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News Search: S-T-H, 09/2008
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By S-T-H at 09/16/2008 - 7:49am
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 A word of warning: There is a good chance that this may end up not being a Phantasy Star title. However, some interesting clues that I will mention have led me to believe this could be of interest.
A teaser page has been posted by Sega of Japan. It features what appear to be flowers with orchestrated music. After some credits (listed below), it allows you to click the center flower. The screen darkens, the music changes into something more 'oldschool', and eventually a silhouette of a dragon appears. Then there is the message "We're making RPG now!". After clicking this, it shows a final line of text telling the user to check out Weekly Famitsu on September 26th.
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I've been able to spot this page on SoJ's Homepage as well as the JP PS2/PC PSU Homepage.
Director: Kazuya Niinou (Director and Planner on Etrian Odyssey and Trauma Center: Under the Knife)
Producer: Kodama Rieko (Various credits on Phantasy Star I, II, III, and IV as well as Producer for Skies of Arcadia)
Sound composer: Yuzo Koshiro (Music credits on Ys series, Beyond Oasis, Shenmue, and Etrian Odyssey)
Character design: Mota
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You can find many more notable credits for these developers by searching around. I just felt like giving some of their more interesting RPG highlights primarily.
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By S-T-H at 09/23/2008 - 5:06pm
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 The English update page has been posted for this week. Here's a look at the new incoming content: - MAG2 Rewards:
- Free Mission: Bladed Legacy C-S2 (Accessible from Il Cabo Base, leads to Granigs Mine)
- Exchange Mission: Clothes 'n' Parts (Accessible from GUARDIANS HQ)
It should be noted that the latter mission is accessed from the elevators at the rear of GUARDIANS HQ, not from the desk. Â This post will be updated if there are any changes between now and Friday.
Update: The Japanese 360 update page confirms that the grinding bonus will be available from September 26th until October 10th. Â Also, you have to log in before October 31st to have the rewards distributed to your Common Box.
Update: I didn't mention this before, but the JP 360 update page also listed Rappy Tip and Treasure Chest to be distributed. These have in fact arrived again for MAG2 players. This could be as a nod to people that didn't have the chance to play MAG1 at all for being in error, but the reason hasn't been stated.  Update: Also as mentioned on the JP 360 update page, the ore conversion boards have been updated.  They now have a production capacity of 20 each.  An additional board has been added in this category that can convert Vestaline to Vulcaline.  Update: There's been a rotation at Casino Voloyal.  I figured there would be, but it wasn't listed on either update page.
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By S-T-H at 09/16/2008 - 8:30am
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 According to a recent homepage update, Sega will be releasing Phantasy Star Zero to Japan on December 25th of this year. That's only three months away! Compared with PSP, the announcement and ship dates for this title are quite close.
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By S-T-H at 09/30/2008 - 4:17pm
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 The most recently announced Mission Spotlight is taking place in the Il Cabo Base lobby on Moatoob. It of course features the newest mission (Bladed Legacy). There are in game prizes this time around such as extra Casino Voloyal Coins and rare items.  There is another significant difference this time as they will be listing winners on the Mission Spotlight page. It also appears they are allowing community groups to get involved as well. By participating, they'll get a mention on the page too.  As usual, the GMs will be selecting players at random from Universes 1 and 2 on Xbox 360 as well as Universe 2 on PS2/PC.Â
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By S-T-H at 09/30/2008 - 7:13pm
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According to a recent announcement, the servers and official forums will be down starting late on October 11th and leading into the 12th. It's said that the downtime will start at around 9 PM Pacific and last upwards of 15 hours. It appears they are doing some work on the power system at the Sega of America offices.
Update: The maintenance did not occur as planned. When a new date is scheduled, we'll be sure to post the news.Â
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By S-T-H at 09/03/2008 - 12:47pm
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As mentioned here and here, Sega is requesting that users submit tickets to their support site. Ever since the server move, many players have noted a drop in the quality of their connection to the PSU servers. I'd recommend that everyone having latency issues (and of course any others) file a report so that they can hopefully be resolved sooner rather than later.
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By S-T-H at 09/02/2008 - 7:07pm
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 According to IGN, the PlayStation Network will receive enhanced capabilities this fall with the PSP in mind. All models are of course supported.
First off, the PlayStation Store will be accessible directly from a PSP. You can download the demo for Phantasy Star Portable (and other things) directly. This is as opposed to using a PS3 or PC.
Most excitingly, there will be infrastructure capabilities for PS3 owners. Many games that currently only support ad-hoc multiplayer will be able to be played online (without the use of a certain unofficial application). Users will not only be able to find games, but also be able to take advantage of text and voice chat. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G is the first announced title to be supported. I imagine there is also room for a title that has cleared 600k copies (and is currently the 5th best selling PSP game in Japan).
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By S-T-H at 09/09/2008 - 12:50am
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There are a variety of things to announce regarding Arika's Thanks Festa, Global:
1. Congratulations to Carma (artwork: 1, 2, 3) and Skids (photoshop: 1, 2, 3, 4)! These entrants will soon be proud owners of a small Bamboo Fun drawing tablet (by Wacom), a PSU wristband, an inflatable GH101, and (an added) 50 silver Casino Voloyal coins.
2. PSOW members can vote here for their favorite works from a special selection of entries. The winners of this round will be able to select their prizes from the pool of unlocked in-game items. Voting for this round will take place between today and the 19th.
3. Everyone who put in an entry will be on the receiving end of 15 silver coins for use at Casino Voloyal! Make sure to run your in-game account ID by Arika so that they can be sent off to Sega.
A big thanks goes out to everyone involved!
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