New Famitsu article

[EspioKaos]

Jeux-France (http://www.jeux-france.com/news16610_psu-dans-l-attente-d-une-sortie.html) just posted scans of the most recent PSU article from Famitsu magazine. I'll work on translating the article for new information once I have a little more time, but for now enjoy the pictures of some new areas. From what I've skimmed over, it looks like the focus this time is of the basic network mode mission layout. You start off in the city, take a mission which brings you to the field, you eventually reach a mid-point lobby, continue on to the next part of the field (usually for a boss battle) and finally end up in the goal lobby. Beta testers may recognize the Mizuraki Preserve goal lobby of Kugo Hot Springs pictured in the article. Oh, yeah, and there's a section where were introduced to four of the ladies who work the counters of the different Guardians branches across Gurhal. On the Colony there's Mina, on Parum is Sheena, on Neudaiz is Reina and on Moatoob is Mana.

I'll try to pull some more info from this later tonight if I get a chance.

[Sev]

Thanks much for the info.

Seems ST is in favor of the "Na's" eh?

[Carlo210]

Sorry, but who are the na's?

[Dhylec]

Hm.. interesting info. Thanks for noticing the news. ;]

[EspioKaos]

On 2006-07-13 17:49, Carlo210 wrote:
Sorry, but who are the na's?

Mina, Sheena, Reina and Mana. Presenting the Ladies of Na. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif (::dodges brick::)

[Sev]

Reina looks so upset. Nonetheless, it'll be fun to point out the Na's to everyone. Ladies of Na, I like that myself. It's like they have their own Idol group going already, and the games not even out. The hats are a nice touch haha.

Is that a bar I see?

Guess I know what I'm doing the first day... Drunken missions all the way.

[Nisshoku]

Man...something tells me I'm going to -love- Moatoob.

[Saner]

Squeeeeee~! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

I know these are two new magazine scans. but they are filled with so much beautiful new stuff!! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

wow the sky, waterfalls, cities, even the desk people have some interesting informational highlights! I wonder if they have a larger role in the offline/online story somehow? http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime2.gif

Ladies of Na? lol that's cute http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif

the new images of Moatoob also look great!!!! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

aaaaaaaah! the pain of waiting!!!!! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime2.gif

[EspioKaos]

On 2006-07-13 18:00, Sev wrote:
Is that a bar I see?
Indeed, it is. Dagora City is supposed to have quite a few.

On that subject, beta testers may recall the Parm Leaf Café in Holtes City. At the time, the drink counter wasn't open -- all you could do there was sit at the umbrella-shaded tables. From the screenshot shown, it looks like the café will actually have servers behind the counter ready to take your order. No mention of what types of drinks they'll be selling. It may turn out to be nothing more than monomate shakes and the like, but that would still be kind of cool.

[Saner]

On 2006-07-13 21:08, EspioKaos wrote:


On 2006-07-13 18:00, Sev wrote:
Is that a bar I see?
Indeed, it is. Dagora City is supposed to have quite a few.

On that subject, beta testers may recall the Parm Leaf Café in Holtes City. At the time, the drink counter wasn't open -- all you could do there was sit at the umbrella-shaded tables. From the screenshot shown, it looks like the café will actually have servers behind the counter ready to take your order. No mention of what types of drinks they'll be selling. It may turn out to be nothing more than monomate shakes and the like, but that would still be kind of cool.



ya that would be wonderful!! http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

would definitely make the cities feel more like home than just a gateway to missions http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Pheromone]

ohoh? drinks.... beautiful Na ladies that kind of sound like the Nurse joy of Pokemon in PSU... ohoh? I wanna invite Reina out for a drink in a Moatoob pub http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[hypersaxon]

Sweet! I want a Monomate Colada on the rocks please http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Tystys]

On 2006-07-14 13:17, hypersaxon wrote:
Sweet! I want a Monomate Colada on the rocks please http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif



I swear to god, if you break into song, your life is FORFEIT.

But yeah, one of those sounds good right about now...*sigh*

[zandra117]

I wonder if you can drop a weapon into that desert oasis on the second page causing an NPC to rise out of the spring and say "Did you drop a golden axe?" "Or this silver axe?"

[DizzyDi]

MMM, Newman -na and Beast -na are sexy...http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[zandra117]

I guess no one noticed my Dot Hack reference. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif



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[EspioKaos]

On 2006-07-15 10:38, zandra117 wrote:
I guess no one noticed my Dot Hack reference. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif
I thought it was a Zelda reference. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime2.gif There are faeries in some of the Zelda titles that will do that, asking you if you dropped one of two items, neither of which you dropped into their fountain. If you answer honestly, you'll generally get something awesome in return.

[mechatra]

On 2006-07-15 11:01, EspioKaos wrote:


On 2006-07-15 10:38, zandra117 wrote:
I guess no one noticed my Dot Hack reference. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif
I thought it was a Zelda reference. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime2.gif There are faeries in some of the Zelda titles that will do that, asking you if you dropped one of two items, neither of which you dropped into their fountain. If you answer honestly, you'll generally get something awesome in return.



Lol, I thought it was a Zelda reference too.
http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Ether]

Actually its just a really old fairy tale, zelda and .hack are both borrowing from it

http://www.literature.org/authors/aesop/fables/chapter-249.html

[Pheromone]

On 2006-07-15 11:35, Ether wrote:
Actually its just a really old fairy tale, zelda and .hack are both borrowing from it

http://www.literature.org/authors/aesop/fables/chapter-249.html


thank you very much ether.. for that wonderful tidbit of information.

[Inazuma]

dont forget the old anime Haunted Junction. they had the silver or gold axe thing too. thats where i originally learned about it.

[-Klaus-]

I wonder if you can actually step into the oasis-pool thing in one of the shots, or if it's like PSO and no matter how much you run at the edge, you ain't going in. ¬ ¬'

[Kyuu]

If you're referring to the hot springs, yes, you can sit down in the pools.

[Carlo210]

Klaus said oasis-pool, so I assume he's talking about the oasis lake in the desert pic.
It seems like a reward area, like hot springs, so you may be able to walk inside and lounge. It looks like there is a bench on the right side of the screen.

[Saner]

99% probability you can step into and relax inside the oasis pool, just like the forest hot springs.

[-Klaus-]

On 2006-07-15 15:05, Carlo210 wrote:
Klaus said oasis-pool, so I assume he's talking about the oasis lake in the desert pic.
It seems like a reward area, like hot springs, so you may be able to walk inside and lounge. It looks like there is a bench on the right side of the screen.




She. And yes, i'm talking about the oasis thing. That'd be cool if they had other areas like that aside from the Onsen.

[Saner]

well it looks like some missions use checkpoints for players to relax and stuff.

there is bound to be similiar stuff like that for each planet. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif

[Para]

Those Moatoob pics (if they are Maotoob pics) look really nice... reminds me of Subterranean Desert..

[Saner]

hmm vehicles, wise I only noticed jetskis on Neudaiz and tanks and Lungas on Moatoob.

maybe Parum will have jetskis too? or another vehicle for special missions?

[Rubesahl]

Merci beaucoup par les images http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif Thanks a lot for the link, more for my PSU image folder http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif