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Lost in Shadow’s North American and Japanese covers compared. The Stateside boxart definitely conveys that Peter Pan feel this shadow-based platformer has, but hachi machi that is ugly. And the boring title text isn’t doing the packaging art any favors either.
Even with its strange text that sounds like a synopsis for one of Stephen King’s Dark Tower novels (“I rode the creepy tram toward the large tower that stood before me. With no idea of what awaited me.”), the Japanese box far outclasses its U.S. counterpart. I guess Hudson Entertainment thinks images of towers, however beautiful, won’t compel Americans to pick up Lost in Shadow.
Cross your fingers for a reversible jacket.
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Lost in Shadow’s E3 trailer. I thought this was now called A Shadow’s Tale? This title has been switched like four times now. Who know’s what’s going on over at Hudson…
Anyway, this video shows that Hudson has worked a lot to fill the game with puzzles, enemies, and bosses in the past few months. This definitely looks a lot more fleshed out (and fun!) than what we’ve seen in previous trailers.
Also, you get to listen to more of the game’s beautiful theme song, “Hinagiku” by Gutevolk. If you get a chance, definitely track down the 2002 album this tune originally appeared in, The Humming Of Tiny People. It sounds like an album Tiny would like, too!
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Odd Japanese boxart for A Shadow’s Tale (a.k.a. Lost In Shadow, Tower of Shadow). What’s so strange about this, you ask? If you click the image for the full packshot, you’ll see that the English text at the bottom reads, “I rode the creepy tram toward the large tower that stood before me. With no idea of what awaited me.”
What’s this “creepy tram” all about? And why would Hudson allow a machine-translated phrase to appear on the cover of its game? It’s a great box otherwise!
[Update: OMG, commenter Nerg points out that the description is eerily similar to Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. Could that “creepy tram” be Blaine the Mono?]
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See also: Story trailer for A Shadow’s Tale
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tags / a shadows tale / lost in shadow / tower of shadow / hudson / boxart / ecStory trailer for A Shadow’s Tale/Lost in Shadow/Tower of Shadow/Whatever The Hell Hudson Is Calling It Now. I think A Shadow’s Tale is the title for Europe? Who knows.
Anyway, I dig the plot, even if everyone else thinks the game is just Shadow Physics with an Ico/Shadow of the Colossus atmosphere. Hudson/Konami will release this puzzle/platformer for Wii this fall, which seems fitting considering the game’s autumnal tone.
See also: New Tower of Shadow gameplay trailer
tags / a shadows tale / ec / hudson / konami / lost in shadow / tower of shadowNew Tower of Shadow trailer. Several months have passed since we last posted anything substantial about this Peter Pan-ish puzzle platformer, and Hudson is now far enough into development to show off more of the Wii game, including a villain of some sort!
See also: Shadow Tower screenshots, Artwork from “Factory and Fantasy”
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Artwork from “Factory and Fantasy”, Wowlab’s interactive video installation from the Miyagi Museum of Art’s (Sendai, Japan) Occur2009 event held last March.
This isn’t related to the DS or Wii, but I like the art, and the silhouetted Peter Pan-esque scene reminds me of Lost in Shadow (formerly Tower of Shadow), so I’m posting it here. Deal with it. Here’s a video of visitors at the museum playing with the installation:
See also: Future Boy Conan, the Miyazaki anime that inspired Lost in Shadow’s art direction
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