Mailbag From Sep 7, 2006

Aug 15, 2006 Aug 8, 2006 Aug 3, 2006 Aug 2, 2006 Jul 25, 2006 Jul 7, 2006 Jun 27, 2006 Jun 23, 2006 Jun 13, 2006 May 24, 2006 May 18, 2006 Apr 20, 2006 Apr 5, 2006 Mar 20, 2006 Mar 13, 2006 Mar 8, 2006 Mar 2, 2006 Feb 27, 2006 Feb 24, 2006

I have a question about the time in Bully. Will one hour be one minute like in the GTA games? Or will one hour in the game acctually be 60 real minutes?

-- Dan G.

Good question Dan...From what we've been told, Rockstar is still tweaking the time system for the game. While Bully won't exist entirely in real-time, the game will definitely feature a slower time system than that in GTA.

-- Jeff

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Rosy Review?

Hello. I've been looking forward to Rule of Rose since it was announced for U.S. release, but there's little to no information on IGN about this title. Do you plan to have an early review for this game? That will help us who are on the fence a lot, especially since there's a sweet soundtrack CD available with preorder. Thank you.

-- Genci

We've recently received Rule of Rose in the office, and we're in the process of checking out Rule of Rose right now. While we can't speak about the possibility of the soundtrack CD, since that's probably a retailer deal, we don't plan on having a review of it earlier than the shipping date.

-- Jeff

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March Madness Missing?

Hey, I was wondering, have any of you heard anything about March Madness 2007? I saw they had College Hoops 2k7, but no March Madness. What's up?

-- John

Well John, while College Hoops 2K7 is slated for November of this year, March Madness 2007 should be hitting the digital courts in February of next year, right before March Madness actually strikes.

-- Jeff

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Where's Your Conversions?

About this article..

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/730/730452p1.html

There should be a conversion of the YEN to current EURO/Pounds and Dollar denominations. The price drop in Japan only brings it down to the price in the U.S. $130.

-- T K

There doesn't need to be a price conversion considering: 1) the story itself relates solely to Japanese pricing of the PS2 as it stands in their stores. Considering that it's related to a fluid open market, there isn't a firm price that would be quotable, rendering a proper conversion meaningless to anyone outside of the Japanese market. 2) If there was confirmation within that article that a price drop would definitely be reaching European and North American shores, there would be the appropriate conversions made. Since it's still speculative that one may happen, there's no need.

-- Jeff

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We want Fullmetal!

Do you know when the other FullMetal Alchemist video games would come out in the U.S?

-- Adrian

Looks like you've got a long time to wait, Adrian. Fullmetal Alchemist [Destineer] is still unknown as to whether or not it's going to be produced for the PS2, and even if it does come out, it would be in Q1 of next year. The other two titles, Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival and Fullmetal Alchemist 3: God of the Forever Girl, were never released in the U.S., so your best hope would be to hit an import store.

-- Jeff

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Back after all those weeks...

It feels like forever since we've tackled the mail, but for good reason. The holiday rush has descended on the office, with many of your favorite editors pumped up on coffee and Mountain Dew to crank out all the reviews we can. Personally, I'm still stuck on Leipzig time from Games Convention from a few weeks ago -- mid-afternoon to early evening is practically naptime, while late night feels like the middle of the day. I'm sure I'll be able to hop off that schedule soon (possibly by staying up all night playing VP2), but until then...zzzzzzzzzzzzz......

Jeff Haynes
Editor, IGN PlayStation Team
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