Arc Rise Fantasia
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Track listing
Track listing
At disk 3, a piano piece called Awakening, To A World Protected is the piano version of Tenshi no Hashigo, which played and made by Yui Makino
. The lyrics and music for Tenshi no Hashigo are made by Yui Makino too.
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The game was unveiled on June 25, 2008 in the popular Japanese magazine Famitsū
. Hiroyuki Kanemaru, the director of Fantasia, previously worked at Telenet Japan
and then moved to Namco Tales Studio
, where he worked as scenario script director and level concept designer on Tales of Symphonia
. Kanemaru stated that Project Ray would be influenced by old-school RPGs from systems such as the TurboGrafx-16
.
magazine scored the game a 32 out of 40. The U.S. localization of the game received much criticism directed towards its weak voice acting. It received an aggregate review score of 64 on Metacritic
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The game was later released under Nintendo’s "Everyone’s Recommendation Selection" of budget titles in Japan. The game's localization was heavily criticised as "lazy" with "terrible voice acting" by the media.
Arc Rise Fantasia was the fourth best-selling game in Japan during the week of its release at 26,000 copies. Approximately 21,000 copies were sold in the first week following its North American release.
Track listing
At disk 3, a piano piece called Awakening, To A World Protected is the piano version of Tenshi no Hashigo, which played and made by Yui Makino
Yui Makino
is a Japanese voice actor, actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for her work in the anime Tsubasa Chronicle and Aria. She can speak basic English. She is well known as a nice, caring, polite and a down-to-earth person, according to her fans. Her fans sometimes call her "Yucchi",...
. The lyrics and music for Tenshi no Hashigo are made by Yui Makino too.
Development
The game was previously known as Project Ray, and was known to exist as early as September 4, 2007. As Project Ray, it was also shown to exist with Sands of Destruction for the Nintendo DSNintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
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The game was unveiled on June 25, 2008 in the popular Japanese magazine Famitsū
Famitsu
is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Enterbrain, Inc. and Tokuma. Currently, there are five Famitsū magazines: Shūkan Famitsū, Famitsū PS3 + PSP, Famitsū Xbox 360, Famitsū Wii+DS, and Famitsū Wave DVD...
. Hiroyuki Kanemaru, the director of Fantasia, previously worked at Telenet Japan
Telenet Japan
was a Japanese video game and software developer founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima. The company was also known as Nippon Telenet . The company was best known for the Valis series as well as its Wolfteam & RiOT divisions...
and then moved to Namco Tales Studio
Namco Tales Studio
, formerly , was a Japanese video game development company founded in 1986. The company was renamed in 2003 when Telenet Japan sold part of its stake and made Namco the majority shareholder. Namco Tales Studio continues to be the primary developer of the Tales RPG series, as they had been since the...
, where he worked as scenario script director and level concept designer on Tales of Symphonia
Tales of Symphonia
is a video game first released for the Nintendo GameCube and later for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. It debuted in Japan on August 29, 2003, selling 953,000 copies, in Canada and the United States on July 13, 2004, and in Europe on November 19, 2004. The game received a Japanese-only PlayStation 2...
. Kanemaru stated that Project Ray would be influenced by old-school RPGs from systems such as the TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx-16, fully titled as TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem and known in Japan as the , is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989....
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Reception
The game has received mixed reviews. FamitsūFamitsu
is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Enterbrain, Inc. and Tokuma. Currently, there are five Famitsū magazines: Shūkan Famitsū, Famitsū PS3 + PSP, Famitsū Xbox 360, Famitsū Wii+DS, and Famitsū Wave DVD...
magazine scored the game a 32 out of 40. The U.S. localization of the game received much criticism directed towards its weak voice acting. It received an aggregate review score of 64 on Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
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The game was later released under Nintendo’s "Everyone’s Recommendation Selection" of budget titles in Japan. The game's localization was heavily criticised as "lazy" with "terrible voice acting" by the media.
Arc Rise Fantasia was the fourth best-selling game in Japan during the week of its release at 26,000 copies. Approximately 21,000 copies were sold in the first week following its North American release.