[PSP] Last Ranker [nuovi video!] Shimomura <3

[Glenn]

Titolo: Last Ranker
Piattaforma: PSP
Genere: RPG
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Image Epoch
Website: http://www.capcom.co.jp/LR/index.html


Staff

Producer - Minae Matsukawa (Breath of Fire V, Ace Attorney 4)
Director - Kazuya Niinou (Etrian Odyssey, 7th Dragon)
Character Design - Tatsuya Yoshikawa (Breath of Fire serie, Devil May Cry 4)
Scenario - Kazushige Nojima (Final Fantasy serie, Kingdom Hearts serie)
Composer - Yoko Shimomura (Secret of Mana serie, Parasite Eve, Kingdom Hearts serie)


Characters

Zig (VA: Hiroshi Kamiya) - A hot blooded youth who grew up in a tribe of a wanderers. He is dissatisfied with his life, and leaves the tribe to join the ranking guild in order to find his own inner strength and a purpose to his life. He seeks to be the strongest one of them all.

Ren (VA: Marine Inoue) - A girl who enters the guild at about the same time as Zig. She is actually a survivor of the royal knights from a kingdom which has been destroyed. She seeks to gain fame and fortune in the hopes of finding a way to rebuild her kingdom. She becomes a rival of Zig.

Faz (VA: Yuuichi Nakamura) - A childhood friend of Zig who grew up in the same tribe. When Zig decided to abandon the tribe and seek out his own destiny, he thought he would never see him again. When the two meet again, it is as enemies, and he is another of Zig's rivals.


Game Overview

The game is set in a world filled with warriors known as Rankers. Warriors throughout the land are ranked by a worldwide tournament organization. With each win or loss, a warrior's rank will rise or fall. The objective in this game is for the main character to become the strongest warrior and become rank number one.



Game Details

The scenario is described as an "adult" variation on the shounen fighting theme. Instead of a normal shounen storyline where the main character seeks to become stronger while surrounded by friends and allies who support him and help him along the way, the story in this game attempts to explore themes of individuality and isolation. The main character is the only party member, and it is largely a solo quest even though he might fight many enemies at a time.

As for the gameplay, the battles will not be command based, but action based with realtime elements. That is not to say it is an action RPG. The player will not control the movement of the character in battle, and the battles are still based on a turn based foundation.

The actions available to the player are attack and defense actions, and pressing a button in battle will result in a direct reaction from the character like in an action game. The challenge in battles comes from pure timing, the player must study and learn timing patterns both when attacking and when defending. A skilled player will be able to use timing to defeat much higher level enemies.

Since this is a fantasy RPG, aside from fighting other Rankers to increase your rank, Zig will also be fighting monsters and other enemies in various different situations. As this is a single character game, there will be an emphasis on weapon customization, and the player can decide how to best arm Zig and advance in his combat skills.

For the soundtrack, Shimomura will be composing vocal BGM for the battle themes. Originally she intended to use opera style pieces, but Niinou insisted that it wasn't what he was looking for, instead he wanted "awesome sounding" vocal songs. He says that the intention is to have battle themes which are not typical, but instead something which highlights the focus of the entire game. Since the game is about fighting and battles will be the core of the game, the battle themes should highlight that fact well.

The game is currently 40% complete, and judging from the lack of screenshots in the article, it is probably not quite ready to be shown off just yet. There's no word if it'll be at TGS, but if it is I don't expect more than a short trailer.


Per farla in breve:

- New Capcom RPG by Image Epoch and Capcom
- It's about fighting, fighting and more fighting
- Battle system is kinda turn-based, with realtime action timing for attacking and defending
- 3D game, kinda looks like Arc Rise Fantasia
- Main character wants to be the best fighter in the world
- If you beat other fighters your rank goes up
- If you lose to other fighters your rank goes down
- No party, single character, weapon customization
- You should care because the director previously made Etrian Odyssey and 7th Dragon
- Game isn't coming out anytime soon, looks barely done





e certamente ha un bel Character Design!

Big BIG artwork:

Spoiler:

[link80]

phoenix wright guy?
in che senso? scusa ignoranza!

[Azure Kite]

Il direttore di Phoenix Wright.

[Glenn]

Sì ma raga, questo gioco è da prendere anche solo per le musiche della Shinomura

[kenji1987]

cheffigo :0

[Magnvs]

Sembra carino, l'idea degli scenari alternativi in caso di vittoria e sconfitta mi garba parecchio.

[Arks]

Uhm, sembra caruccio.

[Azure Kite]

Sembra un progetto molto serio, vista la gente che ci lavora.

In momenti come questi benedico il remotejoy PSP.

[The Grief]

PSP rpg non port e con grafica 3d buona? Strano.
Nojima cura il copione? Preso.
Ah, c'è pure Shimomura, bene..."BoF series"...


Ridatemi BoF dannati Capcom!

'Sto coso avrebbe più potenzialità solo perchè ricalca quelle ragazzate stile Truzz Ball&100 cloni assortiti ?
Beh, come vendite forse si...ma come classe e potenzialità ludiche mai e poi mai.

[kenji1987]

scan in qualità migliore

Last Lanker PSP





graficamente non è male

[Kall Su]

Ridatemi BoF dannati Capcom!

Uber quoto.
Al di là di ciò il gioco mi attira assai

[The Grief]

Uber quoto.
Al di là di ciò il gioco mi attira assai

Forse perchè...questo è Breath of Fire come lo era Dragon Quarter?

Breath of Fire: Last Lanker PSP
Ren=Nina

Faz=Fou Lou

Zig=Ryu

Charadesign e director di Breath of Fire
Ci manca solo che il tizio qui si trasformi in drago, cosa che sarebbe fattibilissima...

Quanto stò rosicando da 1 a 10? 11.
Prima Capcom viene e dice "niente più BoF, gli rpg non sono profittevoli"
Okay, mi stà bene.
Poi Capcom torna e lancia un rpg originale fatto dalla gente di BoF+Nojima e Shimomura...in cui c'è uno che "cerca potenza"...e pg "familiari" appaiono
Che gli costava chiamarlo come ho scritto sopra ("Last Ranker" fa schifo ai cani)?
Meglio usare una fanbase coltivata dai tempi dei 16 bit piuttosto che lanciare nel 2010 un rpg a turni nel vuoto

[Kall Su]

Beh Grief appena ho visto la scana con sopra il protagonista mi è venuto subito in mente Ryu da DQ XD E' identico, magari un filo più stiloso

Cmq finalmente un titolo che mi ispiri... fattore BoF o meno

[The Grief]

"Ranker" soldati e gerarchia; "Dragon Quarter" non era il rank massimo di Ryu (soldato gerarchizzato) nel gioco?

Che poi BoFV: DQ (in Giappone c'era il "V") fece buone vendite, non capisco perchè cestinare una serie ultradecennale così
Basterebbe solo cambiare i 2 nomi in Nina e Ryu ed il titolo nonchè garantire una trasformazione in drago (sempre cool) per far felici i fanboy...

[Glenn]

http://www.capcom.co.jp/LR/index.html