Nintendo Power - May 2008 (V228) - Trauma Center 2 DS announced!

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Final Fantasy IV

News
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 (DS, Atlus)
Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS, Activision)
We Ski (Wii, Namco)
WWE SmackDown Vs. Raw 2009 (Wii/DS, THQ)
Soul Bubbles (DS, Eidos)
We Cheer (Wii, Namco)
Disgaea (DS, NIS)
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (Wii, SE)
Looney Tunes: Cartoon Concerto (DS, Eidos)
Lock Nation (DS, 5th Cell/THQ)
Mega Man Star Force 2 (DS, Capcom)
Rock Band (Wii, MTV)
Blood Bowl (DS, Cyanide)
Moon Men (DS, Renegade Kid)

Wii Channels (WiiWare/VC coverage)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (WiiWare)
Defend Your Castle (WiiWare)
World of Goo (WiiWare)
LIT (WiiWare)
SPOGS Racing (WiiWare)
DoReMi (VC)
Kirby 64 (VC)
Ninja Gaiden III (VC)
Psychosis (VC)
Puyo Puyo 2 (VC)
Super Turrican (VC)

Previews
Metal Slug 7 (DS)
Wii Fit (Wii)
King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga (Wii)
Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles (DS)
Bleach: Dark Souls (DS)
Mister Slime (DS)
Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy (Wii)
Death Jr.: Root of Evil (Wii)
Deca Sports (Wii)
GRID (DS)
Monster Lab (Wii)
The Incredible Hulk (DS, Wii)
WALL*E (Wii, DS)
LOL (DS)
Kung Fu Panda (DS, Wii)
Dinosaur King (DS)

Features
Final Fantasy IV (no release date :()
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness
Boom Blox
Summon Night: Twin Age
LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
Bangai-O Spirits

Interviews
Takashi Tokita - Creator of Final Fantasy IV
Masahiro Sakurai
Masato Maegawa - Treasure president
Masaya Matsuura

Reviews
Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 9.0
Battle of the Bands (Wii) - 7.0
The World Ends With You (DS) - 9.0
Teenage Zombies (DS) - 7.0
Puchi Puchi Virus (DS) - 7.0
Okami (Wii) - 7.5
N+ (DS) - 7.0
Summer Sports: Paradise Island (Wii) - 3.5
Minicopter: Adventure Flight (Wii) - 6.5
Rondo of Swords (DS) - 6.5
Castle of Shikigami III (Wii) - 7.0
MLB 2K8 Fantasy All-Stars (DS) - 6.5

Next Month
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
FaceBreaker
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
 
More details:

Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
-Features Derek Stiles and Angie Thompson
-New operations, new story, new and old characters
-Plot focuses on GUILT aftermath and mysteries surrounding the virus
-Gameplay remains similar to the first game (I'd hope so)
-Some tools will have improved functionality (no word on any new tools)
-Easy difficulty setting for greater accessibility
-Summer 2008

We Ski
-Balance board compatible
-Remote + nunchuk used to gain momentum
-Turn remote/nunchuk left and right to steer if you're not using the balance board
-Single player only with balance board, up to 4 players with controllers
-May 2008

We Cheer
Licensed music (Hilary Duff, Aly & AJ (who?), etc)
-Geared toward the tweens, also fun for adults (uh huh)
-Use two remotes like pom-poms, follow on-screen commands
-Supports up to four players with one remote each, two player co-op where each player controls one arm
-Choose one of 15 girls to participate in tournaments in single player mode
-Exercise mode has you wear the shoes of a personal trainer to earn money to buy outfits

Chocobo's Dungeon
-Jobs like Knight and Black Mage
-Equippable items boost stats and change appearance
-Tur-based battles in randomly generated dungeons

King of Fighters Collection
-King of Fighters 94, 95, 96, 97, 98
-Challenge mode - each match has conditions to meet
-Four control schemes: remote, remote + nunchuk, classic controller, GameCube controller

Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles
-Three cases
-Observe suspects, investigate crime scenes, talk to witnesses, collect evidence
-Control with touch screen or control pad/buttons
-Text-based interface
-Menu-based fisticuffs and hidden passwords

Blast Works
-Grab defeated enemy vehicles and weapons and use them to build your ship
-Every vehicle you touch blocks projectiles and has a unique shot pattern
-Position you grab them determines angle of fire
-Four player co-op
-Level-editor
-Send custom stages to friends over WFC

Mario Kart Review
-9.0
-Bikes turn sharper and enable boosts at any time; only one-stage miniturbo while drifting (karts can power up two stages)
-Hold drift to charge miniturbo
-Miniturbos from performing tricks (flick wheel when you hit a jump)
-Wii Wheel better than expcted - best motion control in a racer so far
-New tracks have more detailed visuals, fresher ideas, and stuff going on than retro tracks
-32 tracks
-Not as revolutionary as Galaxy, not as content-packed as Brawl
-No detailed mention of Wi-Fi

The World Ends With You
-9.0
-Good learning curve for complex and creative battle system
-Great narrative
-Lots of dialogue, excellent writing
-Fittingly eclectic soundtrack

Okami
-7.5
-Beautiful aesthetics
-Lots to do
-Controls didn't make the jump as well as they should have
-Pointing and drawing is faster and allows more freedom than analog stick
-Harder to be precise, resulting in recognition problems
-Awkward combat - slow, timed flicks of remote are required for consecutive hits; swing too fast and it's not recognized
-No motion-based fishing
-Issues can be overcome with practice
-Play PS2 version instead (apocalypse now?)

Rondo of Swords
-Draw movement paths through allies and enemies
-Momentum system - enemies target those doing the most damage
-Side quest system for idle characters
-Mix of grueling difficulty and unclear objectives require you to restart most maps multiple times
-No optional battles to raise low-level characters or grind for exp
-Shopping is a pain: have to send a character on a shopping side quest, money spent randomly with possibly nothing in return
-Satisfying to beat difficult maps
-Have to outsmart opponents, you can overpower them
 
Well, I guess that means FFIV DS is confirmed for the US... I can't believe they didn't give a release date though. I mean, come on. Not even a quarter estimate? That means they gave us absolutely no new info other than a 100% confirmation of something we were already 99.9% sure about.

Thanks for the uber-detailed post.

EDIT: I'm LMAO at the Okami review. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[quote name='botticus']
We Cheer

-Geared toward the tweens, also fun for adults (uh huh)
[/QUOTE]
Giggity!!!
 
Darn. I was hoping Square would delay it so they could find a way to shove the cell phone sequel into the U.S. version. Fortunately there's no release date.
 
Very nice. I would love it if they ported Trauma Center 2 over to the Wii. I like it better on the Wii.
Dr Stiles & Angie FTW
 
[quote name='62t']wait, a nintendo magazine is telling people to get a game on PS2 :O[/quote]Yeah. To be fair, Matt-IGN said they don't understand the complaints at all and they love the Wii controls. So my rental is still on schedule.
 
[quote name='laaj']Is there any comparisons of FF4 DS and SNES/PS/GBA versions?[/quote]

FF4 DS got the same treatment as FF3 DS. Completely redone. New graphics, completely voiced, new cut scenes, and I imagine there are a couple new sidequests added (though I haven't heard anything specifically).
 
Most of the Games is on my buy list :)

Final Fantasy IV
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 (DS, Atlus)
Disgaea (DS, NIS)
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (Wii, SE)
Metal Slug 7 (DS)
Wii Fit (Wii)
King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga (Wii)
Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles (DS)
Bleach: Dark Souls (DS)
Death Jr.: Root of Evil (Wii)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness
Boom Blox
Summon Night: Twin Age
Bangai-O Spirits
Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 9.0
The World Ends With You (DS) - 9.0
Okami (Wii) - 7.5
Rondo of Swords (DS) - 6.5
Castle of Shikigami III (Wii) - 7.0


Next Month
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
FaceBreaker
 
Most of the Games is on my buy list :)

Final Fantasy IV
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 (DS, Atlus)
Disgaea (DS, NIS)
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (Wii, SE)
Metal Slug 7 (DS)
Wii Fit (Wii)
King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga (Wii)
Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles (DS)
Bleach: Dark Souls (DS)
Death Jr.: Root of Evil (Wii)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness
Boom Blox
Summon Night: Twin Age
Bangai-O Spirits
Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 9.0
The World Ends With You (DS) - 9.0
Okami (Wii) - 7.5
Rondo of Swords (DS) - 6.5
Castle of Shikigami III (Wii) - 7.0


Next Month
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
FaceBreaker
 
Hi, does anyone has the magazine and could scan me the part about "We Cheer"? I'm in Switzerland and we can't find that magazine here. That would be very nice.
 
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