Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

Developed by tri-Crescendo
Developed by Monolith Soft
Release date: 05 Dec 2003
Role-playing (RPG)Card & Board Game
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Developer: tri-Crescendo
Developer: Monolith Soft
Publisher: Namco
Themes: Fantasy
Player perspective: Third person
Game modes: Single player
An original roleplaying game for Nintendo GameCube from the team behind Xenosaga. The game makes heavy use of cards for everything from fighting battles to purchasing items. Cards are actually a central part of the story as well, as they are holders for "Magnus" which is short for "Magna Essence." Magnus is the true nature of all things throughout the world, including swords, magic spells and even apples that are gathered in the town in which your adventures start out. A real item can be turned into Magnus form and stored in a blank card. It can then be taken out from the card and will turn back into real form. Features detailed CG cutscenes to tell the story and turn-based battle sequences.