New DS game from the Kato/Mitsuda team

[FaustWolf]

I found these at GameFAQs, but I'm rehosting them at Imageshack b/c the original host (Imagebam) had a pic on the sidelines that might be interpreted as NSFW.
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/8797/world2to5.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8319/world3nw8.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6523/world2398xo1.jpg

Kato? Mitsuda? Who else do you freakin' need for a new Chrono game? Though I do appreciate Akira Toriyama's ingenious character design (if not necessarily his style).

That pirate Care Bear in the second image makes me worried, though. I predict someone in the storyline will be stabbed...just a hunch.

EDIT: Original GameFAQs post is here. Thanks to TaiTzu for the discovery, which RPGamer hasn't even unveiled yet:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=199365&topic=42725813

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[Thought]

Bullets to butter says that the pirate teddy bear's role in the story will lack proper character motivation and that, instead of using a sword or something reasonable for a weapon, he'll use a bucket, a dead parrot, a mop, or something else that is just plain stupid.

Why, oh why, do game designers insist on including these sorts of characters?

Other than that, it looks very promising.

[FaustWolf]

Bullets to butter says that the pirate teddy bear's role in the story will lack proper character motivation and that, instead of using a sword or something reasonable for a weapon, he'll use a bucket, a dead parrot, a mop, or something else that is just plain stupid.

Why, oh why, do game designers insist on including these sorts of characters?

Amen. Though if the teddy bear seriously injures someone with a dead parrot as part of the storyline, I will consider its role somewhat redeemed.

Can anyone tell if one of the two dudes shown in the first pic is either Mitsuda or Kato?

[Radical_Dreamer]

Ah, you beat me to starting this thread. Good man.

I'm excited for this. After Chrono Trigger, Xenogears is my favorite rpg (and had they executed a bit more on disk 2...well, who knows) so key team members getting back together makes me optimitic for a good game. I hope they do an English version; I'll surely pick it up.

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

damn it.  i work at a school part time and the school server blocks many many websites, and most linked images.  i can't see the screen shots...

grumble grumble...

[FaustWolf]

I attached an image on the original post. Can you see it Boo?

[Boo the Gentleman Caller]

Thanks homeslice!  I'll check out the other links when I get home...

It sort of looks like a young Cloud Strife wearing the clothes of Chuck Norris, while wearing a Waffle House apron.

I like!  I like!

[Thought]

He obviously roundhouse kicks his enemies into a delicious breakfast... but in a very angsty way.

[FaustWolf]

D'oh! A storyline description was sitting on RPGfan all this time.
http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2008/1149.html

"World Destruction's protagonist ... possesses powers capable of annihilating the entire world."

Indeed, his resemblance to Chuck Norris increases by the minute.

[Burning Zeppelin]

Until then, we'll have The World Ends With You.

[V_Translanka]

What does The World Ends With You have to do w/Kato & Mitsuda? Oh? Nothing? That's what I thought.

I think the hero looks more like Ramza than Cloud...but not really like either besides the blond mop top...does he have a kilt on...? Why does the symbol on the pirate bear's bandanna look familiar??

Ah, Kunihiko Tanaka also designed the characters for the Xenogears/Xenosaga series.

[FaustWolf]

Why does the symbol on the pirate bear's bandanna look familiar??

The symbol bears a striking similarity to the shape of the runes in Dragon Force, a classic Sega Saturn SRPG. Were there any shapes like that in Xenogears or Xenosaga, I wonder?

[Burning Zeppelin]

What does The World Ends With You have to do w/Kato & Mitsuda? Oh? Nothing? That's what I thought.

I think the hero looks more like Ramza than Cloud...but not really like either besides the blond mop top...does he have a kilt on...? Why does the symbol on the pirate bear's bandanna look familiar??

Ah, Kunihiko Tanaka also designed the characters for the Xenogears/Xenosaga series.

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[V_Translanka]

Yeah, but none of that has anything to do w/the topic at hand, really...Also, since The World Ends With You is Tri-Ace, I'd attribute it more with the Enix half than the Square half, myself...

Anyways, that's not what I was thinking of, FaustWolf...And I haven't played either Xeno series enough to be that familiar w/any symbol, so I don't think that's it...Hmm...I'm playing too many games, so it could be anything, I think...V_V

[Burning Zeppelin]

I WIN ADMIT IT V.