Makai Kingdom

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Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome

ファントム・キングダム
Developer(s)	Nippon Ichi
Publisher(s)	Nippon Ichi
Designer(s)	Takehito Harada
Platform	PlayStation 2
Genre	Strategy role-playing game
Release Date	Jp March 17,2005
Ratings	CERO:A ESRB:T(13) PEGI:12+
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input	Gamepad

Makai Kingdom, released in Japan as Phantom Kingdom, is a strategic role-playing game released by Nippon Ichi. It follows the trials of Overlord Zetta, the self proclaimed 'Most badass freakin' Overlord in the Entire Cosmos' and his attempts to get his body back and rebuild his Netherworld.

Contents 1 Story 2 Characters 3 Character Classes 4 Gameplay 5 Trivia

[edit] Story

Lord Zetta was known throughout the universe as the strongest overlord. However, one day, when Pram the Oracle told him of a great cataclysm that would befall his Netherworld, Zetta went to a Library that held the Sacred Tome, an ancient book that could foretell the entire history of Zetta's Netherworld.

On the way, he was attacked by a being called Raiden, a powerful greater demon who was ordered by his master to kill Zetta. Zetta assumed that Raiden was the cataclysm that Pram foretold and defeated him in battle.

Afterwords, he continued to the Sacred Tome to see if anything had changed. However, when he looked at the tome, it stated that his stupidity would be the thing to doom his Netherworld. Enraged, he burned the book only to realize afterwords that burning the book will destroy his Netherworld.

He saved himself by trapping his soul in the Tome but lost his body and Netherworld. Now he has to have other Overlords wish for new Netherworlds so he can conquer them and use them to rebuild his own Netherworld and get his body back.

[edit] Characters

• Zetta
• Pram
• King Drake the Third
• Valvoga
• Alexander
• Seedle
• Salome
• Babylon
• Trenia (Non Playable)
• The One/Corn Guy (Non Playable)
• Raiden (Non Playable)
• Asagi
• Marona (Non Playable)
• Castile
• Flonne
• Etna
• Laharl
• Baal (Non Playable)

[edit] Character Classes

• Apple Kid
• Archer
• Berserker
• Bombster
• Carrot Dude
• Chef
• Corn Guy
• Darkstalker
• Death
• Devil 1 (Lesser Demon)
• Devil 2 (Muscle Demon)
• Engineer
• Forsaken One
• Gardener
• Gobbler
• Guardian
• Heaven's Bliss
• Hell Kitty
• Idol
• Iron Golem
• Magician
• Mana Sphere
• Medic
• Merchant
• Mimic
• Officer
• Priest
• Prinny
• Professor
• Pumpkin
• Soldier (Female)
• Soldier (Male)
• Swords Master (Female)
• Swords Master (Male)
• Thief
• Thunder God
• Valkyrie
• Vampire
• Warrior
• Witch

[edit] Gameplay

Makai Kingdom is rather different in terms of gameplay than Disgaea but several things are similar. The control style and graphic style is the same as Phantom Brave, however. In the game, players go to Maps (some of which are randomly generated) and try to defeat all enemies or get enough points to conquer the map by defeating enemies and destroying objects.

Players summon their characters by selecting Zetta on the map, choosing Invite and selecting the desired character. Characters have a circle that shows their movement radius, meaning they can move anywhere in the circle. When a character moves to a spot where they can attack an enemy, selecting attack and choosing a skill will let them do so. What attacks a character can use depends on their equipped weapon.

Players can also Invite Buildings and Vehicles into maps as well. Buildings can store mass amounts of characters while Vehicles can be used be characters to move farther and unleash devastating attacks.

In many cases, parts of the map are hidden from view so players need to reveal these hidden parts (called Extensions) to access the rest of the map. Defeating an enemy with the word "Key" above their head or Inviting a character, Building or Vehicle into the Extension's Area will reveal the Extension. Revealing an extension may also cause a picture to appear on screen. This picture shows something that was unleashed when the extension was revealed (such as lightning which paralyzes all on screen characters or a large group of Vampire Monsters).

[edit] Trivia

• This is the first of many games to feature Asagi as a cameo character.
• This is also the first game to have the Super Battleship Yoshitsuna appear in it.
• All of the Unique Characters (Zetta, Laharl, Alexander, Pram, Etna, etc.) can only be unlocked on a Second Playthrough or higher, making this the only Nippon Ichi game where the player can only use Generic Characters on the first playthrough.