![]() ![]() Pick up a digital copy of the game for PS4 before Augto receive four bonus costumes. Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris comes out tomorrow, July 10. I hope they can sense the meaning of the game’s catchphrase: “The world will never forget you” through their gameplay experience. I hope that fans will enjoy the world of SAO Alicization, experience the SAO story only told in this game with their favorite characters, and also have fun exploring the world of Underworld in general. ![]() Q: What are you most excited about for fans to experience in this game? I hope you enjoy playing the game with many of the partner characters you can choose from. Compared to past SAO games, this title has evolved for you to experience more SAO-like battles. Since it grows quickly as you fight, you can feel the members becoming stronger. You can set and customize your partner’s memorized moves on your own, upload it, download from other online players’ partner AI, and so on. Your partner character will memorize their move sets as they fight more and more enemies. The battles feature the “AI” quite a lot. Q: What do you think sets Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris apart from previous SAO games? Of course! I hope that young talents yet to come will create new SAO games for the next generation. ![]() Q: Should fans expect more Sword Art Online games that will follow the anime storyline? This part follows the original work or the anime settings, so we did not have reservations with adding her into the game. Q: Did you have any reservations about adding an original character into the story?Īs a daughter of a noble family, Medina is burdened with the dark side of the aristocracy and the humans. I really hope you can experience the game’s message throughout the journey with Medina. Without her, the game’s theme can’t be told. Medina has a very important role in the game version of the Alicization arc. She was created to express the “feelings,” essential as an AI in this world. Media is a contrast she is looked down on by different people. In the anime and the original work, Alice’s struggle is shown, and in the game, there are friends like Kirito and Eugeo to share with. As AI lives are almost like the humans in the Under World, we set her character as someone who would explode their “feelings.” Medina is a very strong and honest character. Kirito and Eugeo meet her just when they leave Rulid Village, but she goes to the Academy like Eugeo and the important point is that this spins into the later part of the story. We made her appear in the game sooner than many of the fans would probably expect. Can you take us through the process of creating a new character for a story that is already established? Q: Medina Orthinanos is a new game-original character. We made sure players can play the anime story in the game without feeling stressed. With that massive volume in mind, it was challenging to adapt the story in a way that it could coexist with the gameplay. I assumed we could actually make a game out of the first 24 episodes. Q: Were there any challenges in adapting the anime storyline into a video game?Īs you know, the volume of the first half of the Alicization anime is colossal. It is straightforward even for those who watch the anime or read the original work but haven’t played the previous games, so I think it is easier to jump in. We wanted to explore themes of the original work such as Kirito and Eugio’s friendship, Artificial Intelligence, the differences among humans, what defines a spirit and so on. When describing the Alicization Arc, in order to express the vast world of the original work and the anime, we came to the conclusion that the opening part should be the same between the anime and the game. What made you decide to follow the canon anime storyline instead of creating a game-specific storyline? ![]() Q: This game follows the Alicization arc of the anime. We spoke with Lead Producer, Yousuke Futami, to get the inside scoop on the latest addition to the Sword Art Online game series. Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris, out tomorrow, allows players to experience the anime’s latest arc in JRPG form. It’s easy to see why, with its colorful cast of characters and exploration of the psychological effects of virtual reality. Since its introduction in 2013, the Sword Art Online anime has garnered a huge number of fans worldwide. ![]()
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