Phantasy Star Portable 2: Story Mode, Battle Mode, PSO, Moyashimon and Sega Toys Collaboration

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.

penalty

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.

yuto

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

natsume

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 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.

 

photon reflector

It took 3 years for this mission to show up online in PSU JP.

 

flame

Purify those SEED pods together!

 

Battle Mode

flame

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!

 

blitz

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.

famitsu weekly

 

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!

pa panda

Three characters from the Sega Toys company will make an appearance in the game. The green "Tea Dog", "New Tea Dog" and "PA! PANDA".

 

tea dog madoog

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!

bacteria

Moyashimon: Aspergillus oryzae and Penicillium chrysogenum.

 

Phantasy Star Online Enemies

Included below are high res and screenshots of various PSO enemies!

astark

Astark

 

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Ill Gill

 

sand rappy

Sand Rappy

 

nano dragon

Nano Dragon

 

sinow bea

Sinow Beat

 

astark 2

illgill3

nano dragon 2

poison lily 3

sand rappy 2

sinowbeat 3

 

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]

Phantasy Star Portable 2: Karakuridōji Ultimo, NiGHTS into Dreams, Tropical Rainforest

I know those crazy fans at NiGHTS into Dreams are going frantic trying to get NiGHTS into Sega Allstar Racing but at least he is a weapon in this game.

 

Karakuridōji Ultimo Collaboration

shaman king

Hiroyuki Takei of Shaman King and Karakuridōji Ultimo, brings us the 5th Manga Collaboration piece for Phantasy Star Portable 2. The outfit is called Hanhel Tsuna-gin. I believe the name refers to a "half a helmet/hardhat"  that "fills" or protects the body instead of the head.  The name of the weapon is "TRUE HASH" in English characters, thank goodness.

 

Tropical Rainforest

Tropical rainforest

Another brand new field, this time it looks like a cross between Habirao forbidden district, and the Forested Islands. It includes a new boss "Bug Degga". Actually this boss is featured as a normal enemy in Bruce's Dungeon in the demo. It attacks by rushing into you with electricity. In Bruce's Dungeon it can also stun you if you stand close to it while it is charging.

In the screenshot you can see a puppet form of NiGHTS  as a Madoog or Shadoog weapon. While it floats it leaves a trail of sparkles just like the real one!

 

Demo Statistics

Stats

Sakai posted several statistics regarding the active players in Internet Multimode.

  • Level
    • LV 11-20: 85%
    • LV 1-10: 15%
  • Male to Female
    • 42% Male
    • 52% Female
  • Race
    • Human 35%
    • Cast 30%
    • Beast 19%
    • Newman 14%
    • (It's quite weird but in PSU JP Newman females are highly popular.)
  • Type
    • Hunter: 48%
    • Braver 22%
    • Ranger: 18%
    • Force: 10%

Size Chart

default chara size

main chara size

If you are into this sort of thing, Sakai has posted the centimeter sizes for all characters. You can see your height once you obtain the scale room item. Though it will measure it as "KV" which in reality is "cm".  To convert centimeter to feet, type this in google search bar. "###cm to ft"

[via pspo2 blog]

Phantasy Star Portable 2: New Fanta and Mobage Town Collaborations and Passwords

Mobage Town Collaboration

mobayubi man

Last week, Sega announced collaboration with Mobage Town, a very popular Japanese Mobile Social Networking site. Their mascot, Moba-yubi, a finger that has a mouth and a peculiar finger print swirl, will be featured in two items in the game.

Mobayubihandgun

In November Moba-yubi Hand Gun will be released as a vision phone password item. We'll get to the process on how to obtain this item in the demo in a sec. In December Moba-yubi Twin Handgun will be released.

 

New Fanta Collaborations

lancer

I for one disliked the Fanta room item collaborations, but wow, these new items are hot! A few Fanta items will be released during the month of November. Right now, one of the items can be obtained in the demo. Here are the items and their release dates:

Scouring Bubbles

Scouring Bubbles
Nov 2nd, 2009

 

Maverick

Maverick Rifle
Nov 16th, 2009

 

bullet lancer

Bullet Lancer
Nov 30th, 2009

[via 4gamer]

Vision Phone Password Input

vision phone location

This is your vision phone.

If you head to "My Room" you can input these passwords at the vision phone!  If you don't understand Japanese, pay attention to the squiggly lines in order to know what to pick.

  • Click on Your Vision Phone
  • Choose the 4th option パスワード入力
  • Input the Following Passwords then Press OK
    • Moba-yubi Hand Gun: 1266 4498
    • Scouring Bubbles: 3199 7251
    • Bullet Lancer: 6341 0033
    • Maverick Rifle: 8982 0392
    • Emilia's Rod: 1287 9438
    • Yuto's Weapon: 5473 6155
    • Cheese-kun figure: 3973 0587
    • Puyo Puyo Knuckles: 3889 2394

 

[via  4gamer + psp2wiki + anonymous' of 2ch]

Guardians Uniform

Back in the Fun Fan 4 post, I mentioned how all Guardians wear uniforms. Well here's a closer look at the uniforms for Karen, Lumia, and Maya. Click on the picture for a larger size.

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WonderGoo's Limited Edition Artwork Letter Case

3973 0587