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RPG Maker Announced for DS

October 15, 2009 in News comments 16

Have you ever wanted to just make your own RPG? Well now you can with RPG Tsukuru DS (as it is called in Japan). You will be able to make the characters, story, map, monsters, and pretty anything else that makes up a good RPG. RPG Tsukuru DS is planned to be released on January 28 in Japan. No US release has been announced yet.

Enterbrain announced a Nintendo DS version of the popular RPG Maker title this week.

RPG Tsukuru DS (as it is called in Japan) will allow you to make your very own Japan-style RPG, defining everything from characters and world maps to monsters and equipment. The tools are all stylus compatible, making the creation process a lot faster than before, and you'll be able to use the Wi-Fi connection to exchange game data with your friends.

In RPG Tsukuru DS you're free to create all your own graphics but it will also include over 800 character-building parts, 1500 map parts, over 150 pieces of music, and everything else you need to get rolling immediately.

RPG Tsukuru DS is planned to be released on January 28 in Japan. No US release has been announced yet.
Relient K via zentendo.com »
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  • 0
    chautemoc Oct 15, 09
    Holy crap. Gimme!
  • 1
    Tiger of Wu Oct 15, 09
    Has epic potential. But so have many other failures. We can only wait and see.
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    RaidenXS Oct 15, 09
    so it's like the LBP of rpg's? i don't get how you would play a level you create. you would know all the tricks
    • 1
      chautemoc Oct 16, 09
      Um no. Haha.
      RPG Maker has been around since the 90s -- it lets you create a whole RPG more or less from scratch. It's very comprehensive -- certainly not for the "casual" type.
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      Tiger of Wu Oct 16, 09
      Then don't make a load of tricks for it xD

      I'm guessing the play aspect would be from having friends playing your RPGs and you playing theirs.
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        chautemoc Oct 16, 09
        That's definitely part of it. I'm hoping this will also have some kind of WiFi support. If you couldn't send games, at least characters and stuff like that. That'd be so awesome.
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    Aussie Legend* Oct 16, 09
    Finally, a DS game I would actually buy.

    There has only been three previous ones
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    Province Oct 16, 09
    Oh My Gawd! I must have this!
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    MusiKon Oct 16, 09
    Don't count on this coming to America.

    Enterbrain isn't a big fan of us since the PC games are pirated very much. Awesome idea though.
    • 0
      chautemoc Oct 16, 09
      I'm not sure there's a correlation, or that Japan pirates any less.
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        MusiKon Oct 16, 09
        Possibly, but Enterbrain has actually called America out when there was high demand for a officially translated version of the PC RPG Makers. And the sales of the PS2 games that exited Japan haven't been all that great.

        While it'd be nice to have this game come to America, I wouldn't hold my breath.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Oct 16, 09
    the pc apps are really popular, but i don't understand why anyone who has it on PC would want it on ds.. it would only be more limiting.
    • 0
      chautemoc Oct 16, 09
      Limited might be good though -- could be accessible for the people who don't want to spend months (or even years) making a game.
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    Slumpy monkey Oct 16, 09
    They HAVE to make this compatible with the PC version, somehow.
  • 1
    Dine_Agoti Oct 17, 09
    I'm sold already. I loved playing around with the RPG Maker for the PSX, though I honestly didn't get too into it – I was pretty young and it overwhelmed me, haha. But nowadays I'd love to sink my teeth into something like this.
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    Shinobi_razor Oct 17, 09
    isnt this basically a port of RMXP?

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