Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight is now out on the 3DS in North America, and Atlus is keen to give early adopters plenty of extras in the game. Full details of the launch DLC have emerged, with only one set costing any money at launch.
The full press release outline is below, with some of the free extras only having no cost until 10th August; more DLC is coming over the course of "several weeks".
Permanently Free
- Yggdrasil Veteran
- While there will be new portraits for each class in EO2U, the classic portraits from the original Etrian Odyssey will return as Free DLC for veterans that want to give their party a retro look.
Free Until Aug. 10
- Highlander's Return
- The Protagonist's class from EOU makes a triumphant return in EO2U! This class focuses on sacrificing portions of their health to obliterate enemies and buff party members. Highlander Grimoire stones and the class is available in Story mode as well! (99 cents/CA$1.49 after Aug. 10.)
- Hidden Hot Springs!
- There's rumors of a secret hot spring inside the snow-covered 3rd Stratum! Can you find the hot springs and dig them up? As an added bonus, completing the quest in Story Mode will unlock special portraits for Arianna and Chloe! ($2.49/CA$3.49 after Aug. 10.)
Paid DLC
- Wanted: Golden Sprout
- An easy quest to find the Golden Sprout, which gives players a lot of En when they turn the quest in. Plus, Regina at the cafe can turn this into a dish that raises the party's chances of getting premium Grimoire stones. ($1.99/CA$2.49.)
We gave this a glowing recommendation in our Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight review, noting a number of improvements over the first Untold release.
Are any of you in North America planning to pick this up on 3DS?
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I really want this game. Which is the better choice: This game or Xenoblade Chronicles.
@Aromaiden Xenoblade, for sure!
I'm so jealous now. Have fun playing this my American friends. I'll just be lurking here eagerly awaiting this game to reach Europe.
At that price, I would pay to get that one paid DLC, assuming that's the only paid DLC for this game. If it turns out that there will be lots more paid DLC in the future, then I'd think twice about it.
If it wasn't $50 I'd jump on it as soon as I got home!
Never even played the first one.
I don't have a problem with the price, picked up my copy today.
Still, the DLC is quite cheaper than FE:A. If they restock here (the store here ran out of preorders!), I think I'll pick up this one.
Now I'm itching to get this. I know the price is going to go down, but temptation is getting me. Must resist.
@Aromaiden Etrian's the better choice.
@Aromaiden Xenoblade. The open world gameplay is just socool
I picked up mine today. I would take this over Xenoblade cause I prefer classic style RPG's.
@MERG I just beat the demo yesterday and I'm oh so tempted to get it. I want to dive right in as it's been a While now since I last beat EOIV. I guess I could always scratch this itch with Persona Q, Etrian Mystery Dungeon, and or Untold 1 right?!
@Aromaiden You are talking about 2 vastly different games. You can dl the demo of this game and see if it's for you. Its the whole first part of the game and if you do end up buying it all the data transfers over to either the physical or eshop copy.
Xenoblade is more of an open world where you run everywhere and is beautiful looking. Combats for me For repetitive but is still very good.
I'm waiting on this for now because I have the previous two Etrian Odyssey 3ds games still to play, as well as Persona Q. This definitely looks good though. Still looking forward to making more progress in the demo.
Got today, VERY pleased.
I just now got into the Etrian Odyssey series and bought Untold and IV collectors edition first run copies. EO IV came in a bubble mailer so box was of course crushed. Sent back for refund. Bought another off eBay, just hope it arrives mint.
Great game though and I love the theme!
@Spoony_Tech I beat the demo and leveled my party to 10 on vacation last week. This will be very hard not to buy now/soon.
@Aromaiden I would buy this game and get forget about Xenoblade Chronicles and get the X one on the Wii U. But that's just me.
@Aromaiden You need to play Xenoblade. It'll pay off to wait for EO2U because the game will eventually go on sale, but Xenoblade 3D is unlikely to see a significant price drop.
I got this yesterday morning and burned through the whole day getting to the second stratum. Fantastic game and as always Atlus has done a great job with their Etrian series. I wholly recommend this to anyone looking for a deep RPG.
@Spoony_Tech Persona Q lacks the difficulty of an actual Etrian game, so if that is a turn off, I don't recommend it to scratch an EO itch. I haven't played the other game you listed, and I am currently about halfway through Untold, just taking my time. Picking up EOU 2 before the dlc goes back to costing cash though.
@Spoony_Tech Did you break down and get it?
@MERG No and I'm not going to. As much as I want to continue the story I've got soooo much else to play. I also fired back up Majora's Mask and got caught up in that again. I said I was going to beat it this time and I need no other distraction lol. Now if this was EOV I would drop everything and play it at no cost.
@Spoony_Tech I totally agree...EOV cost would not matter. I'll likely wait. I'm still wait fir MH4 to drop in price and it would be great if NOA gave us a digital Xenoblade Chronicles...I never did finish that. Too many distractions!
As (relatively) cheap as the DLC is, I have no problem waiting for the price of the game to go down. I still have much of Untold I to finish in the meantime. Maybe Santa will be nice and get Untold II for me for Christmas.
can I buy the DLC without getting the Game?
Sure a lot of DLC? A couple quests, some portraits and a single class? Doesn't sound like very much, to me. Is there more than this?
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