Report on 'ARCS Summer Party 2024”, an event for 'PSO2 NGS ver.2” in which Sumire Morohoshi, who plays Aina, and Yume Miyamoto, who plays Manon, also appeared.

The offline event “ARCS Summer Party 2024” of the online RPG “PSO2 New Genesis ver.2” (PC / PS4 / Switch *hereinafter referred to as NGS) developed and operated by Sega will be held on August 24, 2024. °Held at TOKYO TOWER.

The MC was Yui Hasegawa, who is active as a voice actor and stage actor. Guests Popona

This event included an official special competition for the new NGS content "Line Strike" and a stage event featuring guests such as Sumire Morohoshi, who plays Aina, and Yume Miyamoto, who plays Manon. It's a thing.

, the official VTuber of "NGS" and official VTuber of Sega, narrator Masao Guni
, and "NGS" series director Daiki Hamazaki also appeared on stage.
Approximately 130 players who were selected through pre-application were invited to the event.

Line Strike is a city defense card game where players play against each other using cards based on characters from Phantasy Star Online 2 (PSO2) and NGS. It was just implemented as in-game content for "NGS" in July of this year, and this is the first official tournament.

In the tournament, qualifying rounds were held at noon on the same day, and the final match between the two winners was held on a special stage.

Preliminaries will be held at RED°ARENA in ULTIMATE ZONE (5th floor) in RED°TOKYO TOWER

When the stage event began, MC Yui Hasegawa and official VTuber Popona started talking. Popona participated in the preliminaries of the line strike tournament, but ended up losing three games in a row, saying, ``I didn't work hard enough.''

Real Line Strike cards were distributed as novelty items to participants in the tournament. Very high quality with a matte texture

For the finals, Masao Guni and Daiki Hamasaki, who were in charge of commentary and commentary during the preliminary rounds, appeared on stage. Masao Gun, who has become a familiar face at events for ``PSO2'' and ``NGS,'' was also active as a player in the previously released ``Phantasy Star Online 2 Trading Card Game.''
Of course, it looked like he was also playing a line strike, and the commentary was very thorough and easy to understand.



It was Muntaso. and Dolls player Ishii who made it through the tough battles in the qualifying round. The final match was a BO1 format in which the winner was decided in one match, and the rule was to ``use the deck created before the semi-finals as is.''

Before the match, both decks were revealed and a brief introduction and explanation was given. muntaso.'s deck is a fire-type deck centered on the fiery Huey, which has a very high ATK, and is a classic deck that uses power to win. On the other hand, Dolls Ishii's deck is a composite deck that emphasizes control, using the ice ``Io'' and ``Kuna'' that lower the enemy's ATK, and the wind ``Luther'' that switches the enemy's position.
Mr. Hamasaki also expressed his anticipation, saying, ``I can't hide my excitement'' as a polarizing deck made it to the finals.

Muntaso. (right), Dolls Ishii (left)

muntaso. player's deck (left) and Dolls player Ishii's deck (right)

In the final match, muntaso. players were evenly damaging the bases from the beginning. However, when Muntaso. tried to move his opponent's card with "Catadran", Dolls player Ishii guessed it.
On the contrary, Dolls player Ishii succeeded in stopping that movement and gained an advantageous position on the center and left lines. Not to be outdone, muntaso. focused on the center line, but Dolls player Ishii, who had also read this, rewritten summoned the wind's "Seraphy" to "Katori" and moved from the left line to the center line. While maintaining a 46-43 advantage on the center line, they succeeded in destroying the base on the left.
The central base was also destroyed and Dolls Ishii won, becoming the winner of the tournament.

Dolls players Ishii and Muntaso. were presented with certificates by Mr. Hamasaki

After the excitement of the high-level battles in the official tournament, a talk show was held with the appearance of voice actors Sumire Morohoshi and Yume Miyamoto.

At first, Hasegawa-san and Popona-san had prepared questions and had them answer them, and the talk centered around Aina and Manon's voices and what happened during the dubbing.
Mr. Miyamoto belongs to the same agency as Mr. Morohoshi and has known them since childhood, so he said, ``I'm very happy to be able to play a role with a close relationship like Aina and Manon.'' True to his words, the talk show proceeded in a cheerful atmosphere that clearly conveyed the close friendship between the two.


What followed was the ``NGS Special Reading Drama'' performed by Hasegawa-san, Popona-san, Morohoshi-san, and Miyamoto-san. This is a script created by Fudechin-sensei, the author of the official web manga "Sentraluru!", and four people will voice the video on the spot with original illustrations. It was.
The story was about four people battling in line strike, but Popona's character was ``while confidently boasting that she was going to win, she lost to Aina, who was using a beginner's deck.'' There was a story about losing 3 times in a row in the preliminaries that were held beforehand, which caused laughter from the arcs in the audience.


After the reading drama, the "Line Strike Special Exhibition Match", which was not scheduled, will begin! In this match, Moroboshi-san and Miyamoto-san will fight using line strikes. Each deck used contained new cards that had not yet been implemented, making it a match that Line Strike players should keep an eye on in many ways.
The match ended with Miyamoto-san winning two games in a row... However, at Mr. Morohoshi's request, we will enter the "third game". Mr. Moroboshi won the third match and managed to make it happen.

Some information on the new card has also been released

On stage, plans for NGS' first ``long-term live game program'' were also announced. The broadcast date and time is scheduled to be from 20:00 on September 13th to 8:00 on September 14th, and it will be broadcast continuously for 12 hours. For details, please check the announcement that will be released at a later date.


Additionally, a keyword has been released that allows you to receive 100 "Card Scratch Supplementary Tickets" in the game. If you collect 100 of this item, you can draw one line strike card scratch.
The keyword is "ARCS Summer Party 2024" (all full-width characters), which can be obtained by saying it in the in-game chat. The deadline is until the start of regular maintenance on September 18th, so don't forget.

Additionally, there is an archive of the broadcast of this event, so if you are interested in the content, please watch it.

At the end of the event, there were greetings from the performers, who expressed their gratitude to the ARCS who gathered at the venue and the broadcast

After the event ended, I was able to sit down with series director Mr. Hamasaki for an interview. I've been asked a few questions, so I'll post them here.

――What are your thoughts after the offline event?

Mr. Daiki Hamasaki (hereinafter referred to as Mr. Hamasaki):
It's been a while since we've held an offline event, but we're relieved that all the players enjoyed it. I would like to utilize this experience in my future content and services.

――It was a fairly early event, one month after Line Strike was implemented. Was it planned before implementation?

Mr. Hamasaki:
Since Line Strike was completely new content, we were planning in advance to see if we could hold an event to let everyone know how fun it was.

――This was an offline event that required applications, but were there many applications?

Mr. Hamasaki:
Thankfully, we received a large number of applications. I would have liked to have held it in a larger space, but if there were a large number of participants, there would be issues with preparing the playing environment and preparation time, so I think the scale was just right for the first Line Strike event.

――The line strike tournament was a great success, but are you thinking about holding it regularly?

Mr. Hamasaki:
I can't give you a clear answer, but I would like to create opportunities like this.

――Are there any plans to hold offline events in the future?

Mr. Hamasaki:
Up until now, we have held large-scale events at large venues, but we would like to adjust the scale of events like this one and hold events where people can enjoy the content together through streaming.

――When will information on new cards be released?

Mr. Hamasaki:
We plan to reveal card skills and other information at "NGS Headline" on September 3rd. For more details, please watch the broadcast on the day.

The venue was decorated with collaboration visual posters and real Line Strike cards.

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