The difference story between the PSP version and the Chrono Link version. (.hack//LINK -Chrono Link-)

I do not own story and characters from .hack series, all credits are goes to CyberConnect2 and Bandai Namco. All this brand new story was created by my own idea.See also The Story Element of .hack//Chrono LinkThe main story of Chrono Link is different from the PSP story version which brings a whole new complex between the new and old main story, while also bringing new elements and differences which making how Chrono Link story brings improvements, changes, and evolve from the PSP version.
== Changes ==
=== General ===
* The PSP version has no prequel story that connected to the LINK, but RIVES was served as a prequel story to .hack//LINK -Chrono Link-.
* In possibly the same that in the original PSP and Chrono Link version, the game set after the summer vacation in 2020.
** With Chrono Link story was set a 2 months after RIVES -Third Season- Episode 24.
* All experience and references from RIVES are connected to Chrono Link, rather than the PSP version.
* The Chrono Link was used for a new audience, hardcore fans, and those who already watched all anime seasons of .hack//RIVES.
** Although the old fans weren’t allowed to spoil the story from the original PSP version, Chrono Link will bring balanced a brand-new story and direction, while keeping and expanding the plot from LINK story.
* The Chrono Link version improves the new fun, enjoyment, character interaction, and interesting charm of the story from the original PSP version, while it optionally added the major plot-twist, main story plot narrative, darker tone, major twist direction, plot-progression, and multiple story ending will be bringing a new branch story to be created.
* Several RIVES characters will appear in Chrono Link, including ENTIES the main antagonist of RIVES story will also make appearances, although she would not play such a larger focus.
* Optional main characters, Akira Yoshinori will be continued to play his bigger role in Chrono Link's story with Saika Amagi and Tokio Kuryuu.
* Schicksal's story and their perspective will be explored deeper in the Chrono Link version.
** Their story will also grow even further In Akira DLC Story and Schicksal DLC story.
* Unlike in the original PSP version, which focusing the story development on Twilight Knights, the Chrono Link version will also expand the greater development to original characters, including Tokio Kuryuu, Akira Yoshinori, and Saika Amagi.
** While Twilight Knights is a key focus to the story, there will be major characters who will play a role in its story development.
* Chrono Link version will have a major event that will be key that directed to the main story which the PSP version doesn’t have an incident that directed to it, such as:
** The disappearance of 25% Population.
** Alter Memories Syndrome.
* Few characters from .hack//LINK -Twilight Knights- will appear in Chrono Link version, in the PSP version certain characters appear in a cameo.
* The LINK main plot will be unchanged, but there are most features will likely have changes or featured in the game.
** The time travel story will be different from the PSP version which only developed an alternate event that same from the previous dothack title, but the Chrono Link will majorly different which somehow combining between Original and Same event.
*** However, it would be told in new significant ways, as if those events were changed into something better or worst way, which was due to Schicksal interference.
*** But somehow will meet with a new face which never even appears in the previous title.
** While the LINK main story will be unchanged, but it will expand the story development with Chrono Link Characters' involvement, with lore that was unfinished to answered in .hack//RIVES, also including new lore which was never even introduced in the original PSP version.
** Because of this, the game will be divided into the part of a three-full game which was also to explore the lore of the dothack story and digging its story deeper.
* The Akashic Records story has new and changes from the PSP version also featured a new main boss which a lot stronger than Schicksal itself.
** The Guardian of Recorder is a new exclusive for the Chrono Link version which didn't even appear in the original PSP version.
*** The Guardian was served to be a Main Boss Battle in the Akashic Records which replacing Schicksal as the main boss (Except, Orgel) and each of them has unique skills and abilities that should be careful and their backstory was still a mystery.
*** King of Recorder, Chrono will appear as the Final Boss in the game in Episode 2 -Terror- with Akira Yoshinori as Fourth/Final Phase of Final Boss.
** It also showed certain characters, for example, Kruger will make the main boss after defeating The Guardian of Recorder.
* The Legendary Characters (Twilight Knights, except Kite, Haseo, and Ovan) will receive their R:3 PC form which either of them based on Xth Form or a new form design.
* More new information about Chrono Core and a lot of things that never introduced in the original PSP version, and there are a lot of mystery that connected to it.
* A new main dungeon known as The Akashic Unrecords which were free open explorable dungeon and great to leveling up, except when it reaches the final stage, what’s benefits is that you can foresee the unexplorable memories of the past that never even revealed, It also hinting the secret behind the conspiracy of CC Corps and the connection with the Organization known as MAMA.
* The Akashic Records usability has been expanded from the PSP version, as it’s focused on affecting the memories of the players that being login to the World and interfering with their memories could lead to major relapse psychology toward their images and their memories program toward their PC.
** This could be known as the Alteration Memoria Syndrome which their memories happen to be changed after logout from The World with sudden affecting their emotion and feels depends how their life is changed due to Akashic Records effect, however, it does not affect the Real World, but aware that syndrome could happen to cause people to stop login to The World.
** It caused the major distortion to the public who had played the online game, which caused their memories being altered, for example, People they originally met in the past will no longer be recognized due to that syndrome.
** Although there’s a rule for someone who using the Akashic Records, it only affected to the players who log in to The World and it is not affecting directly into the Real World, and even though they went to the past and changed everything couldn’t change the destiny for those who already passed away even though their memories have been changed.
* The story of RIVES will be retconning the events and its story of LINK -Chrono Link-, such as:
** Akira’s involvement in the story, along with No.99, Nishijima81, X7, Sol, and Kruger, including their connection with Tokio.
** Tokio seems surprised a bit, but not the same surprised he did in the PSP version, but rather he aware the distortion that causing by ENTIES could happen again.
** Tokio's knowledge about Geist has been retcon due to the RIVES event, as he already knew him during their time in the Online Game.
** Shopkeeper dialogues of his first appearance in The online game as Ninjato have been retcon.
* Although the Comic Story Cinematic will be short, it will be fully animated CGI and expanded with their full new move-set.
* The Sword of Balance (Tokio's Weapon) will have more explanation and its feature exclusively in the Chrono Link version.
=== Revision ===
==== Beginning Arc/Akashic Record I - 2020 A.D. ====
* The Tutorial Mode Story will take place in his dream during his way to save a princess by defeating the dragon, which expands the story when he was in a dream which becomes a key to the opening.
** Although the same opening prologue from the original version has been placed into the beginning of the first episode of RIVES with several extended versions.
** The end of the tutorial story will be handled in a different way, as to how it fits the vision of the original with adds a lot of contribution and callbacks from RIVES story, as he awoke in the hospital as he awake from his coma which greeted by Akira and Miyuki.
* While this doesn't add in the original, the several recap cutscene RIVES has been added and told you more what happens to him after he awake which leads to the prologue story.
* Saika’s introduction will follow the direction of the manga version than the PSP version, it will also be expanded along with new interaction between Tokio, Saika, and Akira during their first met.
* Although Kite vs Fluegel in the PSP version only sometimes short, but will be fully animated and expanded in the Chrono Link version as it will be a Cinematic Story CGI.
** It also optionally added a new exclusive cinematic cutscene with Tokio also has his first moment fighting against Fluegel with his actual body, using Kite’s Amateur Blade.
* In the PSP, Tokio was brought to Grand Whale and awake for the first time to meet Toki-Runty and next was Saika, but in Chrono Link, he awakes still on that area and decide to go level area and fight the monster and he survived for 2-3 days, but he was defeated knocked unconsciousness until it revealed that Saika was the one who brought him to Grand Whale, and that's how her introduction with Toki-Runty begin.
** He survived and fighting the monster for 2-3 days using Kite's Amateur Blade.
==== Crimson Empire Arc - 2009 A.D. ====
SIGN Alternate Timeline Story in Chrono Link version will be different as to how past events had changed due to Schicksal interference and it gave a different interception with different direction path from the original timeline, where Tsukasa and Subaru don’t suppose to meet, or the event of .hack//SIGN has been majorly altered. There’s a change happened, such as:
* It also showed the event where Subaru didn’t join or elected as a Crimson Knight, instead of putting its leadership to someone else.
* Although the child version of Aura will appear, where it told will be different from the original PSP version.
* Trommel Boss Battle area will not take place in Akashic Records as the PSP version did, but instead, take place in Crimson Castle which adapting its story battle from Manga version of .hack//LINK.
* Akira was meant to be reunited with Tokio and his friend as the story progress, which there will be new narratives exclusive for the Chrono Link version.
* In this alternate timeline will lead you to meet an exclusive Chrono Link character known as Alibaba.
* Geist's first appearance in the game and his reunited with Tokio has been retconned from anime prequel story.
==== Akashic Records II - 2020 A.D. ====
==== The Shadow of Death Arc - 2009 A.D. ====
ZERO Alternate Timeline Story in Chrono Link version will nearly the same as Original did, however, it optionally and how it told will be different from it, bringing major view focus on Kruger’s appearance and the first appearance of Schicksal member, Posaune.
* As it nearly same faithful as the original did even the PSP version did, it has given a larger depth of view to the story, including about Sora and new story focus regarding him.
* It also focuses on returning characters for ENTIES as the main antagonist from RIVES, however, in this game, she will not have a bigger role.
* Increasing a new depth story and main information from what the previous title and original PSP version did, will be brought the connection between Sora and Haseo as teased into his future PC, as both of them are being played by the same person.
==== Operation BreakWater Arc - 2010 A.D. ====
IMOQ Alternate Timeline Story in Chrono Link version will half the same as the original did, as it focuses on Hackers war against Cursed Wave, it explored a more depth and unexplorable character which never been answered in the previous title including new information that never even been introduced in IMOQ Story.
* It expands a new narrative and interaction between Chrono Link and hackers, including Saika now can interact with other twilight knights with her PC version but still using School uniform.
* Including their met with No.99 who working together with hackers to fight against Cursed Wave, with also focusing on Wiseman and Moonstone as characters.
* The shocking story will happen as Wiseman aware Tokio was coming from the future and aware they're using Akashic Records to travel the time.
* Chrono Link will be formed as Guild, their mission to obtained Chrono Core, reaching to the final floor of the Akashic Records, and free Twilight Knights from their prison.
* Mia’s PKed by Geist will be darker and tragic than the Original PSP did, it also gives a greater room for a new story to unfold.
* A never seen before original story from the original PSP version, continue after the battling against Corbenik with a lot of difference as it defeated by Kruger himself and trying to targeting Kite for Chrono Core, and resulting in their partnership between Hackers and Chrono Link to protect Kite and stop Kruger.
* Kite has been frozen by Posaune with copy Breiler Rossle will be deeper than what the original PSP version should look like.
==== Akashic Record III - 2020 A.D. ====
The Akashic Records story after IMOQ alternate story will be shown brand new story focusing the battle against Kruger as the main boss after defeating The 2nd phase of guardian of Recorder Realm.
* It also added Kruger’s new backstories and unravel his past, including brand-new story as Tokio trying to save Kruger from his Posaune’s brainwashing program.
* A lot of new cutscenes featuring Schicksal.
==== Bansyoya Reconciliation Arc - 2015 A.D. ====
A brand new timeline story, exclusive for Chrono Link version will set in 2015 on the last day of The World R:1 as the Chrono link will tracing the connection of the address that be key to find Jyotaro Amagi.
* It was revealed the memory version of Jun Bansyoya was the one who sent the email for a favor, as they working together to investigating Aura’s disappearance once more.
* Fluegel will be the main boss at the Climax of the story, and the final Boss will be against One Sin who appeared after the battle against him, there will be two-phase battle combat.
* The Betrayal story will be presenting one of his friends betraying the guild and Tokio to join forces with Schicksal which causing the major plot twist to happen, which shown Akira Yoshinori will betray Tokio and his friend to join forces with Schicksal.
=== Terror ===
==== The Twilight Brigades Arc - 2016 A.D. ====
Roots Alternate Timeline story in the Chrono Link version will be divided into two parts, which focus on Tokio and Saika’s perspective.
===== Tokio Side =====
Roots Alternate Timeline story in Chrono Link version (Tokio Side) will be the same as the original PSP version, but it will be digging its story deeper with inclusion more original story featuring Tokio, Sol, and Saika (AIKA in Disguise).
* As for how it told in the Chrono Link story will be different, in the PSP version Tokio still with Real Saika Amagi, but in the Chrono Link version, Tokio being separated from his friend including the real Saika, although Tokio was with Shy! Saika however she showing a drastically different personality from the real one.
** The one Saika who with Tokio was revealed to be AIKA who disguises herself as Saika Amagi due to separation during in certain event causing she using a copy version of the real Saika, due to physical AI still incomplete, but with Saika’s copy version will able for her to completing her conversion into AI Body.
* Inclusion of Sol from RIVES who is now a member of Twilight Brigade as Tokio and Shy! Saika, with three of them, will be the main focus of the Alternate Roots timeline arc.
* Not just Sol, but the inclusion of Nishijima81 from RIVES who is now a member of the TaN guild who was a rival against Twilight Brigade.
* The PSP version didn’t making fully explore the interaction between Tokio and Haseo, even though they had a major moment interaction, but in Chrono, Link version will have more inclusion to their interaction in different form of the story, including a new deep connection between Haseo and Sora as they were played by the Same Person, Ryou Misaki.
* Chrono Link version will include an unravel story cutscene of ROOTS which never been told in previous title works which explored the main deeper development between story and characters.
** Sakisaka will have a lot of major highlighted stories in the Chrono Link version.
** Expand the story in the Colter-Bordier, including new story cutscene, focused on Tokio with Ovan battle against TaN which never even told in previous titled and also witnessing the moment Ovan being captured by Ovan.
*** There’s somehow an inclusive dialogue where TaN knew Tokio, the same as Wiseman did.
*** Featuring unseen battle between Twilight Brigade against TaN which never even shown in the previous title, including Sol against Nishijima81.
** Exploring a deep development for Shino and unravel her past that bringing shed to light and bring some answered questions from .hack//G.U. series, including how it connected with Ovan and herself.
===== Saika's Side =====
Roots Alternate Timeline story in Chrono Link version (Saika Side) will a brand-new story set during Saika Amagi and her friend separated with Tokio at the end of the first episode of the game and being trapped in the mysterious hidden area which never been discovered by NAB before.
* Although Saika will be playable characters in her perspective, using a One-handed gun, including has a skill to trapping her enemies.
* This story will focus on Saika who struggling to handle her teammates who became a problem to her, including her selfishness who rather focus on her mission rather than searching Tokio.
* They would work together with Phyllo with Midori to find a way to escape from the mystery area but encountered with Geist once more.
* As this story you can play as her as the story progress, her story will be re-released as DLC which expands her story, lot questioned story will be answered, and a lot missing scenes & dialogues that will finally be shown only in the second episode of her DLC version.
===== Reuniting =====
Roots Alternate Timeline story in Chrono Link version (Reunited) will also cover their story to save Ovan by advancing to the NAB Home, and that is where Tokio being reunited with his friend, with unexpected Saika and Shy! Saika faces off.
* The story will explore a brand-new story as Twilight Brigade (Except, Shino) along with Tokio, Fake! Saika and Sol will invade the TaN home guild, while Saika and her friend arrived at the same place during invasion.
* They will against a member of TaN in order to Save Ovan, the member include Tawaraya, Enders, and Nishijima81, while Schicksal you will fight against Orgel and Akira.
* Invasion of TaN guild home was never even depicted in previous works and the original PSP version which is a brand new story exclusive for the Chrono Link version.
* AIKA’s first appearance will be told very different from the original PSP version, as she supposed to be introduced during Tokio’s trial in Maze of Time to Acquire Xth Form, but in Chrono Link version as Tokio been attacked by Akira and AIKA take her chance to protecting Tokio from his attack causing her form as Saika copy version became collide and transforming herself into her true form which resembling a Princess that appear in Tokio’s dream.
* Shino PKed will still happen as Tokio hurry to Grant Hulle Cathedral to prevent Ovan to PK Shino, however, Haseo was knocked in unconsciousness. However, their too late as Shino being PKed, Tokio, Saika, and AIKA went after him and at the same time, Haseo arrived.
** With the new battle against Ovan after the Shino being PKed by himself, which set in Anonymous Data which how Tokio, Saika, and AIKA trying to stop ovan, but fail due to the strongest attachment with AIDA which is how it made AIKA very frightened.
* What happens Post-Shino being PKed and The Twilight Brigades comes apart has been redone as somehow added a new depth emotional level with inclusion new story cutscene which increased frightening level, as Haseo blaming Tokio for everything change in Twilight Brigade.
** Sol was also blamed for hiring Tokio, but it was Ovan choice for that happen, he has no control over the decision.
* Phyllo’s last moment wasn’t even done or included in the main plot of the PSP version, but only served as Sub-Story), It had been deeper and including a new story exclusive for Chrono Link version.
** This was set after his argument with Saika, as he stressed over what Haseo said back then.
** Phyllo’s wisdom is not something to change Tokio’s way, but he wants Tokio to find the meaning of the words that he said that will lead him to answer his true heroism.
** His entrust Haseo to Tokio and he hopes that someday there’s someone who can change him, and soon finding a meaning what is true meaning about “Power” he had searched for.
** And should Tokio need to find something that never even goes on his mind, his true meaning of “Hero” he had dreamt for.
==== Akashic Records IV - 2020 A.D. ====
Akashic Records' story of Chrono Link version will bringing a new depth to the story of their battle against the member of Schicksal, Orgel with an improvise the dialogue VA from the original PSP version and inclusion of new story cutscene to the game.
* The story started after Tokio defeating the 3rd Phase of Guardian Recorder, Space.
* The story had added its new level depth, including new backstories, character development, new battle depth emotional, and more new types that never even shown in the original PSP version.
* With inclusion story development that will also focus the characters between No.99 and Orgel, including their backstories.
** No.99 was revealed to be Orgel/Takeshi Ninomiya's little sister, Shiho Ninomiya who had searched his missing brother after his disappearance a year ago after he departure into America for his colleague.
** Orgel’s backstories will be digging its story deeper, as both had lost their parents due to car incidents by criminal, while unlike her who’s had a little symptom of her traumatics, her big brother had received much worse than her, causing his awaken uncontrollable rage.
*** This also causing him hurting his sister, resulting in she moved away to her grandmother, while he takin care of his family relatives.
*** However, she once again met again with her brother after 4 years separated, and her decision to lived with her brother.
*** However, four years later, his brother Takeshi has gone missing after moving to America to work for the CyberConnect Corporation San Diego branch.
* Orgel’s Schicksal PC form will be more frightening than his version in the original PSP version, which is not larger like a monster, but as base general bosses.
** However, he is quite super strong and much harder to defeat due to his increasing speed, vitality, and his rapid-fire damages have also been increased.
* Tokio will receive a new form based on his improvements designation from Xth Form, known as The Time Gear Form.
** As what it takes a different story to be told from the original PSP version, as he gains his new form when he loses against him, instead of fighting the monster of Kite in the Final Maze.
** Due to his loss against Orgel, he reminds what everyone was talking and what Phyllo, Yun-EL & David had said to him, but his determination to become a hero had strongly attached to him and granting to accessing his new form.
** Based on Xth Form, but it also there will be improved design from the original PSP version, and also using his Dual Blade Gear.
* Orgel’s defeated will be extended in improvise story depth, the inclusion of new story, & more. Including new notes about the changes.
** Fluegel interaction with Orgel in the real world would be extended.
*** Fluegel’s real name as Ryuji Sogabe revealed.
** Due to his sister preventing him to take a risk of his PC anymore, but continue to fight against them, but due to his sister's wish he decided to stop and let them go, but he reported to Metronnom due to the current situation.
** The extending dialogue where he mentioned his sister, as he apologizing to her for what he did back then.
* The story cutscene after defeating Orgel will be different from the original PSP version, also the way Saika talked will different as well.
** With developing interaction between Saika with No.99 who had the same value to find her brother, but she rather jealous, thus let her anger overflow for Tokio’s reason for didn’t finish Orgel before he attacks him.
** No.99 and AIKA's reaction was a little surprising as to how Saika talk about her brother like that, however, she secretly knew that she had struggled for her goals to find her brother so much by eliminating Schicksal.
** Tokio’s reasoning will be much sense, showing how he doing something for someone that worth to him, for Fluegel and No.99.
** But, Saika secretly has sympathized with Orgel as well, but unable to describe with her feeling,
==== Posaune Revolution Arc - 2017 A.D. ====
G.U. Alternate Timeline story Part One in Chrono Link version will completely different from the original PSP version as its direction will be recreated adaptation story of .hack//LINK -Twilight Knights- (Manga).
* As story narratives of Alternate Timeline G.U. different from the PSP version, it will be adapting its story from the manga version, but there are major changes will be made in this game, such as:
** Adapted its story from Chapter 7-20 of the manga version.
** As the story narratives, setting, atmosphere, situation, and direction will be adapted from its manga, it also improves the major story, including changing story plot to match its direction with Chrono Link story.
** The Tokio’s train by Kumarinette will be removed, however, Kumarinette will focus on big role undercover to cooperate temporarily with Tokio to discover about Posaune’s plot.
** In this story extended Posaune story as he revealed that he betrayed the Schicksal and Fluegel to obtain the Chrono Core in his way.
** Tsukasa will have different roles and focus, including her interaction with Chrono Link, will be more like expanding her story from the manga version.
** Sol, Kruger, and Alibaba will bring the main focus to the story, including AIKA, No.99, and Saika will also bring a lot of never-seen surprise than before, along with Helos-Pierce and Miki-07 as new characters will bring a new highlighted to the story.
** Akira will also appear as the major character to this bigger role of the story either his enemy or not, as he secretly spying on Posaune to discover his true intention.
** Haseo’s design will be used as a newly improves design of the 3rd Form, consistently with his original timeline.
** Haseo will still remember Tokio for what happens in the alternate timeline of Roots.
** Pi, Yata, Atoli, Kuhn, Sasaki will additionally appear in the story.
** Panzer Saika will be redesign from her manga version which her redesign PC will base from illustration key card from Guilty Dragon.
** Ninjato the exclusive character from the manga version will appear in different timing and setting with his role will be expanded into much bigger and also much mystery.
*** His real name will be changed from Hiroto Niizato to Hiroyuki Nakita due to copyright names from the writer.
** Azure Kite will up for something surprise for his big role as the story progress.
* The story will be having a few cores from the PSP version as this story will also involving AIKA as a major key to the story as the main character, as the direction of Chrono Link goes will integrate her character in unique ways to tell.
** New point direction will let her expand her interaction with Chrono Link characters, including Akira Yoshinori.
** A lot of new humor will bring a major mash-up between her and Akira.
* The story of G.U. Alternate Timeline will be a big major story arc Posaune as the main antagonist with 2-part of the main story arc, also a lot bigger major story which never even seen before neither in manga version or the PSP version.
** The story version of Chrono Link will bring a lot higher intense, also a lot new plot twist that will majorly set up for their development and how they grow to see something that they didn’t expect to be.
** Lot new story being expand further, while also reimagine something that never even added in manga version while honoring Kikuya Megane’s work.
** A dramatic intense battle between Tokio and Haseo is worth note something that fans will look forward, there will be twisted turns and frightening move that bringing some disturbing connection to its development.
** As bringing a lot of intense stories, it also explores a little deep information about Posaune and his past, but his past will further explored in the second part of the G.U. alternate timeline.
** This story will also look forward to Tokio’s fight against Akira in the battle of Arena, and there’s a few twist revelation that they never saw that coming.
* Due to the Posaune interfering the timeline too much causing the big major distortion toward the event that was supposed to happen in the original were never happen because of this. Such as:
** Haseo didn’t meet Ovan in Arche Koelen as according to the original timeline, including fighting against Azure Kite (as he mistaking him as Tri-Edge) and even he didn’t get data drained which causing his PC went back into Level 1.
*** As in alternate timeline that he still searching the information about tri-edge with his 3rd Form and as a Terror of Death, as he made a deal with Posaune to participate in the arena tournament, in exchange for information about Tri-Edge.
** It also causing Haseo didn’t meet Silabus or Gaspard or even Atoli and Sasaki that became vital to his development during the original past timeline.
*** Because of this, Silabus was still the leader to Canard guild with Gaspard asides the trouble they’ve been through with PK, however, their guild condition is in little danger, due to PKs are roaming around the root town.
*** Atoli might never recognize Haseo and still follow Sasaki until now as Moon Tree guild and because of this, her life was never changed at critical risk, as it turns out for Atoli that Haseo is the enemy to the Moon Tree for a crime he committed.
** The possibility that his joining with Raven Guild as a G.U. member was never happen, even he didn’t meet with Pi and Yata in the alternate timeline, nor he can awaken his avatar, Skeith.
*** Although, Pi and Yata already aware that Tokio and his friend using the Akashic Records to come into the past timeline. As it revealed that, Yota's player using his hacking skill to copy his memory data and attached it to his past PC.
*** They were also aware of the distortion of the network between this timeline and Akashic Records is getting worse due to Posaune’s doing, and he also aware that the past has changed due to his work.
* As the tournament getting more expand its story and G.U. timeline will greatly set up in Lumina Cloth City, with a lot of new involvement, and a lot of new story elements that didn’t show in the manga version. Chrono Link guild has a separated mission to do in this timeline.
** Such as Sol, No.99, Saika and Alibaba encountering with Haseo, and Helos Pierce, with new focus narratives that didn’t show before.
*** They’re now on tag team to investigating the Tournaments and distortion problems in the G.U. timeline, including how they met with Raven Guild to cooperate for investigation regarding about AIDA server.
** Kruger, Tokio, and AIKA will participate arena the same as Sol and Alibaba who were investigating the phenomenon happen in the Arena.
** While Nishijima81, Miki07, Seventy-Seven, and Tsukasa trying to communicate with Silabus and Gaspard to escorting them on the delivery package to Moon Tree in order to find Zelkova, the leader of the Moon Tree.
* As the story integrating AIKA’s character into this story, there are a lot of new major moments that have been reimagined in Chrono Link's story with the original manga LINK story element.
** AIKA will navigators, same as Alibaba, however, it seems that she lacks knowledge about technology and navigation.
** Tokio, AIKA, and Kruger went to the tournament due to a deal with Yata, the leader of G.U. to investigate the AIDA that roaming inside the arena.
** The revelation of her as AIDA was made she thought he frightened with her, but this cause let her be get caught by Posaune, and lead her to meet Akira.
** As new story elements, where Saika (using her PC as Panzer Saika), Tokio, Kruger, and No.99 went to save AIKA from Posaune and Akira, which she is held in the underground sewer of Lumina Cloth City.
** AIKA will help Tokio to assist him to fight against Haseo. She might a big role in this story as well as for the second part of the story arc,
* The Chrono Link story will bring a first-time moment ever happens which never even supposed to do in the original PSP version, with the acknowledgment of his character PC of the past that connected to current right now.
** For example, that Yata acknowledges his past PC as Wiseman and NaoBI which bringing a greater connection to the past story and how it leads up to the never-seen moments when Tokio mentioning his past PC name, since his player name Takumi Hino.
** This also has the same situation for PI as his previous PC name as Enders, since her player name as Reiko Saeki  
** Anything now could be possible if there’s mention about their past PC names which how it directly connected not just in-game, but in the real world too.
* Unlike any of Manga and PSP version can do such weight of the new story elements, which the story will also show an unseen side of Schicksal story and how to twist turn will happen to them as the story progress.
** Which is now Posaune has been treated as a Traitor to his own guild, Fluegel requesting Akira, Klarinette, and Cello to spy on Posaune while they focus on obtaining the Chrono Core.
** Posaune as a threat became much clearer that even he’s stupid, but his brain was smarter than any Schicksal members can do, and his plan of his own will nothing but only brought the massive unhandled situation that will happen in their current time.
** Akira’s story will deeply explore and a lot of new focus will bring his character development to become unseen that fans would never expect to do that.
* Tokio vs Haseo setting will be in Arena Tournament, instead of Moon Tree Guild which fits the story from the manga version, including new changes that never seen before.
** Increasing a new story depth which has a lot of rooms for between Battle combat and Battle Cutscene, with improving the story with the difference as Tokio in TG Form, instead of his school uniform.
** AIKA will navigate Tokio to detecting the AIDA or bug virus that appears in the arena.
** The B-st form will be different from the manga version, as Haseo berserk turning himself into B-st form Omega.
** Another thing that very surprises that Atoli was there watching Haseo in the Arena tournament.
** New cooperation between Tokio, Saika, Kruger, and Azure Kite will be a surprising combination, as he planning to data drained Haseo before his data has getting worsened.
*** It also revealed the virus bug within Haseo was caused during his trial in the Forest of Pain, and it seems it is due to Halard’s curse program that makes his PC run rampages which itself bringing harness damages toward his mind.
*** If Azure kite didn't Data drained him, Haseo's mind will relapse causing him to lose his mind as well as brings an uncontrollable Alteration Memoria Syndrome.
** The post-battle story as Haseo came back into a Level one with a sudden vision from Shino telling him to not forget what he had come so far and lived for himself.
* The ending as to how Haseo wanting to join with G.U. to help Tokio, as well as searching Ovan, but the surprising twist that Haseo recalls all of his memories from the original timeline, including what happened to him Akashic Records.
** With directly focus on Posaune with the appearance of Ovan and AINA will lead-up for the second part of the story arc.
==== The Ultimate Rebirth Arc - 2017 A.D. ====
G.U. Alternate Timeline Part Two story in Chrono Link version will bring major battle against Ovan and Posaune while bringing scales of the story much bigger than what they expected, it also includes a bigger new originality story elements which directly focus on LINK story plot.
* This has been expanded from the original PSP version, bringing a new main story element that never seen before and very exclusive for Chrono Link's story.
* This story will bring a conclusion story between Tokio and Posaune, while Schicksal is also trying to capture and exterminate Posaune which proved that Chrono Link and Schicksal went with the same goal in this story, but In the different way how they do.
* It will expand its lore that including the connection with AIDA, the Rebirth, and Epitaph that become vital to Posaune’s plan, including he using the power of Akashic Records by force.
** As Yata aware about what Posaune had planned, to bring forth the Ultimate Rebirth system which was very massively bigger and much worse than what it had to do in the past.
** The surprising twist that Ovan’s current memory data has been transferred into the past log PC data, as he aware about his memory of Original and Alternate time.
*** He already aware about Posaune’s plan and decide to prevent it from happening again, as he still had a way to save Aina, however, Posaune brainwashing Ovan to move according to the time that it has come forth.
** If the Ultimate Rebirth System will come forth, it will not only bring back Cubia and The network crisis, but it also causes the entire timeline and distortion network to become much more messed up
*** It causing the memory of the players in the current timeline to become mess up divergence, thus affecting the behavior and personality emotion being uncontrol, thus leading up to the insanity that leads to chaos to not just the entire network, it also affects the players as well.
*** It also leads up to the major network crisis became ultimately chaos than what they expected, thus causing the destruction and war to the World and Genocide.
* Haseo will retain his memories from the original time as it was explained above, as it added a new twist and depth of the story that it never told before.
** Although he retains his memory from the original timeline, he aware that Silabus, Gaspard, and Atoli didn’t remember him.
** While it was his memory version who spoke to Tokio, his real PC body has been kept somewhere in Akashic Records and being kept by the Guardian who protecting PC and prisoning him.
** To save Haseo, and Chrono Core was a key to unlocked the next stage of the Akashic Records as it is the only way to do.
* AIKA’s existence as AIDA AI has already been exposed and aware by Yata and Pi, and she offers ways to save ovan from his AIDA infection and ways to cure AINA of the effect of AIDA curse.
** It also brings the possibility to bring back Shino’s Memory of PC, but her PC being possibility had been kept by Posaune, which is a better way than Ovan can do.
* The secret conversation between Pi and Tokio is still happening like in the PSP version did, but there’s a lot of new revelation that connecting between Jyotaro Amagi and Akashic Records.
* There is major new story development that never even seen in the PSP version, which brings a new greenlight with the never-seen-before direction which comes for the Chrono Link version. Such as:
** Ovan will receive a new form that was never seen in previous title works, which he can able to use Dark Hand, Dark Blast, and more skills which are made from his left arm AIDA.
*** Not just that, he will receive a new form of Corbenik which covered by AIDA’s Full Armor, with frightened design on it.
*** That form was obtained due to Posaune hacking into PC causing AIDA and Corbenik merged as Ovan being corrupted, including his power of Rebirth, which Tokio and his friend had to fight against.
** The story will be different from the previous title, as Ovan’s mind being controlled and brainwashed by Posaune and Haseo will try his best to fight against Ovan with freeing him from the curse of brainwashed in order to prevent the damages of his memory data of the current timeline.
** A Chrono Link story will this time bringing new information about Avatar, AIDA, and the connection with the Epitaph of Twilight.
*** New information regarding the origins about the Avatar 
**** Avatar has a unique form that is completed manifested from their Morganna form, known as Cursed Wave.
**** Cursed Wave was revealed to be pure form, but it also an incomplete form of the Epitaph which binding them as the Virus data due to the effect of Morganna Mode Gone data.
**** They also become known as the Eight Virus of Network which breaking the rule of the system network that causing the major distortion to The World due to their pure form, but unmanifest data making them being controlled by their own will.
**** But ever since the R.A. Plan incident had almost destroyed their form and their own data which causing them into a Soulless epitaph.
**** They can even move freely or showing its form until they find a PC character that very suitable to their personality and characteristic form, which is how Avatar User as its calls.
**** As Cursed Wave or the Epitaph found their users which resulting in their form to be recreated into a perfect being or been redesign in accordance with their Character PC form, thus rebrand them as The Avatar.
*** There is only one Epitaph/Cursed Wave that being redesigned by Someone else, Tarvos is the sixth phase which being stolen by Jun Bansyoya.
**** Jun Bansyoya stole Tarvos data from Jyotaro’s R.A plan work in order to prevent the restoration of Aura on work as he realizes the truth behind those projects.
**** As he realizes that CC Corp was planning something unexpected for Jyotaro, including the truth behind the R.A. Plan, also the greater risk of that plan causing great crisis toward the network.
**** Thanks to his skill, creating a PC character that exclusive for his little sister, Reiko Saeki in order to finish what he can’t do which was happen before his disappearance.
**** Although this leads to the R.A. Plan being failed and also causing Jyotaro to disappear.
**** This also brings a leads that Jun Bansyoya was presumed dead after The World R:2 was released, and no one knows regarding his where doubts.
*** AIDA became much speculation when it comes to their creation, but some source that Yata had got that AIDA was already existed immediately after The Age of Internet started, but not fractured but rather as Data number.
**** AIDA is processing fractured AI as its pure form only born as the Ball data that comes from network to other networks, server to another server, and they move to one another network server until they found The World online game.
**** They purposed is only to learn about Real World, Real Life, and Human, including their movement, emotions, and time.
**** This was happened in not majorly during the World R:1 era but it seems the distortion toward the emotion of PC causing the major distortion creation toward their experience causing value the hate toward humans.
**** Such as they saw The PK of R:1, Sora has proven their start of their mutating and their emotion breaks out causing self-anger was born, and became manipulation toward the memory of PC, causing infection and hacking their PC which soon leads into uncontrollable pain and suffers psychologically.
**** This continues to be much worse after the R.A incident breaks out, some of them successfully escape to the internet, and the rest of their data were destroyed, bringing their intention for more to hate humans and loathed them in purpose
**** That’s how it happens in 2017, the AIDA’s breakout begin by infecting the players, however, this was first done by the one of AIDA known as Kusabira which lived inside of Ovan’s left arm
***** The cause AIDA became more active due to Takumi’s past PC as Naobi hacking and discovering Ovan’s left arm, and causing AIDA’s data to become more activated and goes to rampant with her own will to control Ovan.
***** Also, Sasaki is temporary users, but obtained the full-power of AIDA, only being branded as a failure due to his loss to Haseo in the Arena Tournament in the original past timeline.
****** Haseo once again being feared by AIDA, not because he slaughtered them kin, but they very aware that one who plays Haseo is the same to be the one who plays Sora in the past era, and the source of all its things begin.
***** But once the AIDA’s breakout incident overdue to Ovan releasing Rebirth system, causing separation between Ovan and Kusabira, and thus impact their creation manifested of their AI on its own.
**** After the end of 2018, showing the proves that Haseo had to save Ovan from the Ice at the lost ground, Q’ha Holme Cavern, the decision to Co-Exist with a human was already been established, and they will start as the next version of The World released, that was known as The World R:3.
**** However, after the shut down of The World R:3, the AIDA has been exterminated, due to CC Corps doing left only AIKA to be survivor, this resolves due to their data being massively stored for Akashic Records power.
***** AIKA survived because she lived inside Saika’s mind due to she found her after the event of G.U. Returner.
***** As for her birth was a very mystery in various ways and how she was born was unknown whether before or after the Rebirth incident.
** The Chrono Link version will also be made inclusion for a brand-new original story that never even explored in the manga or PSP version, which gives a glimpse of creating a new development for their characters.
*** It will explore Posaune’s past which never even supposed to do in the PSP version, which given many glimpses behind his action that lead up until now.
**** Posaune’s player real name, Yoda Maseo living in the harsh life, cruelty, and being unaccepted by Society he had lived, however, his life changed due to the first saw a trailer released of The World R:2, he had thought that living in the online game became a place for his freedom and to do whenever he want to do.
**** In 2017, he became a famous Chaotic PKs known as Miku the Liar, which had committed to tricked all the new players, including tricking his friend by PKing them all.
**** But all it was changed since he was defeated by the member of Moon Tree and being removed from Blacklist, just before Haseo started hunting Chaotic PKs.
**** Because of this, resulting in his trouble in his daily life over Physiologic mental problems, compulsive, and lying, later his situation gotten worse until he met Sogabe for therapy.
**** Sometimes after, he was trying to restart the way he lived, by login into The World R:3, and join RedDead Guild as Clownie, with due to his smart for tactics, weaponize, and ways to PKing Players was made him became a valuable asset.
**** Until later, the leader of RedDead Guild, David-01 decided to abandoned their mottos for PKing and decide to live to observe the situation of The World, this caused him uproar and disgust with his decision.
**** This caused him to betray his guild, including asking ENTIES to murder his leader, including his pupil, thus leading up to the Assassination of Red Dead Guild Leader which were killed by ENTIES’s hand.
**** After his betrayal, he decides to delete his PC account, and quit for The World R:3, his mental condition continued to worsen in a very subjugated way, but soon that he learned Schicksal’s goal that connecting with Akashic Records and Chrono Core, he decides to join on board with Schicksal.
**** Participating in Schicksal PC Program helped him to made treatment toward his mental condition and that’s how he became a Schicksal member.
**** However, since Fluegel decides to not use Tokio, instead bring him back home, under influence of Geist, his decision to betray his guild once again became more clear to him, which he now trying to achieve his own goal that Fluegel and Schicksal can do.
*** The story will bring a lot twist to the Chrono Link story, including a major revelation that exposed the mystery of the Second Season dothack story with the inclusion, regarding Posaune's intent.
**** Posaune learns something that will be found on the final floor of the Akashic Records, which contain the ultimate treasures item that been kept hidden from the system for a long time, which was known as Chrono Link Core.
**** The Chrono Link Core was said to be able to grant a wish for those who had found it, and Posaune’s goal was to bring reset to the network with the creation of his cult that will be a place that he and his followers will gain their freedom rights to purge the society that they against with
**** That core was been kept as the Core of Aura’s system, which given her power that will seek to control all over the network and the true cause behind Cubia’s birth.
**** Chrono Link Core was already existed since immediately after Halard’s disappearance, as he planted those core in the deeper of Aura’s body that someday someone will able to take that core.
**** The key of twilight that ovan had searching for was revealed to be another name of Chrono Link Core.
**** And Chrono Core was a different manifestation form of Chrono Link Core that been planted into a Three-Body PC that specialized which granted them a special ability that Aura had to choose for.
** The battle against Posaune and Ovan will be set in the Creator Room and a brand-new story element that didn’t introduce in the PSP version, with new moments that bring Chrono Link story more originality.
*** Fluegel and his members, including Akira will also go to the Creator Room to capture Posaune to stop for another Rebirth System.
*** Haseo and Tokio with his friend will fighting a new infection AIDA PC type which went against his friend and Haseo with Tokio will proceed forward against Ovan.
**** Ovan as the boss battle will have a 2 Phase of combat battle, the first with his fully AIDA armored in his left arm, and the second his avatar, Corbenik with a new form.
*** While, Kruger rushing to Posaune who responsible as the mastermind behind the Assassination of Red Dead Guild Leader, and the one who brainwashed him.
*** AIKA, together with Saika, and Pi taking AINA and using with help of AIDA’s power to taking out her infections AIDA from her PC body thus awaken her from her coma.
**** With this, Ovan’s been freed from Posaune’s brainwashing with AINA’s awake, and finally preventing the Rebirth system happen.
**** But it causing Posaune’s mental condition continues to worsen, resulting in his angered and rampages issues problem toward his Schicksal PC.
*** With Schicksal guild came to arrest Posaune, suddenly comes with anger which unleashing his true potential of Schicksal PC, this will make his PC gone berserk.
**** Tokio and Akira decide to temporary fight together against Posaune’s.
**** Posaune as a Boss Battle will have 2-Phases which the first will be his berserk PC and the second will be his Beast mode, but a lot stronger than any Schicksal PC.
** The ending showed Haseo will join forces with Tokio after he had been freed from Akashic Records prison, with his 5th Form, including Ovan.
*** With Yota's memory will return to their owner, the same goes for Pi as her memory of current will return to her original timeline.
*** Haseo will join with Tokio and successfully restoring his friends' memory into a normal, and someday he will meet them again soon.
*** Seventy-Seven acknowledge Ovan as his hero of the Treasure Hunters during his day in The World R:2.
==== Chrono Link vs Schicksal/Akashic Record V - 2020 A.D. ====
The Chrono Link vs Schicksal Arc will expand deeper from the PSP version which bringing a Chrono Link character involvement while adding a new story depth and expand it with a big scales of the battle between both sides.
* The story will expand its told about Schicksal intent, including Fluegel himself who warn Tokio regarding what will happen to them when they reach the top.
* Fluegel seems to warn Tokio and his friend regarding what will happen to them when they reached the top, but he disbelief in him due to his deceiving again. Story dialogue expands a bit from the original PSP version.
* Akira DLC will explain a deep story regarding him and Schicksal, including the story behind the scene that connected to the main story, including a few mysteries that will reveal.
** In the Third and Final Episode of Akira DLC episode, they investigating case regarding the disappearance of Orgel, Trommel, and Posaune, with they came for a conclusion regarding the true culprit and reveal to be Geist’s doing.
** He also finally concluded the fate that will happen at the top of Akashic Records, when they reached to Aura as he is suspicious regarding Copy Black Disc that contains an unknown virus.
** It could be a possibility that he hacking to Saika’s email, and trace the IP of the Sender, and it seems that those Email Sender with IP became more suspicious than he expected, possibly leading up to her being deceived.
** As he is aware of Jyotaro’s medical care book from his hospital where before he disappeared, he realizes that Jyotaro’s condition was already worsened since the fire at CC Corp in 2015 and it possibly the imposter trying to deceive Saika for all this time.
** This leads to the remaining Schicksal member being gathered and plan to stop Tokio and Chrono Link reaching to the top of Akashic Records, with remains the worst possibility will come after they reached it.
* Saeki will cooperate with Chrono Link, along with Haseo, Black Rose, and Tsukasa, while she helped Alibaba by navigating them until they reach their destination.
** In the PSP version, none of them participated in the battle against Schicksal in the near-final stage of Akashic Records, and that’s she had a role in the Real World.
** Unlike In the PSP version, as Saika continuing to navigating Tokio, in the Chrono Link version as Saika now being participated for Battle, and the one who navigated will be replaced by Alibaba and Saeki.
*** AIKA while still using the invisibility mode to guide Tokio and Saika to the top floor even Chrono Link and Schicksal being trapped due to Geist’s spell.
* Metronom backstabbing Fluegel story cutscene will be darker than in the original PSP version, as Chrono Link will be PG-13 which showing a lot dark scene and some disturbing scene showing the images for betrayal to his leader.
** Inclusion of more dialogue between Metronnom during his betraying against Fluegel, as to how he no longer to become your advisor and your slave, he will focus on to kill anyone in this room, however, as a promise from Geist, he will not kill them.
*** But he rather confused about the disappearance of Akira, as he thought that he abandoned his mission, but Geist told him do not worry about him.
*** Chrono Link and Schicksal been trapped within Geist’s spell, while leaving only Tokio with Saika and AIKA to go to the final floor.
*** He also cut the communication causing him unable to communicate with Saeki and Alibaba.
*** Although Tokio was confused about why Akira wasn’t with them.
* At the story in the Final Floor of Akashic Records will now be told different from the PSP version, and also expanding more with inclusion on their fight against The King of Recorder Chrono and Akira.
** In the PSP version only shown Tokio, AIKA and Saika proceed through the door to meet Aura, but Chrono Link has been expanded more than anything, with the inclusion of Akira and Chrono The King of Recorder.
*** Akira convinces them to put at the end their expedition and bring Tokio and his friend to go home, as he is already aware of what will happen to his best friend when he came into contact with Aura.
*** Because he knew what will happen to Tokio and his contact with Aura will cause the future of the world will be dominated, and he asks Tokio to come home along with Saika and he promises to find another way to look for what Saika had searched for.
*** However, Tokio and Saika refuse his offer, although AIKA being skeptical about it, and they decide to want Akira to step aside.
*** He asked a few questions regarding the one who sent an Email to Saika and how she gets a Black Copy Disc, but this cause a conflicting argument between him and Saika.
*** But this was cut after Chrono, the King of Recorder appear in front of them, and he was trying to kill both of them, thus leading Akira with no other choice but work together to defeat him.
**** The Final Boss, Chrono will have a five-phase combat battle, which he will be using the power of the four guardians of a recorder, while the 5th Phase combat battle, he will use his true power which is very strongest than four of them.
*** After the defeated of the Chrono, thus Akira exhausted, but still has the power to fight against Tokio and Saika, as he’s in anger and unable to control his secret which example that he callout Saika’s true last name as Amagi.
**** This caused Tokio and Saika shocked, except AIKA as she already knew about her true name and it seems that causing a major twist in the revelation.
**** He explains to Tokio regarding Saika, as she’s a little sister of the Genius Programmers and the Project R.A. Leader, Jyotaro Amagi and the one who caused the fire at the CC Corp.
***** And the reason why she wants to obtain Chrono Core and reach to the top floor because she taught that his brother might be trapped in the tower and wants to free him.
**** However, he told her that she is deceived as much more that she didn’t know, someone has already set up and fear what will happen to Tokio, Saika and the rest of the world as they continue to do like this.
**** And he asks them for one last time to retreat and go back to the real world because he didn’t want to let that happen.
**** But, after long think and hard decision choice, he still decides to help Saika, and because of this Akira had no choice to bring them back by force.
***** Although if you choose to accept Akira’s offer, Tokio and Saika will return to the real world, but only found Saika was disappeared without any trace and also without any contact from AIKA. Which causing the story became a bad ending.
****** To continue further, all you have to do is to refuse his offer in order to get the final story arc.
**** Akira will be a true final boss of the Second Episode of Chrono Link, as he using the combination between his power of Dark Slayer and with the four Guardian of Recorders power, causing he is transformed into a new form.
***** Akira will only have one phase of battle combat but considering it to be much hard to defeat if only there’s a trick to defeat him.
***** He’s much faster and stronger than anything and considering to be a Superboss of the game as well.
**** After he's defeated, he went unconsciousness after he power being dried out, and Tokio along with Saika & AIKA proceed to through the door.
*** The story of infection of Aura was told in a different way than the PSP version, while it greatly expands the story with new ways to be told.
**** Aura’s dialogue has been extended bringing something that never even told in the original version.
***** Aura’s told them to stay away from her and the reason Aura told them was the same as Akira’s did, and it seems that she’s the one who sent her email to him regarding about they’re fate when they come into contact with Aura with a crippled puzzle.
***** Aura was the one who made an agreement with CC Corp to keep lock her into Akashic Record in order to prevent someone using her power for something terrible deed.
**** But those conversations being cut as Tokio’s Doubleware PC making contact with Aura, causing the brainwashed virus being pulled out from Tokio’s body and infecting Aura in the process, causing the brainwashing start in progress.
***** Akira awake and headed toward them, and he shocked that Tokio is now being in unconsciousness due to Tokio losing his form and power due to Brainwashing virus and causing him screaming toward him.
**** Geist will have new dialogues in the Chrono Link version, which alludes and presenting darker in lot different way.
***** It seems shown that Geist insulting him as to how his decision for betraying them has to lead up to all of this because of his selfishness.
***** His decision causing his failure on his action to stop him, but in the end, he failed to do so even he forced them to, and it seems that Saika already realizes that Akira’s warning was real.
***** Geist bullying him by kicking him and punching his face as he became weak and unable to resist but eventually being stopped by Saika.
**** The attack on Geist has been reimagined and redefined with increased character involvement.
**** In the PSP version, Cello and Klarinette invading Geist by keeping surrounding, this has to be the same, but Chrono Link, with Haseo and Tsukasa, is also helping to surround him.
**** The revelation of Geist’s face as Jyotaro became a lot intense which increasing the frightening twist and emotional of the story into much dark and deeper level.
*** A brand new story cutscene which was very original as Akira will help Saika and Tokio along with his friend to escape, while he stays here to fight against Geist.
**** Schicksal wasn’t being surprised about Saika’s identity as they did in the PSP version, but they’ve been aware about her ever since they met up with.
**** While AIKA was there and been left absent by Saika because of that.
*** The Post-Aura's Infection of the story arc will be something that it never has seen before, but the same as the PSP version did.
**** As Tokio and the other return to World, while they witnessed the network has now returned to its crisis once again, but what thing dangerous is how the disappearance of the population becomes increased 60% due to the Real Digitalization has to be in the process.
*** The setting where the conversation between Tokio and Saika about her true goal to find his brother, Jyotaro Amagi has been changed from the Akashic Records to Grand Whale at the Top Floor.
**** Although his conversation with her still exists as she talking about saving his brother who was trapped at the top of Akashic Records, he didn’t aware if it was a Jyotaro Amagi, including her true name as Saika Amagi.
**** This also included new dialogues which were never before seen in the PSP version as it improvises the depth of characterization and feelings toward the story.
**** There’s a lot of new difference with dialogues and how he interacts with her after the infection of Aura.
***** Tokio questioning as to why she didn’t tell him if Jyotaro was her older brother and if only she told him sooner, Akira would never sacrifice himself for him.
****** Although this cause frustrated, as she wanting to save Jyotaro, but she makes mistake and her recklessness causing what happen to Tokio.
****** She apologizing to Tokio as soon she ran away and log out as he is very depressed about it.
***** AIKA was persuaded Tokio and explaining to him what happens to her and how it ends up happening, as she trying so much hard to find his brother Jyotaro who were disappeared after the fire at CC Corp.
**** The ending showed Sol and Kruger went to the Red Dead house guild and found his notebook which contained very surprising information.
==== The Truth of R.A. Plan Arc - 2020 A.D. ====
The Truth of R.A. Plan arc will be a final story arc to the Episode 2 -Terror- and the story will expand more with Saeki and Chrono Link characters involvement with cooperation with Cello and Klarinnette while Fluegel being absent due to him being hospitalized.
* The final arc has been redone, recreated, and also been expanded with several new story elements and information that never been added into the PSP version.
* Brand new story added to the game, Sol discovered the secret message that was left behind by his brother David01 -Hajime Shigemaru- who seems had already found the location about Jyotaro Amagi.
** It is revealed that he was located at the deepest floor of the Akashic Unrecord, the true name of the Dark Time.
** The reason why he knew about Jyotaro’s location because, before the time he met Tokio, he investigates the unlisted Area which appears it has a connection with the Akashic Records.
** And he had found what he saw at the final deepest floor of Akashic Unrecords, that man with White Collar, it was revealed to be a Jyotaro Amagi who sit there, along with the mysterious man that revealed to be Geist.
*** It seems that he knew that Geist has lied to Tokio and Akira from the start, but the way he interacts with them seems different from being called a lie.
** This will be a key to find Jyotaro which was placed in the Akashic Unrecords and also to find where Geist hiding.
* When they reached into the deepest and final level of Akashic Unrecords, which contains a new memory and new information which something that very major to the main story.
** Jyotaro’s report will contain 13 information about the Secret of R.A. Plan and Real Digitalization. 
*** Although the secret 14th Jyotaro’s report contains a lot of information regarding CC Corp and MAMA.
** New information shown, After the fire at CC Corp, with unexpected someone brought Jyotaro into the unknown sea of data which supposed to be in the incompleted form of Akashic Unrecords.
*** Thus creating a Jyotaro’s version of three copy AI is known as Geists, however, two of them were exterminated due to failure in the process, and only one Geist was survived.
**** And the Geist who survived was the one who rebranded the R.A. Plan and Real Digitalization Project into a new project known as Immortal Dusk Project.
** A new memoria event showed the events of Terminal Disk (R.A. Plan event) with Jyotaro’s perspective point of view and how the story leads them to his disappearance.
*** It also featured Jun Bansyoya as he was also a leader of Project G.U. who helped Jyotaro to created the R.A. Disc in the mission to create a new Goddess of The World.
* The battle against Metronnom has been expanded, with a lot of new story elements and the different outcomes from the PSP version due to his reappearance later in the 3rd Episode -Countdown-, including connection story with RIVES story event and with certain one character.
** As the story battle would be told differently from the PSP version, but it greatly expands its narratives, including focusing on Metronnom’s past and his reason to follow his agreement with Geist for Immortal Dusk Plan.
*** A lot of new personalities and narratives will be shown within Metronnom, including never-seen information regarding the plan.
** His reasoning about his agreement was never been explained in the PSP version, as to how he wanted to create a place where everyone won’t make the same situation as his childhood friend who had died due to illness, and it was revealed to be Yun-EL.
*** Yun-El’s real name is Naomi Ishikki who was hospitalized due to a terrible illness which was down by many generations to generation.
*** She’s only one family left for him after her parents were passed away a few years ago due to the same disease, and it resulting he balancing his life between Colleague and Part-Time jobs.
**** While Souchirou Hoshi (Metronnom’s player) was an orphan as his parent has passed away since his childhood, and Naomi was the only family he had left with.
**** His part-time jobs as the scientist who worked together to discover the phenomenon of human abilities known as Doubleware along with Ryuji Sogabe.
*** However, due to the Extermination of the Blue Moon happens, her situation is under worse predicament and Metronnom wasn’t able to save Yun-EL when ENTIES invading them.
**** But she survived from her assassination, only her disease getting worse than he expected, including amount stress and traumatic causing her death was on her near.
**** She passed away after that, and with no one but himself had to bury her, and CC Corp didn’t allow for lot incomes for Naomi’s funeral, causing his blame over the cruelty of society and reality of the Real World he had lived for.
*** Soon after the incident, he decided to join with CC Corp and also join with Schicksal under help from Ryuji Sogabe with him as an advisor.
**** But soon after Fluegel begun reject to made Tokio as a subject for Real Digitalization’s experiment, and under Geist influence on him, he made the decision to betrayed his leader and continued to target Tokio as his experiment.
** A few additional dialogues focus on Geist revealed how he survived from his battle against Akira, however, he denied to answer Tokio’s question, but instead informed him that Akira was already dead.
*** But, he’s been corrupted and been infected by Brainwashing X Chain Virus, so he possibly still alive
** The combat boss battle will have a Three-Phase of its turn.
*** The first boss battle will be against Geist, which using his card as his weapon, and a lot of new skills that he didn’t show in the PSP version.
*** The second boss battle will be against Metronnom (which were never even added in the PSP version), which he using his few knives against his opponent, however, he can control the movement of the knife toward his target which made faster than it looks.
*** The third boss battle will be against Metronnom The Ultimate form with possession of AIDA, he can control more than hundreds of knives to attack directly on his target or ranged attack, but his kill move was very dangerous than what he has now, which made multiple damages.
** Another major difference that makes it told differently from the PSP version is how Metronom were disappeared after they’re escaped from Geist’s trap as they arrived in The World R:3 version of Mac Anu.
*** But, this thus leaving for more cliffhanger on him, which he will reappear for the third episode of Chrono Link.
* A new memoria event showed Geist perspective during their time in The World R:3 (RIVES event)
** He essentially observing Tokio’s movement, including Akira and played his role in his life as a poor clown who lived in the outskirt of Mac Anu.
*** However, the more he interacts with them, he became so close with them as he always teasing Tokio, also joins the party to fight the boss together.
*** The more he realizes that he has more friends with him, but it was tragically changed when Tokio killed his circus comrades due to ENTIES virus was spread into him.
*** The more he realizes he hates Tokio for most of his life, and decide showing his true self as his mission to bring destruction and his master’s dream.
*** As for how he knew that Akira was the one of failure of Geist AI, as to how Akira still using the card for play, and the same habits as Geist making he believed that he survived from the Extermination.
* The Final deepest floor of the Akashic Unrecords lies with the final battle against Geist and rescue Klarinette, with expanding its story, with the inclusion of a new final boss of this final story arc.
** The way how Tokio interacting with Geist is different from the PSP version, as Tokio not hating him as he did in the original, he has pity for him after he saw his memories through Memoria Recorder.
*** He also encouraging Geist do not follow the same mistake as Jyotaro did, and also telling him that he is not like him, and he is different from what his master did.
*** Geist is the key to the beginning of Tokio’s ideal that leads him up until this moment, the same goes for Akira and Shouko as how they become far more connected than everyone does.
*** However, he seems rejected and resent all cherished moment they had made and abandoned what makes him perfectly, as he only knew that he can reach to the true perfection by completing what his master couldn’t by bringing the Immortal Dusk project into a final stage.
** Geist combat boss battle will have 2-phases which the first one focuses on fighting against his copy AI which you have to defeat hundreds of copy AI Geist which have the same skill as him, while their HP was less.
*** The second phase will battle against Geist himself, as he using his full power and new skills that never even used before in the last their battle against the enemies, which are more dangerous than they had against with, it has more HP than before.
** As Geist encountered once again with Fluegel will expand the reason how the Real Digitalization became a risk to the people who digitalized into the Data world.
*** Geist's condition was different from what he was before in the PSP version, as he was exhausted and little emotional after his battle against Tokio.
*** A new explanation regarding about the greater risk of the real digitalization that affecting toward enemies.
**** As Fluegel explained, the doubleware sample isn’t something that has to be taken that easily, it brings no total effects to the plan and no hope to prevent the Outer Dependency Syndrome happens.
***** Even sacrificing Doubleware PC will prove no solution to be made and no clear to be discussed.
*** Due to higher awareness of Digital that implementing toward humans is too overwhelming causing the reflection of flesh and blood between their condition from real and digital to become overlaps, does cause something that very inhuman.
*** Even though the plan was complete, there are no ways to escape from the greater risk that will happen to the people who being digitalized into a digital space, and if the ODS reach its final stage, there’s no hope for humanity to survive in digital space, same goes for Jyotaro Amagi.
** Jyotaro’s ODS Form will be a final phase and also a final boss of the second episode which lot crazier and stronger than any monster can do, which lot faster than any PC or monster can do.
** Jyotaro’s backstories will further be expanded after the final boss, as Tokio foresee his memories and witness what happened to him which were all begins 14 years ago.
*** Jyotaro’s parents passed away when he was 11 years old, due to being murdered by a criminal who sneaks into his house causing his parents were killed, and he is a survivor of that incident.
*** Soon after the funerals happen, he’s an orphan until Saika’s mother, Ayaka taking him as her son, which means she adopting him as her child. But this also went she bears her child, Saika.
*** The year had passed since then after she was born, but he lacks to communicate with outsiders after what happen to his parents and still felt traumatic until now.
**** But Ayaka, as her adoptive mother, but kindly reaching him like no other mother can do and helping him to recover something that he had lost within him, which is how he secretly had a crush with her even though Ayaka is an adoptive mother to him.
**** For the last thing he saw was happiness able to see someone who treats him kindly, and further he saw Saika as a newborn baby, he finally found life and place that he could go home.
*** It continues through years as Jyotaro grows into a responsible man and also as responsible brothers who help his mother and also taking care of her sister, and still developed her interest with Ayaka.
**** As he became a high school student, he is known as an honor student who became great at many subjects including sports, also became popular with many girls, and also being praised by his senpai and teachers.
**** Saika who is 6 years old became admire his brother, not because of his over popular in his school, but his kindness, charisma, and responsible make her love his brother the most.
*** But everything change when Ayaka’s passed away due to her tragic illness, with the addition of her overworked causing her death, became tragic.
*** Because of this Jyotaro’s value of living in the real world was changed, opposing the law of nature as he refused to believe they're always a life and death.
**** He knew that there should be a way to preserved humanity for eternal life which not just for Saika, but for all people who had suffered by many types that leads them to a problem or deaths in the result.
**** This came into his mind about the R.A. Plan and The Real Digitalization that could help humanity to reach their eternal life by transfering them into a digital space.
** The ending of the second episode will be twist and also a bittersweet with lot things that were different from the PSP version, but the emotional impact has been improved from the original with inclusion of Frightened and Tragic added toward the emotional sight of their characterization.
*** Jyotaro was destroyed and become a lost one and causing Saika screaming in horror and tragic ways which directed to the twisted ending and also lead up directly to the credits.
*** It could guess the story of the ending was used to leaving anything with ambitious and cliffhanger which will be directly lead up to the Third episode of Chrono Link.
=== Countdown ===
==== General ====
* All story arc of the third episode is a completely original story that expands the climax story of LINK, and also brings a greater depth story that brings more focus and balance between the main plot and character development.
** While the story climax of the PSP version has been recreated to follow more direction with how Chrono Link has developed into while adding brand-new story elements that brought something like greater changes or expand the narratives of the main story from the original.
** As for Return of Hero Arc and Operation Gear Arc will expand and reimagining with a lot of new story contents that weren’t even added in the original, including new elements that brought the main story into a deeper narrative.
** The third episode will bring a greater focus arc between Chrono Link, Schicksal, and Twilight Knights with the problem that has emerged between Real World and Online Network which causing the upcoming something bigger than The Network Crisis.
*** Including the problem caused by Aura’s brainwash data, which caused her to evolve into the version of Queen Demise, the darker version which was created from her fear within her own heart.
** A new and returning enemies will be added, including characters from RIVES will be brought back into this third episode.
** Kite, Haseo, Tsukasa, Blackrose, and more major characters from Twilight Knights will directly be involved within the story, how they aware of the events they got into, including Jyotaro and Akashic Records.
*** There’s a lot of new freedom interaction that hasn’t come up as story progress will be a first thing that they never ever done before in the PSP version and it is more than just being called Crossover.
** While as for Chrono Link members like Sol, No.99, Kruger, Alibaba, Helos Pierce, and more will have more spotlights and new story developments in this episode.
** RIVES characters will return for the third episode, and few characters will be enemies to the three factions.
** Morganna (Mode Gone) will be the first time to appear as the PC form and in the canon timeline, and the same goes for Cubia who will also appear with his own new form as PC AI form.
** There is more interaction between Chrono Link, Schicksal, and Twilight Knights, even in Sub-Story Mission will bring a lot of new innovation and imagination fan-service which players will love to see they interacted with.
*** As for the relationship between Cello and Fluegel as Daughter and Father seem referencing with the story .hack//Bullet in his past perspective.
* Geist status is different from the PSP story version, he survived thanks to the remaining of his AI Clones he had.
** But this time he was not calm as before as he had a lot temperamental, emotional, and anger within him, including how he became drive in his insanity after he learns the truth over the plan that he had created for his master.
* True Akashic Records is a new main dungeon and also the true form of the Labyrinth of Time which was caused by the fusion between Akashic Records and unrecords causing the bigger distortion to the time program data and the network.
** And this was caused after Aura became the Queen of Demise causing the two parts of Akashics to merge on her own wills in the hope to control the player's destiny and twisted her protection for the players.
* Tokio will be getting his new higher form which was exclusive for Chrono Link version which evolving him into higher-level job extension, which evolving him from his Steel Hero of Gear form into The Ultimate Control Time Gear Form or so-known as Ultimate Form/Perfect form.
** His main weapon will be a fusion between The Sword of Balance with The Gear Sword, which evolved to become a new weapon known as The Ultimate Time Gear Blade which he now can freely use either in one-handed or two-handed.
** He is now able to control and manipulate with the time elements, allowing to make stopping their movements or slowing them down which brings the opportunity to attack them.
** It also allows slow motioning while dodging enemies attack and search the opportunity to make a counterattack whether its ranged or direct attack.
** His special abilities will allow him to predict enemies' move or making the time to stop allowing to attacking enemies more freely while you had limit times to do so.
** There are new skills which never even seen in the original version as it has balanced between old and new skills.
** The Triple Trigger is included, which allows you to continue using Skill Trigger in three times.
==== Return of the Hero Arc ====
Return of the Hero arc will be told differently from the PSP version, while it expands the story with inclusion Metronnom as he became a major focus to this arc.
* This story arc also teasing for Metronnom’s redemption story but also teased bringing something lot twist about his fate at the end of the story arc.
* Different from the PSP version as Fluegel using his creation vaccine with Brawler Rossle to release Kite from Ice in 2010 alternate timeline, In the Chrono Link version will bring very different stories that lead-up to the same conclusion, such as:
** Fluegel has the way to undo the ice that had been kept Kite under of it in order to release him, however as his breieler Rossle unactivated due to Metronnom’s stabbing the core of his Schicksal PC, causing to losing his skill to using braieler Rossle.
** In order to reactivate his Braieler Rossle and he needs to go obtained Orichalcum Rossle materials which deep hidden in the Hidden forbidden Memoria, or so-known as Maze of Time.
*** And Fluegel brought Tokio and AIKA to join his request, while Fluegel has several questions regarding the connection between her and Saika, including Tokio.
** A metronome will found isolate himself in the Maze of Time and Fluegel asking his cooperation to help him release Kite from its ice.
** Entirely new development between Metronom and Tokio, as to how impacting him to join with Fluegel, Tokio, and AIKA, because his words remain what Yun-EL said to him before his death.
** After Kite’s released from Ice, he wants Zelkova, along with Tsukasa, BlackRose, and Haseo to taking care of his recover data, while Tokio helps Toki-runty to escape from Maze Server until they’ve been invaded by the Three Azure Knights.
* The battle against the Three Azure Knight has been expanded along with new story elements that didn’t show in the PSP version, including new changes of the cutscene.
** Metronom and Fluegel would work together to hold up against Three Azure Knights who were attacking Grand Whale, which is shown significants between Advisor and Leader working together, which differ from the PSP version which is only himself to do it.
** The battle against the Three Azure Knights has a few major changes through its balance, such as:
*** Kite’s appear in the battle form is different from what he used in the PSP version, he will use his new form or his Xth Form as part to reconstruct his memory and his PC which was terribly damage from Fluegel’s attack.
*** Not just Kite who appeared, Haseo, BlackRose, and Tsukasa will team-up to help Tokio fighting against Three Azure Knights, while Tokio fighting another one Azure Knights known as Azure Dark Slayer.
*** While Azure Flame Kite will receive a new form and modification which was caused by the Queen of Demise power, turning him into Anti-PC which based on QOD designation
* The ending of the story will bring different outcomes regarding Metronom’s fate at the end of their battle against Four Azure Knights.
** Metronom trying to protect Fluegel as he being stabbed by Saika Amagi with his Spear Weapons, which causing an impact toward his real body.
*** And those weapon is ENTIES that she always used, that revealing a major plot twist as Saika revealed to be ENTIES.
** As he is unable to move due to his injuries became much more serious, and asked Tokio one last favor, to Stop ENTIES, Free Aura and Save The World, which to undo what Geist had done.
** And he certainly happy that he could serve his leader into the very end, and hoping he can meet him again even he didn’t remember him.
==== The Rise of the Amagi Arc ====
The Rise of the Amagi arc is the most highlighted story arc of the third episode, which connected its story with RIVES story and concluding the ENTIES case with completely new story development which never even seen before in the PSP version, including major character development and biggest twist in this story arc.
* This story will bring a very major development for Saika Amagi which hitting bigger scales that never even bringing this idea into the PSP version.
** Which brought the biggest plot twist for Saika Amagi as the True ENTIES, a legendary of PKK and Hackers.
* Chrono Link guild will get their spotlight, but Kruger will be the most character to getting a new character development in this game.
* Possible adding a new story as ENTIES is very responsible behind the operation of the Network Crisis, which is an additional lore story that didn’t even add into the PSP version.
* An interesting new side of AIKA character will be revealed, but stay natural to herself as thanks to her development as the story progress.
* Something a new tease regarding the connection between Shouko, Saika, and ENTIES.
* New information regarding the truth behind the Akashic Line beta test which bringing a bigger plot twist that they wouldn’t see that coming and which never been explained in the PSP version.
* This arc will bring a major turning point due to this story will be darker, intense, and serious as fans will witness something that fans will not expect it yet.
* It also brings a bigger major character development for Tokio which something that didn’t add in the PSP version, and bringing the biggest change to the story within his character while teasing the true nature of his personality.
* A lot of new teasing and heartwarming, as well as darker bringing new changes and evolution to Tokio as a character.
* The battle against Saika in Kruger’s perspective will be highly intense, showing his pay off the development of his character from his first introduction in RIVES story.
* While Saika against Tokio will be menacing, emotional, intensifies, dark, and bigger scales of its battle will be.
* This will bring a bigger major evolution character development for Saika.
* Another thing that's the very shocking revelation regarding her characterization that connected through scenes.
** Saika was revealed to be Tokio’s gamer friend, Shouko who’s she abandoned that identity due to certain events in RIVES -Season 3- Episode 23.
** The scene where Tokio and Saika on the rooftop, she says a word about “I’ve always been watching you because you’re my hero” along with her personality back in Tokio’s school was her real personality.
*** However, due to her mission to searching her brothers, she’s acting like Tokio’s superior, tsundere, and demanding, but in the truth that she afraid to make a mistake for making Tokio felt bad.
*** As she doing her job, even though she’s very demanding on Tokio to obtain Chrono Core, she already aware of how much he cares about his friend, especially for Subaru and Mimiru which left her to decide to leave him be for a while.
*** She always hopes to cheer him when he gets lost ahead, but due to her demanding attitude and her mission hindering her to do that and decide to get to the point.
*** She never even treating Tokio as a slave from the very beginning, but she wants to watch and observing his movement to prevent any danger happens to Tokio.
** It is confirmed from AIKA herself that Saika was very happy that Tokio giving her coupon and Chim-Chim Dolls just like he gave to AIKA.
*** Saika’s very happy and always treasured the gift that Tokio gave It to her, however, at the same time she sad and felt guilty about what she did to him in the past as her memory of the past still hunting her.
** After what happened to Akira and the anger that Tokio had lashed out to her, has brought her relieved that he blaming her, however after Jyotaro became a lost one causing her very shocked about the truth and he calls out her mother’s name.
*** As a result that she disbanded her guild and suddenly disappeared due to being too much devastated after what happened to his brother and the things that she had gone through so hard to kill the people only for information about Jyotaro’s where doubt.
*** She's very guilty putting her members, including Tokio and Akira into danger and decides to disappear from the real world just like Jyotaro and made her own redemption until Genius capturing her and reconstructed her doubleware PC and her mind with brainwash virus.
==== The Operation Gear Arc ====
Aura’s Restoration Plan/Operation Gear Arc will bring a bigger expand for its story from the original PSP version, with a reimagining story to be told since it took a place after the Infiltration Arc with Akira rejoining a team for conclusion battle against Aura, the queen of demise.
* Tokio can able to interact with Chrono Link characters before the invasion to the true Akashic Records begin.
** It is shown everyone made it here and they had changed thanks to Tokio who appear in their life, which these brings them together for the upcoming Final Battle, as well as they had the biggest fear as the moment they have to fight Aura.
*** No.99 got a report from Fluegel that his brother will be released in a few days later, and she feels the journey she had with Tokio and Akira had brought her closer to finding her brothers, but even though she had the anxiety to fight against God, she ready to for that happens.
*** Kruger, on the other hand, reminisces his first met with Tokio and Akira during they searched for Admantinium, and at first he is very unsociable to express his feeling toward anyone he met.
**** But, after what Tokio and his friend saving him and sharing things about his personal life as Otaku, including his fight against Saika had made him understand the way he fought for, and hoping that his will could be a way to recover his anxiety and prepared for everything will come.
*** Sol had his fear to fight against the goddess who brings this all fate to met Tokio and Akira, but Nishijima81 comfort him and he will get his back when he has a problem and ready for what will come to them.
**** This showing their friendship became improves as the story progress, from he who bullied Sol became his friend and comrade.
*** Seventy-Seven is a little scared, to fighting the goddess who he admires her so much and had no choice to fight her to free her from Brainwash. He reminisces his first met with Tokio and Akira as their beginner guide to the online games, and now they grew into something very unexpected.
**** He has one hope that Tokio will be the only one who could lead his friend without fear and show Aura the true love about The World.
*** Miki-07 and Alibaba still busy at the Grand Whale to help Saika for preparing Vaccine and its almost complete, and Alibaba although gone in the second question what’s gonna happen next when they finally defeat Aura, as she is afraid of their decision could be the right or wrong thing.
**** But Tokio is very optimistic but didn’t deny he had fear as well, but he knew that is the best decision they had, and he makes sure that he and his friend will free Aura
*** Akira wants to apologize to Tokio for betraying him, as he didn’t intend to do it but he had no choice but to do it alone for better good to his guild, but he can’t back up the fact that he was jealous with Tokio and wanting to become better like him, including how Tokio knows finding out his true identity as Geist.
**** But, Tokio didn’t have a second thought to hate him, because he knew that Akira was smart to make a decision, as well as how he knew that Akira was lying that he hates Tokio, but Tokio also wants to apologize to him for ignoring his warning.
**** The two of them seem to come to their conclusion and move out from fighting each other and decide to fight together to free Aura from her brainwashing virus that Geist had put into it.
** A new dialogues interaction between Saika and Tokio before the invasion.
*** Saika seems very shy to talk with Tokio after what happens between both of them, but Tokio reminisce his day when he play game together with her and Akira, it was a lot of fun, and he wanted to apologize for didn’t Saika about the problem that was gone through and he blame for himself for what resulting Saika like this and try to make amends with her.
*** But, Saika was the one who wants to apologize for everything she did, starting with her doing as ENTIES and what happens to David01 and Yun-EL, she also apologizes for what she did to him that leads to his death.
*** Especially for what she did to Tokio back then and regarding what happens to Aura & Akira.
*** However, Tokio never asks Saika to blame herself for what happened, as both of them were responsible for what happens to Aura, and the two of them will make amends to do it.
*** Another thing is when everything is over, he hopes of three of them will play the game together again, and he also wants to invite AIKA when she comes to the real world.
*** Before the conversation, she says once again “Thank you, my hero”, but Tokio didn’t aware about what Saika said and asked him to forget what she says.
** A new dialogues interaction between Tokio and AIKA before the invasion.
*** Tokio wanting to thank AIKA for realizing him about what he had a dream about, and he realizes the situation he had given was not like knight hero did, but more consequences and hard-life bring him to a realization about how many worlds was not something that he had expected.
*** But, AIKA eager to him, it doesn’t matter he is a hero or not, but what most thing is how much you want to do here on out, saving or let them be is hard choice to make, but she very optimistic with Tokio, she knew he can fight it that’s why she was born this way.
** A new dialogues interaction between Tokio, AIKA, Saika, and Akira before the invasion.
*** It seems that they made a promise to transfering AIKA to the real world so they can spend time together.
*** Akira made arguments again with Saika just as usual, and AIKA knew they were doing that again.
*** Akira wanted to focus his study first before he plays a game once more, the same goes for Saika, as for AIKA hope to eat a burger in the real world as she wants to.
*** Saika seems to focus on diet, but since AIKA wanting to eat together made Saika had no choice but to come along, while Akira seems to mock her about a diet let to their argument again.
** A new dialogues interaction between Tokio, AIKA, Saika, and Akira before the invasion.
*** It seems that they made a promise to transfering AIKA to the real world so they can spend time together.
*** Akira made arguments again with Saika just as usual, and AIKA knew they were doing that again.
*** Akira wanted to focus his study first before he plays a game once more, the same goes for Saika, as for AIKA hope to eat a burger in the real world as she wants to.
*** Saika seems to focus on diet, but since AIKA wanting to eat together made Saika had no choice but to come along, while Akira seems to mock her about a diet let to their argument again.
* Tokio’s speech has a few minor changes and dialogues will be extended from the PSP version.
** This is the second time Tokio playing The WORLD, first as the PC and the second with his own actual body as Doubleware PC.
** He seemly aware of everyone afraid of fighting against Aura, but if it's not them to save her and who will be.
** Tokio can’t make it here if it's not from his friend who supports him, helped him and given him so many experiences that he had through.
** He can feel the happiness and sadness toward his journey, but he keeps pushing forward and fight for something he wants to protect, and everyone also has the will to fight for those they care too.
* The Shadow of Knights will be new boss fights that Tokio and all of his friends will fight against which lead to Twilight Knights, Schicksal, and Chrono Link begin a war against them.
** A new description about The Shadow Knights that they were up against.
*** It is new scenarios that were never seen before and told differently from the PSP version and which lead their fight against them to enter the True Akashic Records.
*** The Shadow Knights is a creation from Aura, The Queen of Demise which based on their log data PC from the past which was corrupted and fights against them.
*** It is also based on the Doppelganger version of them which supposed to be more superior to the previous version.
*** They're shrouded in darker and frightening color, and they moved fast than any real one can do.
** As you fight against them, they lot stronger than a real one and move faster they think, however, together with your party might be a way to defeat them and proceed forward.
** When you defeat them, but they coming one after another, and you should leave & let them hold them off for Tokio and his friend to proceed, there are developments which were and whose character you need to leave them.
*** Oblivion City Mac Anu: Twilight Knights R:1 (Except Kite and Tsukasa)
*** The entrance of the True Akashic Records: Twilight Knights R:2 (Except, Haseo)
*** The Middle Stage Floor of the True Akashic Records: Schicksal
*** The Top Stage Floor of the True Akashic Records: Chrono Link Guild (Except Tokio, Saika, Akira, and AIKA).
* At the final stage of the floor at the front of Door to the Queen of Demise in the PSP version, They’ve been gathering here and directly went to that door went to face Aura. But in Chrono Link version has a different, but also expand on it with adding the Three Phantom, Azure Flame Pursue, Black Clad Destroyer, and Emerald Green Prisoner.
** The Three Phantoms Azure Flame Pursue, Black Clad Destroyer, and Emerald Green Prisoner is the ultimate log data PC created by Aura, Queen of Demise and served as the ultimate boss battle at the final floor of The True Akashic Records.
*** They already appeared as one on one boss in Infiltration Arc.
*** While they’re fighting skills are familiar with Guilty Dragon, although there are new skills and attacks that never even seen and new in the Chrono Link version.
** Before reach to the final stage floor, you can buy equipment, upgrading, and items on Jikanet shops and save your data before reaching it.
** Following you defeat them, Fluegel, Cello, Klarinette, Haseo, Kite, and Tsukasa will be gathering at the final stage floor of the True Akashic Records which they’re now preparing for a final battle.
* Aura’s voice as Queen of Demise was little but different in the PSP version, by adding the Demonic voice to made it look frightening and also intimidating looks will bringing the atmosphere very intense and dark.
** Her dialogues had been expanded, there are a lot of new talks from characters that interacting with her, and some dialogues for Aura were optimized more look intimidating.
* Aura as the final boss of the game will be expanded on bigger scales in Chrono Link version, and you will fight her with a Grand Whale as ground because the sea of data has no high ground.
** There 4 phase battle combats against Aura, The Queen of Demise.
*** The first phase that you need to fight all Gomora with Grand Whale combat mode which you will fight thousands of them to get through to Aura.
*** The second phase of the battle combat is to aiming her several parts of the body, and you might be surrounded by her several Gomora's until you aiming for attack again.
*** The third phase of the battle combat is to aiming her heads to neutralize her minds to commanding the Gomoras.
*** The fourth phase of the battle combats is you will fight her directly, however, she gots more powerful than she used to be and its better to be careful with her power strikes that damaging your HP, and you need an opportunity to search her weaknesses.
** New cinematics battle combat situation which where theirs scenes cinematic during the battle and lots more actions with lot tactics to getaways from Aura’s attack.
* Post-final battle combat as the vaccine didn’t work against her, which she using her ultimate power to halt PC process and disappeared, which they need to do one more time for this plan to work, however, there is choice that Tokio will make as Akira, AIKA, and Saika already prepared themselves whose to be the last one who will sacrifice themselves to Save Aura, this wasn’t happening in the PSP version, however the ending scene in the original shown directly for AIKA to sacrificing herself.
** Those his choice will create a multiple ending (Ending A, B, C, D) which depends on how he will choose and will come with different outcomes and different ends of its meaning, but somehow four endings were much as Bad Ending.
** While the fifth ending (Ending E) was bittersweet than any four endings, which shows different outcomes but will lead something new and the same in the future, triggering a new problem.
*** It thus leads up to .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- Episode 4: Severe.
** The Ending X is a happy ending story, which what if Akira, Saika, and AIKA even Tokio survived by using cheap tricks to free Aura. It shows the ending that everyone had desires, including how they grow up and live happily together forever.
*** Although post-credit will show something that’s not something that fans will expect.
*** It will be available as Downloadable Content.