New RPG Yuusha 30 gives only 30 seconds of play time ...

by Majed Athab on Jan 21st 2009 11:00AM

That's really 30 seconds of play time allotted to clearing a particular game mode. You see Yuusha 30 (not to be confused with Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida) from Marvelous is a "new vibe RPG" according to the leaked pages of Famitsu due out later this week. It has four game modes which revolve around 30 seconds of microburst gameplay. Though it's not entirely clear, we'd assume each mode would have multiple "levels" of these 30-second trysts because a two-minute game just doesn't sound all too enticing ... or is it?

Each mode will focus on different characters and will have unique gameplay. This includes a princess in a shooter, a fighter in a side-scrolling action title, a "devil king" in a strategy game and finally a knight in some regular action. What any of this has to do with one another and exactly how does this "new vibe" and 30 seconds of gameplay jive are all beyond us at the moment. Perhaps we'll know more once the new issue actually hits stores.

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Tags: Half-Minute-Hero, Hero-For-30-Sec, marvelous, Marvelous-Interactive, rpg, XSEED, yuusha-30

Reader Comments (12)

Strange but im hopefull it'll be a blast like all quirky japanese games...i still say they need to remake "I am the Chef" (english translated title...i dont remember/kno japanese for the original title)...that game was a blast!

Maybe mini games like the Wario Warez series?

i was thinking the same thing.

or maybe it's like 4 second frenzy on addictinggames

Yeah it seems like it's pretty much those with some RPG elements built in. This sounds really cool and if done right it could be pretty fun.

But how is it an RPG?

thank you! aren't rpgs about character development and are usually long, 30 seconds is short no matter what kind of game

Sounds like the same idea as that brought about Kimi no Yuusha for DS, which the aim for that was an RPG centering around short bursts of game play. Didn't specify 30 seconds though.