Ubisoft casts spell on LostMagic DS

French publisher will publish Taito's role-playing game for North America, Europe. Players "draw" spells to cast them.

Ubisoft today announced that it will be publishing LostMagic for the Nintendo DS in North America and Europe sometime in the second quarter of 2006. The game was developed by Taito and art director Yoshiharu Sato and has already enchanted Japan. Ubisoft has not yet released rating or pricing information for LostMagic.

The game is an action-based role-playing game with a twist. In LostMagic, gamers wield the handheld's stylus like a wand, using the touch-sensitive screen to "draw" spells. By etching out certain patterns, players will cast different in-game spells. Spells can be combined to create 350 magic combinations.

Players control Isaac, a young wizard set with the daunting task of protecting the world against an evil force. Using seven magic wands, not only will Isaac battle monsters, but he'll also be able to charm and command them and make use of their unique abilities. The game will also feature a Wi-Fi multiplayer mode that sees players challenge each other to spellcasting duels.

31 Comments

  • Mista_Sal

    Posted Feb 6, 2006 7:33 am PT

    This sounds like an interesting game. The WiFi feature sounds pretty cool too.

  • _shaft2000

    Posted Feb 4, 2006 2:41 pm PT

    I invite everyone to read the book Sabriel by Garth Nix it is a good book with the same concept as the game and i hope they give him his royalties for coming up with the idea first

  • s0l0123

    Posted Feb 4, 2006 1:19 am PT

    Finally, we need more RPGs for DS.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Feb 4, 2006 12:35 am PT

    sounds cool

  • vaejas

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 5:09 pm PT

    Looks like watching those Harry Potter movies will finally pay off!! Nice idea, but I hope they take a good look at Eternal Darkness and keep to a similar "logic" of how combinations form, to ease gameplay. Lordy, hexing out those Castlevania seals was confusing enough at times!

  • Tranceplant

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 10:11 am PT

    Interesting. Well more cool DS games is always good news. Especially for a proud DS owner like me..

  • klahasama

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 9:38 am PT

    Square-Enix has a deal with Ubisoft for it to publish some their games. Take Drakengard II for example.

  • EnforcerWRX

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 9:05 am PT

    Sounds like a step in the right direction. I would like to try it.

  • frankeyser

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 8:34 am PT

    i figure you will pikc your fav spells or the ones that are easy for you to draw. because i wont remember 350 different spells... i have lost too many brain cells over the years.

  • christhepenguin

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 8:33 am PT

    Sounds cool! Hopefully it isn't just like an extended tech demo!

  • LunarDuality

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 6:54 am PT

    Even if Square-Enix owns Taito that doesn't mean that they will necessarily carry the burden of any western distribution. This happens a lot -- where the parent company farms out the "worldwide" distribution to someone else while continuing to distribute the product in the home region.

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 5:27 am PT

    350 combinations? sounds like too many....... nice innovation though.

  • forever_blank

    Posted Feb 3, 2006 4:08 am PT

    That acutally sounds cool

  • DarkBigone

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 10:01 pm PT

    I think something like this might work with the Revolution controller as well. It'd be awesome and will really make you feel as a real magician

  • Kwiksilva

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 9:16 pm PT

    could be quite fun

  • andrewtyen

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 8:31 pm PT

    sounds interesting

  • cyprus646

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 7:54 pm PT

    YAY NOW I CAN BE JUST LIKE HARRY POTTER ON MY DS THANKS UBISOFT YOUR THE BEST!!!

  • eourgh

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 7:15 pm PT

    Nice!!! Another game to add to my watchlist.

  • GyRo567

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 7:06 pm PT

    This reminds me. There's also some game that is (or was and removed during production because it was too ambitious) doing something similar on PC where you TALK your spells and whatnot. Kirby Canvas Curse already spoiled this type of thing for us, I think. =) Still a way underused interface style though.

  • big_squig

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 6:40 pm PT

    I have high hopes, but Ubisoft has a bad rep for DS games.

  • timinator18

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 6:32 pm PT

    this game loos awesome. im happy.

  • bryehngeocef

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 6:25 pm PT

    wi-fi is limited to one-on-one duels

    no co-op or mmorpg...

    pretty good game, hard to play as an import though

  • Donkeljohn Site moderator

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 6:20 pm PT

    Drawing spells. .
    .

  • falco1029

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 6:20 pm PT

    yay another wifi enabled game. seems neat also. maybe a good jrpg that isnt fromt he tales series.

  • Nintendoc

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 6:19 pm PT

    Sounds like a good concept. Castlevania DS used a similar concept for spells, but it was more of a gimmick than anything.

  • m3g4t0ky0

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 5:50 pm PT

    Here's hoping the game is actually worth playing! I'm looking forward to it.

  • rbarahona

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 5:30 pm PT

    I've checked the Japanese site for the game and it looks really cool. I think that this year we are going to see some great RPGs for the Nintendo DS.

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 5:27 pm PT

    this game looks pretty cool,

  • Xpite

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 5:16 pm PT

    they do own taito. this game was prob already in development or something when square-enix bought them. i dunno

  • Bishna

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 5:03 pm PT

    I thought that Sqeenix owned Taito.

  • Orasion_Seiz

    Posted Feb 2, 2006 5:02 pm PT

    interesting game....

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