![]() The PS2 was powered by a proprietary processor known as the Emotion Engine. The machine had the highest consumer anticipation in the history of video games at the time - its mere announcement two whole years before release was one of the causes of the Sega Dreamcast's death (and by proxy, the end of Sega's console business) in its infancy. What certainly didn't hurt was that it was the most powerful gaming console on Earth at the time of its release (or at least the most powerful gaming console people cared about the Nintendo GameCube, released a year later, was more powerful than the PS2 but set back by its use of a lower-capacity storage format) and one of the first to truly compete with the processing power of PCs, which helped to generate a ton of excitement on its own, especially for those too young or too technophobic to understand the significance of the DVD format and just cared about gaming. This, coupled with near-complete backwards compatibility with the original PlayStation, made the PS2 an extremely attractive system for both players and developers (the system was actually the hardest of its generation to develop for, but offset that by also being the most commercially enticing platform). The PS2 worked as a DVD player right out of the box - an incredibly affordable one for its time, and that was before taking into account the fact it was a game system. ![]() While DVDs were first commercially available in 1996, when the PS2 launched in 2000 the world was still in the process of transitioning to it from VHS as the home media standard. note PS2 games made use of both the CD and the DVD format, which were Color-Coded for Your Convenience: CD-based games had blue backings (compared to the black CDs used for PS1 games) and DVD-based games were silver. One of the system's biggest features was its use of the emerging DVD format. Instead of the ordinary gray color scheme and top-loading CD drive of the original, the PS2 featured a sleek black body, a front-loading disc tray, an optional vertical stand, and a much more substantial cooling system. The monsters are all visible.- Original PlayStation 2 marketing slogan.Īfter managing to dethrone Nintendo as the top console manufacturer with the PlayStation, Sony set out to make lightning strike twice with their entry into The Sixth Generation of Console Video Games, the PlayStation 2. The battles themselves are typical turn-based ones, with several menu choices, such as "Attack", "Defend","Catch" or "Item". Then you have to experiment and to cross different kinds of monsters with each other, to obtain more powerful species which you can later use in battles. You must fight monsters and capture them once they become weak enough. Jade Cocoon is, at its core, a Pokémon-like monster-breeding RPG. On the day of his initiation, which is also the day he marries his lovely girlfriend Mahbu, he receives his first dangerous mission. ![]() But Levant's father disappeared long ago in the woods, and now it's Levant's turn to be the new Cocoon Master. Levant's father was a Cocoon Master - a hunter who could capture those monsters, purge their corrupted souls through holy powers and make them serve the people. Since then the forests around Syrus are populated by monsters. Long time ago the country was cursed by a powerful spirit. Levant is a young boy from a village Syrus.
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