Knights in the Nightmare, Sting's new game?! Options

[Yuka]

http://gonintendo.com/?p=35576

http://www.sting.co.jp/knights/index.htm

Sting's been having a countdown, and apparently Famitsu tells us what it's for before Sting does.

By the way, I'd rather none of you asked about the Dept. Heaven Episodes thing. All we've speculated on that is that somehow this is related to Riviera, Yggdra Union, and Baroque.

This post has been edited by Yuka: Feb 17 2008, 12:27 AM

[Ebe]

WOW she has fancy armor, it looks almost organic.

EDIT: And I suppose this puts a rest to the "Sequel To Yggdra Union" controversy...for now.

This post has been edited by Ebe: Feb 17 2008, 12:26 AM

[Rhiannon]

Maria looks awesome.

AND OH STING THIS LOOKS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT DID ON JAJA'S BLOG~ <3

[Yuka]

<Rhiannon> Riviera is episode 1
<Rhiannon> Yggdra Union is episode 2
<Rhiannon> And
<Rhiannon> Apparently we haven't seen episode 3 yet or something
<Rhiannon> So it's not Baroque :(

[Irysa]

Lol, turn based real time strategy.


Silly sting.

[sandpenguin]

3'rd episode of the 'Midgard Crysis'. Meh, looks like they're making a trilogy....yay! A film!

Riviera-The roots of the trilogy...Hector

Yggdra-The middle of it.....Nessiah

Knights of pants-Maybe the conclusion, Nessiah/Hector (The same guy, duh) survived before and probably he......I don't know.......

My hypothesis worked!

This post has been edited by sandpenguin: Feb 17 2008, 02:28 PM

[Irysa]

IV is Episode 4.

[Ebe]

Well, so the speculation begins again, that didn't last long.

I would assume that either Baroque was the first installment, or Sting is releasing this anachronistically.

I mean, unless you think the Angel in Treasure Hunter G links it to all of these.

[jcdietz03]

There are some weird connections-
Like the Archangel vs Marietta pics (they're similar).

However, there's no story continuity between them.

Rivieria/YU Ending spoilers:

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Ein beats the pants off Hector. There is no "and then" after that.
Yggdra beats the pants off Marietta (or doesn't). There's nothing after that.

Also, the new heroine's name is Maria. Not Yggdra. It doesn't mean they couldn't have some relation but my guess is, they won't. The sword she is holding doesn't look like Gran Centurio. It doesn't look like Einherjar either.

EDIT: There was a big fat "1" on the sting website yesterday. Now there is a fast-moving counter. The counter displays tenths of seconds until expiration of the counter. By my calculations, there is 9.1 hours left on the counter which means it will expire at 10PM eastern std time today. Anyone know what time this is in Japan?

Edit2: When you play against someone in a turn-based game, either via hot seat or via internet, often there is a time limit placed on your turn to ensure the game moves along at a steady pace. It looks like the same type of time limit has been instituted here, but this time in single player mode.

This post has been edited by jcdietz03: Feb 17 2008, 03:58 PM

[Yuka]

10PM Eastern is about 8 AM Japan time.

And apparently we haven't seen III yet, which means that if these episodes are chronologically, Riviera leads up to Yggdra Union.

TAKE THAT, YU IS PREQUEL TO RIVIERA FAGS.

[Wally]

- the genre is “turn based RTS”

Mind is blown.

- each turn is time based, there are offensives and defensive turns, plays out in real-time

It would be awesome if this meant something like Laser Squad Nemesis. But it won't.

[Rhiannon]

The battle system is probably able to do turn-based RTS because of different phases of the battle. Kind of like how YU was turn-based and real time, but not at once.

[P.P.A.]

:o

I STILL NEED TO FINISH YU

[Rhiannon]

It's mesmerizing to watch the countdown.

100000!

[Raijinili]

So much for my "Riviera remake heralds the advent of new Sting games on a console".