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New Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity Details

Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (Japan)

By Ryna at 08/25/2010 - 6:13am

Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (Japan)

Scans from the latest issue of Famitsu have provided us with the first exciting glimpses of Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity. Scheduled for release in the winter, Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity appears to be a brand new game. Based on the translations that Mike has provided, we know the following details:

New Story Mode - There will be a brand new Story Mode that is set during the events of Phantasy Star Portable 2
New Race - A new race called "Dumans" are being introduced. They are mutated humans that have an Infinity Blast special attack.
Character Redesigns - Existing races will receive visual overhauls.
Infinity Difficulty - A new difficulty that is higher than S-Rank.
Character Rebirth - The level cap for Infinity will be 200. Once a character hits cap, a "Rebirth" option will appear. Your character level will be reduced 1, but your character will have improved stats.
More PSO Monsters - Monsters from Phantasy Star Online such as the Garanz, Chaos Bringer, and Olga Flow will appear in the game.
Visual Lobbies - The online lobby system originally seen in Phantasy Star Online will return.
Screenshot Functionality - Players will have the ability to take in-game screenshots. Pressing Select will activate Screenshot mode. After that, a player can take a screenshot by pressing the Start button.

This is very exciting news for fans of the Phantasy Star Portable franchise! You can discuss this new details in this forum thread.

by Dragwind on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 6:19am

This is simply stunning news.

by Alucard V on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 6:33am

Its just really hard being a fun of this series. Its going to be another year-and-a-half before we see anything "PSI". And just when I found my happy place what the PSP2 demo. *Sigh*

by Ethateral on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 6:49am

... I need a towel. Seriously, I just might have to import this too. ._. And reading about it from 1up.com, it seems you can use keywords (like .hack) to go to different fields? o_o http://www.1up.com/news/details-phantasy-star-portable-2

by Akumamaru on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 6:52am

DO WANT NAO @ A @

by BIG OLAF on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 8:55am

Damn Sega. Give the non-Japanese countries a chance to get the actual game before you go releasing a friggin' expansion for it! This does indeed sound amazing, but us in The States will probably have to wait another year for it.

by Rukyius on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 3:36pm

I Agree, (T^T) Why must they taunt us so.

by gordon/alpha999 on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 9:46am

olga flow?

by Raikomaru on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 11:42am

olga flow is the sh*t!

by Kinako78 on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 12:09pm

OLGA FLOW?! *dies from shock*

by Neith on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 12:47pm

Can't wait to see how he's shovelled into the story. Should Flow even be possible, considering the events of PSO? I'm calling Dumans for this, seems to be one of the few ways Flow could be represented, even if it wouldn't technically be right.

Eh, I'm finding it hard to be excited for this. PSU/PSP2 had too many PSO references already, it certainly didn't need more. I'm more interested in the new features.

by Seth Astra on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 11:15am

Liking everything but the idea of a new race. The 3 races from POS/PSZ were perfect. Beasts messed up the already fragile balance, and this'll probably make it worse. I'll try and keep an open mind, though.

by SubstanceD on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 11:53am

Don't get me wrong, Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity sound awesome but why did Sega have to annouce the game weeks before the US and Eu versions of PSP2 go on sale. How am I supposed to enjoy PSP2 knowing that there Japanese gamers will be playing a superior version of the game by Christmas, then theres the fact that this update might not reach the International community.

by Ovada on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 3:46pm

I agree wholeheartedly. I may just skip PSP2, wait a month and import this, lol

by Cisce on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 9:08am

I assume you've never played the Yakuza series? We're always behind the Japanese versions with SEGA currently a year behind all because they took so long localising the third game after refusing to do so for months.

by ZeroXmp on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 2:29pm

I hope they add gunblade and double mech guns. Phantasy Star is making a comeback.

by Seth Astra on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 3:39pm

I'd have to say that gunblades would be rather redundant here. You can dual weild, so you could weild both a gun and a blade, defeating the purpose.

by Ovada on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 3:48pm

Yeah, there would be a point if you could use a shield- but you can't. You need to use "L" to raise the gun part. I would love photon arts on shields again though, and maybe some PSZ PAs for guns, lol

by Alucard V on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 3:51pm

Higher damage output.

by Mike on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 5:28pm

I'm still hoping we get some new weapon types but Zero-style gunblades probably won't make it in. If the gunblades come forcefully paired with shields and act like a two-handed weapon, then I could see it happening.

by GUARDIANDNL on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 4:01pm

this is a SHOKING NEWS for me....OLGA FLOW come back to life on the psp!!!....new character designs...o my god oh my god...is like the morning after christmas to me now...oh yeah a new race!!!!!... lobby system...come on psp2 with just what i want to see....now like PSOEP1 stage were on psp2 i hope that PSOEP2 stages come with this little bundled of joy XD

by Shou on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 5:14pm

Oh wow.

by Flame on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 5:14pm

If this is a "brand new game" why do I see a screen cap of De Ragan in the scan? Havent they recycled that boss enough for the love of god? Lame. This better not be the "anniversary surprise" that was hyped so much.

by Akumamaru on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 5:17pm

on a second note we get to prestige :'D

by Lumpen Thingy on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 8:34pm

if i was a japanese i'd import this

by Zantra on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 11:39pm

If you were Japanese, you wouldn't need to. You'd live in Japan.

by W0LB0T on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 10:06pm

Dumans are mutated humans huh. So are Newmans and Beasts.

by Mike on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 1:30am

Weren't Beasts and Newmen in PSU the result of deliberate genetic manipulation on the part of humans? As far as we know Duman are a mutation and not a manipulation.

by DChip on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 11:53pm

Wowowowowow!! Online Lobby and... Olga Flow!?!? NOW I am really considering getting a PSP!! O.O

by Curindensetsu on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 12:21am

I BOTH HATE SEGA FOR THIS AND PRAY THEY HURRY AND BRING IT TO THE US. lol

by garjian on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 1:20am

this makes me lose faith in the series... the rebirth option sounds like a horrendous waste of time, and why wont they let go of PSO and make something that is both new AND good? beyond that, its just... why? why would i bother buying PSP2 now i know that its being made redundant anyway? i havent been enjoying PSU very much lately anyway, and reviewing my standing after reading this, its probabaly time i cancelled...

by Mike on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 1:33am

Why won't Sega let go of PSO? Because all the PSO fans would string them up for it.

by rappyman95 on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 7:32am

... yeah i'd probaley be one of those fans.. lol

by gratefulgriz on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 6:29am

Yea, this was disappointing news for me too. I just went out and bought a PSP for PSP2 and am enjoying playing the demo, but with news of Infinity it has turned my experience upside down. Also it is a major disappointment to see the PSU series continue. I think PSU's characters have become more and more non-phantasy star like (considering the original series and PSO); I wish the game was a little more mature, didn't have such a silly opening sequence, the de ragan scream is just pathetic and I hope that the PS franchise gets back to its roots.

by parabolee on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 1:06pm

Shocked to see so many being negative about this. This news has made me DOUBLY excited about PSPo2, it means I know FOR SURE there is a massive and awesome update on the horizon. It does not in any way undermine my enjoyment of PSPo2. I can imagine it may be a damper on those who played a lot of PSPo2 JPN because now they have to choose between playing Infinite in JPN or PSPo2 in english. But for everyone else, how can an addition to what appears to be one of the best entries in the series be a negative? Still hoping for a PSO 2 for XBLA and PSN though.

by Pavichokche on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 2:21pm

It could undermine your enjoyment a little bit. When PSPo2 comes out in NA, if it's servers are mixed with the Japanese ones (like they were in PSZ) you would have way fewer people to play with, since most of the Japanese players would update to Infinity in a few months. But that's still an "IF"...

by Blue_Beast on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 8:30pm

this could hurt the sales for the american release of PSP:2 since most people are anticipating a US release for Phantasy Star infinity, they may just stick to thier imports or just wait for the american PSi all together...

by Lord Sake on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 7:38am

...And if sales of PSPo2 tank what do you think that does to our chances of getting a localized version of Infinity? We are so boned. Sega should have at least waited to drop the news of this expansion until the end of September and delayed the release. I guess if Sega had good business sense though, they wouldn't have had to close up shop in the hardware business in the first place.

by Kinako78 on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 11:56am

Or if Sega of Japan actually cared about their foreign customers. That said, this doesn't detract from me looking forward to PSPo2, either. :)

by Mike on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 7:24pm

There is a reason why Sega of Japan is called that. It's customers are all in Japan.

by Kinako78 on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 9:31pm

You expect me to believe that some of the money the out-of-country Sega branches make doesn't go to Sega of Japan? The games are made in Japan, after all.

by Mike on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 12:09am

Sega of Japan doesn't distribute games to non-Japanese customers. Those are handled by the American and European branches. Or were. Whatever became of the SoA and SoE reshuffling in regards to regional distribution / localization is something I'd like to know.

by Kinako78 on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 4:46am

I didn't say they distributed them. I said they made them. Which one would think would entitle them to some of the profits made, even though the American and European branches did all the translation and other adjustments needed to be released in their respective market. Don't think this means I can't be persuaded to believe otherwise by being shown facts, though. I'd love to be proven wrong in my assumption.

by SStrikerR on Sat, 08/28/2010 - 9:17pm

Dumans? Creativity -1. Character Rebirth is a good idea, whether you think so or not. When people hit 200, a lot of them just retire the character. Now they can continue using them if they choose to, and be even stronger. More PSO monsters? Creativity -2, even if I would like to fight them. Visual lobbies. Well...they're awesome, so even if it's an old idea I'm glad they're back. I'm actually somewhat interested in buying this game. But, we'll see when/if it comes out.

by Zabrio on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 3:47am

Rebirth Creativity -3, Raganrok Online did that as well, you could "Rebirth" your character once it's job and base level maxed out :/

by Mike on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 6:54am

Information was posted on the official blog about what transfers and what doesn't when you import a PSP2 save in to Infinity. I've posted the information in the thread listed in the main news post.

by CAMPSO on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 5:16pm

Awesome. This sounds great!!! The character designs in this game look really good.

by Seth Astra on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 9:04pm

Know I sound like a broken record here, but I'm guessing you havn't seen the "male" newman.

by Kinako78 on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 1:06pm

Not as bad as the male (non-gruff) beast. -_-

by Seth Astra on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 4:20pm

At least the male best looks... Well... Male. The male newman looks like a female. I actually thought that "he" was a female character when I first saw "him".

by Kinako78 on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 7:36pm

I suppose. I'm just still disappointed that, when remaking my male beast character from PSU, I only had the choice of either making him look really gruff or really effeminate. I never pictured him as gruff, so I had no choice but to go with the other option.

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