This week’s Famitsu carries the first report of Mana- Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsu Shitachi Portable, a port of last year PS2 game. The RPG has a unique theme of campus simulation and it’s characters uses alchemy to create items, here are a few screens from game that will be out in Japan this June, one month after the PS2 sequel release.

Source: Famitsu

Just like real school life, the game makes up of semesters and there will be assignments for the student, that’s you and your classmates. If you managed to complete your task with high scores, the free time can be used for exploring.

The game play out very similar to developers Gust’s own Atelier series where players combine items with Alchemy skill, but in Mana-Khemia, you can even combine items with your party members.

For the battle system, besides the turn-based system of typical RPG, Mana-Khemia added elements of strategy by having the attack and support system. If you have more than the default number of characters in your party, you can give some of them supporting role. This supporting characters can be called upon to defend against any enemies’ attacks while the frontline recharge themselves.

Note: Check out Gamernode’s review of the English version, which will come out Mar 31st.

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