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Granblue Fantasy: Relink Game Reveals '2nd Trailer,' More Playable Characters
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Cygames began streaming the "second trailer" on Saturday for its Granblue Fantasy: Relink game.
English Version
Japanese Version
Cygames also revealed new playable characters:
- Narmaya (voiced by M.A.O in Japanese and Brianna Knickerbocker in English)
- Yodarha (voiced by Shigeru Chiba and Peter Kelamis)
- Charlotta (voiced by Kaori Nazuka and Cristina Valenzuela)
Additionally, Id (voiced by Kenjirō Tsuda and Robbie Daymond) will appear in the game as a foe.
Cygames had previously announced during its "Granblue Fes 2020" virtual event that it would release the game for PlayStation 5 in addition to the previously announced PlayStation 4. The game will have cross-play compatibility for its multiplayer mode between the two consoles. Cygames announced at the "Granblue Fes 2021" virtual event that the game will additionally release for PC via Steam.
The game has seen several delays, with the latest delay in June 2022 announcing a release for this year. The staff cited "internal and external circumstances pertaining to the novel coronavirus" in reference to the delay at the time, and stated the development team needed to further optimize the game in the final stretch of development.
The game is planned for English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish localizations. Game director Tetsuya Fukuhara reportedly stated in February 2019 that the game will have a simultaneous worldwide release.
Cygames announced in February 2019 that it was taking over development of the game from Platinum Games.
The game is an action role-playing game featuring illustrations by Cygames and CyDesignation. Cygames' Koichi Haruta is producing the game, Tetsuya Fukuhara is directing the game, Hideo Minaba is designing the characters, and Nobuo Uematsu and Tsutomu Narita are composing the music. The game will feature a new story.
Players will get to choose between an unnamed male (voiced by Yūki Ono) or female (voiced by Hisako Kanemoto) main character. Other allied characters confirmed for the game include Lyria (Nao Tōyama), Vyrn (Rie Kugimiya), Katalina (Miyuki Sawashiro), Rackam (Hiroaki Hirata), Io (Yukari Tamura), Eugen (previously voiced by Keiji Fujiwara, now voiced by Kazuhiro Yamaji), Rosetta (Rie Tanaka), Rolan (Hiroshi Kamiya), Lancelot (Yūki Ono), Vane (Takuya Eguchi), Percival (Ryota Ohsaka), and Siegfried (Kazuhiko Inoue). Furycane will be a primal beast in the game.
Cygames released the original Granblue Fantasy smartphone game in 2014.
Cygames and Arc System Works' Granblue Fantasy: Versus fighting game launched in Japan in February 2020, and then launched in North America in March 2020. Marvelous Europe released the game in Europe and Australia in March 2020. The game launched on PC in the same month.
