Nanoha A's Portable - The Gears of Destiny [PSP Game]

[Hayate22]

Originally Posted by Key Board

U-D's power comes from Examia, which is what Kyrie is after

Examia is a Mugen Renkan Kikkou "Unlimited Linking Mechanism"

Since Nanoha likes it Super Robot flavor, I'm guessing this is a homage to Zeorymer "Jigen Renketsu System" Dimensional Linking System

It's a system that allows the user to generate energy from countless parallel dimensions, theoretically giving the user infinite power.

yes having that as a kind of source of power for rejuvenating a planet will make it easier but still difficult to impliment.

[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by Hayate22

The GoD box is a tad smaller than the Battle of Ace's box due to the fact it is not carry a figma but nendoroids.

It's smaller? Then why the hell did shipping cost so much? >_<

[ZeroIchiNi]

Originally Posted by 00-Raiser

It's smaller? Then why the hell did shipping cost so much? >_<

Is it heavier?

[Hayate22]

Originally Posted by 00-Raiser

It's smaller? Then why the hell did shipping cost so much? >_<

Random price check on all items involved in GOD box.
Nanoha A's Portable Gears of Destiny game by itself is: 4980 yen equals roughly to about $63.17.

Nanoha A's Portable Gears of Destiny GOD BOX is: 12980 yen equals roughly to about $164.66.

Three Nendoroid Petit figures, the three Materials. 2100 yen a figure. So a total of 6300 yen, roughly $80.84.

1 Weiss Schwarz trial card deck. 1239 yen a trial deck, from the prices I found, roughly equals to about $15.39. This one includes the playbook, quick reference guide and standard playmat.

Next three are rough guesses...though guessing otaku-ism in Japan, these prices may work.
1 ANIME shower curtain. Which could range from $30 to $60 because it's anime related.

1 Anime Air Cushion. Yet another item that could range from $15 to $40.

1 Special DVD. This could range from $20 to $50.

2 Promo Weiss Schwarz cards, on the market these could cost alot because of the rare numbers. Price is gonna be skewed as heck.

1 DLC code, if released on PSN could be 800yen, roughly equals $10.26.

Let's add some of this up.

$63.17 for game
$80.84 for the Nendoroid Petits
$15.39 for the Trial Deck
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$159.40, just for those three, that's the value. Add in the other 5 items, and you get probably about $75 to $160 more in stuff. Give or take if my guessing range is correct. So you can say that it would go from either roughly $235 to $320 if cost of the GoD box reflected the actual retail of all the stuff separately.
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Weight for the box itself and how quickly you want it will skew the price for shipping. If you do normal shipping through post office, won't cost as much, but you will have to wait 2 to 3 weeks for it to get to you. But if you do like Express shipping or FedEx or something similiar, the price will skew greatly based on weight and maybe size of box, upside is you can get it like maybe in a week. I did the latter and it's worth the price I had to pay, considering how much stuff is in this GoD box.

[00-Raiser]

Well I went with SAL, which is the lowest option. However Amiami offers both registered and unregistered options and I went with registered so I got a tracking number. I guess the total cost of the item impacts the amount of insurance put on it.

Edit: lol at repper, though since it's being shipped from Japan it would cost the same to send it to the US as it would to send to Canada. Though I guess I'd get screwed more with the exchange rate =/

[Aaron008R]

Alright! I'm back in good form today so I should be able to type out Sequences 6 and 7. If it goes well enough, I'll include Sequence 8. Watch out for it in just an hour or two! >:3

[Akiyoshi]

I'll be waiting in anticipation xD!

Want to know more about Yami-chan and the implications people said about the Lieze Twins doing something important in the next secuence xD

[Aaron008R]

Annndd, FINALLY! Sequence six!

Be sure to grab some snacks, this is gonna be one LARGE infodump chapter!

MGLN A's Portable: THE GEARS OF DESTINY

Sequence 6

Spoiler for Sequence 6:

1. Sequence 6 starts out with a semi-strategy meeting. Chrono will be pursuing U/D or the Materials while the Lieze twins will look for Kyrie. He orders the Aces to take some rest in the Arthra for now.. Amitie is seen in a bed, already in the custody of the TSAB.
   
   
2. For the first match, you use Chrono against Levi. She was the first to be revived because she's the Material of Power, therefore the most suitable one to sortie if a fight breaks out. Chrono approaches her peacefully, asking if the other two Materials are alright. Levi says that the two will take more time to recover, then gets suspicious about Chrono since he's an enemy in the first place. Chrono says he just naturally called out to her since she was floating around aimlessly (Ya pimp...). Levi doesn't want to listen to his explanations and initiates combat. Chrono easily defeats her and explains she's all power with no finesse. He warns her not to push herself since the magic she's expending drains from the mana pool that Stern and Dearche are trying to recover from. Levi complains that he shouldn't have appeared in front of her in the first place. Chrono goes to the point and asks for their help in securing U-D. Levi doesn't want to cooperate with an enemy. Chrono seemingly gives up and just hands over something Fate wanted to give Levi, a soda (blue) , strawberry (red) and grape (purple)-flavored candies. Levi starts hesitating but freezes, saying she can hear the other Material's voices talking.
   
   
3. We see Stern and Dearche in some sort of dimensional subspace. Dearche asks about the rate of their recovery and Stern confirms it's going smoothly. She further says that having Levi revived first is a good decision since her programming is simpler or something. The King is not exactly comfortable of having somebody as unpredictable as her stand guard but decides to let it slide.
   
   
   
4. Stern says that during recovery, she was also able to obtain further data about U-D. That Materials and the Unbreakable Darkness were initially a singular entity that makes up the Tome of the Purple Sky. It's the purple Book Of Darkness-like Tome that Dearche weilds. Stern further elaborates that once they are able to fully reactivate this tome, their link from the Book Of the Night Sky/Darkness will be severed completely, granting them freedom and great power.
   
   
   
5. Levi joins in on the conversation, asking if they are alright. Stern says that they're fine and asks Levi to do something for her. She's going to offer to help Nanoha and the rest to subdue U-D in exchange for negotiation rights about their situation. Dearche is appalled by the idea but our beloved Stern very calmly tells her to, "Please shut up, Dearche." She's just taking the most theoretically reasonable course of action. Dearche asks if Stern really respects her and the latter says that she does, just not to the point where she would confuse logic and admiration for her King. Dearche grumbles but offers no more complaints. Levi is uncomfortable with the prospect of negotiating in behalf of Stern but is encouraged by the Nanoha-lookalike and then shouted at by the Hayate-clone that their fates depended on her. Levi finally agrees.
   
   
   
6. The next match is the Lieze twins vs Kyrie. They find the rebellious cyborg pretty much banged up to the point where continuous operation would be difficult. Kyrie refuses to give in and fights them, but loses easily because of her injuries. The twins seal her Variant Zappers and start the interrogation. Aria reminds her that Amitie is already giving her side of her story in the Arthra anyway, so hiding anything won't do Kyrie any good. Pinkie finally relents and explains their situation in the future.
   
   
   
7. The home planet of the Gears, Eltria. For several years already, the planet has been slowly dying, being unfit for the majority of life forms to exist in.
   
   Since 80 years ago, Eltrians have started migrating off to other planets. Lotte says that if they can evactuate, then it should be fine. But Kyrie says that there are people who loves the planet dearly and won't leave it to die.
   
   One such person is Professor Grants Florian, their father. He has been hard at work all his life in finding ways to revive the dying world. She and Amitie were immortal/ageless machines designed to help stop the planetary deterioration, Gears.
   
   We switch over to the Arthra where Amitie is discussing the same matter with Shamal and Mariel. Amitie explains that Hakase was someone who tended to fail a lot, ending up overdeveloping her and Kyrie's personality systems. Because of that, he decided to raise the two as humans.
   
   Mariel remarks that Hakase is a wonderful person. Amitie agrees wholeheartedly (So do I.). There are several other Gears that were made who didn't have the same developed personalities and appearance as the sisters. They functioned more as automatons who help in maintaining the world. It doesn't look like he'll last long enough to see any desirable results from his research, though. Amitie says that Kyrie was deeply hurt by this fact. Back to Kyrie and the twins. We find out that Hakase found a time machine and was able to repair it to being usable. But he decided that a time machine is something that humanity shouldn't use and sealed it away (Damn, it's incredibly refresing to see an honest to goodness responsible and reasonable scientist of this level). Aria identifies the time machine as a Lost Logia. Lotte asks Kyrie that if they had such overtech in the first place, why not bring the Professor to the future to find ways to save Eltria. Kyrie explains that the timestream will not usually allow that. No human can possibly bear the strain of time travel (Steins;Gate...?). It caused a incredibly high amount of strain for the sisters, who are many, many times more durable than humans to do so.
   
   
8. Amitie continues with the story. Even though she was depressed of Hakase's state, she continued to follow his teachings and his policies of not messing with time. But Kyrie would have none of it, not wanting to see Hakase's life end without any sliver of hope for his goal so she started doing simulations in the time machine. It was not as simple as going back in time and trying to prevent something, since there was no guarantee that the same fate will affect the person they want to save anyway (STEINS;GATE. Seriously.). And most of the simulations showed only system errors. Amitie was almost successful in convincing Kyrie to give up but just then, a single possiblity appeared. The Infinite Linking System, Examia. Kyrie says that Examia only exists in this one timeline and nowhere else. That's why she helped Dearche reactivate U-D, but it didn't go as planned. Kyrie is far from giving up, though. Amitie later confirms that the time machine can only be used one more time to go back to the future. Shamal asks her if she knows Vivio, Einhart and Thoma, but it's a negative. Amitie thinks that it's a side effect of their time travel and promises to do her best to help them get back to their own time.
   
   Finally, the twins asks Kyrie what she plans on doing with Examia. Kyrie says that the chance is extremely slim, but only Examia can give any semblance of hope to Eltria. She's doing it all for Hakase's sake. Lotte convinces Pinkie to let herself get arrested so she can get treated as well. She'll only get scrapped if she resists.
   
   
9. Back to the Arthra with almost everybody in attendance. Chrono discusses that their chances of subduing U-D is almost nil. But with the help from the Materials, they'll have a chance. Stern takes the stage from here, with Nanoha expressing relief that her lookalike is alright. Stern informs them that an anti-U-D program can be made with the Mid and Belkan technologies. The programs will allow them to break the Unbreakable Darkness, but it has to be loaded through a cartridge. Thus, the initial candidates are Nanoha, Fate, Vita and Signum. Two will take to role of attackers while the other two will be backup. The four start arguing who should go and Stern says she'll wait for the decision while she helps in the development of the anti-U-D programs.
   
   
10. Hayate walks off and contacts Chrono. She wants to get involved with securing U-D. Chrono is actually on the same page so he connects the line to the two current Materials. Hayate first asks if King-sama is alright and Stern confirms that she'll need more time to recover with the Tome of the Purple Sky. Hayate remarks that the other Tome has a name as well after all. She pleads with the two Materials for a way to fight U-D. While she and Chrono don't have the cartridge system, they have more than one devices and Hayate has her trump card. Stern relents but can't guarantee their safety. Nanoha calls Chrono to tell him that the selection is already done. Chrono asks the Lieze twins to help with the testing of the new attack programs.
    
    
11. WHEW... Anyways, back to the battles! The next match is Chrono against either Nanoha or Vita. The two apparently decides the attacker through rock-paper-scissors... -_- Nanoha normally sucks at it but gets a lucky break if you pick her, while Vita boasts that she's great at it if you pick her instead.
    
    
12. With Nanoha, she loads the Program Cartridge called something I cannot pronounce and starts the fight. Chrono is beaten within an inch of death. Nanoha apologizes since she can't control it properly yet. Chrono later thinks that Nanoha is a natural in testing out prototypes and experimental systems. With the Blaster System being developed, she might just become invincible in the future.
    
    
13. If you pick Vita, you'll immediately notice that she's very, VERY polite with Chrono. He's the one person that Vita speaks with in formal Japanese. Chrono, being the pimp he is admits he didn't expect Vita to be the attacker but admits that she's a well-balanced fighter with great abilities. Vita says that she's honored and even embarrassed. Then Chrono, being the bastard that he is says that it was Nanoha who said those. Vita takes back her embarrassment. The fight goes pretty much the same way with Nanoha. Vita held back better, though.
    
    
14. The next fight is with the Lieze twins against either Fate or Signum. If you pick Fate, blondie admits that she has always wanted a chance to fight with Chrono's tutors. The two feel awkward about Fate's high expectations but promise to do their best. After the fight, Aria desperately calls off the match since they were getting slaughtered. XD Fate is very happy for the match and thanks the twins. Lotte says she should forget it because Fate will have bigger mountains she'll be able to climb in the future. Fate insists that she'll treasure the memory in her heart and the twins thinks that she's really one good girl. They also think that they're getting way too old to keep up with the youngsters nowadays.
    
    
15. If it's with Signum... AWKWARD would be th perfect way to describe the scene. Signum keeps a poker face and is perfectly professional throughout. Aria manages the same and Lotte just barely since she's not supposed to let sour grapes pop out in the line of duty (HA!). The testing is a success and Signum excuses herself and flies off. The twins decide that either party just didn't know how or what to talk about so it ended up being way too formal.
    
    
16. The final match gives you the choice of using Chrono against the Lieze Twins or the catgirl due vs Hayate.
    
    
17. With Chrono, Lotte teases him that he's learning to become reckless because of his juniors. Chrono insists it's for the best. They all decide that since this is likely the last match they will ever have, they might as well go all out. They beat each other silly and the twins proudly declares that Chrono has already surpassed them. Chrono says that he still has a lot to learn but Aria says that it's his turn to lead his juniors forward. From a later discussion between the twins, we find out they don't have long to live as well (Likely, their contracts as familiars will expire upon Graham's death).
    
    
18. If you pick the 2nd choice, Hayate explains that she really wants to help Yami-chan. U-D was originally within the Tome of the Night Sky. Stern has helped her develop a way of using the anti-U-D system with her multiple devices. She requests the twins to help her do the testing. Lotte admits that she's reluctant because of the several issues between them and the Yagamis. Hayate says that they actually let her pet them in their cat forms when she met with Graham. The twins are still reluctant since they find it very difficult to talk with Hayate. Of course, our little raccoon goes on with business and loads the system, leaving the twins to go, "HAAA?!" in surprise.
    
    
19. After the test, Lotte confirms there is no problem with the program. Aria asks Hayate what she thinks about the Book of Darkness. No matter how much she works, those sins will never disappear. Hayate understands it and admits that the sin of taking all the lives and futures of many will likely never be forgiven. That why she's willing to let the world judge how they should live or die. Hayate admits that if she's told her to die because of the sins of the Book of Darkness, she'd think she'd do so. But if she's told to live her life for saving others, she would do her best, facing the future that way. Lotte complains that Hayate is just another victim, she doesn't have to bear such a burden. Hayate says that the sins of the family must be taken by the family head. Ensuring the happiness of the family is also the family head's duty. That's why she joined the TSAB to use the power of the Night Sky for good. She has decided to use her life for the sake of saving others. She wants to save the people who are alone and in despair. Lotte says coldly that there will be many people who won't be reached by such pretty words in the world of adults. Hayate says that she'll just have to do her best to be a needed and useful existance, studying a lot and becoming a greater person. The twins officially finish the test . As they are flying away, Lotte stops and calls out to Hayate one more time. She admits that she hates her for being such a brat with high ideals. But she also knows that Hayate will become stronger and greater with time. Even if she's hated and rejected by others, she will move forward with her head held high. Aria tells last Mistress of the Night Sky to do her best. Hayate thanks them happily.
    
    
20. This really had me smiling warmly. :3 There were no apologies nor forgiveness given, but an obvious form of reconciliation has been at least reached between the Lieze twins and Hayate. It's even more touching with Lotte, since it must take a lot to admit you have full confidence in the future of a person you dislike. Or maybe she's just tsundere.XD I absolutely LOVE Hayate and the Wolkies' character development in these games!
    
    
21. Preparations for battle. The two you fought for the 3rd and 4th matches will be the main attackers with Hayate and Chrono while the other two will be backup. They head off to battle.

Uwaaa...... That was LOOONNG~!

Anyways, comments and especially discussions will be greatly appreciated by the Ou-sama Dearche. >:3 GET TO WORK, YOU COMMONERS-*SHOT*

The next part won't be as infodumping and more of character development for two characters. So stay tuned!

[Laith]

Nanoha and Fate do kick your asses but that's mostly because Chrono can't keep up with a Buster spam and Fate goes horribly fast and the twins are slow.

Levi contacts Amita at the end of the Sequence.

Too much infodump , my little Japanese knowledge trembled at the words being said.

[Akiyoshi]

LOTS! of info xD!

I'm almost sleep so i'll make a better comment after some hours of good rest xD.

For now i can say that i also really like the developement the Wolkenritter is receiving here, even the cartridge system is playing an improtant role xD! The bad blood between the Lieze Twins and the Yagami-ke was treated ina very plausible way, Seeing Tsuzuki being able to pull off something like this gives me hope for the future of Force(as the Huckebein family have done various things some of the main cast won't let go that easily).

The history of the Florian sisters is also interesting as also the revelation of the "Shuten no Sho". But the most interesting piece of information i managed to identify is the fact that Kyrie mentioned that U-D and Examia only exist in "this" timeline, will this mean that the origin/source of the Book of Darkness can be different in other timelines?

Also the anti-U-D system seems to be some kind of power up because it gives the four upgraded mages a good advantage over usually strong adversaries. I liked Signum's professionalism against the Twins but also the fact that she seemed to be in an arkward situation(probably she wanted to say many things but she knows it's not appropiate for the current situation nor usefull in reaching any kind of resolution), and it makes sense that Graf Eisen and Laevatein can be upgraded with this since it's a system rooted partly in Ancient Belkan technology(it will be cool if somethig like this were used in Force to upgrade the two armed Devices as apparently they're too outdated to receive the 5th Gen upgrade. One can only dream xD).

Apparently the next moment of shine for the amazing Florian sisters is about to come so i'll stay tuned xD!

Go Aaron! xD

[Keroko]

Dammit, I love the PSPverse. Can't they just animate this instead of wasting time and money with those rehash movies?

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by Keroko

Dammit, I love the PSPverse. Can't they just animate this instead of wasting time and money with those rehash movies?

Agreed, oh gods, agreed.

It would have been good too.

[bhl88]

Let's all send a letter to that guy then

[rxrx]

The story of the game is surprisingly good in my opinion as it mange to cover up the loose ends from the anime. One thing that is interetsing is that the Florian Sisters' father might have been a good version of Jail as mentioned before but he is still a little crack. Who would create gears to heal the world in the form of two little girls whom can grow despite being like the numbers?

[Key Board]

It's Book of the Purple Sky, Aaron

紫天の書

It's also Dearche's signature color

Dearche -> Purple Sky
Hayate -> Night Sky
Reinforce Zwei -> Azure Sky

..

maybe is Reinforce Drei will be Dusk Sky, Dawn Sky or Twilight Sky.. xd

..

[Laith]

So hey you know that Levi contacting Amita? It's at the end of sequence 8, not 6.

Laith and Aaron are wrong, news at 10.

[Aaron008R]

Noted that, Laith.

And thanks for the trans, Key Board! Updating the storyboard.


P.S. Sequence 7 should be up within the hour.

[Hayate22]

Originally Posted by Akiyoshi

I liked Signum's professionalism against the Twins but also the fact that she seemed to be in an arkward situation...

One of the Lieze Twins, I think it's Lotte, really hates anything that is related to Yami no Sho cause of all the most recent deaths that it caused, including Chrono's father. And Lotte basically has spats in general with most of the members of the Yagami family, using excuses of either them being possible Dark Pieces or during the tests to fight. What the Lieze Twins were more expecting out of Hayate-chan was hatred rather than the forgiving attitude she's carried afterwards. Lotte doesn't like Hayate-chan's attitude very much cause of that, while Aria is the more understanding of the two but also expected hatred rather than forgiveness. The hatred the two were expected, they believed it would be put on them and Ex-Admiral Graham.

[Sunder the Gold]

Originally Posted by Key Board

U-D's power comes from Examia

So which one is actually the unstoppable engine of destruction?

If she doesn't want to be unstoppable, couldn't she give up Examia and become stoppable? Or less destructive?

[Key Board]

In her own words, "U-D can't exist without Examia"

But Examia has the one with the "Unlimited Linking Mechanism" furigana if you want to be precise

U-D's furigana is "Unbreakable Darkness"

I suppose it's like giving away your heart. You just can do that.

According to Dearche:

Examia and the 4 materials were originally one being.

Think of them as different organs