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GUNVOLT RECORDS Cychronicle (GUNVOLT RECORDS
Gameplay[]
Gameplay proceeds on two slides, with notes travelling down each one. There are four note types: Tap Notes (Green), Hold Notes (Blue), Flick Notes (Pink), and Slide Notes (Yellow). Variants of the notes exist: Strike Notes (Red) give a higher score, and Boost Notes (Rainbow) boost score gain for a limited time. There are four difficulties: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Expert. Easy does not have Slide Notes. Additional modifiers can adjust note speed and duration of Hold Notes. The Switch version has the option to play using touchscreen controls. There are 15 tracks in the base game.
The following songs are in the base game:
Lumen:
1. Beyond the Blue
2. Reincarnation
3. Indigo Destiny
4. Memoria of 'He'
5. Ergo Sum
6. Liberator
7. Melodic Wings
Lola:
8. Igniter
9. Luminous Promise
10. Command Prompt
11. Purification
Luxia:
12. Virtue of the Dawn
13. Ardent Eyes
14. Celestial Paean
15. Boundless Myth
Of the songs in the base game, only the ones with 3D music videos have unlockable full versions of playable tracks. Thus, the unlockable full tracks are as follows:
Lumen:
1. Liberator
2. Ergo Sum
Lola:
3. Command Prompt
4. Purification
Luxia:
5. Virtue of the Dawn
6. Ardent Eyes
7. Celestial Paean
DLC[]
Songs will be sold in packs of 4 for $3.99, with plans for 5 packs.[1] The product description for the Japanese Limited Edition refers to these as the first group of DLC.[2]
Song Pack 1 Lumen:
Song Pack 2 Lumen:
Song Pack 3 Lumen:
Song Pack 4 Lola:
Song Pack 5 Lumen:
The following are the song packs sold separately from the physical version of the game:
Song Pack 6 Lumen & Luxia:
Song Pack 7 Lola:
Physical and Limited Editions[]
Basic and limited edition physical versions of the game have been announced for Nintendo Switch and Playstation 5 in Japan, with the basic version being 5,280 yen and the limited edition being 9,980 yen. Both the basic and limited edition contain the first group of 20 DLC songs pre-installed. No English physical version has been announced yet.
The limited edition includes the following items:
- Instrumental album that includes all 35 karaoke songs included in the physical version on a 3-CD set.
- Drama CD featuring a new scenario with Lumen, Lola, and Luxia.
- An acrylic stand featuring the trio.
Various bonuses, some with images on the risque side, are available depending on the Japanese store the limited edition is ordered from.
Development[]
The decision to create Cychronicle was made at some point during development of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2, and this led to Inti Creates CEO Takuya Aizu having the music videos for iX 2 made. Aizu selected Naoya Kiji to direct Cychronicle due to Kiji being a big fan of rhythm games who even plays them during his lunch breaks.[3] The game was developed using the Unity engine.
Footage of the game was first teased at the Morpho Super Live: Luxair Rising concert in Japan on January 8th, 2023. A short public demo with the Ergo Sum music video was made available at the Justdan Game Festival in Taiwan on March 18th. On that same day the website GNN News posted an article about their exclusive interview with Aizu about the project, which was only referred to as "Unpublished Mysterious Work" (「未公開神秘作品」), and uploaded a gameplay video. As of March 18th, the demo was all that had been made so far, the game was considered only 3% complete, and no release date or platforms had been decided on yet.[4] The game was officially announced on September 13th, 2023, and released on February 15th, 2024.
While Cychronicle was initially rated by the ESRB as E for Everyone, approximately a week after release the rating was changed and the game was temporarily removed from the Nintendo Switch eshop.[5] It was restored with a T for Teen rating by March 4th.
Gallery[]
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Song Cover Images[]
Base Game[]
DLC Series 1[]
DLC Series 2[]
Gameplay[]
Store Bonus Illustrations[]
Early Pictures[]
Trailers and Other Footage[]
Trivia[]
- The motorcycle in the WonderGOO bonus illustration strongly resembles the Yamaha Morpho concept motorcycle, referencing the basis of Lumen's Japanese name (Morpho).
- This is the first game in the franchise which is not a platformer.