PHANTOM BRAVE

'FROM THE CREATORS OF DISGAEA - HOUR OF DARKNESS'

Release Date - February 4th 2005

SRP - £39.99

Format: PlayStation^® 2

Publisher: KOEI -

Developer: Nippon Ichi

Barcode - 5060073300853

Building upon their European publishing relationship with Nippon Ichi Software, KOEI Ltd, the European subsidiary of Japanese publisher and developer KOEI Co.,Ltd are pleased to announce that Phantom Brave will launch in Europe in February 2005.

Phantom Brave - the story

In the year 921, in a world called Ivoire lives Marona, a 13 year old orphaned girl with a special ability to communicate with phantoms. Her ability brings resentment from others, but cheerful Marona is undeterred. Marona believes in her parent's teaching that people will one day come to like her as long as she stays compassionate and kind.

Marona is a Chroma, a magical mercenary of sorts, in the archipelago world of Ivoire. Unlike most Chromas, however, Marona possesses the power to summon phantoms and is always accompanied by Ash, her dead parents' former companion as they bid to resolve disputes around the world.

In Phantom Brave players will take on the role of Marona to complete missions assigned by the clients. Players are not alone in their quest though as Marona is able to create custom Phantom troops that you manage and control in battle.

Features include:

• No battle map grids = Free roaming battle maps allow you to place your characters anywhere.

• Create your custom characters from over 400 different skills and magical spells.

• Over 100 hours of gameplay.

• Unlimited variation of dungeon maps to satisfy even the most hardcore gamer.

Marketing highlights

• A dedicated fansite to Phantom Brave and the forthcoming La Pucelle www.tacticalrpg.com (under construction) will go live January 05th.

• Key US and import review scores indicate the strength of the product (9 out of 10 www.Eurogamer.net)

• Print and online campaign

• B2 posters available