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Competition
Our game is marketed as a turn-based strategy game that competes with such games as Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (Grimoire of the Rift), Final Fantasy Tactics (Advance), and Disgaea (Hour of Darkness).

Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Grimoire of the Rift

Genre: Strategy RPG

Basic Story: School is out for the summer, but mischievous Luso Clemens must first face detention to make up for his misbehavior. Alone in the library, he stumbles upon an ancient book with magical powers that summons him to the mystical land of Ivalice. Warped into the middle of a battlefield, Luso joins Cid and his clan to set off on an adventurous journey looking for a way home

Game Mechanics: Destroy Enemy, Uncover Story, and Increase Levels (Power)

Game Reviews:

· Good overall view, depth and audio.
· Long battles with little payoff
· Restrictive battle conditions


Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Genre: Strategy RPG

Basic Story: The main character is Marche, a young boy who is friends with a couple of other down-on-their-luck kids. Collectively, they aren't having a great time in their formative years--they've got problems at home and at school. One day, though, they discover a magical book that literally transforms their harsh and mundane world into one of swords and sorcery. This is a place where they can be heroes. Marche, nevertheless, believes that this new world is not his rightful place, and so he begins his long quest to find a way home.

Game Mechanics: Destroy Enemy, Uncover Story, and Increase Levels (Power)

Game Reviews:

· Hours of game play
· Interesting story (Story helps to keep the player playing)
· Unique judging system (some battles prohibit certain weapons, magic, ect)
· Character class leveling can be tedious and time consuming

Disgaea Hour of Darkness

Genre: Strategy RPG

Basic Story: The hero of the story, Laharl, crown prince of the netherworld is a demon, and spoiled brat. He awakens from a long slumber one day to find that his father is dead and that the netherworld needs a new overlord. The choice is obvious to Laharl, so he sets off to take control of the netherworld by force, with his not-so-trusty vassal Etna in tow.

Game Mechanics: Destroy Enemy, Uncover Story, and Increase Levels (Power)

Game Reviews:

· Game is intended for experienced Strategy RPG players
· Game allows player to go back and replay levels
· The game loses its strategy intent by allowing group combo hits. So as long as the player keeps three characters together he she can cause massive damage to enemies.

Jack Rabbit (game name pending)

Genre: Turn-Based Strategy

Basic Story: (Todd please feel free to cover this section)

Game Mechanics: Search, Gather and Repair

Game Similarities:
· Player’s intellect is tested against the computers artificial intelligence. The player has to think about his or her set movements by using a turn based grid.
· The player has the ability to push/throw an enemy character a set number of squares.
· The character can obtain new weapons (upgrades)
Differences:
· Our game requires the player to collect resources such as duct tape, cloth, string, metal plate, wire, ect.
· The player is required to repair assets in the game in order to advance to the next level.
· The player cannot destroy the games enemies.
· Our game consists of moving only the one main character as opposed to moving 4-6 different characters.
· The player does not level up throughout the game.




Copyright References (Websites)
Copyright 1991 - 2009 :: Game Informer Magazine
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© 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved
http://www.gamespot.com/

Copyright 1996-2009, IGN Entertainment, Inc.
http://gameboy.ign.com/objects/480/480116.html

Copyright References (Strategy Guides)
Atlus Offical Strategy Guide
WWW.ATLUS.COM
Disgaea TM Hour of Darkness © 2003 NIPPON ICHI SOFTWARE INC. Licensed to and published by ATLUS U.S.A., Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Bradygames Offical Strategy Guide / Square Enix
WWW.BRADYGAMES.com / WWW.SQUARE-ENIX.COM
©2007, 2008 SQUARE ENIX Co., LTD. All Rights Reserved. FINAL FANTASY, FINAL FANTASY TACTICS, GRIMOIRE OF THE RIFT, SQUARE ENIX, and the SQUARE ENIX logo are trademarks of the Square Enix co., Ltd.

The Offical Nintendo Players Guide (Nintendo Power)
©2003 Nintendo of America Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nintendo is a registered trademark of Nintendo of America Inc. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance © 2003 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. FINAL FANTASY TACTICS is a registered trademark of SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.