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While browsing the texture files from .hack//Infection Mutation Outbreak Quarantine, in the file xicon00 there are character class icons and right below them is the icons for the equipment slots. From left to right we have Head Armor Shield Armor Hand Armor Body Armor Leg Armor Except one thing... there is no Shield Armor in-game. Obviously there's no shield class in the franchise, everyone has a weapon of some kind but nothing shield related. Not the say we don't see any shields in the franchise, especially in .hack//Quantum we see a ton of players using shields at the start of episode 3. But if we look back in time, when dothack was during it's third prototype phase called Treasure Hacker, we definitely see Rachel (blademaster) and Marlo (blademaster) brandishing a sword and a shield. (Rachel on left, Marlo on right) But obviously in game, we never see these characters brandishing a shield. Nor the option to equip one on the character equipment screen.

Obtained over a pretty decent amount of time. tried having everything as complete as possible. (G.U. Vol 2 and Infection have no booklet sadly...) Had to buy G.U. vol. 1 during a japan trip for that elusive bonus terminal disk. ...And the crown jewel of them all, SIGN on DVD. glorious standard definition, how all 00's anime should be viewed. (with CRT) Trying to get Quarantine and the MC Plushes eventually when they don't cost a limb. (forgive the image quality, I am not a photographer sadly...)

On the title screen for .hack//fragment, if you press and hold the trigger buttons L2 and R2 at the same time and while holding those two triggers, tap and hold R1 on the controller; you will see a random series of 4 digits down by the copyright dates on the bottom left. These numbers don't seem to be progressive or sequential. Unsure what they mean, this was brought to our attention by u/Zodiark_Amano on Reddit.

A few years back I saw these gachapon figurines all over ebay for $20 USD for all 3 on a regular basis. Lately they are hardly around. Here's a link to the website on the card they came with. http://dot-hack.co.kr/