Atlus U.S.A. has revealed that Stella Glow, the strategy RPG from Imageepoch for the Nintendo 3DS, will be launching in the Americas on November 17th. The game will be released in both retail and digital form on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS for the price of $49.99/CA$59.99. Pre-orders and a limited number of launch-day copies will also be receiving a few pre-order items. You can find the list of bonus items below, as described in the official press release:
A new Vanillaware game titled 13 Sentinels: Aigis Rim was shown during the SCEJA Press Conference 2015 at Tokyo Game Show. The setting is unique for the developer this time around. Usually their work produced fantasy and mythical settings. 13 Sentinels features Mecha and a contemporary design. The cast of characters appear to be high school students, and are seen in the trailer roaming around the halls and then hitting the streets of a big city in Japan. The trailer also showed off the robot but unfortunately there was not any gameplay footage.
The Nintendo and Atlus collaboration Wii U RPG, Genei Ibun Roku #FE, will launch in Japan on December 26. First print copies of the game will come with a code with costumes for the main characters inspired by Atlus characters on Nintendo platforms. This includes Walter from Shin Megami Tensei IV, the Protagonist from Devil Summoner 2, Rei from Persona Q and Princess class from Etrian Odyssey III.
Two additional special editions will launch alongside the standard copy. The “Fortissimo Edition” features a special box illustrated by the game’s character designer toi8, a CD soundtrack including the song “Reincarnation” by Kiria, art booklet and a code for additional costumes such as swimwear, a maid outfit and a santa suit. The other special edition is a Wii U bundle which pairs a 32GB Wii U hardware with the Fortissimo Edition copy of the game, in addition to various goods such as stickers, character lyric cards and a download card for a “3 Support Quests Set”.
If you are just tuning in and learning about this game, please check out the Treehouse E3 walkthrough for the game. Genei Ibun Roku #FE takes elements of Nintendo’s Fire Emblem series and is thrown into Atlus’ blend of RPG craftsmanship.
You can check out each edition of the game on the official Japanese site. Genei Ibun Roku #FE will launch in North America and Europe sometime in 2016.
The English trailers for Persona 4: Dancing All Night featuring Nanako and Margaret are now out. With these two, we’re at the tail end of the character trailers. Nanako is the cousin of Yu Narukami, good-natured and supportive. Margaret’s elegant and coy personality come through in her dance, but keep in mind that she’s available only in the Free Dance Mode and unlocked after fulfilling special conditions in-game.
The game is scheduled for a September 29 release in North America and a November 6 release in Europe. Continue reading to check out the trailers!
AtlusUSA’s new character trailer for The Legend of Legacy shows off two very different personalities. Liber is the Treasure Hunter, a “spirited scavenger with a taste for adventure.” Without a care in the world save for himself, he ventures to Avalon for money. In his battle segments we see him lay waste to enemies with his bow and arrow techniques. As a party member, Liber lends himself to a supporting role. Garnet is the Templar, a “loyal knight of the Holy Order.” Unlike Liber, she is highly committed and not so carefree. Garnet travels to Avalon to weed out those spreading rumors of gods dwelling among the living…but one has to wonder about the details in such situations as these. Garnet’s battle footage show her ramming through enemies with a shield and attacking enemies with a two-handed sword, and as a party member she’s designed to be a balanced fighter.
Additionally, members of AtlusUSA’s PR team streamed themselves playing the game this Wednesday for about an hour and a half. The footage has been uploaded to YouTube. Check it out below if you missed it, or if you’d like a chance to really immerse yourself in the game! If you want a fresh experience, you might not want to watch for too long. Especially if you plan on trying out Garnet’s scenario, which was the one chosen for the stream.
Continue reading to check out both videos!
Atlus’s latest Stella Glow trailer shows the game’s “Witch Tuning” mechanic. As you may recall from our previous articles, the story revolves around Alto (the protagonist) teaming up with four witches to stop another witch, Hilda, from destroying the world. The witches have the ability to use Song Magic, but to unlock their full potential Alto has to enter the witches’ hearts to help them overcome their inner fears. This is done through a process called “Witch Tuning”, where Alto enters a spirit world where the witchs’ fears are represented by monsters, which Alto will have to defeat in battle. If he’s victorious, the witch will unlock a new power (in the video, Sakuya acquires the new Song Magic “Song of Flames”). You can watch the video below for more details.
Stella Glow will be released during the holiday season in North America, for the price of $49.99. The European release date is currently set for spring 2016, where NIS America will be publishing the game.
Atlus updated the official website for Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir (an HD remake of the original Odin Sphere) with a post showing the game’s official boxart, created by director George Kamitani. On top of that, they also showed the cover for the game’s 64 pages hardcover art book, which will be made available with preorders of the game. Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir is scheduled for a January 2016 release in Japan on PS Vita, PS3 and PS4, and later in 2016 in the Americas. You can find the new artwork below!
AtlusUSA has begin rolling out English trailers for Legend of Legacy, the turn-based battle RPG set to release in October for North America and in 2016 for Europe. This trailer covers two of the seven main characters that can be chosen before the game begins.
By the way, the music that you hear playing throughout the trailer is one of the game’s battle themes.
Meurs is the Elementalist, a “Traveler with the Spirits as His Guide.” As an Elementalist, Meurs is ventures to Avalon to understand why the elements (fire, wind, water, and darkness) have begun to concentrate in Avalon. Bianca is the Girl With Amnesia, a “Gentle Soul in Search of Her Past.” Soft in demeanor yet strong in spirit, Bianca believes that Avalon holds the answers to her questions about her identity.
You will be given an “initial party” of two companions besides the character you select depending on the character you choose as your main character for the game. Your party can be further customized as you progress through Legend of Legacy. The main character chosen apparently also impacts certain focal points of the story; while all characters will experience events from the main campaign, each character will have certain story experiences of sorts that are specific to them.
The trailer demos the two characters exploring the overworld and some of their attack animations. Watch it after the break!
NISAmerica, who has been handling distribution of Atlus-related products in Europe in recent times, put up a product page that is taking preorders for Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. Early copies for European gamers will include the decal set that came with North American early copies, but unfortunately other additional goods including the bonus soundtrack CD and collector’s outer box are absent.
Copies are priced at £24.99, which is not too far a departure (slightly lower, even) from the standard retail price schedule of North American games. Maybe the absence of the CD and outer box contributed to the relatively lower price? The release date is still set for Fall 2015, as of this article’s writing.
Atlus has announced that FuRyu’s 3DS RPG Legend of Legacy will be in stores and eShop on October 13th in North America. The first print of the retail edition is a “Launch Edition”, which contains a 40 page hardcover artbook featuring pictures and sketches from Tomomi Kobayashi (SaGa) and a 10 track soundtrack CD composed by Masashi Hamauzu (Final Fantasy XIII). Both bonuses are housed in a collector’s box.
Legend of Legacy’s story is told through the perspective of seven adventurers as they set out to explore the island of Avalon. The battle system features classless combat, where each party member can change to a specific role when needed as opposed to sticking to a single job.
NIS America is bringing the game to Europe in 2016. No word if this region will see a Launch Edition too. It will be available for a physical retail copy and digital copy.
UPDATE: Atlus posted a preview of the artbook, which you can see here.