Hi RPG and indie fans! We’re excited to announce that Rainbow Skies is coming exclusively to PS3 and PS Vita in 2014.
Rainbow Skies is an indirect sequel to our RPG from last year, Rainbow Moon, which was nominated as the “Best Indie Game” in the PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards 2013.
Taking a lot of fan feedback into consideration, we’ve been working on Rainbow Skies for nearly a year and are now eager to tell you more about the project. First, Rainbow Skies is a new game that takes place in a new world, with new characters, monsters, and a story that isn’t linked to its predecessor. The world of Rainbow Skies stretches over two parallel worlds, with strong visual variety, and 50 dedicated background music tracks.
Rainbow Skies is more than just a sequel. We’ll be introducing many new features, including monster taming, an advanced battle system with new combo attacks, new dungeon action elements, a new dialog and emoticon system, new treasure hunt quests, an improved side quest system, explorable buildings, and new mini-games.
Apart from providing the new content and features, we’re absolutely staying true to our roots. Fans of traditional RPG play can once again look forward to turn-based battles, free world and dungeon exploration, extensive character development, and lots of optional goodies. Including the ability to play across both PS3 and PS Vita.
Eastasiasoft has released a 10-minute gameplay video of Rainbow Skies, its upcoming RPG from SideQuest Studios.
Here is an overview of the footage, via Eastasiasoft: “The video demonstrates the game’s classic turn-based combat and colorful, vibrant fantasy world. Dungeons, towns, monsters and more are all highlighted, alongside a raft of refinements and improvements over the game’s acclaimed predecessor, Rainbow Moon.”
Rainbow Skies is due out for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita on June 26 in North America and June 27 in Europe for $29.99. It will feature both Cross-Buy and Cross-Save support across all three platforms.
Fantasy Turn-Based RPG Rainbow Skies Coming to PlayStation Store June 26th
Independent developer and publisher, Eastasiasoft Limited, alongside development partner, SideQuest Studios, today announced that Rainbow Skies, the fantasy Tactical RPG is coming to the PlayStation Store for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on June 26th in North America and June 27th in Europe in Asia. In Rainbow Skies players will enter a colorful and whimsical world, filled to the brim with friends, foes, dungeons, tactical turn-based battles, towns, shops, and everything else your role-playing heart desires.
“After five years in development, we are pleased to announce that Rainbow Skies, the successor to Rainbow Moon, will launch on the PlayStation Store this June,” said Marcus Pukropski, CEO of SideQuest Studios. “Featuring a humorous new story with interwoven narratives, monster taming, a revamped battle system allowing greater tactical depth, treasure hunts, new mini-games and an improved sidequest system, Rainbow Skies offers even the most seasoned of RPG players countless hours of fun.”
The story of Rainbow Skies begins on the morning of Damion’s final examination as a monster tamer, an important profession in his home town, which is constantly threatened by monster attacks. However, after a terrible hangover, Damion completely messes things up and not only fails the examination, but also destroys the entire monster compound. When he tries to cover up his mishap with his examiner Layne, things turn from bad to worse and through a number of unforeseen circumstances, they find themselves between the fronts of two rival superpowers...
Key Features
• Follow the story of three young heroes and discover the true value of their friendship in this unforgettable adventure, inspired by fan-favourite classic Tactical RPGs.
• Explore a colorful and vibrant world, filled with friends and foes.
• Beautiful visuals, optimised to run at 60fps on PS4™, PS3™ and PS Vita.
• Revamped turn-based battles with practically limitless tactical depth. Plan your assault with hundreds of skills, items and options, plus all new combo attacks.
• Breed and level up a large variety of monsters, then bring them into battle with you!
• Upgrade your characters, weapons, equipment, and battle skills.
• Enjoy a huge variety of side quests and optional content.
• Dig up hidden treasures and find other valuable collectibles.
• Play a variety of mini games, including a turn-based fishing game.
• Cross-Save support on PS4™, PS3™ and PS Vita.
Rainbow Skies launches on June 26th for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita for $29.99. Physical editions of Rainbow Skies, are available exclusively through retail partner Play-Asia.com and will begin shipping on launch.
Eastasiasoft has released a new teaser trailer and kicked off the Play-Asia physical edition pre-order campaign for its 2013-announced Rainbow Skies, which will launch for PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and PlayStation 3 in 2018.
The physical edition of Rainbow Skies, which will only be available on PlayStation 4 and PS Vita, will be availble in both $29.99 standard and $49.99 limited editions. The limited edition includes the following:
A copy of Rainbow Skies
Game manual
“Melodies” two-disc original soundtrack
100-page “Book of Knowledge”
Double-sided map
Numbered certificate
Collector’s box
In addition to the Rainbow Skies physical edition, Eastasiasoft and Play-Asia will release a physical edition of the already available Rainbow Moon for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita. It will be available in both $24.99 standard and $34.99 limited editions. The limited edition will include the following:
A copy of Rainbow Moon
Game manual
“Melodies” one-disc original soundtrack
“Book of Wisdom” tactical guidebook
Map
Numbered certificate
Collector’s box
Here’s an overview of Rainbow Skies, via Eastasiasoft:
About
From the makers of Rainbow Moon comes Rainbow Skies, a new fantasy role-playing game. Immerse yourself in a colorful and vibrant world, filled to the brim with friends and foes, murky dungeons, turn-based battles, towns, shops, and everything else your role-playing heart desires.
Tamable monsters, upgradable characters, and a variety of weapons and equipment offer you a wide range of customization and character development possibilities. Tons of optional and endgame content, side and treasure hunt quests, a humorous story, and other exciting content will keep you hooked for countless hours.
Story
It’s a big day for Damion: Today is his final examination as a monster tamer, an important profession in his home town, which is constantly threatened by monster attacks. However, after a terrible hangover, Damion completely messes things up and not only fails the examination but also destroys the entire monster compound.
When he tries to cover up his mishap with his examiner Layne, things turn from bad to worse and through a number of unforeseen circumstances, they find themselves between the fronts of two rival super powers…
Features
Explore a fascinating scenery in two parallel worlds
Engage in turn-based battles and execute devastating commands, including new combo attacks
Breed and level up a large variety of monsters, and add them to your party
Upgrade your characters, weapons, equipment, and battle skills
Complete all side quests and optional content to extend game play up to 100 hours and beyond
Play a variety of mini games, including a new fishing game
Experience a technically perfect game engine that runs at 60 fps with little to no load times
Rainbow Skies & Rainbow Moon Coming to PS4, PS3 & Vita in 2016
Rainbow Skies & Rainbow Moon Coming to PlayStation 4 in 2016
Today, Eastasiasoft Limited—the Hong Kong–based developer and publisher of interactive entertainment and development partner SideQuest Studios are excited to announce that their upcoming role-playing game Rainbow Skies and their previous bestseller Rainbow Moon are currently in development for the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system.
“Thanks to the tremendous support and feedback from our fans, we are thrilled to bring our Rainbow RPG series to the PS4™,” said Marcus Pukropski, CEO of SideQuest Studios. “Rainbow Skies is our biggest and most ambitious project including a complex background story with multiple, interwoven narratives and many additional features and improvements such as monster taming, player upgrades, skill books and combo systems.”
Rainbow Skies will be available for the PlayStation 4 system, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system in the second half of 2016, while the PlayStation4 system version of Rainbow Moon will launch sometime in 2016. Both titles will support Cross-Save functionality.
More information are available on the Rainbow Skies official website at rainbow-skies.com.