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JUMP-FESTA 2008 (12/22 - 12/23): Unofficial Thread

*****UPDATING******

LINE-UP (Incomplete)
. Bleach: 3rd Phantom
. Bleach: HTS-5
. Blue Dragon
. Devil May Cry 4
. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
· Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
· Dragon Quest IV
· Final Fantasy IV
. Final Fantasy IV: The After
· Final Fantasy VII AC: Complete
. Final Fantasy XIII
· Final Fantasy XIII: Fabula Nova Crystallis
. Final Fantasy XIII: Versus
· Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon
· Dissidia: Final Fantasy
. Eye Of Judgement
. Front Mission: 2089
. ******: Reborn
· Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
· Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
· Kingdom Hearts: Coded
. Lost Odyssey
. Mario & Sonic: ATO
. Minna no Golf Portable 2
. Monster Hunter Portable: 2nd-G
. Naruto: PS3-Project
. Naruto Shippuuden: DKBE
. Naruto Shippuuden: GNT-EX2
. Nights
. OnePy Match
. One Piece: UC
. Patapon
. Parasite Eve 3
. Phantasy Star Portable
. Super Smash Brothers Brawl
· Star Ocean: First Departure
. Tales Of The World
. Tales Of Symphonia: KOR
. Tales Of Vesperia


**DETAILS**


*FINAL FANTASY COMPILATION*


FF4: The After (Mobile/Playable)

Overview 1 (IGN-Preview)

With the DS version of FFIV already a success, it seems like a no-brainer that hundreds of thousands of gamers will want to see what happens next to the characters. The free prologue download is a given, but we wouldn't be surprised to see a good portion of FFIV players downloading subsequent chapters in The After series once paid downloads begin early next year.

FF13 (PS3/Trailer)

Overview 1:

- Ifrit Shown
- This time, the trailer features a new song.
- The train scene from the E3 2006 and CLOUD DVD is extended.
- The scene with the Blonde man on the motorcycle is extended to show him summoning Shiva.
- The Pig tailed girl from the TGS trailer in September appears in this trailer.
- She's described as not looking human and uses a harp.
- She also summons Carbuncle
- After the Final Fantasy XIII logo appears, an "Only for Playstation 3" message is displayed.

Overview 2:

Here's the guts of it all:

Final Fantasy XIII
-Music was a slow peaceful string-centric orchestral piece
-Very pale-skinned lady in a white flowy dress and feathery hair played a huge harp on a watery surface
-In a dark space, a floating object spewed out a bunch of CD-like discs all over the place and Pigtails Girl picked one
-Later you see a small creature with white body but greeny face summoned (out of the disc?) and the girl smiled at it

Overview 3

The Radio conversation in The Prince's car (cut from the CLOUD DVD trailer) speaks of an ending cold war.
The Prince sees the "Skirt Girl". [See characters page]
"Large" men in black suits (Rather Mafia-like) are sat around a long table in a "Silver Cathedral" discussing the cold war/current events. (?)
The "Staircase" fight scene from previous trailers is shown. When The Prince walks back inside (At the end of the CLOUD DVD Trailer) he is "ambushed" by the White Cloaked man. Nothing much is different here from before except a slight design change in his hair.
The city changes to daytime in which it seems more medieval (?)
The "Skirt Girl", who seems to be the heroine, is seen having a conversation with The Shotgun Guy while walking down the street.
After their brief conversation the two new characters appear. One of them is rather large (Kanae refers his size to "Mr. 33cm" from Final Fantasy XIII) and another who is dressed much like one of the Turks from Final Fantasy VII, but wearing glasses.
The Shotgun Guy laughs mockingly at them. (?)
The Prince's car is shown driving through the "wilderness"? Perhaps the baron desert area Nomura has spoken of.

*Thank you to penguin_luv for the translation*

Stopping the car, the youth and the fair-haired protagonist (Shotgun gun) get out of the car.
The protagonist sits at the right side of the driver's seat , but he gets off from the left side.
The youth firmly keeps the gun on his shoulder.
The tip of the road has submerged, the people can not advance. (The road has flooded?)
Two people watch the road ahead that submerges in water.

All the characters appear to be in the car, which is driven by the man with the glasses and the Turk-like appearance, with The Prince.
A continuation of the "White Robed Man" confrontation scene.
The long table discussion scene is also continued to show another man entering, causing everyone in the room to look over and stop talking (?)
The scene of The Prince fighting the soldiers is continued.
A building is destroyed (?) reminds Kanae of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
A scene between the Skirt Girl and The Prince is shown. Kanae is not sure if they behave like best friends or lovers.
Blue and Red symbols appear behind The Prince and the Skirt Girl respectively.
They look angry at each other, the Skirt Girl unsheathes a sword, the camera pans to her face to show her purple eyes and the Final Fantasy Versus XIII logo is shown, along with a Shakespeare quote shortly after.

FF13: Versus (PS3/Trailer)

Overview 1

Above is Maiki's sketch of the new character with the "Shotgun guy" in a headlock, a similar situation has already happened with The Prince and the shotgun guy. As well as this, there is a another new character which has only been so far described as "wearing glasses". We'll have more information as it comes.

Overview 2:

Final Fantasy Versus XIII
-(from what Maiki gathers) there was text that looked like "the organization of destruction" that flashed before they showed a mafia-like organization
-a keyword that looked like "fugitive" flashed before Shotgun Guy
-- Two more male characters joined in: Scar-eyed Guy and Glasses Guy
-Scar-eyed Guy showed up and gave Shotgun Guy a headlock after Shotgun Guy gave the Prince a headlock (but not right after)
-- The four guys (Scar-eye, Shotgun, Glasses and Prince) stood on a building's rooftop, staring away at a different building looming far away from them
-The Prince look determined then turned around and walked away, the others followed suit
-Robed person scene doesn't look much different but his hair style changed a bit

FF: Dissidia (PSP/Playable)

Overview 1

- Tidus, Ultimecia and "Emperor" Revaled

Overview 2 (IGN-Preview)

Dissidia has the potential to be a rare breath of fresh air in the fighting genre, Final Fantasy characters or not. I've only played it for 20 minutes, but I can't wait to sample the full Final Fantasy fighting experience.

Overview 3 (Trailer Impressions)

As far as I know, I think it’s the first time seeing Tidus (FFX) and Ultimecia (FFVIII) Ultimecia looked hot! while Tidus was assisting Jidan by kicking him towards the enemy. This time we got to see more gameplay footage and they showed more moves of the characters. The EX burst special moves looks crazy. Again, Ultimecia looked the craziest with her time stopping ability.

Then there seems to be a story mode as we saw the good characters are speaking with the villains. Squall and Jidan were together confronting the Emperor from FFII, then Garland (FFI), Kuja (FFIX), and Ultimecia appeared from behind and told them only despair awaits. The voice acting (in Japanese) was pretty awesome and Squall’s voice fit just right.

Overview 4

I gotta say, i went not really expecting much so it came as a surpise when the game actually turned out quite fun, and they stressed that it is still nowhere near complete.

Overview 5

Lastly, this game doesn’t have a release date yet, but it’s already fun as it is! Even if it doesn’t feature Final Fantasy characters, it’s already a high level 3D fighter. Initially I didn’t even give this game a thought, but it’s on my buying list for sure now.

Overview 6 (1Up-Preview)

The highlight of this year's Jump Festa event came in Square Enix's packed booth as we sampled Final Fantasy: Dissidia for the first time -- one of the few games we were able to try, as the company had to close off its lines an hour into the start of the show because of the immense crowds that turned up.

*KINGDOM HEARTS COMPILATION*

KH: 358/2 Days (DS/Trailer/Playable)

Overview 1

Multiplayer Demo
- Multiplayer mode lets you use Roxas, Axel, Xigbar and Saix.
- The Multiplayer Character Selection screen shows the Organization members sitting down in their chairs.
- Roxas is only able to use three hit combos in this demo.
- Axel has a different feel then Roxas, and the demo player was relieved when he/she was able to use his fire attacks.
- The Stage is Twilight Town and considered of 4x small wizards, 1x Fat Body and 4x Shadows, afterwards you fight against a boss which is Dark Side.
- The mission of this demo is to defeat Dark Side.
- When the mission is cleared you are taken to the record screen.
- Images of the Demo Booth
- Once you are finished playing the demo, you are presented with a Kingdom Hearts strap.
- 358/2 Days is set for a Summer 2008 release.

Single Player Demo
Before the Mission
The demo starts off with Roxas walking towards the Organization chair.
Xigbar: "Woops!"
Roxas ignores Xigbar, and moves to Saix.
Saix: "We suggest you take Axel for this mission."
Roxas then moves to the corridor and is warped (Unknown how he gets here) to twilight town. There he is presented with two missions, the main mission is to defeat Dark Side, as the first mission is to defeat four heartless..

After the Mission
Roxas and Axel have just defeated Darkside.
Axel: "Roxas, what are you doing here?"
Roxas: "Axel..."
The two are soon caught off guard by heartless, and are both saved by the 14th member, who takes down the heartless with ease. (However no weapon is shown)
The 14th member smiles at both Roxas, and Axel however the two are showing mixed feelings towards this new member. Her face is not revealed, and the demo ends there.

Overview 2 (Release Date)

Hey everyone, Oathy again! Wow, the news just keeps rolling in. We've got huge news from the floor of Jump Festa 2008, once again!

It looks like Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days is set for release in Japan in SUMMER 2008. Developers say they are "aiming for" this timeframe, but a specific season is encouraging!

KH: BBS (PSP/Trailer)

Overview 1

The text starts off with "Sleep gives birth to the concealed fate of the past."

Destiny Island
The screen then fades in with a conversation between Ven, and Terra.
Terra: "Wasn't there a time when you was saving me?"
Ven: "Back then it was probably because we were friends."
Terra moves his hand to rests it on Ven's shoulders.
Terra: "Thank you, Ven."

Place of Gathering
The scene then switches to Terra, and Master Xehnoart who are in the "Place of Gathering."
Xehanort: Did you believe about reaching forward to grasp that last glimmer? The wall of light and darkhas exceeded each other, creating the original me, and Terra waited for me impatiently." (While Xehanort is talking he opens one of his hands in a greeting fashion enraging Terra.)
Terra: "I have a "Friend" What you have done has given me hatred to Xehanort."
Terra then summons his keyblade, within the right hand.

Olympus Coliseum
Ven meets Xehanort in Olympus Coliseum.

Ven: "Who a-...I've met you before. (Ven is surprised as he is remembering something.)
Xehanort: "It seems you have lost something. However unless what you have lost is put back into your hands, it will be an eternal lost. Once you obtain it, grip it and understand the truth."

Xehanort is soon holding his hand out, as it begins to glow, Ven is watching with an expression of fear and confusion.

Gameplay
Ven is showed as a playable character now, and Terra is also showed with gameplay. There is also a new Technique shown, with the movie "Aerial."

Yensid's Tower
Mickey is shown defending himself with the keyblade. However soon he begins to fumble the keyblade and it vanishes. Goofy, Donald, and Yensid watch Mickey. Mickey soon looks back up to the Wizard, and summons his Keyblade once again.

Sleeping Beauty
Malificent is looking around the castle where vines are everywhere. The crow soon lands on Malificent's shoulder as she turns towards Terra. Terra looks at Malificent, as Malificent begins to laugh doubtfully.

Place of Gathering 2
Ven is facing off against the Dark Soldier, and knocks off his helmet, however his face is not shown. The scene soon switches to Terra holding an unconcious Ven, with Master Xehanort looking desperate, and apologetic.

Xehanort: "The person who has wrapped himself in the darkness does not have the qualification to weild a keyblade. He is a demon who has been taken by the darkness. Please correct my mistake..." (Just who is this Dark Soldier?)

Destiny Island
Terra is looking out from the coast towards two boys who are playing at the beach. (Sora and Riku) At the same time Ven is at twilight town watching the Coast. He is looking down, and appears to be sad. "I don't want to be depended on, you are my "Friend" just erase me." ("Friend" might be refering to Aqua, or Terra)

Here are some interesting analysis, besides the obvious.

"Friend" could be referring to either Terra, or the mysterious Aqua.
Xehanort may not have started off corrupt in the darkness, however his apprentice fell too deep in the darkness.

KH: Coded (Mobile/Trailer):

Overview 1

- In the trailer, Kairi is shown holding her hand up to the moon, before the scene fades to Riku.
- There is a new mode now announced for Coded known as "Crash Mode" Where Sora will have more agility for 30 seconds.
- Coded is set for the FOMA and DoCoMo model mobile phone.

*PHANTASY STAR*

Phantasy Star Portable (PSP/Playable)

Overview 1 (IGN-Preview)

With a Japanese release planned for Spring, PSP looks like it could offer Japanese game players something to do once they tire of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G. As evidenced by the millions of copies sold by that franchise on the platform, party-based combat games are one of the few genres PSP owners actually buy en masse here, so Sega has the potential for a hit if they load the game up with content.

*TALES*

Tales Of Symphonia: KOR (Wii/Playable)

Overview 1 (IGN-Preview)

The first Symphonia game was a huge hit amongst RPG-starved GameCube owners, and we expect no less from Knight of Ratatoskr amongst RPG-starved Wii owners. The game hits Japan in Spring, with an international release hopefully not too far out from there.

Tales Of Vesperia (Announcement/Trailer)

Overview 1

Some more news!

- Fujishima Tales
- Guy = long black hair, Girl = pink hair
- Guy uses Souryuurengazan ougi
- Tidal Wave spell is also shown
- Battles are 3D
- Yoshizumi is not the producer

Overview 2 (IGN-Preview)

Announced at the end of a Tales of Innocence stage event, the new game is titled Tales of Vesperia. The game appears to use cell shaded visuals and will feature character designs from Kousuke Fujishima and animation from Production I.G.

A platform for the game was not announced, but with a release set for 2008, we don't imagine having to wait too long for details.

**REVIEW**

JumpFesta 2008 (In Review)
1Up


**FOOTAGE**

DBZ: Burst Limit
http://vjump.shueisha.co.jp/info/info-03.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FALcbQcjh4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBXhCbh3CY4

DMC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8XH9e5cAiM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dI8oHqjNec

Jump Festa 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plEmkhND0gc

Naruto: PS3-Project
http://vjump.shueisha.co.jp/info/info-02.html

One Piece: Unlimited Cruise
http://vjump.shueisha.co.jp/info/info-04.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ITOlwiEwuI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZCzmwyaB9k

OnePy Match
http://vjump.shueisha.co.jp/info/info-05.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO2vZh30iPY


Tales Of Symphonia
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aMAaF-YUGkM


Tales Of Vesperia
http://namco-ch.net/talesofvesperia/index.php

**IMAGES**


DBZ: Limit Break (360/PS3)

FF: Dissidia (PSP)

FF4 (DS/Mobile)

KH: 358/2 Days (DS)

Phantasy Star Portable

SSBB

Tales Of Symphonia (Wii)

Tales Of Vesperia (360?!):

 

[Zoe]

Supposedly there's a new Naruto PS3 trailer showing.

 

[Teasel]

so was it confirmed if the brawl demo is the old e4all demo or if it has new stuff?

 

[duckroll]

Good thread. Showing my support here!

 

[JJShadow]

"Final Fantasy Dissidia Rules Tokyo" by IGN

http://psp.ign.com/articles/843/843108p1.html

 

[SolidSnakex]

"Final Fantasy Dissidia Rules Tokyo" by IGN

http://psp.ign.com/articles/843/843108p1.html

If you, like me, were expecting a quick cash-in with Dissidia to take advantage of the popularity of the Final Fantasy characters and all that work Square Enix clearly put into developing its Crisis Core engine, you, like me, were wrong. Dissidia has the potential to be a rare breath of fresh air in the fighting genre, Final Fantasy characters or not. I've only played it for 20 minutes, but I can't wait to sample the full Final Fantasy fighting experience.

Surprising since I thought it was going to be exactly what he described at the start.

 

[Tiduz]

IFRIT REVEALED.

FUCK YES

WANT TO SEE NAOW, BEST SUMMON EVAR.

 

[klee123]

Yeah, my Japanese friend who went yesterday was surprised on how good Dissidia was.

 

[Pureauthor]

Not bad. Nice thread. Thanks, matix.

 

[Kafel]

FM 2089 ?

 

[Stumpokapow]

The thread is good but the info is unfortunately disappointing. Dissidia impressions seem pretty nondescript although positive. The new character reveals are pretty much no brainers, although I'm a little surprised at Ultimecia over Seifer. The Emperor and Tidus were obvious.

Kingdom Hearts PSP trailer sounds predictably nonsensical. Kingdom Hearts DS pretty much sounds like Kingdom Hearts portable; I hope the keep the game smooth, though, because I can't imagine enjoying Kingdom Hearts if it's choppy or slow-paced. Good that it's dated though. Summer 2008 JPN probably means Spring 2009 US.

I'm not paying much attention to FFXIII because it's still so far off and the info is just crumbs. I'll wait until they actually start showing a new trailer rather than an old trailer with new parts.

I'm a little bummed that TALES OF FARTS is the only new announcement for the show so far. Was hoping for a few more b-grade title announcements.

 

[Captain N]

Any chance the Kingdom Hearts demo will show up on the Japanese Nintendo Wii. I'd love to be able to download the demo from the new channel that just came out in Japan.

 

[Matix]

Does anyone know if anyother U.S. media outlets will be covering JF-08?!

 

[ShmarthurShmooner]

wow, great dissidia art!

 

[B.K.]

What Tales of the World game are they showing? Radiant Mythology or a new game?

 

[Matix]

What Tales of the World game are they showing? Radiant Mythology or a new game?

I'm guessing Radiant Mythology..

 

[PantherLotus]

AWESOME THREAD.

MORE PICS PLZ.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Supposedly there's a new Naruto PS3 trailer showing.

I want to see it!!!

And I want to see that PS3 DBZ, just to see if it looks seriously better graphically.

 

[soul]

great thread, thanks!

 

[MassiveAttack]

No news on Tail Concerto 2?

 

[ethelred]

No news on Tail Concerto 2?

Eventually!

 

[Zoe]

I want to see it!!!

Latest pic

My guess is the trailer features Sasuke to go along with the new Shippuuden movie...

 

[lupin23rd]

Tales of Vesperia?

FINALLY Namco shows off the "Untitled RPG" for PS3?

Or Wii? Although it looks widescreen in the screenshots.

 

[MassiveAttack]

Eventually!

Day one, my friend. Day one.

Love = CC2

 

[Lightning]

Was the "Only For PLAYSTATION3" message removed from Versus XIII?

Awesome thread and seriously looking forward to the FFXIII games.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Tales of Vesperia?

FINALLY Namco shows off the "Untitled RPG" for PS3?

Or Wii? Although it looks widescreen in the screenshots.

psp

 

[Yoboman]

Wow big Dissidia lines, and good impressions

Both surprising

The new Tales game looks like a PSP or Wii game. Definitely not PS3, even in that small screen

 

[Eteric Rice]

psp

This confirmed?

 

[Matix]

**NOTE**

Heading out to class and then work, will try to update from my laptop when I have the free time. Hopefully other GAFers can keep the thread going, and I'll attempt to add new information in the initial post ASAP.

 

[nelsonroyale]

Was the "Only For PLAYSTATION3" message removed from Versus XIII?

Awesome thread and seriously looking forward to the FFXIII games.

eh, nomura commented that it is ps3 exclusive in a most recent interview...both games are ps3.

Anyway, any dissidia impressions...the game has shot from minor interest to 'a fighting game that innovates to some degree????'

 

[Ether_Snake]

Latest pic

My guess is the trailer features Sasuke to go along with the new Shippuuden movie...

Yeah I saw that before but like the trailer released I believe it was pre-rendered and mixed with 2D and all that, basically not actual game footage.

 

[Basch]

Wow! Very nice thread. Well done Matix.

Love the new FFXIII info. Final Fantasy Dissidia looks like it is shaping up quite well. Looking forward to the Kingdom Hearts Compilation of games. Tales of Vesperia looks astounding: must be PS3. :lol CyberConnect2 project on the DS? I am so there. Should we just call it To the World for now? Poster looks quite refreshing. One Piece: Unlimited Cruise looks promising. Where's the news on the Naruto PS3 project? I need me some Naruto.

 

[MassiveAttack]

Wow! Very nice thread. Well done Matix.

Love the new FFXIII info. Final Fantasy Dissidia looks like it is shaping up quite well. Looking forward to the Kingdom Hearts Compilation of games. Tales of Vesperia looks astounding: must be PS3. :lol CyberConnect2 project on the DS? I am so there. Should we just call it To the World for now. Poster looks quite refreshing. One Piece: Unlimited Cruise looks promising. Where's the news on the Naruto PS3 project? I need me some Naruto.

It's Tail Concerto 2.

 

[duckroll]

It's Tail Concerto 2.

Will you take a permban if it's not? I'm sick of you pretending to know shit only to disappoint people over and over. Seriously.

 

[Greatness Gone]

Including Crisis Core, it looks like Square is going for 3 straight AAA games on the PSP. Dissidia and Birth By Sleep sound amazing.

 

[Yoboman]

Will you take a permban if it's not? I'm sick of you pretending to know shit only to disappoint people over and over. Seriously.

Don't worry, he only has less than 24 hours left

 

[MassiveAttack]

Will you take a permban if it's not? I'm sick of you pretending to know shit only to disappoint people over and over. Seriously.

Is this like an itch you can't quite reach? You were wrong about BD Plus and now you're asking for a pemaban bet? Sick, pretending, and disappointing? Merry Christmas, duck.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

DBZ: Limit Break (360/PS3)

They'd better not make us wait a few years again for a 'next-gen' Tenkaichi. :<

 

[SolidSnakex]

I want to see it!!!

And I want to see that PS3 DBZ, just to see if it looks seriously better graphically.

The last Naruto PS3 trailer randomly popped up on YouTube before anywhere else. So its probably best o keep scanning there.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

I want that new tales game to be on the PS3, but any console is fine.

As long as it is done by Team Symphonia, has character designs by Fusjishima, and has music by Sakuraba then I am happy.

 

[Mockingbird]

The cyber connect 2 poster seems to indicate a .hack// title for the DS (hint: the world)

 

[nelsonroyale]

The last Naruto PS3 trailer randomly popped up on YouTube before anywhere else. So its probably best o keep scanning there.

its a sad state of affairs when the naruto game trailers pop up but the ff trailers are kept under lock

 

[Kuroyume]

Someone get Kuja some pants please.

 

[NTom64]

Any word on whether any new KH trailers have been put online yet? I do so want to see them

 

[CoolS]

Any info or or impression or just something at all about ToS: KOR?

I wanna know more about that game

 

[Elbrain]

Well that birth by sleep info for kingdom hearts just tell me buy another psp since the first one broke oh well I will do it now.

 

[SolidSnakex]

its a sad state of affairs when the naruto game trailers pop up but the ff trailers are kept under lock

Well the Naruto trailer was out in public so anyone could record it. Its sadder that it pops up on YT before a regular gaming site posts it.

 

[Stat Flow]

MORE Info on Dragonball Z Burst Limit plz.

This isn't the next gen Tenkaichi folks, this is Budokai 4!

Some media on KH: BBS would also be nice. It looks so sick.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Why don't gaming news site attend these shows? Are we supposed to get actual footage at some point or are CAMERAS BANNED IN JAPAN?

 

[ant1532]

Why don't gaming news site attend these shows? Are we supposed to get actual footage at some point or are CAMERAS BANNED IN JAPAN?

IGN went