Atlus released the first details today behind Etrian Odyssey 3, latest in their series of portable dungeon RPGs and the first new game under that title in nearly two years. The game's due out March 4 in Japan at a price of 6279 yen; no US release has been announced yet. The core staff behind the other Etrian games -- director Shigeo Komori, character designer Yuji Himukai, and music composer Yuzo Koshiro -- is all contributing to the project.
Judging by the first look Atlus presented in this week's issue of Famitsu magazine, the watchword for Etrian 3 is "ocean." The game's set in Armolode, an ancient seaside city which suffered a massive earthquake that leveled downtown and replaced it with a vast labyrinth. People venture into this maze in search of fortune and valuable technology to savage, and now you're getting a chance to join them.
You can expect the usual Etrian-style RPG gameplay here, of course, with one screen showing a 3D view of the Wizardry-style dungeon and the other showing an overhead map that you create and annotate yourself with the touch pen.
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