NIS America announced today that Phantom Brave, the PlayStation 2-exclusive, award-winning strategy RPG, has shipped to North American retailers. Coming from Nippon Ichi Software (La Pucelle: Tactics, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness), the game casts players as Marona, a 13-year-old orphan who is able to speak with phantoms. Although shunned by others for her special ability, Marona keeps a positive attitude, and with that, begins a journey with her guardian, Ash the Phantom, to resolve disputes throughout the world of Ivoire.



Features of Phantom Brave include:

[list][li]No battle map grids. Free-roaming battle system allows you to place your characters anywhere on the battle map.[/li]

[li]Create your custom characters from over 400 different skills and magical spells.[/li]

[li]20 heart-warming episodes for over 100 hours of game play.[/li]

[li]Unlimited variation of dungeon maps to satisfy even the most hardcore gamers.[/li][/list]Phantom Brave is in stores now carrying an ESRB rating of "T" for "Teen." Educate yourself a bit on the premise before picking up the game by checking out the official site.