Etrian Odyssey V: demo version and pre-loading launching on July 20th in Japan

Etrian Odyssey V: The End of the Long Myth comes out in less than a month in Japan, and today, Atlus announced that the demo version would launch on July 20th. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t specify what this demo includes, but we can assume it will be the same as those for the previous Nintendo 3DS entries (with the beginning sections of the game).

Naturally, players will be able to transfer their save data to the full game. This will allow them to keep not just their progress, but also the characters they created (who will keep their appearance, level, stats, equipment, skills, etc.).

What’s more, Atlus specifies that the game systems will be exactly the same in the demo as in the full game: that includes character creation, as players will have access to all options available in the full game. In other words: it will be like playing the full game, though only up to a certain point.

There will be not be any restrictions regarding the main gameplay systems, but there will be some restrictions nonetheless (the usual demo restrictions):

• in the full version, you can have up to 9 different save data files (with some stored on the SD Card), but in the demo version, you can only have one (on the SD Card);
• you cannot use “Quick Save” in the demo version (you can in the full version);
• due to size limitations for the demo, the quality of the music in the demo will be inferior to that of the full game (you will get FM instead);
• you can only play the demo up to 30 times.

But it’s not just the demo version of Etrian Odyssey V that will launch on July 20th: pre-loading will also be available on the same day. By pre-loading, players will be able to purchase and download the game right away. Then, on launch day, they will only have to download a small update at 12AM JST to unlock the game.

Etrian Odyssey V (3DS) comes out on August 4th in Japan.

Source: Atlus