There was a Wizard of Oz RPG on the DS?!

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BakonBitz
11/24/2024
10:57 AM
#1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kuhhJ9JWuk

This looks like a hidden gem. It's an RPG with cool character designs and developers behind Wild Arms. The only caveat is that it's completely controlled with the touch screen like the Zelda games, with trackball-style overworld controls.
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BB_mofo
11/24/2024
11:33 AM
#2
To be fair, there's a book in the series where a literal army of little girls goes Battle of Helm's Deep and lays siege to Oz. If that doesn't scream RPG, I don't know what does.
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BakonBitz
11/24/2024
11:35 AM
#3
BB_mofo posted...
To be fair, there's a book in the series where a literal army of little girls goes Battle of Helm's Deep and lays siege to Oz. If that doesn't scream RPG, I don't know what does.
Yeah I've seen someone say in the comments that a lot of people forget that it's a series rather than just the one tale about Dorothy. If this game took off instead of being forgotten I bet they could've made more RPGs set in the land of Oz based on those other stories.
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Powdered_Toast
11/24/2024
11:35 AM
#4
I remember reading about it but I thought the fake trackball things sounded awful.
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StarFighters76
11/24/2024
11:36 AM
#5
Yeah the trackball thing is super annoying when I mapped out the game. I'm trying to remember if it was better or worse when I was using my mouse to move the trackball lol.
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Justin2Krelian
11/24/2024
11:38 AM
#6
We'll see if Wicked improves the franchise's popularity. I've always said a full-on big budget remake of the Wizard of Oz could be huge, and lead to adapting the other books.
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dhampire1
11/24/2024
11:42 AM
#7
Yeah I always wanted it. Its supposed to be a pretty good game
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Mad-Dogg
11/27/2024
01:28 AM
#9
Yea, and now its probably like 300 bucks because word done spread and those nintendo megafan youtuber collectors is going to hoard up the copies that was out and about, lol.

This was one of those games I put on this old R4 DS cart I had. It was ok.
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viewmaster_pi
11/27/2024
07:49 PM
#11
cuh posted...
This is one of the witches in the game??
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CE_gonna_CE
11/27/2024
08:27 PM
#12
Mad-Dogg posted...
Yea, and now its probably like 300 bucks because word done spread and those nintendo megafan youtuber collectors is going to hoard up the copies that was out and about, lol.

This was one of those games I put on this old R4 DS cart I had. It was ok.
Looks like its been running $50-60 loose and $100 complete for a bit
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ssjevot
11/27/2024
08:30 PM
#13
I have a Japanese copy. It's alright. Definitely not anywhere near a list of must play DS RPGs.
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ssjevot
11/27/2024
08:37 PM
#15
cuh posted...
Does it have an option to play on English?

I cant find any English copies on eBay (aside from one $200 one lol)

Not sure. My guess would be probably not but I never checked. I could dig it out tonight and see.
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YellowSUV
11/29/2024
12:28 AM
#16
I'm kind of surprised The Wizard of Oz isn't used in more video games since its under the public domain. Then again, it seems like almost every-time its used it becomes a big flop. Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. was a game based on American folklore and literature made by Intelligent Systems and it features The 4 main characters from the Wizard of Oz and a level in The Emerald City. The game was probably one of Nintendo's biggest commercial flops ever.

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DragulaRULEZ
11/29/2024
02:25 AM
#17
The DS cost too damn much. Too many good RPGs went there to be forgotten.
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ssjevot
11/29/2024
02:55 AM
#18
DragulaRULEZ posted...
The DS cost too damn much. Too many good RPGs went there to be forgotten.

It's the best selling handheld of all time.
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