It's been ten years since the mysterious explosion of the Central Dome, and a legendary hero named Nef has emerged with a brand new VR simulation. He needs you to test it and tutor two of his top pupils, Break and Orland, along the way, as well. Will you be able to help these two learn this magnificent technology and perhaps teach them greater lessons in the process?
On April 6th 2004, Sonic Team added a new quest to the Nintendo Gamecube Phantasy Star Online servers for players of both Phantasy Star Online, Episodes I & II, aswell as Phantasy Star Online, Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution. It’s the same quest, and it’s unique because it includes storylines of both games.
The quest goes by the English name of ‘Blue Star Memories’ (‘Memory of the Star’ in Japan). This quest is playable only for one human player, and is only playable on online copies of Phantasy Star Online, Episodes I & II. However on completion, you are allowed access to the Episode III lobbies to download a secret quest! You’ll find it in the VR section at the Hunters Guild Counter!
This Virtual Reality simulation is broken into 4 stages. Rush, Labyrinth, Darkness, and Crimson. When you first start the quest you’ll be taken to the Temple Beta stage where your mission if you choose to accept it, is to take care of Break and Orland while killing through monsters to get to the various stage entries. Across each stage you’ll be taken to familiar VR levels from Episode II, otherwise known as the Alpha/Beta Temple & Spaceship levels. Each stage will be automatically timed from the moment you start, and when finished, you’ll be ranked according to number of monsters slayed, as well as the completion time. However, the 4th stage, crimson becomes unlocked when you’ve completed the other 3, and takes you to fight Barba Ray.
When you’ve fought Barba to the death, the VR simulation suddenly undergoes several program errors and starts to deteriorate. Its your job to escape before the VR suddenly shuts down and you’ve lost Break forever! This can only lead to one thing, which is of course, the final fighting of Episode II, with the Gol Dragon. If you clear the quest, you’ll be taken to the servers of Phantasy Star Online, Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution, and allowed to download a special Episode III quest titled ‘Future Bullet’, a quest that no doubt plays on from the story in between Episodes II and III.
Quest Description: C.A.R.D. technology is still being tested in secret. Relmitos would like to test this new technology using the virtual data of Break and Orland.
You’ll also be treated to a credits-like story that tells of the entire changeover between Episode II, and the invention of C.A.R.D. Technology.
All is revealed about the true ending of Episode II within…
Also, a Guide has been created for this Quest.
Click Here to see the Guide
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In order to play this quest you will need to own and play online the Nintendo Gamecube version of either ‘Phantasy Star Online, Episodes I & II’ or ‘Phantasy Star Online, Episodes I & II Plus’. To play/download the completion quest, you will need to own and play online the Nintendo Gamecube version of ‘Phantasy Star Online, Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution’.
