Summon Night (series)

is a series of RPGs developed by Flight-Plan, published by Banpresto and with character design by Izuka Takeshi history, spanning many different systems including the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance. A popular series in Japan, the series has never officially been brought to the United States until the release of "Summon Night: Swordcraft Story" for the GBA on July 26 2006, much like another Banpresto series—"Super Robot Wars". Its popularity in Japan has also spawned novels, drama CDs and an anime.

The World

All of the "Summon Night" games takes place in Lyndbaum, a world similar to medieval Europe with the inclusion of modern factories and railroads, placing "Summon Nights" in a steampunk setting. Lyndbaum is surrounded by four other worlds: Loreilal, the land where mechanical creatures hail from; Silturn, the land of Onis; Sapureth, where angels and demons come from; and Maetropa. where half-humans, magical beasts, fairies and other mythical creatures hail. Besides those four there are also countless other worlds, including our world (the "real" world) where the main characters of the first game are transported from.

Certain boundaries separate the worlds from each other, making the various summoning techniques the only way to transport things between them.

Games

The games from the main series are all strategy RPGs. They take place on the same world and in the same continuity, but the stories don't have much connection.

*"Summon Night" (January 6 2000)
Released for the PlayStation/remade for Nintendo DS.

*"Summon Night 2" (August 2 2001)
Released for the PlayStation/remade for Nintendo DS.

*"Summon Night 3" (August 7 2003)
Released for the PlayStation 2.

*"Summon Night 4" (November 30 2006)
Released for the Playstation 2.

The following games are action-RPGs in the style of Ys or Seiken Densetsu.

*"" (August 4 2005)
Released for the PlayStation 2.

*"" (August 30 2007; USA: July 3 2008)
Released for the Nintendo DS, translated and published by Atlus in the USA as "Summon Night: Twin Age".

The following three games are action-RPGs with battles in the style of the Tales series.

*"" (Japan: April 25 2003; USA: July 26 2006)
Released for the Game Boy Advance, translated and published by Atlus in the USA.

*"" (Japan: August 20 2004; USA: October 17 2006)
Released for the Game Boy Advance; also translated and published by Atlus.

*"" (August 12 2005)
Released for the Game Boy Advance.

External links

* [http://www.summonnight.net Summon Night Series Official Site] (Japanese)
* [http://www.flight-plan.jp/ Flight-Plan Official Site] (Japanese)
* [http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/summonnight/summonnight.htm Hardcore Gaming 101 - Summon Night]
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