Xbox Gears Up For Tokyo Game Show

Posted by simoniker on Friday September 12, 2003 @05:42AM from the still-trying-in-japan dept.

Thanks to TeamXbox for their round-up of the new Japanese-developed titles Microsoft is showing at this year's Tokyo Game Show, which starts September 26th. They include first-party titles like Phantom Dust, which Gamers.com describes as "...an action game in the Devil May Cry mold [from] Yukio Futatsugi, who in a past generation was the director of Sega's Panzer Dragoon", as well as Magatama, portrayed as "...a 3D action game set in a fantastic version of ancient Japan - comparisons to Onimusha wouldn't be too far of a stretch." A notable non-Japanese Xbox title that will also debut at TGS is BioWare's Jade Empire, "an action-RPG from the creators of Star Wars: KotOR [in which you play] a young martial arts student, trying to gain the respect and admiration of your teacher and the townsfolk."

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Big deal by BigChigger · 2003-09-12 06:50 · Score: 2, Interesting

XBox is practically non existent in Japan. I guess MS can pay enough kids to show up and make it look interesting, but sales are only a small fraction of PS2 and GC.

Amazing how things work when there's open competition.

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Panzer Dragoon director. by La+Temperanza · 2003-09-12 07:29 · Score: 2, Interesting

Did he also direct Panzer Dragoon Saga?

Because that was probably the single most awesome game of its type I have ever played.

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