Sword Art Online Lost Song News: North American Release Date Set On Fall 2015 Rumored As Latest SAO Trailer Features New Characters, And Plot Details In The Game [VIDEO]

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Good news gaming fans as new updates for Sword Art Online: Lost Song have been revealed.

AnimeNewsNetwork has reported that Namco Bandai began streaming the latest trailer of Sword Art Online: Lost Song, and the video introduces three new characters within the game.

The website has provided some info on these new characters.

Rain

A mysterious girl who hides her incredible skills behind her lovely expression, and begins to follow Kirito and company for unknown reasons.

Seven

Seven is the leader of a guild called Shamrock, and is in fact a Russian scientist in the real world. She is a researcher specializing in virtual reality, and the website refer to her as the "Light" compared to Akihiko Kayaba.

Sumeragi

He is an active leader of the guild, and serves as Seven's bodyguard. It appears that he maybe a rival of Kirito in the game, as the two cross swords during the trailer.

"Aside from a the new characters, RPGFan News provided a possible of the game's plot details. Here is explanation below.

Having arrived at the floating city of Line, Kirito and the other members of his party encounter a guild by the name of "Shamrock" as they go about clearing a set of new quests that have gone online. As a guild composed of veteran players across myriad races, in the world of Alfheim Online, Shamrock is a guild that people can't help but notice.

Arguably the most conspicuous of Shamrock's members is Professor Sharvin Nanairo, who's in reality a petite girl. Nevertheless, her looks are deceiving. An alumni of MIT, she's appeared in the news a lot in recent times as genius girl wonder scientist and is conducting research on virtual societies formed within networks. Put simply, if Akihiko Kayaba, also known as Heathcliff, is the darkness belying the world of Alfheim Online, then Rainbow Arshavin is its light.

Indeed, it's by meeting her that Kirito and company's next great adventure is put into motion. Who's to say what impact the genius scientist will have on their lives after everything is said and done?"

Sword Art Online: Lost Song will be available for the PlayStation 3 costing 7,120 yen (about US$66), and the PlayStation Vita at 6,170 yen (US$57). A limited edition that includes box art by abec, an original soundtrack CD, a Blu-ray Disc with special content, a mini-clear poster, and a special booklet will retail at 9,980 yen (US$92). The Game is set on March 26, 2015 in Japan, but Cyberland reports that the North America release date for SAO: Lost Song will launch sometime in the Fall this year.

The game was first announced on Tokyo Game Show last year as Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series have already generated two games, which includes Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment and Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment in the PS Vita.

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