GameLight - Code of Princess

Official Site: http://www.atlus.com/codeofprincess/
Source: Youtube Channel AtlusUSA

Code of Princess is an Action-Beat 'em Up with RPG elements that's reminiscent of Guardian Heroes back in the Sega Saturn days (and a game of fond memories for me).  There are a lot of characters to choose from and in some of the modes there are over 50 characters to choose from (including the last boss).  Two of the developers that worked on this game worked on Guardian Heroes, so some of its influence is probably still there.  What made Guardian Heroes so great was the cohesive mixture of vibrant and colorful characters, intense combat, branching story paths that brought the players to many conclusions, the exciting and memorable music, and crazy multiplayer gameplay in both cooperative campaign and competitive combat.  From what I understand, Code of Princess won't have branching story paths and the main characters will essentially go through the same storylines.  The highlight of the game is probably its ability to play online with other players cooperatively and competitively.  For cooperative play, four players can link together online to possibly play through campaign (not entirely sure yet) if not helping each other on the 100+ quests within the game.  I think competitive multiplayer is still limited to 4 players as Guardian Heroes was up to 8 (or was it 10?) players at a time.  I'm very curious about this game as I love beat 'em ups and they're quite rare now.  The game seems to have great lasting appeal and replay value, but a lot of that comes from the online multiplayer.  What usually happens is that people stop playing online as Nintendo still haven't found the best way to deliver online multiplayer on their platforms yet (although the handheld market is definitely better than what the Nintendo consoles have done).  I guess I'll be picking up this game eventually.  Code of Princess is exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS and is available at your local game store or favored online shop.