Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow coming to DS in Spring 2010
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ Oct 29th 2009 at 2:30PM } 
Dubbed Blue Dragon: Ikai no Kyojuu in Japan (and published by Namco Bandai, which owns the majority of D3Publisher), the second DS entry in the Mistwalker's role-playing franchise stars a new protagonist, with gender, facial features and clothing determined by your input. Awakened Shadow is set two years after the events of the Xbox 360 game and finds Shu and the gang returning to Blue Dragon's "contemporary" RPG gameplay. Expect to upgrade weaponry, tactically change shadows and skip every scene featuring Marumaro.
Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow is scheduled for release in Spring 2010.
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NintendoJunkie @ Oct 29th 2009 2:34PM
I never played the other Blue Dragon games, but I'll take a look @ this one.
Autobot (Now with Vitamin D)! @ Oct 29th 2009 2:43PM
You don't know what you're missing.
Victor @ Oct 29th 2009 3:09PM
I tried playing it, but found it INCREDIBLY boring, couldn't stand playing more than a couple of hours. Maybe I'll give it a try later, I read in some sites it gets better after the first disc, but a whole disc of boredom is not exactly something to look forward to :T
Jerk Face @ Oct 29th 2009 3:15PM
Welcome to Mediocre Town, population Blue Dragon. The voice acting is physically painful to listen to.
NintendoJunkie @ Oct 29th 2009 3:23PM
Which voice acting would you say is worse? This, Oblivion, or FO3?
Autobot (Now with Vitamin D)! @ Oct 29th 2009 3:29PM
Secret option D: All of the above.
Nathan-DTS [He is your father] @ Oct 29th 2009 4:50PM
Fallout 3 had better voice acting than Oblivion. At least in Fallout, the beggars didn't suddenly sound like a king when asked something.
NintendoJunkie @ Oct 29th 2009 4:55PM
Nathan - I do agree w/ you there. FO3 does have much better voice acting. It is amusing how in Oblivion the beggar goes from "Can you spare a coin?" to sounding like a king as you said.
SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Oct 29th 2009 7:34PM
yea i liked the first one on 360. actually i haven't finished yet but it's ok when u get deep into it. it is pretty generic though so i could understand someone getting bored with it. typical turn based JRPG really.
Follisimo @ Oct 29th 2009 2:35PM
Bah I want this on the 360 and PS3 instead of the damn DS.
wii60dsgamer @ Oct 29th 2009 2:41PM
Only 360. Mistwalker wants nothing to do with PS3. They've said it many times before.
dark_inchworm (stronger than never, ever before) @ Oct 29th 2009 2:43PM
^ Did they really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs
bluetev @ Oct 29th 2009 2:51PM
I think they are 360 exclusive. mind you, this was in the good old days of 2006 when, as per 360 owners, FF was crap and Mistwalker with its collection of superstar RPG developers was going to dethrone FF. After the dreadful sales of Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon (both sold less than half that of commercial "failures" such as LBP and Killzone 2), they may change their tune and develop for a system where gamers play something other than crap generic shooters
Jerk Face @ Oct 29th 2009 3:17PM
Those games didn't sell well because they were both tremendously average, not because 360 fans don't like RPG's.
Jerk Face @ Oct 29th 2009 3:21PM
You know, I kind of feel bad for lumping Lost Odyssey in with Blue Dragon. Lost Odyssey was actually a pretty good game. I think it just came out at a time when the 360 didn't yet have a reputation for having anything other than shooters, leading to low public knowledge of it. They should have advertised more, probably.
Blue Dragon, on the other hard... Bleh....
Sega Uranus @ Oct 29th 2009 3:53PM
Microsoft owns the Blue Dragon IP, so it can technically be on anything Microsoft wants, buuuut I somehow do not see them putting it on the PlayStation 3.
I would really love a new Xbox 360 Blue Dragon though, the series has a lot of potential IMO, the only thing that held back the first game was because Artoon cannot develop their way out of ... Something that is easy to develop out of.
Rhamsey @ Oct 29th 2009 2:37PM
I wasnt a fan of the first ds blue dragon game. Hope this one is better.
randomguy327 @ Oct 29th 2009 2:48PM
is that child Hitler wearing the green dress on the right?
Autobot (Now with Vitamin D)! @ Oct 29th 2009 2:52PM
Yep, and that's Teen Goku right to the left of him.
NitroMikeo @ Oct 29th 2009 2:55PM
And Tai form Digimon far left.
Andrew T.S. Bedgood @ Oct 29th 2009 2:53PM
Microsoft has a bit of money in Mystwalker, so seeing a Mystwalker game on the PS3 might happen, but not any time soon. Also, Blue Dragon is a Microsoft IP, so that's a franchise that's never going to be on a Sony system.
What I REALLY want to see from Mystwalker is a new Lost Odyssey game... I'd love them to build that franchise over the Blue Dragon games. Lost Odyssey is one of the best games I've played this generation and my personal favorite JRPG ever.
Sega Uranus @ Oct 29th 2009 3:53PM
That's what SHE said.
Jason Statham (Has a ps3 now) @ Oct 29th 2009 4:50PM
Totally. Would be better if all the guys had HUEG MUSCELES and had guns and all the girls had HUEGE Tits. That would make it mature.
Akira Toriyama is a fucking hack.
TriviumSuffocationTheBlackDahliaMurderLambOfGod @ Oct 29th 2009 4:54PM
Meh to all the hate. I enjoyed Blue Dragon and Blue Dragon Plus. They weren't amazing or anything, but they were solid titles nonetheless. I'll pick this one up.
I hope Mistwalker does a new 360 RPG like Lost Odyssey, though, or perhaps a sequel.
Bloo @ Oct 29th 2009 5:56PM
I liked Marumaro.
There. I said it.
Twist @ Oct 29th 2009 6:01PM
Sadly Akira Toriyama hasn't designed a character in like 20 years now. These are just chibi rehashes of Dragon Ball Z characters with a few palette and head swaps.
SoshiKitai @ Oct 30th 2009 3:42AM
That's strange, if I remember correctly he made (drew up) another manga about some demon boy a good number of years back.
...I'm pretty sure that wasn't 20 years ago...
Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Oct 29th 2009 6:19PM
Considering the sheer lack of variety in the character designs in the one shot above, yes, Akira Toriyama is a fucking hack. I mean seriously, is this for Blue Dragon or Sandlands or even DraQue? Does HE even fucking know anymore? I bet when working on this game he has a simple formula to riddle this shit out.
"Is the main icon character a slime?"
"No, then is the main icon a bubble tank?"
"Damn, wrong again. Is it a pile of crap holding a spear?
"Yes, okay... I'm working on Blue Dragon right now. All right."