Wait, I'm confused.

[Azu-Kun]

Why does it give me New Game + when the story isn't over?

[Darts]

It has to do with the series' release history in Japan. What you played through up to that point corresponds to the story of the original Megaton Musashi, released in 2021. In that game, the story ended there, and the chapter you're currently in was the post-game (hence why a bunch of new missions and quests have unlocked).

A sequel was released in 2022. New players could start the story from chapter 1 and play everything in one go, but for returning players who transferred their save file from the original, they added this New Game + feature. At that point, they had been stuck in the post-game chapter for over a year, and might have wanted to replay the story to refresh their memory before moving on to the new story. This is why the feature was added at that specific point in the game.

Wired is the third game, and contains everything from the previous two. They kept the NG+ feature, and have you unlock it at the same point in the story, which can be confusing as a result.

There's no benefit or exclusive content behind NG+, it's only there if you want to re-experience the story from the beginning. I'd say don't bother with it, at least not until you've reached the game's actual ending.

[Azu-Kun]

Originally posted by Darts:

It has to do with the series' release history in Japan. What you played through up to that point corresponds to the story of the original Megaton Musashi, released in 2021. In that game, the story ended there, and the chapter you're currently in was the post-game (hence why a bunch of new missions and quests have unlocked).

A sequel was released in 2022. New players could start the story from chapter 1 and play everything in one go, but for returning players who transferred their save file from the original, they added this New Game + feature. At that point, they had been stuck in the post-game chapter for over a year, and might have wanted to replay the story to refresh their memory before moving on to the new story. This is why the feature was added at that specific point in the game.

Wired is the third game, and contains everything from the previous two. They kept the NG+ feature, and have you unlock it at the same point in the story, which can be confusing as a result.

There's no benefit or exclusive content behind NG+, it's only there if you want to re-experience the story from the beginning. I'd say don't bother with it, at least not until you've reached the game's actual ending.

Oohhh Ok, that makes sense, Thank you.

[Grev]

Makes me glad I'm getting into the series at this point. If I'd watched the anime when it first aired and it ended on that cliffhanger I'd have been pulling my hair out.

[JCB]

Originally posted by Grev:

Makes me glad I'm getting into the series at this point. If I'd watched the anime when it first aired and it ended on that cliffhanger I'd have been pulling my hair out.

Just curious: how/where does the anime fit in, in terms of plot? If one was to watch it, would it be before, or after, the events of the game?
I'm still early in the game (chapter 4), so I'm wondering if the anime is a retelling of the same story, or something that should be, say, watched before playing the game.

thank you

[Kyrio]

Originally posted by JCB:

Originally posted by Grev:

Makes me glad I'm getting into the series at this point. If I'd watched the anime when it first aired and it ended on that cliffhanger I'd have been pulling my hair out.

Just curious: how/where does the anime fit in, in terms of plot? If one was to watch it, would it be before, or after, the events of the game?
I'm still early in the game (chapter 4), so I'm wondering if the anime is a retelling of the same story, or something that should be, say, watched before playing the game.

thank you :stachewink:

It like all other level 5 anime aka retell the game story

[Darts]

It goes even further than other Level-5 anime: the game is *identical* to the anime, to the point where chapter 23 is pretty much just an entire episode of the anime as one giant cutscene.

I would not recommend watching the anime before the game, as you'd be essentially going through the exact same story, exact same script, exact same voice acting, and sometimes even the exact same animation a second time. It can be interesting to watch in parallel to your playthrough if you want to see how they adapt certain scenes, though.

Everything from chapter 24 onwards is original to Wired and doesn't have an anime adaptation.

[JCB]

Thanks for the info, Kyrio and Darts.

I'll continue on with the game, and leave the anime series for a possible watch in the future.