things you're not supposed to be able to do, and if I have to start over, hey -- that's okay. It's about freedom, baby, yeah. And I was reminded of a game that allowed just that: Shadowgate.

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Virtually Overlooked: North and South

Posted Nov 15th 2007 7:00PM by Candace Savino
Filed under: Virtually Overlooked

Welcome to our weekly feature, Virtually Overlooked, wherein we talk about games that aren't on the Virtual Console yet, but should be. Call it a retro-speculative.

After exploring the offensive Spanish for Everyone over at DS Fanboy, we wracked our brains trying to think of another game that failed to adhere to the politically correct school of thought. The first title that came to mind was North and South, and if you've ever played this game, you'll probably understand why.

This 1989 NES (among others) game is a bit of an oddity. Not only was it one of the first real-time strategy titles in the industry, but it also included two platformer minigames that were all kinds of excellent.

Aside from its genre mixing, though, you're probably wondering what was so controversial about this title. To explain that, we might have to give you a brief history lesson first.

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