| Arc Rise Fantasia | |
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 North American cover art | |
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| Director(s) | Hiroyuki Kanemaru |
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| Designer(s) | Osamu Hisano |
| Programmer(s) | Takashi Kawamoto |
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| Writer(s) | Takumi Miyajima |
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| Platform(s) | Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Arc Rise Fantasia[a] is a 2009 role-playing video game co-developed by Imageepoch and Marvelous Entertainment for the Wii. It was published in Japan by Marvelous Entertainment in 2009 and in North America by Ignition Entertainment in 2010. A planned European release through Rising Star Games was cancelled. The storyline, set in a fantasy world split between hostile factions beset by attacks from destructive Feldragons, protagonist L'Arc Bright Lagoon allies with the priestess Ryfia after he is chosen as a Child of Easa who will remake the world. Gameplay features a growing party led by L'Arc navigating both an overworld and dungeon environments, taking part in turn-based battles.
Production lasted three years, with Nintendo approaching the developers to create an RPG for the Wii. The team included Tales scenario writer Takumi Miyajima, and artists Kenichi Yoshida and Shin Nagasawa. The music was a collaborative effort between Yasunori Mitsuda, Shunsuke Tsuchiya and Yuki Harada, with the theme song written and performed by Ryfia's voice actress Yui Makino. Debuting to poor sales, the game saw a mixed reaction from critics, with most of the praise going towards its battle system. A recurring complaint was the localization and English dub, with Ignition later admitting its poor quality and changing its localization partners.
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