Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars

Turn-based Roleplaying Game with Anime art

This Japanese role-playing game features downloadable content, which might really attract an interesting class of fan.

Children of the Seven Stars is a sequel to a game that was never released to English speaking audiences. While this game might be coming out for PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS players might want to have a look at it as well. Those who liked first generation anime games for the Nintendo DS will certainly love Conception II, since it has all the turn-based battles and storyline that a game from that genre would be expected to have.

Those who don't really care for RPGs aren't the intended audience, so the developer had quite a bit of fun working without having to worry about the market that they were going to actually sell the game to. It sort of had a built-in audience so to speak.

Charming Sequel

Ore no Kodomo o Undekure for PlayStation Portable never left Japan, and it has a slightly unusual plotline. Japanese speakers would note that Conception Part I's title suggests it could have something to do with giving birth, and the overarching story involves a main character named Yuge Itsuki trying to charm pure innocent girls. This isn't an eroge, so those who have a certain fear about very serious material in visual novels shouldn't have to worry about picking up a title if they happen to speak Japanese. The character charms these girls to have offspring of a sort with them.

Rather than literally charming them in a romantic sense, though, he has to have Star Children with them by pouring out energy at the Granvania National Star God Academy. Conception II picks up with this slightly offbeat story, but doesn't require gamers to have ever played the original. It's a stand-alone title so English speakers don't have to fear. It also has some interesting downloadable content, like a boss battle with Monokuma from Danganronpa.

Looking at Teasers

From what's currently known in the North American and Japanese media, this is a standard Japanese role playing game. An RPG like this might very well focus primarily on grinding techniques, and has even been compared to the Persona series. As a result hardcore gamers are certainly going to love it straight out of the box.