“When you connect Order of Ecclesia to Judgment you unlock a couple of things. In Order of Ecclesia the level max is 99, but once you connect to Judgment the level max immediately increases to 255. Also, you unlock an item called ‘Queen of Heart.’ For the Wii version the main character from Order of Ecclesia, Shanoa, is unlocked for all modes. The new character Aeon is also unlocked in every mode except Story Mode. Also, some accessories will be unlocked.” – Koji Igarashi
01. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo) 122,000 / 1,595,000
02. [PS2] Dynasty Warriors 5 Special (KOEI) 110,000 / NEW
03. [PS2] Super Robot Wars Z (Namco Bandai) 60,000 / 426,000
04. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 54,000 / 906,000
05. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 21,000 / 2,706,000
06. [PS2] Powerful Major League 3 (Konami) 18,000 / NEW
07. [PSP] ToLoveru (Marvelous Interactive) 16,000 / NEW
08. [PSP] Ikkitosen (Marvelous Interactive) 15,000 / NEW
09. [NDS] World Destruction (SEGA) 15,000 / 71,000
10. [NDS] Dragonball DS (Namco Bandai) 12,000 / 115,000
Torrance, Calif., (October 9, 2008) – Marvelous Entertainment USA and XSEED Games today announced it will participate in this year’s Tokyo Game Show, one of the world’s largest game shows which has historically attracted more than 100,000 consumers and industry participants. Staying true to the strong partnership, Marvelous Entertainment USA and XSEED Games have joined forces with Marvelous Entertainment Japan, parent company of Marvelous Entertainment USA, to have a booth at TGS. The companies plan to showcase an amazing line up of games for Nintendo platforms, the Nintendo DS and Wii, as well as the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. Marvelous Entertainment will also host a press conference on Thursday, October 9 at 3:30pm. TGS 2008 will be held at the Makuhari Messe, in Chiba, Japan from October 9th through October 12th. TGS attendees are invited to visit the Marvelous Entertainment Japan booth located at 2-S1.
”This is going to be an especially exciting and special show for us as we a announcing new titles and also giving our audience an opportunity to see first hand some of our amazing games,” stated Yasuhiro Wada, Managing Director of Marvelous Entertainment. “Our XSEED Games partnership has proved fantastic so having them here with us to showcase our partnership titles is really important and appreciated.”
Games being announced at TGS and being released in North America under the partnership are: Flower, Sun, and Rain DS and Arc Rise Fantasia Wii.
“I remember the CES right after the Wii launched and all the [gaming] editors were asking, ‘When are you guys going to do your version of the Miis?,”. I remember going, ‘You guys are going to slaughter us in the press if we ever do it.’ [laughs] For obvious reasons, it’s certainly hard to avoid the comparison with the Mii. You know, it’s a tough one, because it’s sort of like giving them maybe a little bit more credit for [it]…it’s not like Nintendo created the concept for having a virtual character. Really, if you think about your gamerscore, your gamertag, your achievements and your identity online, that’s been a principal for us in the beginning. Nowadays, this is the kind of stuff people do, and a lot of people want to compare it to the Miis but the team, if you talk to Mark [Whitten, XBL general manager], he’ll say his inspiration came more from [’World of] WarCraft’ and seeing how dedicated people get to their characters.” – Albert Penello, Xbox director of marketing
– Releasing in January 2010 in North America
– Releasing in February/March in Europe
