Square Enix teams with V Jump mag on 'epic' project
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Apr 22nd 2009 at 4:38PM }
Japanese isn't exactly our strong suit here at Joystiq, though one intrepid staffer has the ability to make those crazy shapes interpretable. And he's explained that the teaser for next month's issue of J-mag V Jump has some enticingly vague information about an upcoming collaboration between the magazine and publisher Square Enix. Out of the six lines of indecipherable glyphs (to our gaijin eyes, at least), he gleaned this gem: "Together with Square Enix, we're producing the next generation epic 'Project V!' Could your ideas become reality!?" For clarity's sake, the snippet isn't referring to that other Project V.
We're not quite sure our ideas will become reality, but we suspect we'll at least find out more about the partnership in next month's issue. (And if you're one of those people with the amazing ability to read Japanese, you'll want to head over to the magazine's website and look out for the symbol you see on the right.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Darkdoom123 @ Apr 22nd 2009 4:56PM
in b4 another 360 exclusives.
That'll piss off the readers.
SecretCow @ Apr 22nd 2009 5:30PM
Downvoted
Darkdoom123 @ Apr 22nd 2009 5:39PM
Likewise.
ballistic3188 @ Apr 22nd 2009 6:19PM
kingdom hearts with manga worlds instead of disney worlds.
sign me up... also port to USA please!
Insight @ Apr 22nd 2009 8:49PM
Kingdom Hearts.
GET ME OUTTA HERE
Geez, I will never understand the love that game, or most any Square game as of late gets.
Insight @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:00PM
Oi, usually when I say this I am met with immediate INTERNET RESISTANCE so I'll elaborate beforehand -
Kingdom Hearts was a pretty generic action game that started off charmingly but never really offered up compelling characters or a story that made sense unless you read the Wikipedia article. The gameplay was shallow to the point that the only thing that kept me playing until the end were the cameo appearances, and even those were lame as the characters that crossed over largely didn't keep their original personalities and even took on shitty Nomura designs. The level design was lame, and while the visual and sound elements were pretty top notch, overall I just didn't enjoy the game.
Olicon @ Apr 23rd 2009 7:42AM
I think it's going to be Jump Superstar with SQ-E characters thrown into the mix. Too bad it's not as recognizeable outside of Japan as Smash Bros, but this will be interesting.
Nael M. @ Apr 23rd 2009 12:52PM
V Jump is not the same as Weekly Shonen Jump. V Jump's mostly a video game-centric magazine with comics based on game properties like Yu-Gi-Oh and Digimon. You can forget about any of Jump's heavy-hitter series from making an appearance here.