Animated Intro of Herakles
by JC Fletcher 
{ May 14th 2008 at 8:00PM }
Herakles no Eikou (Glory of Herakles/Hercules) comes out in Japan on the 22nd, and Nintendo and Paon are taking the traditional RPG-promotion tactic of displaying some gorgeous cinematics. We tend to enjoy the anime-style promo scenes more than the high-res CG stuff that Square Enix tends to use, so we were very pleased to watch the animated half of this trailer, which we suspect is the opening scene of the game. It's enjoyable both on its own and as a look at a parallel universe in which Greek mythology developed in Japan.
Though it's an obvious step down in visual fidelity from the high-quality animation, the gameplay footage that follows looks pretty spectacular as well, and enough of the feeling carries over from the intro to temporarily convince us that RPGs can be exciting. We'd love for this to be the first Herakles no Eikou game to escape Japan.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
chispito @ May 14th 2008 9:12PM
While not being the exact same, the music reminds me of the score to the animated show, Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates, which I absolutely loved http://youtube.com/watch?v=OzYiLHc0-lc (thankfully the first intro featured in that clip). This anime cutscene looks superb.
chispito @ May 14th 2008 9:19PM
Ah, a much better version of said intro: http://www.retrojunk.com/tv/videos/796-foxs-peter-pan-and-the-pirates/1757/#intro
hvnlysoldr @ May 15th 2008 12:07AM
Wow that looked great.
Waffala @ May 15th 2008 12:35AM
that gameplay footage is beautiful
C02M0 @ May 15th 2008 5:30AM
seems great .
when i hear the word herculas i usually remember disneys old movie , this dosent seem very herculas to me .
rongus @ May 15th 2008 8:07AM
reminds me of golden sun!!!
Symytry @ May 15th 2008 12:03PM
Looks fantastic. Nintendo will hopefully localize this for us english speaking people ;)
JBGUY2K @ May 15th 2008 10:59PM
Holy carp, that looks effing amazing! I hope we see SOME sort of english release at all.