Arcana Heart - Arcana Heart

Arcana Heart

Developer(s) Examu
Arcade
Yuki Enterprise
Atrativa Japan (FULL!)
PlayStation 2
Ecole Software
Publisher(s) Arcade
  • Lucky Co., Ltd.
  • Examu (FULL!)

PlayStation 2

  • AQ Interactive
  • Atlus
Designer(s) Sakuraitooru
Series Arcana Heart
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation 2
Release date(s) Arcade
  • December 22, 2006
  • April 17, 2007 (FULL!)

PlayStation 2

  • October 11, 2007
  • April 10, 2008
Genre(s) 2D Versus fighting
Mode(s) Up to 2 players simultaneously
Media/distribution 1 DVD-ROM (PS2)
Cabinet Upright
Arcade system Original

In mid-April 2007, a patch was released for Arcana Heart called "Arcana Heart FULL!". The patch fixed a variety of issues, toning down overly-powerful characters and "buffing up" weaker characters. However, a controversy arose when Examu priced the patch, which was physically housed on a single custom chip, at ¥78,000 each, whereas similar patches for similar games have been released for free (such as the patch for Melty Blood: Act Cadenza).

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