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This is a great game, looking foward to it.
Btw, the Jap version is coming out June 28th. English version will be around Q4, 2007

wow, the soundclip is great! i love it omg.

seems too long for a battle theme though. maybe a shortened version of it?

I just knew that the main character, Frédéric Chopin is based on a real life person.



All of this time I thought he is some character that Tri-Crescendo / Namco Bandai made up.

Trusty Bell(Eternal Sonata) demo HANDS-ON

I got the news that eternal sonata had released it's demo at 9:15, so I instantly turned on my Xbox360 and log in as Japan acc to start download. After 3 hours of hard wait (approx. 580MB), I found this game the best RPG in the next-gen console so far.

The graphics are superb, you can merely see glitches on the characters. Music was also a big hit, as it stimulates your senses, making it hard to leave your hands off the controller. Voice acting is nice from the battle conversations, but sad, I cant distinguish Aya Hirano's voice...

The battle is special. Three characters are usable in the demo. Each character has 5 seconds to walk around the battlefield and slash your foes. Normal attack is triggered by the A button, Y for the Special Attack, B for defence and X for item. Pressing the LT button in battle will change viewer's tilt, and LB button changes the item assigned for button X. Hitting the Y button will perform a variety of special attacks, depends on which second and your combo count. Don't underestimate that 5 seconds, cbecause one wrong step will wipe your entire party.

The demo has around 1 village and 2 forests for you to explore. The atmosphere are nicely build and the color/lighting are extremely well done.

Trusty Bell-Chopin no yume- will be released in Japan on the 17th of June.
A must buy

This post has been edited by YunaX: May 15 2007, 02:06 AM

the demo is described as "eternal sonata". launch the demo, and u get trusty bell. wtfish!?

haha, i rmb reading something similar abt crackdown/riot act. the game auto-adjust its language settings based on the console region, i think.

ntsc/j sgp set + non-jpn speaker FTL

theres a difference with pure XBL japanese accounts and XBL asian accounts right?heehee

Not really a JRPG fan myself, but i try the demo. I love the graphics...

I've mixed opinion about this game. Keep in mind the bloody thing threw Japanese text and VA at me, there's a lot of things I've probably missed.

The graphics, well, it's okay I guess. Nothing the 360 hasn't done yet. The battle system is quite fun at first, but I find myself mashing the A button quite often before hitting the Y button. Having to press B at the correct moment is a nice touch, keeping players on their toes instead of watching their characters helplessly beaten. The enemies is kinda meh, but I enjoy the boss fight a lot. No random encounters = big plus. I don't understand Japanese, so I can't comment on the VA, the translation and the story. The character design is a nice break from GoW's macho fest.

Now if only they release a demo for Asian consoles in English.

the official site is updated with some clips and some info into other characters (they look like story villains) in engrish

waltz - is he the main villain?
ronde - looks pretty & cute for a villainess
fugue - look like an archnemesis of chopin
tuba - ??
legato -??


go check them out
http://namco-ch.net/trusty_bell/index.php

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Another step towards Japanese RPGs with English support!! (Hopefully)

Adding new pictures from the official:

It looks impressive and all

Yet i dont get how you guys play jap games

and those who bought blue dragon earlier as well

i cant understand peanuts man

The Demo is cool.
I just can't wait~~~~

wow, the picts are really small, but gamEBstop having exclusive pre-order goodies again

http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=200314
http://www.ebgames.com/gs/images/bonus/200314_bonus.jpg

maybe BD US will also have 5 LE faceplates as pre-order goodies?

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That is so freakin small i can hardly see the design on it. Most i can catch out of it is 5 faceplates

Wonder if SG will be bringing along the goodies for those who pre-order it.

I dont wanna miss out another pre-order toys like BD...

hmm, i wonder if i can find those faceplates in PA

kinda o/t: anyone seen this nyko product locally?

http://www.nyko.com/gamefacecommunity/index.php

sounds like a relatively inexpensive way to have many custom faceplates

hey, should we seperate the topic
as Trusty Bell is releasing soon, we should have seperate discussion

sadly, i'll have to delay getting this game...seeing that BD has already given me my fill of JRPGs and instead using the cash for Shadowrun

i think this game has an asian version with english subs comin soon next month shortly after the Jap version? saw somethin like that on play-asia

Yea i saw it too in PA, its called Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume / Eternal Sonata... so long name Btw, it is the Asia version of it, and i am wondering if it has English language support?!

Edited: PA stated that it will be in stock on Jun 19, 2007.

This post has been edited by -= Virgil =-: Jun 5 2007, 07:13 PM