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Japanese gamers who purchased Dragon Quest VII last week were treated with a special bonus DVD by Square Enix. This DVD was packed with trailers for the company's upcoming games. What particularly stands out on this DVD is a mysterious trailer for an even more mysterious previously unannounced gamed. This game is tentatively titled Code Age.

The only solid fact known about the game is that Yusuke Naora, previously of Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, VIII, and X, and The Bouncer fame, will be the game's director. Not even the console(s) that this title will appear on are known. It is listed under "New" for its platform which at least seems to point to the next gen consoles.

As stated already, the trailer is more than a little mysterious. Square Enix call the game a "New Concept Brand." Absolutely nothing is said concerning the gameplay.

Here is a transcript of the trailer's narration (thanks to GamesAreFun):
"Deep, deep into the sea where light cannot reach,

The environment is severe beyond imagination.

One fish evolved its eyes to seek for light.

Another fish evolved its mouth to seek food and to survive.

Mankind escaped from evolution by crawling out of the water and reshaping its environment.

Everyone was dreaming of a bright future,

But that was abandoned by a new world order.

This is a story about people that were once human.

This is a story about people that continued to be human.

Code Age.

[Our] heart was screaming,

Evolve if you want to survive. "

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It will be interesting to see what genre this game falls into, or if it attempts to create its own. If the game is anything like EVO: Search for Eden, then I'm very intrigued. I wish I had some free time to play EVO right now.

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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

Yeah, that just screams throwbacks to EVO, doesn't it? I have to say I never got into that game that much myself, but it was a cool concept. Nice find.

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

Sound mysterious to say the least. I won't be getting a next gen system but it sounds like it has potential. Then again all games do at that stage of deveopment. So, what's the point of this being in news? We don't even know what kind of game it is. It might just be another FF VII spinoff for all we know. . . Anyways, that trasnscript reminds me of the legend in FF IV. You know, the one that always appeared in a seaperate blue screen for some reason. I would like to know when there is more info, I will be driven crazy with theories in my head untill I do now. Oh well, I guess that is why it was put in news. Maybe Go. . Never mind.

This post has been edited by Tonepoet on 3rd December 2004 19:29

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Role reversal at its finest.

Code Age, eh? If humankind stumbles through another 200 years of existence, historians will certainly lable these days the Code Age.

If the game is as intruiging as the title, I'll be highly impressed by it. That little text trailer didn't really impress me, though.

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The Collapse of Heaven and Earth

Ugh...this REALLY feels like a Matrix ripoff. Replace the AIs with some evil empire or something, maybe megacorporations. If they can make it more Shadowrun-esque than Matrix-ripoff-esque it's going to be VERY good. This one's either going to REALLY rock or utterly, UTTERLY bomb. Now since this is Square-Enix we're talking about, I'll bet my bottom dollar that they're going to drop another bomb.

The trailer makes it sound original...Nice try Square / Enix, but I know better by now.

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"That Light has bestowed upon me the greatest black magic!"