Guild 01 - An L 5 game by Suda51, Yoshiyuki Hirai, Yoot Saito & Matsuno

Meophist from Toronto, Canada Since: May, 2010

#1: Oct 15th 2011 at 2:23:38 PM

PV:

It's a "variety" game for the Nintendo 3 DS, comprised of four games:

Kaiho Shojo by Suda Goichi(also known as Suda 51) of Grasshopper Manufacture is a 3D Shoot 'Em Up featuring a female highschool student who is the president of Japan named Shoko piloting a mecha called Kaihoki Kamui. Animation by BONES.
Rental Bukiya De Omasse by Yoshiyuki Hirai of the comedy group America Zarigani is a game where you create and rent out weapons in a medieval fantasy setting. It's a "please return the weapons that you've been lent. It's of course important that you return safely, but it's also important that the weapons get returned. It's okay if it breaks, but please don't lose it" type of game. There's a bunch of characters and some drama.
Air Porter by Yoot Saito(known for making Sim Tower, Seaman, and Odama) appears to be an airport management simulation where the focus is on managing luggage.
Crimson Shroud by Matsuno Yasumi of Level 5 is an Tabletop RPG-styled adventure game. Seems to be trying to take the concept of a Tabletop RPG's "Game Master" and put it in a simple and compact form on the Nintendo 3 DS.

Sorry if it's already been posted; I haven't seen it.

edited 15th Oct '11 2:28:27 PM by Meophist

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#2: Oct 15th 2011 at 2:44:09 PM

...Any news on if this is coming to America?

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#3: Oct 15th 2011 at 2:45:11 PM

Four games in one? Hmmm...separated, they would probably not be games I'd pay the full price for, but if all those games are for the price of one, my curiosity is piqued. I wonder if there is any chance of this being localized outside Japan, though...

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#4: Oct 15th 2011 at 2:45:48 PM

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#5: Oct 15th 2011 at 2:46:20 PM

None, but I don't think it's too unlikely. Level 5 is starting to publish games themselves, and I don't see why they'll pass up this. At the very least, they could hype up Matsuno's game and say that the other three are extras or something.

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#6: Oct 15th 2011 at 2:49:55 PM

The sword rental one seems cool.

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#7: Oct 15th 2011 at 2:53:19 PM

Matsuno! YEAH!.

So does that mean the player takes the role of Game Master? That could be interesting. Too bad there was no in-game footage.

edited 15th Oct '11 2:53:35 PM by JotunofBoredom

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#8: Oct 15th 2011 at 3:14:03 PM

The Suda51 game definitely sounds like something he'd make.

Also, AirPorter sounds a little...basic.

edited 15th Oct '11 3:14:36 PM by RocketDude

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#9: Oct 15th 2011 at 3:17:39 PM

Awesome how the book in Crimson Shroud had real English: "Such is his aim that..."

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#10: Oct 15th 2011 at 3:31:18 PM

Oh, wow. That first game is the most Japanese thing I've seen since...Since... Mischief Makers.

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#11: Oct 15th 2011 at 3:48:45 PM

Sounds Fucking awesome.

Now, I need a 3DS.

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#12: Oct 15th 2011 at 4:22:03 PM

Kaiho Shojo has a premise that is on par with Metal Wolf Chaos in terms of ridiculousness.

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#13: Oct 15th 2011 at 6:58:04 PM

I was going to post this earlier, but then I had a blackout. In any case...

So does that mean the player takes the role of Game Master? That could be interesting. Too bad there was no in-game footage.

It's not really clear. It could also mean there's a Game Master AI, for instance. There's still isn't much information about any of these games.

Also, Air Porter sounds a little...basic.

I think there's more to it than just handling baggage. The video had some aircraft customization aspects so it seems it'll include something along those lines.

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#14: Oct 15th 2011 at 7:00:41 PM

Some more information.

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#15: Oct 15th 2011 at 7:30:40 PM

GAF is blocked where I am.

Any notable info about Kaiho Shojo and Crimson Shroud?

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#16: Oct 15th 2011 at 7:34:20 PM

Well, I posted the source, so I guess it's okay to copy-paste it:

Kaihou Shoujo

Opening animation has 3D support
Easy/Normal/Hard modes
Touchpen for aiming to lock-on to enemies, release to fire at them
"Shield Bullets" which house missiles are also for defence
Defeat enemies to fill a "Sword Gauge", unleash a Sword Attack when full
Music during boss battle includes vocals
Combination of touchpen controls and 3D works so well, the reviewer believes the game could stand up on its own

Rental Bukiya de omasse

Game starts with a keyboard on the bottom screen, and a retro PC command screen on the top
Screen changes to a logo for an RPG, "WIKO II Night of Legend"
As the reviewer wondered if he chose the wrong game the message "for this they worked behind the scenes..." is displayed, before switching to "Rental Bukiya"s title screen
The games protagonist is a weapon merchant in an RPG
Game plays like a rhythm game, tapping iron to a rhythm
Use slidepad or "reverse" button to turn over the iron and hit it into shape evenly
Cool the weapon in water to finish
Weapons stats differ depending on how well you beat it into shape
Customers include a super hero wannabe "Jan", and "Solder A" looking to defeat the Demon Lord
Check customers progress with Donainatta item, which displays progress in text format
Text displayed on the Donainatta screen is humurous

Air Porter

From creator of "The Tower" and "Seaman"
Luggage from passengers is placed on the conveyor belts
Conveyor belts are split into several levels
Use the L/R buttons to control the conveyor belt arms and move luggage to the correct conveyor belt
Game starts with 2 conveyor belts, but increases to 3 and later 4, with 5 and 6 also available in the full ersion
Send the luggage to the wrong plane and it won't be counted
Dangerous objects can also appear on the belts, send these to the disposal truck on standby

In conclusion

The games are each fun, and show off their individual creators attention to detail
Kaihou Shoujo's opening animation was such high quality, and the opening of Rental Bukiya nearly tricking them, they felt each title had a high quality to them
Along with the near unknown "Crimson Shroud", the games in "GUILD 01" look to be shaping into titles one wouldn't regret playing

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#17: Oct 15th 2011 at 7:35:22 PM

Very nice.

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#18: Oct 15th 2011 at 8:02:50 PM

Matsuno and Suda51? Well this game already has my money.

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#19: Oct 16th 2011 at 3:52:00 AM

I'll buy anything with Level 5 on it.

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#20: Oct 16th 2011 at 10:54:46 AM

The 3DS really needs... Uh... Everything but especially something like this, that has a little pizzaz to it.

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#21: Oct 16th 2011 at 11:03:19 AM

From the Final Fantasy Wiki article for Matsuno:

He is currently working on an unannounced game. However, it's unknown if it's with Square Enix or another company, but Alexander O. Smith has stated that it is a project they are working on together.

Smith is the main translator and localization specialist for most of the Ivalice Alliance titles. It's doubtful they'd be collaborating on a game that wasn't destined for an English release.

edited 16th Oct '11 11:03:46 AM by Hashil

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#22: Oct 30th 2011 at 10:24:58 AM

So I did some frame-by-frame analysis of the Crimson Shroud trailer

But I probably missed a few things, especially any hidden gems which may lay in the depths of the Lich and Dragon descriptions, as well as the identity of the weapon which inflicts terrible wounds.

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#23: Oct 30th 2011 at 10:42:56 AM

Nice.

Also, I didn't realize Matsuno finally got his own entry.

edited 30th Oct '11 10:43:11 AM by JotunofBoredom

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#24: Oct 30th 2011 at 1:26:18 PM

That's because I didn't tell anyone yesterday when I made it