I asked Nao Zook, Marketing Coordinator at NIS America, if they have plans to release Mana Khemia 2 Portable Plus in North America and she responded with a question.

The first aspect you’ll come to appreciate is the stellar voice-acting. And make no mistake; this is NIS America’s English dub I’m referring to — not the original Japanese voice-overs.

Mana Khemia 2 tells the story of Al-Revis Academy and its fall from grace. Due to a decline in the number of capable teachers, it fell from great heights (literally!) to an institution on the verge of bankruptcy.

Loading times ruined Mana Khemia: Student Alliance for me. Even with the jumpstart feature the game chugged along. Perhaps, Mana Khemia would work better if it was saved on a memory stick.

Like Gust’s games? Like the music in those games? Game Sound Station might be for you. This WiiWare app gives users access to a library of music from a range of Gust titles like Ar Tonelico and Mana Khemia 2.

Mana Khemia: Alchemist of Al Revis exists.   I played the PSP version and it’s a minimally expanded port of last year’s PlayStation 2 game. The key new feature is wireless multiplayer battles which I haven’t tried since I have to track down someone who purchased the PSP version to give wireless battles a go. [...]

The age of PlayStation 2 RPGs won’t be over anytime soon. We know NIS America is localizing Mana Khemia 2, but haven’t heard when its coming out. Gamefly offers a clue and claims the game will be ready in June.   June 25 to be exact, but games are rarely released on Thursday so we’ll [...]

The warning signs were right. Mana Khemia: Student Alliance won’t be in stores this January. NIS America is rescheduling Mana Khemia: Student Alliance for the spring. Between now and mid February extra time will be spent on improving the quality of the final game. Hopefully, this means NIS America will clean up the loading times [...]

When NIS America announced Mana Khemia: Student Alliance it was on target for January 2009. We’re a third through January and haven’t heard anything about Mana Khemia: Student Alliance. What happened? I believe the game has been quietly delayed.   Three retailers switched Mana Khemia: Student Alliance’s release date from January to different dates in [...]

I’ve known this for awhile, but since someone else revealed the secret I can finally talk about it. A lot of you guys figured this out too. NIS America is taking care of Cross Edge (X-Edge) and it’s tentatively slated for March. Cross Edge, much like Chaos Wars, unites characters from multiple games into a [...]

Mana Khemia’s academic quest missions made it feel like a handheld game. You can play Mana Khemia in small bites rather than marathon-like chunks. Someone at Gust must have had the same thought since they ported Mana Khemia to the PSP.   Mana Khemia: Student Alliance has a meager selection of new features such as [...]

NIS America just released Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis in April, right around the same time we discovered Gust was developing a PSP port. Mana Khemia Portable Plus is scheduled to come out on August 28, over a year after Mana Khemia came out on the PS2 in Japan. We haven’t heard anything concrete about [...]

While it feels like Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis just came out, the game is about a year old in Japan. Apparently, that’s fair game for a PSP port because Gust is planning to release Mana Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsu Shitachi Portable Plus in Japan on July 31.   What’s the “plus” for? Extra event [...]

< Spencer’s note: In case you forgot about Mana Khemia: The Alchemists of Al-Revis it comes out today. We covered it before, but we’re trying something new, a liveblog style introduction to Mana Khemia to give you a feel for gameplay flow. >   Oh noes, don't tell me it's another protagonist with no memories.   [...]