While surfing through Koei's FTP site, Infinite-Bits' Nick Doerr saw they had uploaded a bunch of Mana Khemia 2 material. Koei generally publishes Nippon Ichi titles in Europe, for those who weren't aware, but in the US NISA will publish this Gust game around September (maybe sooner, maybe later... release dates are so up in the air anymore).
Infinite-Bits has uploaded the images here in a fun gallery for you to peruse. US and Europe can look forward to this game later this year.
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky will include a code to download Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy as a first print bonus.
More than certain that Sony will use their cloud service for BC, so would very much like to see games like this on it as well as the current PSN.
Gust will re-release Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy as a downloadable PS2 Classic in Japan.
VGC writes: "Gust is not your average JRPG developer. While most JRPG's attempt to make epic stories that have you saving the world and learning important life lessons along the way Gust is much happier making cute silly little stories with just a touch of raunchy humor. The first Gust game I reviewed was Ar Tonelico 2, which was a great game except for an unfortunate localization job and extremely dated visuals that brought the title down to being average overall. Has Mana Khemia 2 faired any better?"
Now that I know there is a Mana Khemia for PS2 going to have to get the first as well as the second one next month :/