Playstation 2000 Festival!!
Posted by @ 1:50 PM, EST
The festival is happening right now in Japan so tons of news and pics has hit the web:
I’ll begin with all the new screens:
Ridge Racer 5 Screens
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3, pic #4, pic #5
Gran Turismo 2000
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3
Dark Cloud
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3, pic #4, pic #5, pic #6, pic #7
Fantavision
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3, pic #4, pic #5, pic #6
Snowboard SuperX
pic #1
Extermination
This game was just announced, it is a "panic action adventure game" and is being produced by the Deep Space development team, which is made up of some of the original creators of Resident Evil for the PlayStation.
In this game you take the role of an agent assigned to investigate a laboratory that houses an entity that can corrode anything that gets in its way.
Screens:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3, pic #4, pic #5
Box art
Core got hold of box arts for a few PS2 games.
Check them out:
Ridge Racer V – front
Ridge Racer V – back
Street Fighter EX3 - front
Eternalring - front
Kessen - front
For more box art go here
Core also posted two pics of the PS2&box&multitap and some other peripherals:
PS2&Box&Multitap
Peripherals
Square and Disney Team Up For PS2
Square announced they will be working with Disney to a 3D action game for the PS2. The game is will feature Disney characters and original characters designed by Nomura Tetsuya (the character designer for Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, and Parasite Eve).
The title is supposed to be “Play Online compatible” (Square’s Online network thing), so it can be played stand alone or online.
It is schedule for a 2001 release in Japan
Here’s a movie taken from the festival, a smooth rendering of the Disney character, Goofy.
Movie(5.6MB)
Thanks to Gamespot for the info and thanks to Dailyradar for the movie.
Konami game release dates
Konami announced that three of their PS2 games, Gradius III&IV, Mahjong Yarouze! 2, and Eisei Meijin IV, will be released April 17 in Japan.
Thanks to Gamespot for the info.
Capcom Shows Off PS2 Titles
Gamespot also posted an article with some info on Capcom’s upcoming PS2 games.
Here’s a bit:
"After Onimusha, a new action adventure game entitled Maximo was shown. Mr. Okamoto said the game will be reminiscent to Ghost and Goblins, but in a 3D environment. The art for the game is done by Susumu Matsushita, the cover designer of Famitsu, the Japanese gaming publication."
Full article + screens
Some PSX game might look better on the PS2..
posted some interesting info.
A slice of their article:
"One of the features you'll be given when booting up existing PlayStation titles on PlayStation2 is to add extra texture mapping to the code. The bottom line? It looks better. That's pretty much all you need to know.
Unfortunately, not all games on the market at the moment will enjoy compatibility with PlayStation2's polygon glossing. The guy on stage showing the feature even joked, "You can have fun finding out which of your titles won't crash here".
Dead or Alive 2 impressions
From :
"It was enough to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Crashing along to heavy rock music Dead or Alive 2 was one of the catches of the show, proving to be far sharper than the Naomi version currently laying waste to Tokyo's arcades.
The fighter's motion blur was shown off to excellent effect, as were the game's castle and cityscape levels. Cinematic panning shots and camera work straight out of the movies in the cut-scenes made for one of the most impressive showings of the event, although some attendees claimed it looked exactly the same as the Dreamcast version."
La Vita Continua for PS2 announced
ASCII announced the adventure game La Vita Continua.
Screens of the game have appeared in Japanese press, so expect some scans on the web soon.
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