Wizard of OZ jRPG?

The Wizard of OZ was probably the biggest watershed moment in the film industry to my estimation. This was the first movie to take the audience on an adventure into a land of merryment and odyssey. We got gorgeous backdrops, interesting and unique characters and one of the most heartfelt stories of the time. Although it wasn't the first of it's kind, it brought the industry to a world of color and seemingly set the standard early. Keep in mind I'm only in my twenties, so I have a stinted view on things.

Anyways, color me surprised when today, Xseed games announced that they would be bringing over Riz-Zoawd under the title " The Wizard of Oz:Beyond the Yellow Brick Road" to the US. Before today I had never even heard of this game, but now that i've seen footage, I think I may enjoy it. Oz seemingly is all stylus controlled unlike most current DS rpgs. The game looks like it has a battlesystem akin to the Dragon Quests of the world; you basically just tap whatever you want your strawman to do. Movement is made by running your stylus over a virtual track ball. If you hit the trackball hard, you run fast, go slow and you walk at a snail's pace. This looks fairly creative, but without the game in front of me, I'm just a little skeptical.The character design seems a little intruiging aswell. It seems to have taken a note from the Return of Oz film that came out in the 80's. Out are the nostalgic images that come to mind when we think of the Tin Man and in it's place, we get highly stylized characters. It may not be as dark as that film, but it was certainly the first thing that popped into my mind before the 1939 movie. We'll see how it goes eventually, but for now I think I may hunt down a copy of Return to Oz.