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Falcom’s upcoming action RPG Tokyo Xanadu is a PS Vita title, the latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation reveals.

The game is set in the fictional “Morimiya City” located in the Tama district on the outskirts of Tokyo. The protagonists attend Morimiya Academy and get caught up in an otherworldly incident, and with it, a major conspiracy.

Dengeki PlayStation details the first two characters:

Kou Tokisaka (Protagonist) – A 17 year-old second year high school student. Though brusque in his mannerisms, he’s not unfriendly towards others and is an archetypal modern day student all around. He uses a sword whip and specializes in mid-range attacks.
Asuka Hiragi – Kou’s classmate. She has an attractive face and figure, quick reflexes, gets excellent grades, and is class president. Though on the outside, she looks like a typical heroine… She wields a one-handed sword and specializes in close combat.
During the game’s modern parts, players will explore areas like the school and shopping district to trigger events before heading to the spirit world to progress the story. During spirit world parts, players will explore labyrinth-like areas and fight against enemies using weapons known as “Soul Devices.”

On February 26, Falcom will release a Tokyo Xanadu custom theme for PS Vita users to download.

Tokyo Xanadu is due out in Japan later this year.

Thanks, Hachima Kikou.

Update 8:00 a.m.: New details have come in from Weekly Famitsu’s via Sokuho@Hokanko.

First, more character and world details:

When the protagonist sees a new transfer student getting into a fight with some delinquent students, he goes over to help them. But at that point, he’s met with a strange vision of a girl retrieving a shining sword.
Asuka is a returning student from overseas. She’s secretly investigating incidents related to the spirit world on orders from an organization that possess the Soul Devices.
The spirit world isn’t normally detectable to normal people. The protagonists are able to do so after a certain catalyst is triggered.
The game is set in a slightly different rendition of Tokyo from the real thing, thus the kanji for ‘kyo’ being different.
Next, tidbits from an interview with Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo:

We’ve acquired a lot of know-how in developing the Ys and Trails games, but we wanted to try out a different field.
So far there’s been Zwei!! and Nayuta no Kiseki, but we wanted to tackle a different title.
The younger staff are taking the initiative of project planning and development.
While the entire staff hasn’t changed, the young members are putting work into the costumes and setting.
The game is a modern era/other world RPG where players will go on an adventure to solve mysteries and incidents.
Action parts have a free-control camera.
We also have jump actions.
We’re considering things like targeting systems to make the game easier to play.
The foundation of the game is made up of modern day adventure parts and other world action parts.
They’re proactively designing the game such that players are better able to enjoy the story.
Falcom’s attention to detail on town NPCs (e.g.: their backstory, movement patterns, etc.) remains present.
We have a number of main characters, more so than the Ys series’ six characters.
We have a large number of modern day characters. People that enjoy the teenage character style will take kindly to them.
Tachikawa is the main setting in Morimiya City. It’s a town made up of a variety of spots in the Tama district on the outskirts of Tokyo.
The city of Tachikawa is coordinating with the development team on events and merchandise.
Launch is scheduled for after summer 2015. The main scenario is almost done and we’re currently toning up the action parts. I have no doubt we’ll release it by the end of the year.
The voice cast will be announced before long.
Production is progressing smoothly.

Bandai Namco’s teaser website launched last week is for a new, Experience-developed PS Vita “story dungeon RPG” called Ray Gigant, this week’s issue of Dengeki PlayStation reveals.

Due out this summer in Japan, the game takes place in June 20XX, during which the Earth is on the brink of destruction by a giant monster known as “Gigant,” and three heroes must rise to the occasion to defeat him. The game is broken up into chapters that take place across three different settings.

The three heroes are named:

• Kazuya Tenpu (voiced by Atsushi Abe)
• Kyle Griffin (voiced by Wataru Hatano)
• Nil Phineas (voiced by Yoshino Nanjo)

Your party is fixed at three members, and the battle system camera is set behind the party, unlike any Experience-developed dungeon RPG before it. The battle screen is described as similar to this Time and Eternity screenshot.

First, details on the game’s three protagonists. The game is broken up into chapters, with one protagonist per chapter.

• Protagonist: Kazuya Tenpu (voiced by Atsushi Abe) – A wholesome junior high school student. However, when Gigant attacks and destroys Tokyo, he has his awakening. His thee song is by T.M. Revolution.
• Mana Isano (voiced by Rumi Okubo) – A junior high school girl and childhood friend of Kazuya.
• Miwa Kazuomi (voiced by Takuya Eguchi) – A serious boy who’s hard on Kazuya, but is still his partner in arms.
• Protagonist: Kyle Griffin (voiced by Wataru Hatano) – A British 17 year-old boy with a distorted personality and no love from his parents. His theme song is by Faylan.
• Protagonist: Nil Phineas (voiced by Yoshino Nanjo) – A 16 year-old girl whose nationality is unknown. She protects the islands o the Caribbean from Gigant. Her theme song is by her voice actress.

The game’s main visual shows Kazuya and Kyle fighting, indicating the humans might not all be on the same side.

As far as gameplay goes, Ray Gigant is a dungeon crawling RPG, but story emphasis means that party is dictated by the plot. Dungeons will have gimmicks that force players to act strategically. Both enemies and allies are animated during battle, and the combat system may not be purely turn-based in the traditional sense. Though characters’ back-stories and voices are set, players are still able to decide manually how to raise them as they level up.

Tidbits from Dengeki PlayStation’s interview with Bandai Namco producer Ryo Mito and Experience president Hajime Chikami follow:

• Mito first got in touch with Experience in April 2012 after playing and enjoying the Demon Gaze.
• Since Experience was busy around that time, our next talk was pushed to August 2013.
• Since it was our first time planning a project targeting junior high school students, planning and gameplay design has been difficult to tune.
• Of course, the scenario is an important focus, and we’re aiming for something Students of the Round-like.
• Our systems are unlike our usual ones.
• There will be some hack a slash elements, but the game is closer to a regular RPG.
• The number three is prominent throughout the game in things such as the settings, protagonists, etc.
• The protagonists are rivals with one another at times.
• Each area has different enemy designs.
• Each protagonist not only has their own theme song, but their own BGMs, as well.
• Different from your standard dungeon RPG, this is not a map filling game like other dungeon crawlers.
• Things such as viewing size different between party and enemies will be in a third-person view for better perspective.
• Battles are command-based, but there are also elements that are not.
• Kazuya is a very archetypal protagonist, meaning his story has him awakening to and getting swept up in things.
• Kyle is part of a civilian militia and Nil is part of an anti-Gigant team, making them most knowledgeable about its threat.
• While we can’t go into detail yet, character customization will be considerably different.
• You can only have three people in a party because it’s the simplest amount of people to enjoy a party battle.