Also like Ar Tonelico the combat system puts melee characters like Croix on the front lines and they have to defend the song magic casting Reyvateils from damage. However, battles in Ar Tonelico 2 are different with two distinct phases. Attacking in Ar Tonelico 2 brought back memories of Valkyrie Profile. Your two vanguards are controlled by mashing the X and Square to strike blows. In the defense phase the enemies attack and you hit square/X to the rhythm shown on a timing bar to lessen the damage.
NISA breaks down the localization process, talks about upcoming games, and discusses job opportunities at this year's Anime Expo. 411mania was on hand to see what the publisher had to say.
411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Fight Night Round 4, BlazBlue, Wii Sports Resort, Another Code: R, Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta, PangYa: Fantasy Golf, Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, The Conduit, Dawn of Discovery, Rorona no Atelier, and Overlord.
GamersInfo writes: "It has been a long winter for me. Virtually speaking, I have traveled around in various cars, gone to a hip-hop culture place, traveled to ancient Japan, stayed in a "haunted hotel," killed various aliens, made friends with some witches, captured demons (and do not forget the sacrificing part), voyaged to other planets with my buddy Kirby, and attempted to climb a tree that I swear stems (pun not really intended) from Norse mythology."