Medarot DS
| Medarot DS メダロットDS | |
| File:MedarotDS-logo.jpg | |
| 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 balls that allows a Medal to get newer or better stats. A Medal can use up to three of them. They were released first during Medarot 3 as part of the new system.
- 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 Set skills. It means that it is compatible with any Part that has Shoot, Snipe or Set as their skill. The total sum of the medal's skills is the medal's level, so a medal does not earn experience points.
- Parts
- Parts have new stats. The legs part has:
- Mobility (いどう)
- Evasion (かいひ)
- Defense (ぼうぎょ)
- Fighting (かくとう)
- Shooting (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).
- Medaforces
- They are unlocked when each Medal's level reaches 20 and 50. A Medal, though, learns only two Medaforces, unlike before.
Characters
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. Other characters are Sakura Ooshima (オオシマサクラ ooshima sakura), who has a Peppercat; Nut Daitoku (ダイトクノット daitoku notto) who has a Kiethturtle; Taruto Benii (ベニイ タルト benii taruto) who has a Doctor Study; and 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. Unlike Medarot 3 and Medarot 4, her Medarot is Sailor-Multi, the original Brass. She is still a reporter, and tells Azuma, Tart and Chitose about the existance of the Roborobos. It is also known that Ikki's Metabee took a new KBT body: Arcbeetle.
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). Also, this game's Referee is Mr. Uruchi.
Confirmed Medarots
Tinpets and Medals
New medals make their appearance. Confirmed medals with their characteristics are:
- Kabuto Medal
- Compatible: Power
- Starting skills: Shoot/Snipe/Help
- Preffered legs: Bipedal
- Medaforce 1: Full Burst (フルバースト)
- Medaforce 2: Berserk (バーサーク)
- Kuwagata Medal
- Compatible: Speed
- Starting skills: Strike/Berserk/Help
- Preffered legs: Bipedal
- Medaforce 1: Bamboo Slash (カラタケワリ karatakewari)
- Medaforce 2: Side Slash (サイドスラッシュ)
- Heart Medal
- Compatible: Unknown
- Starting skills: Shoot/Snipe/Help
- Preffered legs: Bipedal
- Medaforce 1: Hyper Repair (ハイパーリペア)
- Medaforce 2: Unknown
- Knight Medal
- Compatible: Unknown
- Starting skills: Unknown
- Preffered legs: Unknown
- Medaforce 1: Inpregnable (インプレグナブル)
- Medaforce 2: Unknown
- Marine Medal
- Compatible: Speed
- Starting skills: Snipe/Heal/Help
- Preffered legs: Swimming
- Medaforce 1: Unknown
- Medaforce 2: Unknown
- God Medal
- Compatible: Random
- Starting skills: Berserk/Snipe/Interrupt
- Preffered legs: Vehicle
- Medaforce 1: Unknown
- Medaforce 2: Unknown
- Mermaid Medal
- Compatible: Assist
- Starting skills: Unknown
- Preffered legs: Unknown
- Medaforce 1: Unknown
- Medaforce 2: Unknown
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
Gameplay videos
Videos of the 2009 TGS demo (courtesy of Akei):
