Nexon Japan Announces Tenvi
If you’re wondering who Nexon is, then you have probably never heard of their flagship title, Maple Story. Maple Story is a rather unique MMORPG in that it is both side-scrolling and 2D. May sound kind of lame to some, but I must admit, I play Maple Story from time to time and have about 3 solid (> LVL 70) characters. Please don’t make fun of me.
Anyway, Nexon started developing a new title called Tenvi. Tenvi is in the same vein as Maple Story in that it is also side-scrolling and 2D, but it does bring a lot of cool new features to the table. The main differences are enhanced character sprites and the addition of a Guardian which follows your character around.
The game features 3 different races (each come in male or female), which can take up arms with different guardians. Here is a summary of the races:
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Race: Andoras
The Andoras race most closely resembles humans. They specialize in advanced technology, so for that reason their guardian is a robot. Their robot wields swords, guns, and hammers. |
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Race: Tarie
The Tarie race looks very much like elves in most games. They have white skin and pointed ears. They actually transform into their guardian which is a kind of dark hero. Their skills revolve around status effecting magic. |
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Race: Silver
The Silver race has brown skin and horns. Their guardian is a tamed Dragon. They also excel in magic, but unlike the Tarie, their magic is holy in nature. |
The Guardians bring some unique features to the game:
- The characters can “become one” with their guardian. The Andoras rides in its robot, the Tarie transforms into its hero, and the Silver rides on its dragon.
- At level 20, when a character is one with their guardian, they gain the ability to fly.
- Both the pilot and guardian can equip different equipments which change their respective appearances
Tenvi is already open to the public in Korea, and will be entering beta-testing in Japan come August 21st. Nexon brought just about all of its titles over to North America, so we should be hearing about it soon. In the meantime I leave you with some screens to enjoy:
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Sounds interesting. I never really gave Maple Story a chance, and 4chan always kept me away from it to be honest. Will have to give Tenvi a testrun when it comes out.
Also, love the new site layout.
Layout is pretty nice.
I have to say, I don’t care much for MapleStory, but I’m usually pretty open-minded about trying [free, right?] games.
Liking the toku look on the Tarie guardian…although the Silver horns are pretty nice as well.
Glad to hear you guys like the new layout! I think it’s a step in the right direction.
All of Nexon’s games are free, so Tenvi most likely will be as well.
I feel just about any MMO is what you make of it, it’s mostly about making friends and getting to know the economy.
I am still contemplating what race to go with in Tenvi. I am leaning towards human just cuz I prefer physical attack classes. I’ll probably play around with all of them though.
New layout is stylin’!
Gotta admit, my wife and I got addicted to Maple Story for quite awhile. Reminded me so much of Wonder Boy/Monster World, I loved it. This looks pretty awesome and I’ll definitely check it out if it hits the US.
Being a MapleStory Veteran (having played every version minus the ones out this/last year (to list them gMS, jMS, eMS, mSEA, kMS), and having at least one 4th job in every one, not to mention over 100 (I can prove it with account/character names as well) characters over lvl 50 in gMS, I can say I’ve played it quite a bit. (Spend 5~6 years playing it for approximately 8 hours a day, and then 9months of it for 12 hours a day, you do the math…)
In any case, this seems to remedy a lot of what I found to after a while boar me of MapleStory, and at the same time might provide me with that allure that drove me so madly insane to MapleStory and made it so addictive.
My theory is that MS is still a great game, but that the crowd it attracts is generally rude, and it makes the game suck. Starting off gMS nearly 6 years ago was amazingly fun and addicting because people were friendly, nice, and always likely to help you out. Going back on within the last few months even just to check wields tons of annoying losers spamming curse words or variants thereof.
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In any case, can’t wait to play it! I believe it’s in OB now, and if it is I’ll be downloading it… I signed up at least :3