2010-02-07, 12:04 AM
Based on the loose translation of a conference a few months ago, a Nexon Korea official stated that they were working Maple Story 2 and that it would feature the legendary characters.
I believe that the legendary characters they were referring to are the first to have fought the Black Magician, including Aran. This would give them time to finish releasing the new legends and providing the players with bits and pieces of the story while setting them up to experience the real war and a more primitive maple.
It goes without saying that this would take place long ago, before Victoria Island was populated. This leaves a whole world of discovery available, the uncovering of the Sharenian ruins (or perhaps the Sharenians were alive at this point?) and perhaps there were natives to the island before the escapees arrived. The landscape could be dramatically different so it wouldn't be a complete rehash of the current maple story.
Part of the Leafre quests mentions that the dragons there were once friendly; perhaps this is where Mir and such come from. It allows for a completely refreshing look at Leafre as well as the possibility of new unimaginable threats. (Hehe, baby manon as a boss?) Magatia is where the Black Magician practiced his alchemy, which opens it up to all sorts of story related quests.
The point is, there is enough story PIECES here, while a lot is still completely unexplained or left to the imagination for them to build a solid story-based game from the view of the original heroes and their war against the Black Magician.
I believe that the legendary characters they were referring to are the first to have fought the Black Magician, including Aran. This would give them time to finish releasing the new legends and providing the players with bits and pieces of the story while setting them up to experience the real war and a more primitive maple.
It goes without saying that this would take place long ago, before Victoria Island was populated. This leaves a whole world of discovery available, the uncovering of the Sharenian ruins (or perhaps the Sharenians were alive at this point?) and perhaps there were natives to the island before the escapees arrived. The landscape could be dramatically different so it wouldn't be a complete rehash of the current maple story.
Part of the Leafre quests mentions that the dragons there were once friendly; perhaps this is where Mir and such come from. It allows for a completely refreshing look at Leafre as well as the possibility of new unimaginable threats. (Hehe, baby manon as a boss?) Magatia is where the Black Magician practiced his alchemy, which opens it up to all sorts of story related quests.
The point is, there is enough story PIECES here, while a lot is still completely unexplained or left to the imagination for them to build a solid story-based game from the view of the original heroes and their war against the Black Magician.