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Eternal Sonata - Making of Video

24/10/07 [1 comment]

Eternal Sonata has made a real attempt to move away from some of the more tired RPG storyline ideas, bringing new direction to a genre which is prone to narrative repetition. Learn more about the inspirations behind the script writer's decisions with this

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Eternal Sonata - Trailer Video

12/10/07 [7 comments]

As unlikely as it might have once seemed for a game based around a dying classical composer, Eternal Sonata has been receiving great critical acclaim. Next Friday's EU release should see it floating wistfully off the shelves.

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Eternal Sonata - Battle Video

29/08/07 [3 comments]

Some in-game battle footage from Atari's quirky-cutesy musical RPG. Monsters are looking suitably outlandish, whilst attacks seem to have the requisite amount of pyrotechnics. If our favourable preview is right, they're on to a winner.

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Eternal Sonata - Trailer Video

03/07/07 [7 comments]

An English language trailer for intriguing 360 RPG Eternal Sonata. Aside from the usual world-saving, girl-getting, monster-slaying action there's a distinct hint of baroque elegance to the game, as well as a surprisingly baritone Chopin.

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Eternal Sonata - Japanese Ad Video

29/05/07 [3 comments]

Eternal Sonata is attracting quite a bit of attention with its distinctly unusual plot synopsis and striking graphical style. Plus the press release from Namco Bandai uses the word 'happenstance', which we like.

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Eternal Sonata - Characters Video

03/05/07 [13 comments]

Still in Japanese, so not perhaps as enlightening as it may have been, but this looks like a healthy character roster. It might be hyperbole to call the game concept unique, but when else can you control a famous classical composer, with a freakin' sword?

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Eternal Sonata - Japanese Ad Video

27/04/07 [7 comments]

A quintessentially European setting rendered in an unmistakably Japanese style and a concept based around the last imaginings of the great composer Chopin sets Eternal Sonata apart from its legions of contemporaries. Play on.

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Eternal Sonata - Japanese Ad Video

26/02/07 [8 comments]

Going under the moniker of Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dream in Japan, Eternal Sonata is based on the death of Chopin, and the idea that fatally ill people acquire magic powers. A European release date is still uncertain.