Vanillaware brings its 2D talents to the Wii
by Eric Caoili 
{ Sep 5th 2007 at 11:15AM }
Vanillaware, the same developer behind GrimGrimoire and Odin Sphere, both gorgeous 2D PS2 titles, revealed in Famitsu's latest issue an ARPG for the Wii, Oboro Muramasa Youtouden. It looks absolutely stunning, almost to the point where we're disappointed in other companies for not working on their own 2D games at a similar level. Loading up the magazine scans, which you can see for yourself past the post break, was like sighting the promised land, a brand new colony, from a distance after months of wandering our ruined, post-apocalyptic Earth. JC fell to his knees beside me, tears in his eyes. The amaranthine sun slipped out of view behind us, leaving our caravan to celebrate its newfound hope. We had many hard months still to weather, but we'd finally found a place to call home.
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hvnlysoldr @ Sep 5th 2007 11:23AM
Woo-hoo! My laziness works again.
SoulBlade @ Sep 5th 2007 11:41AM
God.. lets hope it doesn't have the same crippling slow down seen in Odin Sphere. Made it unplayable.
Dan @ Sep 5th 2007 11:51AM
I'm a sucker for a good RPG (let alone ARPG).
ELIJAH @ Sep 5th 2007 12:30PM
Cursed swords make life and RPG's the more worth it.
samfish @ Sep 5th 2007 1:13PM
I never encountered any slowdown in Odin Sphere...
Still, this looks cool. I'm not usually big on RPGs, but I really liked OS so I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
Sami @ Sep 5th 2007 4:29PM
Their 2D is too stylized. I want a Suikoden Wii.
nook @ Sep 6th 2007 9:51AM
This makes me want to get a wii!
Which scares the crap out of me cause I have a PS3 and 360 already. How they heck am I going to get all the money for games I need.
hvnlysoldr @ Sep 6th 2007 10:17AM
As a Nook I thought you'd be loaded. Or is Tom not nice to his relatives?
nook @ Sep 6th 2007 10:34AM
I owe Him money for the the loan he gave me to buy my house. What can I say he is a business man first.
Mohan @ Sep 6th 2007 3:19PM
This is sweet Odin Sphere is one my favorite PS2 game! :-D