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Ar Tonelico II + Bonus Booklet
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NCS
Game Synopsis
«©NCS»
Embark on a new adventure where a lad named Kuroa
Vatel and a lassie by the name of Cocona Vatel
(not related) team up with Revatails in a bid to
free their world from oppression and infection. A
centuries old disease dubbed "I.P.D." still
lingers and afflicts the Revatails and the
general populace with its killing malaise. As a
result of the spreading contagion, the governing
body known as the Daishudo has commanded its
knights to slay anyone infected with I.P.D. in a
"take no prisoners" policy of mass extermination.
As the story begins, Kuroa Vatel is under the employ of the
Daishudo and he indiscriminately kills a young
woman who's infected with I.P.D. to the horror of
the victim's mother. As her cries break through
the air, Kuroa reflects on what he's done and
begins to have misgivings about the Daishudo's
tactics and ways of handling the disease. Kuroa's
introspection eventually leads him on an adventure
of exploration and discovery as he fights
alongside Revatails to find a better solution to
the I.P.D. problem. While the new Ar Tonelico's
storyline bears no ties to the first game, the
game systems, song magic, and nocturnal "dives"
return for another go.
Bonus Schwag
Most
preorders for
Ar tonelico 2:
Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujotachi no Metafalica
will include a 44-page hardcover Official
Visual Book which features beautiful artwork of
the main characters in the game, the machines,
locations,
storyboard sketches, and a glossary of key terms
used in the game.
Jan Code:
4983164735925
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NCS
Game Notes
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Intro - Spooky music blares through the speakers followed by chanting and wailing singing of sorts that is Enya-esque in
its timbre and style. The view changes to air
ships flying lazily across a cityscape and images
of the Revatails in the game - blonde and a blue-haired
are standing back to back inside an energy circle
of sorts. They're singing and their mouths move in
time to
the theme song that plays. In the next scene,
their faces draw closer as they continue singing
and look like they're about to smooch. There's
more scenery and girl-girl action until the ending
where both girls stand clasping hands and staring
out at the viewer.
» Press START on the title screen and the
following selections appear:
NEW GAME / Begin a new adventure
SYSTEM / Set Difficulty [Easy/Normal], Adjust
volume levels, Toggle Stereo/Pro Logic II, Digical
5.1CH
» The game opens up with a village that's burning
and soldiers face a group of three. A girl
suffering from I.P.D. is
being taken away and a little girl named Luca
Truelywaath runs up to a soldier but is bashed
backwards where she falls on her back with a thud.
Her older sister named Reisya runs to the
little girl and lifts her up while the male on
their side named
Legris-Branchesca
holds up a sword in a defensive stance.
The soldiers are led by an old guy with white hair
and a blue jewel that's affixed to his forehead
who's named Dr. Roudness.
In the next scene, the two sisters run away to a clearing surrounded by rocks where
Reisya
comforts her younger sister. Reisya starts singing
and the camera pans upwards to take in a planetary
body in the background. An introductory cinema
starts which lists the production credits and
shows off scenes from around the world of Ar
Tonelico II including exotic machinery, cities, and
general scenery. The year is listed as AD 3772.
»
In
the next scene, there's a royal commencement of
some sort that's attended by throngs of people who
are waiting for a princess named
Croche-Latel-Pastalie who's standing on a elevated credenza to
speak. She's blonde and wears white feather-like
garment around her arms. Below her is the crowd
and a few guards that stand in front of the
elevated platform that's she standing on. Her
voice is surprisingly deep given her short
stature. She rouses the crowd with a short speech
and the camera pans upwards.
»
Phase 1: Pastalia
The camera moves along the ground and stops when
it reaches a knight named Kuroa Vatel. The screen
shifts to a side-viewed battle screen where Vatel
stands on the right and his sparring partner
(well, she's really a victim) stands to the left.
A tutorial begins which teaches the button
assignments and the use of a circular Synchro
gauge located on the lower-right corner of the
screen. The words on the gauge are as follows
starting at the NORTH position and moving
clockwise: Harmonic, Care, Psyco, and Burst which
are the different actions that Kuroa may take when
instructed by the
Revatails during battle.
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Action sequences are broken up into an Attack
Phase (press the SQUARE button to attack three
times while the red line moves clockwise around
the gauge) and a Defend Phase where no instruction
is given yet. None of the buttons work during the
tutorial to defend and no indication is given.
After defeating your sparring partner, the screen
shifts back to the world screen where the girl
lies prone on the floor while a woman exclaims in
horror. There's talk of the I.P.D. infection and
the girl was dispatched for her own good as
explained by the two soldiers who are with the
hero Kuroa. After speaking to the woman, one of
the soldiers bends near the dead girl and
manifests some energy which spirits her away. As
the woman continues to cry, Kuroa wanders off by
himself and wonders if he's doing the right thing.
»
In the next scene,
Kuroa's in plain clothes and runs
into a girl named Cocona Vatel who he's been
taking care of ever since her parents died from the I.P.D. outbreak. She has purple hair just like
Kuroa but she's a shrimp in terms of stature
although she wears short shorts and a belly shirt.
They both walk away together to the town square
where they stand around some bags of groceries
that Cocona has bought.
»
Afterwards, a locale selection screen appears
where players may choose to go to "Waterfall
Garden" or return to Pastalia City. There's also a
third selection dubbed "Travel Navi" which shows
your current location in the world. If you go on
to Waterfall Garden, you'll have full control of
Kuroa in civilian clothes and explore the
surrounding. Either the
d-pad or L-Analog may be used to make Kuroa gallop
around town at a healthy clip. There's a shop to
the north and assorted citizens milling around. As
you walk to the right of the screen, the sound of
the waterfall becomes very loud and drowns out the
background music. If you look to the lower-right
portion of the screen near the waterfall, there's
a little penguin dressed in an eskimo outfit whom
you can interact with.
»
Return to Pastalia City afterwards and a new
sequence opens up where Kuroa and Cocona walk into
a smithy and are greeted cheerfully by a redheaded
blacksmith named Zusozua who holds a steel
apparatus of some sort. After a while, she gives
the two a little gift. Once outside, Kuroa can head home by moving to the south. A new
location opens up on the locale selection screen
for home. Once at home, the two drop their
groceries and the "phone" rings. After the phone
call, you can head upstairs where Kuroa and Cocona
share the bedroom with separate beds which have
matching bedspreads, pillows, and sheets. To save
your progress to memory card, stand underneath the
acorn-shaped light until the exclamation mark pops
up. Next, press the "O" button and select the
third option from the top to store your data to
memory card. You can also choose to sleep to
recover HP and MP by selecting the first option on
the menu. There's not much else to do at home so
head back out by walking to the right into the
light and the locale selector pops up again. In Pastalia City,
you can head towards the northernmost doorway to start an interaction
»
The katakana for the main character's name reads
and sounds like "Kuroa" but the English
transliteration that's used in the game and in the
Visual Book names him
"Chroah" as listed on the game's location
selector.
» Four voice actresses were hired to sing the
Hymmnos songs featured in the game.
» Akiko Shikata sung the opening theme.
» Most but not all of the dialogue is accompanied
by voice acting.
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Two Revatails may sing together (like a video
gaming duet) to increase their magic power and 100
Revatiels may be encountered over the course of
the adventure.
» A
new bathing activity is featured in Ar Tonelico II
where the Revatails go for a dip to recuperate
and increase their powers.
» The names of the main characters as they are
listed in the Official Visual Book are:
Luca Truelywaath
Reisya Truelywaath
Croche-Latel-Pastalie
Legris-Branchesca
Amarie Jerhad & Soup
Shun
Dr. Roudness
Alfman-Uranus
Targana
Chestar-Lu-Whinoah
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