Phantasy Star Nova detailed in Famitsu
PS Vita Phantasy Star in full development at tri-Ace.
Famitsu this week has first details on Phantasy Star Nova, Sega and tri-Ace‘s newly announced single-player Phantasy Star, due out for PS Vita in 2014. Find the summary of new information below.
Staff
- Publisher: Sega
- Developer: tri-Ace
- Series Producer: Satoshi Sakai
- Producer: Yasuyuki Tsuzuki (Sega)
- Producer: Hiroyuki Tamura (tri-Ace)
- Composer: Moto Sakuraba
Development
- tri-Ace fully in charge of development
- 70 staff members at tri-Ace on development
- Only supervised by Phantasy Star team
Character Creation
- Players can customize the full name and appearance of their character in “Character Create”
- NPCs are made from the same character creator as Phantasy Star Online 2
Story Mode (1-player)
- Multiplayer is possible via ad-hoc (1-4 players)
- The story advances through “Missions”
- As you clear Missions, more and more story develops
Arks Special Planetory Exploration Group Alter
- The player belongs to the Arks Special Planetary Exploration Group Alter
- Alter’s Delta Variant warship (1,000 crew members) crash-lands on “Planet Machia”
- Planet Machia is an uncivilized planet where photons have no effect
- Planet Machia is home to the super giant “Gigantes” enemies
- The player’s aim is to return alive from Planet Machia while fighting the Gigantes
Main Characters
- Lutia – female human NPC, 18 years-old, Force class, main character’s partner
- Seil – male human NPC, 18 years-old, Hunter class, a hot-blooded man who is always thinking of his friends
- Phildia – female human NPC, 28 years-old, Hunter class, Delta Variant’s temporary captain
Enemies
- The super giant enemy “Agrios” (part of the Gigantes species) will appear
- Phantasy Star Online 2 enemy “Kyuklonaada” will appear
- Phantasy Star Online 2 enemy “Wolgarda” will appear
- Phantasy Star Online 2 enemy “Wol Dragon (Green)” will appear
Operation System
- Provided photons have no effect on the planet, “Photon Arts” cannot be used
- Technics also cannot be used
- “Something” will replace photons; details will be provided in a follow-up report
Classes and Weapons
- Hunters can use swords and partisans
- Forces can use rods
- Weapons cannot be obtained through item drops
- By procuring “raw materials” on Planet Machia, the player can create weapons
New Weapon: Large Firing Arms “Pile”
- Piles are Anchor (lance) shooting weapons
- Piles create “weak points” on the part of enemy it hits
- Piles have a special effect when fired at Gigantes; details will be provided in a follow-up report
Thanks, G-Heaven.