I dont know if anyone here has been following the progress of Wizard of OZ based JRPG (Yes it is as cool as it sounds) RIZ-ZOAWD but since I havent seen any news about it either in the cBlogs or on the main page I tought it was my time to step in a vanquish the ignorance that is present in this place.



Famitsu recently revealed a small number of new screens including a world map and some shots of the different areas. By the looks of things the world map seems to be split into different areas based on each of the four seasons and the emerald city plonked happily in the middle. The spring area contains a beautiful backdrop of cherry blossons while the summer are is much more tropical. The autumn section naturally contains a golden brown canopy of trees. The art direction for this game is, in my opinion, astounding. I love the idea of a Wizard of Oz RPG and I love what they've done with the whoel world as well. I dont know of there are plans for an english language version yet but this may just be worth learning japanese for.










Famitsu Article