Level Up - Bravely Second: End Layer Comes Next Month

Nintendo Australia has announced that Bravely Second: End Layer, the follow up to the critically accalimed Bravely Default is set to launch in Australia on February 27th.

The story begins when the evil Kaiser Oblivion abducts Agnès Oblige, the heroine of Bravely Default, and her bodyguard Yew Geneolgia pledges to rescue her from the kaiser’s Skyhold, an impregnable fortress floating high over Eternia. Along the way, Yew will need to team up with Magnolia Arch and other new faces, plus a few returning heroes like Edea Lee and Tiz Arrior, to survive foreboding dungeons and conquer fearsome enemies.

Bravely Default’s innovative Brave and Default tactical battle system returns with even deeper layers of strategy. As before, players must balance risk and reward in turn-based battles: characters can make multiple moves in one turn, but this leaves them unable to move in subsequent turns. One new feature in Bravely Second lets players put their skill and their nerve to the ultimate test: after winning a battle in a single turn, brave warriors can immediately start another, more difficult encounter for the chance to earn increasing rewards. Chaining these battles together is a swift way to level up characters and jobs, but defeat means losing everything earned during those battles, so discretion should always be the better part of valour.

 

To conquer these tougher battles and devastatingly powerful enemies, players will need to make good use of the 30 character classes, known as jobs, to equip their characters with the skills necessary to survive. As characters gain job experience by battling, they learn new skills and abilities, giving players totally new tactical possibilities. For example, the new Patissier enfeebles foes with delicious desserts, while the Catmancer uses a deep understanding of felines to increase the team’s abilities and find useful items.

Those who intend to pick up the game, will also have the option of getting the Deluxe Collector's Edition, which comes packed with a soundtrack, Agnes mini figurine and an artbook which consists of 250 pages of goodness. It is important to note though, that the Agnes figure is not an amiibo. 

Those who are unsure about getting the game will be able to download a demo for it on the eShop from February 12 that acts as a prelude to the adventure. Anyone who does get the demo will earn rewards that can be unlocked in the full version of the game as well.