Wizardry franchise revived on PS3, Nintendo DS

by Andrew Yoon { Aug 4th 2009 at 8:00PM }

Classic RPG franchise Wizardry is making a comeback ... of sorts. The classic RPG franchise is coming back in not just one -- but two -- new games to release in Japan later this year.

First is a PS3 game, to be published by Acquire. Details are slim, but Wizardry: Torawareshi Damashii no Meikyou (Wizardry: Dungeon of Imprisoned Souls) is supposedly hitting the Japanese PlayStation Network this Fall, according to a report by Siliconera. The release would mark the first time the Wizardry series becomes available on a current generation console.

Next up is a Nintendo DS game, Wizardry: Seimei no Kusabi (Wizardry: Pledge of Life). Supposedly, this will be a 3D dungeon RPG that will be available exclusively on Amazon Japan, almost guaranteeing high resale value on eBay for years to come.

Source - Wizardry 囚われし魂の迷宮 Official Website
Source - Wizardry Crawling to DS too

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

KhunMo @ Aug 4th 2009 8:42PM

Wow! Very good news as I love the Wizardry games. Just hope this gets released in English as well.

Jampirow @ Aug 4th 2009 8:43PM

Let the dungeon crawling begin!

Phil @ Aug 4th 2009 8:43PM

That's awesome...

Just last week I started playing Proving Grounds again using DOSBox on my Wii and wondered why they stopped making these games.

Bluebreaker @ Aug 4th 2009 9:09PM

I was gonna say with Dark Spire and Etrian Odyssey doing well enough somebody should try and get Wizardry...and they did!!

Now someone get Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown (NES, PC ver. NOT PS2) and a proper English localization and I'll be set!

Scuffles @ Aug 4th 2009 9:52PM

WoW I remember this game .... sorta ..... never was able to get it to work .... installing from 5 1/4 floppy flashbacks ..... Nooooooooo

Nate @ Aug 4th 2009 10:32PM

My first was Crusaders of the Dark Savant...Also played Proving Grounds...I would love to have them bring the PS3 one over here....I'd love to play Crusaders, but the last time I tired, the old floppy was corrupt...that was a sad day...

cngamemart @ Aug 4th 2009 10:46PM

I'll put it in my M3i Zero,it will be great

Nick @ Aug 5th 2009 12:24AM

I was never a fan of the dungeon crawling "D&D" type games like this. I have a horrible sense of direction and always got so damn frustrated.

Bring back Zork and/or Adventure, that will make me happy :)

Janichsan @ Aug 5th 2009 4:13AM

Don't put your hopes too high: the last Wizardry game on the DS ("Wizardry Asterisk: Hiiro no Fuuin" from 2005) also never was released outside Japan.

Nichirin @ Aug 5th 2009 6:21AM

Torawareshi damashii no meikYUu, not meikYOu. Peace.

manyquestions @ Aug 5th 2009 1:14PM

PSN and DS. . . unusual combo there.

TreborSux @ Oct 2nd 2009 3:06PM

Thanks for the DosBox on the Wii tip, Phil. After playing (and being entranced by) games like Colossal Cave and Zork, the first Wizardry (Proving Grounds) was pure magic. I can't tell you how many hours I spent casting Tiltowait on Greater Demons hoping they'd drop some Lord's Garb or a Thieves' Dagger so I could turn my Thief into a Ninja!

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