While we’re on the subject of role playing games on the Wii it’s an opportune time to mention Opoona’s release date. Koei will release a localized version of the (first?) “lifestyle RPG” on March 25. Opoona does have combat sequences and where your greatest weapon is the Wii Nunchuk. Using it alone, players select force [...]

I can’t say I’m caught off guard by this news since Koei was promoting Opoona with English materials when it was unveiled, but I am pleased that Opoona is coming to North America next spring. Usually ArtePiazza makes their bread from Dragon Quest stuff, like the Nintendo DS remakes. Opoona is a stretch from their [...]

The bad news is Opoona, the outer space game here you search for your family, has been delayed from September 27 to November 1. Koei chose to push the game back so ArtePiazza can spend more time polishing Opoona’s helmet and the gameplay.
 
The good news is San Goku Shi DS 2 got dated for November [...]

Koei announced they plan to bring Opoona out in Japan on September 27, a week after Sengoku Musou Katana. Opoona gets attention because it’s not like other RPGs, you only use the nunchuck to play Opoona and the art style is cheerful compared to post apocalyptic. After losing his family on a trip to the [...]

While Koei has emphasized that Opoona is a lifestyle RPG where you have to spend time getting to know NPCs, there is still a fair amount of combat. In the video below you can see Opoona use his energy bombs which can be done by a flick of the nunchuck and select force attacks from [...]

Koei has teamed up with Arte Piazza who used to create the Dragon Quest games before Level 5 stepped in to make a RPG on the Wii. Opoona has been coined as a “lifestyle RPG” where the player has to make a life for himself on a new planet as he searches for his lost [...]