Sword Art Online Re Hollow Fragment Gathering of Chattering Spirits

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Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (ソードアート・オンライン －ホロウ・フラグメント－ , Sōdoāto Onrain -Horō Furagumento- ^? ) is a Role-Playing Game (RPG) developed by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) equally the second game adaption on console for the series. Information technology is set in an alternative Sword Art Online storyline, but similar Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment.

The game was released on April 24, 2014 in Nippon.^[4] An English language version of the game was released in North America on Baronial xix, 2014^[5] and to Europe and Australia on August xx, 2014^[6], exclusively on the PlayStation Store for PS Vita ^{[† 2]} .

The game is rated "C" based on the CERO rating in Nihon, ^{[† 3] [7]}. Its rating in Europe, however, is PEGI-12 ^{[† iv] [viii]}.

The game has sold approximately 450,000 copies worldwide^[9], including 70,000 downloads in North America, making it the number ane Vita download in that region for 2014^[10]. It retained this position on the North American Vita PSN sales chart for 2015^[11]. Information technology was the tenth-acknowledged Vita download on the European union PlayStation Store for 2014^[12], and the fifth-best-selling Vita download in that same region for 2015^[13].

A port of the game, Re: Hollow Fragment , was released for the PlayStation four (PS4) on July 28, 2015 in North America^[two], on August 4, 2015 in Europe^[three], and on November 19, 2015 in Japan^[14]. The game is too playable on Playstation v through backwards compatibility, just does not characteristic a PS5 optimization patch.

Contents

• 1 Story Introduction
• 2 Characters
• 3 Setting
  • 3.1 Aincrad
  • 3.2 Hollow Area
• 4 System
  • 4.1 Gameplay
  • 4.2 Bosses
  • 4.3 Original Sword Skill
    • four.3.1 Unlock Requirement
  • 4.4 Content Inheritance
    • 4.4.i Infinity Moment
  • four.five Update
• 5 Plot
  • five.1 Side Stories
    • 5.ane.1 Meeting Sachi
  • 5.2 Ending
    • v.2.i Philia's ending
    • 5.2.2 Strea's catastrophe
• vi Trophy List
  • half-dozen.i Gallery
• 7 Media
  • seven.1 Soundtrack
  • vii.2 Preview
• 8 Adaption Notes
• 9 Errors
• 10 Notes
• eleven External links
• 12 References
• thirteen Navigation

Story Introduction [ ]

Hollow Fragment is divided into two parts. The first is the "floor clearing" chapter, which is basically a remastered version of the previous game, Infinity Moment. The 2nd is a new "Hollow Area" affiliate that allows multiplayer and adds new items, mobs, and story content, including scenes and quests, which involve the «Laughing Coffin» guild and a new orange player character, Philia.

The Floor Clearing office's story would mostly exist same as the story of the previous game, with the exception of Sinon, Leafa and Strea actualization in the game early during the process of the clearing of the 76^th Floor, the advent of Yuuki after clearing this part of story for the showtime time, and some new scenes for characters that are only in this game, only non the prior one.

Characters [ ]

• Kirito (Kirigaya Kazuto)
• Asuna (Yuuki Asuna)
• Yui - In-Game Daughter of Kirito and Asuna (MHCP-001)
• Silica (Ayano Keiko)
• Leafa (Kirigaya Suguha)
• Lisbeth (Shinozaki Rika)
• Sinon (Asada Shino)
• Strea - Mental Health Counseling Program Trial Product 002 (MHCP-002)
• Philia (Takemiya Kotone) - New character. Pin character of the Hollow Area arc.
• PoH - Laughing Coffin leader
• Klein (Tsuboi Ryoutarou) - Leader of the WWFM society
• Agil (Andrew Gilbert Mills) - Has a shop on the 76^th Floor's main settlement, Arc Sophia
• Alberich (Sugou Nobuyuki)
• Heathcliff (Kayaba Akihiko)
• Sachi - Cannot be brought outside of the Hollow Area due to her Hollow Data identity. Unlock requirements detailed farther below.
• Argo
• Kibaou - Unlocked afterwards completing his optional event line, which starts upon interacting with him in a specific garden in the Bay Expanse. Cannot be brought outside of the Hollow Area due to his Hollow Data identity.
• Yuuki (Konno Yuuki) - Will only appear after winning in the optional event fight directly later defeating Heathcliff at Floor 100. The prompt triggering the event fight is unlocked by defeating Hollow Kirito. The issue fight is a Half-Loss duel, pregnant that the outcome is decided upon either side losing over fifty% of their Hit Points.
• More than 100 other characters that tin can be interacted with.^[15]

Setting [ ]

Aincrad [ ]

Main commodity: Aincrad

The Aincrad portion of the game is imported from the game's prequel, Infinity Moment, with several Hollow Fragment-specific changes. Information technology encompasses the gameverse-original versions of Floors 76-100 of the floating castle, which had non been reached by the players in the principal Sword Art Online universe. Each Floor contains a main town and a Labyrinth.

Hollow Area [ ]

Main article: Hollow Area

Total view of the Hollow Area.

The Hollow Area is a Hollow Fragment-original location. It had been used by Sword Art Online developers and the Central System to run tests on new elements, such every bit enemies and items, before introducing them to the game proper. The Hollow Surface area contains 6 primary regions.

Arrangement [ ]

Gameplay [ ]

For various Sword Skills in the game, run into Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment/Sword Skills

Hollow Fragment'southward gameplay organization is like to the Infinity Moment's gameplay system. However, a burst gauge, which allows continuous attacks as long as the player has enough flare-up energy left, was added to its boxing system. There is also a hazard meter adjacent to it, which increases whenever enemies target or assail the histrion, or whenever the histrion attacks them. The college the gamble, the longer it will take for the role player'southward burst gauge to be replenished. Risk tin can exist lowered past pressing the burst attack button at the right moment, dodging at the right moment or switching. Besides, the arrangement allows each actor to create their ain non-histrion character to battle alongside with, equally well as linking upwardly with a maximum of 4 other players who are playing the game on the PlayStation Vita to play the game simultaneously, allowing players to class their own raid teams. An added region called the «Hollow Area» was designated for such multiplayer gameplay.

As for the game'southward battle organization, while it is defaulted to the automatic assail organisation in previous game, players can too switch to a manual assail organisation upon their want. ^{[commendation needed]}

Bosses [ ]

Hollow Expanse Bosses

• Introduction : Hollow Dull Reaper
• ane^st Area - Sea of Copse Area : The Shadow Phantasm
• 2^nd Area - Floating Stone Area : Zordiath the Bract Dragon
• 3^rd Area - Bay Area : Detonator the Kobold Lord
• 4^thursday Area - Void Area (Interim boss) : PoH
• 4^th Area - Void Expanse : The Hollowreaper
• 5^thursday Area - Outer World Area : Amedister The Queen
• Final Area - Command Area : Occuldion the Eclipse
• Final Dominate : «Hollow» Kirito

Others

• All Infinity Moment Bosses

Original Sword Skill [ ]

An Original Sword Skill System is included in this game, but information technology completely differs from the Original Sword Skill system that appeared in ALfheim Online in the original series. The system in Hollow Fragment is more similar to Kirito's Outside System Skill, «Skill Connect». Subsequently unlocking the system, all Sword Skills the player uses will display a special purple calorie-free flash on Kirito'due south avatar that marks the fourth dimension during which Skill Connect is possible. If any boosted Sword Skills are inputted outside of the Skill Connect timing, any connect windows that take yet to occur volition be cancelled and no more than imperial flashes volition appear for the duration of the Sword Skill'south animation.

Unlock Requirement [ ]

Players need to commencement complete a task, called «Implementation of OSS that links multiple Sword Skills» (ソードスキル多重連携OSS仕様の実装 , Sōdo Sukiru Tajū Renkei OSS Shiyō no Jissō ^? ), in the "Implement Chemical element" system that researches the possibility of implementing multiple attacks with Sword Skills. The mission can be completed by using Sword Skills 1,000 times during Hollow Missions, in order to allow players to create and tape their own Sword Skills in the Authoritative region. There are also sub-tasks that could be completed to increase the maximum number of sequent Sword Skills possible from 2 to twelve, or reduce the SP cost of each linked Sword Skill by upwards to 30%.^[xvi]

Content Inheritance [ ]

Infinity Moment [ ]

• The player's skill proficiency and skill points: a sure value of proficiency points can be carried over. The proficiency portion of skill points can be inherited.
• The player's graphic symbol's skill combination (learn/palette): volition be reset, just some skill points would be given.
• The player's character's equipment and holding: only those equipped volition be transferred.
• Other players' AI info: inherited directly
• Heroines' AI info: inherited directly
• Gallery: inherited straight
• Remains Heart: the possessed portion volition be inherited (max. nine)
• Bonus obtained from clearance of the previous game: if a user transfers from a cleared game save, an accessory called Infinity Moment will exist given.^[17]

Update [ ]

After the game was launched, updates have been released every calendar week in terms of free DLCs that provide actress costumes/weapons and similar items, with details listed on the official site in Japanese.

A free major update, named every bit Shining Successor (皇輝の継承者 , Shining Successor ^? ) (v. 1.05), has been released by July 10, 2014 for the Japanese version. The update includes the introduction of the Grand Quest and Esoteric Skills that it unlocks, the ability to partner with Argo and date with Sachi, the introduction of new volcano and snowy mountain areas, too as the garden area and harder bosses, the availability of legendary weapons, and a level cap heighten to level 250. The update volition besides include usability and game balance adjustments, increase of treasure, hollow missions, and the payback of doing missions. Furthermore, more 120 new pieces of equipment will be released, more information will be provided by Argo, some areas will exist expanded, the OSS system will be improved, the power to show the difference of daytime/night volition be available, the addition of CG scenes, the improver of warp point for some floors in the Subconscious Surface area of the Hollow Area, and then on. These would add ~30 hours playtime to the game. The update would exist available for the Asian version by July or August, and the Western version as a free DLC starting September 23^[18].

Plot [ ]

The game opened with Kirito coming together Philia in the Hollow Area and engaging her in boxing. The battle was interrupted by the appearance of the Hollow Deadening Reaper. The ii players decided to halt their conflict in order to defeat the boss together.

Side Stories [ ]

This department includes side stories that are new to the game and non institute in the previous game, Infinity Moment. Meet the story for Infinity Moment for the plot that is common between the two games.

Meeting Sachi [ ]

In the Hollow Area, Kirito encountered a hollow clone of Sachi. Later Kirito met her at the location several times, Sachi told Kirito that she must fight and thus Kirito and Sachi grouped upward. Then, according to Sachi'southward educational activity, they went to a location within the Dandy Void which looked very like to the place where Sachi died. Despite feeling very afraid, as Kirito held her mitt to calm her downwards, Sachi notwithstanding decided to carry on. If the histrion clears the designated monsters, Sachi will ask Kirito if she had fought well and claim that she was no longer afraid. She and then shared her gratitude, which the real Sachi was unable to share with Kirito when she was alive, and hope that Kirito could live on without being hindered by the trauma. Later these events, the player can partner with Sachi at that place inside Hollow Surface area.

Catastrophe [ ]

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Just similar its predecessor Infinity Moment, Hollow Fragment features multiple endings for the flooring-clearing office. In addition to the original endings from Infinity Moment, the game likewise features an actress catastrophe for Philia if her side story is completed. Additionally, when the role player finishes the flooring-immigration story in Hollow Fragment for the first time, they are able to appoint in a duel against Yuuki afterward the 100^th Floor Dominate fight on subsequent playthroughs. The game also adds an ending for Strea in the Re:Hollow Fragment port, provided the player has completed a special quest in the Hollow Area.

Philia's ending [ ]

After Heathcliff's defeat, Kirito and Philia discussed the challenges they might encounter by returning to the real world, somewhen arriving to the conclusion that they could handle any of them after everything they had experienced in Sword Art Online. Upon being thanked past Kirito for her contributions to immigration the game, Philia in turn expressed her gratitude to him for teaching her to trust others, too as for giving her the forcefulness and courage to stand by his side. Before being logged out, the two of them shared their real life names, promising to notice each other in the existent world.

Afterward their return to reality, Kazuto visited Kotone in her home. While drinking tea, Kotone reminisced about the tree they had raised together in SAO, which she considered a symbol of the forgiveness Kazuto had shown her, as well as a symbol of her own feelings for him. Subsequently thanking him again for saving her, she kissed him on the cheek as a sign of her gratitude and their closeness to each other.

Strea'south ending [ ]

After Heathcliff'southward defeat, Strea approached Kirito and Yui to bid them farewell, since she could not accompany them to the real world. As the three of them began crying over the prospect of leaving her behind, Strea's body suddenly started glowing, which prompted her to check her status window. To her surprise, she discovered a new option to convert herself into an object like Yui. Overjoyed at the possibility of beingness reunited with her friends again someday, she urged Kirito to take her with him out of the game.

Sometime after their return to reality, Strea joined Kirito, Asuna, and Yui in playing ALfheim Online. Having dispatched some monsters, she engaged in a good-natured squabble with Yui over being reckless in battle. After apologizing to each other, the pair continued their adventure with Kirito and Asuna in Alfheim.

Trophy Listing [ ]

Main article: Sword Fine art Online: Hollow Fragment/Trophy List

Gallery [ ]

See: Sword Fine art Online: Hollow Fragment/Epitome Gallery

Media [ ]

Soundtrack [ ]

A Sword Art Online -Hollow Fragment- Soundtrack is bundled with the game's limited edition.

Preview [ ]

Adaption Notes [ ]

Compared to Infinity Moment:

• In Infinity Moment, Leafa and Sinon appeared after the clearance of the 76^th Flooring boss, and Strea appeared afterwards the 79^th Floor was reached, in this game Leafa, Sinon and Strea appeared soon after the clearing group reached the 76^th Floor, before there was whatsoever progress on further clearing. Their appearance take also been simplified.
• Strea'south changes happened afterward on Hollow Fragment compared to original Infinity Moment.
• The floor clearing role also include some new CG and/or plot for Philia, Sachi, Argo, PoH and Yuuki (afterward the stop of starting time clearance and for re-clearance after) that is non found in Infinity Moment
• Add-on of the Hollow Surface area region.
• Improver of Philia'due south ending.

Compared to the original SAO serial:

• The duel betwixt Heathcliff and Kirito, after the 75^th Floor boss fight, was altered.
• Hollow Fragment began in Dec 2024, while, in original series, the game was cleared in early November 2024.
• Kayaba Akihiko committed suicide roughly at the fourth dimension when the 75th Floor was cleared, instead of when the whole game was cleared.
• The ALfheim Online incident did not have place in this game and thus the game did lead to negative consequences on the VRMMO game industry.
• In the game, Asuna returned to the real globe at the aforementioned fourth dimension as the others and thus there was no i calendar month agreement made by Keiko (Silica) and Rika (Lisbeth).
• The management of RECT, as well as RECT Progress, were not inverse, aside from those who supported Sugou Nobuyuki being dismissed from the visitor.
• No publication of The Seed was observed and thus Gun Gale Online and Projection Alicization might not take the base to kickoff on.
• In Yui'south ending, Kirito and Asuna were invited by Heathcliff to join ALfheim Online, with their SAO man-look avatars and their items from SAO conserved. Additionally, Yui was also restored in the form of a fairy in the game.
• Pina was transferred into Silica's NerveGear storage in Silica'due south catastrophe.
• Kirito knew Yuuki if the player successfully beat Yuuki.
• The party held after SAO game was cleared also included Shino and Kotone (Philia) (when the Hollow Area role is cleared) in it.
• While information technology was not clearly stated, Shino's farther schooling would most likely exist afflicted.

Errors [ ]

• In the Due north American release, the game's events offset on December 2021, as opposed to 2024 when «The Skull Reaper» was actually defeated.
• The North American/European release, as well as the English subtitled version of Asian release, of the game features numerous spelling and grammar bug that while the North American edition corrected some of them, there are notwithstanding considerable amount of these result exists in the North American/European edition.

Notes [ ]

External links [ ]

• Japanese Official site
• English language (EU) Official site
• Weekly News update (Sword Fine art Today) (Non the SAO: IM version) (Japanese)

References [ ]

1. ↑ , "Sword Art Online: Lost Vocal is adult past Artdink - Gematsu", Gematsu
2. ↑ ^{2.0 ii.1} USA PlayStation Store ^{[Clarification needed]}
3. ↑ ^{3.0 three.1} Eu PlayStation Store ^{[Clarification needed]}
4. ↑ Hollow Fragment's official homepage
5. ↑ http://www.siliconera.com/2014/07/02/tales-hearts-r-sword-art-online-hollow-fragment-dated-america/ ^{[Description needed]}
6. ↑ Bandai Namco EU announcing the release of Hollow Fragment
7. ↑ http://fair.bngames.cyberspace/2014gogoshop/top.html
8. ↑ http://swordartonline-game.com
9. ↑ Dengeki Online interview with Kawai Yasukazu, via Gematsu
10. ↑ http://blog.u.s.a..playstation.com/2015/01/16/playstation-store-the-top-sellers-of-2014/
11. ↑ http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/01/20/playstation-stores-peak-downloads-of-2015/
12. ↑ http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015/01/sixteen/games-downloaded-playstation-shop-2014/
13. ↑ http://weblog.european union.playstation.com/2016/01/20/playstation-store-charts-for-december-and-full-twelvemonth-2015/
14. ↑ JP PlayStation Store ^{[Clarification needed]}
15. ↑ http://sao-hf.bngames.net/chara/others.php
16. ↑ A Japanese SAO HF wiki that describes the implement element
17. ↑ 【ソードアート・トゥデイ】前作『インフィニティ・モーメント』からのデータ引き継ぎ内容が判明＆キリトを取り巻くキャラクターを紹介
18. ↑ http://www.siliconera.com/2014/08/12/sword-art-online-hollow-fragment-get-dlc-costumes-launch/

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