Wander Stars — PS5

Join Ringo, a young martial artist looking for her brother, and Wolfe, a mysterious scoundrel running from his past, as they join forces in an unlikely partnership to collect the pieces of the fabled Wanderstar Map. Across 10 “episodes” of anime-inspired adventure, Ringo and Wolfe will have to work together to find answers, make up for past mistakes, and travel across the universe in search of their goal. And who knows, maybe they'll learn how to get along at some point!

Trained in the ways of Kiai, a magical form of martial art and also the universe's most exciting form of televised entertainment, Ringo can combine words to create customized attacks in intense turn-based battles. Defeat or befriend a cast of fearsome space pirates, mysterious scoundrels, cute witches, high school delinquents, talking crows, and skilled martial artists on your way to becoming a Kiai master.

USE YOUR WORDS
Create custom attacks by combining words up to the limit of your spirit level. The more spirit you have, the more slots you have to place words into and the more powerful and complex actions you can take.

All words have cool downs and opponents might be weak or strong against specific attacks or specific elements. You won't know which until you engage them in battle so you need to be prepared to improvise.

COLLECT THEM ALL
With over 200 words to collect across the game there is a near infinite number of possible unique attacks to make. As you expand Ringo's vocabulary you'll need to carefully select which words you take into battle, building strategies around your mix of categories, blend of offensive and defensive words, giving yourself options to manage your opponents weaknesses and strengths, consider optimizing the juggling of cool downs and, of course, which attacks sound the coolest.

The result is an accessible, immediately fun but deep combat system.

STEP UP WITH PEP UPS
The core ethos of the Kiai martial art is to fight with honor. Defeating an opponent with honor can turn the most heated of rivals into the fastest of friends! Befriend your rivals to earn their words of encouragement in the form of useful Pep Ups which can be equipped to give you special bonuses in combat.

THE STARS CALL
Travel the universe on a rollercoaster adventure as you seek the pieces of the Wanderstar map, Ringo's lost brother and the answers to Wolfe's mysterious past.

UNLIKELY ALLIES
Along the way you'll build a found family of colorful characters, each with their own thing going on. They might not all get along at first, but that's nothing a thrilling space adventure can't fix! And even with the trail gone cold, take heart, for these wandering stars are bound to find each other...

AN ANIME YOU CAN PLAY
Inspired by anime the developers grew up watching, Wander Stars plays out across 10 “episodes”, each one taking between 60-90 minutes to complete. Each episode features a map to explore with procedurally generated battles, special events and other secrets to find along with the main story events.

Play an episode at a time, or binge the whole thing in one go! You can even replay episodes to find all the side adventures, NPCs, and party member banter you might have missed! Try new paths as you explore ever-changing maps with randomized special events, lurking rivals, and tantalizing treasures. The experience is never quite the same!