Deep Silver has narrowed down the release window for 7th Dragon III Code: VFD and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse in Europe, as they revealed that the games will be released this Winter. The information was found in a series of trailers uploaded to their channels, which are essentially the E3 2016 trailer, but with the added EU information. The trailer are also available with subtitles in different languages on their Youtube channel. You can view the UK versions below.
Via: Gematsu
Persona 5 will have newly-announced special online features that players can take advantage of that will add to the game-playing experience. What has been currently announced is not essential to unlocking or completing any aspect of the game, but rather is an additional feature for players to connect with their friends. For example, in the game’s daily parts you can see how your friends acted in similar situations that you’re currently experiencing, such as looking at how other friends responded to questions in school. On a given day when there are no dungeons or mandatory events involved, players also have the option to see what their friends did.
A central part of the online Persona 5 experience is the Phantom Thieves Alliance, a feature enabled through online connection to be used for battles and dungeons. It enables players to lower the Alertness Meter as you traverse dungeons, which can be helpful both for avoiding enemies and avoiding any locked areas due to increased security. In battle, the Phantom Thieves Alliance can be used as a substitute for dire situations wherein a party member is incapacitated and captured – the Alliance allows for stand-in temporary assistance from friends.
Persona 5 launches on September 15 in Japan! Meanwhile, the Americas and Europe will receive the game on Valentine’s Day, 2017.
Credit to this Hachima Kikou post for the information.
More Persona 5 Short Movies from Atlus of Japan! All of these help to build the world around the Protagonist and his friends. Such videos as the Infiltration Tools crafting video are also useful for the game itself, too. Items made here, such as a Lock Pick, can be used for your capers. You can make as many of each item as the game and your materials allow.
Publisher Deep Silver recently announced that Persona 5 will release on Valentine’s Day 2017 for both Playstation 4 and Playstation 3 in Europe: the same date as North America’s own release. Not only will EU and North America have release date parity, but Deep Silver will also be offering standard editions for both PS3 and PS4, and Take Your Heart and Steelbook Editions for PS4. And, Persona 5 will be available for purchase both at retail and through digital download for both platforms!
Atlus USA published a new minute-and-a-half trailer for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, offering a spotlight on the various interactions the player can have with the hundreds of demons in the game. These include the Demon Negotiations, where the player can attempt to talk a demon into either joining you or to receive an item, and the Cathedral of Shadows, where demons can be fused to create a different demon.
Alongside this new trailer, Atlus have also announced a full DLC schedule for SMT IV Apocalypse. It mirrors the DLC offering that the Japanese copy received. Apocalypse will release in North America on September 20th, while a release window for Europe is currently unknown. It will be interesting to see how DLC is handled for Europe.
Atlus has recently published gameplay movies for Persona 5 to their official YouTube account, showing off Persona summons in battle and other important aspects of gameplay, including fishing. These videos arrive ahead of Persona 5’s release in Japan next month (!), while the West will receive the game early next year.
Atlus has published a four-and-a-half minute long promotional trailer for Persona 5, for use with E3 2016. As with the media we’ve seen recently for the game at E3 2016, this features English subtitles with Japanese voicework.
In related news, John Hardin of Atlus PR maintains that Japanese voice tracks for the characters as DLC is being explored as an option for its Western release, but also suggests that it is not a guaranteed outcome and will not be easy to secure. We’ll keep you posted on any additional news.
Watch the trailer below! And feel free to leave us comments on the newly-released gaming media, or thoughts surrounding the release of these games.
Towards the end of February, it had been noticed that two different branches of SEGA would be representing the company at E3 2016 – Atlus USA and SEGA Europe. While at first this may have raised questions about the whereabouts of SEGA of America in particular and what plans there would be for any upcoming English-localized SEGA titles from Japan, we now have our answer courtesy of an update to the Atlus USA profile on the official E3 2016 website. Quoted below:
ATLUS U.S.A., Inc. is known for high-quality, deeply immersive, uniquely Japanese and indie video game experiences. Our award-winning catalog continues to grow across a variety of genres and platforms. Visit our booth featuring highly anticipated titles from ATLUS and SEGA, including Persona 5, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, and Yakuza 0.
Interestingly, there’s a wide swath of genres listed in this Atlus profile page, including Fighting/Wrestling, Indie, Music/Dance, Role-Playing, Strategy, Action, Adventure, and Localization. These cover virtually all modern active gaming platforms. So we can probably expect more than what’s listed at the description, at the very least. With yet-to-be-released titles such as Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (releasing later this month!) and Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X, this is to be expected. Nevertheless it must be said that this doesn’t guarantee that these two titles in particular will be present, though we would hope to see a generous offering of titles on display.
Atlus published a new DLC trailer for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final to their Japanese YouTube account. It might be longer than you would expect (at a little more than five minutes,) but it is a comprehensive trailer that illustrates the remainder of Atlus’s DLC plans for Final. I’ll illustrate a couple of highlights in this article.
First, the return of previous Shin Megami Tensei protagonists. Readers may have taken note of their inclusion (alongside Stephen, another prominent character in SMT lore) earlier last month. Alongside Nanashi, the name of the protagonist for Final, a special DLC quest will allow previous SMT characters Protagonist (…of the first SMT game), Aleph (SMT II), Demi-fiend (SMT Nocturne), and Flynn (SMT IV) as party members for a special dungeon and grand final battle.
The introduction of Cleopatra was also previously revealed in Famitsu. She is part of a paid DLC quest, wherein once completed she can be Fused. There is a similar paid DLC quest for Mephisto, and it is set in Hawaii. With all of the chaos in the world of SMT IV Final, it’s nice that Hawaii is still intact. Other DLC options include Hunter Memos for story purposes and the ability to level up past 100, with these DLC items in particular being free.
Check out the trailer below!
Shin Megami Tensei IV Official Artworks, the official artbook of for Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei IV, is now available for purchase at select retailers! Publishing is being handled by UDON Entertainment, responsible for many other video game artbooks such as those for the Valkyria Chronicles series.
Shin Megami Tensei IV Official Artworks boosts 208 pages and has a suggested retail price of $39.99. The book will feature detailed character profiles and a glossary of terms (in English) to give added color to world of Shin Megami Tensei IV, alongside some special interviews from development staff. As for the art itself, Masayoki Doi is the lead artist for Shin Megami Tensei IV, but the game also features a handful of guest character designers with various backgrounds including Keita Amemiya (Capcom’s Onimusha series) and Yasushi Nirasawa (Kamen Rider), with other artistic talents in tow, too.
You can check out some preview images at the announcement news post that UDON made on their official website!