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Girl’s RPG Cinderellife is the newest 3DS title from Professor Layton creator Level-5. Marketed as a “girl’s RPG”, Cinderellife is the story of a plain girl coming to live in the big city for the first time.
Earlier this week, I wrote about my first hour playing Girls RPG: Cinderellife. For a laugh, I poked and prodded the game, pointing out its less-than-inspiring portrayal of women — though this is nothing new when it comes to games or any other popular media really.
Akihiro Hino, boss of game maker Level-5, is responsible for Gundam Age. And Gundam Age is a bit crap, so everyone hates it. Want to see just how unpopular it is?
Girl’s RPG: Cinderellife is the newest game by Level-5. Far from the puzzle solving of Professor Layton or the giant armoured suits of White Knight Chronicles, this title is directed toward the female gamer demographic.But does it about a strong female protagonist, trying to make it in a man’s world? Or is it a more stereotypical girl’s tale about princesses, unicorns, and evil witches? Despite having one too many Y-chromosomes, I decided I had to find out. But nothing could have possibly prepared me for what Girl’s RPG: Cinderellife really is: a game romanticizing the life of a Japanese hostess. So please, join me in this insanity as I share with you my notes of the first hour of gameplay.
Girl’s RPG: Cinderellife on the Nintendo 3DS purports to be — as the name suggests — an RPG for girls. But what exactly does that entail? Mostly running around a city, buying clothes, talking with men, and finding true love — all in a hostess club setting.
And while the setting is more than a little questionable, the game is presented as a modern-day fairy tale and actively tries to overload the player with girly cuteness. Check out the video above to see what it’s like in action.
Guild 01 is an upcoming 3DS game made by four different creators. It’s not really “one game” per se, but four games.
Much has been made, and rightly so, of the involvement of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli with Level-5′s PS3 RPG Ni No Kuni (out this week in Japan). It’s helped the game look amazing. While it’s a welcome partnership, though, it’s not the first time the animation legend, or his studio, have turned up in a video game.
When Ni No Kuni was released on DS last year, it shipped in just about the coolest box ever, which housed an extravagant spell book. Well, the PS3 edition is getting the same book.
Considering how game developer Level-5 collaborated with anime studio Studio Ghibli, I guess the logical thing would be to ask for an animated Ni No Kuni. Screw that.
