Game name ident

[Mayhem]

What's the name of the Capcom game where you crash land on Earth as a blue alien and have to disguise yourself and do objectives without anyone discovering you're an alien? Can't bloody remember off hand! Also is it Japan only at the mo?

[jimtendo]

Meiwaku Seijin: Panic Maker - JPN
Under the Skin - USA (not yet released. Pretty soon)

[yashiro]

'Under the Skin' seems to be the euro name for it. It's on Capcom Europe's site so will probably get a PAL release. (October perhaps)

http://www.capcom.co.jp/panic/english.html

[Mayhem]

Cheers guys

One other quick Q... anyone played Typing of the Dead the Japanese version? If so, is the typing in Japanese or English?

[The Raeven]

"Quick" answer:

The Japanese version of the typing of the dead is in japanese.
This means that playing the game is possible. About 95% of the time there are no "strange" characters around and you simply type the words displayed.
Offcrouse to us, the words don't seem real at all, more like a random letter generator doing its stuff (I know, not random - japanese).

Because of this the game is still enjoyable, but since you cannot really memorize a real English word, but a rather a collection of letters, the game is much harder to beat.
Ehm, the fact that it is much harder is also contributed by the fact that some characters are ehm impossible of just annoying to find.

My advice: Stick with the US (or PAL?) release of the game.

[Mayhem]

I thought as much, just wanted to check. There is no European version of the game, just US. Doing an article on best uniquely Japanesey games and wanted to check that if most people wanted to play it properly, they'd have to get the US release.

[Flabio]

There was an EU version of Typing of the Dead on the PC, but I don't think the DC one ever appeared.