On February 9th, Atlas said,Sekaiju no Labyrinth Ⅰ・Ⅱ・Ⅲ HD REMASTER]Live broadcast of a program commemorating the release decision. In the program, comments from the development staff to adventurers (players) are also released. It seems that it will take more time to create a new “Labyrinth of the World Tree”.
“World Tree Labyrinth I/II/III HD REMASTER” is the HD remastered version of the first three titles of Atlus’ 3D dungeon RPG “World Tree Labyrinth” series.
Among the remastered titles, “World Tree Labyrinth” is a Nintendo DS title released by Atlus in January 2007. Etria, the stage of this work, was once an ordinary small town. One day, a huge crack in the earth is discovered on the outskirts of Etria. At the end of the fissure lies an abyssal, gigantic underground sea of trees that stretches to the bottom of the earth, where unknown threats and enormous treasures lie dormant. Currently, adventurers from all over the continent gather in Etria in search of wealth and fame. In this work, the player visits Etria as one of those adventurers. Form a party and challenge the labyrinth of the underground Sea of Trees.
Players who are adventurers organize a party of up to 5 people and challenge the labyrinth. There are 9 classes of characters such as Swordsman/Ranger/Paladin. Combine class and appearance to create friends and organize your favorite party. However, many threats await in the huge underground sea of trees that adventurers challenge. The labyrinth is always on the verge of death, such as strong enemies FOE that roam the map, random encounter enemies that destroy your party if you let your guard down, and events that put you in a pinch if you make the wrong choice. Without caution, annihilation is inevitable. So the adventurers train themselves, make a map of the labyrinth, and proceed to explore the labyrinth little by little.
Although some auto-mapping is prepared for map creation, the player fills in the walls, the ground, hidden shortcuts, routes to avoid contact with strong enemies, and notes. By writing a map to capture the labyrinth by yourself, you will advance inside the labyrinth little by little. In addition, the combat power of party members is strengthened by skill trees and level ups. An adventure side by side with death is drawn. In the second work in the series, “Labyrinth of the World Tree II: Holy Grail of Kings”, a new class will be added and a new story will be drawn. In addition, in the third work, “Labyrinth of the World Tree III: The Visitor of the Sea of Stars,” a new system subclass and a mode for adventuring in the ocean, “Great Voyage,” will appear. Adventures have been developed on different stages while maintaining the tense elements of dungeon exploration and combat.
In “World Tree Labyrinth I, II, III HD REMASTER”, “World Tree Labyrinth II: The Holy Grail of Kings” and “Sekai Tree Labyrinth III: The Visitor of the Sea of Stars” will be HD remastered. It is In terms of graphics, the 3D graphics of the dungeons have become more precise, and the illustrations of characters and monsters have been refined. The battle effects have also been brushed up, and you can play this work on a screen that is stronger than the original version.
Also, in this work, one new illustration for each occupation has been added. There are 5 types of illustrations for each class, and the appearance of other classes can be selected, increasing the degree of freedom in character makeup. As for the changes, in addition to being able to choose from three levels of difficulty with the conventional difficulty set to EXPERT, the auto-mapping function has been strengthened, the number of save slots has been increased, and the Great Voyage Quest can now be played online. In the original version of “Labyrinth of the World Tree III: The Visitor of the Sea of Stars”, it is said that the battle music for the 6th floor, which was reused in the original version, has been changed to a new song by Yuzo Koshiro. It’s an HD remaster that adds new elements while making it easy to play and evolves beautifully.
By the way, in the “Labyrinth of the World Tree” series, no new title has been released since “Labyrinth of the World Tree X”, which was touted as the last World Tree for Nintendo 3DS. In July 2018, “SQ, fetal movement.(SQ is an abbreviation for the Labyrinth of the World Tree).
In the midst of this, on February 9th, the release announcement program for Sekaiju no Meikyuu I/II/III HD REMASTER touched on a little bit regarding the new title. According to the comments from the development staff to the adventurers introduced around the 57th minute of the program, “In order to change the hardware from the 2-screen DS (Nintendo DS / 3DS), to create a new ‘Labyrinth of the World Tree’. To be honest, it will still take some time.” Although there is no visible movement, it seems that preparations for the new work are progressing steadily. According to the same comment, this remaster was created with the concept of wanting people to play the three original games that became unplayable in the process of repeated research on the current console. He said that he would like to use the voices of people who played this remaster in the new work. Following this remastered version, I would like to expect new works in the series.
『Sekaiju no Labyrinth Ⅰ・Ⅱ・Ⅲ HD REMASTER]is scheduled to be distributed on June 1st for Nintendo Switch / PC (Steam). The regular price is 8980 yen including tax for a set of 3 works. Each title alone is 4467 yen including tax. For the Nintendo Switch, a limited-edition package version with a touch pen will also be released.
