Inazuma Eleven, Soccer RPG by Level 5

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  • MadMirko 29 Aug 2007 21:09:25 2,974 posts
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    [link=http://www.cubed3.com/media/2007/August/jb/famiz2.jpg">Inazuma Eleven (scan from Famitsu) is a soccer RPG from Level 5 and
  • Futaba 29 Aug 2007 21:17:15 3,636 posts
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    What are the odds of that making it out of Japan?
  • MadMirko 29 Aug 2007 21:22:00 2,974 posts
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    Has there been a Level 5 game that didn't make it out of Japan? :)
  • fretto 29 Aug 2007 21:37:32 639 posts
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    keep my eye on this one
  • HiddenAway 29 Aug 2007 21:47:30 15,147 posts
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    ecureuil wrote:
    What are the odds of this being really, really shit?

    50:50

    Level 5 are great. They've made brilliant games, but I will honestly call them the best developers in the world if they pull this off :p
  • NewYork 29 Aug 2007 21:57:05 24,807 posts
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    Sounds pretty neat, actually.

    /generally hates football and football games
  • ilmaestro 30 Aug 2007 01:07:55 32,932 posts
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    It's quite an effort to make a football game that doens't enthuse me, it's even more surprising that there's a Level 5 game that doesn't enthuse me. For Level 5 to be making a football game that doesn't enthuse me... is actually surprisingly understandable, despite those two facts. I reserve the right to mark out like a baby once I actually see it, if it's any good.
  • ilmaestro 30 Aug 2007 01:19:32 32,932 posts
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    They'll need to make it not actually a football game, which is what I assume they were going for. If I think of it as an RPG based on a sports anime I can kind of get my head around it, but I'm struggling.
  • Cappy 30 Aug 2007 08:27:09 14,393 posts
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    Yuck.

    Sounds like Football Pokémon. If it was the Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe RPG, then we would be talking.
  • MadMirko 30 Aug 2007 08:56:12 2,974 posts
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    Screens.

    I need this. A lot.
  • Cappy 30 Aug 2007 09:18:39 14,393 posts
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    MadMirko wrote:
    I need this. A lot.

    You need one of these even more so.
  • MadMirko 30 Aug 2007 09:21:27 2,974 posts
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    Cappy wrote:
    You need one of these even more so.

    Use the Ignore button.
  • MadMirko 31 Aug 2007 07:59:23 2,974 posts
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    More screens via cubed3.
  • MadMirko 31 Aug 2007 10:41:34 2,974 posts
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    Video at the official site.

    Click Skip and the bottom right hex.
  • ilmaestro 31 Aug 2007 22:49:12 32,932 posts
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    Bought.

    I'm so easy to please, I'm not convinced by the game yet (although it looks potentially 76 times better than I thought it was going to be), but I absolutely love some of the character names and the ultra cheesy music. I just wish it was an anime...
  • MadMirko 31 Aug 2007 23:15:57 2,974 posts
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    If it sells, it might be. Layton movie says hi.
  • ilmaestro 1 Sep 2007 01:44:08 32,932 posts
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    Isn't that going to be live action, though? I'm not looking forward to it.

    An anime would be ages away if it's not in production now.

    That does remind me that I need to finish the first Layton game, though. I'm so bad at playing through handheld games, I think the last one I finished was Sonic Advance.
  • MadMirko 1 Sep 2007 07:47:02 2,974 posts
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    Yes, Layton will be live action, but the over-the-top moves of the players in Inazuma Eleven wouldn't work very well in a live action film. That's not even considering the character designs.

    At best the Layton movie will be a good laugh, probably thanks to lots of unintentionally comical moments...

    But even in anime form, video games often suffer horribly when transitioned to film / video / big screen. I have more hopes for the game itself.
  • MadMirko 1 Sep 2007 07:54:10 2,974 posts
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    That's a great point! :)
  • MadMirko 1 Sep 2007 08:09:32 2,974 posts
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    MadMirko wrote:
    Video at the official site.

    Click Skip and the bottom right hex.

    It's now also available on gametrailers, which loads faster and requires no searching for the right buttons.
  • Tonka 6 Sep 2007 17:46:04 31,979 posts
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    Reminds me of EyeShield 51 (or was it 21?). Looks good and hopefully the fact that it'sreal football this time will mean that we see it released outside of Japan.
  • ilmaestro 6 Sep 2007 17:58:47 32,932 posts
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    21. :)

    I'm really coming around to the idea of this after looking through a Famitsu article prompted me to think about it a bit more. I'll still need to read some very positive hands-on impressions before I buy, but I'm not half as sceptical as I was at first.
  • CitizenGeek 6 Sep 2007 18:16:31 3,491 posts
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    The video for this intrigued me, and it is by Level 5 so all signs seems to say it'll be a good 'un. I don't actually like soccer, though - but it still looks fun even for non-soccer-players like myself :)
  • MadMirko 1 Dec 2007 09:34:17 2,974 posts
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    There is a Inazuma Eleven demo available in Layton 2.

    Cubed3:
    Back in September, Level 5 offered visitors of the Tokyo Games Show a special treat in the form of a little demo version of its forthcoming RPG for DS ‘Inazuma Eleven’. Now, with the release of the Professor Layton DS sequel in Japan, that demonstration version is no longer as sought after as it once was, since it has been released to the masses via the option screen of Layton and the Devil’s Box.

    Any Layton 2 buyers with impressions, ilmaestro? :)

    Cubed3 have some of their own, but they don't have someone who can read Japanese, so it's a bit of a bland read.
  • MadMirko 9 Apr 2008 14:12:03 2,974 posts
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    JAP release: 22nd of August.

    Woopdeedoo.
  • Charlie_Miso 5 Aug 2008 03:42:36 1,190 posts
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    Well? Anything happening to this?
  • ElNuevo9 5 Aug 2008 03:43:40 14,164 posts
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    Yeah, it's being released in Japan on the 22nd of August.
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