Today we look at several screenshots of Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity and a sneek peek of the visual lobby menu.
Sakai updated this morning saying he has a cold. So he's showing off two color variations of the Visual Lobby.
The visual lobby is a new feature where Online Multiplayer gamers can meet up before starting a party. The lobby is somewhat similar to PSO's lobby in design.
The menu shows some expected features like Party List and Lobby List. At the bottom it says "Online Shop". I wonder what that could be.
Here's Nagisa in bodily form. As you may already know, she's a Duman who's' been traveling alone for some time. Despite how powerful she is, she's requesting a guard from Little Wing to escort her. But it appears this is just a cover for her to meet one of Little Wing's main characters.
Nagisa from Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity.
In one of the promo videos it appears she meets up with Emilia. It must have something to do with Wynarl and Mika… (OMG SPOILERS)
Duman from Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity
The Dumans are of a new race that are some sort of a genetic mutation of the Humans. They have a dark power hidden within their eyes, and can overpower the other races. It appears the birth of this race may have something to do with the SEED attacks 3 years ago, but it's not very clear. Here's the female Duman in the visual lobby.
What a lovely camera angle!
Infinity Blast a Duman ability
Photon is concentrated in a certain part of the body and is unleashed as an attack. The Dumans can invoke this new ability called Infinity Blast. Based on your battle type Hu/Ra/Fo/Br, the infinity blast attacks differently. One unique feature of this blast is how it can be extended even longer by attacking in a chain. When we viewed the TGS demonstration, the Infinity blast lasted for a pretty long time.
Friend Partner
Of course my favorite feature is Friend Search. It allows you to obtain someone else's character and bring them along with you in missions, with their weapon palette and autowords intact.
Cream Friend Partner
As you can see, Sonic downloaded his friend's character Cream. It appears friend partners are stored under a new menu next to the partner card. It shows the partner card icon but with an S written on it. Gamespot Japan is unsure of whether the Friend Partner's level is the same as yours. However, this seems to be the case when looking at the beach TGS video. Then there's the recently discovered info of inviting the other characters you made on your save file according to Sega's TGS magazine.
Olga Flow in Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity
Olga Flow is back and not only does he fall from a never ending tube. He attacks you again when you reach the bottom.
[via pspo2iblog gamespot 4gamer]
Charge Shot II
Shougai uncovered some minor tidbits regarding Charge Shot II. Charge Shot II was detailed in a previous post here.
- Charge Shot II
- Charge Shot II is a new charge shot attack animation for ranged weapons.
- Charge Shot II can be activated with the triangle button.
- Ranged weapons randomly include Charge Shot I or Charge Shot II.
- (Basically you may pick up a weapon with the old Charge shot, or you may find a weapon that has Charge Shot II)
- After the Final Grind, you may grant a ranged weapon with either Charge Shot I or Charge Shot II.
- (Basically if I grind my Leek Rifle to 10, then use an extend code, I can apply Charge Shot II)