After a short break, Shouzou Kaga posted another Vestaria Saga update to his blog, showcasing status screens of 24 characters encountered up to the halfway point of the game.
Note: All images belong to Shouzou Kaga.
Anyone who’s played a Fire Emblem game (which should be most of you) ought to find the stat-heavy screens at least vaguely familiar, despite the possible language barrier.
To begin with, the top-left panel features the unit’s portrait, name, class, Level, Experience and HP. In the example above, we have Zeid, the main character of the first game, who’s fittingly of the “Lord” class.
In the panel below, there’s the unit’s inventory along the left, followed by the weapon types that can be equipped in the corner. Right now, Zeid is packing a Lord Asral, Short Sword, Army Sword and Long Sword.
Slap bang in the middle are the unit stats, from left to right and going down: Strength, Magic, Skill, Speed, Luck, Weapon Level, Defence, Resistance and Movement. Below these are the unit’s skills.
Finally, towards the top of the right panel are the combat stats: Attack, Hit Rate, Critical Rate, Avoid, Range, Attack Speed. Below that is a list of possible support partners.
Now that we’re clear of the basics, let’s take a look at the other 23 characters, shall we?
According to Kaga, the order of the characters does not necessary reflect their joining time. In addition, around 30% of the characters have placeholder portraits (presumably the ones borrowed from TearRing Saga).
Note: Some of the translations–particularly for the more obscure names–might be slightly off.
Format: Name (Class), followed by inventory, supports and comments.
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Nera (Nurse Feria) Lavieen Rose Remote-healing Staff Potion I have no idea what a “Nurse Feria” is, but a horse-back healer with a bow seems pretty cool. |
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Maya (Eagle Rider) Fraulein Presumably “Eagle Rider” is Vestaria Saga’s version of the Pegasus Knight. That’s a lot of weapon types though. |
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Dune (Hunter) Hunter Bow Hand Bow Not much to comment about here, but hopefully we can look forward to more amazing bow-users from Kaga. |
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Jan (Axe Fighter) Woodcutter Axe Magic Elixir Battle Saw Supports Ash Maybe a lumberjack caught up in the war like Bord and Cord? That Strength looks nice. |
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Chaser (Thief) Dagger Astral Knife It appears Thieves are locked to Knives in this game. That Astral Knife sounds very fancy too. |
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Air (Eagle Rider) Short Spear Long Spear Raijin Sword Fraulein Herb Cutlass Why does she have so many items? She’s very high Level as well. Favouritism or part of the story? |
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Haldir (Swordmaster) Great Sword Machina Sword Army Sword Short Sword Scimitar Getting strong Shanan vibes here. If he’s not a beastly unit, I’d be very surprised. |
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Akkord (Sphere Mage) Nashorn Is that a Dark Magic icon in the bottom-left corner? By the way, there hasn’t been a blonde mage girl since… ever. |
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Hoelun (Grass Runner) Lavieen Rose Spear Spear Healing Staff Cutlass Supports Siltin “Grass Runner” was Czene’s promoted class in Berwick Saga. Here it seems like an unpromoted Nurse Feria. |
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Ainelia (Sword Dancer) (No items) An exceptional swordswoman or a Dancer who’s good at sword-fighting? Only time will tell. Those starting stats don’t loot too hot outside of Speed though. |
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Talys (Savant) (No items) Another class locked to Knives. Hmm, that’s a curious set of skills–there’s the same skill three times (or three similar skills). |
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Atolfis (Meleda Princess) Healing Staff Healing Staff Healing Staff Herb Because one Healing Staff isn’t enough. I’d wager she’s Zeid’s love interest. Also, I just noticed she’s one letter away from being a (superior) Leda Princess. |
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Lydia (Sweet Bird) Ripwhip I’m not sure what a “Sweet Bird” is, but I can find out for you… *Cue ripping and whipping noises in the distance* Er… let’s pretend that never happened. |
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Alicia (Sister) Grace Staff Supports Dune, Jan and Ash Someone’s the popular lady. Reminds me of Lena and Safy, i.e. the early-game healer. |
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Ash (Axe Fighter) Hand Axe Supports Jan Aha, so he and Jan must be the Bord and Cord of this game. How does Dune fit into the equation though? |
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Sheila (Hunter) Lavieen Rose Herb Healing Ring Supports Zayed Getting terrible flashbacks of Tania from Thracia 776. Her low Strength doesn’t fill me with confidence either, although a lot of characters seem to share that trait. |
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Zayed (Berserker) Hatchet Battle Axe Morning Star Somebody you probably don’t want to meet along the mountain way. Well, he supports Sheila so he can’t be a bad man. |
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Luvina (Eagle Rider) Short Spear Estoc Light Spear Short Spear Our third Eagle Rider. Hey, we could have an Eagle Rider Triangle Attack! |
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Lilia (Priest) Healing Staff Healing Staff Remote-healing Staff Herb Another healer? Hopefully she has a clever twist like TearRing Saga’s singing Lyria. |
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Siltin (Ranger) Homing Bow Hunter Bow Treasure Knife Holy Bow Amsolim Handsome? Check. Holy weapon? Check. On a horse? Check! Pretty sure this guy is strong or important or both. |
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Giscard (Maracan) Master Bow Master Sword Scratch that, this guy looks pretty fearsome too. Actually, he looks a lot like Lionheart from TearRing Saga. Good thing Kaga is allowed to copy his own games (I think). |
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Elva (Spear Knight) Piluim Spear Herb I’m suddenly reminded that we haven’t seen much of Zeid’s initial entourage; I don’t think Elva’s part of it, but who knows. |
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Caesar (Vesta Mage) Blizzard Fire Supports Zeid Ouch at his HP… Being a “Vesta” Mage in a game called “Vestaria Saga”, I’m sure he can’t be that terrible. Possibly the Merric (he even supports the main character)? |
