Infinite Space Trailer Rocks 80's Anime-Inspired Style

A new trailer for the upcoming space-faring role playing game Infinite Space has arrived, It's the first of four anime-inspired clips teasing the game's upcoming release on the Nintendo DS. Developed cooperatively by PlatinumGames and Nude Maker, wh

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A new trailer for the upcoming space-faring role playing game Infinite Space has arrived, It's the first of four anime-inspired clips teasing the game's upcoming release on the Nintendo DS.

Developed cooperatively by PlatinumGames and Nude Maker, whose previous collaboration resulted in the mech-combat game Steel Battalion (the legendary Xbox game that required a huge custom 40-button controller), the SEGA-published Infinite Space features a nostalgic 80's-inspired anime look and feel. The game packs over seventy hours of gameplay, one hundred different spaceships to command, and both single and multiplayer game modes into its little cartridge.

Due out sometime in Spring of 2010, Infinite Space's story focuses on a young adventurer named Yuri who finds himself battling space pirates and evil dictators in a galaxy on the cusp of war. Apparently, he'll also have to "search the universe for a mystical epitaph that is known to have power to change the world." Must be some wickedly clever postmortem commentary.

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    January 12, 2010 7:36 PM

    I don't really see anything about this that suggests 1980s anime. 1980s space anime would be, what, Robotech and Captain Harlock? This looks like modern anime to me.

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      January 12, 2010 8:13 PM

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        January 12, 2010 8:23 PM

        Not being a fan of space opera or mecha shows, I don't watch many and finish even less than I start.

        Still, I agree it doesn't really look 80's to me. Reminds me of more recent shows like Starship Operators, Stellvia and Vandread. Maybe even Nadesico.

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        January 13, 2010 12:41 AM

        Macross Frontier?

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        January 13, 2010 5:38 AM

        Then you don't watch much anime! Macross F? Tekka Toppa Gurren Lagaan? Diebuster?

        Tons of modern examples. Here, let me help you

        80's anime was is huge into space and giant space battles

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      January 12, 2010 9:12 PM

      yeah.. it isn't 80's style anime. It's now-a-days anime. I dont see anything Star Blazers, Robotech or Harlock at all.

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      January 12, 2010 10:18 PM

      Same here, it's too new. Anyways, this is the only DS game that's caught my attention in the past few years.

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