Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers - 6 Beginner Tips

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Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers does what good visual novels do best. It hooks players with an eclectic cast of characters and leaves us wondering where all those hours just went. And, like all those other great VNs, it tantalizes with scattered hints as to what one's file might be like had different decisions been made along the way to the finale.

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That's great. But it can also feel overwhelming. Yes, it's a visual novel, and no, it doesn't buck the trend and implement meaningful exploration options. It's entirely "on rails," so to speak, so you won't get lost in Chinatown's alleyway en route to Good Clean Fun. But the sheer amount of decisions you'll make as you navigate the complex social undercurrents of Seeker's new crew means most folks will be on pins and needles working hard to ensure their favorite characters offer more than cold shoulders.

Here are six tips to make your Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers journey as stress-free as possible so you can kick back and relax with your new BFFs.

The original Arcade Spirits is a fun time. You can import data from it into The New Challengers to provide a loose template for the sequel's established canon. Impressively, doing so also means nixing some of the more talkative tutorials designed to introduce first-time players to the world of 20XX.

On the flip side, those talky bits are perfectly tailored for newcomers to get not just the gist of the game's setting but a genuinely solid feel for it. And, since regardless of whether there's an imported file the protagonist invariably changes between games, you won't feel like you've missed an integral chapter of your own life for starting here.

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