In a bundle of Etrian Odyssey news, Atlus announced that Etrian Mystery Dungeon will be getting a month of free DLC with its North American release on April 7. Consisting of add-on quests, some repeatable, the content will be free until May 5, at which point they’ll be for sale individually for $1.49-1.99 apiece.
Additionally, the company announced that Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight will be coming to the 3DS in North America this summer. Both retail and digital versions will be priced at $49.99.
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Since we’re talking Atlus, the company also released more information about the upcoming Etrian Odyssey and the Mystery Dungeon. Specifically, a trailer over on YouTube shows the Wanderer Class in action, clearing a path through foliage and dispatching a group of enemies with ease.
Speaking of combat, battles will be turn-based, with every major action (attack, item/skill use, equipment change, or movement) taking a turn. Overall gameplay also appears to incorporate turn-based mechanics, as the party regains health each turn out of combat; hunger likewise grows over time.
Etrian Odyssey and the Mystery Dungeon launches in Japan on March 5, and comes to North America this spring.
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In other Etrian Odyssey news, Atlus announced that Etrian Odyssey V is now in development. Not much is known yet beyond the game’s staff: Shigeo Komori as director, Yuji Himukai on character design, Yuzo Koshiro as composer, and Shin Nagasawa on monster design.
The official website (in Japanese, of course) is located here, along with a short teaser trailer.
Atlus and Spike Chunsoft have announced a crossover title for the Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon series. Titled Etrian Odyssey and the Mystery Dungeon, the top-down dungeon RPG pairs the overall setting and character customization of the former with the roguelike gameplay of the latter. Players build custom characters, directly, controlling only the party leader, and take them into randomly generated dungeons for fun and profit.
Etrian Odyssey and the Mystery Dungeon will launch for the 3DS in Japan on March 5, priced at 6980 yen.
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Atlus has announced that Etrian Odyssey 2 will be getting a 3DS adaptation, titled New Etrian Odyssey 2: Knight of Fafnir. Similar to Etrian Odyssey Untold: Millenium Girl, Knight of Fafnir will be a partial remake, adding story elements and characters around the central dungeon crawling premise.
New Etrian Odyssey 2 is planned for a winter release this year in Japan.
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Atlus will be releasing a demo for Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl on Nintendo’s eShop on September 16, the company announced recently. Friendly reminder: the game itself will launch on October 1.
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Atlus has laid out the pre-order box set bonuses for Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl. The set includes a seven-track music CD featuring an exclusive live version of the opening theme, and an artbook featuring the game’s characters, comics, and design notes.
Etrian Odyssey Untold hits North America on October 1, priced at $39.99.
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Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan now has a European release date of August 30. The game previously launched in Japan last year, and in North America back in February.
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As the title may have suggested, Atlus has just announced the release date for Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl. The 3DS dungeon-crawling RPG hits the market on October 1.
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Index Holdings, best known as the parent company of Atlus, has declared bankruptcy to the tune of 24.5 billion yen, or about $250 million US. This comes amidst an investigation by Japan’s Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission of improper accounting and exaggerated revenues, particularly through the use of roundtripping; a common tax evasion and money laundering strategy, a large component of that Cyprus flare-up from earlier in the year.
For their part, Atlus has stated that upcoming game releases haven’t been affected. Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl is out now in Japan, and Dragon’s Crown hits stores on July 25.
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Speaking of Atlus, Etrian Odyssey: Millenium Girl will see a release in North America this fall, titled as Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl. This will include an expanded story mode and a classic mode, the latter of which is itself an update of the original Etrian Odyssey.
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Etrian Odyssey: Millenium Girl will feature a Classic Mode option, which is in fact a remake of the original Etrian Odyssey built into the game itself. Players may create their own characters in this mode, rather than using those designed for Millenium Girl‘s story.
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Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan will release in Europe this summer, according to NIS America. This follows the US release back in February, and its original Japanese release last July.
Meanwhile, Atlus has just launched the full site for Etrian Odyssey: Millenium Girl, which is available here. The story-focused spinoff is set for a Japanese release date of June 27.
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Atlus has just announced the next Etrian Odyssey for the 3DS. Subtitled as Etrian Odyssey: Millenium Girl, the game will launch in Japan on June 27, priced at 6,279 yen, and centers around mysterious earthquakes originating from the ruins of Etria. The game will reportedly have more of a story focus than is typical of the series, as spear-wielding protagonist Simon York and his pals are tasked by the Etrian government to investigate.
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With the North American release of Etrian Odyssey IV a known quantity (February 26), Nintendo of Europe confirmed the game would hit European markets this spring. No specific date was given, however.
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Atlus has just announced that Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan will hit the 3DS in North America on February 26. Those who preorder will be gifted with a companion art book and music CD.
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With the partial launch of the official site, Atlus has formally announced that Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan will see North American retailers in early 2013. The full site for the 3DS dungeon crawler will go live soon, and can be located here once it does.
By way of retail pamphlet, Atlus has revealed they will be releasing a demo for the upcoming Etrian Odyssey IV. The date has not been announced, though it is known that players will be able to carry data from the demo to the retail version.
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The latest batch of Etrian Odyssey IV screens have revealed further gameplay tidbits. Apart from character-specific skills, party members have access to shared Burst Skills, which you learn from books along the way and are set in open skill slots. Their effects range from special attacks to party-wide buffs, for instance raising everyone’s attack strength for that turn. A Burst gauge governs the use of these skills, and naturally is depleted with each use. Additionally, players can create and customize their characters through the guild, and can store up to 30 characters in total.
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