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New Songs and “Live Quest Mode” Details for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X

Draikin October 27, 2015 2 Replies

A few days ago, SEGA revealed more details on Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X‘s Live Quest Mode, along with five new songs that will be included in the game. The game’s “Live Quest Mode” contains five different areas, each based on one of these different elements:

Neutral

Chaos

Beauty

Cool

Cute

The game’s rhythm game tracks are divided among these different areas, and are also linked to the element of their area. For example, of the three songs that had been announced earlier, the song “Ren’ai Saiban” is linked to the “Cute” area, while “Raspberry Monster” and “Strangers” are linked to the “Cool” area. On their SEGA feat. Hatsune Miku website, Sega explained how the elements influence the gameplay in more detail. Read on to learn more!

Project Mirai DX Review (3DS)

Draikin October 26, 2015 Leave a reply

After reviewing Project DIVA F 2nd earlier, here’s my review of Project Mirai DX on the 3DS. While Project Mirai DX is also a rhythm game in the same vein as the Project DIVA series, the games are actually not all that similar. While the Project DIVA F games are aimed at a more mature audience and feature a rather high difficulty level, Project Mirai DX is notably easier and more accessible for newcomers to rhythm games. And while Project DIVA F at times featured somewhat risqué costumes, music videos and artwork (though nothing particularly scandalous, as evidenced the T rating by the ESRB), Project Mirai DX keeps things very family-friendly. The chibi design SEGA used for the characters is absurdly cute, and the tone is consistently upbeat and lighthearted.

More Yakuza 5 Release Details From Sega’s Live Stream!

Draikin October 23, 2015 5 Replies

UPDATE: The archive of the stream can be viewed here.

Sega of America held a Yakuza 5 live stream today, where Sega PR Representative John Hardin and Localization Producer Sam Mullen showed a bit of what the game has to offer. Playing as Kiryu and Shinada, they showed the game’s combat, visited a hostess club, participated in karaoke, drove people around in a taxi, raced against a chicken (yes, that’s indeed in the game), … Suffice to say, there’s a ton to do in the game, and at the price it’s being sold it’s really a bargain. They also tried to give answers to questions from viewers, and I compiled a few of the answers they gave here:

New Yakuza 5 Screenshots and Character Descriptions

Draikin October 22, 2015 Leave a reply

Sega has released a bunch of Yakuza 5 screenshots, giving us a look at the English version of the game, along with character descriptions of the game’s five main characters. You can find the images and character info below!

Yakuza 5 is scheduled to be released on PS3 later this year, probably in November, as a digital download on Sony’s PlayStation Network. The game is currently available for preorder on the US PlayStation Network, but not yet on the EU PlayStation Network.

New Genei Ibun Roku #FE Character Trailers Featuring Kiria and Eleonora

Draikin October 17, 2015 Leave a reply

Nintendo and Atlus have released two new character trailers for Genei Ibun Roku #FE, featuring Kiria Kurono and Eleonora Yumizuru. Their mirages are respectively Tharja and Virion, both from Fire Emblem Awakening. You can find the new trailers and some artwork of the characters below/

SEGA and ATLUS Games Discounted in EU PlayStation Store October Sales!

Draikin October 9, 2015 Leave a reply

Sony has a bunch of games on sales on their EU PlayStation Store in October, and those include several Sega and Atlus games! The official blog post again didn’t note the actual discounted price in their list, so I took the time to add them to the list below for your convenience. For those in the EU, take a look and see if there’s anything you’d like to add to your collection! The sales will run until October 21, 2015.

Yakuza 4 is also listed as discounted, but this may be a mistake. Resonance of Fate was also shown with a discount, but some reported that once you add it to your basket it returned to full price. The discount has since been removed for Resonance of Fate, so I think the same might happen for Yakuza 4 (I can’t verify if it’s full price once added to the basket, since I own the game). I also included Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth3: V Generation, given the franchise’s ties to Sega.

New Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir Character Trailers for Cornelius and Mercedes

Draikin October 9, 2015 2 Replies

Atlus has posted new trailers for their upcoming remake Odin Sphere Leifthrasir. After the Gwendolyn trailer released earlier, we now get two additional character trailers. These feature Cornelius and Mercedes, respectively the main character of the second and third chapter of the game. Cornelius is the Prince of Titania and in love with princess Velvet. However, they both have family members disapproving of their love, leading to Cornelius being turned into a creature called “Koopa”. The second trailer features Mercedes, Princess of Ringford, who must assume leadership over her nation when her mother dies in battle. She must then lead them into battle against the Demon Lord Odin, the one responsible for killing her mother. You can watch both trailers below.

SEGA Reveals New Trailer for The World End Eclipse

Draikin October 9, 2015 Leave a reply

The World End Eclipse, Sega’s upcoming free-to-play RPG for mobile, PC and PS Vita, has received a new Japanese trailer. The trailer shows the game’s premise, a world that was destroyed by dragons and where humanity is now trying to rebuild their civilization (in fact, they’re building their towns on the back of the dragons’ remains). Aside from the simulation element in the game, where you build your town, the game’s combat system is also shown. The combat seems like a variation on the grid based combat system seen in other SEGA mobile games like Chain Chronicle, where characters move in separate lines and advance towards the enemy. At the end of the video, we also get to hear an excerpt of the game’s theme song by May’n. Watch the new trailer below!

Sega Plans to Release More PC Ports of Past Sega Games

Draikin October 7, 2015 Leave a reply

It’s no secret that SEGA is doing rather well on PC. Other than the RTS games from Creative Assembly and Relic Entertainment and their Football Manager games, the port of Valkyria Chronicles also proved to be a big success, proving that there’s plenty of potential for ports of their older console games as well. Today SEGA announced that they will be porting Sonic: Lost World to PC, which was previously a Wii U exclusive. At the same time, they also mentioned this in their official press release:

“We’re delighted to be able to bring Sonic Lost World to PC.” Said John Clark, VP of Commercial Publishing for SEGA Europe; “This is the latest in a string of high quality PC ports of past SEGA titles that we will be building on in the coming months and years.”

Which sounds like good news! SEGA has plenty of games in their catalog that fans would like to see ported to PC, so it’ll remain to be seen which ones they’re planning on releasing. While fan favorites likes Skies of Arcadia and Shenmue are likely to be in high demand, I’d personally like to see SEGA port the Sakura Taisen series. In fact, Sakura Taisen 1 & 2 already have an existing PC port, so the only real challenge would be localizing them. Which past games would you like to see SEGA port to PC? Feel free to let us know in the comments!

Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Now Available in the US and EU!

Draikin October 7, 2015 1 Reply

SEGA’s 2D fighting game Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax has been released today in the US and the EU on PS Vita and PS3! The PS3 version costs $39.99 / €39,99 and the PS Vita version costs $29.99 / €29.99, and cross-save between those two platforms is supported. The game includes 14 playable characters and 23 assist characters, most originating from various Dengeki Bunko novels but also some from Sega franchises such as Virtua Fighter and Valkyria Chronicles. The game also has several SEGA themed stages, such as a NiGHTS: into Dreams stage. Being a 2D fighting game, online multiplayer is of course supported as well.