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    Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Review: Hero We Go Again

    Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling

    Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Wii-Drawn
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/06/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Review: Hero We Go Again
    So... which version is the version to get? I'm assuming the DS one, but what is the Wii version like?

    Oh well, I have plenty of time to wait and find out which version is best, I can't afford to buy anything for a while now... #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme
    11/06/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Review: Hero We Go Again
    Huh, Paul Robertson did the sprites? I love his art, though... Strange it may be at times. #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) promoted this comment Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme was starred Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme was unstarred
    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/06/09

    @Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme: Pixel Art is his main thing. I mean, he's done two short animted movie things with pixel Art. Both amazing. Can't quite remember the first (Pirate Baby something?) but the most recent one(as far as I know) was Kings Of Power 4 Billion % ...

    About the time I saw that, I looked up his blog where he talked about working with 5th Cell. I think he also worked on that DS Contra game... #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme
    11/06/09

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): Pirate Baby Cabana Battle Street Fight something. Yeah his movies are great. I'm just saying sometimes his pixel art tends to get... Odd. Like pregnant naked girls being cut open. #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    11/06/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Review: Hero We Go Again
    This game's visuals are really drawing me in. I can hardly wait.. colour me excited. #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    11/05/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Review: Hero We Go Again
    Yeah gonna give this a go on DS for sure! Heard great things about Locke's Quest too #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of toadstoolporridge toadstoolporridge
    11/05/09

    @excel_excel: I had a good time with Lockes Quest. I didn't think I would like it that much, as I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but I was happily surprised.
    With all the big console games coming out right now plus M&L: BIS to finish up, this game may have to stay on my "To Get" list for a bit :( #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    11/05/09

    @toadstoolporridge: *SNIFF* at least you got Bowser's inside story. Two copies was what all my local Gamestop got. TWO. #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of actn actn
    11/05/09

    @excel_excel: Where do you live? My Best Buy got like 50 copies, and continues to get some. #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    11/05/09

    @excel_excel: As someone who played Lock's Quest from beginning to end, the game is good but not great.

    The sprites and animations are awesome, the story has more depth than I would have thought (a lot of plot twists, too), and the gameplay can be fun.

    But, I reached a point about halfway through the game where ONE battle configuration could win nearly every battle. There are a handful of points that will trip you up if previous battles in a set are not planned out correctly, but they can be overcome as well.

    Also, I am not much of a fan of the main character art used in dialogue sequences. I really wish they had simply blown up his sprite instead of featuring those ugly images.

    Overall, though, it was worth the $20 I paid for it.

    (P.S. - This gives me a chance to show off the hidden "demo room" from the game. SPOILERS!)

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    Edited by GohanGVO at 11/05/09 8:45 PM GohanGVO was starred GohanGVO was unstarred
    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    11/05/09

    @actn: Ireland. Believe me, I think our local is fucked! #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    11/05/09

    @GohanGVO: ha those are great. #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme Manuel Calavera, Reaper Supreme
    11/06/09

    @excel_excel: And they will never get any more and there is noplace else nearby that might sell it and you can't order it online from anywhere?

    I've been surprised how much I'm enjoying BIS. I didn't like Partners in Time much, thought Superstar Saga was ok, but Bowser is hilarious and it really is mostly about him. That's its biggest advantage, I think. Mario and Luigi's fake italian is funny, yeah, but playing as them all the time gets boring. Bowser constantly insults everyone he comes across and gloats about how great he is.

    Basically, he gives the Mario RPG series what it needed: personality in the protagonist, whereas the rest always focused on the antagonists. #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/06/09

    @excel_excel: And he's missed out the Metal Gear Solid and Chrono Trigger references...

    Some of my fav lines in the game are not in the Developer room, but towards the end of the game, and include references to Cthulhu and Gremlins I think... #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    11/06/09

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): I know about the MGS reference ("whose footprints are these?" I smirked like crazy when I saw that).

    I did fail to capture it on camera, though, and I forget where it takes place in the game.

    And, technically, I did not miss the Chrono Trigger reference seeing as how I have never played the game (but I do own the DS version)! ;)
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    Edited by GohanGVO at 11/06/09 4:26 PM GohanGVO was starred GohanGVO was unstarred
    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/06/09

    @GohanGVO: Actually, I was talking about the one Tobis, I think it is, makes in the developer room. Look up what you unlock if you complete MGS after saving Meryl... #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    11/06/09

    @Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair):

    Bam!

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    And some more:

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    That fourth picture has at least two game references in it. Bonus points to the person who can point it out.

    The fifth picture reminds me of the recent story about Scribblenauts' original name. #drawntolifethenextchapter
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    Image of jeremycole jeremycole
    09/18/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling
    5th Cell has been drawing me in with their games lately.
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    Image of AnOkayLumberjack AnOkayLumberjack
    09/18/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling
    What I don't understand is why THIS game isn't called Scribblenauts. I mean, aside from the pointless option of making letters yourself, there was no scribbling to be seen.
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    dowingba promoted this comment AnOkayLumberjack was starred AnOkayLumberjack was unstarred
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    09/18/09

    @AnOkayLumberjack: Well, it being a sequel to Drawn to Life might have something to do with it.
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    Image of Moonshadow101 Moonshadow101
    09/18/09

    @AnOkayLumberjack: The word "scribble" specifically refers to text. One does not "scribble" a picture, generally.
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    09/18/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling
    I bet you can even draw a watermelon.
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    Image of ach77 ach77
    09/18/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling
    I would be more excited about this if drawing on the DS were easier. The stylus is too thick and it's very hard to actually control what you're drawing with any level of accuracy. Still, it's a really cool concept for a game.
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    Sonira - not a zombie! promoted this comment ach77 was starred ach77 was unstarred
    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/18/09

    @ach77: Zooming in can help you with that. :D Makes it kinda like laying down pixel art.
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    Image of Wizard Wizard
    09/18/09

    @Sonira - not a zombie!: It really is laying down pixel art. My girlfriend sat down with the first game and made her main character Travis Touchdown after a few hours of photoshop and Travis pics.

    ...the cloud platforms were the ones from Mario, and the vines were the Super Mario World Pirhana plant vines.

    Oh, and the sun was the SMB3 Angry sun. All hail photoshop and pixel art. (Though each piece did take several hours.)
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    Sonira - not a zombie! promoted this comment Edited by Wizard at 09/18/09 1:26 PM Wizard was starred Wizard was unstarred
    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/18/09

    @Wizard: Haha, yeah. I am the sort who will usually either be "Yeah, let's make this look good!" or "Screw it I'm lazy -scribble-"
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    09/18/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling
    Not much of a portable gamer myself but the more I read about Scibblenauts and now Drawn to Life the more I think I need to take the plunge and finally get myself a DS.
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    Sonira - not a zombie! promoted this comment Marker was starred Marker was unstarred
    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/18/09

    @Marker: Yeah, there are a lot of worthwhile games for the DS, especially games like The World Ends With You, Elite Beat Agents, and Professor Layton. There's a hell of a lot of genre variety to be found.
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    09/18/09

    @Sonira - not a zombie!: Great! Another system to sink money into, as if my backlog of PS3 and Wii games wasn't big enough. Even though I don't even have Scribblenauts and I'm already trying to imagine how I'd solve some of the puzzles I've read about.
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    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/18/09

    @Marker: Hahaha, I know how that is.
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    Image of apoloimagod apoloimagod
    09/18/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling
    Great preview! Wish you had taken a snapshot of that whiteboard! :-P
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    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/18/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling
    Ahhh, looking forward to this, then! I liked the first one, but felt it could use some improvement. This sounds pretty good. :D

    I am wondering about the character creation system (in regards to the 'four arms, one leg' part). Are the parameters adjustable to fit your art?
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    Image of Stephen Totilo Stephen Totilo
    09/18/09

    @Sonira - not a zombie!: You're given a mannequin template and you can opt to have three or four arms instead of two -- or one leg instead of two. What you draw is then animated by the game, giving you some basic walking , arm-waving, and jumping movements. Your creation isn't static.
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    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/18/09

    @Stephen Totilo: Ahh. I was hoping for something like some height/width variation. Oh well, I probably wouldn't make much use of that anyways.
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    Image of Boneyard Boneyard
    09/18/09

    @Sonira - not a zombie!: There is also height/width variation in the character creator. For example you can make a Sackboy-type character with a big head and little tiny body.
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    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    09/18/09

    @Boneyard: :D!!
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    Image of Falsoman Falsoman
    09/18/09

    @Boneyard: Finally! This game is so bought.
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    Image of Outkastprince Outkastprince
    09/18/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling
    This article brought back memories of the original RPG maker. It was pretty sweet but making your own creation and begging someone to come play it (no online) was not all that fun. Beyond their time I guess.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    09/18/09

    @Outkastprince: Oh man, I remember RPG Maker! I spent nine long months crafting a game with that - I had two notebooks packed with numbers corresponding to switches, doors, event triggers, etc. It filled up three memory cards. My friends passed it around and enjoyed it, but looking back on it, I don't know how they suffered through the horrible combat system...

    And that, children, is my long and rambling tale of RPG Maker that you don't care about. The End.
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    Image of 1up 1up
    09/18/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Improved DS Scribbling
    I've gotta say, I didn't think much to the first Drawn to Life game, nor the Spongebob edition (My little brother had it, okay!?)
    However, I'm willing to give this another go considering Scribblenauts is my favourite game this year (apart from mayyyybe Arkham Asylum)
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    09/18/09

    @1up: Welcome to 2009, where someone can say their favorite games of the year are a licensed comic book character game and a DS game... and not be wrong.
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    Image of Comatose Turtle Comatose Turtle
    06/19/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Wii-Drawn
    For the Wii? Hrm... Unless it's going Graffiti Kingdom style and utilizing the increased processing power (it's not, clearly) I'll stick with the DS version. I very liked the first one.
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    06/19/09

    In reply to Drawn To Life: The Next Chapter Preview: Wii-Drawn
    Damn it seems like it would be hard to "draw" something with the Wii-mote. Seems like the DS version will be the superior version.
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    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    06/19/09

    @globones: Easily. Plus the PS1 level visuals for the environment look better on a tiny screen than on a 40 inch plasma (I don't have a 40 inch plasma, but many people do)
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