Santa Ana, CA – NIS America announced today that Mana Khemia: Student Alliance for the PlayStation® Portable System ships nationwide on March 10, 2009.
With an all-new multiplayer mode, players can now team up and hunt down monsters to get rare items. Also new to the PSP version is a data installment feature, Jump Start, which installs part of the game onto the memory stick to make the game load quicker.
As a spiritual successor, Mana Khemia is different from the previous Atelier Iris games. Mana Khemia is a campus sim-style RPG, where you can interact with classmates and professors to complete academic quests. You play as Vayne Aurelius, a novice alchemist who was invited to attend Al-Revis Academy. At the academy, Vayne will meet human and not so human(?) alchemists, and together you will solve the mysteries of alchemy.
Key Features
Multi-player-A co-op mode were you can battle monsters together to get rare items.
New Additional items, monsters, equipment, and recipes exclusive to the PSP version.
Jump Start-Install part of the game on to the memory stick to make loads faster.
Academic Quests – Players will take on quests that the professor assigns. If you fail your mission, you may have to stay after school. Also depending on who you work with for your assignments, the outcome of the story will change.
Avatar Crafting - Personalize your characters by “crafting” skills and stats instead of just leveling up through combat. Crafting skills and stats allows the player to create unique characters, like a warrior that excels in summoning magic or a magician that’s an expert at sniping.
Item Crafting – A comprehensive item/weapon crafting system. Create anything, from healing potions to swords, through alchemy.
Team Crafting - Craft items using your team’s recipe.
Symbol Encounters – No more random encounters. Visually confirm and engage enemies.
About NIS America
NIS America is a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., a Japanese company famous for its unique line of strategy RPGs including titles such as Disgaea, Phantom Brave, and Makai Kingdom.
In 2003, NIS America was established in Southern California to publish exciting and innovative game titles for North America.
NIS America’s team members devote themselves to the fans. Our respect for our fans is at the heart of everything we do. As a growing strategy RPG publisher in the U.S., we are committed to continuous improvement and dedication.
About Gust
Gust Co., LTD. (Gust) was established on October 1st, 1993 in Nagano, Japan as an entertainment software developer. Gust strives to create sensible new games that continually advance gaming technology to fulfill the dreams and expectations of their fans around the world.