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New Story DLCs for all 6 Utautai Sisters

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Starting March 6th, separate story DLCs will be released weekly for all six of the sisters.  Firstly, One and Two’s DLC content will be available at the same time with the others following thereafter weekly.  Each story will focus more deeply on each of the sisters and their relationship with their respective Apostle.

Here’s the line up:

  • One & Two’s DLCs:  March 6th
  • Three’s DLC: March 13
  • Four’s DLC: March 20
  • Five’s DLC: March 27
  • Zero’s DLC: April 3rd

Each DLC is 600 yen. From April, however, all sales taxes will be raised, so the price will then be 617 yen.  These extra story DLCs are only accessible after you have completed Branch A and have downloaded and installed the newest patch of the game.

 

One Vs. One (Brother)

Looks like there will be a scene in which the two twins fight within the Capital Tower.  Hmm…

 

Gabriella Fights along side the Twins

There’s a scene in which Gabriella will aid the twins in battle.

 

Memories of the Past

As you play and level up the sisters, it will unlock further “memories” of their past by which to further develop their character.

 

Utautai Mode

Each sister will of course have the ability to use their Utautai Mode in battle.

 

One and Gabriella

There will be a scene or two in One’s story in which you can ride on the back of her dragon companion, Gabriella.  At least in this point in time, she resembles a normal dragon rather than her chaotic form which Zero had to battle.  She also seems to have one heck of an attitude! “Shut up, porky.  I’m tired of you.”

 

Zero and Michael

Zero’s story will involve her past along with Michael as her dragon companion.

 

Gimme da Gold!!

It will be much easier to obtain a ton more gold in the new stages compared to the regular run through the game.  Be on the look out for those Gold soldiers that drop money when you attack them!!

 

Weapons of the Utautai

Each of the sisters will come with their own unique weapons that can be levelled up to unlock its Weapon Story.

 

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Zero & Mikhail will appear in the new version of the arcade card battle game “Lord of Vermilion III Ark-cell” from March 27th (tentative).  Zero’s card illustration is by DOD3 character designer Fujisaka Kimihiko and Mikhail is illustrated by Takagi Masafumi.

Sources: Famitsu Issue No. 1317 and at Dengeki Online.
Scans made and edited by: Rekka Alexiel at drakengard-3.com.

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Next round of DLCs to hit Japan, starting next week!

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Starting with One, all of the sisters (including Zero) will have their extra DLC stories and battles released, starting next week Thursday, March 6th!!  Each sister’s DLC will be released separately every week for 600 yen.

It sounds as though each sister will also have a corresponding Weapon Story, too. Comparatively, as you level each sister up, it will unlock bits of their memory to better flesh-out their character and personality for the player. Hopefully this way, we can learn much more about them!!

Source: http://blog.livedoor.jp/od3/archives/52060778.html

Follow-up by Gematsu: 
http://gematsu.com/2014/02/drakengard-3-story-dlc-hits-japan-next-week

Typographical Connection Between YoRHa & Accord

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Could there be a connection between YoRHa—the group who performed the vocal tracks for all the boss battles and whose characters seem to be androids from the distant future—and Accord?

I’m still pretty skeptical that there is any intentional connection between them, but this is a thought that made me gasp a little bit today. There have been many kanji quiz shows on TV in Japan, and some are puzzles in which you take the parts of the kanji and rearrange them to create a new word or phrase. I was looking at the stylized writing that was used to create YoRHa’s name… and it’s a bit different from normal Katakana. Maybe it’s simply to look “cool” or to be “different”… or what if it could mean something else…? What if it could be rearranged like on the quiz shows to form a new word…? What if this could be subtilely connecting YoRHa and Accord?

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First of all, the number of line strokes for both “YoRHa” and “Accord” is 7, which you can see in the Pieces section in the photo above.  Each stroke is viewed separately.

Then I moved strokes around, flipped them, rotated them, and skewed the shape of them to create these names.  I like how the first letter in the first two styles looks like a scythe. Can you imagine Accord putting down her huge suitcase and picking up a scythe!?  xD

So, what do you think?  Funky connection?  Mere coincidence?  I don’t know if I quite believe anything more because of this, but I have to admit it was an interesting thing to spot.  ;P

Soon to Come! Utahime Sisters’ Story DLC!

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According to Dengeki PlayStation Vol. 560, which was just published today (February 13th), we have learned that story DLCs involving all of the Utahime Sisters will soon be released.

Although he couldn’t reveal much at this time, in a brief interview with Producer Shiba Takamasa, we have learned that we will be able to play as each of the Utahime Sisters in a new story chapter for each of them.

He was asked if they would have another NicoNico Live Broadcast featuring this news, and he responded lively saying that he would like to do it again if the fans would be interested in watching, but only after the new DLC contents have been released.

So, hopefully these new DLCs will further develop the Utahime Sisters and give them a little more depth that the initial run through the game lacked.

EDIT:  Here’s the translation of the short interview with Shiba Takamasa.

DLCs are all set! The world of DOD3 is about to get much larger!

Dengeki: Previously in a live broadcast on NicoNico, you talked about future DLCs that would eventually become available. Could you tell us anything more about this?

Shiba: Yes. I came here simply to talk about this…although I can’t talk about the details just yet. I believe I also touched briefly on this in a previous broadcast on NicoNico, but we’re about ready to release some new Story DLCs. We’ll make an official announcement about this in a few days, so please hang in there until then. In any case, we’d like to add onto the game with these contents without making you wait too long to play with them. As far as what these contents will entail, you will be able to play as each of the Utautai sisters as they play the main role in a new story. These stories will fit into the beginning portion of the game, like a prequel. Please look forward to it!

Dengeki: Wow, that does sound pretty awesome!! Then, will you put on another NicoNico live broadcast before this release?

Shiba: I knew you would bring this up. There are a lot of factors–and courage–involved with doing a broadcast after a game’s release…… But if it’s for the gamers, I’ll try my best! In the end, I hope to announce more information about these extra contents soon! To all the fans, I really appreciate your support!

Dengeki: Thank you very much!

Translation by Rekka Alexiel.

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