Latest Nintendo Power hints at original Level-5 RPGs

Angela Dyche • Oct 12, 2009 • Comments ()

The most intriguing of the newly-announced games is titles simply Fantasy Life. Described by Level-5 president Akihiro Hino as a "slow-life RPG," it features an Animal Crossing-esque world in which you make a character and then select one of 20 lives to lead, such as that of a guard, a merchant or a miner. You will then go about daily tasks associated with your chosen life, attaining wealth and happiness before moving onto the next new and different (but still slow) life.

You can can live your lives in one of two fantasy kingdoms; one populated by computer-controlled NPCs, and one populated by other players living their ow lives over Nintendo Wi-fi Connection. Fantasy Life is being made by Brownie Brown, the developers of the early Secret of Mana titles and most recently of Blue Dragon Plus, and features a soundtrack by renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu.

Hino also lifted the veil on the first game in a new Layton trilogy, Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute. This chapter takes place three years before the events in Professor Layton and the Curious Village, and concerns a mysterious titan on a rampage of destruction. Once players complete the main quest, which features the usual mix of story-telling and puzzle-solving; they'll unlock a special bonus: another slow-life RPG by Brownie Brown! Titled Professor Layton's London Life, players will create an avatar and select a life to lead in Professor layton-era London. Despite being an unlockable mode, Hino promises that it will offer 100 hours of content!

Finally, Level-5 gave an update on Ninokuni: Another World, their hotly-anticipated non-slow-life RPG created in partnership with the legendary Studio Ghibli (the animation studio behind My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and the recent Ponyo). It was announced that Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi would be joining the project, and that in order to fit his fully orchestrated soundtrack, Ninokuni will come on a 4-gigabit cartridge, making it the largest ds game ever made. The game will also ship with a book of magic runes that can be copied to the ds touch screen to cast spells in the game. Ninokuni was originally announced as a 2009 release, but it has now slipped into 2010."

[Source: quoted from November 2009 Nintendo Power; vol 247 pages 10-11
original article by Casey L.]

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When the Professor Layton series emerged as an international smash hit, Level-5 became one of Japan's top publishers overnight. The company hasn't forgotten the platform that elevated them them to the big time; at their annual Level-5 Vision Conference they announced a 2010 lineup composed almost entirely of titles for the Nintendo ds handheld.
\n\nThe most intriguing of the newly-announced games is titles simply Fantasy Life. Described by Level-5 president Akihiro Hino as a \"slow-life RPG,\" it features an Animal Crossing-esque world in which you make a character and then select one of 20 lives to lead, such as that of a guard, a merchant or a miner. You will then go about daily tasks associated with your chosen life, attaining wealth and happiness before moving onto the next new and different (but still slow) life.
\n\nYou can can live your lives in one of two fantasy kingdoms; one populated by computer-controlled NPCs, and one populated by other players living their ow lives over Nintendo Wi-fi Connection. Fantasy Life is being made by Brownie Brown, the developers of the early Secret of Mana titles and most recently of Blue Dragon Plus, and features a soundtrack by renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu.

\n\nHino also lifted the veil on the first game in a new Layton trilogy, Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute. This chapter takes place three years before the events in Professor Layton and the Curious Village, and concerns a mysterious titan on a rampage of destruction. Once players complete the main quest, which features the usual mix of story-telling and puzzle-solving; they'll unlock a special bonus: another slow-life RPG by Brownie Brown! Titled Professor Layton's London Life, players will create an avatar and select a life to lead in Professor layton-era London. Despite being an unlockable mode, Hino promises that it will offer 100 hours of content!

\n\nFinally, Level-5 gave an update on Ninokuni: Another World, their hotly-anticipated non-slow-life RPG created in partnership with the legendary Studio Ghibli (the animation studio behind My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and the recent Ponyo). It was announced that Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi would be joining the project, and that in order to fit his fully orchestrated soundtrack, Ninokuni will come on a 4-gigabit cartridge, making it the largest ds game ever made. The game will also ship with a book of magic runes that can be copied to the ds touch screen to cast spells in the game. Ninokuni was originally announced as a 2009 release, but it has now slipped into 2010.\"
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[Source: quoted from November 2009 Nintendo Power; vol 247 pages 10-11
original article by Casey L.]
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