Sega revealed at the early September 2023 NGS Headline stream that it will hold a Spriggan crossover in PSO2: New Genesis in October 2023. The franchise that originated from a 1989 manga will fill the crossover slot for the latest Phantasy Star Online game that Sega had previously marked as a sci-fi anime title.
Even though Spriggan had an earlier anime movie adaptation released in 1998, Sega’s direct translation of the Japanese announcement revealed that the newer anime version that aired on Japan’s television channels in July 2023 will serve as the basis for this collaboration. The anime’s Japanese official site confirmed that this is the same version that Netflix launched in June 2022.
Sega teased that it will add costume parts that let players turn their avatars into the protagonist Yu Ominae and fellow Spriggan agent Jean Jacquemonde. In addition, it will also bring in artifacts from the title as Build Parts that players can place in their Creative Space.
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Spriggan will follow Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, Uncle from Another World, and Oshi no Ko in the monthly external franchise collaboration waves for PSO2: New Genesis. Sega has also scheduled more crossover content with a sci-fi toy line in November 2023 and an action anime title in December 2023.
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4, with an additional Nintendo Switch cloud version in Japan and Xbox One release elsewhere. The Spriggan collaboration content will appear in October 2023. Sega will reveal more details on September 26, 2023.
