Jaw dropping incredible!!!!!!! found this at another site:
http://rapidshare.com/files/42669006/de ... vol393.zip
CVD the Japanese magazine scan.
"Dengeki PlayStation vol.393"
*Article that should be mentioned specially
Remake Rondo - The tragedy might occur if the kidnapped woman is not saved.
SOTN - New Boss Character Maria. And New Player Character Maria.
This is the best news to date!!!!!!
Now a PSP is finally and officially worth buying (well when DXC comes out, hehe),
but I wonder how the PSP version of SOTN Maria will work?
Hopefully not like Saturn Maria, I feel her Mega Man-like shots and charge shots are too cheap being able to poke from maximum distances.
Her boomerang birds would balance the attack range while providing a more natural style that isn't like Alucard, Richter or Mega Man's. =P
Also her magic.....hmmm I think Rondo style, requiring hearts and a specific sub-weapon type of item would work better, with item crashes being the more powerful, more heart consuming versions of her animal friends. so if you wanna use the Phoenix ability and item crash version, you first gotta find that subweapon-like item hidden in some candles of the castle. as for invincibility, that should require the maximum amount of hearts Maria can carry. and the duration should probably turn off if you exit a screen/area.
things PSP Maria should borrow from Saturn Maria should be the triple jump, super/gravity jump attack, slide, and her kicks were cool too. as well as that charge up punch.
but they should tone down the power of her attacks. the game is already too easy and most bosses too quick to kill.
So PSP Maria should be nimble enough to survive and access all corners of the castles, while having an array of attacks that are not overpowered nor useless.
oh yeah and hopefully her sprite details and animations are as beautiful as they are in the original SOTN. they better not change her sprite art!!!!
I agree!! Hopefully PSP SOTN Maria is done justice graphically, and gameplay-wise as well! I wouldn't mind if she is playable from the very start just like Richter but she is probably an unlockable surprise just like the PSX version ORIGINALLY intended for Maria to be playable but entering "Maria" after beating the game and getting the best ending didn't work.
also IGN confirms that SOTN will have new items and familiars and other secrets. It looks like PSP SOTN will be the ULTIMATE version of SOTN everrrrrr!!! it's a shame though it didnt get released on PS2. But anyways this news has made PSP worth buying but like you, I'm gonna wait until the game gets released and then I'll buy a PSP with it.
SWEEET!!!!