Anime Quarintine Characters Confirmed

[Arasoi]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Alexander [/i]
[B]For what it's worth, I've heard that those four become availiable after you beat the plotline of Quarantine, though I've also heard that Sora, Tsukasa, and Subaru are also dependent on completing the Flashback quest in Mutation and the Phantom quest in Outbreak...[/B][/QUOTE]

[color=royal blue]Well, going slightly off subject, Sora, Tsukasa, and Subaru are not needed to complete the flashback quest in .hack//MUTATION. [spoiler]You only need to go to Delta: Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground at certain points during the game to see the events there. You receive Memory Fragments of Tsukasa, Subaru, Sora, and I believe Crim. These are needed to find the characters in .hack//OUTBREAK's Phantom Event.[/spoiler]

Anyway, back on track. I wouldn't think that you'd be able to get Helba to join you until the end of the game since her stats are most likely maxed out, unless she was needed for some role in the story. Otherwise, as has been pointed out before, the game would be too easy. The .hack//SIGN characters and Helba are probably special bonuses for completing the game, just like the secret dungeons were in past games.[/color]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Black_Phoenix[/i]
[b]Well, I decided with all of the controversy over the pics to sort of break them down a bit. Here is how I see things.

1) The charcters here are most likely part of a post-storyline mission (except maybe Helba). Reasons:
-- Note the background. No infection in Mac Anu.
--(Big Spoiler) From what I saw on the site for the pics, Sora and the other souls/consciounesses help fight Corbenik.

2) Character may be real. If you notice the characters hold their weapons like the rest of the game characters of similar class. This means that even if it is a "cut-and-paste" job, the character most likely appear in the game. Also, the shadows match up, making it either a real picture, or a very well done fake.

3) Incomoplete Ryu Book. Anyone that has beaten Outbreak, and gotten all friendly characters knows that the Ryu Book listing friends is not full yet.[/b][/quote]

[color=royal blue]Black_Phoenix's reasons seem perfectly logical to me.[/color]