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Sega has updated their Tokyo Game Show page with a new image of the 14 classes you’ll be able to play as in Phantasy Star Zero. These classes will be familiar to Phantasy Star Online players, with the addition of two new classes, HUmarl and HUnewm.

Phantasy Star Zero Class List

HUcaseal and HUcast

RAcaseal and RAcast

RAmar and RAmarl

HUmarl and HUmar

FOmar and FOmarl

HUnewearl and HUnewm

FOnewm and FOnewearl

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Clothes ‘n’ Parts has finally arrived. This mission features new clothes and previously exclusive ones that were hard to find. You can find this mission on the elevators of Cylez City 5th Floor.

Here’s a quick guide on where you can hunt for items you need. Some items are user suggested or based on personal experience. Unfortunately when it comes to donating in Shitenkaku, there is no sure fire way to get the items you want. Will update based on experiences.

SPF Tops And Bottoms

• Ethan’s Portrait:
  Complete Episode 3 Story Mission: Ambition’s End with an end result of S.
• Airboard:
  Buy 20 Par Ash and Parum Souvenir in  MA-GRMS Shop on Parum, then synthesize.
• Solid / Knight:
  Lightning Beast S, after last Grass Assassin boxes at end.
• Tormad:
  Try Scarred Planet, Eastern Peril or Lightning Beast in boxes.

Mikuna’s Set

• Mirei Portrait:
  Complete Episode 3 Story Mission: Will of Light with end result of S.
• Mirei Photo Stand:
  Suggest donating A rank weapons in Shitenkaku Offering Box. **
• Mimic Doll:
  Fail the synthesis of ANY items in Partner Machinery. Try A-S Rank items.
• Tear of Light:
  Grove of Fanatics boss box on Neudaiz.
• Paradi Cataract (Casts Only):
  Highly suggest Maximum Attack G’. Otherwise try The Dark God.

Amorosso

• Lumia Portrait:
  Complete Episode 3 Story Mission: Despair and Hope 2 with end result of S.
• Berry Pie:
  Buy in Maximum Attack G’ Mission from Cake Sisters in Ruins.
• Har / Quick:
  Highly Suggest hunting at Dancing Birds S after Rappy Gugg.
• Citrad:
  Try Story Mission “Will of Light 2″ or Dancing Birds, Hill of Spores, and White Beast.

Bikini Swimwear

• Protein Can:
  Can be bought for 10 Koltova Milk and 10 Koltova Gras at The Collector.
  Highly suggest hunting Milk and Gras at Plains Overlord with 3 star luck, try map with Koltova as first spawn to the left.
• Silence / Resist (Fleshies Only):
  Suggest buying in player shops due to low prices, otherwise try The Dark God, Or Maximum Attack G.
• Cream House (Males Only):
  Buy in Maximum Attack G’ Mission from Cake Sisters in Ruins.
• Chocolate House (Females Only):
  Buy in Maximum Attack G’ Mission from Cake Sisters in Ruins.
• Groovy Juice:
  Buy 2 Groovy Juice Boards at MA-GRMS Cylez (2nd Floor). Synth with Hustle Berry & Love Berry. Suggest doing any Moatoob and Parum C rank missions.
• Legsless / Rainbow (Casts Only):
  Try Electronic Brain A through S2. Highly suggest buying it in player shops.

Formalwear & Formal Dress

• Gourmet Chocolat:
  Highly suggest Eastern Peril or Forested Islands. Also Try Grove of Fanatics.
• Serafi Feather:
  Suggest buying it in player shops, otherwise hunt rappies during holidays like Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day.
• Berilad (Fleshies Only):
  Highly suggest Habirao Forbidden District and White Beast.
• Amethad (Casts Only) :
  Try Habirao Forbidden District Areas.

[list via psupedia]

Sega has just announced the new missions coming out for September 26. As the update is released, we will have more detailed information.

• Clothes ‘n’ parts
• Bladed Legacy C through S2
• Mag 2 Rewards

Clothes N Parts mission will be located on Guardians Colony Fifth Floor. The mission is accessible from the elevators located at the back wall behind the mission and type change counters. In this mission you’ll be able to purchase exclusive clothing items that were previously unavailable to obtain if you did not participate in a specific event. It will also include some brand new clothing styles that were only available offline. Clothes that may be available for purchase in this mission include:

• SPF Top And Bottoms: Obel’s outfit for Males
• Mikuna Set: Mirei Mikuna’s outfit for Females
• Formalwear: Formal clothes previously available from 1up Cup
• Bikini Swimwear: Bikinis previously available from 1up Cup
• Amorosso Top and Bottoms: Lumia’s outfit for Females

Bladed Legacy is a new mission located inside the Il Cabo Base lobby. This mission features 3 new enemies never before seen on the U.S servers. You will be fighting against beasts and machines, with a special guest appearance of Magashi clones! In this mission the exclusive Paural (which previously was only available if you failed a synth of technic weapons) will drop from SEED lab staff.

Maximum Attack G 2 rewards include Sange and 10% Grinder boost!

Sonic Team has apologized for the server downtime that occurred sometime at 7:40PM JST. They have restored access at 11:20PM JST. The servers may be offline for an hour for ISP maintenance but this may be put off until Thursday night. No official reports yet on what will be updated, though we heard GMs say that the clothing mission may be released this week. Stay tuned for further news.

Updated Sept 20, 2008
Sega has launched the official site for Phantasy Star Zero. There isn’t much new information from the previous blog entry but now you can see clearer screenshots and artwork for the game. Here we will break down the official site and translate some aspects of the game. Preorder through Amazon Japan to receive a discount.

Tokyo Game Show 2008

Phantasy Star Zero will appear at TGS 2008. New character artwork gives a brief glimpse of what the other 6 unannounced classes might look like.

It Begins With Zero

Phantasy Star Zero is a brand new game based on the original Phantasy Star Online. The meaning behind the title “Phantasy Star Zero” serves as a “return to the starting point,” the beginning of a new adventure. Let’s  take a look at several locations you’ll be visiting on your journey throughout the game:

Glacea Ravine

Ozett Swamp

Dylon City

Story Mode and Co-Op Play

Similar to Phantasy Star Portable, PS0 will feature its own original story mode where you’ll be able to create your own character choosing from the three races; Human, Newman, Android (Cast). You will also choose from one of the 14 different character classes to play as. The stage will be set to take place on the “Earth” and the “Moon”. Story Mode will feature the typical RPG setting.

A FOnewearl casts technics to support other players.

For Co op play, you’ll be able to play with up to 4 players through Nintendo Wi-Fi. This game will feature beautiful 3D graphics and will challenge the limits of the Nintendo DS.

Action Palette System

During gameplay, the Action Palette System will be featured on the bottom screen. It was designed to be familiar among older players. The action palette system will also include powered up actions. You will have up to 3 combo attacks, including “evasion” to avoid enemy attacks and a “cumulative attack” where you continuously press buttons.

Visual Chat System

The “symbol chat” of PSO has now been enhanced into a “visual chat” in PS0. Using the stylus pen, players will be able to communicate with others by writing or drawing on the touch screen.  You’ll be able to choose from different types of chat bubbles including normal, shout and thought bubbles.

Phantasy Star Zero will allow you to save “shortcuts” of what other players drew. Share your artistic works to other players. The screenshot above shows another look at what has been revealed during Sega Consumer Brand New Title Presentation.

Release and Information

Title: Phantasy Star Zero
System Console: Nintendo DS
Release Date: December 25th, 2008
Price: 5040 Yen
Character Designer: Toshiyuki Kubooka

[via official site translations]
[& famitsu translations]
[& espiokaos translations]
[& psow name of location translations]

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