Square releases iPod RPG

iTunes has shown that buying digital music an be fast and easy, but recently the idea of the iPod Touch and iPhone being legitimate gaming machines has become a more probable idea with games be produced for it like a special version of Spore.

little did anyone expect that the standard iPod would also be getting full, original games from RPG giant Square-enix.

Days ago Squenix posted an original tactical RPG on the heels of the latest DS game Final Fantasy Tactics A2. The new game was known as Song Summoner: the unsung hero, a Strategy RPG for the iPod Nano and iPod classic that could be downloaded from iTunes for $6.

The game boasts that it can generate unique soldiers based on your MP3 tracks for use in combat. The idea seems reminiscent of the Monster breeding sim game on the Playstation; Monster Rancher, which featured the ability to convert your CDs into monsters, generated from the CD data.

To take the idea even farther, Squenix also claims that listening to the song that spawned one of your soldiers will help to toughen them up even farther.

Sounds like a great idea, and for only $6 a bargain as well. Only time will tell if the game will become available for the new iPhone 3G and iPod Touch.

Thanks to Square-Enix for the images