![]() It’s similar to how we can choose to play as either Elliot/Claris in Nights Into Dreams and Helen/William in Nights: Journey of Dreams: They’re two stories taking place at the same time. However, we ultimately can only play through one character’s eyes at a time: The cinematic may just be alluding to that choice. We only believe Leo and Emma would see Balan first because that’s how we’re introduced to things in the game’s cinematic. How would Leo have a stage? Well, what if he didn’t see Balan like in the game? What if Lance got to him first? However, when Leo enters the theatre in the book, the story immediately cuts away to him on his own stage–a feature we haven’t seen in the game so far. Following the game’s cinematic, Leo/Emma enter the theatre and are soon spotted by Balan, who briskly introduces himself before spiriting them away to Wonderworld, landing us in the Isle of Tims. I don’t think the book is trying to change Balan’s and Lance’s positions as helper and obstacle: I think the book is forcing us to change our perspective through Leo’s/Streetbeat’s and Emma’s/Fighter’s eyes.Įven how we’re introduced to the theatre is different in the book compared to the game. All of them were allies to their protagonists, but with much more to their characters than what we initially saw–often with darker backstories or motives that went against the main characters’. Think of characters like the Undertaker from Kuroshitsuji, Tomoe and Mizuki from Kamisama Kiss, and Shiro from Deadman Wonderland. Please note this, as silver hair in Japanese media is often an expression of mystery, otherworldliness, or magical ability. ![]() His appearance is much more human, the tendrils on his back gone and the ones on his head replaced by flowing, silvery hair. He’s described as being “mild-mannered” and seems to assist inhabitants when they have some request about their own stage, like when Leo/Streetbeat asked him if he could have some more props. Whereas, in these, Lance clearly takes an antagonistic role by trapping inhabitants within their own hearts and turning them into monsters, the Lance presented in the book is much softer in both looks and personality. ![]() This flies in the face of everything we’ve already seen from promotional material and gameplay. Let’s just jump straight to the point and get to what’s probably on a lot of our minds: Lance’s new look and his–the book writes him as a ‘he,’ so don’t jump me over pronouns–description as the maestro of the Balan Theatre. Since this is brand new though, know that there will be major spoilers ahead, so if you’d rather, please check out the preview and/or demo first before checking below the cut: The Steam version had a unique update six months after release where Denuvo was removed.Hey guys, I’m super excited about the preview drop right now, so I’d like to cover a bit of theory territory regarding what we’ve seen thus far and how it compares to the game demo.The most noteworthy thing that the patch fixed was an issue during the final boss fight where the screen flashes rapidly, which can cause seizures. According to Square Enix, this patch fixes some unknown bugs, increases the movement speed of the characters, made adjustments to the camera movement, and re-balanced the difficulty. ![]() ![]() Before the game was launched, a Day 1 patch was applied to the game.For your viewing pleasure, here's all the icons for these costumes, including the original demo versions. All four costumes are found in the files, but three of them will always go unused depending on the version of the game. These costumes were planned to be exclusive to the demo that can be transferred to the full game, but they can be unlocked through an in-game cheat. Despite the visual differences, they all function the same. Star Launcher, X Launcher, Blue Launcher and Steam Launcher are special costumes that are modeled after their respective platforms. The game is called Happiness, as it was the original working title for the game, as seen in the removed early logo from the demo. ![]()
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