I'll first mention the ones that are working on it;
Main Developers: Logicore (Yes, he spend lots of hours in a tiny cage working on it), Ryunichi
Assistant Developers: Ikaros, iBram
Special Mention: Hyperion, Yamato
Voice Art: Hoshi, Phobos

The Japanese Civilization we are going to add to Age of Empires 3 will be completely different from the ones you know now. It will be heavily dependant on wood; like the Dutch are dependant on gold.
The civ will have Bamboo Factories, which produce wood (similar to the banks of the Dutch). Japanese Outposts are free.
Of course we will balance it, so the Japanese will not be a almighty, overpowered civilization!

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(In yellow; Shaolin Monks, in black; Ninja, in blue; Karo)

Here a list features that'll be in it:

- A Completely new civilization to play with:

- New units like the Karo (Samurai, Heavy Infantry), Ninja and Ashigaru! (Check the screenshots!)

- Unique Mercenary unit: ANBU

- New techs: Masamune (Karo attack upgrade), Meiyo (All units more HP) and more!

- New cards offering unique upgrades for the Japanese.

- Neat new sounds for all of the units! Spoken by Japanese people in high quality, so no crackling voices of foreigners trying to speak Japanese.

- New textures for the new units and villagers. Awesome textures made by our Script kiddy named Logicore. A new civ needs new clothes of course.

- New icons for the techs, units and cards.

- New politicians. Of course we don't want just stinky Western politicians in Japan, so we made new ones!

- New building: The Bamboo Factory. Always had that annoying wood-shortage? Well, now you won't. (But you might have other shortages...)

- A brand-new RM (Random Map): Japan. (You want to battle your enemies on your homelands, right? ;P)

- We made sure there are some historical references. The Japanese don't have thought-up names, and several techs were also inventions in real Japan.

Noticed something wrong? Just call 0991-999-990924890124890412904829103829099999 (International number *sigh*) or mail one of the staff and pass on the mistake.

You can reach us at both the forums and you can PM us (Send to Logicore! <.< )

We'll post again for when the public beta is done, so stay tuned for the next episode! o.o

Of course;
- You will not be able to play with people that do not have this mod.
- You will not be able to play online on ESO with this mod installed. ( You WILL be able to play via LAN or Hamachi VPN when both sides have the mod installed. A Rising Sun Mod Hamachi Server will be set up after the release.)
- And it's not advised to do this while you have other mods installed; files may be overwritten or deleted.
- We do not guarantee this mod will not harm your gamefiles in a way that you will need a re-install.

[This message has been edited by Ryunichi (edited 05-08-2006 @ 04:51 PM).]