Latest White Knight Chronicles trailer has clowns, explosions

  • Posted May 13th, 2009 at 01:08 EDT by Eric Blattberg
  • 32 Comments

How do you make a heavily Japanese role-playing game appeal to an American audience? Add clowns and explosions, of course.

Sony has released a two-minute cinematic trailer for White Knight Chronicles, which we've embedded below. The game has a decidedly 'clean' visual style, unlike many of today's gritty games. As for the plot, we were a bit distracted by the announcer's deep, husky voice to listen too intently, though we did catch a bit about a forgotten secret -- the power of the White Knight, presumably -- being awakened. Take a look.

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  1. right_l1

    • 1:14am BST - May 13th, 2009

    oohhhh

    cant wait for until this game comes out~~

  2. Best in the biz

    • 1:17am BST - May 13th, 2009

     looks pretty good

  3. Dave-The-Rave | Dave-The-Rave

    • 1:21am BST - May 13th, 2009

    This game is going to be so much epic win !!

  4. Thorzilla | Thorzilla

    • 1:23am BST - May 13th, 2009

     Astonishing. Can't wait!

  5. supamariobrotha | supamariobrotha

    • 1:23am BST - May 13th, 2009

    man is this coming to north america or anything? please dont tell me its never coming like yakuza 3

  6. Dave-The-Rave | Dave-The-Rave

    • 1:26am BST - May 13th, 2009

    @supa: This is the first trailer for the English version..its been out in Japan since Christmas day

  7. mikeghtmare | mikeghtmare

    • 1:32am BST - May 13th, 2009

    This "coming soon" seemed special =D
    It seemed like a really really coming soon.  Maybe summer.

  8. Tseng VII | TsengVII

    • 1:32am BST - May 13th, 2009

     Epic. :)

  9. Ivycrew707 |

    • 1:35am BST - May 13th, 2009

    release please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. djschief | djschief

    • 2:02am BST - May 13th, 2009

     ok, its got my interest...bring it on

  11. Drak_Shadowreap

    • 2:06am BST - May 13th, 2009

    I didn't know Aragorn was in this game! :D

  12. SpikeDX

    • 2:18am BST - May 13th, 2009

    thats the white engine? seriously looks like a game that should be on the ps2!

  13. edward_moffet | edd

    • 2:41am BST - May 13th, 2009

     that was awesome "now is the time to prove yourself!" ha cooool.

  14. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 2:52am BST - May 13th, 2009

    I would buy this game cause it looks sweet, and you know what a Xenogears remake would rock, Omnigears in HD plus the battles OMFG that would totally Rule all

  15. dori-KIN | dori-KIN

    • 3:47am BST - May 13th, 2009

     really looks good...will probably give FF13 a run for its money...but then again, FF13 and VERSUS look awesome as well.  looks like the rpg drought will be satisfied soon...now if only KOEI will make a ps3 version to their ROTTK series to satisfy my strategy genre.  

  16. ScandalO0

    • 3:54am BST - May 13th, 2009

    why are you happy about this game its over four months due "tards" evrything is everything .peace

  17. knowledge4lyfe

    • 3:58am BST - May 13th, 2009

    man i cant wait to get this game. next they need to get demons souls around the globe. i imported it and honestly the game is f-ing amazing. so brutally hard but so good. 1 down, 1 to go.

  18. Lefein | Lefein

    • 4:56am BST - May 13th, 2009

    This game did well in Japan.  They're wise bringing it to the west.  The areas are huge, too and it has a pretty nifty online component.

  19. 305sega305 | JAMES305

    • 5:04am BST - May 13th, 2009

    looks pretty cool

  20. dimmer

    • 5:39am BST - May 13th, 2009

    The first minute seemed like a FF VIII remake with the dance seen and the assassination of the Queen Edea scene at the end of disc 1 !!    

    LOL

  21. bobtheduck

    • 6:07am BST - May 13th, 2009

    Master Shake is a villain in this... Day one buy! If I have any money when it hits... And a working TV.

  22. hellghan666

    • 8:10am BST - May 13th, 2009

    the voices in english is "meh" i prefer the voices in japanese.... have the option for change the voices in jp and subtitles in english?

  23. radgamer420 | mistercrow

    • 8:40am BST - May 13th, 2009

    I'm looking forward to this game.

  24. Aizen-Sama

    • 10:42am BST - May 13th, 2009

    @12

    No the White engine is the engine they are using to make FFXIII and vsXIII, i'm not sure what engine this is using but it's not the White engine since Square own it.

    The cutscene graphics in this game aren't that good but the gameplay graphics are awesome, check out the latest posts in the official White Knights thread.

    Love Level 5 RPG's and this will be amazing also!

     

  25. Strudel | Strudel

    • 10:57am BST - May 13th, 2009

    so wth just happened in that trailer?

     

    Also it seems really weird having such a japanese visual style, then with an American voice over.

  26. Halcyon

    • 11:05am BST - May 13th, 2009

    They need to released this game before September. From there on, it will be an avalanche of good games, and WKC could have the same fate of Valkyria Chronicles... A really damn good game overshadowed by too many releases.

    I hope soon is really soon :D

  27. Pintheshadows

    • 12:59pm BST - May 13th, 2009

    Very much looking forward to this. It looks awesome.

  28. whitedeath89

    • 1:07pm BST - May 13th, 2009

     idk but the graphics look too cartoonish for me

  29. PS3fan78

    • 5:09pm BST - May 13th, 2009

    sht sht sht sht sht come on now let me play this game

  30. FPSgamer | niminum239

    • 5:11pm BST - May 13th, 2009

    I have this game in Japanese. It has trophies, and I have to say that it's a masterpiece!

  31. NDGO | ndgo

    • 4:43am BST - May 14th, 2009

    can we get japanese voices with eng subs?

  32. [ZeEk] | h3adjunk

    • 11:56am BST - May 19th, 2009

    man it sucks, the was supposed to be released on the first quarter of the year nest thing you know, the 2nd quarter's finished, IM TIRED OF WAAIITINGGGG.... :|

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