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title: "Star Ocean First Departure R launches December 5th"
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description: "Square Enix confirmed the Japanese release date for Star Ocean First Departure R on Nintendo Switch. The news comes from Square Enix’s official website."
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Star Ocean First Departure R launches December 5th | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Star Ocean First Departure R launches December 5th](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/star-ocean-first-departure-r-launches-december-5th.jpg "Star Ocean First Departure R launches December 5th")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/star-ocean-first-departure-r-launches-december-5th.jpg)Square Enix confirmed the Japanese release date for Star Ocean First Departure R on Nintendo Switch.
The news comes from Square Enix’s official website.

## [](#about-star-ocean-first-departure-r)About Star Ocean First Departure R

The websites states that the game will be launching on December 5th for Switch in Japan. Furthermore, there will be a special Star Ocean presentation being held at the Tokyo Game Show on September 15th, which will presumably share more about the game.

The stream will be broadcast on Youtube; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ9-e7zlz1U&feature=youtu.be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ9-e7zlz1U&feature=youtu.be)

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### [](#game-features)Game Features

- High-Definition Visuals – Up-converted from SD to HD resolution, the quality of the game’s graphics and movies has been enhanced.
- New Illustrations Based on the Super Famicom Version’s Designs + Character Illustration Switch Feature – Katsumi Enami, who handled the character illustrations for Star Ocean: The Last Hope, has created new character illustrations based on the Super Famicom version’s designs. You can switch between the First Departure and First Departure R illustrations as you like during the game.
- Full Voice-Overs from the First Departure Voice Cast + Voice Switch Feature – Since the Super Famicom version had no voice-overs outside of battle, the voice-overs have been newly recorded by both the Super Famicom version cast and the First Departure cast. You can switch between the First Departure and First Departure R voice casts as you like during the game.

**The voice cast includes:**

Ratix Farrence
First Departure Version: Mamoru Miyano
First Departure R Version: Hiro Yuuki

Milly Kiliet
First Departure Version: Hitomi Nabatame
First Departure R Version: Konami Yoshida

Dorn Marto
First Departure Version: Kentaro Ito
First Departure R Version: Nobuyuki Hiyama

Ronixis J. Kenny
First Departure Version: Kenji Hamada
First Departure R Version: Akira Okamori

Iria Silvestoli
First Departure Version: Sanae Kobayashi
First Departure R Version: Wakana Yamazaki

Field Movement Game Speed Boost Feature – Added a feature to increase the game speed by two times when moving on the field.
Game Balance Adjustments – Adjusted battle difficulty.

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