Medarot DS

Medarot DS メダロットDS
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Genre	RPG
Platform	Nintendo DS
Developer	Rocket Company
Publisher	Imagineer
Release Date	JP: May 27 2010

Medarot DS (メダロットDS), Kabuto and Kuwagata Versions, is a Medarot RPG game developed by Rocket Company for the Nintendo DS and published by Imagineer. The game was announced on September 3, 2009, and released on May 27th, 2010.

Summary

Medarot DS is a roleplaying game for the Nintendo DS set in the future from the previous games in the series. The game uses a similar battle system to that found in other Medarot RPGs, with the addition of fully-animated 3D battles and multiplayer over the Nintendo Wi-fi Connection.

As with every Medarot game there are two versions, Kabuto and Kuwagata, where the version decides the player's starting Medarot. In the Kabuto version, the player gets the rhinoceros beetle-type Metabee, who specializes in shooting attacks. In Kuwagata, the player gets the stag beetle-type Rokusho who specializes in close-range combat.

The game's artwork, character designs, and manga series are made by Horuma Rin, the same artist that has worked on the series from the beginning. A playable demo of the game was showcased at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show.

System

Animated 3D battles similar to those in Medarot R and wi-fi multiplayer are present in the game. It has a 2D overworld, with faces for dialogs and 3D models for every Part.

The following features are included:

Medalias

Medalias are small gems that allows a Medal to get new helpful abilities. A Medal can use only one of them. They were released first during Medarot 3 where they could add new skills or increase the existing ones.

Medarot Album

Medarot 4 introduced the concept of Library, an option in the Medarotch that allows the Medarotter to know what Medarots he or she has or lacks, including any Parts he or she needs to complete the Medarot. This feature makes a comeback with a new name: Medarot Album. It also allows the user to shift between 2D pictures and 3D models whenever he or she has the Medarot complete. It also brings a description of said Medarot (by pressing the Y button).

Wifi multiplayer feature

Using the Nintendo Wifi Connection (WFC for short) and wireless capabilities, the player can either battle via Wifi, trade Medarots via Wifi, battle via Wireless and trade Parts via Wireless. Playing online Robottles will grant the player Meda-Gacha Coins, used to get random Parts, Medals and other stuff.

Medals

They have no attributes anymore. They are compatible with Parts that share one of their Skills. For example, Kabuto Medal has the Shoot, Snipe and Help skills. It means that it is compatible with any Part that has Shoot, Snipe or Help as their skill. The total sum of the medal's skills is the medal's level, so a medal does not earn experience points. The level cap remains unchanged, so careful planning of skills is necessary to effectively raise medals to their full potential. (No more 99 for every possible skill slot!)

Side Note: Medals cannot be named; instead, the Medarot's head part decides its name.

Parts

Parts have new stats. The legs part has:

Mobility (いどう)

Evasion (かいひ)

Defense (ぼうぎょ)

Melee (かくとう)

Ranged (しゃげき)

The arms and head parts have:

Success (せいこう)

Power (いりょく)

Charge (じゅうてん)

Cooldown (れいきゃく)

The head part also has "Uses" as one of its stats.

New skills

Set (しかける) and Help (たすける). Special (とくしゅ) and Interrupt (ぼうがい) have disappeared, all actions used against the enemy now have attack skills instead.

Medaforces

They are unlocked when each Medal's level reaches 20 and 50. Unlike previous games, the medals are only capable of learning 2 Medaforces.

Characters

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Medarot DS article in Famitsu

Set in the year 2033, the main character, this time, will be Azuma Amakura (アマクラアズマ amakura azuma), who somehow is introduced to the world of robottling with either a Metabee or a Rokusho given to him by Ikki Tenryou, the store clerk so he could Robottle. For doing so, he is given to a cellphone where he can install an application called the Medarotch (メダロッチ) (known in english as Medawatch), which can hold information about his Medarot. It is much like an iPhone, bearing resemblance even through the icons it displays.

• Chitose Asakusa (アサクサチトセ　asakusa chitose) is Azuma's friend. Her Medarot is a BCT-type Noir Katze.
• Taruto Benii (ベニイ　タルト benii taruto) has a Doctor Study and is also Azuma's friend.
• Sakura Ooshima (オオシマサクラ　ooshima sakura), has a Peppercat, and Nut Daitoku (ダイトクノット　daitoku notto) has a Kiethturtle. Both are known as The Willows. Azuma later becomes their leader.
• Azuma's rival, Kohaku Himuro (ヒムロコハク　himuro kohaku), who has either a STG-type Machairodus (Kabuto) or a KLN-type Maasai Moran (Kuwagata).
• The Roborobo Gang returns as Azuma's main antagonist.
• Arika Amazake reappears, giving the player a Sailor-Multi at the beggining of the game. She is still a reporter, and tells Azuma, Tart and Chitose about the existance of the Roborobos.
• The Kaitou Retort appears, this time with an Arcbeetle, a Saikachis and a female Medarot.
• Both Nae Akihabara and Professor Medarot reappear, the former having one of the Elemental Series Medarot, Flame Tisara, as her companion (instead of her last known Medarot, Clear Purée).
• The Referee is Mr. Uruchi.

Tinpets and Medals

New medals make their appearance alongside some old ones.

• Earth Medal
• Ice Medal
• Aegis Medal
• Kabuto Medal
• Kuwagata Medal
• Cat Medal
• King Medal
• Queen Medal
• Spider Medal
• Monkey Medal
• Thunder Medal
• Sky Medal
• Star Medal
• Stealth Medal
• Sniper Medal
• Devil Medal
• Tortoise Medal
• Doctor Medal
• Dog Medal
• Dragon Medal
• Dream Medal
• Nurse Medal
• Knight Medal
• Ninja Medal
• Heart Medal
• Hunter Medal
• Beast Medal
• Fire Medal
• Princess Medal
• Mermaid Medal
• Magician Medal
• Marine Medal
• Moon Medal
• Rex Medal
• Rocket Medal

Tinpets have changed their shape, for an unprecedent move made for this game. The first game that did a serious change to Tinpets was Shingata Medarot, specially to fit the new artwork. However, this time, the Tinpets have taken a new shape. Instead of having a regular size head, they have a small head, with enough space for two eyes. The skeleton is also thinner, likely to make it more versatile to new Parts.

Manga

The manga was released in September 18, which follows Azuma's story as a Medarotter. It is being released in the Dengeki Nintendo DS magazine. The first chapter of the manga was released on the official website in PDF form.

Prerelease

A prerelease sale was announced. Anyone purchasing the prerelease got a 30-card set of a new Trading Card Game. There are a total of 60 cards: 30 being released for the Kabuto Version, and 30 for the Kuwagata Version. Anyone purchasing both games could also get a God Emperor, a Dorcus and a Saikachis card.

Kabuto Version set includes:

• Gun-Nose
• Machairodus
• Belzelga
• Metal Beetle
• Hellphoenix
• Goughbullet
• Pure Mermaid
• Fly-Falcon
• Doctor Study
• Metabee
• Poison Scorpi
• Pretty Prime
• Saintnurse
• Frappe
• Maxsnake

Kuwagata Version set includes:

• Sanjuuro
• Maasai Moran
• Head Scissors
• Shoot Spider
• Kasou Touchu
• Arcbeetle
• Seven Colors
• Bluesdog
• Nin-Ninja

See also

• Forum post discussing the TGS demo

Links

• Official Medarot DS website
• Rocket Company official page
• News article about Medarot DS
• Horumarin's blog
• Medarot DS English Release Petition