E3 2010

Yeah at first I though the 3DS would be just a waste of time, but it looks damn awesome. It'll be on my E3 2010 wish list, along with Golden Sun 3, Epic Mickey, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Space 2 amongst others (Mostly Sequels). Too bad I'll need cash for this and I won't have any for a while...

man, I JUST bought the DSi XL...

Now that another year of E3 is at its end I would like to know what the big idea is regarding this

http://www.destructoid.com/e3-10-exploring-the-office-of-dr-andonuts-176869.phtml

No, that door led to a trash disposal room. Dr. Andonuts and the Mother series are a waste and have been disposed of.

R.I.P

I wish they would stop teasing us about the mother games. It was probably just a room where the staff could go for whatever reason. there was probably a bunch of them littered about, given nintendo-related names, and Dr. Andonuts was one of them.

ANYWAY

I got a rom of the Final Fantasy 4 Heroes of Light and was playing it on my DS. These are my impressions so far.

The graphics are better than FFIV or at least on par - it's hard to say because the aesthetic is different. Everything feels a bit more fleshed out that all the stuff in FFIII. Lots of solid colours, a story book feel. The fields of wheat looked really neat. I couldn't tell much about the battles.

Sound: It certainly did capture the old school feel. If anyone listened to the BGMs in the japanese site, the in-game music is of sliiiiightly lower quality than the 8-bit sounding ones presented there, but you'd only notice if you were only just recently heard them. The music is very soothing, calm, and nostalgic, like something you'd hear in a nostalig movie about pris or something. sounds accordion like i guess?

oldschoolness - this does indeed seem to harken back to the final fantasies of old. You even start the game being woken up by your mom. You aren't blasted by any fmv's or cutscenes of any kind as you begin your game. You're just going around town, talking to people. (not that I could understand them, since it was in japanese)

other than that, i couldn't tell you much. I think it's got some copyright protection, making it so you can't load saves, and it locks up in some places. I'll be looking forward to it in october, anyway.

EDIT: I forgot to mention - The inventory system is much like earthbound as far as I can tell. Each thingy takes up one spot. even individual potions. and each character has their own inventory. Also, kind of like the first saga games.

Also, when you die in battle, your ghost flies up and away. it's adorable. Not sure the punishment behind death, since you show up back in town.

Saves are handled through some wandering adventurer - I don't think you can save on the overworld. I haven't noticed any quicksaves.

I managed to find a) walkthrough b) stuff to make the game work + have english menus. I just want to see what it's like a bit before it comes. I'm totally stoked for its arrival - can't wait to buy it.