Every New Character and Class Available in Octopath Traveler 2

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Nintendo's latest Direct offered up 40 minutes of brand-new game reveals, teases, and sneak peeks, enough to keep just about any Nintendo fan happy. Along with the Breath of the Wild sequel receiving a new name, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Pikmin 4, Fire Emblem: Engage, and more were also revealed. One of the biggest reveals of the entire Direct was Octopath Traveler 2, a sequel to Square Enix's bold, eight-protagonist RPG that looks to be adding some new characters to the mix.

The big hook of the first Octopath Traveler was that players would be able to control eight different protagonists, each belonging to their own archetypal RPG class and each on their own specific journey through the game's world. As the game progressed, these characters' journeys would start to collide, culminating in one big shared adventure. Octopath Traveler 2 looks to be doing exactly the same, only this time, there are some new adventurers in town.

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Spread across the new land of Solistia, Octopath Traveler 2's eight protagonists are all brand-new to the sequel, though they do share the same classes as those in the previous game, perhaps giving fans an insight into how they'll play and what their personalities might be like. During Octopath Traveler 2's debut trailer, each character is given a few seconds to shine, and one voice line to sum up the general direction of their narrative.

The first new protagonist shown is Hikari, a Warrior who is on a «journey for home.» His brief voice line mentions a longing for a world without conflict and bloodshed, perhaps suggesting that though Hikari is a Warrior, he's a reluctant one. Olberic, the Warrior from the previous game, had a fairly similar