The Japanese Phantasy Star Online 2 character creator and system benchmarking program was released earlier today. It is available for download from the Japanese website. It can also be downloaded from the 4gamer mirror. The download is 446 MB.
Credit goes to Mike for bringing us this news. You can share screenshots of your characters in this forum thread.
As usual, the official Japanese Phantasy Star Online 2 site was updated with results of requests sent in during the second Alpha test. In addition, there has been a new gallery section opened for the new lobby and mags! The screenshot gallery has also been updated with some of the images from this week's Famitsu. Also, there's also a letter from Sakai on the "after" page. He says, among other things, that the closed beta will proceed on schedule. Here is a summary of the request and response information:
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The official Japanese Phantasy Star Online 2 blog was updated with new details about the Sony PlayStation Vita port of Phantasy Star Online 2. The purpose of the new information was to clear up some of the concerns that people had expressed about the Vita version. Here is a summary of the information:
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The official Phantasy Star Online 2 blog was updated earlier today with new concept art and information about "Boost Enemies." Boost Enemies have previously appeared in Phantasy Star Zero and Phantasy Star Portable 2. Compared to regular enemies, they have enhanced stats and have improved odds on certain item drops. The screenshot below provides an example of what a boost enemy will look like in Phantasy Star Online 2.
Also, concept art was released for the FOmar, RAMarl, and NPC vendors. Be sure to click on the image below to view larger version of the concept art!
Credit goes to Mike for bringing us this news. You can discuss this news in this forum thread.
Concept art for the default RAnewearl costume was posted today on the official Phantasy Star Online 2 blog. Be sure to click on the image below to view larger version of the concept art!
Also, a large treasure trove of information from the Phantasy Star Online 2 Alpha 2 test was posted on the Japanese Phantasy Star Online 2 website. This information includes breakdowns on race/job statistics and the most popular items. Mike has translated and posted the information here.
NGS killed this franchise
Open world is a trap meme Sega fell for.