Opus

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Genre A Rhythmic, Fantasy Action/Adventure RPG
Platform Nintendo Wii Target Audience
Male/Female 13-24 Music Lovers and RPG fans
Rating Teen
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Game Overview

• Guitar Hero Meets Final Fantasy

An Over The Top, Rhythm-Based RPG. A guitarist
cursed with the power to use music as a weapon,
you have been tricked into spreading a sonic
plague across the globe. Now, armed only with an
electric guitar, you must travel the world and
assemble a supernatural band able to fight
against the mysterious organization responsible
and ultimately destroy the source of the
cursethe chaos score Opus9.
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• Game Features

• Jam Impact combat system that pits you against
  other supernatural bands using music as a weapon
  and your Wiimote as an instrument. Choose from
  four music classes
• String Instruments (Guitars, Bass, and Violins)
• Wind Instruments (Trumpets, Saxophones, and
  Flutes)
• Drums/Percussions (Drum Kits, Pianos, and
  Cymbals)
• Vocal (Choir ensembles and Operatic soloist).
• A thrilling, fantasy-martial arts storybased on
  musical themes, culture, and historyset in a
  vibrantly detailed 3D world. Contemporary, and
  classical music culture explored for the first
  time in a Role-Playing Game.

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• Game Features contd

Recruit 100 Support Musicians for your
supernatural band. Manage, Exchange, and Arrange
them to craft special attacks and give your lead
band members new abilities. Choose Your Genre.
From Rock to Hip Hop, change your sound by
arranging your lead band members in different
formations. Licensed Soundtrack and Music
Scores from top selling, world famous artists
including Green Day, Apocalyptica, RZA Tokyo Ska
Paradise Orchestra, and Yoko Kanno as well as
remixes of old classics from Beethoven, Mozart,
and Bach.
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Story

• With the invention of Amp Theaters, vibration
  and air have been tapped as an energy source,
  providing humanity with near limitless resources.
  Unfortunately, Amp Theaters also created an
  unexpected side-effect in the population,
  influencing the moods and the health of the
  humans they provide for. Thus, they have become
  the most precious and protected structures in the
  world, as any imbalance in their vibrations
  greatly impacts the inhabitants surrounding them.
  
• Now, however, a secret society known as MIRZA
  has unearthed the chaos score Opus 9. Using its
  ability to alter vibrations and energize sound,
  it has cursed musicians across the world with the
  power to destroy with music. The Amp Theaters are
  now threatened and the cursed musicians--known as
  The Notelessare considered criminals, hunted and
  killed by global authorities. Noteless bands have
  formed in response and a war on sound has begun.
  With all nations on the edge of collapse and
  Noteless on the rise, humanity has entered the
  Era of the Great Sonic Plague.

You assume the role of a young guitarist cursed
by the Opus 9, yet aware of the plot thats been
set into action. You must free yourself and the
others from its grasp by traveling to Amp
Theaters around the globe and tuning their
vibrations with your music. Along the way you
must team up with other musicians and finally
amass a supernatural band capable of confronting
MIRZA and destroying the Opus 9 for good.
Amp Theaters
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Stradivarius (Strad)
Player Characters

• The abandoned son of a musical genius, Strad is
  an emotional recluse who has always withdrawn
  himself from society relying solely on his music
  to keep him at peace. After becoming one of the
  victims of a mysterious curse, however, he has
  transformed into a human time bomb capable of
  destroying life and music alike with his guitar.
  Fortunately, Strad has discovered the key to
  breaking the curse.
• Now, hunted by the world, Strad has decided to
  fight back against the mysterious guildMIRZAwho
  has targeted him and, with the help of other
  afflicted musicians, break free from the curse of
  the Opus 9.

Strad Commands an Electric Guitar and has the
ability to recruit support band members from the
guitar and string classes.
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The Noteless
Player Characters

• Strad is not alone in his misfortune, master
  musicians from all over the world have been
  targeted by MIRZA to spread the dreaded plague.
  They likewise seek to be freed from its painful
  impact. These cursed musicians are known as The
  Noteless.

The Noteless are your band leadseach the master
of a particular instrument class. The combination
of Noteless you have in your 5 member party will
determine the sound of your band as well as what
kind of musical attacks you can use (your Genre).
Different Noteless can also recruit different
classes of Support Musicians. Noteless can
willingly join your group or you can win them
over by defeating them in Jam Impact battles.
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Support Musicians
Ally Characters

• In addition to Noteless musicians, there are
  100 support musicians you can recruit from four
  different classes to support your band, each with
  their own unique playing styles and instruments.
  Support Musicians essentially act as weapons for
  your Noteless band leads, giving them access to
  more powerful and varied Jam Impact attacks and
  combos.

Drum and Percussion Class
Wind Class
Guitar and String Class
Vocal Class
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Rouge Noteless
Enemies

• Rouge Noteless and Rival Bands with their own
  agendas roam the lands looking for other Noteless
  to recruit or consume in order to gain power.
  They will often attack you and your group without
  reservation should you be deemed worthy of
  battling.
• You can try to recruit these bad seeds, but
  depending on who you have in your band or what
  youve done in the game world, they may respond
  with violence.

Most Rouge Noteless cannot be recruited and
insist on terrorizing every town they cross.
Defeat them to gain Experience Points to level-up
your band members and become stronger. Defeating
Rouge Noteless can also win you Access to New
Locations.
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MUTES
Enemies

• The Global Authorities!
• Specially recruited and mind-controlled Noteless
  trained by the world government to seek and
  destroy other rouge and powerful Noteless. That
  means YOU!

The Mutes are your 1 threat, they are in every
city and location constantly in pursuit.
Defeating Mutes gains you experience points and
Reputation which raises your chances of
successfully recruiting new band members!
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MIRZA
Enemies

• A secret society that has unearthed and
  performed the chaos score Opus 9, unleashing its
  devastating curse upon the world.
• Their members and motives are unknown, yet in
  the six years that have passed since their
  arrival, they are rumored to be after more than
  mere global unrest and domination.

In your quest to harmonize Amp Theaters you will
run into more than a few Members of MIRZA out to
thwart you in your efforts. Gain more
information About the group by finding And
defeating its members and uncover the shocking
truth behind the chaos score Opus9.
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Battle Of The Bands
Gameplay

• Jam!!! Use Wii gestures and button combinations
  to perform musical attacks that manifest as
  telekinetic and paranormal abilities
• While controlling a Violin Class Noteless, turn
  the Nun-chuck on its side and quickly race the
  Wii-mote back and forth across your upturned
  forearm. This will perform the Devils Trill and
  literally transforms you into a demon that
  unleashes a devastating combo upon your enemy.
• With a Guitar Class Noteless, hold the Nun-chuck
  out to your side and windmill the Wii-mote in a
  vertical 360 in front of you. This initializes
  the Smashing Rock Combo, setting your body
  ablaze, rushing you up to the enemy, and letting
  you flail your guitar/Wii-Mote as fast as you can
  within 10 seconds for max damage.
• Solos and Combination Attacks. Level up and
  learn how to string together multiple weaker
  attacks to create more powerful Solo and
  Freestyle Combos. Or perform dual and group
  attacks with multiple Noteless at once to create
  Duet and Ensemble Combination Attacks.

• Band Arrangement and Member Swapping.
• Assume control over any of the 5 Noteless Leads
  in your party at any moment and jump between them
  to create more complex and effective attack
  strategies.
• Arrange your band on the fly by swapping out
  Noteless Leads in the middle of battle to change
  your attack arsenal and music genre. You can even
  trade and exchange band members with rival or
  defeated bands for a variety of purposes, such as
  for a peace or allegiance offering.

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Battle Of The Bands
Gameplay contd

• Advance and Upgrade. Grow individual band
  members as well as the band as a whole and gain
  access to more Solo Combos, Duets, and Locations
  by defeating enemies. Recruit Noteless to gain
  new instruments, in-game music tracks, and music
  genres. Rally Support Musicians to unlock
  additional abilities, story, and world content.
• Name Your Band and make your own custom group
  emblems and character skins or choose from a
  library of ready made designs and mix and match
  them as you please.
• Rouge Mode. Be a Rouge Noteless and venture on
  the ultimate power trip to conquer all bands!

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All The Worlds A Stage.
Game World

• Reality Re-mastered. Journey through a nameless,
  modern fantasy world marked with uniquely fused
  musical and cultural themes (i.e. Baroque,
  Cathedral-style Skyscrapers, Punk Rock Music
  Halls, and Hip Hop Governments).

Enter the Underworld. Visit black market
Tuning Shops to buy items and new models of
instruments or enter Studios where you can
perform, name, and save combo attacks to use as
preset, automated commands in future battles.
Proceed with Caution. Some locations have
Noteless scanning systems that can bring trouble
your way. Find the means to disguise yourself and
hide your powers so that you can travel through
towns safely.
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Sample Gameplay

• After being chased by Mutes, youve just
  reached the Amp Theater floating above the coral
  metropolis of Coric only to find yourself
  ambushed by a rival bandThe Lost Numberswho
  seek revenge for a defeat you delivered to them
  way back. With the Mutes hot on your tail, you
  dont have time to dally so you try to avoid the
  fight by offering to give up a supportive band
  member, but its no dice. The Lost Numbers
  leader casts a Jam Impact Zone around your party
  and they begin their assault.
• A whirlwind of giant spiked thorns and rose
  leaves sweeps through your group as the Lost
  Numbers open the fight with an operatic music
  attack marked by a Duet of Violin and Vocal
  attacks. You use your Percussionist to perform a
  defensive Sonic Shamble Smash and dampen the
  attack but you have taken damage. You do not have
  the Noteless leads in your group who can play
  well against Operatic attacks so you switch out
  your drummer and cymbal percussionist for your
  powerful Piano and Cello Leads. Their are 5
  support musicians with them and without
  hesitation you perform a preset Ensemble Combo
  that rocks the ground below the Lost Numbers
  feet with thunder and lightning bolts followed by
  torrents of black rain.
• This attack dizzies two leads in the Lost
  Numbers band and allows you to change the
  dynamic of the fight. The music genre changes
  from an Operatic to a Jazz style with you setting
  the pace.
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Sample Gameplay

• With the advantage now yours, you push the fight
  more towards a jazz genre by switching out your
  Vocalist and Cello musician for a Trumpet and
  Bass Player. Their attacks are not that strong
  and they have few support musicians, but Jazz
  works best against Operatic attacks.
• You use your trumpet player to perform a Solo
  Attack that is aimed at and overpowers the two
  vocalist in the Lost Number group. Just as you
  are close to finishing them off however, the
  crafty lead vocalist unexpectedly calls in her 20
  support musiciansA Flying Angel Choirand
  performs a devastating fire shower move that
  takes most of your band down, but has the double
  edge of killing off two of the Lost Numbers own
  vocalist.
• Getting desperate you change out your fallen
  Trumpeter and Cello Noteless in exchange for two
  additional Guitar leads. Gambling with the last
  bit of your energy you use your fusion technique
  to combine all the guitars. You then scramble to
  perform the strongest move in your arsenal on the
  lead VocalistThe Flying Guitar Ensemble Rush
  Combo.
• As the smoke clears you stand rag tagged, but
  triumphant. Just as you think its all over
  however, the air clears to reveal a company of
  Mutes who have you surrounded on all sides

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Visual Style

• The iconic and painterly character art of
  Kingdom Hearts meets the modern-fantasy, detailed
  3D environments of Devil May Cry with intense
  splashes of color effects in between to bring
  emphasis and contrast to the world. All designs
  feature a unique, modern blend of musical and
  cultural themes from the East and West including
  Hip Hop, Japanese, and East Indian Culture,
  Classical and Baroque Architecture and Art, as
  well as influences from Jazz, Rock, and Ska.

Kingdom Hearts
Devil May Cry
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Online and Multiplayer Features

• Face off against your friends bands over the net
  in a special Battle of the Bands mode or play
  Co-op in story game mode.
• Unlock hidden Noteless leads and rare items and
  instruments through Online Jam Competitions.
• Download Exclusive Music Content to your I-pod.
• Wii-DS connectivity options.

Franchise Plan
Future Titles- More instruments and music
styles, new stories and characters, exclusive
online multiplayer versions. MMORPG
potential. Ancillary Markets The I.P. is prime
for animation, manga, and comics. Celebrity Band
Appearances- Gorillaz, Linkin Park, and more!
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I.P. and Presentation byKasan Wright
Fin.