Eternal Sonata PS3 Bonus Features Detailed

The game will also feature new playable characters. Crescendo and Serenade, who played a major role in the 360 version's storyline but were not playable, will now be able to take part in battle. Crescendo makes use of a mace and shield. Serenade is all about her heart-shaped staff. She's such a girl!

Those who love the game's characters will want to pay attention to this next bit. Bandai Namco is also working a costume system that will allow you to freely change your characters' costumes. Accompanying this is an increase in costume variations.

[RadientFlux]

I wonder if Crescendo rises when heated ;)

[MrWonderful]

i was gonna get this for christmas when i get my 360 but ill just wait and pick up the ps3 version unless it becomes downloadable

[Keowrath]

Seeing as this was one of the games Microsoft was going to use to try to get into the Japanese market it seems incredibly silly to release all this information about the PS3 version which from the sounds of it is going to be better!? Or at least have more content.

I know Microsoft have no control over what Namco/Bandai can say but still. With this version coming out it just kinda defeats the object of the 360 verion. I do appreciate that the american audience that want JRPG's and only have a 360 will get it but for a game that was supposed to lead the way into the Japanese market this seems crazy.

[GodofPeace]

AHAHAHA!!!! PS3 gets the better version AHAHAHA!!! where is that 50 million dollars M$.

Please commence to flame

[ElementX]

For being GodofPeace, you sure try to start a war.

[MalcomGrasley]

This game went from 'an amazing 360 exclusive' to a PS3 game with a gimped 360 port.

[capefearhollywood]

I dont think I can wait till 2008 to play this game and i was really looking forward to the 360 version, but now it seems pretty pointless.

[Devr]

Cool. Never really played JRPG's before, so this could be my first. It looks really casual.

[jax07]

To anyone that is excited about devil may cry 4 you are stupid, plain and simple, just dumb to no end. How many of these games can you play before you guys figure out they are all the same. It's like people are LITERALLY in love with this game and I mean that, in LOVE with this series. The only things that change about this game is the weapons. People say no way there are new characters in every game, yeah well guess what, every new character in every DMC game plays exactly like Dante so what the hell is the point of having them? They get different weapons that functions in the exact same way as Dantes does, you might as well just play with Dante. The combat is stupid beyond belief. Slash shoot and jump, thats its. All those styles are nothing more than asthetics. They have no real function. You don't need trickster to dodge because jumping out of the way of attacks works just fine, gunslinger is pointless because you can shoot your way through the game regardless. The story is so stupid it makes me angry. Why don't they go more into Dantes history or more about Sparda give something solid instead of retelling the same story over and over, demons ares being bad trying to take over the world now lets kill them. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb. Now you robots are excited because the new game has Mr. Fantastic with guns, wow big change. Dumb.

[Skerj]

Hey guy uh this isn't about DMC4? Can I please have some of whatever you're on?

[Mr VideoGames]

it will make up for the Crappy Frame-Rate and Graphics no one will want to Buy it anyway

[Ri0tSquad]

crappy frame rate and graphics? Why would any of these flaws be present in an RPG game? Stupid fanboy.

[Greysturm]

is a terrible thing.

Seems that just like dirt and graw the ps3 version will be superior at last they take longer but they are the better version.

[power of Green]

How did this get post again this is the third time.

[trane07]

Its in the ps3 section right? Why bother complaining? Because its something you don't want to hear?

"a 360 exclusive being ported and having less?! AAARRRRRGH!!!!!!"

[synetic]

lol xbox not only lost a exclusive but it will be also inferior

[DJ]

The PS3 versions tend to be graphically superior, and sometimes come packaged with even more content, i.e. The Darkness, GRAW 2, Eternal Sonata, Oblivion, etc. The situation was reversed back when developers were coming to terms with the hardware, but now that they're becoming familiar with both systems we're starting to see that Sony did a much better job both feature-wise and power-wise.

[power of Green]

Its the third time IDIOT...

[synetic]

the only idiot is you xbot ... always mad when ps3 have a good news

[power of Green]

It keeps getting posted because Sony fanboys are not convinced everybody knows but in reality now one cares.

It keeps getting posted fucin doesnt matter where its goes. What are like 14 thinking like that.

Its a Duplicate story thats all that matters.

I care because this is what I do I help inforce the rules.

[Silver360]

might as well just not sell in the USA at all. Don't care that it is on the PS3 just don't give me a damn gimped version. Less content = gimped.

Edit: don't really have time either with Blue Dragon and Bioshock have too much on my plate already and oh yeah Mass Effect waiting on that

[DEADEND]

Guys and girls this is off topic but you all need to see this its really important.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch...

[SJL480]

Very interesting but unfornately you'll never see this get any story time on n4g. I figured this might happen but hoped it wouldn't. In the end though I don't think it matters because fanboys can't be convinced that they're being cheated and if you have the other console you don't care anyway.

[razer]

Every article I've read has this message posted in it?? Are you really that insecure that you feel compelled to post this everywhere?

Maybe when a 360 game doesn't look better than everything on the PS3 then maybe you have a point but until then stop acting so desperate.

[power of Green]

LOL I get attacked just for pointing out its a Dup. lol

Have fun in third place with a POS over hyped PS3 lol, Now this deserves attack. 5X more powerful PS3 will crush the 360 when PS3 launches, PS3 will Crush 360 when it launches in Europe, PS3 will Crush the 360 when it 2007 AAA's come out, PS3 will Crush the 360 when the Price it drops. PS-Fee isn't doing sh*t but getting its ass kicked.

PS3 isn't as powerful fuc I can tell a games Multi platform from the graphics of the game.

Now you can attack...

[ElementX]

I'm buying the 360 version. I'd rather play now than wait until sometime next year. Two more playable characters are nice, however there are enough games coming out in the Spring.

[CrazzyMan]

i don`t know how you will find time for that...

x360:
BD
Halo3
PGR4
Mass Effect
AC6(for ps3 only spring)

PS3:
Lair
Warhawk
HS
Folklore
Ratchet
GT5:P
Haze
UT3(for x360 only spring)
KZ2:Beta
LBP
Uncharted
Socom
TC4

also:
Burnout5
Nfs
CoD4
VF5(fox x360)

well, i don`t know, when so many games are coming (atleast for PS3) this holiday, it`s better to get game in spring, unless you x360 fan.. and don`t have many games to play this holiday. =))

[Bigmac573]

And it was rejected by a bunch of jerkoffs. What gives?

[darkside]

ONE Reason Only: 360 fanboys. plus i want some free money from N4G lol :p

[jackdoe]

Some decent features. Getting good reviews on the 360. Should be a game to watch out for, assuming that FFXIII doesn't get released in Spring 08. That would suck for Namco Bandai.

[Figboy]

that even though the PS3 version will have additional content, it will *STILL be scored lower than the 360 version by ign?

mainly, "because of X Box Live and Achievements?" even if the port is 100% identical in gameplay and graphics, i guarantee it will get marked down 0.5-1.0 points for the PS3 version. lol

Eternal Sonata was one of those games that made me jealous of not owning a 360, and was pushing me to purchase one this year, despite my gaming budget (i really only have enough money to support one console this holiday season, as both are releasing some freaking *KILLER games for the rest of the year), but now that it's coming to the PS3, i get to enjoy it, without having to plunk down an additional $400 or more for a new system (i'd probably go with the 360 Elite because of the HDD space and HDMI).

Microsoft absolutely *NEEDS to start up a 1st party Japanese development studio, so things like this won't happen.

this announcement, i think, will simply keep the Japanese from purchasing a 360.

i mean, can you blame them?

should i spend my meager gaming salary on the console that has Eternal Sonata now, or should i wait a bit, and spend my meager gaming salary on the console that will get Eternal Sonata, Metal Gear Solid 4 *AND TWO Final Fantasy XIII games? not to mention Japanese hits like Yakuza 3 and Monster Hunter 3?

if i were Japanese, i have to say i'd go for the Playstation 3 also.

my comments don't mean that the 360 sucks, so fanboys, put away your pitchforks, i'm just saying that this kind of thing hurts Microsoft more than when it happens to Sony, simply because Sony *HAS US, UK, and Japanese development studios working on quality *EXCLUSIVE titles to offset the loss of exclusives.

"DMC4 is multi-platform? well, we have God of War 3 coming."
"Blue Dragon is exclusive to the 360? well, we have White Knight Story."
"Splinter Cell is 360 exclusive? we have Metal Gear Solid."
"Last Remnant is multi-platform? we have Final Fantasy XIII. *TWO of them."
"Gears of War is 360 exclusive? we have Unreal Tournament 3 on timed exclusive, and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune."
"GTAIV is multi-platform? we have Infamous from Sucker Punch, LA Noire is exclusive from Rockstar, not to mention they are working on *ANOTHER big name franchise exclusive to the PS3 also."
"Virtua Fighter 5 is multi-platform? we have Tekken 6 exclusive."
"Halo 3 is a huge phenomenon on the 360? Resistance and Killzone 2 are representing the FPS genre quite well. not to mention Haze."

the point i'm trying to make is that it doesn't matter when 3rd party developers try and share the love by releasing multi-platform games on the 360 as well as the PS3, because Sony's first and second party studios have titles in the pipeline to offset it, not to mention a few deals with 3rd parties for exclusives.

the 360 is selling rather abysmally in Japan. it's *NEVER good when an anticipated, exciting looking 360 exclusive suddenly goes over to the PS3, especially because, despite Microsoft's *BILLIONS, they still haven't invested enough money into 1st party development. they've certainly *BOUGHT a lot of quality studios (like Bungie, Rare, and Lionhead), but they haven't *BUILT any from scratch, on their own, using some of the best programmers and talent they can find, *WORLDWIDE.

if they truly have designs on being number 1 this generation, they need to take Japan more seriously, and devote some of that "phat cash" on establishing some 1st party Japanese studios. some 1st party UK studios wouldn't be a bad idea either. i mean, they certainly can *AFFORD it.

i like the 360, i truly do, but the fight it's putting up in Japan is a little weak, even with a strong TGS showing this year.

the pendulum is swinging in Microsoft's direction this time, in that, when titles were jumping ship from PS3 to the 360, that cast a lot of FUD on Sony, and whenever a PS3 title was announced as "exclusive," most folks shrugged it off like, "yeah, right."

now, with titles like Eternal Sonata/Trusty Bell, and games like Haze and Unreal suddenly becoming PS3 exclusive (timed or otherwise), Microsoft is going to start to feel that "yeah, right," thing, starting with Ninja Gaiden 2. the game is looking, in a word, *KICK@SS, but with Sigma coming to the PS3, and the Sigma team openly exclaiming that they are working on another Playstation 3 title, the Japanese may simply say, "Ninja Gaiden 2 only on X Box 360...yeah, right," kind of like those MGS4 360 rumors that never seem to want to go away, despite the assurances that the title is PS3 exclusive.

"but Microsoft is *PUBLISHING Ninja Gaiden 2." yes, but do they *OWN the *RIGHTS to Ninja Gaiden? no. who's to say that Sony won't pony up the dough to publish Ninja Gaiden 'Omega' on the Playstation 3, with development headed up by the same team that did Sigma? afterall, the Sigma team *CLEARLY knows how to make a sweet PS3 game, set in the Ninja Gaiden world. how hard would it be to take the art assets from Ninja Gaiden 2, and apply their own personal knowledge of the Playstation 3's architecture, and whip out a PS3 version 6 months to a year after the 360 version hits? my guess? it wouldn't be too hard.

Microsoft gets to have their cake and eat it too, NG2 hitting 360 exclusively for 2008, and Sony gets to have their cake and hit it two NG"2" hitting the PS3 in 2009, and Tecmo and Team Ninja *REALLY get to have their cake and eat it too, as the game is going to sell quite wonderfully on *BOTH the 360 and PS3, judging from how well Sigma sold on the PS3 (meaning Playstation 3 owners, *DO, indeed, like to cut some sh*t up with Ryu, and a sequel would most certainly be welcome).

back on topic, i'm excited about Eternal Sonata, when it was on 360, and now, definitely that it's coming to the one system i currently own, the PS3. both camps of fans should be pretty happy, really.

[daghost1125]

I was really looking forward to getting this game but since the p3 version is gonna be better why even bother. Personally I don't really if namco wants to spread the love with this game just don't give a half @ss game and give me excuses blu ray this cell that... If you really wna tot go there look at mass effect vs. heavenly Sword and lair. ME 50 hours of gameplay great graphics all on ONE disc. HS and Lair 7 10 hours gameplay with great graphic the point I'm trying make make the dam game right the first time or just leave the game on one console

[Barreldragon00]

You cant compare two different genders RPGs always have over 40 hours of game play while shooters and action adventures rarely go over 15-20 hours of game play. If you want to compare mass effect to something wait till FF13 or White Knight Story comes out.

[cleawrence]

PS3) (RPG) Eternal Sonata (Trustybell) with 2 extra characters.
(PS3) (RPG) Steambot Chronicles 2 exclu
(PS3) (RPG) Persona 4 exclue
(PS3) (RPG) White Knight Story will be playable! exclue
(PS3) (RPG) Star Ocean 4 exclue
(PS3) (TA-RPG) Valkyrie of the Battlefield exclue
(PS3) (T-RPG) Disgaea 3 exclue
(PS3) (ARPG) Folklore exclue
(PS3) (Trpg) record of agarest war exclue
(PS3) (RPG) FFXIII exclu
(PS3) (ARPG) FFXIII versus exclu

[Baba1906]

yay they are mayking disgea 3 ? omg cool =D cant wait