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Akira Game for PS2?

Posted by Hemos on from the nuclear-mutants-coming-to-a-place-near-you dept.

Deltan writes: "Akira fans rejoice! According to ICV2.com a game based on the classic Japanese animated film Akira is being developed by AIA for release in August, soon after the Akira remastered Video and DVD are released."

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  1. Typical game play by Chris+Parrinello · · Score: 5

    (user inserts game CD)
    (Neo-Tokyo blows up)
    Rendered Kaneda: Tatsuo!
    Rendered Tatsuo: Kaneda!
    (user inserts second game CD)
    (Neo-Tokyo blows up)

    (with apologies to whoever came up with the world's shortest Akira plot summary originally)

    Chris

  2. So when by ocie · · Score: 4

    will we have a video game version of "Ledgend of the Overfiend"?

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  3. Y'know... by revscat · · Score: 5

    There are only two things that are worth getting horizontal over in life: having sex, and riding those motorcycles from Akira. If the game doesn't let me be able to ride those things, then I ain't buyin it. Those were just about the sweetest pieces of personal hardware I've ever seen on the big screen, and that's saying alot considering stuff like Major Kusanagi's inviso-suit-thingy and the various flavors of body armor that pops up consistenly in anime. They just looked so freakin cool!

    - Rev.
  4. Game scare will be in surround sound by vaxer · · Score: 4
    Rumor mills say that the score for the video game will feature surround sound.

    Just get four friends to stand around you and wheeze loudly. "Tuhh tuhh... WHEE-huhhh! Tuhh tuhh... WHEE-huhhh, WHEE-huhhh!"

  5. Hrmm... by GodHead · · Score: 5

    I wonder if I beat the game will I understand the ending?

    G.H.

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  6. Re:Cool but why bother.... by iainl · · Score: 4
    You've never touched a Dreamcast? I'd recommend it; since the last price reduction they are practically giving them away, as they've stopped making new hardware. That doesn't stop it having truly astounding games as Crazy Taxi (and in a better version than the soon-to-be-released PS2 one as well), Phantasy Star Online, Soul Calibur (better than the Tekken series in many peoples eyes), Metropolis Street Racer etc. etc.

    Anyway, back to the point - Jet Set Radio uses a (then innovative) cel-shading technique to make its 3d characters look like 2d hand-drawn animated ones, and so is ideal for a game based on an animated film such as Akira. If you've only got a PC but own Quake 3 then try one of the models inspired by this idea over on Polycount: Honey was the first one I saw that experimented with this technique.

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  7. Will they get both right second time around? by kyz · · Score: 4

    From what I remember of the Akira game for the Amiga, it was complete rubbish. I'm sure they can improve on that, even if it does end up as a mix of NeoTokyo Road Rash and Nursery DOOM.

    However, I also remember seeing Akira for the first time on BBC2, subtitled with a decent, rich translation of the story. The subsequent Manga Video release did a hatchet job on the subtitles, very much in the "We get signal! What!" style. So: please oh please oh please let the Akira rerelease have a decent translation. As good as, if not better, than the BBC version.

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