http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx3j/index.html

Nintendo dropped this at a shareholder meeting today with no more information than what you see here. Genre is unknown, part of Nintendo developing it is unknown. Whether it will come out of Japan is unknown.

Rating is "C", Japan's pseudo-equivalent to the ESRB's Teen (C is 15+). Release is May 26, 2011 in Japan.

The mighty NeoGAF also discovered this: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=25658064&postcount=15

Those are quotes from the Book of Job in the Bible.

I am intrigued, and the release date being so soon means we should get more information before long. I am also saddened that so many things don't make it out of Japan and am afraid for this one.

Random anecdote, this is the same way they revealed Metroid: Other M. Website with one image and a piano song.  

Edit: Apparently there was a different image up there before that showed her eyes, but they've since removed it for some reason. This is it:



April 5, 2011: Also, a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WUk7q5rJKw&feature=player_embedded

New information: release date is May 26th, 2011 in Japan. No word on other regions.

Video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WUk7q5rJKw&feature=player_embedded

Graphics are pretty middling.

Edit: Story/genre info:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/04/06/pandoras_tower_details/
http://www.andriasang.com//e/blog/2011/04/06/pandoras_tower_story/

ARPG! Somewhat interested. Disappointed you don't play as Ceres though. :|

Yeah, now you're just being ridiculous. Go look at a PS2 game and then come back and say that. It looks more like a late GameCube title.

Anyway, new info. Some really tiny screens and really tiny box art! http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/04/13/pandoras_tower_update/

Amazon has larger box art and screens. Click the box art image to see them: http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E4%BB%BB%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82-%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%81%AE%E5%A1%94-%E5%90%9B%E3%81%AE%E3%82%82%E3%81%A8%E3%81%B8%E5%B8%B0%E3%82%8B%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A7/dp/B004VPXR64/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1302752006&sr=1-1

The screens look much better than the video, but some of the textures are still borked. The ground in that really green shot with the boss, for example.

Also, box art fail: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=27160519&postcount=294
Disappointment total. Wonder if Nintendo will change the box art now.

The design of the character is not the problem. The problem is that that part of the box art appears to be traced.

I wonder what this game is going to be rated, assuming it makes it to North America! It appears to be fairly graphic, you know, with the girl having to eat the flesh of defeated monsters.

Off Topic: Oh Nintendo, I wish you would announce a few games to support the Wii and DS for the rest of their life cycles. For the Wii: The Last Story! And for the DS, Fire Emblem 3 Remake!!! I know that there are more than those two, but those would be a good place to start! Come on E3 press conference, announce those games for NA release!