Phantasy Star - Official Thread

[Mystic Monkey]

Nice indeed if it could be done. The story's confusing now for new players since they had much to catch up.

Exactly! Heck, I'd settle if they did what Shenmue: The Movie did. Just a compilation of every cutscene and all major things relative to the story.

[Berto]

Exactly! Heck, I'd settle if they did what Shenmue: The Movie did. Just a compilation of every cutscene and all major things relative to the story.

Yes. Still I don't know how the new story in April 2026 will be.
May be it's a fresh new start that could be a starting point for new fans.
Or just a continuation that's making new players more thing to catch up.

[Berto]

Phantasy Star vs Phantasy Star III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hEOEL5jxDE

There were a number of improvements made to the Phantasy Star series between the first and the third game.
The development teams were also different, and that led to some changes in the graphics and storytelling.
Both games are fun RPGs, but they take different approaches to telling their story.

   
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PSO2 Comic CENTRAL! Episode 207 : Home-Grown Economies



Read the comic here : https://pso2.com/players/community/comic/central/207/

[Mystic Monkey]

Yes. Still I don't know how the new story in April 2026 will be.
May be it's a fresh new start that could be a starting point for new fans.
Or just a continuation that's making new players more thing to catch up.

Well, ever since they introduced "Battle Points", I just gave up. Strength should be measured by your levels, not an extra layer to it. It's why I couldn't leave the starting area or take part in urgent quests.

[Berto]

Well, ever since they introduced "Battle Points", I just gave up. Strength should be measured by your levels, not an extra layer to it. It's why I couldn't leave the starting area or take part in urgent quests.

Well, "Battle Points" are one of their source of money for this free-to-play game so most likely it would still stay after the April update.

[Berto]

PSO2 Comic CENTRAL! Episode 208 : Mega-Huge Remnants



Read the comic here : https://pso2.com/players/community/comic/central/208/

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PSO2 Comic CENTRAL! Episode 209 : Child Lock



Read the comic here : https://pso2.com/players/community/comic/central/209/

[Berto]

SEGA CORPORATION's Published Mobile Games December 2025 Summary

Total SEGA CORPORATION mobile app revenue in December 2025 was $17.2m, including $7.1m for iOS apps and $5.1m for Android apps.
Total mobile app downloads for SEGA CORPORATION was 7m, including 1.3m iOS app downloads and 5.7m Android app downloads.
Their top grossing app last month were Project Sekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku and Persona5X: The Phantom X and their most downloaded app were Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage and Sonic Rumble.

Link : https://app.sensortower.com/ios/publisher/sega-corporation/302946768

[Berto]

PSO2 Comic CENTRAL! Episode 210 : Rappy New Year



Read the comic here : https://pso2.com/players/community/comic/central/210/

[Berto]

A Fan Port of Phantasy Star II to SEGA Master System is in The Work!







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkPAMIm9oyE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuXXFcOY8ig

xfixium: "Sega Master System version of Phantasy Star II work in progress. Bringing in everything from the original title, plus some additions:

Battles with backgrounds:
These will change based on the area you are in. Apparently the Master System has enough VRAM to pull this off. Color me surprised.

64 tiles for background
160 tiles for enemies
32 tiles for the party graphics
Second half of VRAM holds sprites and UI graphics
128 tiles for sprites or bg tiles (Attack animations mostly)
64 tiles for UI (No lowercased letters)

Jobs:
One of my complaints of the original is that they did not flesh out character interactions more. With the optional jobs that you can take on from Central, I'm hoping to display more of the characters personalities, and interactions. Making some jobs where you are required to have a specific hero to be in your party to complete. And yes, you will have to find a cake shop in a cave.

Other Notes:
An "AGES styled" menu will be available to set multipliers and difficulty. An alternative character available to fill in the hole Nei leaves behind. Also more discussion here."

Link : https://www.smspower.org/forums/19275-SMSPhantasyStarII?start=50

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PSO2 Comic CENTRAL! Episode 211 : Hero Bank



Read the comic here : https://pso2.com/players/community/comic/central/211/

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PSO2 Comic CENTRAL! Episode 212 : CAST Part Purr-fection



Read the comic here : https://pso2.com/players/community/comic/central/212/

[Berto]

NGS Headline WAVE (1/27/2026)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICin3icDBYs

[Berto]

NGS Headline WAVE (1/27/2026) Abridged

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I94y7pxeBUY