Sonic Team's President Yuji Naka revealed a few details of the newly renamed Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 for the Nintendo GameCube.

It has been said that the game will now contain two full episodes, the first episode will be a representation of the original found on the Dreamcast (version 1 and version 2). While Episode 2 will be a new expansion featuring new worlds and new character classes.

The game will have several upgrades like a four player splitscreen, redone menus, and upgraded graphics. Here are some more details:

Phantasy Star Online Episode 1
-Dreamcast Edition Four Worlds
-Dreamcast Edition Six Character Classes
Phantasy Star Online Episode 2
-New Character Class: RAmarl
-New Character Class: FOmar
-New Character Class: HUcaseal
-New World: Jungle Stage
-New World: Santuary Surface
-Possibly More Worlds/Characters/Features..

Publisher SEGA, will release the game by a trial-edition basis from May31st-June 30th and hopes to release the full game by July. SEGA will team up with Nintendo to sell the game in several bundles including Software + Modem, Software + PSO Keyboard + Modem, and Software + Modem + PSO Keyboard + GameCube System.

The prices of the different packages in Euros will be approx.:

Game and modem +/- � 85
Game, modem and keyboard +/- � 140
Game, modem and GameCube +/- � 320
Game, modem, GameCube and keyboard +/- � 390

Naka and Sonic Team will reveal more of the title today at GameJam 2. Tune in at GameCube Europe for all the latest news!

Source: N-Sider.com , GC-Inside.com