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Wild Arms: Million Memories Gameplay Revealed

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Aug 312018
 

There was a live stream today about the upcoming Wild Arms mobile game, Wild Arms: Million Memories, which included its first trailer as well as new details.

Million Memories stars the main characters of all the Wild Arms games, along with a new character named Brittany Shrewsbury. It will have many other characters, both new and returning, as well.

You’ll play through main quests, sub-quests focused on characters, and limited time events, so it sounds like the basic mobile JRPG formula. They also showed the gameplay, which puts you in control of a party of three characters, plus one support character, for… action combat?

Here’s the gameplay segment of the live stream, recorded by DualShockers.

Why do this? There are popular turn-based mobile RPGs out there, so why make the Wild Arms mobile game action-based?

So you’ll tap to attack, flick to dodge, switch between characters, and build up special attacks. It’s not entirely clear yet if it’ll be a gacha game or not. ARMs sound like the most natural place for gacha here, so maybe it won’t be too bad.

Still, it’s not what I hoped for from a new Wild Arms game. Maybe it will at least pave the way for a full (and turn-based) sequel.

First Details About the Wild Arms Mobile Game

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Apr 092018
 

In December 2016, we learned there was going to be a new Wild Arms game… for mobile devices.

It was announced as a reboot featuring a new story, with the original Wild Arms staff working on it despite it being developed by Wright Flyer Studios.

The trailer showed characters from across the series, which implied it could be a crossover game.

Now we finally have more details.

The Wild Arms mobile game is titled Wild Arms: Million Memories. Like we suspected, it features characters from throughout the series.

So, what about the original Wild Arms staff? Wild Arms: Million Memories is being overseen by Akifumi Kaneko, the designer for the original Wild Arms games. He is also credited as the scenario writer for Wild Arms 2 and 3, and the screenplay writer for Wild Arms 4.

That’s good news, at least. It doesn’t appear as though other staff members have been announced yet.

The official website includes a sample of the theme song, “Million Memories,” which sounds nice enough, although not particularly what I’d associate with Wild Arms.

I’m not sold on Wild Arms: Million Memories, but at least they’re trying something with the IP. Maybe this will be the first step before they make a full Wild Arms game again. Or maybe this will even be a decent game on its own, like our soon-to-be-lost Tales of the Rays.

What do you think about Wild Arms: Million Memories and the future of the Wild Arms series?

A New Wild Arms is Announced… for Mobile

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Dec 072016
 

2016 is the 20th anniversary of the Wild Arms series.

Fans of this lesser-known (but fantastic) JRPG series wondered if we might finally get a new Wild Arms game after all this time.

The last game was released in 2007 (localized in 2008), and the series has been quiet ever since.

Today, Sony finally announced a new Wild Arms.

…except instead of the full console RPG fans have hoped for, it’s a mobile game.

According to the translation from Gematsu, it will be developed by Wright Flyer Studios, but the original Wild Arms staff is going to work on it. It features a new story and is a reboot of the series.

I’m not sure how you reboot a series of standalone games set in separate worlds, especially if it has an all-new story instead of retelling one of the originals… but let’s take a look at the trailer.

The trailer begins with the upcoming mobile reboot of Arc the Lad, which was announced at the same time. Wild Arms begins at 1:01 in the video.

Anyone who has played the first Wild Arms will recognize its intro at the start of the teaser. However, it also shows characters from other games in the series. Is the image of all these Wild Arms characters together just an homage to its history, or could this mobile game be some sort of crossover?

Mobile games are not necessarily bad. Full games have been created for mobile devices, such as the Chaos Rings series, from what I’ve heard.

However, many mobile RPGs fall far short of console and handheld titles. They might still have stories (even if those stories are spread across a large number of missions), but a lot have a stronger focus on collecting characters to fight enemies with simplistic gameplay.

(They also have a tendency to require Internet connections, although this frustration isn’t limited to mobile games.)

We have no idea what this Wild Arms game will be like. It could be a traditional RPG with an all-new storyline and cast of characters, just released for mobile devices. It doesn’t have to be a microtransaction-fueled gacha grindfest.

But for a fanbase that’s been waiting years for a new mainline entry, this isn’t the news we wanted to hear.

Still, at least it proves they haven’t forgotten about Wild Arms. Maybe this mobile game is just the first step toward a full revival of the Wild Arms series. What do you think?