GUNDAM GUY

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Gundam 00 Movie - Title Lame... I mean Name.

With all the excitement surrounding the recently released Gundam UC Episode One, the Gundam 00 movie had surely taken a back seat. But today I found that the title for the movie was announced... and it is set to be called "Gundam 00 - A wakening of the Trailblazer". It will be release this September in Japan.

First of all, the title seems to have misspelled the word 'Awakening', but then again it might be spelled like that on purpose... who knows. And I also find the title more fit for a western movie than a mecha movie. And when I say western movie, I meant those with cowboys and pistols. Trailblazer!? Come on.... who's great idea was that.

So then it begs the question... what the heck is a Trailblazer. In the Gundam 00 TV series, Setsuna was awaken as a natural innovator. So now are we expecting someone to be awaken to become a Trailblazer?...with cowboy hats and all!? Well, whatever Trailblazer might be.... I am sure is gonna be lame. And again, the only thing I am looking forward to in this upcoming movie is the return of good old Graham, his new Flag, and also those new GNX. Thats'all!

The image below has this new character with the white hair with a cocky smirk. Perhaps he is a Trailblazer. So I hope Setsuna will find that reason enough to kick the #*@& out of hiim.

Exia...no Reborn Gundam...no whatever...

I apologize for all the rantings, but this title for the movie is just lame. I hope we can expect some better news about the movie soon, and hope that this would not turn out to be another sorry excuse for Bandai to sell us more gunplas.

(Images from CyberGundam)

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

PSP: Gundam Assault Survive (Update 7)

Just a small update for the upcoming PSP's Gundam Assault Survive action game. The game is due out on March 19th 2010.

Every successful game nowadays hinges on the success of a few things. Ideally, a good game would boast a great single player playthru, and then a competitive multiplayer format that would extend the game's lifespan. In my previous update about this game, I was very excited about the multiple map paths of the game's single player scenarios; the prospect of being able to move back & forth between maps to accomplish game objectives is just fun.

But to be able to play this game in cooperative gameplay is just awesome. It was announced that the game would support a 2-4 players multiplayer game in ad-hoc coorperative gameplay (not sure about team deathmatch though). Playing a coop game will be very tactical & strategic if your team is to accomplish each mission together. It would mean having to delegate your pilots to fight on different maps and taking various objective points at the same time. If one of your teammate's MS need to resupply, then you better have the rest of the team to cover the frontline. With 4 professional real human pilots playing together, I can already smell my PSP battery running overtime.

Mulitplayer game can be configured with custom pilots that you and your friend creates. And you can select any unlocked MS to play each match... YES even cross series. (Sorry GVG Next Plus.... but your time with my PSP is over)

And with Xlink Kai, you can play with the best pilots from around the world!

I can't wait to form up my own Flag Fighters!!! I will be Graham.... and you guys can be Howard & Daryl. If you guys dies.. I will name my swords after you.

Battle Result from each multiplayer match will show all the stats and points. Every objective accomplished will be calculated into the Total G Fund. But at this time I am not quite sure if the G Fund would grant players to the ability to beef up their MS, upgrade weapon stats, player stats, and acquire new MSs. I assume that is the case, but need to be verified.