<s>
Luminous	B-Application
Arc	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Imageepoch	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Marvelous	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
Atlus	O
USA	O
and	O
Rising	O
Star	O
Games	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Luminous	B-Application
Arc	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Luminous	B-Application
Arc	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
strategy	O
role-playing	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
characters	O
move	O
across	O
an	O
isometric	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
character	O
can	O
be	O
equipped	O
with	O
weapons	O
,	O
armor	O
,	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
magical	O
"	O
Lapis	O
"	O
gemstones	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sixteen	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
begins	O
,	O
monsters	B-Application
called	O
Beast	O
Fiends	O
start	O
to	O
appear	O
,	O
destroying	O
everything	O
in	O
their	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mattias	O
,	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
Magic	O
Association	O
,	O
uses	O
the	O
evil	O
Demon	O
Blade	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
seal	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
fiends	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
sealed	O
away	O
himself	O
by	O
the	O
elemental	O
witches	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
Fatimaa	O
powerful	O
witch	B-Device
of	O
the	O
Association	O
with	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
rare	O
Shadow	O
Frost	O
Magicgoes	O
rogue	O
and	O
starts	O
a	O
conflict	O
with	O
the	O
Association	O
,	O
causing	O
more	O
trouble	O
for	O
the	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roland	O
,	O
a	O
knight	O
in	O
training	O
,	O
is	O
accidentally	O
imbued	O
with	O
this	O
new	O
power	O
,	O
and	O
fights	O
the	O
Beast	O
Fiends	O
,	O
Master	O
Mattias	O
and	O
the	O
Shadow	O
Frost	O
Witch	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
previous	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
famed	O
sound	O
designer	O
Yasunori	O
Mitsuda	O
and	O
his	O
studio	O
handled	O
all	O
the	O
audio	O
mixing	O
and	O
mastering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
who	O
preordered	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
selected	O
retailers	O
received	O
an	O
art	O
book	O
named	O
"	O
Luminous	O
Art	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
offers	O
content	O
from	O
both	O
Luminous	B-Application
Arc	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
manga	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Luminous	B-Application
Arc	I-Application
2	I-Application
began	O
serialization	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
gave	O
Luminous	B-Application
Arc	I-Application
2	I-Application
all	O
four	O
sevens	O
for	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
28	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
North	O
America	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
