Contact is a video game published by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan on March 30, 2006 and by Atlus in North America on October 19, 2006. The game was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture (they're responsible for Killer 7).
Contact
takes the Role Playing Game genre in an entirely new direction, combining cutting-edge real-time RPG action with an involving and surprising plot. Adding in an enigmatic characterization and startling self-awareness, Contact fulfils a unique role on a similarly unique platform whilst utilizing all that the Nintendo DS has to offer.
Full and intuitive touchscreen controls blend with extensive equipment and character progression features, whilst both screens are used to provide a constant link with the game's enigmatic prime mover, the ever-present Professor. With a leisurely Wi-Fi island dedicated to multiplayer adventuring rounding off the exhaustive list of features, Contact provides a role-playing package that few can match.
The klaxon alarm is shrieking! Something is wrong! The Professor wrestles his damaged spaceship to a crash landing on a mysterious planet. In the aftermath of the crash, The Professor discovers that the power sources of his ship, known as Cells, have been scattered across the surface of this strange world. To retrieve them all, The Professor enlists the aid of a brave young man named Terry--and a brave video game player known as you! The Professor and Terry will ask for your help during the course of the adventure, using the Nintendo DS to "contact" you along the way. Will The Professor gather the Cells and return to outer space? Will you learn the goal of the mysterious organization that seeks to gather the Cells for itself? The future of an entire world has been placed in your hands!