Zoids Assault Xbox 360 on Aug. 26
Atlus landing long-running mech-combat toy franchise on North American shores later this year.
Save for Operation Darkness and Spectral Force 3, Atlus hasn't made much use of the licensing agreement it signed with Microsoft in November. Instead, the publisher has announced a string of titles dealing in its signature genres of strategy, role-playing, fighting, or any combination thereof, for Nintendo's and Sony's platforms, including Baroque, Drone Tactics, Arcana Heart, and Izuna 2.
Today, however, the publisher announced it would be bringing at least one more title to the Xbox 360 before year's end: Zoids Assault. An offshoot of Tomy's popular Japanese figurine and anime franchise, Zoids Assault offers an interactive take on far-future, mechanized combat. In the game, two small nations--Maroll and Jamil--find themselves in the grip of a cold war threatening to turn hot in the aftermath of a larger global conflict.
The game offers both strategy and role-playing elements, and Atlus promises an extensive range of upgrade and customization options. Players will have access to a Zoid army of their very own, replete with biomechanical beasts of war, and must use advanced tactical thinking to outwit larger armies.
Zoids Assault is slated to deploy exclusively on the Xbox 360 on August 26. The game's official Web site has more information on the title.
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Developer: Takara Tomy
Genre: Sci-Fi Turn-Based Strategy
Platform: X360
Release Date: Sep 9, 2008
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62 Comments
@rollcat1
What's wrong with mech RPGs? Or RPGs in general? Square-enix did the Front Mission series for four installments and that's a good series! I've never played the full games but I've played a demo of Front Mission 4. And this is from Atlus so it's not gonna fail. How do I know? It's because I've played four of the GBA games they put out, a demo of Steambot Chronicles, and Arcana Heart, and all of them are fun. So don't go calling me a fanboy. I've been disappointed. With the cheesy Dragon Rage, and a couple mediocre demos. HAH!
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meh........
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That thing would be impossable to park.
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This looks promising, it's published by Atlus!!
PS: I got about 3-4 zoids robots when I was a little boy.
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Zoids was a great anime, but to this point has only had several mediocre attempts at gaming. It doesn't look like it, but hopefully this will be the standout game the franchise is looking for. Due to the press surrounding the release..... well, enought said. All in all I love the Zoids franchise, thought it was one of the best and I do hope Atlus is considering bringing it to the PSP, It seems to suit mobile gaming more.
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too bad the series ended in the US....
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to add to what Bionic92 said tails add balance animals balance with their tails Axeus is right it's not developed by atlus would be more proper to say it is being translated by atlus
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The need to make a sequel of Chromehounds. That game was awesome until people started using cheap builds.
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@FFCloudking: Its not developed by Atlus.
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nice, i cant wait to play this game, and good thing its be developed by atlus
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How about Mobile Ops: The One Year War.
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Loved Zoids. Just hope they can make the game good. And to rollcat1, they have tails because they are supposed to resemble animals.
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Aw, I want this but I don't have a 360. I love Zoids!
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I had these once! I got some Preparation H and it cleared right up...
Oh!!! Zoids....
Ummm... nevermind.
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A mech rpg game, I think im going to throw up. Give me Mech Assault! P.S. Why do they have tails?
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Give me a next gen Mech Assault!! I loved that game over Live when it was on the original Xbox
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i had a zoids game on GC when i was 9... wasn't too bad... but i fear i've grown outta it since then...
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"i just wish Microsoft would bring back Mech Warrior."
AMEN BROTHER!
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Sorry, grew out of Zoids, just like Beyblade and Yu-gi-oh!
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ZOIDS!!! I used to love zoids, the game will probably be garbage though
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lol zoids that is so 6 years ago
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When are they going to make a Zoids MMO that lets you make teams like Zoids Zero and battle it out online with a free roaming world? Cmon, guys. I swear developers are not ambitious.
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i guess this will be something along the lines of Front MIssion.
i just wish Microsoft would bring back Mech Warrior.
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i still remember where i bought my first ZOIDs before seeing the show.
since its a turn base strategy, i hope it has more ZOIDs and replay value
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The ZOIDs in this game look to dull as they tried to make them realistic.
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I loved the show, used to watch it all the time as a kid but I don't think it would make a good game.
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I really hope its good mecha anime games are like orgies for me but no developer for Gundam or Zoids seems to make good games for the series.
Only mecha anime game I've liked has been from the Zone Of The Enders Series.
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Which was the series with the white liger (or do they they all have the white liger) cause i loved that one! Never mind, its new century zero which im thinking of. Gotta get it on dvd some time
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Zoids: Caotic Century.... made me cry.
Zoids: New Century Zero.... made me jump with glee... great series, great fights, great ending.
Zoids: Fuzors... deserved the cancelation it recieved.
Zoids: Genesis... never saw it... kinda thought it would suck though.
This game seems to be taking a new turn though, but hopfully it's good. I'm still hoping for a good action game with the Liger Zero and the whole cast from New Century Zero (just called Zoids in America), built like a Gundam game, just faster. If this gets overall decent reviews, I might rent it, but I got to be honest, I'm not looking forward to this game.
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I used to love Zoids.
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pleaseee make a ps3 versionnn ahhhh
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FINALLY i LOVED THE Anime thank you atlus
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I like Zoids= I'll pick it up
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wish zoids was still on
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I saw a trailer for this while on my Japanese account. (I made it for the Eternal Sonata demo) It actually looked good and there are a few other RPG's over in Japan that might be fun to play. My only worry with this and Spectral Force is will they be worth the price. This will be better than Wartech, and probably more fun.
My main hope is Atlus includes some extras like artwork, a soundtrack or something to make it more appealing to fans.
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I hearted zoids growing up.
I even got that horrible gamecube game and probably enjoyed it way more than I should have.
But it was a lovely show and a game I might definitely rent
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ugh, give me a break
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snore
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its better then most of the stuff we have over here. anime ftw
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I liked Zoids as a kid....I think
Anyway I'll probably rent it..
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Thank you Atlas or unearthing a dead and crappy anime and reminding us of the suck.
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about time they released one over here on a decent system
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sweet jesus finally a possabliy good console zoids game i have the console for and it's realesed in the states
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The Zoids Anime and figure were EPIC. I saw the Trailer at ign. It looks ok. Hopefully they will have more zoids like berserk fuhrer. Im so glad there bring another zoids game back. Maybe if this goes well they will remake the Zoid games that havent made it to the US for the Current Gens like Wii 360 and ps3. I really want a new Zoid Vs. on the Wii.
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I kinda remember the show...
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all I could say is HAZE FTW!!!!!!!, and that this game will Flunk, because they had to make it a Turn based game...EVEN THOUGH IF IT IS GONNA GO OUT FOR THE PS3 OR WII
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Aw man, turn based? Well that just ruined it for me.
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omg I thought that said "Zelda" I must be going blind! LMAO! Phew, thank ****. lol I would probably kill myself if a Zelda game went to Live arcade :O
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i have played a couple of atlus games. when they say you can custimize your caracters, the mean you can custimize your caracters!!!! i'm excited to see this game. love atlus!!
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Wow. About time. Some actually decent Zoid game over here.
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