Description

Following the release of Saint Seiya, Knights of the Zodiac: The Sanctuary in 2005, developers DIMPS and PAON have brought a wealth of new elements and enhancements to the fighting systems of Saint Seiya: The Hades to present a game truly worthy of the seminal manga and anime. Boasting a story from the most widely acclaimed chapter of the saga plus an overdose of innovative features and stunning enhancements designed to bring players closer than ever to the universe of mind-blowing 3D Cosmo battles, Saint Seiya: The Hades offers something special for all fans of anime and fighting games.

Features

GAME FEATURES:

• Relive the entire Hades saga from the Sanctuary to the Inferno chapters.
• The tragic story takes place 243 years ago and is based on the manga with cut scenes based on the anime.
• With a European launch far in advance of the Japanese release date, NAMCO BANDAI Games are bringing Saint Seiya: The Hades to European fans first.
• Features the original Japanese voiceover with localised subtitles in English, French, Spanish and Italian.
• 49 playable characters including Hades’ Surplices and Athena’s Saints with their Final Cloth and Golden Bronze Cloths.
• An extra layer of special effects has been added to the battle stage which is used to create an even stronger feeling of the Hades world.
• High quality character rendering using double the number of polygons compared to Saint Seiya, Knights of the Zodiac: The Sanctuary

CINEMATIC CONTENT:

• Stunning opening movie and story cut scenes directed by the renowned and respected creator from Toei Animation, Mr. Motoharu Katsumata, series director of the original Saint Seiya TV animation, and additionally series producer or director of UFO Robot Grendizer (aka Goldorak in France or Atlas Ufo Robot Goldrake in Italy), Mazinger Z, and Yamato
• Eight major in-game movies, totaling more than 40 minutes running time, are supplemented with many short cut scenes during battles and to mark other story events.
• Sound directed by Mr. Sato, sound director of the original Saint Seiya TV animation
• Sound effects directed by Mr. Konno, sound effect director of the original Saint Seiya TV animation – Saint Seiya The Hades employs the same sound effects as the original TV animation.
• The faces of the characters are very close to the original TV animation including naturally moving hair, with character's mouth movements accurately synchronized with the speech during the cut scenes.

FIGHTING SYSTEM:

• Fighting tuned throughout for fiercely dynamic battles where one right or wrong move can have catastrophic effects.
• An increased number of technically improved, fast, dynamic zodiac battles.
• New attacks and counter attacks, including air and long range.
• Bigger fighting stage to make the most of the new range attacks.
• New control system helps players intuitively and quickly engage with the action.
• New rapid dodge system brings an extra dimension to fighting.
• Vastly improved enemy AI for challenging and fluid fights.
• Enhanced Cosmo system lets players make the most of the all-new special attacks to inflict grave damage on their opponent.
• Improved camera closely follows the action and keeps everything in the field of vision.
• Normal attacks will be stronger and all movements will be faster.
• Easy-to-create combos, with the right combination of attacks and special moves leading to an unstoppable combo.
• One attack can be enough to blow away the opponent, but several different ways of attacking are needed to win.
• Special Attacks can be cancelled mid-attack to move on quickly to the next attack.
• New attack and counter-attack systems for mid and long range attacks, called ‘Saint Smash’ and ‘Big Bang Attack’
• Each character’s Big Bang Attack special technique triggers spectacular cut scene animations and effects, including the following notable examples:

o Orpheus: Death Trip Serenade, Stringer Nocturn, Stringer Fine
o Kanon: Golden Triangle
o Rhadamanthys: Shadow Wedge Driver, Black Burn Fire Brand, Greatest Caution
o Aiacos: Wool Wind Accera, Garuda Flap, Galactica Illusion
o Minos: Hidding Wire, Close Coupled Delta, Cosmic Marionation
o Aiolos: Atomic Burst, Atomic St. Arrow, Atomic Thunderbolt
o Shaka: Karmic Retribution
Once Bronze saints have earned their final ‘cloth’ (armour) their Big Bang Attack is upgraded as follows:
o Seiya: Pegasus Meteor Fist → Pegasus Comet Fist
o Shiryu: Lushan Rising Dragon → Lushan Hundred Dragons
o Hyoga: Diamond Dust → Aurora Execution
o Shun: Rolling Defence → Nebula Storm
o Ikki: Phoenix Flaming Wings → Phoenix Phantom Fist

• COM vs COM battle mode allows the player to view various special techniques to employ in battle.

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