Lord of Magna Maiden Heaven Releases 4th June – eShop Exclusive in EU
Marvelous aren’t known only for the naughty Senran Kagura series. They also do some more highbrow stuff, from the excellent Rune Factory series to the true Harvest Moon sequel Story of Seasons. Now they’re bringing out Lord of Magna Maiden Heaven from the producer of Rune Factory! And it’ll be available to download exclusively from the Nintendo eShop from as soon as 4th June 2015.
Lord of Magna Maiden Heaven will be priced at £24.99. In the US Marvelous USA have priced it at $39.99, where it will be released at that price point both physically and in the eShop. Because who needs physical games in Europe anymore?
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven is a strategy RPG adventure from the famed producer of the acclaimed Rune Factory series. Main character “Luchs” is an unsuccessful innkeeper forced to excavate crystals to make his way in life. One day while digging, he discovers a mysterious fairy maiden encased in a crystal! On awakening, the fairy maiden starts Luchs on a fantastical adventure where he must battle monsters, discover and uncover the secrets of six more fairy maidens, manage his inn and much much more!
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven features an innovative turn based battle system. Movement range is dictated by a circle of reach, and attacks will affect multiple enemies if they are within this circle.
“We’re extremely excited about finally announcing Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven for Europe and Australia” commented Steven Tarry, Marketing Manager, Marvelous Europe. “Hot on the heels of the successful European release of Rune Factory 4, we expect fans to get lost in this magical experience. “
Seven Heroines, Seven Stories – Each of the seven fairy maiden heroines who come to inhabit the inn have their own stories to tell, and building relationships with them will unlock new, specialised attacks to aid in combat when they join the battle party
Strategic Combat Makes Every Turn Count – “Bowl” over as many enemies with a single strike as possible, challenging players to line up melee, ranged and magical attacks so frontline enemies are knocked into others for maximum collateral damage
Craft Your Way to New Skills – In addition to unlocking new abilities, participating in Free Battles and registering for StreetPass™ can provide rare crafting items for use in creating new skills to help turn the tides of battle
Adjustable Difficulty Levels and More – Players can toggle among Easy, Normal and Hard difficulties, use the Fast Forward feature to speed up combat as desired, or relive fond memories via in-game movie and art galleries
At least Senran Kagura 2 is getting a physical release, even if it is a limited run. It’s nice to see Lord of Magna getting released in Europe, but it’s sad to think of how it could negatively impact the game’s potential reach. Ideally everyone should be able to see how far Japanese games have come in the past few years, and digital only releases always worry me in that respect.
