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PS2 Negima!?
Dream Tactic... Maihime
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NCS Game Synopsis
«©NCS» Whilst
exploring the school library, students from class
3-A find an old and mysterious tome. After
flipping the volume open, strange rays of light
emanate from the pages and the pupils are
enchanted and eventually fall asleep. Deep in
slumber in the physical world, the girls are
trapped in a dreamland and must escape from their
predicament by way of tactical battles and
interaction. A total of eight missions must be
conquered before the gals are free to escape. The
first mission is based on the Cinderella fairy
tale complete with a stepmother and stepsisters
and the second mission is based on Little Red
Riding Hood.
Units are moved on a grid-based map to confront enemy units and
attacks are triggered by selecting them from a
menu. The basic command set is "Movement,"
"Attack," "Use Item," and something called
"Special Technique" which is the use of a skill to
heal a character, bolster defenses, or perform a
special attack. Negi Springfield can help his
students in dreamland by casting magic spells such
as "Recovery" which heals his students, "Sneeze"
which blows a strong wind against enemies,
"Shield" which raises the defensive power of a
student, and more.
The Maihime (Dancing Girl) version
of Negima!? Dream Tactic includes a bonus Original
Drama CD and one Pactio Card.
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NCS Game Notes
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Intro: The gals of Class 3-A perform magic, stand
around, clown, and wear swimsuits. Negima makes an
appearance midway during the course of the intro
to do some gesticulating. The intro ends with
fireworks and an image of the school as the logo
rushes into view.
» The selections on the title screen are:
NEW GAME: Start a new game
LOAD GAME: Resume a game from memory card
save data
OPTIONS: Toggle voices, set sound volumes,
toggle Dual Shock, etc
GALLERY: Artwork, BGM, and cinemas are all
locked up into three sections
» One of the galleries features 47 images but all
are locked and blocked by question marks.
» Start a new game and a front image of the school
is shown followed by other views of the structure
until we reach a darkened library. A girl with
glasses named Haruna Saotome appears and greets
the player. A felllow student with blue-hair and
blue eyes named Yue Ayase joins the interaction
followed by the purple-tressed book lover known as
Nodoka Miyazaki. How does she see through those
long bangs? All of the dialogue is accompanied by
voice acting which is performed by the actresses
from the animation series. There's some spot
animation when the girls blink and talk but the
images of trio are essentially static. If you look
at the top of each girl's head, you'll notice that
a sprig of hair sticks out in different
directions.
» The next day, the girls are in class and Asuna
Kagurazaka is joined by Konoka Konoe, Setsuna
Sakurazaki, and Haruna Saotome. They speak to the
player and are later joined by Yue Ayase and
Nodoka Miyazaki. The girls reflect on opening up a
book that they found the other night at the
library as it floats in the middle of the room and
bathes the girls standing around it in bright
light. Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell
appears followed by Mana Tatsumiya, Zazie Rainyday,
and Sayo Aisaka who all make curt sounds and
comment on the event.
» Later that night, the girls are in their crisp
pajamas and getting ready for bed at the dorm. The
lights go out but Asuna and Konoka continue to
talk to each other and to a white-furred ermine
named Albert Chamomile who is Negima's
panty-stealing familiar. The next day starts off
with Ayaka Yukihiro, Makie Sasaki, Sakurako Shiina,
and Fuka Narutaki providing interaction. Looking
at the four, it's like three non-blondes (well,
three orange-haired moppets) and a Nordic goddess
to the left. Kazumi Asakura pops in later to add
her two cents to the conversation. Even more
interaction commences between the students and
Albert Chamomile.
» After the talking is done, a character selection
screen appears with six girls shown as follows:
First Row: Sayo Aisaka, Kazumi Asakura,
Asuna Kagurazaka
Second Row: Haruna Saotome, Mana Tatsumiya,
Zazie Rainyday
» We chose Asuna to be leader and a cinema
sequence featuring the enchanted tome plays. The
next day, the girls are assembled into a team
which stands on a grid-based isometric map. A blue
square is the selection cursor which moves the
girls and sends them attacking the orange-haired
enemies. Movement and attacks are controlled
entirely through a menu system which pops up on
the left side of the screen when a character is
selected. Each girl utters a little sound or
saying before each attack.
» The rules of battle follow basic tactical action
conventions where attacking an enemy from behind
gives you a near 100% hit rate while attacking
from the side cuts it to 75%. Attacking head-on is
granted a lower percentage success rate since the
enemy sees the blow coming. Every attack is met by
a counterattack. When a girl on your team is
defeated, she's stripped down to her bikini before
falling down on the ground and disappearing. The
team is outnumbered in the first mission but with
Negima's help, they can prevail by concentrating
their attacks on individual enemies to deplete
their ranks before they can gang up on the girls.
» After each movement phase, Negima appears like a
deity on the screen and can cast one spell to help
the girls out. The health recovery spell (second
one from the top) is a good one to use to make
sure everyone stays healthy as they weather enemy
attacks and lose HP.
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