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July 8, 2008

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Song Summoner: world’s first musical RPG?

Posted Jul. 8, ’08, 9:18 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Games

Song SummonerAs we scour the web for Mac and Apple news day in and day out, we come across a number of very odd things. Among the weirdest I’ve encountered recently is Square Enix’s new RPG, Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes (iTunes link). Square Enix is best known for its Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest (aka Dragon Warrior) series of role-playing games dating back to the original Nintendo.

So it’s kind of a surprise to see that Song Summoner is an RPG for the iPod. And no, we’re not talking the fancy-schmancy iPod touch or the iPhone—we’re talking the iPod classic, 3G iPod nano, and fifth-generation iPod with video. Surely you remember those.

Even stranger, the conceit of the game itself, which sees you transforming your music tracks into Tune Troopers to fight with you against the evil Mechanical Militia in an attempt to save your brother. That’s right, in this battle “Back in Black” or “Highway Star” just may be your best hope. You can even level up your characters just by listening to the track that they have been created from.

It’s original, we’ll give them that, though we are a bit skeptical about how well an RPG plays on the iPod’s Click Wheel. Still, the whole game can be yours for a meager $5 on the iTunes Store. Get it before the barrage of iPhone and iPod touch games descend upon us all.

[via Macworld and Joystiq]


1 Comments

Christopher said:

An interesting game, it seems, but not the first RPG musical: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody:_A_Musical_Adventure

July 9, 2008 5:12 AM

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