NISAmerica has recently announced a release date of February 5, 2016 for The Legend of Legacy, the 3DS turn-based RPG developed by FuRyu. Both physical and digital copies will be available for purchase. The game came out in North America a couple of weeks ago, if you weren’t aware (I have my copy, and started the game by choosing Bianca!) NISAmerica also uploaded their own version of a character introduction …read more
The Japanese outlet Gamers kicked off their Sakura Wars Museum this past weekend! The Sakura Wars Museum is celebrating 19 years of Sakura Wars, and features a staggering collection of Sakura Wars art, hardware, and merchandise. The official blog for Gamers posted some preview shots of their testament to the series, which will take up an entire floor of the store. I’ve attached a small preview gallery (which can be …read more
Dengeki Online revealed a couple of new support characters for Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition. Pictured above is Zero, from Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu. She’s a witch, and it looks like the particular support attack she’s using can cover a lot of space. This is Iriya from Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu. While just an awkward high school girl on the surface, she’s also the skilled pilot …read more
A few days ago, SEGA revealed more details on Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X‘s Live Quest Mode, along with five new songs that will be included in the game. The game’s “Live Quest Mode” contains five different areas, each based on one of these different elements: The game’s rhythm game tracks are divided among these different areas, and are also linked to the element of their area. For example, of …read more
After reviewing Project DIVA F 2nd earlier, here’s my review of Project Mirai DX on the 3DS. While Project Mirai DX is also a rhythm game in the same vein as the Project DIVA series, the games are actually not all that similar. While the Project DIVA F games are aimed at a more mature audience and feature a rather high difficulty level, Project Mirai DX is notably easier and …read more
Nintendo has published some new character trailers for Genei Ibun Roku #FE ahead of its upcoming late-December release in Japan (Western territories will see the game next year.) Mamori, voiced by Kaori Fukuhara, is a sweetheart character and looks up to the main character in an “older-brother” sort of way, but such a relationship can be blurred over time. Barry is a lovable goof who punctuates many of his sentences …read more
Kuroko Shirai, the recently revealed new playable character from the Index/Railgun series, is going to be featured in a livestream for Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax: Ignition on October 28th, 8PM Japan Time. This stream will be viewable through the YouTube link shown on this Dengeki Online article, and through a Niconico stream that is linked to right underneath the YouTube link (made visible as a rectangular button. Just be aware …read more
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