Dojo Updates: Manaphy, Iwata Asks, plus Someone has a Copy?

Manaphy is probably the coolest Poke Ball Pokemon ever. When you get it, it switches control between you and an opponent, so you're their character, and they're your character for a short time! Madness!

Director M. Sakurai is also featured in the newest edition of Iwata Asks. We get some insight into Sakurai joining the project (how it was either that or go poor), but the main point for most of us is the identity of the secret developer who has, up until now, been referred to as 'The Studio'. It is, in fact, Game Arts, the people who have made cult RPGs like Grandia and Lunar. The 'large-scaled game' referred to a long time ago in relation to 'The Studio' was Grandia III.

There will be more to that interview to come, so stay tuned!

But wait, there's MORE. Someone on 2chan has apparently got ahold of the game, and posted the game disc and starting lineup:




The classic screen looks pretty legit. I can only guess the 100% proven collection of characters and other such secrets will be out by the end of the week. Finally.