While previously only given a release window of “Summer 2015”, Sega has officially announced that Dengeki Bunko: FIGHTING CLIMAX Ignition will arrive in Japanese arcades on July 28, which is next week. It’s rather sudden, but the sooner the better. Were a console version to come out, you’d want the space between releases to be pretty noticeable. And considering that Blade Arcus from Shining EX is coming to Japan late November, it’s better not to have the two compete or be all that close to each other. Maybe the playerbase doesn’t have much overlap, but you ideally don’t want your game to have to compete with hype from another fighter. Fighting games ideally want consistent customers, and people only have so many hours in a day.
It remains to be seen what will happen with this version in the West!