Pandora's Tower

Mari-Illustrious-Makinami · January 29, 2011, 10:51:59 PM

Quote from: NintendoLifeDuring Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata's presentation at the company's Third Quarter Financial Results Briefing, a new Nintendo title for the Wii was announced and should be hitting Japan in the first half of 2011.
Not much is known about the game at the moment, with the most solid of facts being the game will carry the title of Pandora's Tower. Iwata revealed that the game is near the end of its development stage which makes us wonder why the company has kept it under wraps until now.
A teaser web page for the game has gone live and sounds as curious as it looks. All that is displayed at the moment is a piece of artwork depicting a young female with a large tattoo on her back. Classical-style piano is played over the top of a short piece of dialogue, presumably spoken by the young woman. As translated by AndriaSang, she says something along the lines of:
Dying and becoming beautiful, or living though ugly. Which will make you happier?
Some people have scanned the site and discovered a larger picture of the mysterious lady which shows a portion of her face, along with some odd text that might provide clues to the nature of the game. The web page says a Spring 2011 release is scheduled.

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The single image

Discuss

tacopill · January 30, 2011, 05:46:40 AM

looks good so far.

Out of curiosity, Any idea where it might be put on the Genre Wheel

Naesala · January 31, 2011, 09:27:11 PM

I wonder if this will even be released outside of Japan.

Mari-Illustrious-Makinami · January 31, 2011, 09:40:40 PM

It damned well better. >:[ or I will go to Japan and complain to Nintendo.

R7308xx · February 01, 2011, 02:17:42 AM

Quote from: Aiko-chan on January 31, 2011, 09:40:40 PM
It damned well better. >:[ or I will go to Japan and complain to Nintendo.

You don't live in Japan?

Mari-Illustrious-Makinami · February 01, 2011, 09:27:15 PM

No, I live in Florida.

Naesala · February 02, 2011, 01:10:35 AM

What kind of game do you thing this will be? I assume it will be an RPG. Edit: oops I hope it's NOT one of those card battling RPGs.

Mari-Illustrious-Makinami · February 02, 2011, 05:27:38 AM

I hope it's just a standard RPG.

TurtwigA · February 02, 2011, 01:02:29 PM

I'm assuming it'll be a lot like Kid Icarus, mostly because Pandora is a character in Greek mythology.

tacopill · February 02, 2011, 05:48:35 PM

pfft, standard RPG's are so boring.

Quote from: TurtwigA on February 02, 2011, 01:02:29 PM
I'm assuming it'll be a lot like Kid Icarus, mostly because Pandora is a character in Greek mythology.

Sweet. I like Greek Mythology.

Tina · February 02, 2011, 06:25:34 PM

Quote from: tacopill on February 02, 2011, 05:48:35 PM
pfft, standard RPG's are so boring.

Yeah, this. If they go the regular old JRPG route, it'll be pretty boring. (I doubt Nintendo would go for something so standard, anyway. They usually have some bizarre twist on things to make it interesting.) I don't think it'll have Kid Icarus-style gameplay though since they're releasing Uprising soon and all..

I'm kind of puzzled, myself. But for sure I think gameplay will focus on decision-making, kind of like a good/evil thing....?

tacopill · February 02, 2011, 08:17:26 PM

Quote from: Tina on February 02, 2011, 06:25:34 PM
I'm kind of puzzled, myself. But for sure I think gameplay will focus on decision-making, kind of like a good/evil thing....?

That makes me wonder, how good of a decision-making algorithm will it have?

I mean, there have been ones where you can do a lot evil things, than one good thing and "presto", you get the good ending.

There have also been games, where to improve your "evil score", you have to Poke the Poodle.

And many other cases that i can't think of.

R7308xx · February 19, 2011, 02:19:43 AM

It's better be a Zelda or Mother-like RPG with action commands like in Mario RPG.

tacopill · February 20, 2011, 12:44:00 AM

Quote from: RamblinEvilMushroom on February 19, 2011, 02:19:43 AM
It's better be a Zelda or Mother-like RPG with action commands like in Mario RPG.

please elaborate on this sentence.

do you mean

"It better be a Zelda or Mother-like RPG with action commands like in Mario RPG" or "It is going to be a Zelda or Mother-like RPG with action commands like in Mario RPG" ?

R7308xx · February 20, 2011, 12:59:44 AM

I would like it to be a game similar to Ocarina of Time or Mother 3 (EarthBound 64) with timed hits as in Super Mario RPG which is an awesome game.

Mari-Illustrious-Makinami · February 20, 2011, 05:36:59 AM

Except Zelda's not an RPG. Hurr durr.

tacopill · February 20, 2011, 05:49:35 AM

while that would be awsome, Aiko is (rudely) correct. Except for Zelda II:The Adventures of Link, none of the Zelda games are RPG's; at least not purely. They are more a mixture of Action/Adventure and Puzzle games, with some RPG elements thrown in.

At least that's my view.

Hope(N Forever) · March 28, 2011, 05:46:19 PM

Ahem... why are so many people assuming Pandora's Tower is an RPG anyway? That's just wishful thinking. Nintendo kept this game mostly a mystery (and a secret) for some reason. There isn't any evidence to point out what is the exact nature of the game, let alone the exact genre.

Besides, if you people want more RPGs for your Wii consoles, you should more likely complain to Nintendo about not releasing games such as The Last Story and Xenoblade westwards! There is also a third-party RPG that still needs to see the light: Dragon Quest X, which had been announced as a Wii-exclusive ever since 2008!

Naesala · March 28, 2011, 05:55:50 PM

Quote from: Hope(N Forever) on March 28, 2011, 05:46:19 PM
Ahem... why are so many people assuming Pandora's Tower is an RPG anyway? That's just wishful thinking. Nintendo kept this game mostly a mystery (and a secret) for some reason. There isn't any evidence to point out what is the exact nature of the game, let alone the exact genre.

Besides, if you people want more RPGs for your Wii consoles, you should more likely complain to Nintendo about not releasing games such as The Last Story and Xenoblade westwards! There is also a third-party RPG that still needs to see the light: Dragon Quest X, which had been announced as a Wii-exclusive ever since 2008!

RPG seems most likely for some reason, I for one can't wait for Dragon Quest X.

tacopill · March 29, 2011, 11:50:49 PM

Quote from: Mr._L on March 28, 2011, 05:55:50 PM
Quote from: Hope(N Forever) on March 28, 2011, 05:46:19 PM
Ahem... why are so many people assuming Pandora's Tower is an RPG anyway? That's just wishful thinking. Nintendo kept this game mostly a mystery (and a secret) for some reason. There isn't any evidence to point out what is the exact nature of the game, let alone the exact genre.

Besides, if you people want more RPGs for your Wii consoles, you should more likely complain to Nintendo about not releasing games such as The Last Story and Xenoblade westwards! There is also a third-party RPG that still needs to see the light: Dragon Quest X, which had been announced as a Wii-exclusive ever since 2008!

RPG seems most likely for some reason, I for one can't wait for Dragon Quest X.

We are all probably trying our best to place the game on the Genre Wheel.

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