Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2
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| Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 | |
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| Developer(s) | Flight-Plan |
| Publisher(s) |  Banpresto  Atlus |
| Release date(s) | April 20, 2004 October 17, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | CERO: All Ages (A) ESRB: Teen (T) |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Media | Cartridge |
| Input | Control pad |
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 (サモンナイト クラフトソード物語2?) is an action role-playing game by Banpresto for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance system. It is part of the Summon Night series of games. Atlus handled the English translation of the game.
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[edit] Story
In Summon Night: Swordcraft 2, you are an orphan raised by a Craftknight (a smith/warrior). Following in the footsteps of those who raised you, you aspire to become a Craftknight as well. The player character, either Edgar or Aera Colthearts, finds themselves at the site of an abandoned ruin where a violent Summon Beast named Goura is awakened. In order to protect their new family, Edgar/Aera is bound to a wild Summon Beast, and embarks on a journey to reseal the ruins.
[edit] Main Characters
Edgar Colthearts (Edge/エッジ): is very thoughtful of others and tries his best to be useful; Edgar is the main male character. His mother and father died, leaving him in the care of his father's close friend, Blaire. Unbeknownst to him, he is part of a family that for generation after generation has protected the seal of Goura with the Daemon Edge. Now a power has revived Goura and it is up to him to find the Demon Blade and reseal Goura's forever. Blaire will help him as much as he can, but it will be up to Edgar's crafting abilites to get the Demon Blade and seal Goura. For some reason, he has a problem with machines, and is infamous among his friends for breaking mechanical objects upon handling.
Aera Colthearts (Air/エア): is bright, kind, and just a little bit of a scatterbrain, Aera is the main female character. Her mother and father died, leaving her in the care of her father's close friend Blaire. Unbeknownst to her she is part of a family that for generation after generation has protected the seal of Goura with the Daemon Edge. Now a power has revived Goura and it is up to her to find the Daemon Edge and reseal Goura's forever. Blaire will help her as much as he can but it will be up to Aera's crafting abilities to get the Daemon Edge and seal Goura. For some reason, she has a problem with machines, and is infamous among her friends for breaking mechanical objects upon handling.
[edit] Guardian Beasts
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 features four "Guardian Beasts" that assist the hero with magic and items during battle. A Guardian Beast is acquired at the beginning of the game, where the player answers as to what he/she sees laying in the road injured. The chosen Guardian Beast then acts as the player's partner throughout the game, and cannot be changed. The choice of Guardian Beast affects much of the dialogue in the game, but the general plot remains the same for all Guardian Beasts.
EX-e-LD (Y-Xe-LD/イグゼルド) is a "long-range combat support automaton". It believes in logic above all else, and is frequently frustrated when dealing with the flighty main character. When it is teased too much it begins to overheat, resulting in a system restart.
Loki (Leki/レキ) This brash young demon is constantly trying to make himself stronger through combat. He has an abundance of self-confidence -perhaps too much- and violence is almost always his first (and only) option. He sees himself as the player's protector and strives to improve his sword skills at every turn.
Dinah (Dina/ディナ) is a devil who shares her body with an angel. The devil side prefers to be sarcastic and controlling, while the angel side abhors conflict. The devil controls the body most of the time, but in times of stress the angel is able to take over Dinah's body and speak out (usually to apologize for what the devil side was doing).
Arno (アーノ) Arno is a half-beast from the world of Maetropa. A self-proclaimed "child of the wind" of indeterminate gender, Arno can hear the wind's secrets and claims to be able to fly. It is very gentle and peaceful, but sometimes its peaceful nature and lack of tact gets in the way of helping others in dire situations. Arno can speak with the wind and seems to change its personality with wind.
[edit] Other Characters
Blaire (Berg/ベルグ): Blaire is the player character's adoptive father. He is Cliff Village's resident Craftknight, and he has trained his children Orin and Tatiana, along with the player, in the ways of Craftknighthood. He is generally upbeat and optimistic, but is always deadly serious when it comes to crafting weapons.
Orin (Orca/オルカ): Son of Blaire. He is very skilled with machines, and often comes to the player's rescue in the course of the game when something needs to be fixed. He is intelligent and a powerful Craftknight, and is generally humble. He loves to tease his little sister Tatiana and the player. He is also a great cook.
Tatiana (Tatan/タタン): Daughter of Blaire. While she has some training as a Craftknight, Tatiana is still young and has taken to the role of housekeeper (since nobody else in the family seems to care). She is innocent and looks up to her brother Orin and the player. She is a terrible cook but is always willing to show off her culinary skills, much to everyone else's dismay.
Ryouga (リョウガ): is a close friend of the protagonist. He is not originally from Cliff Village; he and his sister Lynn moved in from the wilderness several years ago, but have become respected members of the community. Ryouga is the player character's best friend, and is revealed to be a Summon Creature, who cooperated with Gedharm to revive Goura.
Lynn (Linri/リンリ): is Ryouga's sister. She has great influence over the main characters, using her charm to get favours at times. She searched high and low for Ryouga, pretending to be on the main character's side. It is revealed later that she is also a Summon Creature, who is trapped in a bond with her master Guren to revive Goura.
Gabriel (Gabrio/ガブリオ) : Leader of the Wind Brigade. He is a Summon Creature from Maetropia, like Arno. He has wolf-like qualities: incredible sense of smell, and only feels relaxed in a pack. He desires going back to his world, and met Gedharm, who convinced Gabriel to join him, and in return to send him back to his world. He then created trouble for the main character in black armor, and was known to them as the Black Swordsman. This explains why whenever the Black Swordsman appears, Gabriel is nowhere to be seen and Xeride covers up for him. His identity is revealed later.
Nina Nina (Ninya Ninya/ニーニャ・ニーニャ): A ghost-like girl who dwells in the Roaring Cavern. She was a novice summoner from another island, but being horribly bad at reading maps, ended up at that island while finding ingredients for her teacher. She ended up in a boat and dozed off, and woke up as a spirit. She found out a Summon Creature named Passeau had stolen her body, and often comes back to taunt her with it. She had tried unsuccessfully many times to take back her body. She's a caring person and tries to be as helpful as posible to the main character. Eventually, with the help of the main character, she gets her body back from Passeau.
Toumei (トウメイ): is a Summon Creature. He is from the Onmyoji Temple, and is his own master, calling himself a Vagrant Summon. He entered Cliff Village one day, proclaiming that he was to bring peace to the world, and expel the evil spirit surrounding the village. In the beginning he was thought to have a motive for entering the village, but he really wants good to come for them. He is quite obsessive but helped out the main character a lot throughout the storyline, helping her expel Goura's spririt from Borgrim and Passeau out of Nina's body. He likes swords, and conversations with him do not always make a lot of sense.
[edit] References
- Summon Night Official Web Site (Japanese) - The official site for the entire Summon Night game series.
[edit] External links
- City of Swords (English) - A fan made website for the Summon Night Swordcraft Story game series.
