This was just recently released in the US, after having a Japanese release under some name or other. It's a Taito game in the vein of Pokemon or Monster Rancher, where the twist is that you draw the creatures rather than catching them. Then it's of to the arena to face 'em off against each other for fame and progress through the game. You might have seen it in Edge 130.
Anyway, it is quite a good game. Your "doodles", as the creatures are called, turn out quite crap at the start due to a lack of l33t draw1ng skillz, but you do get better as the game goes on. The beutiful simplicity, and sometimes complexity, of your oppenent drives you to better your own doodles, and a few hours in you find yourself putting the finishing touches to what is definitley a bird, or Cloud, or, at worst, a big floating blob with sticks. I've just drawn a Pokemon-inspired blob monster with Colonel Sander's beard and tasche, with appropriate wibble wobble.
Magic Penegl is certainly the Deep Blue of defining the wibble wobble of your drawings. More often then not, legs, arms, tails and tasches are animated as you intended them to be. Every kink representing a knee, or an elbow, or a bent neck, is defined as so and your doodles move with as much grace or awkardness as you want them to.
The story does get a bit heavy, although I'm only about 25% in. Your progress is rewarded by allowing you to draw more body parts, and a more difficult opponent, not to mention some beutiful Studio Ghibli-created animation and more information on the backstory to the game.
Anyone else got this?
Edit: Spelling
Anyway, it is quite a good game. Your "doodles", as the creatures are called, turn out quite crap at the start due to a lack of l33t draw1ng skillz, but you do get better as the game goes on. The beutiful simplicity, and sometimes complexity, of your oppenent drives you to better your own doodles, and a few hours in you find yourself putting the finishing touches to what is definitley a bird, or Cloud, or, at worst, a big floating blob with sticks. I've just drawn a Pokemon-inspired blob monster with Colonel Sander's beard and tasche, with appropriate wibble wobble.
Magic Penegl is certainly the Deep Blue of defining the wibble wobble of your drawings. More often then not, legs, arms, tails and tasches are animated as you intended them to be. Every kink representing a knee, or an elbow, or a bent neck, is defined as so and your doodles move with as much grace or awkardness as you want them to.
The story does get a bit heavy, although I'm only about 25% in. Your progress is rewarded by allowing you to draw more body parts, and a more difficult opponent, not to mention some beutiful Studio Ghibli-created animation and more information on the backstory to the game.
Anyone else got this?
Edit: Spelling
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