Star Ocean Universe

Star Ocean & tri-Ace fansite

Announcement (30/1/09)

The Official Star Ocean 4 site has been updated yet again.

  • Information about the new battle system ('Rush combo' and 'Sight in/Sight out')
  • Spec has been updated
  • Some more game movies have been added to Special, demonstrating the new battle system (Rush Combo, Sight in/out, Raided attack)

Eilmat has not been added to the characters section in this update.

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Announcement (25/1/09)

A new character has been revealed in this scan:

 

Eilmat P. Thanatos: An Elderian warrior with an imposing look, with white hair and a scar running from his right eye to his left cheek. Belonging to the same race as Faize, Eilmat is the captain and leader of the elite 13th Independent Armored Division, a special task force with no affliation to any organizations on Elder. Having gone through countless battles, Eilmat has a strong distrust with individuals other than his own troops. He has a strong responsibility to his men, where they in turn are loyal and place great trust in him and his leadership.

Eilmat has been added to the character list in the Star Ocean 4 section

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Announcement (22/1/09)

BEHOLD! The North American Star Ocean 4 site! Available sections are Characters, Story, and About. All the others are labelled "Coming Soon". The characters that are listed so far on this site are Edge, Reimi, Faize and Lymle.

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Announcement (22/1/09)

The North American website for the upcoming Valkyrie Profile title, Covenant of the Plume, has been updated with information on the story, characters and game features as well as a trailer.

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Announcement (19/1/09)



The Star Ocean 4 site has been updated again.
  • Welch has been added to the character section
  • The System section has been updated (Item Creation and Private Action)
  • A private action movie has been added to the Special section.


An interesting new feature has been revealed in this update. As an expansion of the private action component, you can now organise your party's living arrangements with the ability to allocate roommates. Item creation has also been expanded with a feature called the Factor System.

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Announcement (14/1/09)



Today the PAL (UK) release date for Star Ocean: Second Evolution has finally been released, it should be available in your local stores on the 13th February 2009. For those that have never played Second Story before this will be an excellent opportunity to do so. If not, then at least curiosity to see how things have changed, and how Welch gets integrated into the game should be enough to wet your appetite. This will be a must get for Star Ocean fans.

Also a reminder this is expected to be available in NTSC (US) on the 20th January 2009.

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Announcement (10/1/09)



The Infinite Undiscovery section and content has been expanded. While the main focus at the moment is clearly Star Ocean: The Last Hope this has been a great first title for tri-Ace on the Xbox 360 and has been available for 4 months now.

Today the Infinite Undiscovery section has been updated providing a preview on the game, including a few screenshots and introductory character profiles. Also new avatars have been added, and a review on the game is now available.

Be sure to check them out, while the Last Hope deserves the spotlight at the moment this should not be forgotten either!

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Announcement (9/1/09)

Happy new year everyone! We have news from Last Hope central. Firstly, a Star Ocean 4 bundle has been announced. The bundle consists of an Xbox 360 console, a wireless controller, five Xbox Live games, a copy of Star Ocean: The Last Hope, a selection of songs from the Star Ocean Best Collection CD, and a Star Ocean 4 faceplate. The bundle is priced at  is priced at ¥24,800, which is about US$271.51 or AU$384.14.  

 

 

In other Star Ocean 4 news, Welch Vineyard is set to make appearance in the game. Introduced in Star Ocean: Til the End of Time as the quirky clerk of the Inventors Guild, Welch has also been added to the PSP remakes of the first to games (First Departure and Second Evolution). In this iteration, she will be assisting the player in Item Creation. The scans also show her to have a different appearance with purple hair and glasses.

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Also, the Official Star Ocean 4 Site has been updated with a new video added to the Special section as well as a new character: Myuria Tionysus who has been previously shown in Famitsu. Myuria's avatar has also been added to the Star Ocean Avatar gallery.

 

Myuria 

 

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