Blue Dragon News
Microsoft today announced the availability of new high-definition trailers for the highly anticipated upcoming Xbox 360™ games Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey on Xbox Live Marketplace this Wednesday, September 27. Originally unveiled at the Tokyo Game Show, Xbox Live "Bringing It Home" allows connected members to enjoy the trailers, which showcase the footage in vivid, high definition quality.
Thanks to Xbox Live "Bringing It Home," you don't have to be on TGS and X06 guest lists to have a front row seat to all of the action. Through Friday, September 29, access the best content from TGS in Japan and X06 in Barcelona, Spain, including highlights from both press briefings, daily updates and behind the scenes videos from the show floors as well as the hottest playable game demos and videos in high definition.
Blue Dragon, developed by Mistwalker and Artoon, blends the design excellence of Hironobu Sakaguchi with the art of Akira Toriyama to create a dynamic game experience unlike any other role-playing game (RPG) on Xbox 360. The game leads you through a fantasy world filled with heroes armed with mystical shadows in the forms of dragons, bats, and minotaurs that you control to fend off evil. Blue Dragon is set to hit store shelves in Japan this holiday.
Lost Odysseyis an RPG in development by Mistwalker in conjunction with Free Plus and Microsoft Game Studios. The game spins an epic tale of magic and tragedy, where a man named Kaim is sentenced to live 1,000 years and multiple lifetimes watching friends and loved ones come and go in a world on the brink of a mystical industrial revolution. The game is slated for release in Japan in 2007.
Mistwalker
Mistwalker is a creative company founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the original developer of Final Fantasy. Operated by a handful of experts, the direction of new Mistwalker is influenced by Sakaguchi's extensive industry experience.
Artoon
Artoon is a digital entertainment design, development, and production company with rich talent and experience. Centering on the design and development of original content, Artoon is mainly involved in the development of software through external cooperation, as well as the design and production of entertainment content in the mobile communication category.
Product Overview:
Famed game producer Hironobu Sakaguchi of Mistwalker game studio and developer Artoon present the highly anticipated Xbox 360-exclusive “Blue Dragon.” Featuring the character design of Akira Toriyama, who designed “Dragon Ball Z,” and music by Nobuo Uematsu, the composer for “Final Fantasy,” “Blue Dragon” is an epic role-playing game (RPG) centered on a young boy named Shu and several of his friends. These unlikely heroes possess miraculous strength and magical power to control phantom shadows that mirror the actions of their masters.
Shu and company must use their shadows as weapons as they battle evil forces and an antiquated human race of people who command a magical power thought to have perished long ago. Shu and friends must wield their skills to save their world from impending doom.
Encountering various people on a planet with numerous ancient ruins, the characters and their shadows travel through a world full of mysteries and illusions, where the slightest touch can cause reactions of unparalleled magnitude.
Features:
Innovative RPG gameplay features. As their quest progresses, warriors can create original attack methods by using several types of Shadow Change, including Sword, Assassin and Power Magic. Players can also choose to focus their hero on certain areas of expertise; as they fight, shadows will level up and gain new abilities associated with the job being done. Once gained, abilities remain available to use when needed.
Massive scope and engrossing environments. Shu and his companions battle their way through an immense world filled with vividly illustrated remnants of ancient civilizations long forgotten. Their journey takes them through alluring ancient ruins scattered with machines of war that have long since fallen into disrepair.
Stunning graphics. Taking full advantage of the power of Xbox 360, “Blue Dragon” will engage gamers in a world and characters that are brought to life with vibrant colors and detail — from Shu’s wild hair to his martial arts-style garb — conveying the beautiful simplicity and sense of adventure found in this truly next-generation RPG.
Dazzling character design and effects. Toriyama’s unique influence is evident in the design of the game’s anime-style characters, whose actions are enhanced with next-generation blur effects. In addition, the game’s algorithmic animation system adds heightened realism to character and creature movements.
