Famitsu review (9, 8, 8, 9)

[VincentASM is too important to have a messed up name]

I don't know how people regard Famitsu now, but I thought I'd post this.

Image from 2chan.

The game scored 9, 8, 8, 9 (34/40).

I'm kind of lazy to figure out what they're saying, but I can see some praise for the Save Points, simple interface, storyline and stuff.

[Celice]

This and Fatal Frame tied for the highest scores of the month (For Nintendo)

(DS) Fire Emblem 9/8/8/9 (34)
(DS) Code Geass R2 6/6/6/7 (25)
(DS) Summon Night 2 8/8/8/6 (30)
(DS) Sankoku Shi Taisen Sora 8/8/8/8 (32)
(DS) Monster Farm DS2 6/7/8/8 (29)
(DS) Ron-Q! Highland in DS 7/7/7/6 (27)
(DS) Mite wa Ikenai 6/6/6/5 (23)
(DS) Wantame Music Channel: Doko Demo Style 6/6/6/6 (24)
(DS) Trauma Center 2 8/8/8/8 (32)

(Wii) Fatal Frame: Tsukihami no Kamen 9/9/8/8 (34)
(Wii) Survival Kids 7/7/6/5 (25)

Back to waiting for some cool games to be announced

[Jedor]

Is that a picture of Katua in there or is it some lame new character that they added that happens to look similar?

[Celice]

Why would a new character be an auto-lamer?

I thought she was Katua at first glance

[Sakura]

^ She has a pegasus.  And those scores are good!

[Lord Fuckboy]

I thought she was Katua at first glance

There's no reason why it's not...  ~_~

[Ice Dragon]

That is indeed Katua... she looks sleepy. Her hairstyle makes her look old...

[Jedor]

That is indeed Katua... she looks sleepy. Her hairstyle makes her look old...

To be fair, its not exactly a large or terribly high quality picture.

[Ice Dragon]

To be fair, its not exactly a large or terribly high quality picture.

True... though there's only so much difference shrinking a picture can make...

I just noticed that it's a triangle attack she's using...

[Levin]

Thanks for the info! Nice scores, too. I looked around the web for more info on the reviews and found this on 1up's site

'Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Ken, the Nintendo DS remake of the original Fire Emblem that comes out next week, scored a 34/40 rating of its own in Famitsu, which reviewers praising its accessibility and ease of use. " Switching between the map and your unit information on the top screen is incredibly convenient -- it wouldn't be exaggerating to say that this alone made it worth releasing on the DS," one wrote. "The save points on the map let you start over from the middle as much as you like, which certainly dilutes the tension, but gives you more of a chance to enjoy the story as you play," said another. "If you're looking for a challenge, then playing in Hard mode is just fine."

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169066

[Celice]

No word from a reviewer that Hard Mode might remove those save points?  I'd like to see that feature incorporated-actually, on the discussion of the multiple Hard Modes, I was kinda thinking it'd be cool for each successive level to focus on slightly different enemies throughout the game.  Hard 1 would have your normal ragtag bunch, but maybe Hard 2 has a little more magic emphasis, and Hard 3 flying.  And really nice would the highest difficulty, the enemy units would adapt to the ones you use, so if you use mostly flyers, you'd expect a few more bow-users in the maps or something.

[Sakura]

Do you think you could save at any part of the game or is it just like when you enter a fortress or something?  o_o

[VincentASM is too important to have a messed up name]

In the middle of the chapter, you can either Suspend or use an one-time Save Point tile on the map (which makes a permanent save, unlike Suspend).

[Sakura]

Ohhh okay thanks!  I guess that's KIND OF better than what we have now.  o_O

[Lord Fuckboy]

Not better than Normal/Easy FE10 though!