Shikitei: Four Seasons (SCEJ PSN title)

[Z]

screens here. (http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://bbs.a9vg.com/read.php%3Ftid%3D901746%26fpage%3D1%26toread%3D%26 uid%3D%26page%3D1)
A new PLAYSTATION Network game, Shikitei: Four Seasons Garden has surfaced in the latest issue of a Japanese magazine. The innovative looking game is said to be hitting the Japanese PLAYSTATION Store on June 26, 2008
http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News-150925.aspx

this looks intriguing. kind of reminds me of Yakuza 3 mixed with Linger in the Shadow. I love the tiny, tiny pics. lol

always loving original PSN titles- and it is releasing so soon after being announced. nice. sure as hell beats the long waits. :)

[VG Aficionado]

Interesting, although it looks like a Japanese exclusive game.

[FantasyGhost]

Looks great, but like VG said there's just no hope from me that this game would ever come to europe.

[yoshaw]

Japanese-esque eh? Looks like a romanchic(get it?) game of gardens or something.

[Sephiroth_VII]

Looks nice. I'd love to buy it, however, odds are that I won't be able to...

At least not in English.

[VG Aficionado]

Sony doing PSN gardening game (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=143893)

Hmmm... I don't think I'll mind missing this one :-p

[cliffbo]

i like the look of this! especially if you can have gardens in HOME

[Z]

http://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/st1.jpg
http://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/s21.jpg

Hmmm... I don't think I'll mind missing this one
oh, you're so boring! how can you not at least be intrigued by such wacky Japanese games?! maybe I won't get addictive, but I like to at least give these games a go.
and yes, doesn't seem we will be getting such a game. we're to retarded or artistically deprived or something...
I don't know why in a digital distribution age can't such a games be offered for all PSN stores. I mean seriously, how much will it cost Sony to host their own game for their other PSN channels?

and I still want that quirky cat application Tora or something! damn, I wish I spoke Japanese...

[cliffbo]

http://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/st1.jpg
http://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/s21.jpg


oh, you're so boring! how can you not at least be intrigued by such wacky Japanese games?! maybe I won't get addictive, but I like to at least give these games a go.
and yes, doesn't seem we will be getting such a game. we're to retarded or artistically deprived or something...
I don't know why in a digital distribution age can't such a games be offered for all PSN stores. I mean seriously, how much will it cost Sony to host their own game for their other PSN channels?

and I still want that quirky cat application Tora or something! damn, I wish I spoke Japanese...

i totally agree! Westerners are so narrowminded

[hybridofsteel]

So this is what Sony has been wasting their time with? Stupid Non-games.

[GodMachine_Iridius_Dio]

i totally agree! Westerners are so narrowminded

And humans generalize too much. :) Remember Cliff, some of us who really want to try this game qualify as "westerners".

Dio

[Z]

oh, he's just being smart. we're a little bitter and jealous- as you can imagine. ;p

[GodMachine_Iridius_Dio]

Lol, yeah, I could sorta tell. Though sadly, he's sorta right, though not necessarily about westerners - It seems to be true among the mainstream of just about every major territory (Excluding Japan... They seem to love "wierd", and soak it up like sponges): Games outside the "norm" just don't seem to catch on as we'd hope. I'm still grudging over the fact that Vib Ribbon never generated enough excitement on these shores to warrant the arrival of its follow-ups in America. So deprived...


Dio

[section]

Now that I finally know which XB Live Arcade titles are and will be available I can only conclude PSN is seriously lacking content.

I know quantity never rules quality but damn, PSN has only got about four decent titles and almost all of those are Sony's own franchise and also available on disc (no Echochrome here yet). There isn't any serious third party content available (albeit Super Stardust HD) and as long as Sony wants it to keep that way there is no way PSN will be anything more than a digital distribution channel for Sony's own games. Which is a real shame.

I also hate the secularity of content over different stores, that's just plain stupid and almost as if the honchos making all the decisions on these matters do this on purpose.

/rant

[cliffbo]

And humans generalize too much. :) Remember Cliff, some of us who really want to try this game qualify as "westerners".

Dio

oh, he's just being smart. we're a little bitter and jealous- as you can imagine. ;p

:-p

[Hisham]

Now that I finally know which XB Live Arcade titles are and will be available I can only conclude PSN is seriously lacking content.

I know quantity never rules quality but damn, PSN has only got about four decent titles and almost all of those are Sony's own franchise and also available on disc (no Echochrome here yet). There isn't any serious third party content available (albeit Super Stardust HD) and as long as Sony wants it to keep that way there is no way PSN will be anything more than a digital distribution channel for Sony's own games. Which is a real shame.

I also hate the secularity of content over different stores, that's just plain stupid and almost as if the honchos making all the decisions on these matters do this on purpose.

/rant

Oh, I don't know about that.

Novastrike is a pretty good PSN game I gotta say. But yeah, it is lacking on the exclusive PSN title front, mainly because XBLA has been out longer, so more games have been developed overall for it. To me, PSN would be winning against the XBLA if SCEA and SCEE follows SCEJ's lead and starts releasing PS1 titles like mad... Seriously, there is no excuse for Japan having like 90 percent more PS1 games then Europe or America.

[section]

Now that I've read Housemarque's interview (Super Stardust HD) I understand the difference between XBLA and PSN; Microsoft doesn't give financial support for the developer and lets the dev keep the franchise. Sony gives financial support but wants the rights for the published franchise. That pretty much explains the lack of PSN 3rd party support at the moment.

edit: it seems to be the case Sony has changed their policy regarding the publishing and ownership of the IP when title is distributed via PSN. I guess they understood their service didn't seem that tempting when there were other alternatives available so they thankfully changed their policies.

[Z]

how can anyone not be excited about this:

http://www.psu.com/media/shiki_feature_01.jpg
http://www.psu.com/media/shiki_feature_02.jpg
http://www.psu.com/media/shiki_feature_03.jpg
http://www.psu.com/media/shiki_feature_04.jpg
http://www.psu.com/media/shiki_feature_05.jpg
http://www.psu.com/New-Four-Seasons-Garden-details-and-images-revealed-News--a0003921-p0.php

the site is calling it Four Seasons Garden. I don't know if that is a translation or what, but the pics look pretty!

[Passive]

lol you find this exciting but not afrika? :P i smell a webo

[Z]

in Afrika, you just walk around. in this, you build, then walk around. also, there are potentially tens of thousands of combinations.

and what the hell is a webo? *googles it*

Edit: are you saying I am a site dedicated to 3D?

[Passive]

sorry i spelt it wrong. its weeaboo.

and im only kidding. this is the payback.

[Z]

*PM's Passive MGS5 spoilers!*

[Passive]

hahaha! oh its on!

MGS4 spoiler: Raiden and Rose are sisters.

[Sephiroth_VII]

Incest FTW!








:look:

[Passive]

haha but its only hot between hot sisters :P

[venomv]

For the price it will probably be (being a PSN game) I will grab this so fast if I can. Looks like it could be really cool.

[Sephiroth_VII]

And only if they're fairly young, no wrinkles here, no sir! Preferably under 13, and if they don't have a sister, brothers are a-ok too.


...What?

[Z]

*adds another thread to his 'KEEP AWAY!' list*

damn you people! http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/shmookins/emos/punch.gif