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Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir Releasing June 24 in Europe, EFIGS + Limited Edition Incoming!

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NISAmerica announced a June 24 release date for the European release of Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir, and revealed some additional details about its release. Notably, the game will be receiving EFIGS text localization, dual-audio (English and Japanese) voice option, and a Playstation 4 Limited Edition purchase option. The Limited Edition, priced at £59.99 includes such goods as (per the product page description on NISAmerica’s online store):

  • PS4 version of the game.
  • A 64-page hardcover art book, with full color renditions of the glorious Vanillaware art.
  • A Potion Recipe t-shirt to remind you of the most basic alchemical recipes.
  • A collector’s metal slipcase to house the game.
  • Alice and Socrates art print.
  • And a premium outer box adorned with the game’s fantastical artwork!

Check out some preview shots of the Limited Edition goods:

Game Slipcase
Artbook
Art Print

The Limited Edition is also being offered through Amazon.co.uk and GAME, though priced 5 Pounds higher. In case it is not clear, the Vita and PS3 version are still being localized; it’s just that only the PS4 version has a Limited Edition option,

In line all of the Atlus RPGs recently released in Europe, NISAmerica seems to be consistently publishing games for Europe that Atlus has published for North America.

If you’ve missed it, check out European English version (PEGI-rating, etc.) of the Storybook trailer below. Additional game description from the Limited Edition preorder page can be seen below the trailer in our article.

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir: Storybook Trailer (EU - English)

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir is a 2D sidescrolling action RPG, steeped in Norse mythology or a Wagnerian opera. The new game is a complete HD remake of the original PS2 classic Odin Sphere from Vanillaware, the team behind the hit side-scrolling action game Dragon’s Crown and Muramasa: The Demon Blade.

The kingdom of Valentine was the most powerful country on the continent of Erion. Its people thrived using the magical power of the Crystallization Cauldron, but it was destroyed in one fateful night. And so, a war over the now master-less Cauldron has begun, involving all the nations of the land and growing more intense by the day. Is the End near, as the Prophecy states?

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Ako and Lucian DLC for Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition Released in Japan

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Earlier on we talked about the new DLC for Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition, featuring Ako and Lucian from the light novel “Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta?”. SEGA have now made the DLC available on the Japanese PlayStation store for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, at the price of 800 yen. You can watch the release trailer below.

While the original Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax was localized for the West, it’s not clear at this point if SEGA intends to do the same for Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition.

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Dragon’s Crown, Yakuza 5, Project DIVA F and F 2nd Discounted on the US PlayStation Store

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In one of our earlier articles we reported that various SEGA games are currently being discounted during Sony’s Easter Sales on the EU PlayStation Store. Now, the US PlayStation Store is getting a range of discounts of its own. Like in the EU sales, these include Yakuza 5 and the Project DIVA F games (although unlike in the EU, Project Diva f on the PS Vita isn’t being discounted).

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Yakuza, Project DIVA and Persona Games Discounted in the EU PlayStation Store “Easter Sale”

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The annual Easter Sale on the EU PlayStation Store is underway, and as you may expect the list of discounts includes some SEGA and Atlus games. As usual, we compiled them in the list below, with prices both in Euro and British Pound added for your convenience. As you can see, it’s a good occasion to complete your collection of Project DIVA F, Yakuza or Persona 4 games! The Easter Sales run until April 6th, and Sony have announced that they will be adding more games to the list next week.

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Netoge no Yome Fighting Climax Ignition Video

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax: Ignition Video Shows Gameplay Featuring Ako and Lucian

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We recently posted an article about the two new DLC characters for Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax: Ignition, namely Ako and Lucian from the light novel series “Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta?”. Dengeki Online has now posted a gameplay video featuring the two characters. Only Ako is playable, while Lucian is the support character. You can watch the video below!

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Yakuza Kiwami and its…Special Majima DLC?

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Sega has announced an interesting piece of free DLC for Yakuza Kiwami on the official Yakuza website. It was made available starting yesterday in Japan. The DLC contains various items, some of which allow you to customize Kazuma Kiryu in the image of…Goro Majima. The tables have finally turned.

Besides items for visual purposes (including Majima’s trademark snake skin jacket, unbuttoned by default of course,) some of the items include parts for weapon crafting, for the purposes of perhaps better paying tribute to Kiryu’s best friend ever.

Between projects like this and the Valentine’s Day promotion from February, It’s nice that Sega is continuing to support Kiwami in unique ways after the game has been released. Yakuza Zero has been announced for localization in the Americas (no known localization news for Europe since the initial announcement) but there’s no word on Yakuza Kiwami at the moment. Yakuza games are substantial translation projects. In any case, we’ll keep you posted.

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New Odin Sphere Leifthrasir Trailer Shows Improved Skill & Combat System

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Atlus U.S.A. have posted a new trailer for Odin Sphere Leifthrasir, demonstrating the game’s skill and combat system. The remake of the original Odin Sphere has received a considerable overhaul of the gameplay mechanics, as developer Vannilaware used their experience gained from Dragon’s Crown to improve upon Odin Sphere’s original combat system. Each character has its own extensive skill tree, allowing players to customize their fighting style. To unlock and upgrade skills, you’ll need Phozons and Phozon Prisms, which can be obtained by defeating enemies and exploring different areas.

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Persona 4: Dancing All Night, Persona 4 Golden and Lost Dimension Discounted on US PSN Store

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Three Atlus games have been discounted on the US PlayStation Store starting today until March 1. These include the PS Vita RPG Persona 4 Golden, its rhythm game spin-off Persona 4: Dancing All Night and the tactical RPG Lost Dimension. Take a look at the list below for more information on the discounts, and a link to the PlayStation store pages for the games in question!

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Yakuza Kiwami Valentine’s Day Promotion Brings Love to the Street

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Sega and Sony recently ran an interesting surprise Valentine’s Day promotional activity for Yakuza Kiwami. Here’s the setup: actors dressed as yakuza thugs menacingly approach an unsuspecting traveler going about on some business at Shinjuku Station and direct them to a carpet walkway. Or maybe they are real yakuza…? Anyway, the bewildered citizen then traverses the carpet, congratulated with shouts of “thanks for your work!” and a reverential bow, as he or she ultimately makes it forward to a woman at the top who hands them a mysterious gift.

There’s love for everybody – young men weren’t the only recipients of the gift, but women (and an older woman) and a young boy, too. That particular poor young yakuza-in-training might’ve had a rough go of it, it seems. I’m just happy to see the bewildered expressions of the people who were approached, but it’s equally fun to see the approached people who really got into the whole stunt too.

These antics were also covered by 4Gamer and Famitsu.

Check out the videos that were uploaded to PlayStation Japan’s YouTube account below. Doesn’t this make your heart flutter? And want to play Yakuza games?

『龍が如く 極』「コワモテの花道」バレンタインイベントレポート

 

「コワモテの花道」

Yakuza Kiwami is already out in Japan; the current major Yakuza project for Asia in development is Yakuza 6.

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir’s European Release Confirmed for June

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NISA Europe have announced that they will be publishing the 2D sidescrolling action RPG Odin Sphere Leifthrasir in Europe, for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. The game will be localized in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish, and will be available in both digital and physical form. The special Storybook Edition will be exclusively available from Amazon UK and GAME, with preorders becoming available tomorrow. For more information on the contents of this edition, take a look at our previous articles! It’s not clear at the moment if the softcover art book preorder bonus, which is being included in all versions of the game in the US, will also be included with the regular EU release.

You can view the English trailer on NIS America’s Youtube channel below. It’s the same as the one posted by Atlus U.S.A. earlier, but they also have the trailer available in other languages. Odin Sphere Leifthrasir will be released in the Americas on June 7th.

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir: Storybook Trailer (EU - English)

Source: NISA Europe, via Gematsu