Phantasy Star Portable 2 Official Site
The Game
Shougai PSO added some information to their site. We have updated according to the information stated there. The game takes place on a brand new "resort" colony named Clad 6. Your character will be a part of a private military group known as "Little Wing". It takes place 3 years after the PSU Episode 3's story, so you'll be sure to see some familiar faces.
Every character has been redesigned from the ground up. As you will soon see in the scans below, each default character has a unique and stylish look. The game will up the ante by bringing in twice as much story and voice work. The game will increase the challenge for solo players by including new types of traps. Let's hope it doesn't end up as difficult as "catching the beast boy" on Episode 2: Chapter 9 in PSU.
Main Characters
Yoot Yun Yunkaas ユート・ユン・ユンカース (VA: Miyuki Sawashiro) Yoot is 15 years old and hails from Moatoob. He is described to lack common sense due to his environment.
Amelia Percival. エミリア・パーシバル (VA: Chiwa Saitō). Amelia is 16 years old. She is a human and belongs to the private military group "Little Wing".
Races
Default Human Male
Default Cast Male
Default Newman Female
Default Beast Male
Lobby Action and Chat
Yuri Lowell and Estelle err I mean..
Players can perform lobby actions and chat online! You can play the game either through Infrastructure mode which uses your internet, or through Ad-hoc mode which uses the PSP as the server, however other players need to be within your vicinity to play with you. Similar to PSU, you can also exchange partner cards. You may also search for other party members to play with while online.
Aside from entering text in Japanese, players can now insert symbols in chats. These small emoticons will appear in your text bubble. This is something that I would have loved to see in PSU. The picture above shows that you can insert any elemental symbol, smileys, and even some miscellaneous icons.
New Battle Actions!
The Urgent Evasion has your player somersaulting to avoid attacks. This function was first introduced in Phantasy Star Zero. I'm sure fans requested this action since there are Casts in Phantasy Star Universe who would annoyingly somersault to dodge your attacks. Well now we can stick it to them!
Charge Shots lets you shoot a more powerful bullet by charging your gun. In this case the player will use a new animation while shooting the bullet. You can see this animation at the top of this screenshot.
Your shield can now block enemy attacks. If you use your shield at the right moment, you can damage your enemy through a Just Guard attack. This is reminiscent of the Just Counter in PSU, you would immediately counter attack if you press the attack button as soon as you block. You can use your shield as the left hand equipment or include it as an extra slot when you have both hands full.
The chain system from Phantasy Star Zero will return in PSPo:2.
Redesigned HUD
The HUD is redesigned to fit more appropriately on the PSP. A huge change is how Photon Points are now based on character stats and not weapons. Players will have a sword icon while in a mission. If they are in a lobby the icon changes to something else we are unsure of at this time.
Game Details
Game: Phantasy Star Portable 2
Console: Sony Playstation Portable
Cost: 5040 Yen
Release Date: December 3rd, 2009 (Japan)
Developer: Alfa System
Network: Infrastructure Mode and Ad-Hoc Mode
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