Also, Falcom became the most dominant AAA developer and publisher in Japan. It became the fourth largest military in the world note For reference, that is just below the three major military superpowers of China, Russia, and the US, and higher than Japan's current rank in real life which usually hovers around ninth or tenth place., among its arsenal includes Humongous Mechas called Valiant Gears, which are seen in action in Chapter 7. Alternate History: The existence of the Eclipse aside, reading into a bit of lore from the school library books reveals that Japan's military has developed much differently in the game's universe than it did in real life.
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Furthermore, both this game and the Trails series sharing several expies of its characters, graphics and gameplay mechanics despite being different overall different genres further invites comparisons between SMT and its various spinoffs. Tokyo Xanadu is also often compared to SMT's spinoff Persona, in which several aspects of said game were appropriated note Kou's Intelligence, Courage and Virtue meter, as well as the overall storyline of an alternate dimensional plane overlayed over the the town and being accessible through some means only the protagonists are aware of. Surprising many fans, the original Play Station Vita game was released by Aksys Games in the United States on June 30, 2017, whilst eX+ was released in fall of the same year.Ĭompare Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, a Fire Emblem/ Shin Megami Tensei spin-off also removed from the former's medieval fantasy roots to be set in modern-day Tokyo. A port to the Nintendo Switch is slated for a Jrelease in Japan. It features side-stories for most of the playable cast, an after-story taking place months after the main story, and previous NPCs Promoted to Playable. for short) in order to protect Morimiya City from the Greeds.Īn enhanced port of the game, Tokyo Xanadu eX+, was released on Septemfor the PlayStation 4 and Steam on December 2017. Later, as the story progresses, more students from Morimiya Academy get involved with the Eclipse and become Wielders themselves, and together with Kou and Asuka, they form the Xanadu Research Club (X.R.C. Since Kou gained his Soul Device and became a Wielder himself, he also tags along to help Asuka defeat the Greeds. Asuka is a Wielder and an Enforcer of an organization called Nemesis, and her job is to search out for Eclipse gates and defeat the Greeds inside to negate them. He is later informed that Morimiya is plagued by a phenomenon known as the Eclipse, which commonly spirits people away into labyrinths where Greeds inhabit. Surprised by this, Kou tags along with Asuka to save his friend Shiori from the monster pursuing her. However, Kou regains his memory of the night before, and all of a sudden, a strange light grants him a Soul Device a weapon that can defeat monsters called Greeds. Asuka arrives just in time to deal with the situation, but strongly insists Kou to turn back immediately. After finishing work, Kou finds his childhood friend Shiori being pursued by an invisible creature, and gets drawn into another strange gate. The next day, Kou attends class at Morimiya Academy, and later works at another part-time job in the evening. But before he could ask questions, Asuka erases his memory, and Kou wakes up barely remembering what happened. Kou then finds Asuka defeating some monsters using a sword, saving both Kou and the delinquents from them. One night, he finds his classmate Asuka Hiiragi being stalked by delinquents, and tries to intervene to save her when out of nowhere, a strange gate appears and draws all of them inside an unknown place. Set in the fictional city of "Morimiya" on the outskirts of Tokyo, the story follows Kou Tokisaka an Ordinary High-School Student who works at various overnight part-time jobs to make ends meet while his parents are working overseas. It is an Action RPG with the graphical engine of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, released on Septemfor the Play Station Vita. A spin-off of Falcom's Xanadu series, Tokyo Xanadu is first for the company in that, as opposed to being set in a fantasy world, it is set in an alternate version of the real world, specifically Tokyo.
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