If you live in North America and were wondering when you would be able to get your hands on the new iteration of Mega Man Star Force, well they just announced when you can get it. Well kind of. More a general season of the year. Summer of this year to be exact. But it is suppose to be early summer. So we may be talking June-ish if all goes to plan for them.
Also announced is the two different versions of the game that will be coming around that time. Black Ace and Red Joker. Each with their own unique items and powers. All of which you can swap and share via the built in Wi-Fi of the DS. Something they are hoping will help with customization of characters and such, which is all the rage now.
One more thing they have added, which is a first to the series, is what they call "Noise Changes." Something that will change Mega Man's form and unlock new stuff. Like 100 unique things on each version of the game. It is also there to add randomness to combat as well as encourage players to try out everything and not just play the base game. I guess we'll see how that works in the early summer time.
Black Ace and Red Joker Double the Possibilities
Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Mega Man Star Force™ 3 (MMSF3) for Nintendo DS™ will be coming to North America in early summer 2009. MMSF3 will come in two different versions, Black Ace and Red Joker, allowing two friends to share unique items and powers utilizing the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection, enhancing their individual characters.
As in the previous games, MMSF3 is a unique blend of action and role-playing game (RPG), combining the high intensity combat that is the hallmark of Mega Man® games with Star Force's strategic battle system. By defeating enemies and boss characters, players earn "battle cards" that enhance and evolve Mega Man's abilities and attacks.
New to MMSF3 are "Noise Changes," random enhancements that change Mega Man's form and unlock new abilities. The two versions of the game, Black Ace and Red Joker, each have over 100 unique Noise Types that can be combined with Mega Man to unlock elemental powers based on earth, air, water and fire. The new Noise feature will add an exciting randomness to battles, encouraging players to explore, collect and battle across the digital world of MMSF3.
In MMSF3, players will travel between the physical world and the digital world via electromagnetic waves that form "wave roads." Geo Stellar, the protagonist of the game, can see these wave roads through usage of his unique "visualiser" tool. Once in the digital world, Geo can merge with the electronic life-form known as Omega-Xis to become Mega Man. The wave roads are being overrun by mysterious "noise" that change the player's environment and powers in different ways. This noise is being generated by an approaching gigantic meteor that threatens both the physical and digital worlds of MMSF3, forcing Geo Stellar and his crew to fight the oncoming threat to save two worlds. Fortunately, Mega Man discovers that he can control the Noise, using the new "Noise Change" system to transform into many different forms, including the ultimate "Black Ace" or "Red Joker" forms.
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