Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku no Ensemble (とある魔術と科学の群奏活劇（アンサンブル） A Certain Magical and Scientific Ensemble?) is an upcoming video game produced by Namco Bandai Games and Guyzware to be exclusively released for the PlayStation Portable. The game features four storylines from the Toaru Majutsu no Index main series, and the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun sidestories converging, with the involvement of Kamachi Kazuma.[1]
Featured Characters
New characters
Gameplay
A screenshot of the game, featuring Index speaking, and a background that features Touma and Motoharu's apartment building.
Visual novel or "adventure game" elements are retained in the game, similar to the previous games, featuring sprites with limited animation, and text presented under the screen indicating their dialogue. There are apparently different sets of sprites for characters also different sprites for characters and interfaces during gameplay, moreover, some of the sprites are animated, instead of the usual static sprites found in the previous games.
Story
The game scenario is written by Kamachi, and is split in four stories: "Magic (Surface)", "Magic (Hidden)", "Science (Surface)", and "Science (Hidden)", with each story having a different protagonist. According to Dengeki Daioh magazine, it is also a lead in to the Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie, and introduces new characters to it. Kamachi personally wrote the "Magic (Surface)", while the other routes were discussed with him by the developers, referring to the route as the traditional "magician infiltrating Academy City," story. The story occurs before the Daihasei Festival Arc (Index).[2]
Development
Early development of the game had the storyline revolve around Toaru Majutsu no Index exclusively, which what Bandai wanted initially. However, since the story of the game wasn't finished yet, and the fact that Kamachi's story for the movie included a lead in bit that didn't fit in the movie but Kazuma Miki didn't want to just throw it away. From that point on, the game had elements from Toaru Kagaku no Railgun added into it.[2]
Reception
References
- ↑ A Certain Magical Index and Scientific Railgun Converge on the PSP. Retrieved on 2012/6/30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Symposium of the key developers of the Toaru Majutsu to Kagaku no Ensemble game Retrieved on 2012/10/6.