[DS] Contact -- Quirky, Online RPG for the DS

http://www.allrpg.com/rpgnews/news_show.php?newsid=2470

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Contact has a small history here in the United States. The game was once rumored to be the Brownie Brown developed sequel to Mother 2/Earthbound for the DS. It is now known that Contact is a unique game unto itself that offers its own take on the RPG genre.

Atlus has announced the game for North American audiences and expect it to hit store shelves this summer.

"Contact is the rare breed of quirky RPG that attracts a rabid fanbase with its whacked-out story, setting, and characters," said Tomm Hulett, Project Lead for Atlus U.S.A., Inc. "I'm excited that gamers will be able to spread the fever to thousands of others with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection."

Atlus recently released press information detailing the different aspects incorporated into the game. Gameplay wise Contact will feature animal training, real time combat, monster and item hunting, and mini games. It will also feature artwork designed by Atsuko Fukushima of PoPoLoCrois fame.

The klaxon alarm is shrieking! Something is wrong! The Professor wrestles his damaged spaceship to a crash landing on a mysterious planet.

In the aftermath of the crash, The Professor discovers that the power sources of his ship, known as Cells, have been scattered across the surface of this strange world. To retrieve them all, The Professor enlists the aid of a brave young man named Terry—and a brave video game player known as you! The Professor and Terry will ask for your help during the course of the adventure, using the Nintendo DS to “contact” you along the way.

Will The Professor gather the Cells and return to outer space? Will you learn the goal of the mysterious organization that seeks to gather the Cells for itself? The future of an entire world has been placed in your hands!

With this and all the other DS RPGs on the way, DS is becoming the new SNES for RPGs.

Jam it back in, in the dark.