Trusty Bell No More

Just hours away from the official start of the Tokyo Game Show, much awaited titles have begun taking shape. Before things get a bit crazy later on, NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. has one last announcement to make: the western market won’t find Trusty Bell: Chopin’s Dream anymore.

Don’t worry, they didn’t abandon the game or whatever. It still slated for release in 2007 only with a different name. To be officially known today as Eternal Sonata, the game’s premise is now more clearer. It begins in the deathbed of a famous composer as he drifts between life and afterlife.

Before he passes on, a perchance meeting of a young boy and a young girl occurs: girl has a terrible destiny; boy fights to save her; their actions change the course of the world. Let’s get it on!

Product Group Director Yoshi Niki shares, “Eternal Sonata will set a new standard in next generation RPG’s as it combines an immersive, in-depth story line that will draw the player into the game.” Bandai Namco claims to have taken full advantage of X360’s capabilities, that allow for gorgeous graphics, 3-D character models and a groundbreaking battle system.

Despite such announcements however, Eternal Sonata is still being surrounded by a slew of questions. It is quite clear, for example, the removal of Chopin in the title. Does this mean they are going to use a different “fictitious” composer? We hope for answers within the next days.

Just hours away from the official start of the Tokyo Game Show, much awaited titles have begun taking shape. Before things get a bit crazy later on, NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. has one last announcement to make: the western market won’t find Trusty Bell: Chopin’s Dream anymore.

Don’t worry, they didn’t abandon the game or whatever. It still slated for release in 2007 only with a different name. To be officially known today as Eternal Sonata, the game’s premise is now more clearer. It begins in the deathbed of a famous composer as he drifts between life and afterlife.

Before he passes on, a perchance meeting of a young boy and a young girl occurs: girl has a terrible destiny; boy fights to save her; their actions change the course of the world. Let’s get it on!

Product Group Director Yoshi Niki shares, “Eternal Sonata will set a new standard in next generation RPG’s as it combines an immersive, in-depth story line that will draw the player into the game.” Bandai Namco claims to have taken full advantage of X360’s capabilities, that allow for gorgeous graphics, 3-D character models and a groundbreaking battle system.

Despite such announcements however, Eternal Sonata is still being surrounded by a slew of questions. It is quite clear, for example, the removal of Chopin in the title. Does this mean they are going to use a different “fictitious” composer? We hope for answers within the next days.