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{{Infobox video game
| title      = Summon Night 6: Lost Borders
| image      = Summon Night 6 cover.png
| caption    = Japanese cover art
| developer = [[Company:Media.Vision|Media.Vision]]{{efn|Additional work by [[Company:Felistella|Felistella]]}}
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|[[Company:Bandai Namco Entertainment|Bandai Namco Entertainment]]|WW|[[Company:Gaijinworks|Gaijinworks]]}}
| producer   = Kazumasa Habu
| writer     = 
| director   = 
| artist     = 
| composer   = 
| genre      = [[Software:Tactical role-playing game|Tactical RPG]]
| modes      = [[Software:Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| platforms  = [[Engineering:PlayStation Vita|PlayStation Vita]]<br />[[Engineering:PlayStation 4|PlayStation 4]]
| released   = {{vgrelease|JP|March 10, 2016|NA|October 31, 2017<ref>{{cite web|last1=Romano|first1=Sal|title=Summon Night 6: Lost Borders launches October 31 in North America, shortly after in Europe - Gematsu|url=http://gematsu.com/2017/10/summon-night-6-lost-borders-launches-october-31-north-america-shortly-europe|website=Gematsu|accessdate=19 October 2017|language=en|date=17 October 2017}}</ref>|EU|November 15, 2017<ref>{{cite web|title=5 big new PlayStation Store releases you need to check out this week|url=https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2017/11/13/5-big-new-playstation-store-releases-you-need-to-check-out-this-week-11/|website=PlayStation Blog|accessdate=15 November 2017|language=en|date=13 October 2017}}</ref>}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Summon Night 6: Lost Borders'''''|サモンナイト６ 失われた境界たち|Samon Naito Shikkusu Ushinawareta Kyōkai Tachi|lead=yes}} is a [[Software:Tactical role-playing game|tactical role-playing game]] for the [[Engineering:PlayStation Vita|PlayStation Vita]] and [[Engineering:PlayStation 4|PlayStation 4]] video game consoles. The game was released in Japan on March 10, 2016, and was released in North America on October 31, 2017 and Europe on November 15, 2017 by publisher [[Company:Gaijinworks|Gaijinworks]]. While it is the sixth numbered entry in the mainline entries of the ''[[Software:Summon Night|Summon Night]]'' series, it is only the second one to be translated into English, after 2015's release of ''[[Software:Summon Night 5|Summon Night 5]]'', also by Gaijinworks.

==Gameplay==
Similar to prior mainline entries in the ''[[Software:Summon Night|Summon Night]]'' video game series, the game plays as a [[Software:Tactical role-playing game|strategic/tactical role-playing video game]], with elements of visual novels.<ref name="gameinformer1">{{cite web|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/games/summon_night_6_lost_borders/b/playstation4/archive/2016/06/07/2017-release-will-feature-english-version-with-voice-acting-for-summon-night-6-lost-borders.aspx|title=Summon Night 6: Lost Borders Will Be Translated Into English For Its 2017 Release|publisher=Game Informer}}</ref><ref name="gem1"/> In addition to the core gameplay, it will also feature multiple mini-games as well.<ref name="usgamer1"/>

==Story==
The game takes place in the world of Fillujah, a world where all people have their own flying companion creature.<ref name="gameinformer1"/> The core three members of the cast (Raj, Amu, and Ist) are the primary protagonists, while the game plot involves them meeting up with characters from across the entire ''Summon Night'' series.<ref name="gameinformer1"/>

==Development==
The game was first announced in August 2015, through a revealing in ''V Jump'' magazine.<ref name="gem1">{{cite web|url=http://gematsu.com/2015/08/summon-night-6-lost-borders-announced-ps4-ps-vita|title=Summon Night 6: Lost Borders announced for PS4, PS Vita - Gematsu|date=19 August 2015|publisher=Gematsu}}</ref>

In June 2016, [[Company:Gaijinworks|Gaijinworks]] announced they would be releasing the game in English in Q1 2017 in North America and Europe.<ref name="usgamer1">{{cite web|url=http://www.usgamer.net/articles/summon-night-6-breaks-borders-with-western-launch-in-2017|title=Summon Night 6 Breaks Borders With Western Launch in 2017|date=7 June 2016|publisher=US Gamer}}</ref> The game is the second mainline ''Summon Night'' video game to be translated and released in English regions, after the prior entry, ''[[Software:Summon Night 5|Summon Night 5]]''.<ref name="gameinformer1"/> Victor Ireland of Gaijinworks announced that the game would be one of his biggest game translation undertakings, with the game script amounting to the equivalent of five novels, 50% larger than the size of the already large ''Summon Night 5''.<ref name="usgamer1"/> The company began translating the title in January 2016, with the full game not being due out for release until at least a year after they began, in Q1 2017.<ref name="gameinformer1"/> Ireland cited the popularity of the PS4 as the main reason for translating the title, stating that releasing it for its large userbase was the best way to bring popularity to the previously niche series.<ref name="usgamer1"/> The game saw a physical release in North America, but was exclusively a [[Software:Downloadable content|digital download]] in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technobuffalo.com/2016/06/09/summon-night-6-confirmed-a-north-american-release/|title=Summon Night 6 confirmed for a North American release in Q1 2017|date=9 June 2016|publisher=Techno Buffalo}}</ref>

==Reception and sales==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = PS4: 71/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/summon-night-6-lost-borders/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 |title=Summon Night 6: Lost Borders for PlayStation 4 Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=6 March 2020}}</ref>
| RPG = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Summon Night 6: Lost Borders {{!}} Aces high |url=https://archive.rpgamer.com/games/summonnight/sn6/reviews/sn6strev1.html |website=RPGamer |date=5 September 2021 |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
| RPGFan = 80/100<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chandran |first1=Neal |title=Summon Night 6: Lost Borders |url=https://www.rpgfan.com/review/summon-night-6-lost-borders/ |website=RPGFan |date=5 September 2021 |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
}}

The game debuted a number 3 on the Japanese charts with its Vita release, with 40,076 units sold, and number 6 with its PS4 release, selling an additional 16,750 units, totaling for 56,826 sold in its first week.<ref name="silsales">{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2016/03/16/week-sales-division-raids-twilight-princess-hd-summon-night-6-follows/|title=This Week In Sales: The Division Raids In, Twilight Princess HD And Summon Night 6 Follows|date=16 March 2016|publisher=Siliconera}}</ref> This was around half of the prior game's releases, ''Summon Night 4'' and ''Summon Night 5'', which both sold over 100,000 copies in their debut week.<ref name="silsales"/>

The PS4 version of Summon Night 6 has now been removed from the PlayStation store for unknown reasons.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.summonnight.net/sn6/ Official Japanese website]

[[Category:Tactical role-playing video games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]

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