You can watch today's PSO2 Livestream at Nico Nico. We'll provide notes from today's program in the section below. Since some of the program notes are subject to change, please wait a few hours after the program is over for us to finalize the summary.
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Live Broadcast Recap
PSO2 will begin service in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and six southeast Asia countries in 2014.
They're going to hold a Thanks Festa Cosplay Contest on August 3rd.
Famitsu Cup takes place July 21st.
They're going to create a Thanks Festa Mook DVD (Mook is a portmanteau of Magazine and Book.)
Players voted for today's boost event; 79.7% voted for +100% Rare Drop Boost. This boost event will be applied July 9th @ 23:30 ~ 25:30 JST.
(Upd) There's a bullet bow PA that displays an indicator on the field where the attack will land.
(Upd) From the live footage, it looks like Bravers can perform a step attack with Bullet Bows. Step Attack can be seen in the skill menu.
(Upd) Snatch Step would then apply to Katanas instead. (But it may be possible to perform both types of step attacks?)
(EDIT) Snatch Step's description doesn't mention whether it needs a katana or bow, only that it gives S-ATK damage during the stepping animation.
Phantasy Star Online 2 plans to release in several Asian countries in 2014. Gamania Digital Entertainment will launch PSO2 in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. AsiaSoft will handle the Southeast Asia territories in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia. Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
The localization process isn't just limited to dialogue translations, rather, it will highlight the cultural differences of each territory through unique items and events. For example, players could see costumes and lobby events matching their native customs and traditions. In addition, some territories may re-record character voices to speak in their native languages.
