Hey everyone. I just came across this article documenting that a beta version Xenosaga Pied Piper was shown off at Business Show Tokyo 2004. It has a lot of cool information such as comments on how the cut-in animations in battle scenes were pretty impressive on small vodafones. There are also images associated with the article, however, they seemed to not been backed up on archive.org. I was wondering if anyone was able to save these images from way-back when? It would have been really cool to see what they looked like in their beta stage.
Source Article
Images that were saved from the event:
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Ok. I don’t know if this is a matter of me getting lucky, but I found actual images of Xenosaga Pied Piper being shown off at Business Show Tokyo 2004.
Source Article (You have to scroll down to see the images)
If anyone can help translate the images here, that will be great!
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I love how these pictures make you feel a time and place. Oh to be there.
Thanks for finding and sharing!
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2nd image, mtl says,
"This is a role-playing game where you control a large number of officers recruited by the Federal Police Special Operations Command to unravel the storyline.
Some characters from the home console game and the upcoming title Xenosaga Episode 2 Beyond Good And Evil, scheduled to release in June, will also make appearances.
The mobile version’s scenario takes place 100 years before Ep1.
Namco
*The image is from a work in progress.
(upper right corner>) 256kb application"
3rd image, mtl says,
“Xenosaga Namco
This is a role-playing game where you control party members of the Federal Special Forces COmmand to unravel the story. Some characters from the home console game Xenosaga Episode 1: The Will To Power and the latest title, Xenosaga Episode 2: Beyond Good And Evil, scheduled for release on June 24th, will also appear. The mobile version’s scenario is set 100 years before Episode 1. It includes several episodes not told in XS Ep1 The Will To Power or XS Ep2 Beyond Good And Evil. Created by Tetsuya Takahashi of Monolith Soft, the creator of the Xenosaga series, this game allows you to easily enjoy the grand world of Xenosaga anytime.”
Final image says, “Xenosaga’s original game for Vodafone live! Finally appears this summer”
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