Radiant Historia Coming to North America in February

The DS RPG by Atlus will be released in North America with a bonus music CD.

Atlus USA have revealed that Radiant Historia will be released in North America on February 22, 2011. Manager of PR and Sales Aram Jabbari explains this decision:

"We've seen a future without a North American localization of Radiant Historia. That future was depressing and noticeably lacking in the 'epic handheld RPG' category.  Knowing what that tomorrow would be like, we're excited to release Radiant Historia for Nintendo DS in February 2011.  It's the kind of gaming experience that is really a time machine unto itself, transporting gamers back to the 16-bit era, the golden age of RPGs.  Prepare to jump forward and back through time, meeting a variety of memorable characters and taking in some of the most polished, lovingly hand-drawn visuals ever to grace a handheld entry in the genre.  A gaming future without all that?  Not pretty," he concluded, grimacing.

The RPG for the Nintendo DS hit shelves in Japan on November 3 of this year. The story follows Stock, a special intelligence agent, who is wounded on a job and wakes up in the mysterious world of Historia. Here he is given a book that allows him to warp time and space with which he can save the world.

The North American release of Radiant Historia will include a CD of the game's soundtrack, composed by pianist Yoko Shimomura.