First of all, we already know that the opening theme of the game features the voice of Hironobu Kageyama, a favorite of most anime fans, given that he is the singer behind most of the theme songs of popular series like Dragonball Z and Saint Seiya, and also one of the few remaining men in an industry largely dominated by the ladies.
The voice for the ending song has been announced, and will be that of Haruka Shimotsuki, not as famous as Kageyama, but known between Japanese gamers because she openly shares the same passion, especially for the Tales series and JRPG in general.
Two new characters for the game have been introduced: Alfred is Nine's brother in law and is the one that tries to kill him at the beginning of the game. Adopted by king Ruovin just like Nine, he's envious of his ability. He seems to have an hidden purpose, but his schemes remain mysterious.
King Ruovin Azeruraid is Nine and Alfred's stepfather. His magical abilities are extremely powerful, and he managed to protect his kingdom from several invasions. Unfortunately he will be killed during Alfred's killing spree.
The beginning of the game's story has also been detailed, with the introduction of the first place Nine and Aisha will visit. They will follow Alfred to Soul city, an abandoned factory dating back to the times of the war. There they will have to investigate on the fact that many female mages have disappeared in the surroundings of the factory, while possibly discovering details about Alfred's plans.
Finally, the combat system has been fully revealed: Nine will have the ability to apply a "stamp" on the body of the enemies while attacking with his sword, and Aisha will then be able to hit the targeted enemies with her "stamp magic". Basically it will work like the interaction between a moden laser marker and a guided missile.
A little twist to this system is that several stamps can be applied at once with the same attack, so the more enemies will be marked by Nine, the more of them Aisha will be able to finish at the same time when the characters are switched.
Enemies will be also able to enter a status in which they will not be attackable by Nine. In that status, they will only be vulnerable to the seal magic used by Aisha. Nine will then be able to use a "demon absorption" skill that will let him absorb the magic points of sealed enemies, but will also reduce the time they will remain inactive.
As a last snippet of news, the acclaimed Korean illustrator Juno Jeong (that worked on Lineage II and Dragoneer's Aria) painted a guest illustration for the game. You can see it at the beginning of this post, and you'll be able to download it in November from the PSN as a free PSP background.
The game is slated for release this winter in Japan and at the end of March in the US.it's already available for preorder at Amazon.com
(Sponsored link). No European date has been announced as of now, even if PS3 games are region free, so it shouldn't be a problem.For sure March is going to be an extremely busy month for gamers. While Last Rebellion looks very interesting, especially due to it's peculiar design style, I wonder how it'll fare against 800-pound gorillas like Final Fantasy XIII. It'd be a pity to see it overlooked by the general public due to it's release date.
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