Star Ocean Universe
Star Ocean & tri-Ace fansite
Announcement (27/2/09)
A change of pace for today from the excitement Star Ocean: The Last Hope. We at Star Ocean Universe have launched a new section, relating to the Star Ocean Series as a whole.
The new section includes:
Announcement (24/2/09)
Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be released today right across the US and many other NTSC countries.
Famitsu.com reported today (per citing data from it's parent company Enterbrain) that there have already been 166,027 sold units for Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Which is the highest amount of sales on release week for any Xbox 360 game in Japan to date!
The period relating to the sales covers the 16th of Feb to the 22nd of Feb, clearly this is excellent news for tri-Ace and Square Enix. Particularly after far less successful starts with games such as Infinite Undiscovery and The Last Remnant.
Announcement (21/2/09)
As we turn out eyes to the English release of Star Ocean: The Last Hope the US Official site has been updated.
The updated sections (not marked with "NEW" however like most official sites) include:
The site still lists the US release date at the 24th of Feb, so expect more updates to the official site over the next few days, or even hours. For example the Multimedia and Gameplay sections are still listed as "Coming Soon" at the time of this particular announcement.
Announcement (19/2/09)
It's finally arrived...if you live in Japan that is. Today Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be all over Japan, and will also reach the US just a few days thereafter on the 24th. The JP official site has also been updated again, perhaps for the last time.
Today's updates to the official site include the following:
Visit the Japanese Official Site and check it out right away. Also, as you look around occasionally a part for the site will flash in a small circular fashion, click it! This will build the gauge on the left of screen which can unlock other parts of the site, such as some character voiceacting or even a screensaver for your PC!
*You can find the above avatar for Stephen, and more in our Star Ocean avatar section.
Understandably today the focus is on Star Ocean: The Last Hope, but today we have have updates to our Star Ocean: First Departure section as well.
This update includes an updated preview on the game, a new section which previews all of the playable characters, and finally a new detailed review of the remake.
Discuss Star Ocean: First Departure in the forum
Announcement (18/2/09)
Just a quick update today, Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume will be released in European and PAL territories as of the 3rd of April 2009.
This will be released exclusively on Nintendo DS, making it the first ever title tri-Ace will release on the dual-screen handheld system. Although unlike Valkyrie Profile titles of the past you will not play as a Valkyrie in it, but rather oppose one.
Discuss Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume in the forum
- Sarah Jerand has been added
- Each character has a new image showing their different facial expressions (similar to the ones on the Second Evolution site)
- New worlds have been added (Lemrick, EnII, Roak)
- New races added (Lemurisian, Morphus, Felpool, Feather folk, highlander)
- A new promotional movie and three new gamplay movies (Combo, Combo counter, Sight out 2) have been added
Announcement (14/2/09)
The English official site for Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume has been updated again.
Discuss Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume in the forum
A break from all the SO4 news, today is the day that the rest of us in the PAL regions can get our hands on the SO2 remake, Second Evolution - just when all of America has finished the game.
Discuss Second Evolution in the forum
Announcement (6/2/09)
As we approach the release of Star Ocean: The Last Hope a wealth of information about it is coming to hand.
The JP official site for Star Ocean: The Last Hope has been updated today, featuring a bunch of new information, and confirming the translated name of whom we previously believed was Eilmat P. Thanatos to Arumat P. Thanatos.
Anyway, visit the Japanese Official Site and check it out for yourself!
*You can find the above avatar for Arumat, and more in our Star Ocean avatar section.
Announcement (4/2/09)
Today's Famitsu has revealed yet another character for Star Ocean: The Last Hope!
Sarah Jerand: She is a Featherfolk from the planet Roak who wields a staff of sorts, meaning we have yet another Symbologist on offer. Also note that she shares the same surname of Erys and Iousha from Star Ocean: First Departure, considering The Last Hope takes place approximately 36 years prior the past events of First Departure she is likely to be related to them somehow.
