Blood of Bahamut announced for DS, trailer, details

Blood of Bahamut -- the new DS game from Square Enix featuring arguably the Final Fantasy series' most popular summon -- was "confirmed" last week, but now it's really really confirmed (no quotation marks), with some details and a trailer spotted for the game.

I know what you want first, so I won't keep you...

The game is said to be a multiplayer action-RPG. As reported on GameGrep, two characters, Ibuki (male) and Yui (female) are confirmed to be in the title. In the trailer we see Ibuki fighting Gigant, one of the many giant beasts in the game -- what seem to be the main source of conflict. Gigant, as you may have noticed, is not your ordinary beast, and well, Ibuki and Yui aren't exactly ordinary people -- Gigant is a "castle creature" which the two "lived in". Not exactly the most stable of accomodations, and as we can see, Gigant doesn't make the best landlord...

The pair set out to tame the angry giants, though seemingly with no success. Borrowing from Shadow of the Colossus, the game sees you targeting weak points on the beasts; sometimes you'll have to break off parts to reveal them. More than 130 missions are yours to look forward to, which are split into story missions and free play, both of which can be played co-operatively with up to four people. Presumably, we'll be able to do this via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Very cool! Kind of makes me long for a new Secret of Mana game, or the original with Wi-Fi play, a la Chrono Trigger DS...