The official Persona 5 website received an update, adding more details regarding the characters’ Persona and some impressive artwork from character designer Shigenori Soejima. You can view the characters (left) and their Persona (right) below, along with some details on who the Persona’s are based on. It’s interesting how all of the Persona’s seems to fit the “thief” and “outlaw” theme of Persona 5.
Atlus is releasing character trailers for the main characters of Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir, a remastered port of Vanillaware’s Playstation 2 RPG. The first character to star in a trailer is Gwendolyn. She’s considered to be the central playable character and her story is the first you’ll be introduced to when you start the game. You can watch the trailer below.
Gwendolyn is the princess of Ragnalival and daughter of the Demon Lord Odin. While she is a skilled valkyrie on the battlefield, she also grew up in her sister’s shadow.
Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir will come out on January 14th, 2016 in Japan. Atlus USA will be bringing the game over to the Americas sometime in 2016.
Sega of America have released the second character roster trailer for Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, the 2D fighting game which will be released next week on October 6 in North America and Europe. Here’s a list of characters (and the light novels they originate from) featured in the trailer:
You can view the new video below! Concerning the game’s release, while North America is getting a physical edition together with a Collectible Outer Box CD, the European version of the game will only be available digitally on PSN. It’s not clear if Sega will be giving any extras for the digital EU version of the game either, but it seems unlikely at this point.
Sega has put out a new trailer that summarizes Blade Arcus from Shining EX. This four and a half minute video offers a quick glance at the roster and certain features of the game, including its Story Mode and its Training Mode. The Training Mode show button inputs as is customary for fighting games, and the Story Mode features visual-novel type interactions.
Though it took quite some time, we finally have gameplay footage of Shining Resonance‘s Sonia in action! We only see her fighting for a couple of seconds, but I guess it’s something! She’ll be available for first print copies of the game; no word on if she’ll be made available through alternative methods (paid DLC.)
Blade Arcus from Shining EX is the first foray into consoles for this series of fighting games. It remains to be seen if it will be localized.
Continue reading to check out the trailer!
While Vanillaware announced their latest title at Tokyo Game Show 2015, 13 Sentinels, this is not the only game they currently have under development. Previously they announced a remaster of Odin Sphere for Playstation 3, Playstation 4 and Vita, called Odin Sphere Liefthrasir. Vanillaware will be remastering the 2D sprites of the game while also adding new content and revamping the gameplay.
Atlus has announced that Persona 5, which was scheduled for a worldwide release in 2015 on PS3 and PS4, has been delayed until Summer 2016 in Japan. Atlus U.S.A. has also confirmed the game will be released in 2016 in the Americas, but no announcement has been made for the European release.
At the same time, Atlus has released a new trailer, which shows more of the game’s gameplay and story elements (we embedded the video and an unofficial translated version below). The main protagonist is shown held captive and interrogated regarding his ability to “steal hearts”. Apparently, the concept of “stealing hearts” will be an important aspect of the story. Also making an appearance are the other playable characters: the cat-like creature Morgana (who doesn’t like being called a cat), and Anne Takamaki and Ryuji Sakamoto. In the first part of the video, these three can actually be seen running off a pyramid, suggesting that we may see more of the world than just Japan this time around. There’s also talk about a mysterious subway accident which hasn’t been resolved. Aside from the usual dungeons and Persona summons that fans of the series will be familiar with, we also see some interesting gameplay elements, such as the characters entering into paintings where the gameplay then shifts to 2D side-scrolling.
Tokyo Game Show 2015 looms over us. As of this article’s writing, it’s early morning of September 17th in Japan, and the 17th is the first day of TGS. Ahead of the incoming festivities, Sega has released a new comprehensive promotional movie for Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax IGNITION, the second title in the Fighting Climax series. It offers a look at the playable characters and the revamped team system (featuring Blast characters.)
Check out the trailer below! It lasts for almost four minutes and summarizes the game. Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax IGNITION is coming out on December 17th in Japan for PS3, PS4, and Vita.
The Sony Computer Entertaiment Japan-Asia Conference has just concluded. It was a time for figures representing Sony and third-parties including Bandai Namco, Capcom, Square-Enix, Spike Chunsoft, and Koei-Tecmo to take to the stage and show off some of their future plans.
Relatively early into the conference, Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi came on stage to discuss some special Yakuza-related news. First, he played the trailer for Yakuza Kiwami, a remake of Yakuza 1. This remake will be an expanded version of the first game, featuring new side content and additional scenario offerings. Nagoshi mentioned that development of the first game on Playstation 2 was quite difficult, and after having released the game didn’t feel that he completed everything he wanted to do with Yakuza 1. That chance to make things right has arrived with Yakuza Kiwami!
The trailer that was played can be found after the break. Yakuza Kiwami, in keeping with Yakuza tradition thus far, will be coming out on both Playstation 3 and Playstation 4. An early promotional website is already live, and details pricing and release schedule too: ¥6,490, and January 21, 2016.
Additionally, Nagoshi went further and confirmed the development of the next mainline entry in the Yakuza series: Yakuza 6. While no additional details or media were shown during his speaking time slot at the SCEJA conference, he mentioned that more would be revealed when Tokyo Game Show 2015 opens.
Yakuza 6 will in fact be exclusive to Playstation 4 this time, deviating from Yakuza tradition thus far. It’s expected to release sometime in the fall of 2016 for Japan.
Blade Arcus from Shining EX, the second iteration of Blade Arcus fighting games featuring modern Shining characters, continues to expand its roster with the announcement of Misty from Shining Hearts and Shining Blade. As of now, the roster stands at 16 playable characters. Shining Resonance‘s Sonia will be available to those who purchase a first-print edition of Blade Arcus from Shining EX.
Blade Arcus from Shining EX will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2015. The build of the game that will be playable here will include Misty as a playable character, too.
A special trailer devoted solely to the character is available for viewing after the break. It’s a surprisingly lengthy four minutes! The trailer is a demo of Misty’s battle capabilities. She’s a character who primarily focuses on screen control through placement of special orbs. She can hit them with an attack to send them in a direction, or remotely explode them.
The video toys with some interesting ideas, including summoning two orbs and then sending one orb to attack while forcing the other to explode, forcing the opponent to block. If she knocks her opponent down, she has an opportunity to summon orbs, but the payoff doesn’t seem especially great even if your opponent blocks since she has to recover. You might at best be able to simply summon more. It might be best not to send the orbs off immediately, but at least have one nearby you in order to control space as it becomes necessary and to keep your opponent guessing.
Sega’s Tokyo Game Show 2015 plans are becoming clearer as the big weekend approaches. The official Yakuza portal has a curious image at the top of the page, the one we’ve chosen as this article’s featured image. It’s certainly a teaser for a new Yakuza title, set to be revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2015. So much for my prediction….anyway, congratulations Yakuza fans! September 15 is also the day of the Sony Japan’s press conference, so we can probably expect a full reveal of new title there.
Sega had also gone live with an update to their website detailing this year’s TGS offerings from itself, Atlus, and its partners for this year (Warner Bros., Nippon Ichi Software, Mages). The officially announced list featuring Atlus and Sega (and including their status as playable and/or stage presence only) is as follows: