• First Phantasy Star Zero Trailer Released!

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    EspioKaos
    Published on Oct 1, 2008 03:28 PM
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    The very first footage of Phantasy Star Zero has been released!





    Aside from this, images from the latest issue of Famitsu surfaced, revealing new bits of information on the upcoming DS title. I took a moment to translate what I could make out, though some details are a bit sketchy due to the blurriness of the picture. I'll be sure to update this post as I am able to clarify any of this.

    • Two story characters have been revealed: Salisa (newman) and Kai (human). Salisa is described as "a young girl from a forgotten race" while Kai is called "a veteran Hunter."
    • Photon arts are confirmed for the game, explaining the presence of a PP gauge in previous screens as opposed to a TP gauge. When PP is used with a weapon, a "charge attack" is performed, otherwise known as a photon art. The style of attack varies depending on weapons.
    • One new technique was revealed: Alresta. This heals all party members within a certain radius of the caster as opposed to Resta which heals only the caster. It turns out that Alresta is simply a "charged" version of Resta.
    • Newmans were born on the moon, and are a good-natured race that had been long forgotten.
    • As with Phantasy Star Online, the background music in Zero will change when enemies are encountered.
    • The story mode focuses on a group known collectively as "The Hunters." They discovered weaponry based around photon energy from an ancient civilization and now are using those weapons to fight back against a presently unnamed enemy.

    Thanks to Evila for posting the magazine article and trailer! Also, feel free to jump into our discussion of this new info at the newly-opened Phantasy Star Zero forum!

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    Comments 35 Comments
    1. Seority's Avatar
      Seority - Oct 1, 2008, 03:50 PM
      Salisa = Karen
      / Kai = Ethan Waber
      Now who didn't see this coming? xD lols!
      @point5: FUDGING AWESOME! I'd loved that about PSO <33333
    1. DreXxiN's Avatar
      DreXxiN - Oct 1, 2008, 03:55 PM
      Leave it to Nintendo to take every serious series and change it into fucking 10 year old heroes wacking monsters in childhood land with rainbows!
    1. Anon_Fire's Avatar
      Anon_Fire - Oct 1, 2008, 04:01 PM
      This is unbelievable!
    1. Skye-Fox713's Avatar
      Skye-Fox713 - Oct 1, 2008, 04:30 PM
      Nice,,,
    1. Primus30's Avatar
      Primus30 - Oct 1, 2008, 04:55 PM
      Just because it's on the DS doesn't mean it's made by Nintendo, it's still made by Sega. And I'm not defending Nintendo, I actually don't much care for them ANYMORE either.
    1. watashiwa's Avatar
      watashiwa - Oct 1, 2008, 05:03 PM
      I came.
      Can't wait for more...
      Can't wait for it to come out.
    1. Gunslinger-08's Avatar
      Gunslinger-08 - Oct 1, 2008, 06:09 PM
      HOLY CRAP, that looks AMAZING. I can only hope it turns out as amazing as it looked.
    1. ZyphNeko's Avatar
      ZyphNeko - Oct 1, 2008, 06:19 PM
      "It is said that newmans were born on the moon."
      ... ... ... ... ... [insert HAETFUL rants about Sega's epic cliches here.]
      And Beasts were born on MARS!! LOLOLZ
      >_>
      but srsly, this looks like epic stuff, though. Can't wait for more stuff about this game to come out...
      Neko~
    1. lostinseganet's Avatar
      lostinseganet - Oct 1, 2008, 07:02 PM
      Ohhh I saw an evasion move twice in that video. Now all the game needs is counter attack, block, and jump. If only it was not on the DS as I do not have one.
    1. Rei-San's Avatar
      Rei-San - Oct 1, 2008, 07:06 PM
      So this game has anime cut scenes? Nice.
      This game looks amazing for a DS game, just like Tales of Innocence. I just hope it can handle online play with no problems. And no more of that "Offline and Online characters are seperate" crap. >_<
    1. Meta77's Avatar
      Meta77 - Oct 1, 2008, 07:59 PM
      what theres a anime sweet.
    1. Omega_Weltall's Avatar
      Omega_Weltall - Oct 1, 2008, 09:59 PM
      ya i hear ya. the game looks fun but i REALY dont want to be some 10 year old kid fighting 40ft dragons. i'm dreading the character designs...
    1. ChaosAngelic's Avatar
      ChaosAngelic - Oct 1, 2008, 10:03 PM
      Wow. This looks even better than I expected... I can't wait!
    1. Primus30's Avatar
      Primus30 - Oct 1, 2008, 10:08 PM
      Pfft, I bet you two are the same kind of people that bitched about Diablo III being too colorful. It looks fine, at least it's not the same old boring realistic dark art style. (I'm not referencing to PSO and PSU they look fine)
    1. _Vyser_'s Avatar
      _Vyser_ - Oct 1, 2008, 10:58 PM
      Oh wow, this game looks really good! I could care less how old my character looks. Besides, I'm going to be a CAST anyway. I just hope the story isn't too deep, or else I might have to wait for this to come out in the US...
    1. ForceOfBrokenGlass's Avatar
      ForceOfBrokenGlass - Oct 2, 2008, 12:46 AM
      Not to nitpick, but before this, all they had to show for themselves is PSO and PSU. If they were going to mention PSP, they should have noted Blue Burst, PSO v.2, +, and PSO episode 3 as well.
      Some of this sounds pretty funny. I'll give the game a look when it drops in price.
    1. Risingsun's Avatar
      Risingsun - Oct 2, 2008, 01:05 AM
      This is the first game im going to play on the new DSi.
    1. Mike's Avatar
      Mike - Oct 2, 2008, 04:14 AM
      I agree. I've never liked the designs. Some of this video has redeemed that a little bit, like the HUcaseal in conversation. But I still have my doubts.
    1. Mike's Avatar
      Mike - Oct 2, 2008, 04:16 AM
      No anime, just cutscenes.
    1. Mike's Avatar
      Mike - Oct 2, 2008, 04:20 AM
      Are you kidding? Ancient civilization! Unknown enemy! Dragon reskins! This is PSO storytelling at it's best.
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