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Xenosaga Characters
''Xenosaga'' is a role-playing video game series developed by Monolith Soft and primarily published by Namco. Forming part of the wider '' Xeno'' metaseries, ''Xenosaga'' is set in a science fiction universe and follows a group of characters as they face both a hostile alien race called the Gnosis and human factions fighting for control of the Zohar, an artifact connected to a god-like energy called U-DO. Gameplay across the series is similar, with the characters being guided through a linear narrative and fighting enemies using a turn-based combat system. The party fights both on foot and in a variety of mechs. Tetsuya Takahashi created ''Xenosaga'' as a spiritual successor to the Square-produced ''Xenogears'', for which he founded Monolith Soft with help from Namco; multiple ''Xenogears'' staff returned, including co-writer Soraya Saga. Following the release of the first game, the ''Xenosaga'' series was given over to new staff with Takahashi both supervising the project and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuya Takahashi
(born November 18, 1966) is a Japanese video game designer, writer and director. Takahashi worked at Square in the 90s as a graphic designer and graphic director, participating on some of their most well-received titles such as ''Final Fantasy V'', ''Final Fantasy VI'' and '' Chrono Trigger'', before directing and co-writing '' Xenogears''. He left Square in 1999 to co-found Monolith Soft, where he would develop the ''Xenosaga'' and '' Xenoblade Chronicles'' series with Namco and Nintendo respectively, being the executive director of ''Xenoblade'' since the first entry in the series. He is married to Soraya Saga, who also worked with him at Square Enix, as well as on ''Xenosaga'' and '' Soma Bringer''. Takahashi is one of the founders of Monolith Soft, senior director and chief creative officer at the company, as well as part of its board of directors. Biography Takahashi was born on November 18, 1966, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He began his career in video games in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soraya Saga
, also known by her pen name, , is a freelance Japanese illustrator, designer, and video game story writer. Biography Final Fantasy Saga joined Squaresoft as a graphic designer in the early 1990s through an advertisement in ASCII computer magazine. Saga was a graphic designer at Squaresoft for ''Final Fantasy IV: Easy Type'', ''Romancing SaGa'', ''Final Fantasy V'', and ''Final Fantasy VI'', She helped create the characterization for Final Fantasy VI characters Edgar and Sabin, beginning by choosing two playable character classes, in this case monk and machinist, choosing the desert as a setting, and then creating an extensive character background in a private booklet for herself. Xenogears/Xenosaga Saga and her husband Tetsuya Takahashi submitted a script for ''Final Fantasy VII'' which was called "too dark" and "complicated" for a fantasy game, but were allowed to start a new project based on the script, which was worked into a full treatment with cutscenes, eventually being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenosaga Episode II
''Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse'' is a 2004 role-playing video game developed by Monolith Soft for the PlayStation 2. It was published in Japan (2004) and North America (2005) by Namco, and in Europe by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (2005). It is the second entry in the ''Xenosaga'' trilogy, and forms part of the wider '' Xeno'' metaseries. Continuing directly from the events of ''Xenosaga Episode I'', ''Xenosaga Episode II'' sees protagonists Shion Uzuki and Jr. continuing to combat the plots of the U-TIC Organization and the insane Albedo Piazzolla. Gameplay is carried over from the first game, featuring exploration of environments through a linear narrative, while battles follow a turn-based system featuring a system of button combinations, multiple leveling systems, and combat featuring both the characters on foot and piloting large mecha called "E.S.". Development of ''Xenosaga Episode II'' began following the completion of ''Episode I''. Series creato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Will To Power (manuscript)
''The Will to Power'' () is a book of notes drawn from the literary remains (or ''Nachlass'') of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche by his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche and Peter Gast (Heinrich Köselitz). The title derived from a work that Nietzsche himself had considered writing. The work was first translated into English by Anthony M. Ludovici in 1910, and it has since seen several other translations and publications. Background After Nietzsche's breakdown in 1889, and the passing of control over his literary estate to his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Nietzsche's friend Heinrich Köselitz, also known as Peter Gast, conceived the notion of publishing selections from his notebooks, using one of Nietzsche's simpler outlines as a guide to their arrangement. As he explained to Elisabeth on November 8, 1893: :Given that the original title appears as: ''The Antichrist. Revaluation of All Values'' (and therefore not 'The first book of the revaluation of all values'), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Famitsu
, formerly , is a line of Japanese Video game journalism, video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly formats as well as in the form of special topical issues devoted to only one console, video game company, or other theme. the original ''Famitsu'' publication, is considered the most widely read and respected Video game journalism, video game news magazine in Japan. From October 28, 2011, the company began releasing the digital version of the magazine exclusively on BookWalker weekly. The name ''Famitsu'' is a Portmanteau#Japanese, portmanteau abbreviation of ''Famicom Tsūshin''; the word "Famicom" itself comes from a portmanteau abbreviation of "Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer", the dominant video game console in Japan when the magazine was first published in the 1980s. History , a computer game magazine, started in 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Also Sprach Zarathustra
, Op. 30 (, ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra'' or ''Thus Spake Zarathustra'') is a tone poem by German composer Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's 1883–1885 philosophical work of the same name."Richard Strauss – Tone-Poem, ''Death and Transfiguration'', Opus 24" (and other works), Old And Sold Strauss conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in . A typical performance lasts roughly 33 minutes. The initial – titled "Sunrise" in the composer's programme notes – beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenosaga I & II
''Xenosaga I & II'' is a 2006 role-playing video game co-developed by Monolith Soft and Tom Create, and published by Namco for the Nintendo DS. A spin-off of the ''Xenosaga'' trilogy and forming part of the ''Xeno (series), Xeno'' metaseries, ''Xenosaga I & II'' retells the events of ''Xenosaga Episode I'' and ''Xenosaga Episode II'' while expanding on its characters and narrative. Displayed from an angled 2D computer graphics, two-dimensional perspective, ''Xenosaga I & II'' makes use of a turn-based battle system with elements carried over from the main ''Xenosaga'' games. Monolith Soft's first portable game, ''Xenosaga I & II'' began development in 2005 following the completion of ''Xenosaga: The Animation''. The scenario, drafted and supervised by series creator Tetsuya Takahashi, was intended to retell the story of the two games while incorporating events that had originally been cut. The game was released exclusively in Japan in March 2006, receiving generally positive revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |