Dengeki Playstation gets the scoop on Phantasy Star Portable 2

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Shougai PSO updated information that was released by Dengeki Playstation. We're still under the confusion of bullet attributes, but at least this time we have a magazine source confirming elemental photon art bullets are gone!

  • Story Mode
    • Story is advanced through chapters, it will also contain a side story.
    • Like PSP1, ALL your characters will share an illustrative database record:
      monsters defeated, weapons, and clothing.
  • Multi mode
    • Internet Multi Mode is free!
    • Before a party is initiated:
      1) You will choose a room from a list of rooms.
      2) You can write a recruitment message for others to see
      3) Players can enter your room and join your party.
      4) However, they can not join your party if you are in a mission!
  • Ranged Weapon Details
    • Elemental PA bullets are no more!
    • A ranged weapon will drop with an element attached to it.
    • The attack power of the gun is affected by the elemental attribute percentage:
      For example
      Gun ATP of 500 (x) 50% elemental (=) ATP of 750 .
      Gun ATP of 100 (x) 50% elemental (=) ATP of 150.
    • A bullet was added that can increase the percentage of the element.
      (*note: It will not change the element attached to the gun.)
      (side note: may be possible this bullet is of "power" type)
    • Based on the type of gun you have, the charge shot's range and power will change. (see: charge shot animations)
    • "Accuracy" can alter the amount of damage given from the gun. 
  • Combat (Chain System) 
    • When you perform normal attacks, the number of attacks is tallied up.
      The higher the number, the higher the amount of damage your photon arts will do.
    • You can even perform chain combos as a solo player.
  • Combat (Just Guard and Guarding and Urgent Evasion)
    • Stated in a previous post, Just Guard can only be done through shields.
    • You can still guard with two handed weapons, except it will only reduce the damage recieved.
    • Guarding can cancel your attack animation. The time it takes to cancel will differ with Photon Arts.
    • While you are using Urgent Evasion (rolling) you will be invincible for a certain amount of time.
    • Once you complete the animation, you will not be able to move for a certain amount of time.
  • Miscellaneous
    • The amount of classes you can choose from is reduced.
      Sakai says the reason for this is for "player enjoyment."
    • Some data will be stored on the Memory Stick Duo for cache access.

[via shougai pso and mike]

Blog Updates 09/09/09

  • Rappy Kid made a poll asking if he's needed at the blog.
    991 Voters say he is needed
    64 Voters say they don't want him there.
    341 Voters say they don't know who the Rappy Kid is.
  • Rappy kid makes a comment about the collaboration.
  • He says we of course expect to see a collaboration with an in house SEGA character…
  • So he asks what  if there was a collaboration that is not from SEGA.
  • Something to be seen at Tokyo Game Show…

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PSPo2: Goodbye Unit Slots, Difficulty Boost, Line Shields, and more.

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Dragon Sakai answered questions today. So we shall quickly cover the main points he laid out. Shougai PSO also updated and we will add that information into this post.

  • Line Shield Modifications
    • You can switch line shields from the Action Palette System.
    • You may only equip up to 6 line shields at a time.
    • Head / Body / Arm / Extra unit slots are gone!
    • They are replaced with "Free Slots"
    • Now you can equip multiple units of the same type.
      For ex. You can equip an  SUV and an Extra unit at the same time!
    • Each Lineshield has different amount of available  Free Slots.
  • Difficulty Boost
    • Scape Dolls are no longer purchasable in the store
    • Scape Dolls are rare drops now.
    • The amount of scape dolls you can carry will be severely reduced.
    • You can obtain them by exchanging something for them.
      (side note: Shougai PSO comments how it may be a Photon Drop.)
    • Enemies in Multi-mode will become more difficult.
    • It will be very hard to play multi-mode solo.
      Sakai describes it like "Hell!"
    • It will be a little easier if you play with 4 people.
    • There is also a "slight change" towards enemies
      (Shougai PSO speculates it may be a stat boost.)
  • Weapon Modifications
    • Guns and Technic casting weapons now have elemental attributes attached.
      Previously, only striking weapons had elemental attributes.
    • For Technic weapons, you can boost the element's effect by attaching the same element as the weapon itself.
    • There will also be rare Technic weapons with boosted Technic power.
      Shougai PSO gives examples of this from Phantasy Star Online:
      PSO Weapon: Mace of Adaman will boost barta to a total of 140%
    • "Bullets" are no longer elemental.
      Bullets  Photon Arts now focus on "Power Shot" "Hit (Accuracy) Shot" "Range Shot" and more.

 

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A flashing red border was added to show low HP.

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PSPo:2 LUMIA

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A quick post regarding Lumia. Since PSPo2 Blog is having connection issues at the moment, we have to link to Shougai PSO. If you check the image of the character sheet, you can see the katakana characters MI and A. Shougai PSO speculates that unless they are pulling a fast one, Lumia would appear in the game as age 17.

Phantasy Star Portable 2 Development Office

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Phantasy Star Portable 2 development takes place in this office. It still says Sonic Team in the entrance because Phantasy Star Universe development team also worked here.  You can see Phantasy Star Online, Phantasy Star Zero, and Phantasy Star Universe figures standing on the cabinet, as well as a Sony Playstation gold award for Phantasy Star Portable 1.

Along the wall, they post various character images of Phantasy Star Portable 2. They intentionally blurred the images so it is pretty hard to see who the rest of the characters are.

 

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In the center of the image board you can see Yuto in two poses. Next to him appears to be the cast of characters. A character bearing a striking similar appearance to Lou can be seen at the bottom left hand corner of this image.

 

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Sakai is crafty with his photographing skills. If you view the full image, you can see a character's name that ends with "Mia -Age 17". In a previous blog entry, he has already hinted to her existence when he asked if you saw a character from the past Phantasy Star Universe games appearing in the opening movie.

 

[via shougai pso and pspo:2 blog]