Cladun X3 announced for PS5, PS4 and Switch

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■ Specifications

  • Title: Cladun X3
  • Genre: Pixel art action RPG with infinite freedom
  • Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch
  • Release date: February 27, 2025
  • Players: one
  • Price: 7,200 yen (7,920 yen with tax)
  • Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software
  • Head of Development Department: Shinichi Ikeda
  • Illustrator: Mota
  • CERO rating: A (all ages)
  • Official site: nippon1.jp
  • Official Hashtag: #ホラダン, #クラダンX3

■ Story

Arcanus Cella – a miniature world that combines different worlds, dungeons and eras.

This place, which has existed since ancient times, is said to be accessible only to selected villains.

Today, a new villain has been summoned back to Arcanus Cella…

■ System

● Challenge the dungeons that await in Arcanus Cella to become the strongest

One day, you are brought to Arcanus Cella, joined by several other villains. Upon arrival, you and the others are told that you must play a game of death for the sake of “world peace”.

You have to become stronger to survive in this dangerous death game. Train, collect items and enter the mysterious dungeon associated with Arcanus Cella to become the strongest villain.

Cladun X3 is a highly customizable and dynamic pixel art action RPG with a focus on hack-and-slash gameplay. Use a variety of weapons, spells and moves to clear the dungeons and defeat the monster monsters and traps that await you!

● Use a variety of weapons and moves to defeat wild monsters and dangerous traps

Dungeons are full of wild monsters and dangerous traps.

Monsters will attack you in real time in dungeons. Use a range of moves to quickly and accurately defeat monsters and progress through the dungeon – attack, spell, dash, jump, slide, shield, fly and slide.

— How you choose to fight is up to you: place a magical barrier to deal damage, or jump into fire to burn yourself and deal heavy damage to ice monsters.

There are six equippable weapon types: sword, blunt weapon, mace, spear, bow, and dagger. Each weapon has its own specializations in terms of attack range and skills, which vary depending on your class.

— Blunt weapons can be used to destroy certain walls in dungeons, while staffs allow medium and long-range attribute attacks and speed up cast times. Each weapon type has unique moves that can be used to move around the dungeon.

Various moves can also be used to bypass traps, such as sliding under laser beams, jumping over floor traps, or charging at enemies to destroy walls. The key to clearing dungeons is immediately identifying the correct course of action to proceed safely.

— Traps can be avoided by sliding or flying, but can also be used skillfully to defeat enemies with one hit.

In the dungeon you will find various equipment and items. Search treasure chests to get powerful weapons and equipment to power up your character.

—Even equipment with the same name may have different quality levels or special effects depending on the titles attached to them.

● Lessons

In Cladun X3You can choose from 10 different classes. Each class has different stats, preferred weapons, and “Magic Circles” that can be learned.

Warrior

  • A comprehensive and easy-to-use class recommended for beginners.
  • Can learn sword, blunt weapon and spear skills.
  • Specializes in close range attacks.
  • You can learn very simple Magic Circles from previous entries in the series.

Magician

  • Recommended magic lesson for beginners.
  • Can learn offensive magic and specialize in ranged attacks.
  • There are many Magic Circles that can be learned that focus on buffing skills and magic.
  • Can suppress sorcery blasts.

Ranger

  • Recommended class for intermediate and advanced players.
  • Can learn bow and dagger skills as well as support magic.
  • It excels at traversing sticky areas, grassy areas, and fire areas.
  • Magic Circles can learn, offering customizable performance such as changing stats or changing weapons based on certain terrain.

merchant

  • Difficult class recommended for intermediate and advanced players.
  • Can learn money-focused business skills such as “keeping money even when defeated” and “attracting money scattered around the map”.
  • Can learn Magic Circles that instantly increase stats when money is scattered across the map.

● Build Your Party and Power Them Up! Magic circles are the key to character development

Magic Circles is a unique party creation system Kladun series allows a party of multiple characters to operate in an action RPG where the player controls only one character.

The player-controlled character – the “main character” – is in the center, while the “sub-characters” placed around them provide support and increase their powers.

—Placing special items in the Magic Circle activates sub-characters and allows you to augment the main character as much as you like.

There are over 200 types of Magic Circles, some four times larger than those in previous entries. Some Magic Circles can support a party of 16 characters. New effect spaces have also been added, expanding the variety of amp combinations.

In battle, sub-characters in the Magic Circle act as shields and absorb damage instead of the main character. As long as the sub characters survive, the main character will not take any damage.

New Magic Circles are learned as you level up, and the Magic Circles learned differ based on your class. For example, a wizard will learn Magic Circles, which specialize in using magic, and a Merchant will learn Magic Circles, which allow you to use money.

● Enormous enemies and treasures await in ever-changing Random Dungeons (Ran-geons).

Ran-geon is a 100-level random dungeon separate from the main story dungeons.

Every time you enter Ran-geon, its layout changes. To escape, you need to find either a “door” or an “exit” to the next level.

Each time you go through one of five seemingly random doors, monsters level up and items are randomly changed, as is the item drop rate.

If luck is on your side, you'll end up in a fever state where items drop with each defeated enemy. But if you are unlucky, the monster levels can cross 1000 and make your exit search a nightmare…

Try Ran-geons when you're stuck in the main story and need to level up, or when you want to dig up rare items to power up, or when you want to face a life-or-death challenge.

—Depending on the gate you enter, all enemies can suddenly become stronger, or HP and SP can be fully restored, making this dungeon a fun gamble. If you're not careful, you can be completely wiped out!

In addition, Cladun X3 Offers a new type of Ran-geon called “Map-geons” that can be created via “Magic Map”. Magic Maps can be randomly obtained by clearing the lowest level of Map-geo and can be shared with other players via the network.

● Challenge the Dungeons with your Custom Character

In Cladun X3The main player-controlled character, as well as the sub-characters that make up your party, and the graphics for the characters' weapons and armor are all customizable by the player, allowing you to challenge dungeons with their own characters.

-Players can fully customize their character's appearance using pixel art.

-Use the “draw” tool to create original weapons and armor. With the introduction of flying in this game, you can now also draw wings.

-Your lovingly crafted custom characters will struggle and discover as you play.

-The weapons they use and the magic they learn are up to you.

— You can even recreate your favorite characters in the game.

Customization doesn't end with character creation. Cladun X3 offers an advanced music editor that allows you to create original background music. As pink noise is also supported, you can also create rhythm instruments and sound effects. Tone definition, envelope definition and macros are also supported, allowing you to create a wider range of music.

-The possibilities are endless, such as creating a theme song for your custom character.

● Share Your Custom Characters and Maps with Other Players

With the new “network” feature, you can create a city map that matches your custom characters and share it with other players. Not only can you create your own city graphics on the city map, but you can also play your own background music, place characters, and create a world to your heart's content. After creating your city map, be sure to share it with other players!

By creating and sharing a city map, other players can explore it and purchase the Magic Map you place. By trading Magic Maps with everyone, you can experience a rare dungeon that you've never seen playing the game alone.

—Even players who choose not to create maps can enjoy exploring maps created by other players and collecting Magic Maps in “Auto Mode”.

In the Switch version, touch controls are supported for some features such as the drawing tool and map editing, allowing players to enjoy drawing even without using a controller.

■ Box Art

■ Playable at Tokyo Game Show 2024

A demo Cladun X3 It will be played at Tokyo Game Show 2024 from September 26-29 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. Players will be able to use a variety of weapons and moves to clear the Tokyo Game Show 2024-exclusive Ran-geon, which is full of wild monsters and dangerous traps.

Players will be able to use the following Nippon Ichi Program customized character skins while playing:

  • Disgaea – Laharl, Flonne, Etna
  • Disgaea 2 – Asagi
  • Disgaea 4 – Valvatorez, Desko
  • Disgaea 5 – Killia
  • Disgaea 7 – Fuji, Pirilika
  • Disgaea Series – Prinny (two types), Archer
  • Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure – Cornet
  • Soul Nomad & The World Eaters – Concert
  • Cladun: This is an RPG game – Despina
  • Blue Roses: The Fairy and the Blue-Eyed Warriors – Alicia, Roche
  • The Witch and the Hundred Knights – Metallia, Visco, Nezaria, Hundred Knights
  • Battle prince of Arcadias – Plume, Uni, Larts
  • htoL#NiQ: Diary of a Firefly – Mion
  • Yomavari – Little Girl, Soul
  • Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors – Chloe, Shinoa, Tsukasa
  • A rose in the twilight – Rose
  • The Liar Prince and The Blind Prince – Prince
  • Lapis x Labyrinth – Madam
  • void* tRrLM2(); //Void Terrarium 2 – Toriko, Robot
  • Xicatrice – Shiduru Nagamiya
  • Bar Stella Abyss – Traveler
  • Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero – Marona

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