This week Famitsu announced new information for Etrian Odyssey II Untold: The Knight of Fafnir. The game will be released on November 27 of this year and will retail for ¥5,980. First-print copies of the Etrian Odyssey II Untold: The Knight of Fafnir will come with a music CD which includes the game’s main theme and a handful of other selections. To note, Etrian Odyssey Untold, the remake of the first game, came out on June 27, 2013, and Atlus has been working on other games such as Persona Q and Persona 5 in the meantime.
Famitsu also mentioned some interesting new additions to this version of Etrian Odyssey II. A cooking system is being introduced which allows you to make up to 70 different food items using materials from gathering points or defeated monsters. So far as we know, the food is meant to be sold and the money from those sales meant to expand the town. There is also a new character named Regina set to make an appearance. She is an elite chef and the cabinet minister’s granddaughter.
It also appears that an updated version of the Grimoire Stone system introduced in Etrian Odyssey Untold will be present in this game. Players will now be able to exchange Grimoire Stones with other in-game characters, with other players via StreetPass, and even “recycle” the Grimoire Stones, though the meaning of recycling has not yet been fully explained.
There is currently no official announcement on whether or not this game will be localized. All four of the mainline entries received at least a North American localization and Untold was also localized. Hopefully Untold’s continued presence at eShop’s sales help to support the franchise’s continued presence outside of Japan.
Credit to Gematsu for the coverage.