Astral Chain Details Its Twin Heroes And Story Set In The Near-Future Metropolis Called The Ark

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We recently got to check out new screenshots for the upcoming Switch action game Astral Chain and PlatinumGames shared additional details on its twin heroes and its story set in a near-future Metropolis.

 

The information comes from the Astral Chain:

 

About Astral Chain:

The Ark: A massive, prosperous, multicultural city. But disaster strikes when mysterious dimensional gates appear, bringing dangerous alien creatures to the Ark to attack the people and corrupt the land. The Ark police form a special task force, known as Neuron, to face the alien threat head-on.

Humanity’s last chance against invasion is a special living weapon called the Legion. As a rookie Neuron officer, you and your Legion will work together to solve cases and save humankind.

Astral Chain gives you full control over two characters at once for thrilling Synergetic Action, courtesy of PlatinumGames. Switch between several Legion types and skills to save the world your way.

Astral Chain features character designs by the acclaimed mangaka Masakazu Katsura (ZETMAN, Video Girl Ai), and marks the directorial debut of PlatinumGames’ Takahisa Taura (designer of NieR:Automata). Hideki Kamiya, director of Bayonetta and writer/supervisor of Bayonetta 2, provides supervision.

 

 

Work together with the Legion – the ultimate living weapon!

Humanity’s last hope against the extradimensional invasion is the Legion – a living weapon, tethered to a human controller. You and your Legion will work together to fight off alien monsters – and crack police cases, while you’re at it. Synergetic Action is all in a day’s work at Neuron!

 

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Team up with your Legion for coordinated attacks on one enemy…

 

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… or take on multiple foes at once!

 

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Twin Heroes

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You are one of a pair of twins, freshly drafted into Neuron and given a Legion of your own. Choose a male or female character – the other will appear as your twin sibling and closest squadmate.

 

Character Designs by acclaimed artist Masakazu Katsura

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Masakazu Katsura, creator of manga including ZETMAN and Video Girl Ai, designed the main characters and their powerful Legions.

 

Meet Neuron – Your new squadmates

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Visuals

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The Ark is a sprawling cyberpunk metropolis where anime and reality meet.

 

Story

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Astral Chain is set in a near-future metropolis called the Ark. When this prosperous city finds itself under attack by creatures from beyond our dimension, it’s up to the special police task force Neuron to save the day – before the end of the world as we know it.

 

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Astral Chain launches for Nintendo Switch on August 30, 2019. Check out the trailer here and some info on its Collector’s Edition here.

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