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New From Square Enix: Sigma Harmonics
An original adventure from the folks behind Dirge of Cerberus.
by John Tanaka

March 26, 2008 - Square Enix has an all new game in the works for the DS. First featured in this week's Famitsu is Sigma Harmonics, an original adventure set for Japanese release this summer.
A bit removed from a typical Square Enix game, Sigma Harmonics has a somewhat dark art style, looking a bit like the Persona series. Even the plot is a bit twisted. You play as Sigma, a normal every day student. One day, someone rewrites your past, causing some major chaos with all areas of your present. Working with your friend Neon, you've got to use your puzzle solving skills to return your world to normal.
Sigma Harmonics offers a mix of RPG and adventure gameplay. As you explore and conduct detective work, you make use of a new type of progression system that's being kept under wraps right now. All we know is that it involves more than just selecting your path, and it does use the stylus.
On the RPG side of things, as you explore, you end up facing off against enemies in battles. We're not sure of the specifics, but it seems that Neon does all the fighting in these sequences, with Sigma standing in back and issuing commands. Clearing battles earns you experience, which you can use to build up your characters.
This latest DS title from Square Enix has some major names behind it. The game is being produced by Yoshinori Kitase and directed by Hiroki Chiba and will feature character designs by Yusaku Nakaaki. The common link between Hiroki Chiba and Nakaaki is Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus. Development on Sigma Harmonics is currently at 60%.
An original adventure from the folks behind Dirge of Cerberus.
by John Tanaka

March 26, 2008 - Square Enix has an all new game in the works for the DS. First featured in this week's Famitsu is Sigma Harmonics, an original adventure set for Japanese release this summer.
A bit removed from a typical Square Enix game, Sigma Harmonics has a somewhat dark art style, looking a bit like the Persona series. Even the plot is a bit twisted. You play as Sigma, a normal every day student. One day, someone rewrites your past, causing some major chaos with all areas of your present. Working with your friend Neon, you've got to use your puzzle solving skills to return your world to normal.
Sigma Harmonics offers a mix of RPG and adventure gameplay. As you explore and conduct detective work, you make use of a new type of progression system that's being kept under wraps right now. All we know is that it involves more than just selecting your path, and it does use the stylus.
On the RPG side of things, as you explore, you end up facing off against enemies in battles. We're not sure of the specifics, but it seems that Neon does all the fighting in these sequences, with Sigma standing in back and issuing commands. Clearing battles earns you experience, which you can use to build up your characters.
This latest DS title from Square Enix has some major names behind it. The game is being produced by Yoshinori Kitase and directed by Hiroki Chiba and will feature character designs by Yusaku Nakaaki. The common link between Hiroki Chiba and Nakaaki is Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus. Development on Sigma Harmonics is currently at 60%.
Source: http://ds.ign.com/articles/862/862207p1.html
Hopefully this gets outside of Japan (they just say a Japan release later this summer), but we’ll see. Just have to wait until they get farther along with it.
