It might be premature, considering all we have to go with are screenshots like these:
But I'm going to go out on a line and say...
Infinite Line: It's going to rule your world. Heck, an RPG in space? Scheweet. An RPG in space with over 200 characters? Megas scheweets. An RPG in space with over 200 characters and the ability to customize, outfit, built, and control over 150 ships? Awezome scheweeets. An RPG in space with over 200 characters and the ability to customize, outfit, built, and control over 150 ships while maintaining the ability to control multiple spaceships at a time? Oryeaz scheweeeets!
If this game doesn't have giant orbital cannons I'll shoot myself.
More fanboyish hype:
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First, players will be able to customize their ship. There are over 150 design models, and another 150 possible crewmembers. The innards of your vessel are modular and can be rearranged at will.
Umi's reaction: I'm so totally going to put the captain's quarters right next to the ladies' shower rooms.
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the "graphics will blow you away. You will not believe this is being done on the DS." Characters will be in 2D, but ships, exploration, and battles will all be in 3D.
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There will be Wi-Fi two-player battles with your friends and their spaceships.
Umi's reaction: My dream of naming a ship Konigs Tiger and kicking ass will be made true!
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"There are two main [story] threads," Platinum Games told us. "One is a poor young boy who pulls himself up by his bootstraps, has no money. He gathers the money, the parts, and equipment he needs to become a space captain. Another thread gets into very high-level, philosophical science fiction stuff. [We are] fans of science fiction writers Arthur C. Clarke and Greg Egan. Humanity is made to observe and they are defining the physical laws of the universe through their observation. We want to explore the idea in the game and storyline that 'what if there are not alien species but different types of humanoid species who observe each other?' So that's where the themes of Childhood's End come into play. What is the real role of humanity? Why is humanity there to observe the universe?"
Umi's Reaction: In other words, "we have one storyline for dumbass Naruto fans with no brains, and we have one storyline for actual people." Nice!
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"A spaceship battle will pretty much occur in real time. There will be various parameters for your ship. According to these parameters you'll have what's called a 'command gauge.' This command gauge builds up and you can spend it to perform specific attacks during battle. For example, if you get some really great personnel on your ship, great pilots or whatever, they may be able to improve your command structure and your ship may react faster."
Umi's reaction: Realtime giant orbital cannons?! *drool*
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"We're probably talking 50-60 hours just to get through once. But if you want to do everything it will probably take you 100 hours."
Umi's reaction: Oblivion?
A game like this hasn't even been done on the PC, and that's something to be said about it. Here's to hoping it goes well, but I have little to doubt that it won't.
P.S: It's a future NDS game developed by Platinum Games which is partnered with Sega and is made up of the heads of the company which created Okami, Viewtiful Joe, and God Hand.
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