Solatorobo: Red the Hunter - Nintendo DS

PROS:This game is a fantastic game. I am one of the people who bought the game because it was an anthro based furry game and did not so much care about the rest. But what it turns out this games story is well written and the combat skills have the same concept but as you progress it will improve and change. Fighting was not boring but quite fun. You can do a lot of customizing to your Dahak (robot you control). The story was just fantastic.CONS:Being a Nintendo game x seed reduced the graphics quite a lot which gave me some disappointment to it. Also it kept saying to be continued which kept confusing me but I know what they were trying to do with it. Kinda like an anime style. I don't mind to much but i just thought this would be on the cons section.OVERALL:I felt like this was a great game. so worth the average $15 on amazon. The game felt like it was two games in one because of the two separate stories but they are connected to each other so don't stop after chapter 11 it goes further. I thought this game would have been perfect if it came out to the PS3. What also surprised me is that it came with their cd sound track. That would normally cost an extra $10 and they are just giving it to you. Sound track is very good. I love Re-CODA it's on you tube. This game also has a challenge type mode to it, where if you beat the game once you can restart the whole game, (don't new game) and you'll have all your skills and such... now excuse me I'm gonna play SolatoRobo.

Update 1/6/2012Actually beat the game for real. Took about 18 hours and I completed every available quest and crab fished a lot. It was overall a pretty easy game. Didn't see game over not one time. There were a couple of times where I did find a bit of a challenge, but these moments were rare. Upon beating the game you can do some extra quests that open up and a few have some increased difficulty. But nothing really stand out. Due to the limited nature of the game (powering up your robot involves expanding slots with P Crystals and buying/finding different shaped parts), there isn't much else to do except fill up the log book to open some new reading info and find all of the music, theater pieces, and such. But upgrading the robo is somewhat bland. Especially since you can own up on most every baddie with a lightly upgraded robo.-----------------------------------Update 12/27 with slight spoilers!!!!!So I thought I beat the game and was thinking 'what a piece of crap - only 10 hours!?!?!?!?!? But that's only the halfway point luckily. Those places mentioned in the instruction manual: Pharaoh, Mau, and others can and will be visited in time. You will be able to complete the additional content. Phew! Sorry about the spoiler there, but I'm just saving you from tossing the game away in disgust. Just wait through the credits and the second half will begin. And the difficulty does jump up a bit. Though in a more unfair way! They seem to just throw more enemies at you at once. Which makes it tougher. But you will acquire some amazing new skills that will pretty much even the difficulty out again. But the story gets a dramatic improvement as we start to delve into Red's past and unravel the secrets of this strange world.-----------------------------Despite the low difficulty setting and somewhat repetitive battles and tasks, this is easily one of the best games ever released on the Nintendo DS. I own over 40 RPGs for the system, and none of them really gripped me quite as quickly as this title.You are Red, basically a jack of all trades. You have an amazingly cute and frustrated companion Chocolat (love her frustrated noises) and a robot called Dahak. The world is amazingly original and inventive. It looks and feels like something from a Miyazaki film (Castle in the Sky comes to mind). The graphics push the limit of the DS hardware and it is just a joy to look at. The graphics are the 2d - 3d style and the camera does move, but you don't control it. Makes it interesting though for hidden items and puzzling areas.The music is equally high quality. We're talking on a level with Final Fantasy and Castlevania titles with the superb tunes. They are catchy and pleasant. Each tune is used well in the game to lend a feel to a particular scene. Even the music for the first area (the Hindenburg) was amazing!The developers put a lot of heart into this title and it shows. If you love action RPG, then this is a must play. It ranks up there with the Zelda titles for DS (but unlike the Zelda titles you can actually control Solatorobo without the stylus).As for those cons I mentioned... battle is pretty easy and it involves the same core technique throughout the game, but it is still fun and never really gets too stale. The game is pretty easy, but it doesn't seem to detract from the overall feel. It's playable, enjoyable, and well made. And the GP mode is a fun little time passer too.Arguably one of the best DS games ever made.

Sometimes it takes me a while to get around to buying and playing video games. I'm not hanging on the cutting edge of technology...I usually wait for awhile until stuff goes on sale for my nearly-defunct consoles, and it might take even longer for me to actually get around to really playing the game. I have been meaning to pick up Solatorobo: Red The Hunter for several years now and I ordered it once but there was a shipping error, I got refunded, then I forgot about trying to get it and it sat on my wishlist for some time. A month ago I was "cleaning up" my wishlist so I tossed it back into the cart. The only reason I bought it was because I liked the artwork on the cover and I read a few reviews saying it was one of those really good games that not enough people become aware of.The other day the power went out and I plopped down on the bed with my Nintendo DS and Solatorobo. I was very fond of the PS One game "Tail Concerto" back in the day, and I had no idea this game was related to it. As soon as I began playing, though, it brought back the familiar thrill of Tail Concerto and I was instantly immersed in the gameplay. Solatorobo has excellent controls and amazing graphics. Whenever a console is near the end of its run, a few games will always come out that really push the limits of what it can do. Those games are *always* amazing and never get the attention they deserve because people are usually focusing on the next console coming out and what it can do. All the while not realizing that the old console they have turned away from still had great potential that only seems to be unlocked after years of game development.This game looks and plays better than many sloppy, clunky games on the 3DS. The story is involving, the characters have depth and are cute and fun. I think that may be what turns some gameplayers away, they see "cute" and instantly think it's for girls or very young children, but that is not the case. The canine & feline anthropomorphic characters look like they're straight out of an anime series. Add into the mix cool mechas to ride around in, a somewhat steampunk-inspired world of floating islands over a plasma sea, and you are beginning to get an idea what the game is like. The graphics are, interestingly, a combination of 2D and 3D sprites mixed together with animated cut scenes. It reminded me also a little of Klonoa. The backgrounds are lush and impressive.The gameplay involves a lot of hopping around in the mech and picking things up and throwing them. There elements of not only fighting and platformer games but RPG as well. The only thing that has been somewhat annoying is that the game, while very fun and sometimes challenging, is not terribly difficult. I kept feeling like I was in introduction mode even when I wasn't. You will get the hang of things very quickly and it's annoying that the game keeps stopping gameplay to give you tips, help you don't need and generally hold your hand when you don't want it. It doesn't entirely ruin things and it's still a great game but I wish the difficulty level was higher. But there are lots of quests to unlock and different mechs open up different map areas. I would definitely recommend the game to all ages, either gender.

Wow! what can I say, it made its way from Japan to Canada in time for Christmas. I was worried I would not have it under the tree, but my daughter was ecstatic to see it on Christmas day!

福岡のCC2が創った作品で、作者の愛が沢山入ってます。会話が面白いので、英語の参考になりそうですDS。注意！！初代DS、DS　lite のみでしか海外のDSのソフトは使えません。「リージョンロック」が掛かってます。「リージョンロック」とは、海賊版対策等のために設定されたものです。３DS,DSiなどは、日本の本体は日本のソフト、海外の本体は海外のソフトしか起動できません。　これを書き換えて解除できても更新されて削除されます。注意！！　よくインターネットで調べてください。

this game is really good, the quests are fun to do and the story is awesome. you get attached to the character fast and want to know what will happen. i personally think the game is well balanced and very fun to play.

Since this is being sold on Amazon.ca and there is no indication in the description to it being an EU locked copy, I was very disappointed when it came in the mail and I could not play it. I feel the merchant should have realized there may be a problem with region locking and at least put up a disclaimer before purchase.

I very like my purchase. I receive it in no time (about three or four days). It is a good game. Thanks.