[PS2] Ar Tonelico - The closest thing rpg nerds will ever get to a girlfriend

Silly, random question at this point but it is relevant to my interests:

Anyone happen to know a general play-through time for this one?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Just a heads up for people that missed the pre-order. Supposedly they will be selling off all of the deluxe versions which were issued a pre-order code but never redeemed. They should start going on sale at the NIS store Monday (2/05).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The artbook is fantastic and far exceeds my expectations. If game companies are looking for ways to make more money off of me, this is the way to do it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

One can only hope the first game did well enough for NIS America to pick this one up as well.

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I hope they are able to better integrate the cosmosphere into the main storyline. I found it strange that you'd make some progress in developing one of the girls personalities only to have them regress and act like their former selves in the main story. I have no idea why they let you drill down 4 or 5 cosmosphere levels in a single sitting without requiring the advancement of the story some at each step.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Okay so is the purple haired knight shown Croa? And if so, is Croa actually supposed to be a guy? That has to be the worst offender ever if true.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Winter Storm

I believe that is the main character(Croa) and that due to his charming "feminine" looks he will serve as a "bishi". Lynar wasn't close to that, so I guess this will futher compliment the scenario of having the girls all over the main character like they were with Lynar.

Errrrrrrr now that I think about it. That suit looks a lot like a dress ._..

Yeah that's what I was getting at. I've gotten used to Japanese culture enough to understand and be able to deal with bishi males where is doesn't bother me. But if that really is a male then it sets a new standard. That a 100% a female haircut even by Japanese standards and the lower half of the knight suit being a dress really makes me question if that is really the male lead.

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Well the music sounds like it is going to be in top form, as expected.

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They are hot if they like 20+ and born naturally short like 4' 11" or something @_@. And yes the first lvls of Misha's comosphere had me wondering shit about japan as a whole :P

Oddly I didn't think twice about it. I should probably stop exposing myself to so much Japanese culture.


Edit: Had some time to look over the site. They added an 11 year old, half naked girl to the character roster. Oh Japan......

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

So my Japanese isn't the greatest, but I've gathered Install isn't around anymore instead you dissolve crystals in a bath that the girls soak in to increase parameters. Man I love the creators of this game.

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More updates for AT2!

http://ar-tonelico.jp/at2/swf/main.htm

Anyone able to translate what is listed as new under the Special section? Are they making an AT2 based anime or are they showing off fully animated cutscenes for the game?

I can't wait until the soundtrack for this one is released. Whenever I go to the official site I just leave it running a while to listen to that awesome background song.

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Hey so today at lunch I was talking to some voice actors/actresses that are doing some work in my building on a certain project. I can't say who for obvious reasons, but not one but TWO of them let it slip that they had just finished some work for Ar Tonelico II. Looks like it's coming, just a question of when.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Check out this interview RPGamer got with NISA.

RPGamer - News Bulletin - RttS 2008 - NIS America Interview

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The PlayStation 2 is still alive and kicking. Since it is still alive, is there a chance of Ar tonelico II or Mana Khemia II making it to our shores?

JN: Those are two exciting games that we would love to work on, but we're not quite ready yet to make any announcements. Don't worry. We're not saying that these games aren't coming to the States. When the game is ready to be revealed, we will make sure to notify everyone.

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Anything else you'd like to share with us about your upcoming lineup, as it seems full of Disgaea at the moment?

JN: We've got some surprise announcements to be made on June 6, 2008 at our San Francisco event, so please look forward to them. Also some of the games that you mentioned above...we are working on them right now.

Just announce AT2 already!

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For those that don't get the emails, NIS started taking pre-orders on AT2. Seems the early pre-order bonus is an extra artbook which is limited to the first 2000 pre-orders and then an extra soundtrack that covers the rest of the songs not on the default original soundtrack.

I was speaking idiomatically.

So a bit of awesomeness. NIS is porting over the insanely cool original Japanese AT2 website into English rather than trying to develop their own

Ar tonelico 2: Melody of Metafalica

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Well I was hearing information about NIS releasing something in January so I was getting hopeful. Turns out all they did was push back the released date of AT2 and the main reason for this is because while not quite going open platform in America like they are in Europe, Sony is cutting licensing fees of games on the PS2 by 75% starting the first of next year. I think that is a hopeful indication that they'll scoop up Mana Khemia 2 eventually.

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