• Front Mission: Evolved did it for me. I was even prepared to accept that the turned it into a mediocre third-person shooter. But shipping a game with a sub-eight hour single player campaign and at time of launch, largely broken multiplayer for full $50 game price is inexcusable.

• Eh, I'm an old-school tabletop guy, so it's "Get Off My Lawn" stuff.  You can't take it seriously. I mean, I do, but not for very long. The Chu makes a good point, and one which, I'll admit, I hadn't really considered before.  So thank you for that.  I will play GTA: Vice City again with new eyes, see what I see this time 'round. Bek359 argues strongly as well, though--at the risk of making a 'slippery slope' argument--I'll bust out a joke about "Yes, it's in a bowl and it's frozen, but you eat it so we call it a sandwich".  Ha ha ha.  I like that one. Ricky..dude...While I'm looking that up in the 23 years' worth of accumulated literature, materials and experience that I have relating to role-playing games, their theories, their design, their culture, their history, their evolution and their play, would you kindly reciprocate by reviewing "The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension"?  You can skip to the relevant scene at Artie's Artery if you want. Then look up 'Nazi', and consider again the words you use.

• Incredible! I haven't been this excited for a game in a long time.

• I think my squee just hit the resonance pitch for gold fillings.

• Haha sorry, I get kinda worked up whenever I talk about it. I'm usually super laid back. Yes, Hopefully Versus XIII will be amazing. Whenever it decides to materialize. (Deep breaths, deep breaths)

• Well, that one is actually unconfirmed yet. But get a PS3 anyway. You know, just in case it is announced next year. X3

• Calm down, buddy. Here's hoping that Square Enix realized the errors of their way, and give us the game that we really wanted. You know, something like Final Fantasy Versus XIII that just suddenly went vaporware for no good reason.

• For reals and I know Persona 5's gonna be coming out soon...

• I've never felt such a crushing disappointment with a game as playing XIII. Yes, I've played some shitty games, but never one that I have been looking forward to and obsessing over as much as XIII. The first one I played was 2(4) on the SNES back in the day, and have loved the series ever since. I played XII through three times and it's one of my favorite games ever fucking made. I was so excited for XIII and when I bought it it felt like Squenix was pissing on me and laughing the whole time. Famitsu gave it a 39/40? Jesus Fuck how does that work? I wanted an RPG, not the RPG equivalent of a rail-shooter. What a bunch of balls.

• Well, I'm using the case as a coaster. Gets a laugh out of my buddies every time. One smart ass even said, "That's the most you got out of THAT game." And that's why I'm still friends with him despite his assholeriffic tendencies. XD

• Wow. I have a boner. The boner to end all boners. Future, younger boners will be told fantastical stories at bedtime about the glory of this boner. Many boners have tried to compete with this boner, but this boner was always to be triumphant in combat. When Studio Ghibli and Level 5 look back in their old age, they will wonder about their greatest achievements, about their legacies. "My Neighbor Totoro? Dragon Quest VIII? Nay, it was that boner. The boner that shook the world."

• I just sold my copy of FFXIII yesterday after a year and a half of it sitting on the shelf under my coffee table, played for a measly eight or ten hours the week of release. I have never been so angry at a video game.

• Haha that is EXACTLY what I was thinking

• Not really digging the art style too much, although the game does look gorgeous. The gameplay looks pretty good though and I'd definitely pick this up simply off that.

• Well, that's cool. I did the same thing with FFXIII. GOD why did I listen to the hype? DX

• You masturbate to Cortana, didn't you? And it's hilarious that you mentioned that present day JRPG is bland when the Disgaea series is a glaring flaw to your argument. Research, my young ward. It's the key to success.

• BEST. PIECE. OF. SATIRE. EVER! XD

• Get one, dude. I got mine just to play Disgaea 3 (and now, 4), and I never looked back since. X3

• I really wish they would invest just as much money in localizing the voice acting as much as they did in everything else. At the very least, if they insist on getting an amateur bunch to do the voices, get them to hear the original's voice tracks first and try to capture a bit of how the character was supposed to sound like. Still, if they could stick Johnny Yong Bosch somewhere in there, then I'm happy enough. XD

• I heard the sperm bank pays more. I'm heading over there! XD

• And that's 2 minutes too many. FFXIII is shit. Move on.

• Look up the definitions of a role-playing game, genius, and come back when you're done. And don't give me that "THEY SHOULD'VE ADD "VIDEO" SOMEWHERE IN THERE!!" excuse, you grammar Nazi!

• Not too much of the gameplay shown, but it looks more like a Zelda game than a Final Fantasy game.  While the story and everything else may definitely be better than FFXIII, in my mind, it's not the same type of game, so they can't be compared.  I may be a dying breed and enjoy the turn based, random battle systems of the Final Fantasies (and was never able to get into the Zelda games, despite all the good I've heard, because puzzles and action aren't as fun for me personally).  Still it looks amazing.  Probably one of those games I'll watch someone else play for the story.

• I don't understand your capsrage. What part about it makes it not an RPG? I see a large, presumably explorable world, attention to a central story, and what looks like the ability to min/max exposed attributes with items and equipment. While you could argue that those are just a few of a larger set of criteria, you could also just be customizing the definition to the specific game(s) that you <i>want</i> to be classified as RPGs. Besides, taken literally, 99% of all games are "role-playing games". You play a role, acting as Mario, Niko Bellic, Chell, or Sergeant MacTavish...

• Never been an rpg fan really, but this, this is tempting.

• Is it sad that I'm hoping they do leave the Japanese dialog in with subtitles, at least as an option? I really hope they don't get the same American voice actors they do for Studio Ghibli movies, because all of the Disney voice actors for those movies suck.

• I wanted to buy an Xbox 360, but now I see I'll have to buy a PS3 too so I can play this game.

• Too late, dude. The industry and the gamers decided upon that name for this particular genre loooooong ago. Whether the name itself is accurate or not, it's far too late to change anyone's mind.

• IT'S NOT A ROLE-PLAYING GAME GODDAMMIT STOP CALLING THEM THAT

• You must have only played 2 minutes of Final Fantasy XIII.

• I have to agree with Chris.  I am NOT a Ghibli fan but I am very excited by this game, it looks vivid and fun -  which let's be honest- has become a rarity in any modern RPG.  There won't be gore, there will be fun characters and fun overall in a cool looking, if Ghibli-esque world, which I think I can forgive.

• There was a bunch of game play in that trailer (and others).

• Dammit...I'm going to have to buy a PS3 for this, and I have no money.  Plasma donation bus, here I come!

• Looks good.  Wish I could afford a PS3.  What I'm fascinated to see is how it's translated from Japanese to English and what kind of voice actors they get to do it.  I can't imagine they would leave the Japanese dialog with just subtitles.  Different translations can make or break an import.  How a voice actor interprets a character can too.  

• Feeling a bit of irony when you blame folks for "riding Ghibli's dick' and then proceed to praise Squaresoft's work from decades back. Newsflash. The console RPGS of the early/mid 90s were just as full of cliche. Rebel against the evil empire. Spikey-haired protagonist with no father probably included. It was fine then. But somehow it isn't now. I'll agree that comparing crap to generic is a win for generic. But putting new stuff up against what is widely considered to be the golden area of console RPGs is similarly a stupid contest. This game could be amazing. But you're mad at it because we don't live in 1994. Get over yourself.

• So pretty :D It's like being in a movie. I don't have a PS3 but the people I'm moving in with do! Yes!

• I need a PS3 like you wouldn't believe..

• Is it going to have a kickass Joe Hisaishi score for it too?

• I was just checking out the release date info for the PS3 version (DS version has been out since February) and it's slated for 11/17 in Japan and costs about $100 out of the gate. The "Ni No Kuni Magical Collectors Edition"? Roughly $440.  I'm never complaining about CE prices for American games again. like, ever.

• But no, seriously...  tell us how you really feel. 

• I don't know what you're talking about, Rob. This is cel-shaded, without a hint of photorealism, And I notice the gameplay lacks a first person option. I also notice a glaring lack of zombies, and grunting marines, Space- or Regular. And where are all the busty alien/elven women who wear skintight outfits? Who will I hold up as an example of feminism in gaming while secretly masturbating to their stripper dance animations? This can hardly be called a video game at all!

• See, this is why I get so severely irritated with these people that constantly ride Ghibli's cock. Studio Ghibli could even turn out the most impossibly generic, "everyone-has-already-fucking-done-this" mediocre pablum and everyone still jizzes themselves as if it's the most amazing thing the world has ever seen. Not one solitary iota of this.... not one damn thing...... looks any more impressive than just about every other generic, tripe, formulaic, 5th tier JRPG, and people are just creaming themselves becuase of WHO made it and not because it looks any more impressive than literally anything else. What exactly here, that i'm seeing, is supposed to put this over a third rate rip off of a Dragon Quest, Lufia, or Breath Of Fire clone? Absolutely nothing. It's just a another case for Ghibli elitists to get up on a high horse over some nothing, generic looking JRPG, in a sea of generic JRPG's. But oh, yeah, let's just compare it to something godawful like the Final Fantasy franchise of today. There's a great comparison. When comparing awful to generic, of course generic is going to win. But if you were to compare this to Final Fantasy in the mid 90's, or any Squaresoft title during it's glory days on the SNES and very early PS1 era. it would absolutely, positively murder this generic thing. It's like "Nostalgia" and "Tales Of Symphonia" except even blander.

• Stuff like this puts a really big smile on my face. :D

• Parts of this(IE the cutscenes) look NICE....other things just look normal nice. I might have to buy a PS3 for this.

• Did anyone else look at that circular room at the beginning and think Jedi Temple? Not that it's a bad thing, mind you. If anything, it improves upon the concept. This looks gorgeous all around.

• I hate to kill the hype, but I'm going to hold off on finally having a gaming use for my PS3 until I see some game play. 

• They already had me, but kids being fired from a cannon into a giant laughing mouth?  I don't even have a PS3 yet and I'm pre-ordering this sucker tomorrow if they'd let me.

• I'm not the biggest RPG fan but I'm all over this next year. 

• This reminds me too much of FFF.

• is that LeChuck at 2:40?

• Wow, wow. Shivers. Down my back.

• I think I just eyegasmed.

• Not my thing, but it does look very well animated.

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