<s>
Fate/Extra	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
Fate/EXTRA	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Type-Moon	O
and	O
Imageepoch	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Marvelous	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
editions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
:	O
a	O
Limited	O
Edition	O
,	O
a	O
retail	O
standard	O
edition	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
downloadable	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fate/Extra	B-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
companion	O
game	O
,	O
Fate/Extra	B-Application
CCC	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Fate/Extella	B-Application
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
remake	O
,	O
Fate/Extra	B-Application
Record	I-Application
,	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Type-Moon	O
Studio	O
BB	O
and	O
will	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
"	O
Current	O
Generation	O
"	O
consoles	O
at	O
an	O
unspecified	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fate/Extra	B-Application
is	O
a	O
single-player	O
three-dimensional	O
Japanese	O
role-playing	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
dungeon	O
subgenre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
interactions	O
,	O
servant	O
characters	O
have	O
special	O
types	O
of	O
attacks	O
called	O
"	O
noble	O
phantasms	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
require	O
the	O
expenditure	O
of	O
magic	B-Application
energy	I-Application
points	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
battle	O
a	O
Master	O
can	O
maintain	O
their	O
Servant	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
"	O
permanent	O
effect	O
"	O
items	O
and	O
"	O
code	O
spells	B-Application
"	O
—	O
magic	O
that	O
enhances	O
certain	O
characteristics	O
of	O
the	O
Servants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
these	O
missions	O
are	O
completed	O
within	O
the	O
prescribed	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
allowed	O
to	O
battle	O
with	O
an	O
enemy	O
servant	O
controlled	O
by	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
next	O
game	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hakuno	O
is	O
the	O
protagonist	O
of	O
Fate/Extra	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
or	O
she	O
is	O
the	O
Master	O
of	O
Saber	B-Algorithm
,	O
Caster	O
,	O
or	O
Archer	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
who	O
is	O
chosen	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
encountered	O
on	O
the	O
second	O
floor	O
and	O
assisted	O
Hakuno	O
and	O
Nero	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Master	O
of	O
Saber	B-Algorithm
,	O
Gawain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Master	O
of	O
Archer	O
,	O
Robin	B-Application
Hood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appears	O
in	O
Fate/Extra	B-Application
CCC	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nero	B-Application
is	O
the	O
lead	O
heroine	O
in	O
Fate/Extra	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
in	O
Fate/EXTRA	B-Application
CCC	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Type-Moon	O
was	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
finalization	O
on	O
Fate/hollow	B-Application
ataraxia	I-Application
,	O
and	O
had	O
short-term	O
plans	O
to	O
develop	O
other	O
projects	O
–	O
for	O
which	O
Nasu	O
was	O
forced	O
to	O
refuse	O
the	O
role	O
as	O
producer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
and	O
themes	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
near	O
future	O
with	O
the	O
setting	O
on	O
the	O
Moon	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
previously	O
briefly	O
mentioned	O
by	O
Nasu	O
as	O
an	O
element	O
of	O
the	O
Tsukihime	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
a	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
controlling	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
the	O
Holy	O
Grail	O
within	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
world	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
protagonists	O
would	O
be	O
placed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Niinō	O
indicated	O
to	O
Wada	O
that	O
the	O
Roman	O
emperor	O
Nero	B-Application
should	O
become	O
the	O
historical	O
prototype	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
heroic	O
Servant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Niinō	O
thought	O
it	O
was	O
necessary	O
to	O
offer	O
three	O
playable	O
Servants	O
(	O
Saber	B-Algorithm
,	O
Archer	O
,	O
and	O
Caster	O
)	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
whom	O
differ	O
in	O
different	O
skills	O
,	O
character	O
,	O
and	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Nasu	O
doubted	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
realizing	O
Nero	B-Application
's	O
personality	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
Saber	B-Algorithm
's	O
heroine	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
creators	O
considered	O
other	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
prototype	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scriptor	O
's	O
campaign	O
setting	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
capitalist	O
and	O
stagnant	O
utopia	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Holy	O
Grail	O
war	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
select	O
masters	O
that	O
would	O
use	O
the	O
artifact	O
's	O
properties	O
for	O
the	O
common	O
good	O
,	O
not	O
personal	O
fulfillment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saber	B-Algorithm
's	O
role	O
was	O
given	O
to	O
Sakura	O
Tange	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
voiced	O
the	O
protagonist	O
in	O
Cardcaptor	O
Sakura	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
the	O
September	O
2009	O
issue	O
of	O
Famitsu	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
in	O
both	O
the	O
regular	O
and	O
"	O
Type-Moon	O
Box	O
"	O
editions	O
;	O
the	O
latter	O
included	O
a	O
Saber	B-Algorithm
Figma	O
figure	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
visual	O
book	O
and	O
a	O
limited	O
edition	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four-volume	O
drama	O
CD	O
series	O
Sound	O
Drama	O
Fate/EXTRA	B-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
starting	O
from	O
winter	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
companion	O
game	O
titled	O
Fate/Extra	B-Application
CCC	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
28	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fate/Extra	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
who	O
viewed	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
work	O
that	O
used	O
Japanese	O
role-playing	O
game	O
and	O
visual	O
novel	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
text	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Dark	O
Zero	O
observer	O
Dominic	O
Shird	O
,	O
was	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Lost	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
noted	O
the	O
overall	O
character	O
design	O
was	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
anime	O
,	O
seamless	O
transitions	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
camera	O
when	O
watching	O
characters	O
and	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Arena	O
"	O
mode	O
by	O
the	O
standards	O
of	O
Japanese	O
role-playing	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fate/Extra	B-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
was	O
subjected	O
to	O
various	O
criticisms	O
by	O
reviewers	O
who	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
Persona	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Welhouse	O
noted	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
especially	O
the	O
"	O
Arena	O
"	O
mode	O
)	O
took	O
the	O
worst	O
aspects	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
noted	O
the	O
simplicity	O
of	O
Fate/Extra	B-Application
implemented	O
in	O
non-transitive	O
game	O
balance	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
in	O
their	O
opinion	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
direct	O
comparison	O
to	O
rock	O
paper	O
scissors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
in	O
Fate/Extra	B-Application
was	O
regarded	O
to	O
be	O
small	O
for	O
market	O
console	B-Application
role-playing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
reviewers	O
believed	O
Fate/Extra	B-Application
unsuccessfully	O
tried	O
to	O
"	O
sit	O
on	O
two	O
chairs	O
"	O
when	O
balancing	O
both	O
role-playing	O
game	O
visual	O
novel	O
elements	O
together	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
only	O
have	O
been	O
well-received	O
if	O
either	O
genre	O
was	O
focused	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
some	O
artwork	O
revealed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
male	O
protagonist	O
with	O
Saber	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
Atsushi	O
Abe	O
and	O
Sakura	O
Tange	O
were	O
confirmed	O
to	O
voice	O
Hakuno	O
Kishinami	O
and	O
Saber	B-Algorithm
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
