• New Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity Details

    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.

    Comments 55 Comments
    1. Kinako78's Avatar
      Kinako78 -
      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.
    1. Mike's Avatar
      Mike -
      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.
    1. CAMPSO's Avatar
      CAMPSO -
      Awesome. This sounds great!!! The character designs in this game look really good.
    1. Seth Astra's Avatar
      Seth Astra -
      Know I sound like a broken record here, but I'm guessing you havn't seen the "male" newman.
    1. Kinako78's Avatar
      Kinako78 -
      Not as bad as the male (non-gruff) beast. -_-
    1. Seth Astra's Avatar
      Seth Astra -
      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".
    1. Kinako78's Avatar
      Kinako78 -
      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.
    1. Zabrio's Avatar
      Zabrio -
      Rebirth Creativity -3, Raganrok Online did that as well, you could "Rebirth" your character once it's job and base level maxed out :/
    1. AzureAsh's Avatar
      AzureAsh -
      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.
    1. HyperShot-X-'s Avatar
      HyperShot-X- -
      Seems to me like more resources getting diverted away from developing the next PS new game on consoles, I admit that I'm not much fan of portable series as PSO and PSU's main platforms were consoles originally. Portable platforms were supposed to be only temporary experimental versions, not the main platform where they keep releasing a new expansion after another. As the fans of original series get mature, the future of PS franchise is expected to be headed in the direction of more sophisticated and advanced specs on consoles. I thought PSPo2 was the last before they start shifting their focus on consoles but then I see this now.. :/
    1. Overlord Zenon's Avatar
      Overlord Zenon -
      PSP and PSP2 still arnt enough incentive for me to buy a PSP system, sure tempting but the console price is just bleh, and i'd rather play Phantasy star on a big screen with HD no less
    1. FirefoxKyuubi's Avatar
      FirefoxKyuubi -
      PSU Account *Cancelled!*
      I like how Sega gives portables more then they give the paying customers.
    1. Tesore's Avatar
      Tesore -
      its about time Sega brought back something good in the Phantasy Star Series i loved PSO1&2+ played it for 200+ hours made multiple characters and 1 finally to lvl 100 and had friends to play with then all my games & memory cards got stolen went and got the game and did every thing all over again so yah PSO was a good series
    1. Kralo Shiruno's Avatar
      Kralo Shiruno -
      I loved those as well, and even had the originals for the dreamcast. I only wish that I hadnt had burned it up when I played it for so long......
    1. Azureterror1's Avatar
      Azureterror1 -
      Well it has been determined that Infinity willcome out this year...buuuut...we have to download it from PSN...since there won't be a UMD...Japan has the UMD and we won't...sadly my psp doesn't even show PSP2 period...so I may have to upgrade to a vita and see if that changes anything lol!! I WANNA MAKE A DUMAN SOOO DAMN BAD MAN!!! They ish epic!
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