Sword Art Online: Lost Song



Sword Art Online: Lost Song (ソードアート・オンライン －ロスト・ソング－) is an upcoming Action RPG (ARPG) currently being developed by Bandai Namco Games for the PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) and PlayStation 3 (PS3) as the third game adaption on console for the series. Unlike its forebears, Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment and Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, Lost Song will be set in an alternative ALfheim Online. The game will be released on March 26, 2015 in Japan, and later in 2015 for English and Traditional Chinese elsewhere in Asia.

Story


Lost Song will primarily involve the exploration of "Svart Alfheim", a new area of ALO comprised of a series of floating continents close to the World Tree. While the game story's relation to that of Hollow Fragment (or of the canon SAO timeline) has not yet been clarified, the story will take place in New ALfheim Online.

Gameplay
For the first time in the series, players will be able to play as characters other than Kirito. However, it has yet to be decided whether players will be able to create their own custom characters or not. Parties of up to three characters may be formed, up from two in the prior games. In keeping with its being set in ALfheim Online, players will be able to fly as well as walk on the ground. However, walking within dungeons will be mandatory. Auto-attacks will be diabled while in flight mode, but players may instead target individual parts of an enemy's body as they so choose.

Characters


The following characters have been confirmed as being included in this game:


 * Kirito (Kirigaya Kazuto)
 * Asuna (Yuuki Asuna)
 * Yui (In-Game Daughter of Kirito and Asuna (MHCP-001))
 * Silica (Ayano Keiko)
 * Leafa (Kirigaya Suguha)
 * Lisbeth (Shinozaki Rika)
 * Sinon (Asada Shino)

Other characters, to include a number of newly-introduced ones, may be introduced in the run-up to the game's Japanese release.

Svart Alfheim


As an echo to the introduction of the Hollow Area to Hollow Fragment, Lost Song introduces "Svart Alfheim", a series of floating continents located adjacent to the World Tree. Each continent, reported as measuring approximately sixteen square kilometres in size, is reported to have a particular area type; plains, deserts, icebergs, and so forth. The first of these continents to be revealed is Vorklinde, a grassland region feauring windmills and other large structures.

Soundtrack
A Sword Art Online -Lost Song- Soundtrack is to be bundled with the game's limited edition on PS Vita.