Character Design: Riuichi
Height: 145cm
Birthday: March 8
Blood Type: AB
Gem Theme: Aquamarine and Amethyst Stone
Symbol: Unicorn
The protagonist who fights in the other world that is limbo in order to resurrect her younger sister Mirai, who she killed.
The story is not about “protecting the world” or a similar reason Rei moves forward with the sole purpose of “wanting to resurrect her dead younger sister.”
While she is weak and unstable in that she cries when in a hopeless situation, she nevertheless has the strength the move forward.
Rei is quiet and serious. She will do whatever it takes in order to protect something. When switched on, her quiet and serious nature is buried and she becomes violent with fury.
幡田未来(みらい)(配音:千本木彩花)
主角「零」最深爱的妹妹,受到某个幽鬼影响,从现世和「零」一起被拉进「边狱」。
被失去自我意识,无法控制自己的「零」失手攻击......
Mirai Hatada (voiced by Sayaka Senbongi)
Character Design: Riuichi
Height: 139cm
Birthday: July 12
Blood Type: O
Gem Theme: Ruby and Bixbyite
Symbol: ???
The protagonist Rei’s beloved younger sister. A certain spirit lures in her and Rei from the real world to limbo.
When Rei loses consciousness and runs wild, she accidentally attacks Mirai…
In the story, Rei is moving forward with the purpose of resurrecting her.
梅菲斯(メフィス)(配音:井泽诗织)
异世界「边狱」的管理人之一,工作是回收泪水在「边狱」当中结晶化之后,被称为「理念(イデア)」产物。
说话带有古风,个性十分认真。
Mephis (voiced by Shiori Izawa)
Character Design: Riuichi
Height: 138cm
Birthday: August 28
Blood Type: ???
Gem Theme: Agate and Sunstone
Symbol: ???
One of the managers of the other world that is limbo. She collects crystallized tears known as “Ideas” in limbo.
She is straight-laced and has an obsolete tone of voice.
菲雷斯(フェレス)(配音:立花理香)
异世界「边狱」的管理人之一,工作是回收泪水在「边狱」当中结晶化之后,被称为「理念(イデア)」产物。
情绪不稳定的诡异角色。
Pheles (voiced by Rika Tachibana)
Character Design: Riuichi
Height: 138cm
Birthday: August 28
Blood Type: ???
Gem Theme: Jade and Peridot
Symbol: ???
One of the managers of the other world that is limbo. She collects crystallized tears known as “Ideas” in limbo.
She is spooky and emotionally unstable.
赫拉克利特(ヘラクレイトス)(配音:中田让治)
「零」的守护者,也是她灵魂、理念具体化后的存在。
和主角「零」其他伙伴们所驱使的守护者不同,是个能理解人类语言的特殊守护者。
Heraclitus (voiced by Jouji Nakata)
Character Design: Riuichi
Gem Theme: Aquamarine
Symbol: Unicorn
Rei’s guardian. A being realized by Rei’s soul and ideas.
Unlike the other guardians used by Rei’s allies, Heraclitus is a special guardian able to understand human speech.
Crystar will launch for PlayStation 4 on October 18 in Japan.
FuRyu has delayed Work x Work, its upcoming retro-style RPG for Switch, from its previously planned September 27 release date in Japan to October 4, the company announced.
Crystar introduces four new characters, battle system tidbits
The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has new information on Crystar, FuRyu’s upcoming PlayStation 4 action RPG developed by Gemdrops.
Characters
• Anamnesis (voiced by Kikuko Inoue) – A demon.
• Kokoro Fudouji (voiced by Yuka Iguchi) – An avenger demon. She fights using her fists. Her guardian Diogenes fights using giant claws.
• Sen Eba (voiced by Honoka Inoue) – An ally of justice. She unleashes consecutive attacks faster than the eye can see with her two-handed sword. While she deals little damage, she can use many attacks in a row. Her guardian Socrates also overpowers enemies with consecutive attacks.
• 777 (voiced by Sumire Morohoshi) – A hedonist.
Battle System
• There are nine types of skills for each character, which are activated by a combination of the R1 button and the four face buttons.
• Skills can be freely set and used at any time.
• Standard attacks are used with the Square and Triangle buttons. Triangle is the strong attack. You can also perform combos that launch enemies.
• While you only control one character at a time, you can switch between characters at any time. You can even connect combos while switching between characters.
Crystar will launch for PlayStation 4 on October 18 in Japan.
FuRyu has updated the official website for Crystar, its upcoming action RPG developed by Gemdrops, with new information, video, and screenshots on the game’s story, world, and keywords.
■ Story
The young girl Rei opened her eyes, and before her was a world she had never before seen. As Rei struggled to make sense of this strange land where the souls of the dead drift, she came across her little sister Mirai, who also stumbled into this world.
Rei took the hand of the frightened Mirai and tried to find a way back to reality, but was separated from her when the ground suddenly collapsed. Rei, who developed unusual powers, traveled the new land in search of Mirai.
But when she found her, a woman who calls herself Anamnesis appears.
Rei discovered that she is the one who brought herself and her sister to this world, and fought Anamnesis in an attempt to return to reality. However, her powers had only just developed, and her power of reason began to slip away as she lost control. As if to ridicule Rei, Anamnesis departs.
Worried about her sister’s disturbed state, Mirai extended a hand to Rei. “It’s alright now. Oh, I wish we could hold hands again, big sister.”
The out of control Rei tried to take Mirai’s hand, but with that hand she unwittingly killed her.
Unable to believe she killed her own sister, a devil appeared before the confused Rei and proclaimed: when the dead Mirai’s spirit reaches the deepest realm of limbo, Mirai will disappear. If Rei acts as a proxy for the devil and does as he asks, she may be able to revive Mirai before it is too late.
Rei hears the devil’s words, and decides she will do anything to save Mirai. Then, the young girl falls to her harsh fate…
Screenshots
■ World
The twin devils Mephis and Pheles make a contract with Rei so that she will be a proxy for them. The proxy has two jobs. One is to deal with the spirits and ghosts that prevail in this world. The other is to gather the special crystal “ideas” that grow in the world. In order to save Mirai, Rei acts as a proxy and travels between reality and the limbo of the other world.
Limbo
Another world where the souls of the dead wander. It is separated into several levels, and each are completely different. The dead Mirai’s soul is still wandering in limbo, and in order to find her, Rei must progress towards the depths of limbo.
Reality
Because of a certain reason, Rei does not ever leave her room. A place occupied only by her dog Selma and no one else makes up the entirety of her reality. A large mirror in the corner is what connects the other world to this reality.
■ Keywords
• Agent: These people have formed contracts with devils under various circumstances. In order to pay for their contract, they must gather “ideas” and, as the duty of an Agent, hunt the spirits and and ghosts that wander in limbo.
• Guardian: The “ideas” of living creatures in limbo take form, and each have its own shape. This power can be used to transform, which is called a “blessing.”
• Souls: These are the souls of dead people who wander limbo without an awareness of self. They all look like butterflies. They can engage in simple conversation but since they are not self-aware they cannot offer real communication.
• Spirits: Due to missing something in their souls when dying, this error causes these dead people’s souls to develop self awareness. These are different from souls in that they take on a form based on the embodiment of an “idea.” Due to their missing souls, they cannot use words, but they do behave aggressively.
• Ghosts: These are spirits with self awareness. They have a ring on their heads. Unlike Spirits, they can talk, and most of them want to come back to life, and they initiate contact by trying to su ck the souls out of other ghosts and living beings.
Ideas: Body fluid emitted when in a state of fury by beings with self-awareness in limbo, which then crystalizes. Devils want it, and collect it.
• Resurrection: Refers to dead people coming back to life. This can be achieved through a contract with a devil, and ghosts and other dead people su ck up other souls in order to repair their souls and come back to life.
• Soul Su cking: Ghosts who want to come back to life do this to other ghosts, or bring living people from reality into limbo to get their souls and repair their own souls.
Crystar is due out for PlayStation 4 on October 18 in Japan.
Crystar details Kokoro Fudoji, Sen Megumiba, Anamnesis, 777, and systems
FuRyu has updated the official website for Crystar, its upcoming action RPG developed by Gemdrops, with new information, video, and screenshots on the game’s characters and systems.
■ Characters
Kokoro Fudoji (voiced by Yuka Iguchi)
Height: 167cm
Birthday: September 23
Blood Type: A
Gem Theme: Sapphire / Ametrine
Symbol: Dog
A living girl that the protagonist befriends in limbo. Her Guardian’s name is Diogenes.
She was attacked by Anamnesis, and lost both the man she was dating and the child she was carrying in her womb. She is an avenger demon who fights in limbo in order to carry out her revenge against Anamnesis.
She has a Kansai dialect and is usually a cheerful and merry older sister-type character. She loves cute, younger girls.
Sen Megumiba (voiced by Honoka Inoue)
Height: 158cm
Birthday: January 6
Blood Type: A
Gem Theme: Garnet / Star Garnet
Symbol: Lion
A living girl that the protagonist befriends in limbo. Her Guardian’s name is Socrates.
She is the sole survivor of a certain incident, and in that incident she lost her beloved mother.
Influenced by her father, who is a public prosecutor, she respects the rules and speaks with an adherence to justice.
In limbo, she fights for the “justice” that she so strongly believes in.
Anamnesis (voiced by Kikuko Inoue)
Height: 162cm
Birthday: August 29
Blood Type: O
Gem Theme: Amethyst / Iolite
A humanoid spirit who pulled Rei and Mirai into limbo and caused Rei to kill Mirai.
She is the fated enemy that Zero and company encounter many times over while making their way into the depths of limbo in search of Mirai’s soul, which is wandering about limbo. In order to resurrect Mirai, to take back the important people that were forgotten, and to get revenge, they are moving in the shadows.
777 (voiced by Sumire Morohoshi)
Height: 135cm
Birthday: November 22
Blood Type: B
Gem Theme: Topaz / Yellow Oval
Symbol: Bird
A humanoid spirit who takes a liking to Rei. A dead girl.
She mysteriously favors Rei and comes to be persistently involved with her.
She possesses great power, completely changing areas of limbo to try to make Rei happy, and obstructing Rei and company’s progress.
“Supporting you is exciting” is her catchphrase, and she tends to impose play-themed “games” upon Rei and company, such as tag and hide-and-seek.
■ System
Feelings of Guilt: The Weight of Karma
The spirits you fight in limbo were originally human. If you kill them, their heartrending outcries will cling to you. These agonies of death never disappear, even when Rei returns to reality, and will torture her heart.
Catharsis: Cry to Become Stronger
By crying by yourself while thinking about the last moments of the souls you have defeated, you can purify their agonies of death. By overcoming the karma weighing you down, you can grow mentally and produce “Ideas” that can be equipped in limbo.
Battle Action: Cry to Fight
When attacking or receiving damage, your “Tear Gauge” will rise. When it reaches its MAX, you can cry. While crying, you are in an awakened state and your “Guardian” is manifested. While a Guardian is manifested, the character’s power is fully unlocked, enabling the use of special moves and more.
Guardians
A Guardian is the manifestation of an Agent’s “Idea.” Guardians perform actions such as automatically counterattacking and defending their Agent when attacked by an enemy. The closer the Agent is to death, the stronger the Guardian will become, and the lower the Agent’s HP, the higher the probability of manifestation.
Four Playable Characters
Rei Hatada
Weapon: One-Handed Sword
Style: All Rounder Type
Guardian: Heraclitus
An all rounder-type who uses a one-handed sword Idea, which she is able to handle easily and instinctively. On average, her attack power is high, but her physical strength is low.
Kokoro Fudoji
Weapon: Knuckles
Style: Power Type
Guardian: Diogenes
A power-type who uses a kunckle Idea. While her combo number is low, her single hit damage is high. However, since her attack range is low, she is weak when it comes to fighting several enemies at once.
Sen Megumiba
Weapon: Two-Handed Sword
Style: High-Speed Consecutive Attack Type
Guardian: Socrates
A high-speed consecutive attack type who uses a two-handed sword Idea. Her single hit damage is low, but using one move after the next is where she excels. When she joins the party, her stats are high, but her level up growth is slow.
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Coming soon…
Crystar is due out for PlayStation 4 on October 18 in Japan.