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Squee! 3D Dot Game Heroes is totally happening in the West thanks to Atlus, and there are a great many of us at Destructoid who couldn't be happier. A brand new launch trailer for the Western release of 3D Dot Game Heroes has been sent out way, and you can feel free to glance at it with your eyes right now.

I simply cannot help laughing at the shameless Zelda references in this game. While many have become enraged by what they view as a rip-off, I personally find it extremely funny. In any case, the game promises loads of old-school fun and looks absolutely gorgeous, so only a miserable skinflint with no friends could find something to hate about it.

3D Dot Game Heroes hits North America on May 11, 2010. If this game is not excellent, I will make love to a copy of Too Human.


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RenagadePanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 14:42
RenagadePanda
Hey...Too Human wasn't that bad. Not that it matters, because this will be amazing.
Tha Meat's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 14:48
Tha Meat
Is this going to be a retail or digital release?
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 14:48
Jim Sterling
Tha Meat,

Retail, as far as I know.
Messer's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 14:51
Messer
TooHuman was fucking excellent.
Drowning Rabbit's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 14:53
Drowning Rabbit
It's a retail release in Japan, don't see why it wouldn't be here.

Also, this is making me turn my Wii on again to play through A Link to the Past.
Tha Meat's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 14:55
Tha Meat
@Jim

Interesting. I'm not sure what it is about the game. Just feels like a digital release to me.
CaptainApocalypse's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 14:55
CaptainApocalypse
This looks irrevocably rad.
AfroWalrus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 15:03
AfroWalrus
Retro? UnRetro? ReRetro?

Looks cool regardless.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 15:06
Tubatic
I look forward to the account of your Too Human experience.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 15:09
Tubatic
Further, my miserablness and skinflintitude is no one's business but my own.
Nic128's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 15:32
Nic128
What do you mean wet pants? Oh right......
jawshoeuh's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 15:38
jawshoeuh
Ha. The Zelda vibe is pretty shameless. I think I want this.
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 15:53
Xhumation
I'll take 3 copies.

This thing looks awesome.
Pimpb0t3000's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 15:53
Pimpb0t3000
I will buy a PS3 for this, it looks beyond awesome! Time to bust out the top down Zelda's, I gotta refresh my skills.
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 16:32
Takeshi
There is no end to the awesomeness that is Atlus.
Gilgamesh1317's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 16:40
Gilgamesh1317
Okay screw the waiting, I should be able to import stuff by May. I hope this is retail...

Anyone know any good importers (from US to UK)?
linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 16:48
linuxguy
@Takeshi: that if we euro-africantrash don't get forgotten
MisterGrieves's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 16:57
MisterGrieves
I love how the entire first half is a blatant homage to Wind Waker's intro.
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 17:17
CocoJambo
Just go play Zelda, Jim.
MellowBunny's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 17:18
MellowBunny
This game looks too cute to pass up!

WHY IS MAY SO FAR AWAY!
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 17:46
Demtor
Awesome! I hope there are dungeons so hard, it makes people cry.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 17:58
Y0j1mb0
YES.
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 20:20
gamadaya
Wow lol that was sooo funny. I really can't stop laughing. I too find hilarity in things making references to other things. You know what movie you'd probably like Jim? Meet the Spartans. It's like my favorite movie! So many references.

Seriously though, what the fuck. The only funny thing about this game is the super giant sword, and ironically that's like the only thing that isn't a reference to Zelda.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 21:29
Jim Sterling
"Wow lol that was sooo funny. I really can't stop laughing. I too find hilarity in things making references to other things. You know what movie you'd probably like Jim? Meet the Spartans. It's like my favorite movie! So many references."

I pity those who dislike 3D Dot Game Heroes.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 22:32
Los255
Retro sexy!
Paul Soth's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 23:24
Paul Soth
I wonder if they'll redo the loading screens to replicate American game covers.
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/19/2009 23:45
ChronosWing
I don't understand the hate for this game? It's not like From Software went "HEY THIS GAME IS TOTALLY ORIGINAL AND DEFINITELY NOT ZELDA!". They have said already it's a homage to zelda games of old, so why get pissed like they are stealing your lunch money?
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2009 00:26
Tubatic
@ChronosWing

Me personally, I don't quite get the love for this game. Granted, working out a 3D representation of pixel art is neat. But it feels like pure gimmick, especially considering how much "parody" is going on. A handful of referential chiptunes and a collection of dots with no previous IP does not an instant fap fest make. I'm not feelin' the hype on this one, and I'm surprised there aren't more people that think the premise and presentation is thin. But whatevs, ultimately.

I'm interested, but not convinced that its going to be awesome, at all.
jase52476's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2009 00:51
jase52476
It looks more like Dragon Warrior art-wise.




It plays more like Zelda (from what I can tell in the videos). It's not a Zelda Rip-off.
jase52476's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2009 01:05
jase52476
@Tubatic

Dragon Warrior and Zelda were two of my favorite games on the NES. Dragon Warrior was the first RPG I ever played, and that I had ever seen. It was a totally different type of game that I had ever played before (I as 13 when it came out). Also, Zelda also had a huge influence on me b/c it's one of the first games I ever bought, and it had a continuous plot and linear quest (unlike pretty much all of the games on the Atari).

However, after the SNES came out, the art style and game mechanics continued to change in these games, so this game seems to bring back the feeling of those old games, yet it does something unique with it.

The games themselves did not look like 3D Dot Game Heroes, but when I played those games when I was young, I imagined the games to look like the same as this one. Somehow, the developers of this game were able to capture something that was previously only in my imagination, and it's exciting to see it become real.

I don't know about anyone else, but that's why I have been wanting this game ever since Jim put the 1st photos up of it.
kingtobo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2009 02:44
kingtobo
I could not be more excited. I need to get a PS3 for this game alone!
City of Dis's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2009 03:01
City of Dis
Somehow I would bet my pants are even wetter... the logo even has the same sword and ivy leaves from the LoZ title screen.
Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2009 08:50
Gen Eric Gui
"@Takeshi: that if we euro-africantrash don't get forgotten"

Remind me again why Europeans are still asking Atlus USA to print games for them?


Also: I love how people are complaining "THIS GAME ISN'T FUNNY" when we haven't seen any dialogue screens yet. Of course it isn't funny, you have to, you know, actually read the text for that.

I suppose I could say the same of the people who are claiming IT WILL TOTALLY BE HILARIOUS, but at least that side has the funny giant sword and the sprite editor allowing pretty much anything going for it.
Infinitys End's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/20/2009 09:47
Infinitys End
I noticed the people that claim "rip-off" are usually under 18. To everyone else it's "homage."
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