Radiant Historia now available in North America

CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED TIME TRAVEL RPG RADIANT HISTORIA FOR NINTENDO DS WARPS INTO STORES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA

Each launch copy is a premium boxed set with a free music CD!

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — FEBRUARY 23, 2011 — Atlus U.S.A., Inc., today announced that
Radiant Historia, the time-travel RPG for Nintendo DS, is now available in stores across North America.

“In Radiant Historia, players travel through time and rewrite history to the way it should be,” said Aram Jabbari, Manager of PR and Sales. “In fact, we used the game to rewrite history so everyone would pick up their copy this week. After all, we don’t want fans to miss out on this epic adventure, which includes a free music CD with artwork chosen by the fans.”

Channeling the heart and soul of fan favorite 16-bit RPG classics, Radiant Historia combines a unique position-based battle system, intricate hand-drawn details, and one of the best soundtracks in recent memory as it takes gamers on a steampunk adventure back and forth through time. The piano selections offered on the music CD, which is a free extra for every launch copy, offer a beautifully serene rendition of Yoko Shimomura’s grand soundtrack.

Radiant Historia for Nintendo DS in now available in stores. To read interviews with the developers and composer, listen to samples of the music CD, and more, visit the official website: www.atlus.com/radianthistoria.

About Radiant Historia
In the midst of an unending war for dominance between two super-powers, Special Intelligence Agent Stocke is assigned to a routine escort mission that goes horribly awry. However, wielding a mysterious book called the White Chronicle, Stocke discovers a way to travel to the intersection of time itself: Historia. With this power in his hands, he must travel back and forth through key events and an entirely alternate timeline to right the world’s ill-fated course. The lives of his companions, the fate of nations, and the resolution of an impending disaster that now threatens the land all depend on Stocke’s ability to discern the one “true” history.

Key Features
Restore the True History–With the power of the White Chronicle, the crossroads of time is yours to traverse. Jump back and forth across various turning points in history in order to save your world from destruction.
Your Choices Matter–Difficult decisions face you at every turn. Who will you side with? Who will you choose to help? Your choices progress the story and bring you to drastically different ends. Return to previous choices to initiate changes whose effects ripple throughout the timelines.
Push Your Foes Around–Use the turn order and your special ability to manipulate the positions of enemies on the field to set up combination attacks and gain the upper hand.

Source: Atlus PR