Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey from Kobojo is currently on display at Tokyo Game Show 2015, taking place at Makuhari Messe from Sept. 17 - 20, 2015. Today, Kobojo revealed new information about this game, as well as an all new website as the company prepares for the game's upcoming release.
Today, Kobojo revealed that CyDesignation, Inc., the Japanese game design and production company led by renowned artist Hideo Minaba, is doing the art direction for Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey. The CyDesignation team joins other esteemed Japanese developers who have contributed to Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey, including Kazushige Nojima (writer, Final Fantasy VII) as scenario writer and Hitoshi Sakimoto (composer, Final Fantasy Tactics) as composer.
Page 2: New Official Site, Hero, Job and Monster
Kobojo also revealed a new official web site for Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey at http://zodiac.kobojo.com/, that includes an all-new trailer, deep game details and story information for the Japanese-style role-playing game (RPG). Every week on the website, Kobojo will release a video for new Zodiac characters, starting with Kadyn, a warrior of the winged fawlkon race.
Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey will be available as a premium app for iOS in the US and Europe next month, with a release in Japan and on Sony platforms planned for early 2016.
In the booth at Tokyo Game Show 2015 (at Hall 6), there are iOS versions of playable demo, and visitors can get an original clear file folder for playing the game or an IC card sticker if they take photo with the statue of "Flyon" in the booth.
Page 3: Hero and Monster
Hero
There will be five heroes, including Cael, Kadyn, Eko, Ulan and Dagmar, playable in total in future. Currently, only Cael's and Kadyn's info are unveiled.
Cael
True-hearted and adventurous by nature, Cael joined the Borderland Patrol to follow in the footsteps of his adoptive father and older sister, Ulan, who were both in the military. Cael lacks Ulan's career ambitions and is never happier than when patrolling the wild Borderlands alone astride his faithful Flyon, Saber.
But a chance encounter with one of Orcanon's mysterious Celestial Shards, and a seemingly innocent assignment from the governing Organization's new Director, Lady Yeuno, combine to set Cael on a dangerous voyage of discovery.
Together with Ulan and a small band of trusted companions, Cael journeys the tribal lands of Orcanon, learning that the secret of his own birth is closely bound up with ancient mysteries and present-day conspiracies.
The player avatar, Cael is unlocked at the start of the game.
Kadyn
A warrior of the winged Fawlkon race, Kadyn combines her people's powerful sense of pride and dignity with dedication to service in the Hyum military. She also shares her people's insecurities, driven by uncertainty about their place in a world ruled over by the Hyum.
These feelings became intensely personal for Kadyn when a close friendship with a Hyum ended badly, leaving her emotionally scarred and threatening her ability to continue in the military.
Kadyn overcame this by leaving the City and joining the aerial Intelligence Unit, but a chance encounter with Cael draws her firmly back into the world of the Hyum. As she joins Cael on his voyage of discovery, wounds of the heart reopen and Kadyn is challenged as never before.