Luminous Arc 3

[LANCEWATARU666]

Disgaea 1/2/3 > Luminous Arc 1/2/3

[ninjadjaxel26]

i want this game to hurry up and be in teh usa now

[xRirakixIzumix]

I would say that LA1 happens before LA2.

First, in LA2, magic is deemed as acceptable, and academies are actually set

up for it.

In LA1, Alph and Lucia talk about a world where Witches and humans could live together. This is very much the case in LA2 until Sophia takes a certain action.

I assume that the catastrophe in LA1 influenced LA2's world.

As for Cecille ans Hugo'a appearances, I believe it's somewhat of a cameo.

[LatiasDita]

With NIS America releasing newer Imageepoch games, we may finally get the chance to see this game localized. Let's keep our figners crossed. . .

[MITSUKOKORO]

I honestly love this series. Luminous Arc wins!

[twilight13dklt]

god now another reason for me to get a ds....besides luminous arc 1 and 2, kingdom hearts, and TWEWY

[Veda32]

i got a feeling there arnet gonna be witches( i could be wrong)

but if there arnt then there will be no sexinesss!!!

jk without witches luminous arc just doesnt seem right... that is if there are gonna be in this game

[AngelofDeathAndFire]

@Veda32 well there are fairies known as Felicia (spelling might be wrong) and there is one witch i guess but she's dead.

[AnyaxAlstreim]

Ah the classic scenery intro in all Luminous Arc games.

I'm really looking forward to the new LA, the graphics are beautiful, as usual.

I definitely hope they'll make an anime some day.

[dragonladyforever]

Cant w8!!!!! *hops arround*

[SweetPresea1]

any idea of when the release date for the USA will be?

[snk46]

Oops spout should be make my phone sucks

[snk46]

Instead of have all three based on the same story each game gets it's own long story to make it more fun otherwise they could just spout one story into three parts and that would suck

[fraya1022]

Did this come out already in American like, in New York?

-Fraya

[snk46]

is it announced to be released in north america yet?

[Churroization]

No.

[jmo1link]

Lol this one looks like it has more Ecchi than it's predecessors, I wonder how this one will tie with the others, I'm only 26% way through part 2 and still have yet to find out how the stories tie.

[tekkamankoji]

@jmo1link there are different histories, luminous arc and luminous arc 2 doesnt share historyline

[jmo1link]

Is that so? Thanks for telling me.

[Morlon360]

none of the 3 parts have a connection only there are wars between witches and human and together they'll defeat the evil something like that

[mono3474]

the first 2 dont tie into one anther 2 happens before 1

[Lolguot]

In LA2 there is a connection with LA1, but only minor (parallel universe and some cameos).

And Two characters from LA 1 "come from the other side of the rainbow" to join your party in LA 2.

Story-wise, not at all.

[mono3474]

cecille, vanessa, and hugo are in LA2 also

[auramaster0]

@mono3474 wikia says (as well as my own view) says that Cecille and Hugo (spelled Yugo in LA2) have no connection to the ones in LA1 besides the look alike as Hugo was dead and Cecilled changed into the Twilight Witch. but Venessa on the other hand...with her personality of just acting on what she wants to do...yeah i'd say this is Venessa from LA1

[mono3474]

@auramaster0 well LA2 takes place before LA1

[dragondisaster]

@mono3474 How do you know? Which source says this

[mono3474]

@dragondisaster well if u think about it, it has to take place before LA1 b/c hugo is still alive, cecille isn't in witch form yet, and alice and therese come into this from "over the rainbow".

[kuradjinn]

I'm desperately hoping that they will release this in the US. It looks great!

[Darkinub]

Oooh i just finished spa dungeon and it has all the witches from LA2 also if you do events you get to fight many black haired ayanos

[TrifanfoolOkay]

I just love how they zoomed in on the tanned girl's boobs XD

[LunarSentry]

I think that always happens in all the past Luminous Arcs...LOL.

Everyone looks more grown up this time around.

xD

[Darkinub]

Oh no LA2 only had vanessa in the spa dungeon this time the dungeon features every single witch X_X Aletheas fire kopins so anoying they wiped out my lvl 99 Shion and Sara Only Elulu and Raira were left to kill her >:O

[LunarSentry]

I was talking about the "big boobed witch" comment you made...LOL

First there was Vanessa, then Fatima, then this...

:P

[NormalInub]

Oh Lol well it wont be luminous arc without a big boobed witch XD

[LunarSentry]

what's funny is that they make that very clear in the intros...LOL

[haloffx]

@LunarSentry and claire

[mogMaster11]

@TrifanfoolOkay then again havent they ALWAYS done that? like Fatima and Luna in LA2 opening?. haha

[Cherryblossoms110]

@mogMaster11 They didn't do that in LA2. o_o;;

Apparently LA3 has more, how do you say..."fan service" than LA1/LA2.

[Darkinub]

this one isnt about witches but fairies

[lusyanamari]

Cadas bneudnh

[Darkinub]

Omg i just finished the game plot good as usual XD

i like all luminous arc games the big boobed witch is the fire witch the tanned butterfly one

[Darkinub]

not mention the she is my fav character XD

[relentlessneurotoxin]

They need to make a luminous arc anime xD

[dannyXX1]

@relentlessneurotoxin ya

[gamrage]

I don't mind Luminous Arc, but I think they need to balance out the characters a lot more..

[ninjasumari64]

OMG OMG OMG OMG! Must get Luminous Arc 3!!! ^_^

[magnumslinger]

Can't wait for this to come out in English!!

Did they say "henshin"? Is that the kind of synchronization/combination/co­llaboration the characters will have this time?

[XelaFrost]

@magnumslinger Henshin means like transformation or something like that. o-o

[magnumslinger]

@XelaFrost I know. I watched Masked Rider Kabuto. What I was wondering is if they can only do Henshin with a partner.

[joriscel]

wow a magical knight school... cant wait for it in english^_^

[TheRealAlfy]

What no big boobed witches?

[LunarSentry]

Can't wait for this game! ^^ (US version)

I hope they made the Wi-Fi features better too.

[tyrougue]

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After Playing the Game further... i realized its also not Full-Voiced...HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[tyrougue]

I just hope its also Full Voiced when the American Version is finally released, much like in the Japanese Version -_-

And.. WTH.. i cant see any intro animation? Ahahahaha

[quickstrikeman]

this is one of the weirdest opening of the game

[animetyrant]

i don't think this is an opening. It's more like a PV

[PaladinPeter]

I didn't expect them to make another Luminous Arc game! Atlus sure makes really great games! I'm hoping this one is as good as the other ones. I'm sure this one is probably about a group of knights teaming up with the witches to save the world, similar to the other Luminous Arc games.

[RougaZanma]

Atlus has nothing to do with this series development, it's by Image Epoch, they just publish it in America.

In Japan, they have no connection to it whatsoever. It's the case for many other games also.

[BlueKnightNight]

Man, I look forward to this game. I like the Luminous Arc series.

[CrimsonDragon24]

Seriously? Luminoua Aec 3? Now they're just milking that they're the only ones making half-decent SRPG's on the DS... It should have stopped at 2, they had a good run and they should have ended it there, not continued to milk it.

This time it doesn't even have any interesting looking characters, and the character designs were the only thing that kept me interested in the other two.

[YoYoCheese6]

You do realize that Luminous Arc was intended as a trilogy from the beginning, right?

[CrimsonDragon24]

No. Considering that differences between 1 and 2, it never looked like a planned thing and they weren't good enough for me to actually look this stuff up.

[YoYoCheese6]

The makers of the game mentioned it in an interview (I think it was for Nintendo Power) for the first game. They said something to the effect of making the first game establish how they were going to go about the plot and the second to work out the kinks in the battle system. This one is where they are suppossedly going to combine the two. (or something like that, I'll see if I can find the issue it was in)

[CrimsonDragon24]

then that's even more ridiculous, these things are what davelopment phases are for -.-

And then using the worst character designs for the game that's supposed to be the best? Terrible planning right there.

[dragondisaster]

@CrimsonDragon24 If the series makes money why bother to end it? Clearly they must be profiting which means people are buying the games, otherwise they wouldn't bother making anymore

[CrimsonDragon24]

@dragondisaster Way to respond to a 10 month old comment. I have no idea how the series brings in money, but you know, some people like to end it on a high note instead of just going and going until they can't afford to keep doing it.

[LatiasDita]

The Luminous Arc series sort of has a Final Fantasy style deal where each game takes place in its own world. The difference is that the game worlds seem to be connected, part of the same multiverse, if you will. That's why Vanessa, Alice and Therese appear in LA2 . While I did like the characters in the first game, i also like the characters in the second.

Regardless, I am looking foward to this game. I imagine Atlus will annouce it sometime soon for those of us in North America.

[garrison778]

cant wait for this game to come out

[wolfguy23]

amen to that ^^

[axnyaxaxlstreim]

I loved the characters in the first game

the second game was somewhat disappointing because they changed the whole gameplay

I do hope the revert back to the original

[AlastorShadow0]

i played the second and i really liked it XD. i wanted to get the first, never have yet though o.o. prolly still will though. and i really want the 3rd one.

[CrimsonDragon24]

Err-How was the first game any different from the second? The gameplay was almost exactly the same except for Roland getting powers fropm the girls and Alpha never changing. Only other difference i saw was that you actually had the ability to go to a town or revisit battlefields with half-decent leveled enemies. All bonuses if you ask me.

[axnyaxaxlstreim]

well i loved the fact that whenever you reached enough exp, you leveled up and had full health, also you could carry more than two items

those two factors really changed gameplay

[CrimsonDragon24]

I don't see how those change the gameplay at all to be honest.

[axnyaxaxlstreim]

changing gameplay means how different factors distract the element of the game, by not regaining full health after leveling up, it takes away from the uniqueness of LA, because it's the only game i know that does that, and thus making it more difficult.

[CrimsonDragon24]

Er--ALOT of SRPG's do that...It's hardly a unique factor. Plus it hardly effects gameplay. it's not a valid tactic to rely on leveling up for healing.

[axnyaxaxlstreim]

No not really, while battling regaining full health was one of the unique things that critics liked, in the Nintendo Power issues, they highly praised it. And yes, when you are battling, you use the elements of the game to your full advantage.

[CrimsonDragon24]

lol what? regaining health on level up is a common feature in MANY SRPG's. If you or these Nintendo Power critics haven't seen it, it just measn you're not much of an SRPG gamer.

And no, relying on level-up for HP restoring is not a valid method since you can't control exactly when you level up. All real gamers know this.

[axnyaxaxlstreim]

are you kidding me? i'm quite the hardcore gamer, although i might not play that many srpg's i do play countless rpgs. I also work as a game tester for nintendo.

Yes you can control when you level up, by going into short monster battles before hand, you can gain exp. and use it to your advantage during the important battles.

[CrimsonDragon24]

If i'm not mistaken, you're the one kidding me.

You just admitted you don't play SRPG's so you've been arguing an invalid point all along.

And that just sets you up to level soon after entering the battle, which isn't going to help you since you'll already have high HP. I repeat: It is NOT a valid tactic.

[axnyaxaxlstreim]

just because i don't play SRPG's often, doesn't mean i dont know how the gameplay flows.

Ok, if you think it's not a valid tactic, then fine.

Arguing isn't my style of settling matters.

[CrimsonDragon24]

So, you think because you played one or two SRPG's you know the entire genre?

[xMYx507]

in the first luminous arc that was semi valid, because healing your allies gaves you ton of xp, in other words you could control the amount of mana to plan a ressurection or a healing just to recharge your mana. I had Lucia and Mel used as ressurection factories and healing support at last level and they barely lost any mana at all because they kept leveling up O_o.

[sojirokaidoh2]

It's not a very valid method at all because you can't use it too much in the bonus dungeon, which is a large part of the game.

[mzxa9988]

The witches in LA3 once saved the world from destruction and after a few decades (dunno how long it actually is) they are already a history.

[Dawnstar556]

it's about fairies too. they changed it a lot. i think maybe sticking with witches would be better? i dunno

[theEFG]

I really miss the characters of the first game.

[Kyon]

Me too - I was like..ehh what happened to them.

I can't wait for this one to come out in english!