UPDATE: The archive of the stream can be viewed here. Sega of America held a Yakuza 5 live stream today, where Sega PR Representative John Hardin and Localization Producer Sam Mullen showed a bit of what the game has to offer. Playing as Kiryu and Shinada, they showed the game’s combat, visited a hostess club, participated in karaoke, drove people around in a taxi, raced against a chicken (yes, that’s …read more
AtlusUSA has released a new trailer for Stella Glow’s upcoming North American release. This trailer focuses on the “Harbingers.” In some Japanese RPG’s you will see a group of antagonists, all with different personalities, who serve the main villain and whose often main purpose is to obstruct your progress and support the main villain. That is the role that the Harbingers serve here, as servants of the evil witch Hilda. …read more
Sega has released a bunch of Yakuza 5 screenshots, giving us a look at the English version of the game, along with character descriptions of the game’s five main characters. You can find the images and character info below! Yakuza 5 is scheduled to be released on PS3 later this year, probably in November, as a digital download on Sony’s PlayStation Network. The game is currently available for preorder on …read more
Atlus has uploaded a new trailer for Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir, after completing a series of character trailers on Youtube. The new trailer gives you a quick tour of what the game is about, as well as another look at how you upgrade your main abilities such as Psypher Skills. Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir will not only feature remastered grahics, but will also revamp and rebalance the gameplay. Those who preorder the …read more
YakuzaFan recently posted an entry featuring Masayoshi Yokoyama (Yakuza series producer) and a prototype Kiryu figma. This past summer we saw the announcement of a Goro Majima figma too, so it looks we’ll probably be seeing both of their figmas sometime next year, ideally in the earlier part of the year (although Kiryu’s figma will definitely be ready first.) The above is Max Factory’s test model and it is still …read more
Atlus has given their Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final website a full unveiling. It’s actually a pretty unique presentation; there are some cool touches here. Some of you may have seen long, scrolling webpages before, but each section has their own background, and everything after the Concept section features animated backgrounds. Each character also has a short trailer attached next to them, in addition to some battle demos. There’s no …read more
Sega Games recently filed a trademark for “Valkyria of the Blue Revolution”. Let’s just get this out of the way – this is Valkyria Chronicles related, and even as someone who gets too happy with his predictions, every gambling person should be comfortable with betting on this. Between the structure of the trademark title (juxtaposed with the franchise being known in Japan as “Senjou no Valkyria”) and the fact that …read more
It’s been a while since we’ve heard updates on Yakuza 5‘s localization. Sega of America recently took to their blog to offer some words on its progress. It turns out that the localization team encountered a particularly strange type of text replacement issue with the game’s script, forcing them to pore through the game’s source code. Having since rectified the issue, the localization is back on track. When the blog …read more
Nintendo and Atlus have released two new character trailers for Genei Ibun Roku #FE, featuring Kiria Kurono and Eleonora Yumizuru. Their mirages are respectively Tharja and Virion, both from Fire Emblem Awakening. You can find the new trailers and some artwork of the characters below/
A recently-released shop front trailer for Sega’s Miracle Girls Festival is now playing in retail stores across Japan. The trailer is modest in length but comprehensive, aiming to offer a summary of what’s featured in the game to entice players to buy it. It is narrated by Yuka Ootsubo (who, incidentally, voices characters from four franchises present here: Yuru Yuri, Vividred Operation, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, and Go! Go! 575!) and Ayaka …read more