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Arcana Heart provides half of your daily recommended intake of moe with less calories than the typical moe anime competitor. Examu’s all-girl fighting game brawled its way to North American shores in mid-April courtesy of Atlus USA. Eleven girls, each representing a different facet of moe otaku culture, duke it out in a fighting system highly reminiscent of the Guilty Gear series.
For all two of you that probably wanted to see the extras, here they are. The artbook is probably the best of the goodies. I doubt I’ll ever use the keychain or buttons, but you never know. These little trinkets are like a badge of honor for collectors.
After diving into the game yesterday, I have one thing to say. The prologue is damn long. I played it for about 2-3 hours and I still haven’t gotten to the main part of the game yet. Don’t let that detract you though, because it’s still a fun game. Let’s have a brief overview of the nitty gritty.
Battle System: The real-time active battles are back in full swing. You can directly control your main character in a grid-free environment similar to what you can find in Star Ocean 3. Your party members can be assigned to an auto AI setup of your choosing or you can direct them yourselves by pausing to issue commands to them. If you played a Growlanser game before, you should know what to expect.
Skill Tree: You earn new skills via a tree setup that sort of levels up skills when you defeat enemies to earn KP points. You set up skills from the left and work your way to right as you branch your skills out. Think something similar to FFX’s Grid Sphere system. I’m not sure if putting too many skills in bad spots will stunt or otherwise hurt your skill progression, so don’t go too crazy with the new skills.
Hot Chicks: Yep. Lots of eye candy.
Extras: I’ll take a few pictures of the extra goodies later in the day. Believe it.
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