Atlus have released the first trailer for their recently announced dungeon RPG Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth for the Nintendo 3DS. It shows the game various character classes (which we talked about in an earlier article), as well as the character customization options. These customizations include changing your character’s skin, eye and hair color, as well as selecting between different voices.
Etrian Odyssey V’s promotion is certainly accelerating as of the last couple of months. To start, we have an official subtitle to accompany Etrian Odyssey V- “長き神話の果て”, which is generally being translated as The End of the Long Myth. We can see it in the new logo being used as this article’s featured image.
The new world of Etrian Odyssey V is called Arcadia. And in this new world, Etrian Odyssey V will be deviating slightly from franchise conventions. Characters will be one of four races: Aslan are humans; Lunar are elves; Brani are dwarves; Cerian are beastkin. While character classes are an Etrian Odyssey mainstay, in this particular game certain classes will be exclusive to certain races. So far, the known classes for each race are as follows:
There is probably some sort of consistency to the types of classes that each race will have access to (whether or not they are support-oriented, or magic offense-oriented, etc.) but we’ll know more later. However, it does appear that there will be skills specific to each race – adding further to the complexity of character options. Director Shigeo Komori, in an excerpt from Famitsuu, mentioned that it will be more difficult to synthesize teams that work together, as units are going to be created with heavily specialized skill sets in mind. When this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu is fully published, more access to artwork and information will be available.
Character customization will be give more depth in Etrian Odyssey V. The game is designed to give players a greater sense of freedom in character design, even down to more coloring options (specific note was made of giving characters differing eye colors.) Hair and skin colors are also adjustable.
Players will be assigning voices to the characters they create, from a large trove of voice talent. For those who were following our 7th Dragon III Code: VFD coverage, this is the same idea. A list of the seiyuu who have recorded lines for the game can be found below:
Shouta Aoi (hey, it’s the PSO2 anime protagonist!)
Satomi Arai
Akira Ishida
Touru Oukawa
Ayaka Ohashi
Yoshihisa Kawahara
Misaki Kuno
Mitsuki Saiga
Takuya Satou
Asami Seto
Atsuko Tanaka
Kousuke Toriumi
Jouji Nakata
Kaori Nazuka
Natsuki Hanae
Saori Hayami
Megumi Han
Youko Hikasa
Rina Hidaka
Yui Horie
Ayumu Murase
Tsubasa Yonaga
Some of these names are probably familiar to those who are regular anime watchers or fans of other JRPGs!
Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth is due for release in japan on August 4th of this year, priced at ¥6,480. There will be a limited edition (priced at ¥10,778) that includes an art book, official soundtrack CD, and downloadable content. And it’s still for the Nintendo 3DS!
Development for the game is currently marked at 60%. On March 5th, 9 PM (JST), there will be a Niconico broadcast dedicated to Etrian Odyssey V featuring some of the voice talent for the game alongside premiere of its first promotional trailer.
Credit to this Gematsu article and to this NeoGAF thread for the information.
It has been quite some time since Etrian Odyssey V was officially announced. Since its initial announcement during the tail end of 2014, we’ve seen the release of games like Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, and Etrian Mystery Dungeon. It’s been busy for Atlus since the fifth mainline title’s reveal, but Atlus of Japan recently broke their silence on Etrian Odyssey V to confirm that the game is actually at the end of the development process, in an article posted to gamestalk which references comments in the next to-be-released issue of Famitsu. It’s a strange situation and I can’t help but wonder (as I’m sure many others have done) what prompted the delay and silence; we will likely learn more later.
You can browse the official Etrian Odyssey 5 website here if you like. There’s not much else besides the first promotional trailer, though. Check out the first promotional trailer below if you missed it the first time around.
Atlus has announced that the latest numbered entry for Etrian Odyssey is in development. The key staff includes veterans of the franchise, ranging from director Shigeo Komori, to character designer Yuji Himukai, composer Yuzo Koshiro and monster designer Shin Nagasawa. So far only a teaser trailer has been revealed, which you can watch below: