Every time I do an article on this game I feel compelled to mention that this is indeed a proper RPG title developed by Spike for the Playstation Portable and not some 18+ eroge visual novel… but it does involve fathering your party members in order to lead them into your quest to save the world of Granvania. While we already knew that you could have a fair number of children born to join your party – it was a bit of a mystery how they would all play a role in the games battle system. Famitsu in Japan recently got all the information on how it works, and I am sharing it with you below.
The game makes use of a battle system known as “Positioning Battle” where you place and move your characters in four different areas surrounding your enemy in order to dish out attacks and skills turn based style. This system requires both defensive and offensive strategy so as to avoid powerful enemy attacks and to target their weak spots. You seem to be able to have a total of 12 children over three parties – each of which can be issued a specific battle style whilst you as the main character form a fourth party all by yourself. Provided you plan your battle strategy well, you can also over chain your enemies, which allows you to deal powerful combos, more damage and obtain greater rewards.
The game itself is due for release in Japan on the 26th April 2012.
