Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero Highlights Its Battle System

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NIS America and Nippon Ichi Software released new screenshots for their upcoming tactical RPG Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero. These pictures highlight the game’s battle system, revealing new classes and the ability to level up a character to 9999. The companies also revealed players will be able to create characters from 51 units available in the game and customise them by challenging some randomized dungeons and acquiring rare items.

Like its predecessor Phantom Brave (aka Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle), Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is set in the oceanic world of Ivoire. As Marona and Ash return home from a regular job, they are attacked by the ghost ships of the Shipwreck Fleet, during which Marona’s powers are stolen by a masked man and she and Ash are separated. After washing ashore, Marona encounters a Phantom girl named Apricot who agrees to help her fight the new threat that looms over the seas of Ivoire. In their quest to assemble a crew capable to defeat the Shipwreck Fleet, they will have to become pirates themselves and fight to expand their territory.

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero continues the gridless combat of the original game. Characters are able to freely move within a certain radius on their turn. Marona’s powers allow allied Phantoms to possess, or Confine to, items on the map to participate in battle. However, Phantoms will only remain Confined for a few turns before being removed from battle, and each Phantom can only be used once per battle. New gameplay elements include Confriend, Confire, and ship customisation. Confriend allows Marona to be possessed by a phantom, granting her new abilities and potentially increasing her stats. Confire is the ability for a phantom to possess gadgets — such as robots, tanks, and cannons — airdropped by Apricot and make use of their characteristics.

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is planned to release worldwide in 2025. The game will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch.

 

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Mohamed Lamine Coulibaly

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