Classic Dungeon: Magic Team Assistance for PSP (it’s like 3D Dot Game Heroes, but not)

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Remember 3D Dot Game Heroes, well this is like that, only without the sexily-rendered hi-res 3D pixels and complete Zelda ripoffery.

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Seriously, how fucking cute are these sprites?

Don’t like ‘em? No biggie, in Classic Dungeon:  Magic Team Assistance, you can design your own sprites (just like in 3D Dot Game Heroes).
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Here’s Flonne from Disgaea in CD: MTA form.

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As for the battle system, it seems pretty original and relatively deep. Since I don’t really understand it, I’ll just copy/paste directly from Kotowari:

This image shows Souma as the main character (center) with his support characters arranged on the grid around him.  As Souma levels up more slots will become available.  Different charters will have their own unique grids.

When EXP is earned for clearing a dungeon, it is distributed to all characters evenly.  When a support character levels up, they earn more DEF and ATK, where main characters earn more HP and SP.  This means a well rounded character will spend time in both fields.

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And if this game hasn’t already won you over, all the music is 8-bit. I’m all over this. That is, if it ever comes to the U.S. If not, I still have 3D Dot Game Heroes to look forward to.

[Via Kotowari] <—-Bookmark this site! It friggin’ rules!

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  • It's nice to see this retro revival going on right now. Fancy, high-quality graphics are fine, but I like the classic stuff to. ^_^
  • Totally. My family didn't have truckloads of money when I was a kid, so I missed out on a lot of good retro gaming. Now that I'm a grownup and have my own money to spend, I'll try and catch up on the stuff I missed out on, but a good deal of it just doesn't hold up to today's standards. It's awesome that developers are taking retro into the future.
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