Trusty Bell Is The Cutest Game You've Never Heard Of
In a further effort to ingratiate itself to the gaming tastes of the Japanese, Microsoft's 360 has enlisted Bandai Namco for the upcoming title Trusty Bell: Chopan no Yume. Roughly translated to "The Dream of Chopin", the game was originally announced in 2006, and in September Namco Bandai announced that it would be localizing the title for release in North America sometime in 2007.
Not so much.
Quite recently Japan was finally given a true release date of June 14 with pricing set at 7,329 Yen, and there has been no official North American release date announced, although it has been announced that the localized name will be changed to Eternal Sonata when it does hit US shelves.
If you can't tell already, this is one of those games that is so cute it's practically painful, but it has an interesting, melancholy feel to it that sets it apart. Apparently the story stems from the actual composer Chopin on his deathbed, dreaming of a fantastic world in which those who have incurable diseases are given special powers through music.
Check out the official website, or if you don't want to deal with a bunch of indecipherable Japanese, check out RPGamer's collection of screenshots.
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Posted to Video Games on 23 February 2007
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I've been dying to get my grubby little paws on this ever since the first I heard of it.
I mean come on: a melancholy fairy tale set in the dying moments of one of our greatest classical composers, expanded into a hallucinogenic romp through the comfort of a futile wish.
Seriously. Like it more, or I'm taking away your gay card. Now.
Also, this had better be good, or Godzilla will be the last thing Tokyo will have to worry about.
Wow, another game on the 360 that doesn't make you play a jerk slathered in testosterone that is or used to be in the military!
What is that total now, 2? 3?
I'm buying it should it come stateside.
On the one hand, sickeningly cute (YAY).... on the other hand, yet another RPG (hissssss....)
I guess I'll wait till I have a 360 before deciding whether to get this.