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Sword Fine art Online: Hollow Fragment (ソードアート・オンライン －ホロウ・フラグメント－ , Sōdoāto Onrain -Horō Furagumento- ^? ) is a Role-Playing Game (RPG) developed by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) as the 2nd game adaption on console for the serial. It is set in an alternative Sword Art Online storyline, just like Sword Fine art Online: Infinity Moment.

The game was released on April 24, 2014 in Japan.^[iv] An English version of the game was released in North America on August 19, 2014^[5] and to Europe and Commonwealth of australia on Baronial 20, 2014^[6], exclusively on the PlayStation Shop for PS Vita ^{[† 2]} .

The game is rated "C" based on the CERO rating in Japan, ^{[† 3] [vii]}. Its rating in Europe, all the same, is PEGI-12 ^{[† 4] [eight]}.

The game has sold approximately 450,000 copies worldwide^[9], including seventy,000 downloads in North America, making it the number 1 Vita download in that region for 2014^[x]. It retained this position on the North American Vita PSN sales chart for 2015^[11]. It was the tenth-acknowledged Vita download on the European union PlayStation Store for 2014^[12], and the fifth-acknowledged Vita download in that same region for 2015^[thirteen].

A port of the game, Re: Hollow Fragment , was released for the PlayStation 4 (PS4) on July 28, 2015 in North America^[ii], on August 4, 2015 in Europe^[3], and on November 19, 2015 in Nihon^[14]. The game is likewise playable on Playstation 5 through backwards compatibility, but does not feature a PS5 optimization patch.

Contents

• 1 Story Introduction
• 2 Characters
• 3 Setting
  • iii.1 Aincrad
  • 3.ii Hollow Area
• 4 Organisation
  • iv.ane Gameplay
  • 4.ii Bosses
  • four.3 Original Sword Skill
    • 4.3.i Unlock Requirement
  • iv.4 Content Inheritance
    • four.four.1 Infinity Moment
  • 4.5 Update
• 5 Plot
  • 5.1 Side Stories
    • 5.ane.1 Meeting Sachi
  • 5.2 Ending
    • 5.two.1 Philia's ending
    • 5.2.2 Strea's ending
• half dozen Bays List
  • half-dozen.ane Gallery
• 7 Media
  • vii.1 Soundtrack
  • 7.2 Preview
• eight Adaption Notes
• 9 Errors
• 10 Notes
• 11 External links
• 12 References
• 13 Navigation

Story Introduction [ ]

Hollow Fragment is divided into ii parts. The start is the "flooring immigration" chapter, which is basically a remastered version of the previous game, Infinity Moment. The second is a new "Hollow Expanse" chapter that allows multiplayer and adds new items, mobs, and story content, including scenes and quests, which involve the «Laughing Bury» lodge and a new orange player character, Philia.

The Floor Clearing part'south story would mostly exist same equally the story of the previous game, with the exception of Sinon, Leafa and Strea appearing in the game early during the process of the clearing of the 76^thursday Flooring, the appearance of Yuuki afterwards clearing this part of story for the offset time, and some new scenes for characters that are only in this game, only non the prior one.

Characters [ ]

• Kirito (Kirigaya Kazuto)
• Asuna (Yuuki Asuna)
• Yui - In-Game Daughter of Kirito and Asuna (MHCP-001)
• Silica (Ayano Keiko)
• Leafa (Kirigaya Suguha)
• Lisbeth (Shinozaki Rika)
• Sinon (Asada Shino)
• Strea - Mental Health Counseling Plan Trial Product 002 (MHCP-002)
• Philia (Takemiya Kotone) - New character. Pin character of the Hollow Area arc.
• PoH - Laughing Coffin leader
• Klein (Tsuboi Ryoutarou) - Leader of the WWFM order
• Agil (Andrew Gilbert Mills) - Has a store on the 76^th Floor's main settlement, Arc Sophia
• Alberich (Sugou Nobuyuki)
• Heathcliff (Kayaba Akihiko)
• Sachi - Cannot be brought outside of the Hollow Area due to her Hollow Information identity. Unlock requirements detailed further below.
• Argo
• Kibaou - Unlocked subsequently completing his optional event line, which starts upon interacting with him in a specific garden in the Bay Area. Cannot be brought outside of the Hollow Area due to his Hollow Data identity.
• Yuuki (Konno Yuuki) - Will only appear after winning in the optional effect fight straight after defeating Heathcliff at Floor 100. The prompt triggering the event fight is unlocked past defeating Hollow Kirito. The event fight is a Half-Loss duel, meaning that the outcome is decided upon either side losing over 50% of their Striking Points.
• More than 100 other characters that can be interacted with.^[fifteen]

Setting [ ]

Aincrad [ ]

Main article: Aincrad

The Aincrad portion of the game is imported from the game'due south prequel, Infinity Moment, with several Hollow Fragment-specific changes. It encompasses the gameverse-original versions of Floors 76-100 of the floating castle, which had not been reached by the players in the main Sword Art Online universe. Each Floor contains a principal town and a Labyrinth.

Hollow Area [ ]

Primary article: Hollow Area

Full view of the Hollow Area.

The Hollow Area is a Hollow Fragment-original location. It had been used by Sword Art Online developers and the Cardinal System to run tests on new elements, such as enemies and items, before introducing them to the game proper. The Hollow Area contains vi primary regions.

System [ ]

Gameplay [ ]

For various Sword Skills in the game, run into Sword Fine art Online: Hollow Fragment/Sword Skills

Hollow Fragment'due south gameplay organization is similar to the Infinity Moment's gameplay organisation. All the same, a burst gauge, which allows continuous attacks as long as the player has plenty burst energy left, was added to its battle system. There is as well a risk meter adjacent to it, which increases whenever enemies target or assail the player, or whenever the player attacks them. The college the chance, the longer information technology will take for the role player's burst gauge to be replenished. Gamble can be lowered by pressing the burst attack push button at the right moment, dodging at the right moment or switching. Also, the organisation allows each role player to create their own non-player character to boxing aslope with, as well as linking up with a maximum of iv other players who are playing the game on the PlayStation Vita to play the game simultaneously, assuasive players to form their own raid teams. An added region chosen the «Hollow Expanse» was designated for such multiplayer gameplay.

As for the game'due south battle organization, while it is defaulted to the automated attack system in previous game, players can also switch to a manual set on system upon their want. ^{[citation needed]}

Bosses [ ]

Hollow Surface area Bosses

• Introduction : Hollow Deadening Reaper
• i^st Area - Body of water of Trees Expanse : The Shadow Phantasm
• 2^nd Surface area - Floating Rock Area : Zordiath the Blade Dragon
• three^rd Area - Bay Area : Detonator the Kobold Lord
• 4^th Area - Void Surface area (Acting dominate) : PoH
• 4^th Area - Void Surface area : The Hollowreaper
• 5^th Expanse - Outer Earth Area : Amedister The Queen
• Final Expanse - Control Area : Occuldion the Eclipse
• Terminal Boss : «Hollow» Kirito

Others

• All Infinity Moment Bosses

Original Sword Skill [ ]

An Original Sword Skill Arrangement is included in this game, but it completely differs from the Original Sword Skill system that appeared in ALfheim Online in the original series. The system in Hollow Fragment is more than similar to Kirito'due south Outside System Skill, «Skill Connect». Afterward unlocking the arrangement, all Sword Skills the thespian uses will display a special purple light wink on Kirito's avatar that marks the time during which Skill Connect is possible. If any additional Sword Skills are inputted exterior of the Skill Connect timing, whatsoever connect windows that take yet to occur will be cancelled and no more purple flashes will appear for the elapsing of the Sword Skill'southward blitheness.

Unlock Requirement [ ]

Players demand to commencement complete a task, called «Implementation of OSS that links multiple Sword Skills» (ソードスキル多重連携OSS仕様の実装 , Sōdo Sukiru Tajū Renkei OSS Shiyō no Jissō ^? ), in the "Implement Element" system that researches the possibility of implementing multiple attacks with Sword Skills. The mission can be completed past using Sword Skills 1,000 times during Hollow Missions, in social club to allow players to create and record their own Sword Skills in the Administrative region. At that place are also sub-tasks that could exist completed to increase the maximum number of consecutive Sword Skills possible from two to twelve, or reduce the SP cost of each linked Sword Skill by upward to 30%.^[16]

Content Inheritance [ ]

Infinity Moment [ ]

• The player'south skill proficiency and skill points: a certain value of proficiency points can be carried over. The proficiency portion of skill points tin be inherited.
• The role player'due south character'due south skill combination (learn/palette): will be reset, but some skill points would be given.
• The player's grapheme's equipment and belongings: only those equipped will exist transferred.
• Other players' AI info: inherited straight
• Heroines' AI info: inherited directly
• Gallery: inherited directly
• Remains Heart: the possessed portion will be inherited (max. nine)
• Bonus obtained from clearance of the previous game: if a user transfers from a cleared game save, an accessory called Infinity Moment will be given.^[17]

Update [ ]

After the game was launched, updates have been released every calendar week in terms of gratuitous DLCs that provide extra costumes/weapons and like items, with details listed on the official site in Japanese.

A free major update, named every bit Shining Successor (皇輝の継承者 , Shining Successor ^? ) (v. 1.05), has been released by July 10, 2014 for the Japanese version. The update includes the introduction of the Grand Quest and Esoteric Skills that information technology unlocks, the ability to partner with Argo and date with Sachi, the introduction of new volcano and snowy mountain areas, also as the garden area and harder bosses, the availability of legendary weapons, and a level cap heighten to level 250. The update will also include usability and game balance adjustments, increase of treasure, hollow missions, and the payback of doing missions. Furthermore, more than 120 new pieces of equipment volition be released, more than information volition be provided by Argo, some areas will be expanded, the OSS arrangement will be improved, the ability to show the difference of daytime/nighttime will be available, the addition of CG scenes, the add-on of warp point for some floors in the Hidden Area of the Hollow Surface area, and so on. These would add ~30 hours playtime to the game. The update would be available for the Asian version past July or August, and the Western version as a free DLC starting September 23^[18].

Plot [ ]

The game opened with Kirito meeting Philia in the Hollow Area and engaging her in battle. The battle was interrupted by the appearance of the Hollow Deadening Reaper. The ii players decided to halt their conflict in order to defeat the boss together.

Side Stories [ ]

This section includes side stories that are new to the game and not found in the previous game, Infinity Moment. See the story for Infinity Moment for the plot that is common betwixt the ii games.

Meeting Sachi [ ]

In the Hollow Area, Kirito encountered a hollow clone of Sachi. After Kirito met her at the location several times, Sachi told Kirito that she must fight and thus Kirito and Sachi grouped upwards. Then, according to Sachi's instruction, they went to a location within the Nifty Void which looked very similar to the place where Sachi died. Despite feeling very agape, as Kirito held her hand to at-home her down, Sachi still decided to carry on. If the player clears the designated monsters, Sachi will ask Kirito if she had fought well and merits that she was no longer afraid. She then shared her gratitude, which the existent Sachi was unable to share with Kirito when she was live, and hope that Kirito could live on without beingness hindered by the trauma. Afterward these events, the player can partner with Sachi in that location within Hollow Area.

Ending [ ]

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Merely like its predecessor Infinity Moment, Hollow Fragment features multiple endings for the floor-clearing part. In add-on to the original endings from Infinity Moment, the game likewise features an extra ending for Philia if her side story is completed. Additionally, when the actor finishes the flooring-clearing story in Hollow Fragment for the first time, they are able to engage in a duel against Yuuki after the 100^th Floor Boss fight on subsequent playthroughs. The game besides adds an ending for Strea in the Re:Hollow Fragment port, provided the player has completed a special quest in the Hollow Area.

Philia's ending [ ]

Subsequently Heathcliff's defeat, Kirito and Philia discussed the challenges they might run into past returning to the real world, somewhen arriving to the decision that they could handle whatever of them later on everything they had experienced in Sword Art Online. Upon beingness thanked by Kirito for her contributions to clearing the game, Philia in turn expressed her gratitude to him for teaching her to trust others, as well equally for giving her the strength and backbone to stand past his side. Before existence logged out, the two of them shared their existent life names, promising to find each other in the real globe.

After their return to reality, Kazuto visited Kotone in her home. While drinking tea, Kotone reminisced about the tree they had raised together in SAO, which she considered a symbol of the forgiveness Kazuto had shown her, besides every bit a symbol of her own feelings for him. After thanking him again for saving her, she kissed him on the cheek as a sign of her gratitude and their closeness to each other.

Strea's ending [ ]

After Heathcliff's defeat, Strea approached Kirito and Yui to bid them goodbye, since she could non accompany them to the real globe. Equally the three of them began crying over the prospect of leaving her behind, Strea'south body suddenly started glowing, which prompted her to bank check her status window. To her surprise, she discovered a new option to catechumen herself into an object like Yui. Charmed at the possibility of being reunited with her friends once more someday, she urged Kirito to take her with him out of the game.

Sometime after their return to reality, Strea joined Kirito, Asuna, and Yui in playing ALfheim Online. Having dispatched some monsters, she engaged in a good-natured squabble with Yui over being reckless in battle. Later apologizing to each other, the pair continued their take chances with Kirito and Asuna in Alfheim.

Trophy List [ ]

Main commodity: Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment/Bays Listing

Gallery [ ]

Run across: Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment/Image Gallery

Media [ ]

Soundtrack [ ]

A Sword Art Online -Hollow Fragment- Soundtrack is bundled with the game's express edition.

Preview [ ]

Adaption Notes [ ]

Compared to Infinity Moment:

• In Infinity Moment, Leafa and Sinon appeared after the clearance of the 76^th Flooring dominate, and Strea appeared later the 79^thursday Floor was reached, in this game Leafa, Sinon and Strea appeared soon after the clearing grouping reached the 76^th Floor, before at that place was any progress on further immigration. Their appearance have also been simplified.
• Strea's changes happened later Hollow Fragment compared to original Infinity Moment.
• The floor clearing part likewise include some new CG and/or plot for Philia, Sachi, Argo, PoH and Yuuki (afterwards the end of first clearance and for re-clearance afterward) that is not plant in Infinity Moment
• Addition of the Hollow Area region.
• Addition of Philia's ending.

Compared to the original SAO serial:

• The duel between Heathcliff and Kirito, after the 75^th Floor dominate fight, was altered.
• Hollow Fragment began in December 2024, while, in original series, the game was cleared in early Nov 2024.
• Kayaba Akihiko committed suicide roughly at the time when the 75th Floor was cleared, instead of when the whole game was cleared.
• The ALfheim Online incident did not have place in this game and thus the game did pb to negative consequences on the VRMMO game industry.
• In the game, Asuna returned to the real globe at the same fourth dimension equally the others and thus there was no i calendar month agreement made past Keiko (Silica) and Rika (Lisbeth).
• The direction of RECT, too as RECT Progress, were non changed, aside from those who supported Sugou Nobuyuki being dismissed from the company.
• No publication of The Seed was observed and thus Gun Gale Online and Project Alicization might non have the base to start on.
• In Yui's ending, Kirito and Asuna were invited by Heathcliff to join ALfheim Online, with their SAO homo-await avatars and their items from SAO conserved. Additionally, Yui was also restored in the form of a fairy in the game.
• Pina was transferred into Silica'south NerveGear storage in Silica's catastrophe.
• Kirito knew Yuuki if the player successfully trounce Yuuki.
• The party held afterwards SAO game was cleared likewise included Shino and Kotone (Philia) (when the Hollow Area office is cleared) in it.
• While it was non clearly stated, Shino's further schooling would most likely be afflicted.

Errors [ ]

• In the Due north American release, the game's events start on December 2021, as opposed to 2024 when «The Skull Reaper» was actually defeated.
• The North American/European release, besides equally the English subtitled version of Asian release, of the game features numerous spelling and grammar issues that while the North American edition corrected some of them, there are nonetheless considerable amount of these upshot exists in the North American/European edition.

Notes [ ]

External links [ ]

• Japanese Official site
• English (EU) Official site
• Weekly News update (Sword Art Today) (Non the SAO: IM version) (Japanese)

References [ ]

1. ↑ , "Sword Art Online: Lost Song is developed by Artdink - Gematsu", Gematsu
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.ane} USA PlayStation Store ^{[Clarification needed]}
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Eu PlayStation Store ^{[Clarification needed]}
4. ↑ Hollow Fragment's official homepage
5. ↑ http://www.siliconera.com/2014/07/02/tales-hearts-r-sword-art-online-hollow-fragment-dated-america/ ^{[Clarification needed]}
6. ↑ Bandai Namco European union announcing the release of Hollow Fragment
7. ↑ http://fair.bngames.cyberspace/2014gogoshop/top.html
8. ↑ http://swordartonline-game.com
9. ↑ Dengeki Online interview with Kawai Yasukazu, via Gematsu
10. ↑ http://weblog.united states.playstation.com/2015/01/16/playstation-store-the-peak-sellers-of-2014/
11. ↑ http://weblog.us.playstation.com/2016/01/20/playstation-stores-meridian-downloads-of-2015/
12. ↑ http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2015/01/sixteen/games-downloaded-playstation-store-2014/
13. ↑ http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2016/01/20/playstation-store-charts-for-december-and-full-year-2015/
14. ↑ JP PlayStation Store ^{[Description needed]}
15. ↑ http://sao-hf.bngames.cyberspace/chara/others.php
16. ↑ A Japanese SAO HF wiki that describes the implement element
17. ↑ 【ソードアート・トゥデイ】前作『インフィニティ・モーメント』からのデータ引き継ぎ内容が判明＆キリトを取り巻くキャラクターを紹介
18. ↑ http://world wide web.siliconera.com/2014/08/12/sword-art-online-hollow-fragment-go-dlc-costumes-launch/

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