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Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker EU Preorder Page Up, Some Bonus Items Absent

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.

Legend of Legacy Releases on October 13th in North America With Launch Edition

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.

New Stella Glow Trailer Features English Version of the Game’s Theme Song

Atlus USA posted a new trailer for the English version of the 3DS strategy RPG Stella Glow, featuring the game’s opening animation. Unique for the western version of the game is an English version of the game’s theme song “Hikari no Metamorphosis”, which was re-recorded by the song’s original artist, Konomi Suzuki. That said, the original Japanese version of the song will also be included in the game.

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New 7th Dragon III Code: VFD Trailer Shows the Game’s Past, Present and Future World

Sega of Japan have posted a new trailer for their upcoming 3DS RPG, 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, showing the game’s three different regions, each set in a different era. Shown in the trailer are respectively Tokyo (in the game’s present time), Atlantis (in the past) and Eden (in the future). The trailer also shows some of the characters the player will meet in the different timelines. You can watch the trailer below.

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Stella Glow Coming to Europe through NISAmerica

NISAmerica announced that they will be publishing Stella Glow, Imageepoch’s SRPG that is newly released in Japan, for European release. The game is receiving both a physical and a digital release, and is set to come out during the Spring 2016 window.

NISAmerica has consistently been handling the European releases of games that Atlus has been coordinating for North America, at this point. If as many relatively niche titles can be consistently localized for Europe, I can’t help but speculate if there’s in fact a positive reception to the Atlus games and other titles like Lost Dimension for the region. It bodes well for Europe, if true. And it makes you wonder if NISAmerica will follow suit with FuRyu’s Legend of Legacy.

Stella Glow is set to come to North America via Atlus during the 2015 holiday season.

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7th Dragon III Code: VFD’s First Trailer

Sega recently uploaded the first trailer being used to promote 7th Dragon III Code: VFD. It mostly focuses on the story’s premise, but also features some battle scenes in motion, character class art and a handful of character voices.

Preorder bonuses are also listed in the trailer, including:

  • 7th Dragon III Code: VFD background theme for the 3DS
  • “Nagamimi Plushie” in-game item that allows access to a special voice track
  • Card sticker made by Shirow Miwa (this game’s Character Designer)

Check out the trailer below! The game releases in Japan very soon: October 15 of this year.

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7th Dragon III Code: VFD (3DS) Announced, JPN Release Date (Oct 15)

Sega recently announced a new 7th Dragon title for the 3DS, titled 7th Dragon III Code: VFD for Japan. The game is due for an October 15 release this year. VFD will maintain the battle traditions of the 7th Dragon series (though maintaining the use of three party members, a change made in 7th Dragon 2020.) This game will offering eight classes, 32 skins, and 40 sets of character voices, mostly an improvement from the 7th Dragon 2020 games’ options. Also key to the concept of this entry in the series is the idea of three time settings: Atlantis representing the Past, Tokyo representing the Present, and “Eden” representing the future.

Sega has gone live with their own promotional website for 7th Dragon III Code: VFD. Famitsu also went live with a promotional article with images depicting the setting and battle sequences. A livestream for the game is set for July 4th.

This game’s situation is unique for a number of reasons.

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Shingeki no Kyojin: Humanity in Chains Gets Release Date For Europe

Atlus has announced that Shingeki no Kyojin: Humanity in Chains, known in North America as Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains, will be released in Europe, Australia and New Zealand on July 2nd on the Nintendo eShop for €29,99. They also confirmed that anyone purchasing the game will receive the Attack on Titan 3DS theme. Meanwhile, the game has received a 25% discount in North America, which will run from June 30 and lasts a week.

Project X Zone 2 E3 2015 Trailer; Ulala, Felicia, Valkyrie Confirmed in Separate Image

Bandai Namco Europe just uploaded a new trailer for Project X Zone 2 for E3 2015 promotional purposes. It’s the first glimpse of gameplay in motion for the game. It features two teams in action from each publisher. The trailer theme is a remix of the previous trailer’s background theme; looks like it will be the main musical theme for this game.

From Sega, it’s Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima from Yakuza, and Akira Yuki and Kage-Maru from Virtua Fighter. From Bandai Namco, it’s Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima from Tekken, and Yuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo from Tales of Vesperia. And from Capcom: Mega Man X and Zero from the Mega Man X series, and Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter. Attacks from each pair of characters can be seen in the trailer. The combat interface is different, and even returning teams have new attacks.

The thumbnail for the E3 trailer shows Project X Zone 2-styled art for Felicia from Capcom’s Darkstalkers, Valkyrie from Bandai Namco’s The Legend of Valkyrie, and Ulala from Sega’s Space Channel 5. Presumably they are all support characters; while there will probably be more teams that branch across publishing companies (like Strider Hiryu from Capcom and Hotsuma from Sega) there’s nothing quite yet to suggest that any of these three is a pair unit. These characters aren’t present in the trailer, but it’s confirmation of their presence nonetheless.

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Stella Glow North American Release Date and Prices Announced

Stella Glow is coming to the United States and Canada during the holiday season (probably the latter half of November to anywhere in December.) The prices are as follows: $49.99 for the US, and $59.99 for Canada.

The pricing is a point of contention for many gamers. Generally speaking, Nintendo 3DS games are sold at $39.99 for standard editions in the United States. That the price is being marked above this convention is drawing claims of what’s colloquially called the “Atlus Tax” – a pattern of pricing games higher than the general prices of non-Atlus titles on similar platforms. Most recently, this can be seen with Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth.

Stella Glow has just released in Japan, as of June 4. Games in Japan have been offered at price points that vary quite noticeably within platforms. That said, it’s hard not to think of Atlus’ pricing in North America as conspicuous, compared to most other games.

In a Gematsu article announcing this information, Atlus also details additional features from a press release. Notably, a Free Time system allots players a limited amount of time per story segment with which they can grind out battles, shop for and upgrade weapons, explore dungeons, and form bonds with party members. Some bonds, when pushed to high enough levels, will yield more combat abilities or special story events. The game boasts 40-60 hours of play, main story and sidequests combined, with 50+ maps, a New Game+ mode, and multiple endings. Odds are the endings will be tied to the bonds formed in game, alongside other choices made with Free Time.

Seeing as this is a recurring topic, be sure to let us know what you think of the pricing for Stella Glow!

Featured image found at this Gematsu article.