During a NicoNico Live stream, Toshihiro Nagoshi (the man behind Daytona USA and more recently the Yakuza games) said that he’s anxious for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show where Sega will be announcing a new title. While Nagoshi didn’t reveal details about the title, it’s expected that this will be an original game from the same team that developed the Yakuza titles. Nagoshi also mentioned that he thinks that “Sega’s …read more
Our friends at SEGAbits noted that Sega has launched a new teaser website for an upcoming game. The website shows the text “3939.00 / 3939”, which seems to hint heavily at a Project Diva. Fans of Project Diva and Hatsune Miku will no doubt know the relevance of the number “39”, as those numbers can be read as “mi” (3) and “ku” (9). This means the name of the website …read more
AnimeNewsNetwork recently noticed that Sega uploaded a video onto their Japanese YouTube channel for 7th Dragon III: Code VFD offering a look into character creation. When creating your characters, you can customize them through: a variety of preset character models choosing from a list of voice sets separated by gender (ANN notes that 40 voice actors and actresses contributed lines for this title!) which “type” they are from (referring to …read more
Sam Mullen of Sega spoke at length with EventHubs in a recently published interview about the localization process of Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax, among other subjects. One of the more interesting comments involves part of Mullen’s motivation for supporting the localization of DBFC; he notes that when he became aware of the game’s development at around 2012, Sega as a company lacked for well-known 2D fighters. I’ve taken note of …read more
Sega have released three videos featuring Mikudayo, a character based on an actual full-body Nendoroid costume of Hatsune Miku. The costume was originally used to promote the first Project Mirai at the Tokyo Game Show 2011, but Mikudayo, as the fans started to call her, gained a cult following and ended up becoming somewhat an alternate character to Hatsune Miku. Noticing her popularity, Sega started to feature Mikudayo in promotional …read more
It has come to our attention that our partner site SEGAbits noticed a Kotaku writeup regarding localization plans for the Playstation 4 version of Phantasy Star Online 2. That is to say, there aren’t any plans for localization at the moment. Per Jason Schreier of Kotaku and his conversation with the Sega representative: SEGA is currently not planning to release the PS4 version of Phantasy Star Online 2 outside of …read more
Atlus’s latest Stella Glow trailer shows the game’s “Witch Tuning” mechanic. As you may recall from our previous articles, the story revolves around Alto (the protagonist) teaming up with four witches to stop another witch, Hilda, from destroying the world. The witches have the ability to use Song Magic, but to unlock their full potential Alto has to enter the witches’ hearts to help them overcome their inner fears. This …read more
AtlusUSA has released another character trailer: this one features Naoto. I feel like this is such a perfect environment for Naoto despite what the premise of the game might suggest. There’s a mystery to solve, her self-serious and driven nature can help her with dancing and expressing herself, and she’s actually just…cool. In a way that the other characters don’t capture. Additionally, NISAmerica has announced that Persona 4: Dancing All …read more
Atlus updated the official website for Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir (an HD remake of the original Odin Sphere) with a post showing the game’s official boxart, created by director George Kamitani. On top of that, they also showed the cover for the game’s 64 pages hardcover art book, which will be made available with preorders of the game. Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir is scheduled for a January 2016 release in Japan on …read more
Sega of japan have posted the first trailer for their upcoming rhythm game, Miracle Girls Festival, and also announced that the game will be released in Japan on December 17th. The game will be available exclusively for the PlayStation Vita for the price of 6,990 yen. Read on for more information regarding the game’s Tour Mode and to watch the new trailer!