Looks like the Wii is finally getting some solid RPG’s announced!  Tales of Symphonia has been the only one we’ve heard much about, besides a new Crystal Chronicles game.  Now Marvelous Entertainment has announced “Arc Rise Fantasia” for the Wii.  No release date was given, but we do have the first details on the plot and development team:

Developer: imageepoch 
Publisher: Marvelous Entertainment Inc. 
Platform: Wii 
Release date: TBA 
Genre: RPG 
Rating: ESRB: Rating Pending

Plot:

Arc Rise Fantasia is set in the empire of Meridian. Creatures called “Contaminant Dragons” are causing a lot of trouble as they pass the Meridian in flocks. If you kill one, the resulting explosion poisons the local area. When the empire receives word that a massive horde has its sights on the capital of Diamant, it immediately sends out an army to fight against them, including Bright, a cool and collected novice mercenary, and his friend Alse, the bright and beloved prince and second in line for the throne. Bright is severely injured during the battle, but is saved at the last minute by a girl named Ryphia, a naive and reserved girl who has secrets in her past, possesses the power to control “ley squalls,” naturally-occurring storms of magic that usually take the form of luminous rain. And another character named Adele, a Diamant magic instructor who seems to care about fashion just as much as her light-based offensive spells.

Development staff:

• Producer (Marvelous Entertainment Inc.): Hideyuki Mizutani
• Development Producer (imageepoch): Ryoei Mikage
• Director (imageepoch): Hiroyuki Kanemaru (Various Tales games including Tales of Symphonia)
• Scenario: Takumi Miyajima (Tales of the Abyss)
• Composition/Music Director: Yasunori Mitsuda
• Main Character Original Design: Kenichi Yoshida (Eureka 7)
• Roguresu Design: Shin Nagasawa (Bahamut Lagoon)

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