Avalon Code

[Evil Avnovice]

Ported from EvAv (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1666408#post1666408), and continued with the TGS 2008 trailer. (Gametrailers (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41192.html))

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[BLeeP]

The artwork on this one is very nice, and the game play looks very unique for a DS RPG. Come to the states, pwease!

[Xerxes]

Never realized how ugly DS graphics are. Still look like it could be fun though.

[Evil Avnovice]

Some new images (http://www.gamekyo.com/newsen29276_avalon-code-new-screenshots.html). (Gamekyo)

http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/70661020081017_112949_0_small.jpg (http://www.gamekyo.com/images0_4_29276.html)

http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/70661020081017_112949_1_big.jpg (http://www.gamekyo.com/images1_4_29276.html) http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/70661020081017_112949_3_big.jpg (http://www.gamekyo.com/images3_4_29276.html)

[Evil Avnovice]

Some new images (http://gamekyo.com/newsen29921_avalon-code-takes-the-raises.html). (Gamekyo)

http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/70661020090127_233423_0_big.jpg (http://www.gamekyo.com/images0_4_29921.html)

http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/70661020090127_233423_2_big.jpg (http://www.gamekyo.com/images2_4_29921.html)

http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/70661020090127_233424_4_big.jpg (http://www.gamekyo.com/images4_4_29921.html)

[Evil Avnovice]

A couple of images from Dengeki (http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/135/135475/).

[Evil Avnovice]

Some images from Siliconera (http://www.siliconera.com/2009/01/27/while-youre-waiting-for-avalon-code/).

[Everyone vs Dinosaurs]

Never realized how ugly DS graphics are. Still look like it could be fun though.

Hey bitch, step off! :p

[Variable Gear]

Hey bitch, step off! :p
Some bitches prefer 2D graphics on DS.

[Xerxes]

Some bitches prefer 2D graphics on DS.

At least those look good. PSP has spoiled me I guess. PSP doesn't have Tetris though.

[Variable Gear]

At least those look good. PSP has spoiled me I guess. PSP doesn't have Tetris though.
Not officially.

[Xerxes]

Not officially.

You cheeky bastard. :D

[Evil Avnovice]

A new trailer. (Gamekyo (http://www.gamekyo.com/videoen14563_avalon-code-new-trailer.html))

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[Evil Avnovice]

Press release. (GoNintendo (http://gonintendo.com/?p=73732))

Torrance, Calif., (February 24, 2009) — Marvelous Entertainment USA and XSEED Games are excited to announce that Avalon Code will officially ship to retailers in North America on March 10. From the creative minds behind Rune Factory and Harvest Moon, Avalon Code is an action RPG developed specifically for the Nintendo DS.

In the following videos, watch as the main character’s ‘Book of Prophecy’ is profiled as a way to alter the game world to the player’s advantage. By collecting various monsters, inhabitants and other materials found in the game world, players complete the pages of the mysterious book and influence a myriad of parameters from monster attributes to weapon strength.

Avalon Code is an action RPG boasting incredible graphics, innovative gameplay mechanics, and an epic story of the world’s approaching destruction and the player’s mission to create a new one. Choose to play as a male or female, and possibly find love before the world draws to an untimely end.

[Purple Santa]

Booked on my Gamefly Q.

[Evil Avnovice]

Booked on my Gamefly Q.

When you're done making excuses Purpley, the demo is available on Nintendo Channel.

[Purple Santa]

When you're done making excuses Purpley, the demo is available on Nintendo Channel.

I only make excuses for why I like and respect you;)

[Evil Avnovice]

Having messed with the demo last night, I found this incredibly fun. You get a small portion of a level to run through, and you get to play with the Book of Prophecy to test out on a few Goblins and a flower.

Action takes place on the top screen, with the pages of the Book of Prophecy displayed on the lower screen. You can attack with the X/Y buttons, and use the Book of Prophecy to "code scan" with the B button. You can defeat monsters with combo attacks, or use "Judgement Link" (A button), which lets you juggle a monter into space if your timing's good.

From what was provided in the demo, I see the potential in Avalon Code, and messing around with the codes of monters/items alone was hella fun and very addictive.

This should make up for The Dark Spire being pushed back to April. :D

[Evil Avnovice]

I only make excuses for why I like and respect you;)

Now that you have, Nintendo Channel is waiting for you. :p

[Evil Avnovice]

Two new videos.

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[Evil Avnovice]

Some new images (http://www.nintendo-difference.com/news16251-de-nouvelles-images-pour-avalon-code.htm) from Nintendo-Difference.

[Widgetcraft]

I'm pretty excited about this game, it looks to be a good month for handhelds (once again).

[Evil Avnovice]

Lil' something on the Book of Prophecy. (Siliconera (http://www.siliconera.com/2009/03/06/originally-avalon-code-had-a-virtual-book-of-prophecy-to-write-in/))

In the early stages of development Avalon Code’s Book of Prophecy was a virtual book. “The inspiration [for the Book of Prophecy] actually came from the DS game system itself,” Yoshifumi Hashimoto, Scenario Writer and Producer at Marvelous Entertainment, explains. “When you hold the DS sideways it looks like a notebook, so I thought it’d be fun to write things in there. From that concept I thought of making a game that you can rewrite what happens in the game.”

Unlike the final game Hashimoto envisioned players would actually write and edit text in the book. “I thought it would be fun to see an enemy that read ‘Fire resistant monster’ and erase the ‘Fire’ to make it an ordinary monster.”

[Spigot]

This is looking kind of interesting too. I don't really need another RPG on my DS right now (I'm just in the throes of DQIV and have DQV waiting in the wings, amongst many, many others) but as long as this doesn't vanish a week after it is released, I'll probably try it out.

I need to grab the demo and see if it grabs me.

[Evil Avnovice]

Press release. And stuff. (GoNintendo (http://gonintendo.com/?p=75151))

Torrance, Calif., (March 10, 2009) – Videogame publishers Marvelous Entertainment USA and XSEED Games announced today that Avalon Code has started shipping to retail stores across North America. Avalon Code is an action RPG developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS platform.

Time is dwindling down and the world is on a path headed towards a fiery destruction. As ‘the chosen one,’ players must hold on to everything worth saving in this dying place, and take it into the new world, to begin anew. Guided by the Spirits, players embark on a journey to fill the pages of the mysterious tome, the Book of Prophecy, with items worthy of being saved.

Developed by Matrix Software, Avalon Code extends the creative capabilities of the Nintendo DS to a new limit with highly detailed characters, landscapes and monsters, all modeled in beautiful 3D. Experience the game world come to life as almost any object in Avalon Code can be recorded and manipulated within the Book of Prophecy, making the possibilities endless. In addition, Avalon Code features extensive voiceovers and a dynamic animated opening sequence.

Avalon Code boasts incredible graphics, a deep and engrossing storyline and innovative game play mechanics. Using the main character’s Book of Prophecy, players can modify the rules of engagement during battle, as well as weapon and monster attributes. Choose to play as male or female, affecting which characters you may be able to develop a romantic relationship with.

Avalon Code is rated “E10+” for Everyone 10 and over by the ESRB and is available exclusively on the Nintendo DS for the suggested retail price of $34.99. For more information, please visit: www.avaloncodeds.com.