Phantom Brave

Phantom Brave is a strategy RPG which takes place in the world of Ivoire. Ivoire consists of vast seas and numerous islands; it used to be a peaceful place, but an ancient (and powerful) force is now…

87 22 January 2004

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Tactical

Phantom Brave is an adventure developed by Nippon Ichi Software, released 22 January 2004 on PlayStation Portable, Wii, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Phantom Brave is

Phantom Brave is an adventure game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 2004. It was published by Koei. It is available on PlayStation Portable, Wii, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Phantom Brave is a strategy RPG which takes place in the world of Ivoire. Ivoire consists of vast seas and numerous islands; it used to be a peaceful place, but an ancient (and powerful) force is now threatening life in the various lands. The character you control in the game is Marona, a 13 year old orphaned girl. Marona has the ability to communicate with phantoms, an ability that brings a lot of resentment from other people but will help her to head out into the world and solve the problems that are occurring. A phantom known as Ash acts as Marona's guardian; as the game progresses, other phantoms will join your party, each of which have different capabilities. The game features a turn…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Disgaea series

Phantom Brave is the second of 27 entries we hold in the Disgaea series. It arrived 12 months after Disgaea: Hour of Darkness. The next entry was Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories in 2006. Its critic score of 87 is 9 points above the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Disgaea: Hour of Darkness at 90.

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How it was received

Phantom Brave holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Phantom Brave launched on 22 January 2004, within three weeks of Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen and Pokémon LeafGreen Version. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Pokémon LeafGreen Version.

Cheats and codes

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