If you took a quick poll of IGNs most anticipated 360 titles right now in the IGN AU office, we're pretty sure Eternal Sonata and Ace Combat 6 might crack the list somewhere. The two games couldn't be more different, but both have their charms. For instance, Eternal Sonata is going to add some RPG credibility to the Xbox 360, while Ace Combat is compatible with a downright sick-looking flight stick and throttle combo. Nice.
Namco Bandai's pair of 360 titles, Ace Combat 6: Fire of Liberation and gorgeous RPG Eternal Sonata, are officially heading to Europe, under the distribution arm of Atari.
On his deathbed, Chopin, the famous composer, drifts between this life and the next. In his dreams, happenstance encounters with a young girl facing a terrible destiny and the boy who will fight to save her, leads to Chopin's discovery of the light that shines in each of us in this enduring tale of good and evil, love and betrayal.
The Xbox 360, to put it mildly, hasn't fared terribly well in Japan thus far. Routinely selling only a couple thousand units every week, the 360 needs a serious kick in the pants if Microsoft hopes to make even a modest dent in the Japanese market. For this reason, it's heartening to see an Xbox 360 game claw its way to the top of the Amazon Japan bestseller list. The game in question is the Namco Bandai RPG Eternal Sonata, known as Trusty Bell in Japan.
The ESRB has just pulled the Eternal Sonata listing that cited the game coming to both Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Click the link below to do a search for yourself.
The ESRB is bustling with rumors today with Tron, Art of Fighting and also Eternal Sonata. Way back at Tokyo Game Show 2006 Namco Bandai announced Eternal Sonata (aka Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dream in Japan) as an Xbox 360 title. According to the ESRB it looks like Eternal Sonata is coming out for the Playstation 3 too. Thinking back to the announcement, Namco Bandai never said that Eternal Sonata was an Xbox 360 exclusive, they just mentioned it was in development for the 360. There is a chance that Eternal Sonata might get a dual release 360/PS3 release, but another possibility is Eternal Sonata will be a time exclusive game on the Xbox 360 similar to Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation. If Eternal Sonata really is coming out for both the PS3 and the X360 would that change your mind about buying an Xbox 360 or encourage you to purchase a Playstation 3?
Namco announces the release of a Trusty Bell pack in Japan, planned to hit shelves the 14th of June. The big green box will feature a Core pack, as well as a shiny version of Trusty Bell (named Eternal Sonata in Europe). Too bad we won't ever see this pack outside of Japan.
When Blue Dragon at last made its way onto Japanese retail shelves late last year, the question on everyone's mind was, how long will we have to wait for the next big 360 JRPG? Today, thanks to Famitsu and IGN's staff for reporting on it, we have the answer: about six months.
Namco Bandai Games America announced today that their new Xbox 360 RPG named Eternal Sonata, formerly titled Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dream in Japan, will launch in North America in 2007.