Phantom Brave
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| Developer(s) | Nippon Ichi Software, System Prisma (Wii port) |
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| Director(s) | Yoshitsuna Kobayashi Shinichi Ikeda Takeshi Hasegawa |
| Producer(s) | Haru Akenaga Sōhei Niikawa |
| Designer(s) | Yoshitsuna Kobayashi |
| Programmer(s) | Yoshitsuna Kobayashi |
| Artist(s) | Takehito Harada (character) |
| Writer(s) | Sōhei Niikawa |
| Composer(s) | Tenpei Sato |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 Wii PlayStation Portable Microsoft Windows |
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PlayStation 2
PlayStation Portable Microsoft Windows
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| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Phantom Brave (ファントム・ブレイブ Fantomu Bureibu?) is a tactical role-playing game for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software. It was released on January 22, 2004 in Japan, on August 31, 2004 in North America and on February 4, 2005 in Europe. The North American release was the first game published by NIS America. The game shipped in two "editions"—Normal and Special—the Special edition coming with a free soundtrack and shortened instruction manual.
An expanded remake for the Wii console; titled Phantom Brave: We Meet Again, was released on March 12, 2009 in Japan. A North American release by NIS America was originally set for June, but was delayed to August 14 to include dual audio and as a result of manufacturing issues. In addition to the Wii game disc, NIS America included a DVD which contains official artwork and both animated and non-animated sprites.
Later, the game was ported to the PlayStation Portable with added features under the title Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle. Siliconera teased gamers with a "puzzlehunt", giving them the quote "Maybe that means thank you?" This puzzlehunt eventually came to be the announcement that Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle was set for release in North America and Europe. While US players got both PSN and UMD versions of the game, players in Europe were only offered the downloadable PSN version.
The protagonist of Phantom Brave is a 13-year-old girl named Marona. Having lost both of her parents at a young age, Marona lives on Phantom Isle in the oceanic world of Ivoire with a phantom named Ash. While he was still alive, Ash worked alongside Jasmine and Haze (Marona's parents) as a Chroma, a sort of bounty hunter or adventurer for hire. On an assignment that brought the trio to the Isle of Evil, a fragment of a malevolent being known as Sulphur attacked the group, mortally wounding them. Using the last of his life energy, Haze attempted to revive the party after the battle; however, there was only enough life left in him to bring Ash back as a phantom. Haze and Jasmine's dying wish was for Ash to watch over their then infant daughter Marona.
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