28-07-2006, 05:20 PM
<strong>Who Needs Universe... When You've Got Blue Burst!</strong> <img src="/images/BlueBurst.jpg" alt="BlueBurst" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - July 28 2006 - 12:20 PM ]</font>
<P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="Flippin' Japanese!" hspace=0 src="/uploads/psobb_us_art.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic Team of Japan have got <EM>Blue Burst</EM>ing goodness coming outta their ears, showing everyone out there in the land of the rising sun that it's not going to be completely dominated by <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> when it's released over there in just 34 days! <STRONG>Yes, that's 34 days!</STRONG> Updated with their official Japanese <EM>PSO: BB </EM>website recently includes both a '2nd Symbol Chat Competition' and '<EM>PSO</EM> Illustration Competition' to celebrate <EM>PSO: BB</EM>'s 2nd Thanksgiving!</FONT></P><P align=left><A href="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/pso_illustration_olympics_1.png"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 176px; HEIGHT: 136px" height=194 alt="Your Piccie Here!" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/pso_illustration_olympics_1.png" width=248 align=right border=1></FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The illustration contest i can tell you, means that 3 fine artists that win the prize of 'Excellent Work' and 2 runners-up that win the prize of 'Not Quite as Excellent Work' will get their artwork up on display in the <EM>Blue Burst</EM> lobbies just as Sonic Team did with <EM>Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution</EM> on the Nintendo Gamecube in the <EM>PSO </EM>Illustration Olympics! (See right, click to enlarge!). There's also 17 other prizes up for grabs in that competition alone.</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SEGA of Japan are also really pushing their 'SEGA Net Cafe' campaign whereby players can waltz into participating internet cafe's and play games all days, <EM>Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst</EM> being one of them. A special 'Net Cafe' quest is now available for players entitled 'Gallons Plan':</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Gallons Plan</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode I</FONT></EM></DIV></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=2 src="/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_01.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_02.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Someone's got some good's for Gallon, but they've been trapped in the forest! Go and clear the route in thr forest and claim the goods, and them drop them back off to Gallon himself, and retrieve a 'Photon Ticket'!</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_03.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_04.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_05.jpg" align=right border=1>When you've finished the quest, and had a word with Gallon, speak with this chap (Right) who should seem fairly familiar, and he'll hand you that all important 'Photon Ticket'! When Server Maintenance has finished on 1st August 2006, use the ticket to claim one of 2 prizes, one of which is ALL NEW!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_06.gif" align=left border=1>Of course, those of you who are quite hardcore in news, will remember the quest first made it's appearance as a 'SEGA Net Cafe' <EM>PSO: BB</EM> quest back in April of this year, when only the treasure was available as a prize, but now, as this image shows, you can either pick up the treasure, or the oversized novelty lollipop! Wooooooooo!</FONT></P><br><br><br><br><br><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In non-competition related news, here's what Sonic Team have posted up to appear on the Japanese edition of <EM>Blue Burst</EM> in the coming months:</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Maximum Attack 4</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode I, II</EM> &<EM> IV Expansion Pack</EM></FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 - 4 Player</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available until 22nd August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bottom of the Indigo</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode II</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available until 29th August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Gallons Plan</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode I</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available for a Limited Time</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Resting At the Beach</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode II</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 - 4 Player</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available between 1st & 29th August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rare Item Drop</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rare Drop Table Adjustments</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Item Addition!</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available Late August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 190px; HEIGHT: 202px" alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_07.gif" align=right border=0>TBA Annihilation Quest</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode IV</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 Player</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available Late August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Vagrancy Merchants</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Table Adjustments</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Item Addition!</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available Mid-September</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Autumn Lobby Decorations</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available 19th September - 3rd October</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">TBA Special Event Quest</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode IV</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available Late September</FONT></DIV></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">There's certainly a LOT coming for Japanese <EM>Blue Burst</EM>ers, especially with <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> just over a month away! A couple of new items, new quests... there's definately reasons to stay with <EM>BB </EM>while you're exploring the new <EM>Universe</EM>!</FONT></P>
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - July 28 2006 - 12:20 PM ]</font>
<P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="Flippin' Japanese!" hspace=0 src="/uploads/psobb_us_art.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic Team of Japan have got <EM>Blue Burst</EM>ing goodness coming outta their ears, showing everyone out there in the land of the rising sun that it's not going to be completely dominated by <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> when it's released over there in just 34 days! <STRONG>Yes, that's 34 days!</STRONG> Updated with their official Japanese <EM>PSO: BB </EM>website recently includes both a '2nd Symbol Chat Competition' and '<EM>PSO</EM> Illustration Competition' to celebrate <EM>PSO: BB</EM>'s 2nd Thanksgiving!</FONT></P><P align=left><A href="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/pso_illustration_olympics_1.png"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 176px; HEIGHT: 136px" height=194 alt="Your Piccie Here!" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/pso_illustration_olympics_1.png" width=248 align=right border=1></FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The illustration contest i can tell you, means that 3 fine artists that win the prize of 'Excellent Work' and 2 runners-up that win the prize of 'Not Quite as Excellent Work' will get their artwork up on display in the <EM>Blue Burst</EM> lobbies just as Sonic Team did with <EM>Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution</EM> on the Nintendo Gamecube in the <EM>PSO </EM>Illustration Olympics! (See right, click to enlarge!). There's also 17 other prizes up for grabs in that competition alone.</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SEGA of Japan are also really pushing their 'SEGA Net Cafe' campaign whereby players can waltz into participating internet cafe's and play games all days, <EM>Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst</EM> being one of them. A special 'Net Cafe' quest is now available for players entitled 'Gallons Plan':</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Gallons Plan</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode I</FONT></EM></DIV></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=2 src="/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_01.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_02.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Someone's got some good's for Gallon, but they've been trapped in the forest! Go and clear the route in thr forest and claim the goods, and them drop them back off to Gallon himself, and retrieve a 'Photon Ticket'!</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_03.jpg" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_04.jpg" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_05.jpg" align=right border=1>When you've finished the quest, and had a word with Gallon, speak with this chap (Right) who should seem fairly familiar, and he'll hand you that all important 'Photon Ticket'! When Server Maintenance has finished on 1st August 2006, use the ticket to claim one of 2 prizes, one of which is ALL NEW!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_06.gif" align=left border=1>Of course, those of you who are quite hardcore in news, will remember the quest first made it's appearance as a 'SEGA Net Cafe' <EM>PSO: BB</EM> quest back in April of this year, when only the treasure was available as a prize, but now, as this image shows, you can either pick up the treasure, or the oversized novelty lollipop! Wooooooooo!</FONT></P><br><br><br><br><br><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In non-competition related news, here's what Sonic Team have posted up to appear on the Japanese edition of <EM>Blue Burst</EM> in the coming months:</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Maximum Attack 4</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Episode I, II</EM> &<EM> IV Expansion Pack</EM></FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 - 4 Player</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available until 22nd August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bottom of the Indigo</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode II</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available until 29th August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Gallons Plan</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode I</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available for a Limited Time</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Resting At the Beach</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode II</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 - 4 Player</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available between 1st & 29th August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rare Item Drop</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rare Drop Table Adjustments</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Item Addition!</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available Late August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 190px; HEIGHT: 202px" alt="" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/28_07_06_07.gif" align=right border=0>TBA Annihilation Quest</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode IV</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 Player</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available Late August</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Vagrancy Merchants</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Table Adjustments</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">New Item Addition!</FONT></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available Mid-September</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Autumn Lobby Decorations</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available 19th September - 3rd October</FONT></DIV></LI></UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">TBA Special Event Quest</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode IV</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available Late September</FONT></DIV></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">There's certainly a LOT coming for Japanese <EM>Blue Burst</EM>ers, especially with <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> just over a month away! A couple of new items, new quests... there's definately reasons to stay with <EM>BB </EM>while you're exploring the new <EM>Universe</EM>!</FONT></P>