Jeanne d’Arc PSP game storyline info and trailer

Joan of ArcA stratey-RPG offering from the makers of Dark Cloud. Jeanne d’ Arc takes place in a fictitious world inspired by Jeanne d’ Arc, known more commonly in English as Joan of Arc.

The game’s background story begins far in the past, during a long war where dark gods attempted to use their demon armies to enter the human world but were stopped by five heroes. The story jumps forward to the 15th century AD as France and England battle during the 100 Years’ War. You play as Jeanne as a 17 year old girl. When Jeanne is attacked by a demon at a festival, voices encourage her to defeat the monster and take up the legacy and eblem of the five heroes. Together with friends Lian and Roger, she takes up the cause to lead France towards victory against attacking demons and the English army.

Battles take place on a grid-style field, alternating between player and enemy turns. So far this is traditional for strategy RPGs, but here Jeanne d’Arc adds novel ideas. When one unit attacks another, the blow can overflow and extra energy lands in the spaces near the target. Anyone that stands in these spaces, called “Burning Sites,” gains attack power, whether they are friend or foe. Also, when allied units are gathered close enough together, blue circles appear around them, indicating that their defense power has increased because they can work together to defend blows.

Take a look at the trailer below that shows both anime cut-scenes and gameplay footage…


Jeanne d’Arc is one of the most anticipated PSP games due out for release in Japan on November 22nd, 2006. Sony’s American publishing arm has not committed to bringing the game over yet, but due to its pedigree development team at Level 5 and the amount of polish they are giving the game, expect it to arrive either from that company or another publisher possibly in 2007.