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NEWS: Mamoru Oshii Supervises Opening Movie for Phantom of Kill Smartphone Game

"Princesses. Imitations of the 'Killers.' They share the same blood. Several Thousand Souls. Several Thousand Bodies. All Sharing the Same Heart."

I just have this thought. Why does Japan get all the cool and interesting smart phone games with possibly amazing stories, while over here we don't most of the time (at least for me it seems)?

Well, probably because the developer and the Japanese licensor think there's no market in the US for this game. This is just my 2 cents.

Mamoru Oshii Supervises Opening Movie for Phantom of Kill Smartphone Game

I just have this thought. Why does Japan get all the cool and interesting smart phone games with possibly amazing stories, while over here we don't most of the time (at least for me it seems)? I might consider playing games on my smart phone if we have games such as this license.

Anyway the concept of this game's story is neat, and the fact that the main characters are name after legendary weapons is interesting...could their be a link to them and those said weapons, because I just get the feeling there could be a link between the two. The tagline seems to hint about this.

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"Princesses. Imitations of the 'Killers.' They share the same blood. Several Thousand Souls. Several Thousand Bodies. All Sharing the Same Heart."

By "imitations of the killers" it could be referring to them imitating their respective name of those legendary weapons. By "they share the same blood" could be referring to they are link by the fact they are all weapons in the end. "Several Thousand Souls. Several Thousand Bodies." could be referring to all the people they have slain over the years. Lastly the "all sharing the same heart" could be they all share the same conviction whatever that may be. Of course all of this is just an hypothesis, and I wouldn't know until either I have played game (somehow) or watch a possible let's play of it (if I ever decide to).

On another note I like the promotional art with it's cool, bright colors and the character designs are stylized (which I like personally). I could give a full critique of the cover art, but I have things to do so I would leave it at that.

I checked out the website and I find it cool at you can see the animation unfolding on the front page while sobering music is playing (even though it repeats itself constantly as the music plays until the music itself stops). I never seen something like that done on a webpage before so kuddos to whoever design the website.

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I just have this thought. Why does Japan get all the cool and interesting smart phone games with possibly amazing stories, while over here we don't most of the time (at least for me it seems)? I might consider playing games on my smart phone if we have games such as this license. Anyway the concept of this game's story is neat, and the fact that the main characters are name after legendary weapons is interesting...could their be a link to them and those said weapons, because I just get the feeling there could be a link between the two. The tagline seems to hint about this. Quote: "Princesses. Imitations of the 'Killers.' They share the same blood. Several Thousand Souls. Several Thousand Bodies. All Sharing the Same Heart." By "imitations of the killers" it could be referring to them imitating their respective name of those legendary weapons. By "they share the same blood" could be referring to they are link by the fact they are all weapons in the end. "Several Thousand Souls. Several Thousand Bodies." could be referring to all the people they have slain over the years. Lastly the "all sharing the same heart" could be they all share the same conviction whatever that may be. Of course all of this is just an hypothesis, and I wouldn't know until either I have played game (somehow) or watch a possible let's play of it (if I ever decide to). On another note I like the promotional art with it's cool, bright colors and the character designs are stylized (which I like personally). I could give a full critique of the cover art, but I have things to do so I would leave it at that. I checked out the website and I find it cool at you can see the animation unfolding on the front page while sobering music is playing (even though it repeats itself constantly as the music plays until the music itself stops). I never seen something like that done on a webpage before so kuddos to whoever design the website.

Yeah the same thing springs to mind. They get these sorts of apps that get updates and storylines that go along with some really nice looking artwork and what looks like moderately involving gameplay and then we get stuff like Angry Birds and....what else is popular in the cell phone market anyway.

It's not just Cell Phone apps though, lately it looks like the PS Vita and 3DS JRPG market is booming over there while we're only getting a casual taste of it with things like Bravely Default and the upcoming Persona Q.

Then again the idea of battle princesses is such a uniquely Japanese concept that I wonder if people would just misinterpret the idea. See when an average Westerner thinks of "Princess" or princess like character they typically think damsel in distress that's nothing more than just a pretty face to act as a plot device whereas the term "Hime" kind of has multiple connotations in Japan ranging from the traditional ideal of royalty to person of great authority, charisma, ability and inspiration in general. The question then becomes how do you market something like this to a Western audience that is going to associate the idea with something more girlish more than likely.

Yeah the same thing springs to mind. They get these sorts of apps that get updates and storylines that go along with some really nice looking artwork and what looks like moderately involving gameplay and then we get stuff like Angry Birds and....what else is popular in the cell phone market anyway.

It's not just Cell Phone apps though, lately it looks like the PS Vita and 3DS JRPG market is booming over there while we're only getting a casual taste of it with things like Bravely Default and the upcoming Persona Q.

Then again the idea of battle princesses is such a uniquely Japanese concept that I wonder if people would just misinterpret the idea. See when an average Westerner thinks of "Princess" or princess like character they typically think damsel in distress that's nothing more than just a pretty face to act as a plot device whereas the term "Hime" kind of has multiple connotations in Japan ranging from the traditional ideal of royalty to person of great authority, charisma, ability and inspiration in general. The question then becomes how do you market something like this to a Western audience that is going to associate the idea with something more girlish more than likely.

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Mamoru Oshii Supervises Opening Movie for Phantom of Kill Smartphone Game

...Annnd, it's twenty minutes of discussing the nature of Reality.