Feb 8, 2013
Kotaku
Nintendo is coming out with a new Wii U package, and it's full of zombies.
Starting February 17 in North America, you'll be able to find this $390 "ZombiU Deluxe Set," which comes complete with a black deluxe Wii U and GamePad, a digital copy of Nintendo Land, and a ZombiU disc. It also comes with a Wii U Pro controller.
This is the deluxe version of the Wii U, so you'll get your 32 GB harddrive and everything else that's included in the standard $350 deluxe package. The big differences: Nintendo Land isn't on a disc, and ZombiU is.
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Docile? Submissive? Bwah?
So clever!
No. Actually. I hadn't. Good thing you did!
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
I was then treated to something I didn't expect—the thing that makes me love the game to this day: a plot. I was introduced to my lead character, Akira, a girl who had just transferred to this all-girls school. Before long, I had a new best friend and had beaten up (and thus befriended) the most dangerous girl in school. From then on, it was an adventure to discover what had happened to my (Akira's) brother to make him try to start a school gang war.
As the game continued, I encountered more and more characters from other schools and, of course, fought many of them. But to my surprise, some of them joined my group instead. Moreover, they were more than just a note in the story scenes, they were playable in battle—meaning I had several characters to choose from before each fight.
At one point I encountered one of the villains of the game, Vatsu, who defeated me with painful ease. As always when I lose, I immediately began mashing buttons frustratedly to retry the fight as quickly as possible. And that's when the game stunned me once again: the game continued on despite my losing. While this was not the first time I had encountered an unwinnable battle, it was the first time I had seen such in a fighting game and it blew my mind. But that was nothing compared to the shock I got when I discovered that the opposite was also true: you could lose the game by winning a fight as well.
After a bit of panicky internet searching, my friend and I discovered that to avoid killing Daigo, he must be defeated in a specific way (a double or triple tech attack). I was stunned as it really struck home. Project Justice is a game where how you fight actually impacts the plot of the game. That's something that can't be said of most games, much less most fighting games.
But this is not a game over. When Batsu's former party finally catches up with the doppelganger, they find they are no match for him—until Batsu returns (at the most dramatic moment, of course) with a new look and powered-up attacks resulting from the secret training he's been doing.
Berserk is a franchise (in)famous for two reasons: compelling storytelling and ultraviolence. A dark fantasy, Berserk has its origins in manga but has been adapted into an anime TV series, three anime movies (the third of which was released late last week), and two video games.
For the most part, all the major battles from the manga are replicated in the game, with quicktime events often used to replicate the most memorable scenes from each fight. The cutscenes often recreate scenes from the manga frame-for-frame as well. To top it off, much of the voice cast for the game returns from the '97 Berserk anime. Simply put, it is very true to both the look and sound of Berserk.
power to create real-seeming illusions and lived within his own fantasy world—until Guts shattered it, in turn causing Charles to swear revenge. Thus, as the story goes along, Guts is forced to confront the illusions sent forth by Charles—which in true torturous fashion often take the form of Guts' dead companions.
The sub-weapons and spells, while numerous, are much more hit-and-miss. Guts' arm cannon and Puck's healing spell are instrumental in surviving the endless hordes of enemies. However, several of the other spells and tools are not. I never found the throwing daggers or crossbow particularly useful—nor Isidro's fire dagger attack, for that matter. And as all sub-weapons have long cooldowns after use, I found myself forgetting I even had them while waiting for the reload.
Thus to get from point "A" to point "B," I would have to literally carve my way through the masses of enemies—using the forward momentum of my attacks in lieu of actually walking to get there. That is how I spent the majority of my eight hours with the game. And while chopping up trolls and demons isn't without its charms, it does get old—especially when you're being constantly sniped by crossbowmen or other ranged attackers standing just off screen.
In fall 2011, the Japanese city of Matsudo 
