View Full Version : Monado: Beginning of the World (Nintendo RPG)
SuperPhillip
06-02-2009, 03:32 PM
I was just going to copy and paste from another site, but I think that would be disingenuous. Here's the link with the pictures. (http://press.nintendo.com/E32009/%20%20Username/password%20is%20golin/harris.) You can check out the trailer here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcflgnLmgms
'Cube Daddy
06-02-2009, 04:17 PM
Wow! Definitely interested in this!
joshofstl
06-02-2009, 06:51 PM
A friend of mine pointed this out. How did it slip under the radar?
Sir_Fragalot
06-02-2009, 07:35 PM
I am assuming this is an action rpg? Why didn't those dumbasses show me this in the press conference instead of a vitality sensor?
I now want this game unless it turns out to be crap.
crunchewy
06-03-2009, 09:21 AM
What is with RPGs and stupid looking big swords? Game could be fun, but I'd like a fantasy RPG where the swords aren't ludicrous.
vherub
06-03-2009, 10:33 AM
watched the trailer on the nintendo channel, got a final fantasy vibe, but that sword is out of halo
ProfWho
06-03-2009, 01:39 PM
Why didn't Nintendo announce this at the press event?
whiptcracker
06-03-2009, 01:48 PM
Thanks for pointing this out, looks interesting.
Strell
06-03-2009, 02:07 PM
Re: Why not announce this at the press event?
Because Nintendo know the sorts of people who care about it - gamers on message boards - will find it for ourselves.
People, please: Understand E3 is first and foremost a press event. There's a reason Nintendo wants to debut things like Style Savvy and Women's Murder Club over a JRPG.
You don't have to like it, but you gotta know it's true.
pygmy carnotaur
06-03-2009, 02:31 PM
So this is MonolithSoft's new game then? I would have preferred Baiten Kaitos 3(which I know will never happen), but I'm sure this will be good too.
whiptcracker
06-03-2009, 03:13 PM
People, please: Understand E3 is first and foremost a press event. There's a reason Nintendo wants to debut things like Style Savvy and Women's Murder Club over a JRPG.
You don't have to like it, but you gotta know it's true.
How well did that go over with the press in attendence then?
Dead of Knight
06-03-2009, 03:43 PM
Why the fuck do the pics I've seen look like a DS game? The video looks at least marginally better though. I hope that it's good, as graphics aren't everything, and that it doesn't involve a fucking card game.
Strell
06-03-2009, 04:18 PM
How well did that go over with the press in attendence then?
Considering it worked with Wii Fit and other such things, I'm going to guess pretty well in the long run.
pete5883
06-03-2009, 05:17 PM
I might be crazy, but that trailer music sounds a lot like Mitsuda to me. Reminds me of "Battling KOS-MOS" from the XS Ep. I soundtrack.
hero101
06-03-2009, 07:27 PM
That sword look like it was previously in Halo 2/3.
whiptcracker
06-03-2009, 07:28 PM
Considering it worked with Wii Fit and other such things, I'm going to guess pretty well in the long run.
With consumers in the long run, with no lack of marketing behind it. You said those games where introduced as part of a press event, and the gaming press didn't exactly jump for joy over Women's Murder Club or Style Savvy.
Maybe you meant marketing event?
Considering the people paying attention to the news out of E3 isn't exactly the general media or casual gamers, it's still surprising they choose to market to the demographic at an event like this instead of trying to hype games that might appeal to the demo that's either in attendence or reading along.
Strell
06-03-2009, 07:55 PM
the gaming press didn't exactly jump for joy over Women's Murder Club or Style Savvy.
Exactly - the same sort people who complain about anything and everything. The same group that pitched a shitfit about Nintendo's E3 conference, while the mainstream media declared them the winners, much to the former group's now tired hatred.
Maybe you meant marketing event?
Haha, ok.
Considering the people paying attention to the news out of E3 isn't exactly the general media or casual gamers, it's still surprising they choose to market to the demographic at an event like this instead of trying to hype games that might appeal to the demo that's either in attendence or reading along.
You're thinking about this waaaaaaay too narrowly. The net cast by a press event at E3 extends further than the gaming crowd, who can't be bothered to do anything but endlessly whine, and WILL do just that.
Meanwhile, Nintendo is kicking off a small but sure public awareness on their titles that appeal to the crowds they've started to make a mint off of.
I don't see why this is such a hard concept. All showing Monado would have done is put a tiny feather in the caps of those arguing on message boards, who could point to it as a clear cut core RPG to combat all the inevitable negative press from those who had zero chance of being happy with Nintendo's announcements. Why even waste the time? All it would do is settle the hash of a few nerds online, quickly be forgotten, and then be released to even more whining.
Nintendo can do no right in the gaming public's eyes - showing this game would have had an identical but opposite reaction. "Oh lolz Nintendo showz JRPG no one carez abt bceause i wants final fntsry."
whiptcracker
06-03-2009, 09:32 PM
Nintendo can do no right in the gaming public's eyes - showing this game would have had an identical but opposite reaction. "Oh lolz Nintendo showz JRPG no one carez abt bceause i wants final fntsry."
Heh, point taken.
LostRoad
06-04-2009, 12:04 AM
That sword look like it was previously in Halo 2/3. Looks a lot more like a sword from Phantasy Star than something outta Halo.
Nice to see the big N really putting in more support for games for " gamers ". Going in not expecting much from them, I think I am most impressed with their line up. Though if they could have just shown a little tad small bit of DQ X, even a little slime dart across a screen. :booty: