Those of you who played and completed the original Bravely Default may be worrying about whether or not the game's iconic heroine, Agnes Oblige, will be making an appearance in Bravely Second, which is currently in development for the 3DS.
Allow us to put those fears to rest, because information just published in the Japanese magazine Jump confirm that Ms. Oblige will indeed be returning in the highly-anticipated RPG sequel.
The magazine has also printed images of all-new protagonist Magnolia Arch in various job forms, including Valkyrie, Super Star, Red Mage, and Time Mage.
Bravely Second currently has no solid release date in Japan, and there's also no confirmation that it will be localised for the west. However, the strong critical and commercial performance of the first game should make a release outside of Japan a formality.
[source gematsu.com]
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Putting Agnes in the game was certainly an 'Obligeation'.
The characters from Bravely Default were seriously unoriginal, so I'm not seeing that as positive as others can. I'm just hoping that Magnolia is a bit more refreshing personality-wise.
I didn't like the first game and will but buy the second. But I'm glad they're doing some localizations.
ACCEPTABLE!
Hopefully they bring back all four, Love Ringabell.
So they've confirmed that the two least interesting party members are in this? Mrgrgr!
I need the first one. I still like the characters, at least how they look.
@ZachBeacon Two? Are you counting Agnés'... and who else? Magnolia is a new character, after all.
What would I do without those legs--i mean interesting girl in the game?
I really hoped we wouldn't have to see her in the sequel. So annoying.
yay agnes!
Well I really liked Agnes, Tiz was the boring one, tho. I hope Edea and Ringabel make it back, who knows? we may be able to swap party characters this time around. Im very excited for this game
Oh there's a second one coming? B-but I just bought the first!!
This is possibly my most anticipated game still deep in development.
Great. Agnés is one of those iconic characters who's iconic looks is enough to get people to buy the game. Much like Link or Sora.
@Kaze_Memaryu Tiz is back in the game as well.
Square where the hell are Ringabel and Edea?!?!? And that announcement trailer we were created out of for E3?
@Kaze_Memaryu
I'm talking about Tiz. He's as bland and Agnes is annoying. Edea and Ringabel are the best party members and we've seen no sign of them
I thought the game would be set so far into the future that all the others had already died. If the old cast do all show up, they will probably be much older than Tiz now, since it seems he was kept in stasis for so long.
Agnes was easily my least fav member of the BD main cast, but whatever.
I'm just happy to see that the job system will return.
@Baker1000 Spoilers man! I just bought this game
I really hope this doesn't make the same mistake the 1st one did, not going to go in detail but those who've made it to a certain point in the game will know what i'm talking about.
I can only hope Agnes is less naive this time around.
The extreme naivete from every character except Ringabel was frankly painful to experience. It's justified for Agnes who grew up sheltered and brainwashed, and somewhat for Tiz who is a country bumpkin (Edea has less of an excuse in thinking there is good and evil and nothing in between) , but that doesn't make it any less painful to watch as they make all these terrible naive decisions and conclusions.
@MuchoMochi
Thanks for your comment. I will avoid the spoiler.
@ZachBeacon Oh, I didn't even know he's confirmed. Well, let's just hope they're either playing minor roles, or that they got a better writer this time around.
Excellent game, however, I really disliked the Characters. They all had annoyingly cliche voices.
Unnaceptable! Bravely Second is going to be the amazing game that Bravely Default should have been!
I deeply enjoy the first one, looking forward to the second one soon.
Much "obliged", guys!
This is only going to make the game make less sense, honestly.
Not only do you need an excuse for her being alive at this point, you'll pretty much have to rewrite her personality to take into account of her changes.
I really hope that she's just a boss.
Let this be the Mother 3 to my EarthBound!
@TheWPCTraveler
It's not as if Bravely Default was shy about having things go unexplained.
There is a character that has eternal life in Bravely Default with an explanation that amounts to "a demon did it" and another without an explanation at all.
@MuchoMochi Yes thank you for the warning. I somehow missed the comment and I'm glad I did. Like I said earlier, I just got the game.
Good news!
@Kewlan CURSE YOU! I CAME IN HERE JUST TO DO THAT!
That's great she's returning but can they replace the voice actor for Agnes? Just terrible. Sounds like a guy doing an impression of a woman, just terrible.
what kind of a gane name is "braverly second" * tries really hard to not laugh *
“Bravely Default” is a pretty lousy name too. The game is named after two gameplay mechanics. That’d be like naming Mario “Jump Fireball”.
Its still a great game though. Ringabel and Edea made the cast interesting and the level of customization helped to alleviate the usual RPG frustrations.
Quite curious how the others would look. Though it'll be funny seeing Tiz with everybody else since he's the one who hasn't aged much in that Epilogue or whatever that scene was.
Smokin'
Mrgrgr!
Has anybody translated it yet?
Why is she returning? She had almost no personality at all. Great to see they were completely oblivious to the faults of the first game.
I guess that means they'll be sticking with the 0 exploration as well. A drawing of an entire city with..........2 houses to explore. Yeah, that's definitely a 'city'
I'll pass. Extremely disappointing game. Largely a hodge podge of random ideas tossed together without much cohesion. Subpar writing (or translating maybe). Bland characters. A story I stopped caring about 1/3 of the way through the game. A cheesy trick to extend gameplay.
Great. I'll get this one when it arrives
Edea and Ringabel were my favorites, but Agnes' return is definitely welcome. And what are you people talking about, Bravely Default has wonderful writing/story/translating.
@FantasiaWHT this game is the only good thing squeenix has goin I haven't seen a good game from them in years wanna talk about dissapointing games look at final fantasy 11-15
@rockman_zero As mediocre as this game was, I actually agree with you that it's the best thing Squeenix has going for it right now.
@SMEXIZELDAMAN I feel you dude... I mean, what?
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