Square Enix announces new Chocobo Tales, Chocobo roguelike
by Eric Caoili 
{ Jul 8th 2008 at 8:45AM }
As a promotion for its Virtual World -- yes, it's a virtual world titled Virtual World -- Square Enix held a special event in the beta 3D space unveiling two new Chocobo titles for the Nintendo DS -- Cid and Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: Maze of Time DS+ (fall 2008) and Chocobo and the Magic Storybook: The Witch and the Girl and the Five Heroes (winter 2008).
Cid and Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: Maze of Time DS+, as you can guess, will be a roguelike starring Final Fantasy figures Cid and Chocobo. This will actually be Square Enix's fourth Chocobo Mystery Dungeon entry, an enhanced port of Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon for the Wii, now with new jobs and a storyline told from a new perspective (Cid's).
The chances of this one coming to the U.S.? Given the current "surge" of roguelikes hitting the States, it's very likely we'll get this one! You can preview some of Cid and Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon's first screenshots in our gallery below.
The second title, Chocobo and the Magic Storybook: The Witch and the Girl and the Five Heroes, follows 2007's Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales, a minigame collection with RPG and card-battling elements. If you remember our favorable review for the original game, we called it "just about the cutest thing ever." Screenshots below!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kimiko @ Jul 8th 2008 9:39AM
What does the 'DS+' in the title mean?
Maz @ Jul 8th 2008 11:53AM
Usually I'm not that into minigame collections and cutesy games, but I really liked FF Fables: Chocobo Tales. Looking forward to this one.
Andrewq @ Jul 8th 2008 7:44PM
I think you guys are using the term "roguelike" improperly. It's not just a synonym for "dungeon crawl."
Matdredalia @ Jul 9th 2008 11:17AM
Um, I think you're the one confusing the two.
There is a huge difference between a dungeon crawl and a roguelike. Roguelike's are turn based games like all of the Mystery Dungeon games that have been rolling out, and follow the same formula as Rogue, where as a Dungeon Crawl is generally more lax, not turn based, and more of a free form environment where you go through level after level of preformed dungeons just hacking and slashing (Children of Mana, Summon Night: Twin Age).
And from what ANYONE can see from the screens (and interpret from the name) it's not a dungeon crawl. It's a roguelike.
Do your homework before you tell other people they're wrong.
Matdredalia @ Jul 9th 2008 11:19AM
Aaaand, I just sold my soul to Square.
Hint to Square-Enix USA: Port these games, or I will come after you. I mean it.