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Ryna
Aug 25, 2006, 09:52 AM
In today's PSU blog update, they revealed a new character:

http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/blog_psu/imgs/1/9/19185ded.jpg

Her name seems to be "Martinez".

Here are some other pictures of her:
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/blog_psu/imgs/7/0/70532959.jpg

There is some other interesting news in this blog update, but I'll wait on some confirmation translations before posting it.

Saner
Aug 25, 2006, 09:57 AM
Martine....ummmm of all the names possible...... lol http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif

HEY! This is our first glimpse of something cool! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

it looks like online does have a cutscene-driven story later on too!

if you notice the player character is a created character. so this probably means there will be online missions that involve cutscenes and specific characters that join you are stuff!!

so this probably explains why some missions will have specific Party slot limits!!!

mechatra
Aug 25, 2006, 10:01 AM
Oooh Sleazy Martinez - interesting stuff there.

I'm not sure if that actually is a player created character Saner. It may be just a preset model for a human in story mode.

Or it may be clips from Extra mode perhaps?

Ryna
Aug 25, 2006, 10:02 AM
On 2006-08-25 08:01, mechatra wrote:
Oooh Sleazy Martinez - interesting stuff there.

I'm not sure if that actually is a player created character Saner. It may be just a preset model for a human in story mode.

Or it may be clips from Extra mode perhaps?


She is a NPC character and seems to have some impact on the storyline.

Dhylec
Aug 25, 2006, 10:03 AM
Hm.. I guess ST has more to show for the game or can add more NPC when needed?

mechatra
Aug 25, 2006, 10:04 AM
On 2006-08-25 08:02, Ryna wrote:


On 2006-08-25 08:01, mechatra wrote:
Oooh Sleazy Martinez - interesting stuff there.

I'm not sure if that actually is a player created character Saner. It may be just a preset model for a human in story mode.

Or it may be clips from Extra mode perhaps?


She is a NPC character and seems to have some impact on the storyline.



No no Ryna I think you misunderstand. Me and Saner are talking about the "player" character. He seems to be a standard human.

Ryna
Aug 25, 2006, 10:07 AM
On 2006-08-25 08:04, mechatra wrote:
No no Ryna I think you misunderstand. Me and Saner are talking about the "player" character. He seems to be a standard human.


Based on the picture, it looks like Extra Mode. Afterall, you can recruit NPCs in Extra Mode if you have their Partner Card.

Shiro_Ryuu
Aug 25, 2006, 10:12 AM
for a second, I thought she was a dude, like one of those Balrog/Vega, Benimaru, or Yuda types. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif

well, thanks for the info.

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Nisshoku
Aug 25, 2006, 10:15 AM
This looks quite interesting, and quite the character to show us before release. Now we've got someone in said department to knock Maya Shidou out of the ranks. *laughs*

I'm glad to see a good representation of races here. Here's hoping you get her for just more than Extra mode here...

And is it just me, or does it look like she could be one of the Rogues?

Shiro_Ryuu
Aug 25, 2006, 10:17 AM
nah, I still think Maya is the hottest, no one's gonna beat her.

DraginHikari
Aug 25, 2006, 10:20 AM
She seems to be a intresting character.

Saner
Aug 25, 2006, 10:26 AM
ya that might be extra mode. after all, npcs associated with the story mode will be in extra mode.

but we seen npcs online too so maybe.....hmmm. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

-Shimarisu-
Aug 25, 2006, 10:37 AM
That is a post op she-male.

Mewn
Aug 25, 2006, 10:45 AM
Looking at the blog with Google translation, it seems to say that you can only meet Martinez in Network Mode, but I'll wait for someone who can actually read Japanese to confirm that, heh.

-Shimarisu-
Aug 25, 2006, 10:46 AM
It's turning me on. O_o

I'm... confused.... hold me Mewn.

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Ifrian
Aug 25, 2006, 10:53 AM
Martinez is a spanish name wich means "(male) son of martin"

So it would be pretty stupid she was called that.

uhawww
Aug 25, 2006, 10:55 AM
名前:ライア・マルチネス (Name: RAIA MARTINEZ)
年齢:24歳 (Age: 24 Years)
種族:ビースト (Race: Beast)






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Shiro_Ryuu
Aug 25, 2006, 10:55 AM
I can read Japanese, but not most of the kanji.

Niki
Aug 25, 2006, 10:59 AM
The 850,000 female Martinez's that live in my region resent being called stupid.

But this is encouraging. ST seems to be keen on actually saying things about this project they've been 'about to release' for the past 18 months. Good find.

Ifrian
Aug 25, 2006, 11:02 AM
On 2006-08-25 08:59, Niki wrote:
The 850,000 female Martinez's that live in my region resent being called stupid.

But this is encouraging. ST seems to be keen on actually saying things about this project they've been 'about to release' for the past 18 months. Good find.



if used as surname its no problem .....

But if used as name , its the same as a guy called jessica.....

uhawww
Aug 25, 2006, 11:03 AM
Her First name is Raia...

Shiro_Ryuu
Aug 25, 2006, 11:07 AM
On 2006-08-25 09:02, Ifrian wrote:


On 2006-08-25 08:59, Niki wrote:
The 850,000 female Martinez's that live in my region resent being called stupid.

But this is encouraging. ST seems to be keen on actually saying things about this project they've been 'about to release' for the past 18 months. Good find.



if used as surname its no problem .....

But if used as name , its the same as a guy called jessica.....



Martinez isn't even a first name, its a last name. I thought it would be her first name at first, but Raia or whatever makes sense.

SephYuyX
Aug 25, 2006, 11:08 AM
This board needs to have JP support. Hmm copy and paste doesnt work, nor when I type it, but profiles support it as seen in uhawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww's sig?

なに?wwwwww



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Ryna
Aug 25, 2006, 11:15 AM
On 2006-08-25 09:08, SephirothYuyX wrote:
This board needs to have JP support. Hmm copy and paste doesnt work, nor when I type it, but profiles support it as seen in uhawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww's sig?


His signature works because he explicitly defines the unicode number for each character. Outside of that, you can switch your browswer to "Shift-JIS" encoding to see other Japanese writing.

Roken
Aug 25, 2006, 11:17 AM
Glad her first or only name wasnt Martinez. Thanks for clarifying that.

SephYuyX
Aug 25, 2006, 11:18 AM
On 2006-08-25 09:15, Ryna wrote:


On 2006-08-25 09:08, SephirothYuyX wrote:
This board needs to have JP support. Hmm copy and paste doesnt work, nor when I type it, but profiles support it as seen in uhawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww's sig?


His signature works because he explicitly defines the unicode number for each character. Outside of that, you can switch your browswer to "Shift-JIS" encoding to see other Japanese writing.



True, yes, but in any other website/board I dont have to switch encoding, works fine in the Western European defualt for IE.

Meh, minor detail.

uhawww
Aug 25, 2006, 11:18 AM
Did my best to translated the blurb about her from the blog...

ガーディアンズでは有名な凄腕として、知らないものはいな い。
She's infamous amongst Gaurdians, but unknown to those outside of the loop.

しかし、ケンカっ早さと凶魔ネ性格で、
パートナーになったものはことごと*病院送りにされたか、
パートナーを解消したと言う逸話を持つ。
She has a short temper and is quick to quarrel.
Her partners often end up in the hospital, and when this happens, she likes to quip "Our partnership has been cancelled."

ただし、非常に正義感や責任感は**、曲がった事が大 嫌いで
子どもや動物にはとても優しい一面も持っている。
However, her sense of justice and responsibility are powerfully strong.
She abhors lawbreakers, but is uncharacteristically kind to children and animals.

レオやトニオ、マヤなどとも旧知の仲で、
特にレオは指導教官だった事も*り、
ひとかたならぬ想いが*るようだ。
She's been a long time friend of Leo, Tonnio, and Maya (Leo especially, because he is her instructor), and is always thinking about them.

一方でイーサンには、
イーサンの*る行動から大きな疑念と反感を持っている。
Ethan, on the other hand...
she disapproves of the way he conducts himself.



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Zeota
Aug 25, 2006, 11:21 AM
Interesting backstory.
Those pants look like they came straight from the disco era.

Arias
Aug 25, 2006, 01:02 PM
I'd say she's from Extra Mode...we don't know too much about it yet so...

Niki
Aug 25, 2006, 01:06 PM
In spite of my desire to remain optimistic, I find this character design...annoying. A little too much Nina Williams meets Ulala for my taste.

Hopefully seeing her during gameplay will change my mind.

EDIT : clarification



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ShinMatsumoto
Aug 25, 2006, 01:18 PM
Dunno, any new character is a welcome addition.

It won't matter too much really, since I'll be sticking almost religiously to Online Mode. As it is, with Ethan as powerful as he seems you won't need anyone else.

We'll have to see how she stats out though. If she's a Beast character, I believe that means high attack power, so she'll be redundant (since Ethan is a god of melee apparently). So yeah, I probably won't use her much when I do play the game.

But it's good to see there are still a couple of secrets.

vitius137
Aug 25, 2006, 01:43 PM
On 2006-08-25 08:37, -Shimarisu- wrote:
That is a post op she-male.





On 2006-08-25 08:46, -Shimarisu- wrote:
It's turning me on. O_o

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lol XD

PandaMasterX4
Aug 25, 2006, 01:53 PM
Since when was Martinez used as anything BUT a last name? I'm mexican and have a couple friends whose last names are Martinez.

ShadowDragon28
Aug 25, 2006, 02:06 PM
Cool, very nice looking character.
Also neat, with her first name; more classic PS references.. i.e. "Raia" (Laya in the US vers of Phantasy Star III) the strong and stern inheritor of the Raian ( Layan) bloodline.. What's next, a Cast or Human NPC named "Orakyo"/" Orakio "....hmm?

I happen to like women, and female characters that have well "stong character" and are highly assertive and not "weak" personality wise, since over-blown submissiveness is kind of lame IMO.

Her only flaw seems to be her seeming lack of compassion for her partner guardians, such harsh coldness isn't neccessary.

She almost seems like a female with type of personality similar to Blade (from the "Blade" movies). I hope Raia's personality is not excessively uber-dominant.

Maybe as the story progresses (in some form in the game) her relationship with Leo and Tonnio et all, maybe Raia will soften up her personality just a bit?



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Skye-Fox713
Aug 25, 2006, 03:54 PM
hum...interesting indeed

Foxix
Aug 25, 2006, 05:17 PM
wow just when I thought they had enough characters, they keep adding more. Yay! and I agree with Shimarisu.... it scares me ><

Alisha
Aug 25, 2006, 05:29 PM
its about time they had a colored character. after the amount of colored newman females in pso i was starting to worry for psu.

Fleece
Aug 25, 2006, 05:31 PM
She'd get it.

UniKoRn
Aug 25, 2006, 06:44 PM
ooo I love her costume!

hypersaxon
Aug 26, 2006, 09:53 AM
I told you guys there were gonna be more characters than what was shown so far.

Perhaps that horned chick from the original trailer is still in the game then http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Shiro_Ryuu
Aug 26, 2006, 10:26 AM
On 2006-08-25 12:06, ShadowDragon28 wrote:

Her only flaw seems to be her seeming lack of compassion for her partner guardians, such harsh coldness isn't neccessary.


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actually, I kind of like that part of her, although (and I'm not trying to be sexist) it seems more suitible as a trait for a dude.

Saner
Aug 26, 2006, 10:29 AM
the blue haired character with horns from the first trailer is in the game's prologue intro.

she won't be in the actual story but she is one who fought in the great war long ago, cause notice she is fighting a Beast in that video.

Roken
Aug 26, 2006, 11:15 AM
On 2006-08-26 08:29, Saner wrote:
the blue haired character with horns from the first trailer is in the game's prologue intro.

she won't be in the actual story but she is one who fought in the great war long ago, cause notice she is fighting a Beast in that video.



what trailer ?

OnnaWren
Aug 26, 2006, 03:28 PM
What, you mean THIS blue-haired character?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/OnnaWren/mystery1.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/OnnaWren/mystery2.jpg

I believe that she is an Android (Cast), not a Numan (Newman); there are no telltale pointed ears, and just look at the base of the "horns"... they're not horns, they're headgear! Compare them to Caseal "horns", and then you tell me (see my avatar below for comparison).



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EtherForce
Aug 26, 2006, 03:33 PM
Reia reminds me of Aisha Clan-Clan! Even her personality is pretty much the same. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

OnnaWren
Aug 28, 2006, 02:56 PM
Actually, Reia does look just a little bit like Laya... homage, anyone?

Saner
Aug 28, 2006, 05:29 PM
She.....looks....NOTHING....like Laya. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_salad.gif

Niki
Aug 28, 2006, 08:12 PM
On 2006-08-28 15:29, Saner wrote:
She.....looks....NOTHING....like Laya. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_salad.gif

What? Swap her crap FRUiTs outfit for a Hellenic-style dress and cape, stick her in a basement for a decade or so to bleed out the melanin, stick a bow in her hand, then change her race and eye colour, nip-tuck her ears, et voila! She's TOTALLY Laya.

ShadowDragon28
Aug 28, 2006, 08:20 PM
Exactly. You got it Niki. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

TheStoicOne
Aug 28, 2006, 08:34 PM
or you could end up with latoya jackson.