So, there's a lot of Wii owners out there hyping games for the Wii. Ya got people excited for No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle, Punch-Out!!, The Conduit (yo), and Claude over there fritzing over playing Tiger Woods 10. Meanwhile, Little King's story is kinda kicking ass in reviews as of now. A Metacritic score of 88 as of now aint half bad, and many of the high scores are from respected reviewers. A 9 from Edge? That's impressive.

Not big on a waggle RPG

It's getting about as much hype as I expect for a little-known RPG like this one.

I just don't have time anymore for an rpg which looks this cutesy. Unless it went other way around with it Conkers bad fur day style and it was funny and a good game. I generally like my rpgs to be more serious in story with some jokes here and there, Final Fantasy 8, Super Mario RPGesque. I just generally don't like the light hearted story rpg. But if the story is pretty good maybe I will play it.

I'm with you but Linky made basically the same topic a few days ago, asking for "any buyers" so why not respond there saying you are one? >_>

It's not really a conventional RPG bear, don't think of it like Final Fantasy or something. Read some reviews, maybe, it's been getting surprisingly high scores.

This has been in my radar for quite a while, and it has somewhat of a cult following already, I can see it selling well enough for a sequel.

Before FFCC: My Life as a King I would not have given this a second look.  But truth be told, I played the hell out of that little title.  I really hope this one avoids the same issues of borderline uncorrectable town organization and end-game slowdown. 

I'm just waiting for June. Reading stuff... surfing around, and I'm intrigued. I'll probably be a late buyer, but that's my bad.

I think the problem is that this doesn't seem like a game many people have an interest in the style of nor are willing to pay $50 for

I think the problem is that this doesn't seem like a game many people have an interest in the style of nor are willing to pay $50 for

The Eurogamer review was written by some awesome dude.

It's not just a glorious celebration of farming crops, finding treasure, living the pastoral ideal and making friends with cows called Pancho. It's also about monarchy, oligarchy, religious hegemony, the effect of industrial growth on socio-economic power structures, feudalism and genocide.

Repetitive? Yes. Dull? Yes, if you're the type of person who thinks all games are dull unless they feature 19 kinds of gun, monsters who look like they're made of genitals and a driving bit. If you prefer pretty, soothing, comforting gaming experiences, Little King's Story will hook you in like a lullaby sung by an angel who breathes morphine. The real world will slip gently away, and nothing will matter to you but hats and cows and lumberjacks, and not until someone comes in and says "It's Tuesday" will you realise anything else exists.

This is an epic game. However, like all the best titles of its kind, LKS is quietly addictive. Just when you reach a point of frustration and think you've had enough, a new job type will become available or a new area will open up, and it's impossible to resist playing on. Little King's Story is not the best game you'll ever play. It's repetitive, it's lacking in depth and it can feel slow and frustrating at times. Plus it's got some dodgy politics and a rubbish save system. But it's the best game I've played all year, and that includes Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad. It's charming, engrossing and just plain fun.

"MasturbatingBear said:

" I generally like my rpgs to be more serious in story"... "Super Mario RPGesque."

Dude...what?!"

Hmmm I don't play RPG's but I really like the art style of this game. Is this game for me?

"sidescroller said:

"MasturbatingBear said:

" I generally like my rpgs to be more serious in story"... "Super Mario RPGesque."

Dude...what?!"

*Insert animated gif of Scanners exploding head scene here.*"

This game is not an RPG but a mix of RTS, Sim and Harvest Moon greatness!

isnt this game made by one of the creaters of final fantasy or dragonball or something

Oh god. The world is coming to an end: Even gamespot loved it.

The third AA/AAA Wii RTS this summer after Swords & Soldiers and Dawn of Discovery.

But hey, why should you care, eh?

Meh, Wii gaemz. Where r dey? They dunt xist.

I NO RITE lololo

It's also confusing for people without a sense of direction, like me. The minimap is too small and the big map is too big and too vague; I got a little lost in my town(s) more than once.
There are a lot of little annoyances and things that could have been done a bit better ("E-OH!!!!!11111one"), but it speaks for the game that regardless of that, it has received hugely positive reviews all around.

Of all the reviews for this game (and there are many by now), the "worst" is Eurogamers with 8.0, saying "It's not the best game you'll ever play, but it's the best game of the year".

I mean, wow.

I don't know how this flew under my radar, but it looks like it might be right up my alley.  As soon as I have some extra dough, I'll check it out.

Um, he's talking about Little King's Story telling you it's not likely to have MLAAK's issues, and that he hasn't encountered any yet.

It's sad that even though a game like this gets such fantastic reviews, it will probably fail in sales because of the art style. If only there was some way that someone could market this game to the non-gamer crowd. Just a few commercials on prime time would do wonders for it. 

http://www.box.net/shared/mfx0asft48

Well they are only samples from the promo disc that was given to visitors at TGS last year, but I have removed it just in case.