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XSEED Games Releases Unchained Blades
First-Person Anime-Style Adventure RPG Now Available as Digital Download on Nintendo eShop
January 3, in the year of our Lord 2013 –
XSEED Games, an independent-minded publisher, is pleased to
announce today that the dungeon-crawling RPG title, Unchained
Blades, has been released and is now available for the Nintendo
3DS™ hand-held system as a digital download title on the
Nintendo eShop at a price of $29.99.
Developed in Japan by FuRyu, Unchained Blades is a role-playing
game that utilizes a first-person perspective and is set in a
monster-filled world. The game was directed by Toshio Akashi of
the Lunar series, while the game’s story was penned by Grandia
series veteran Takashi Hino.
Unchained Blades follows the story of the dragon emperor, Fang,
who after being stripped of his powers by the goddess Clunea,
embarks on a journey for revenge and to regain his true form.
Arrogant and vengeful, Fang is joined in his quest by a cowardly
golem prince, a shy medusa priestess, a young phoenix clan
maiden, and many other mythical beings seeking to meet with the
false goddess.
Players journey through the game with a party of up to four
characters, moving through dungeons in a first-person
perspective and engaging in turn-based combat along the way.
Using the game’s unique “Unchain” system while in battle,
players are able to try and convince monsters to follow them. If
they are successful in using the Unchain system, the enemy
monster will then join their party and help them in the future.
The game has also been completely redubbed with new English
voice-overs and boasts over 60 hours of gameplay.
Due to the collaborative nature of the game’s design, each of
the 13 main characters was created by a different artist. The
main character Fang was designed by Pako, most famous for his
work on the Shining Force series, while other characters were
fashioned by artists such as Toshiyuki Kubooka, Shinichiro
Otsuka, and Kazushi Hagiwara, to name a few. As such, each
character has its own distinct and signature style.
Developed by FuRyu and published by XSEED Games in North
America, Unchained Blades is now available as a digital download
on the Nintendo 3DS. For more information, check out the game’s
website at
www.unchainedblades.com.