April 5, 2006 - Brave Story was announced some time ago as being in development for the DS, PS2 and PSP, but it wasn't until the latest issue of Famitsu that we learned first details on the DS version. Tentatively titled Brave Story, the Bandai Namco Games adventure is based closely on the Miyuki Miyabe novel and animated film.
You play as an original main character who lost his mother at a young age, suffered memory loss from the shock, and was put in a hospital. Now 18, you travel into a special world apart from reality in an attempt to recover your lost memories. You appear as a 13 year old in this world.
You're not alone on your adventure. In the game's first town, you select one of two partner character, each of whom has his own reason for being in the special world. Wataru is a normal fifth-grade student whose life changes when his father suddenly leaves home and his mother makes a failed attempt at suicide. With all hope lost, Wataru turns to his classmate Mitsuru, from whom he learns of the special world. Mitsuru has actually gone into this world in order to return her sister back from the dead.
Wataru is the main character from the novel, and by selecting him as your partner character, you end up playing through an arranged version of the original storyline. Selecting Mitsuru puts you on an all new storyline prepared especially for the game.
As you travel to the fantastic places and meet the fantastic characters of the special world, you explore complex dungeons. These require that you use the stylus to solve puzzles. The stylus is used to slide levers, rotate the dials of a lock, and move pieces of puzzles into place.
Brave Story is set for Japanese release on 7/6.
Source:
IGN