Baten Kaitos Origins

Baten Kaitos Origins is a Monolith Soft developed title that was published by Nintendo in 2006 for the GameCube. A prequel to Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, this game was among the final games Nintendo published for the GameCube.Namco was initially involved with the game as they were in the original, though upon release Nintendo took up the publishing rights. Unfortunately the game was never released in Europe as the original was.

It is unknown exactly how long before the original game this title takes place, though it does feature a new continent by the name of Hassaleh.

Gameplay
The game revolves around using magical cards while in combat. The player has three different levels of attacks including strong, medium and weak attacks. The cards are called Magnus Cards, and almost everything is placed on them, from weapons to armor. You won't permanently wield a weapon or a shield as you would in regular games, and rather you will have to draw the weapon or armor's card from the deck, where afterwards it will remain temporarily. The characters in the game all draw from the same deck of cards.