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Fans Can Shape Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Character's Personality via Social Media
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Bandai Namco Entertainment launched a new game project on Monday titled Jinkō Chinō Shōjo Ikusei Project CODE ZERO: PREMIERE (Artificial Intelligence Girl Raising Project CODE ZERO: PREMIERE), a spinoff of its upcoming Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita game. The project will run until November 30.
The game features Premiere, a character from Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization, and users can shape her personality based on their social media activity and conversations. When players access the game's website and join the game, it will ask for access to a user's Twitter account. Once accessed, it will scan the user's tweets, which will then shape the words and personality of the user's own version of Premiere. Users can also converse with Premiere to teach her words and shape her personality. The site features an animated Premiere who will move in accordance with her personality.
After the game project ends on November 30, an update to Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization will add the personalized Premiere to the game. Bandai Namco Entertainment has not yet announced a date for this update.
Bandai Namco Entertainment began streaming Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization's fifth promotional video earlier this month.
The game will ship in Japan on October 27. Both the PS4 and PS Vita editions will be available in regular and limited editions. The limited editions will include box art illustrated by abec, a soundtrack CD, a special contents Blu-ray Disc, a special case for the Blu-ray Disc and CD, a "Dengeki Nerve Gear vol.4" pamphlet, and mini clear posters. Those who order the game early will get a product code for a maid costume for Asuna.
A large free update sometime in 2016 will add new maps, story, and the characters Seven and Rain from Sword Art Online: Lost Song. The update will also incorporate user feedback.
In addition, Bandai Namco Entertainment plans to offer both free and paid DLC after the launch of the game. The paid DLC story, tentatively titled "Shin'en no Miko" (Miko of the Abyss), will come in three parts.
Luna Haruna is performing the game's theme song "Windia."
Bandai Namco Entertainment will ship Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization on November 8 in North America and Europe. In North America, the game will be available physically and digitally on PS4 and digitally on PS Vita. The game will be available physically and digitally for both PS4 and PS Vita in Europe.
In North America, players who preorder the game will receive a costume pack including "maid" and "nightwear" costumes for Asuna, and God Eater costumes that make female characters appear as Livie and male characters appear as Soma. European preorder bonuses include the God Eater and "nightwear" costumes, as well as an A4-size lithography signed by Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara.
The game will feature Japanese voices with English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish text.
A collector's edition of the game will ship in North America. The collector's edition includes: six-inch Kirito and Asuna figures, collector's edition packaging, a bonus Blu-ray Disc, a soundtrack, mini posters, decal sheets, and an artbook. In Europe, the collector's edition will include the six-inch Kirito and Asuna figures and the collector's edition packaging. The collector's editions are only available for the PS4 edition of the game.
The game's new characters are an NPC named Premiere (voiced by Yuiko Tatsumi) and Genesis (voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu). Genesis, like Kirito, is called the "black swordsman."
Source: PR Times via Hachima Kikō
