There's a 3 minutes long PV on the official site!

It looks really good.

Game looks very good, althrough, for a RPG, there aren't many elements of that genre... The fights are nice. And I love how Ed says "Kenja no Ishii...."

EDIT: I uploaded the trailer here.

EDIT2: Another piece of news: http://www.hagaren.jp/news/index.html

http://www.hagaren.jp/news/index.html Another piece of news

hmm.. looking at http://www.hagaren.jp/news/index.html (scroll down a bit) see that there's a box of something.. anybody can explain?

^I think it's basically just a storage box. : ) If you look at it you can actually see a couple of volumes of FMA in it. xD I think it might be one of those things that come with the new psp game for a limited time. (Don't quote me on that, I could be wrong.)

The news is about the FMA merchandise storage box that is a bonus gift that comes with the pre-order of the "Promised Day" game.
Here is the translation. ^^


<Translation> (Paraphrasing)

The news posted on March 18, 2010 on FMA:Brotherhood official JP web site

Revealing the jacket for the new FMA RPG game "Promised Day"!! (The pic on far left.)
Also, with pre-order of this game, you can get the special "Hagaren (Fullmetal) Box" the pre-order bonus gift to store all your Fullmetal merchandises!! (Center pic and the far right pic.)

Note:
* The actual design of the box may vary from the pictures shown here.
* Supply is limited and the promotion runs while supply lasts.
* The FMA merchandise shown on the pics inside the box are for the picture display purpose only, and not included with the box.

For this and other news on this game, visit the game's official site.

<End of translation>

nicee!! thanks a lot tombow!

maan I want those.. anybody know where to buy so it include with the special box? thannkks

I'm not entirely sure if this is the right thread to talk about this, so sorry if it isn't, but I thought about something: If the game gets a release (or copies of it will be given to fans, anyway) in April, and the manga most likely hasn't ended by then, and the game has the same story as manga/Brotherhood, then... Won't the game spoil the ending of the manga?

Fans have estimated that the manga would end in June. That would mean that people would have about six or seven weeks before the manga's eding to worry about spoilers by people who know how the game ends. Knowing what the Internet is like, spoilers about popular stories tend to be very hard to avoid after anyone knows the ending; someone will want to troll all the fan sites. I really don't want to stay out of the fandom for the very last months/chapters of the manga; reading the reactions of other fans is part of the experience for me.

I'm really worried about this. I don't feel like it's "right" for a game to be the first to reveal the ending of this story. Arakawa has been making the manga for almost a decade, and it's the original thing, I think it should be the first place where anyone can see how the story ends.

Hm... do PSP games ever have DLC (downloadable content)? I wonder if this could have everything up to a certain point, and then release the very end as DLC once the manga finished. I'm betting that Arakawa is actually either done or very close to finishing writing all the chapters (artists generally keep a "buffer" of a few chapters ready) but yeah, I agree that the game shouldn't spoil the ending... I wonder what they'll do?

Or it might be another two-part game like the wii? I hope not. Plus, I can't think of a title for the part 2.

I have the strange sensation that the game will end with the beginning of the Promised Day (with the end of ep 49 imo). It's quite strange unless their planning to release a kind of expansion to be downloaded as Katya Martyn said.

However that will be weird :\

Here's a poster from the April issue of Gangan for the game. Must admit, the character models look really good - vaguely reminds me of the models in KH: BBS



I can make a cleaner scan once I get home.

^Thanks for posting it!

Glad to see Paninya, but the picture on the bottom right scares me :S I hope that it's not a kind of those totally OOC bonus missions...

What is that some sort of fanservice I see at the bottom of the picture? Oh no not again...

Also, Olivia looks more feminine, not that I'm complaining.

Thanks for posting, Kale!

I hope there's voice overs to go over the text dailogue...

hope it's not another massive fanservice =,=

http://www.hagaren.jp/news/index.html Something new.

Duuh, fanservice. Bones, stoppit.

PSP『鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST　約束の日へ』情報公開!
posted :2010.03.26

<Translation>

Posted March 26, 2010 on Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood official JP site
We added information on FMA RPG Game "Promised Day" on our Game page!

Check out our FMA Game page (you can also get there by Product -> ゲーム = 4th one on the drop down menu)

Also, visit the official site for FMA RPG Game "Promised Day".


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And, on FMA Game page (you can also get there by Product -> ゲーム = 4th one on the drop down menu)

『鋼の錬金術師　FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST　約束の日へ』
2010年5月20日

対応機種:PlayStation®Portable
ジャンル:RPG

待望の『ハガレン』RPGが遂に登場! 兄弟の旅の行方をキミの掌に･･･

■「鋼の錬金術師FA」の壮大な物語が楽しめるほか、思いのままに好きなキャラクターと会話することでオリジナルストーリーへも展開!
■錬金術を駆使して自分の描いた戦略通りに戦いながら、絆を深めた仲間と連係したバトルが楽しめる!




<Translation> (partially paraphrased)

Fullmetal Alchemist game "Promised Day"

*Scheduled release date: May 20, 2010 (in Japan)
*Platform: PlayStation®Portable
*Game Type: RPG

--- And, it says the players can choose conversations with the FMA characters, choose battle plans, and perform Alchemy as par of the game. And, the page has 4 sample screen caps from the game (it says those pics posted are still under development, implying it could vary in the Game's final version.)



--- Then it has 2 pics of the Pre-order bonus gift, "FMA Goods Storage Box" that comes with the pre-order of this game.

* You can get the special "Hagaren (Fullmetal) Storage Box" the pre-order bonus gift to store all your Fullmetal merchandises!!

Note:
* The actual design of the box may vary from the pictures shown here.
* Supply is limited and the promotion runs while supply lasts.
* The FMA merchandise shown on the pics inside the box are for the picture display purpose only, and not included with the box.

For this and other news on this game, visit the game's official site.


<End of Translation>


There are no specific captions, entries, or comments on the each of 4 sample screen caps posted in the above posted news article, but we see the same pic and the caption and accompanying short article on the scanned page of this month's Young GanGan about this game, that posted by Kale Mustang here. (see the bottom Right part of the scan... I can barely read it and the right part of the article is missing from the scanned page, but it looks like it has something to do with Winry and LanFun in the female section of outdoor hot spring bath, and either Ed and Ling run into there by accident, or Ling was peeking in and Ed caught Ling and in the process he got mistakingly accused of peeking in also, or whatnot...)
Bottom line: of course, fanservice! xp

found this on the fmab offical site, seem like a psp extra, damnit I so want to see it in a bigger screen




http://www.hagaren.jp/products/images/game/100325_02.jpg

Found a high quality version of that Hot Springs image, technically via Facebook via someone who found it on a forum...somewhere.

Gasps

LE GASSSSSSSSSPPP!!!
waa! thanks a lot, Chiyo!! wow, that is soo cool! massive fanservice, just hope that there'll be FS or royai

There's an update on the official site, in the System section.
There are events from the main story and there will be original stories in the game as well. (Like that fanservice scene.)

More pics from there:

Thanks.....lol, that _things_ on first screenshot reminds me of...nevermind.

Thank you, Michiyo-!

Some quick translations (not knowing the context, may not be quite accurate, but you get some idea. XD)



Garfiel: "A customer gave me some tickets. You guys go attend and enjoy! We have enough ticket for Edward also. You all go together."

(Yes, Kasumisty, these are tickets. XDDD)





Al: "Cough, cough! Uh...I think I'm catching a cold. I will skip taking a bath."





Winry: ".....We can all get back to the way we used to be back then, right?"

^ thanks a lot, Michiyo- and Tombow!! wow lol at Al's quotes

Thank you for the pics and translation, Michiyo and Tombow! : )

Second pic: Damn you speech box! *shot*

Third pic: Winry looks so nice with her hair down. : )

LOL, I was thinking the same thing. XD

Anyway, what's with all the fanservice in games lately? I mean, jeez! This is looking like some bad shojo comedy (*coughinuyashacough*) with all the "people seeing their love interest with little to no clothing" thing.

What's interesting though, is that with that towel wrapped around her, Winry is actually wearing more clothes than she normally does. XD

Winry was added in the Character section on the official site.

You can find 2 pics and a video there.

Thanks, Michiyo! : ) The video looked really good!

The graphics put me in mind of LoZ: Ocarina of Time. : )

Thank you, Michiyo-!

Yap, if you visit the page and click on the last screen shot pic, you can get more screen shots of Winry scenes.



(My Net connection is too slow and froze up but if you get more decent connection I'm pretty sure you will get some good scenes. ^^)


ETA: Aha, I and A Pierrot's Aria posted the same time. ^^

Those sprites looks very good. I love the sunny colors.

Yeah, I was going to say, character models look verrrrrrrrrrry nice. I reckon they're better than the first PS2 game's models and a lot better than the previous PSP game. Cant wait for it

For some reason they remind me vaguely of Kingdom Hearts... lol.

@JELEE: OH GOSH YOUR SIG oh gosh

SURPRISE! ZOMBIE DUMMIESSSSSS



Hey you're right.... ew. But for the PSP, they look damn noice. Hey I havent been watching the videos cause my internet's slow, so can someone tell me if the dailogue with the text boxes has voice overs?

Update: Roy was added in the Character section on the official site.
You can see 2 pics there and a usual video about him. ^^



And look for Shao May, and you'll get a new pic of Ling, RanFan and Fuu.

Thanks, Michiyo-. =D

HAHAHA! Roy looks kinda chibi-not-so-in-proportion but from that screenshot... battles look... turn based? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Please no.

And HAH HAH at Ling standing in the middle all like |-D

Thank you Michiyo!

Ling is looking awfully cute there! LOL

The fanservice...

From Tieba Baidu

0_0 I wanna know the story behind those fanservice scenes.

Thanks for the pic, Kasumisty!

LOL Nurse!Riza!? xD Can't say I saw that coming. xD The pic with Ed and Winry in wedding clothing looks cool. Although, like Michiyo, I'm wondering about what they could possibly add anywhere in the story. xD

@The fanservice: my mind are borked. Seriously, what hat did they pull that out of (besides the obvious hat of ideas they didn't use in the other cracky games?)

Oh god, another crack game? And here I thought it was actually going to be normal!

omg... Fanservice??? again? =____=a loked the wedding scene. love it though...

Then again, I don't think it's that big a deal if they're only just a few fun bits within the game. That may be the case with this one? It's a "normal" game with a few fun, cracky parts added in, perhaps?

From what I can tell, Ed doesn't look to happy about getting married or maybe it's just about wearing the suit.

*face palm* more crack and fanservice. Oh joyz...

Riza is up on the official site.
Here are the 2 pics:



And go to the Character section to watch the video.

Here's the full 'poster' of the Promised Day scan from a few days ago (it's in the new GanGan)

Thank you kindly.

Yay, it's Olivier!

Apart from the fanservice scenes that I'm allergic to, this game looks very encouraging. Too bad I don't have PSP nor plan to have.

I hope there is a chance this game is going to be released in the UK/US. I really want to play (and understand) it! "Fanservice" aside, it looks really awesome! It just means I have to kidnap my brother's PSP. =P

I know this is a completely ridiculous question to be asking now, but does it let you play as all of the characters? (If that makes sense!) xD