Another jam packed update, this time Sakai details the news in the previous Famitsu Magazine with Story Mode, Urgent Missions, and brand new collaborations. At the end of the post you can also see Hi res art of PSO enemies included in this game such as Ill Gill, Sand Rappy, Sinow Beat, and more.
We can also announce another new boss which may or may not have something to do with another PSO boss…
Warning: Spoilers Ahead!
Story Mode Chapter 2
In chapter 2, Crouch requests the player and Emilia to visit the "Crowdog" district of Moatoob, a new tropical rain forest area. Suddenly suddenly the married couple, Tonnio, and Liina show up right in front of them. Tonnio and Liina are actually patrolling the area as free mercenaries.
Within the tropical rain forest, the Kashu tribe has set up a village secluding them from the rest of the world. The Kashu tribe wants to prevent certain individuals from entering the area, so they placed several traps nearby to stop trespassers. The party decides to head into the forest anyway and you as the player will have to avoid traps by using your goggles. Unlike PSU, you are automatically equipped with the goggles and can use them at any time.
If you get caught in one of Kashu's traps, there will be a huge penalty.
As you are passing through a trap, you will meet up with Yuto who will be an enemy due to some misunderstanding. Sakai says he has the strength of a fierce god! Once this is over Tonnio and Liina will look after Yuto and the party will split up for a moment.
Chapter 2 is described as considerably hard, please prepare for it in advance. Now that Story Mode gets harder based on what level you are, I think everyone will have a tough time getting through.
The traps in chapter 2 are actually "gimmicks." In each story mission the player will encounter various gimmicks they must either avoid or overcome. One of the gimmicks mentioned in the Snowy Mountain field was the snowball. There also seems to be a machine gimmick that roams the hallways in Seabed Plant.
**Expect to see a sub event in the city to find out why Tonnio left the Guardians.
Story Mode Chapter 3
In chapter 3 the player will meet with Natsume Shuu, the president of the Inherit company who was the original pioneer in hyperspace research. "Sky Clad" and other corporations within Gurhal invests money into his company's research.
Urgent Mission
Urgent or Emergency Missions show up randomly during multimode or internet multimode only. These missions may include older Phantasy Star Online areas, or the SEED purification missions of Phantasy Star Universe.
It took 3 years for this mission to show up online in PSU JP.
Purify those SEED pods together!
Battle Mode
Two other battle missions are featured. The first one mission has players collecting meseta! You can collect meseta by either killing other players or opening containers that are scattered across the field. Some containers might be located within a trap so be careful!
Another mission has players in a battle royal! What I notice within the screenshot is how each player has a different level, this mission might follow PSO battle rules where the player's level increases based on the amount of times they die.
Collaborations
So we've went through Evangelion, Pizza Hut, and even Fate Stay Night, what else could there be?
Famitsu
First up is the Famitsu shield, I'm sure this won't make it to the localized version. As it's pushed out it, it will display the Famitsu logo for all to see! Sakai will also announce other magazine collaborations in the future.
Sega Toys
Your favorite Sega Toys will make an appearance as room items and other goodies in the game. Sega Toys isn't actually owned by SEGA, so for those expecting a cute plush Sonic and Tails doll… Here, have a cute "PA PANDA" instead!
Three characters from the Sega Toys company will make an appearance in the game. The green "Tea Dog", "New Tea Dog" and "PA! PANDA".
The "Tea Dog" will become a cute little madoog that follows you and casts technics. Tea Dog and New Tea Dog will also make an appearance as a room item. "Pa! Panda" will become a "Pa Panda Table" so you can place your cute little tea dogs on top of it.
Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture
The cute and cuddly (or even deadly) bacteria from Moyashimon will appear as a aura unit! Good luck trying to figure out each of their names!
Moyashimon: Aspergillus oryzae and Penicillium chrysogenum.
Phantasy Star Online Enemies
Included below are high res and screenshots of various PSO enemies!
Astark
Ill Gill
Sand Rappy
Nano Dragon
Sinow Beat
Extras and Blog Updates
- "OLGA DE RAN", a new dragon boss.
- It is some kind of infected dragon Shougai PSO speculates it could be related to Olga Flow.
- A health related collaboration item will be revealed soon.
[via pspo2 blog + shougai pso + 4gamer + gpara]
