XSEED said today that it will release The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road for Nintendo DS this fall.
If you are wondering wonder why you should care about a Wizard of Oz game for DS, it's because it's actually the blandly-titled U.S. version of Riz-Zoawd, a role-playing game developed by D3.
XSEED sure is doing a great job of stepping in and releasing American versions of the games that the original publishers don't want to touch, isn't it?
Wizard of Oz, which I tried out at Tokyo Game Show last year, has a unique control scheme: You use the stylus to spin the emerald virtual trackball on the lower screen to make Dorothy run around. Battles are highly reminiscent of Dragon Quest. Is it any good? Not sure, as I didn't bother to import it, figuring someone would probably pick it up for U.S. release. Anyone out there actually put a few hours into this?
Some more screens and artwork are below.
