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Ar Tonelico II
''Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica'', known in Japan as is a role-playing video game, developed by Gust for the PlayStation 2 which was released in Japan on October 25, 2007, in North America on January 20, 2009, and was set to be released in the EU on 29 May 2009, but a problem with the barcode delayed it by a week. It is the sequel to '' Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia'', taking place roughly one and a half years after that game's canonical ending. Gameplay Though superficially similar to its predecessor in both aesthetics and style, ''Ar Tonelico II'' battle system is new. The new version removed the ability to jump and its platforming sections. The field exploration marks indicating points of interest, the Camp Circles (which restore health, save the game, and offer gameplay tips), and the encounter bar (which indicates how many battles can be fought in that particular area) remain the same as in the previous game. In ''Ar Tonelico II'', the player can control up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gust Corporation
is a video game developer and division of Koei Tecmo Games, known for their ''Atelier'' franchise. Company was founded in 1993 in Nagano, Japan, as the first game software house in Nagano Prefecture. The company began by creating ''dōjinshi'' games for personal computers. Its first project was for the PC-9801 personal computer. In 1994 the company became an official developer for the Sony PlayStation video game console, and its first PlayStation product was the simulation game . In 1997, Gust released '' Atelier Marie'', the first game in the long-running, popular, and iconic ''Atelier'' series. Since then the company has released several successful games for various home and portable video game systems. On December 7, 2011 Japanese publisher Koei Tecmo acquired the company from its previous owner Keiken Holdings for 2.2 billion yen as a wholly owned subsidiary. It was announced on July 28, 2014 that Gust will be absorbed by its parent company Koei Tecmo on October 1, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Shikata
is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer, who is known for writing music for games and anime. She is best known for her contributions to the ''Ar tonelico'', '' Shadow Hearts'' and '' Umineko no Naku Koro ni'' games, as well as anime adaptations of ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'', Akatsuki no Yona and '' Tales of Symphonia''. Shikata's music is known for its ethnic feel and complex vocal chorus work. In a single Shikata song, there may be as many as 200 separate vocal tracks recorded for it. Biography Shikata was born in Tokyo. She first developed an interest in music when she was very little, after constantly singing with her mother. She was first interested in songs from Minna no Uta, and later when she learnt the piano classical music. In 2001, she formed the independent label Vagrancy, associated with the dōjin music scene that makes independent music game releases. She originally had no intention of singing, but felt dissatisfied with creating songs just from synthesis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation 2 Games
is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a division of Sony; the first PlayStation console was released in Japan in December 1994, and worldwide the following year. The original console in the series was the first console of any type to ship over 100 million units, doing so in under a decade. Its successor, the PlayStation 2, was released in 2000. The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home console to date, having reached over 155 million units sold by the end of 2012. Sony's next console, the PlayStation 3, was released in 2006, selling over 87.4 million units by March 2017. Sony's next console, the PlayStation 4, was released in 2013, selling a million units within a day, becoming the fastest selling console in history. The latest console in the series, the PlayStation 5, was releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Games Featuring Female Protagonists
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) systems which, in turn, were replaced by flat panel displays of several types. Video systems vary in display resolution, aspect ratio, refresh rate, color capabilities and other qualities. Analog and digital variants exist and can be carried on a variety of media, including radio broadcast, magnetic tape, optical discs, computer files, and network streaming. History Analog video Video technology was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) television systems, but several new technologies for video display devices have since been invented. Video was originally exclusively a live technology. Charles Ginsburg led an Ampex research team developing one of the first prac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Sequels
A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same fictional universe as an earlier work, usually chronologically following the events of that work. In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings. A sequel can lead to a series, in which key elements appear repeatedly. Although the difference between more than one sequel and a series is somewhat arbitrary, it is clear that some media franchises have enough sequels to become a series, whether originally planned as such or not. Sequels are attractive to creators and to publishers because there is less risk involved in returning to a story with known popularity rather than developing new and untested characters and settings. Audiences are sometimes eager for more stories about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Ichi Software Games
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Role-playing Video Games
While the early history and distinctive traits of role-playing video games (RPGs) in East Asia have come from Japan, many video games have also arisen in China, developed in South Korea, and Taiwan. History of East Asian video games Japanese role-playing games Japanese computer role-playing games =Origins (early 1980s)= While the Japanese video game industry has long been viewed as console-centric in the Western world, due to the worldwide success of Japanese consoles beginning with the NES, the country had in fact produced thousands of commercial PC games from the late 1970s up until the mid-1990s. The country's computer market was very fragmented at first; ''Lode Runner'', for example, reportedly required 34 conversions to different hardware platforms. The market eventually became dominated by the NEC PC-8801 and PC-9801, though with some competition from the Sharp X1 and X68000; FM-7 and FM Towns; and MSX and MSX2. A key difference between Western and Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gust Corporation Games
Gust may refer to: People Given name * Gust Avrakotos (1938–2005), CIA case officer known for the arming of Afghanistan's Mujahideen against the Soviet invasion under Operation Cyclone * Gust Hagberg (19th-century–20th-century) * Gust Kundert (1913–2000), American politician * Gust Lamesch (born 1911), Luxembourgian fencer * Gust E. Lundberg (1920–1977), founder of the Sandy's fast-food restaurant chain * Gust Stemmler (1899–1986), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives * Gust J. Swenning (1917–1942), American sailor who served in the United States Navy * Gust Zarnas (1913–2000), college football All-American and professional football player * Gust Graas (born 1924), Luxembourg businessman and painter Surname * Neil Gust, American musician known for co-founding Heatmiser with Elliott Smith in 1992 * Wolfgang Gust (born 1935), German journalist, historian, author and chief of heading for magazine Der Spiegel * Ernie Gust (1888 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banpresto Games
(formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Banpresto was a partly-owned subsidiary of toymaker Bandai from 1989 to 2006, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings from 2006 to 2008. In addition to video games, Banpresto produced toys, keyrings, apparel, and plastic models. Banpresto was founded by Japanese businessman Yasushi Matsuda as Hoei International in April 1977. Its poor reputation led to its name being changed to Coreland Technology in 1982, becoming a contractual developer for companies such as Sega. Coreland was majority-acquired by Bandai in 1989 following severe financial difficulties and renamed Banpresto, becoming Bandai's arcade game division. Banpresto focused primarily on producing games with licensed characters, such as Ultraman and Gundam. Its sharing of Bandai's library o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ar Tonelico
is a multimedia project series made in collaboration by Gust Corporation and Banpresto (currently subsidiaries of Tecmo Koei and Namco Bandai Games respectively) consisting of video games, manga, and an OVA. The name of the series is also the name of the amplification complex composed by three monumental towers that appear in the aforementioned works. Throughout the life of the series, it was directed by Akira Tsuchiya (Gust) and produced by Atsunori Kawachi (Banpresto). The main theme songs for all of the games were sung by Akiko Shikata. Recently, it was succeeded by the '' Surge Concerto'' series. Games The core part of the series is formed by three console role playing games, which are listed below in chronological order: #'' Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia'' #'' Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica'' #'' Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel'' Summary The ''Ar tonelico'' series is set in a planet called Ar Ciel, which lost its land in a great man-made catastrophe a long time ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Video Games
2007 saw many sequels and prequels in video games. New intellectual properties included ''Assassin's Creed'', '' BioShock'', '' Crackdown'', '' Crysis'', '' Mass Effect'', ''Portal'', ''Rock Band'', ''Skate'', '' The Darkness'', '' The Witcher'', and ''Uncharted''. Events Hardware and software sales Worldwide The following are the best-selling games of 2007 in terms of worldwide retail sales. These games sold at least units worldwide in 2007. Europe *Based on estimates from Electronic Arts: Video game console sales of 2007 in Europe Japan *Based on figures from Enterbrain: Video game console sales of 2007 in Japan Best-selling video games of 2007 in Japan North America *Based on figures from the NPD Group via IGN; the games' publishers are listed in brackets: Best-selling video games of 2007 in North America (by platform) United Kingdom *Based on figures from Chart-Track: Best-selling video games of 2007 in the UK Best-selling video games of 2007 in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
