Astro Boy

[Andy]

Havok = teh goodness.

[§eraphim]

Sounds sweet, but I seriously doubt it going anywhere outside Japan.

[perkyskirt]

It'll come out here

[sggg]

Astro Boy is fairly well known in NA. Manga and anime are very popular/trendy these days. Plus, Sega has already formally announced Dororo - their other big Tezuka game - for NA, so I don't see any reason why this game (or the GBA version) would not be released outside of Japan. The only potential hang up would be a licensing issue, but I think Sega's rights to the Tezuka properties are worldwide so until I hear otherwise I am going to expect both Astro Boy games to make it to NA.

[sggg]

Official website:
* http://www.sonicteam.com/atom/

There are a lot of goodies there, including wallpapers, artwork, and new screens.

Yum.

[Green]

Looking good. Don't know if these were posted or not-
http://www.the-magicbox.com/game120103g.shtml

I hope this game is a huge success, mainly because I want to see more games use Havok engine-grade physics. There's alot of posibilities for innovate game design besides floppy character models.

[sggg]

I have never played a game that used the Havok 2 game engine (not my kind of games), but judging by people's reactions to the news it seems to be a good thing. Would anyone like to explain exactly what's so good about it?




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* http://ps2.ign.com/articles/442/442568p1.html

^ IGN has a hands-on.

[Shapermc]

Well since it looks like this link never got posted, I though I would share.

http://www.sega.co.jp/gba/atom/

There are a few videos, but the first one has the most gameplay in it. I will definatly be getting this, but the PS2 one might not be as good...

http://www.sega.co.jp/ps2/astroboy/

[Frogacuda]

Well since it looks like this link never got posted, I though I would share.

http://www.sega.co.jp/gba/atom/

This was posted in the thread for the GBA game, but while we're at it, I mirrored the video for people who have trouble with the 500k streaming version. Right Click and Save As. The game looks so good.

[Bacon McShig]

Sounds sweet, but I seriously doubt it going anywhere outside Japan.

The new Astro Boy animated series will be airing on Saturday mornings soon (can't remember if it's Fox or WB, but I saw a bit of it in a commercial). So I'd say odds are pretty good, actually.