When did Heroes Phantasia come out?

Heroes Phantasia was released on 19 January 2012 for PlayStation Portable.

Heroes Phantasia (2012) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Heroes Phantasia

Heroes Phantasia is a game released for the PlayStation Portable, where the player can control a great variety of characters from 10 different anime series of the last 10 years, as well as some original…

19 January 2012

What Heroes Phantasia is

Heroes Phantasia is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Witchcraft Inc. and released in 2012. It was published by Bandai Namco Games. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In a world much like our own, numerous troubling incidents occur all over the planet. People known as Native Alters with strange powers instigate anti-social acts. Monstrous creatures called Orphan are meddling in human society. Equally monstrous beings known as Chiropterans cause a rash of vampire-related murders, and several resurrected historical figures attack the U.S. Library of Congress. In order to counter all of the above, several organizations rise up to fend off these threats and maintain peace and order: Holy, HiME, Red Shield, and the Special Operations Division of the British Library. Meanwhile, the dimensional walls around the world of Adloaz have collapsed, and all kinds of…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Heroes Phantasia launched on 19 January 2012, within three weeks of Crusader Kings II, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, The Darkness II and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

Released around the same time: Crusader Kings II, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, The Darkness II, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

Official trailer