Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization will release in October in Japan with a Fall North American release window, and Bandai Namco has released new information and screenshots of what fans can expect in the latest game.
Bandai Namco -- via Siliconera -- announced a new character for Hollow Realization in Argo. Argo made herself a name in Sword Art Online as an information broker. She participates in the beta testing of Sword Art: Origin, and will also be around to help out Kirito and friends as well in the upcoming adventure.
A new emotion system is being implemented in Hollow Realization. The “Emotion Void” is a way to communicate with your party members and check on their emotions.
Depending on how conversations and battles go, each character with have emotional statuses displayed and can affect their abilities.
The more you increase each character’s emotions, the more their stats increase. However, emotions can’t grow further than the blue circles, so once you hit the limit you won’t be able to increase that particular emotion any further.
Players will even be able to go on “dating” scenes where you have one-on-one moments with different characters in your party.
Each character has a particular emotion that reflect their personalities. Some examples include Lisbeth as “tsundere.” Silica is kind, shy and energetic. Leafa is kind, thoughtful, passionate and a bit of a crybaby. Sinnon is cool and smart.
Premiere, who is a new character and a focal point of the story, does not have emotions to start off but will gain them as you have more conversations and battle with her.
The North American release date for Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization is not yet known, but we will update as soon as we learn.
In the meantime, let us know what you think of the new features in the upcoming SAO game in the comments section below.
