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Check Out a Ton of New Screenshots for Birthday the Beginnings!
NISA has just released a ton of new screenshots of the english version of Birthday the Beginnings check it out!
One of the features of the game is the “Challenge Mode” where you are given a set amount of years and special conditions to accomplish a challenging task, like creating and capturing a plesiosaurus or the infamous tyrannosaurus rex.
In Birthdays the Beginning, you accumulate dozens of items throughout the game to alter the topography, temperature, and moisture – but one of the more interesting items is the Mysterious Glass Jar. This item saves the genetic information of an organism and let’s you decide when and where to convert it back into an organism. What will happen when you force a creature into a habitat it’s not accustomed to?
Birthday the Beginnings launches in North America on May 9th on PlayStation 4 and on Steam.
Yakuza Kiwami Launches August 29 With an Awesome Steelbook
This morning SEGA has announced that Yakuza Kiwami will be headed westward on August 29th for $29.99, and will be sporting an awesome new steelbook case!
It’s been a while since the legendary Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima, first graced PlayStation 2 systems in 2005’s Yakuza, and it’s time to return to where it all began. Get ready to relive the legend, because the “extreme” HD remake Yakuza Kiwami will be available in the Americas and Europe on Aug. 29 for PlayStation 4! Besides completely recreated graphics and fully re-recorded Japanese audio by the original voice actors, the game also features added distractions and ~30 minutes of new cutscenes! The game will be coming out physically and digitally for $29.99/£29.99/€34.99, and pre-orders/first run copies of the physical version will come packaged in a stunning SteelBook®. Take a look at the glamshot below!
-PR
To get newer fans ready, SEGA has also revamped their Yakuza website to become a database of all things Yakuza! This will also include a 10 issue comic to get fans up to speed of everything between Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 6 (which launches in the west early next year).
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! We also launched the Yakuza Experience website, an all-new Yakuza portal where the world of Yakuza can be explored via an interactive timeline and character map. It’s a great resource to use if you want to learn about the history, characters, and families in the series. Right now you can check out everything leading up to 1995, where Yakuza Kiwami starts! The site also features the first issue of a 10-issue digital comic, starting with some of the key events of Yakuza 0 and taking you along for the ride all the way up to Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, coming to PS4 early next year. Veterans of the series can expect some surprises in store for them in the comic!
It’s great to see SEGA is putting a lot of commitment into the Yakuza series in the west again after the success of Yakuza 0! If you haven’t done so already be sure to check out our review of Yakuza 0.
Superdimension Neptune vs. SEGA Hard Girls hits Steam this Summer
After a long wait, the latest released Hyperdimension Neptunia spin-off game finally will be hitting Steam this summer!
It’s time for Steam users to save Time itself! Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls brings its action-packed JRPG gameplay to Steam this Summer 2017! With lustrous, updated 1080p graphics, you’ll get to experience Iffy’s timetraveling adventure in a whole new way. Originally available on the PlayStation®Vita system, this RPG has everyone’s favorite chuunibyo Iffy riding with motor-mouthed (and motorbike’d) Neptune to save history! She’ll team up with personifications of the Sega console known as the Sega Hard Girls to climb, dash, and crawl through dungeons, fighting in intense turn-based battles where character classes, battle gems, and the special Fever Time mode can change the course of battle!
–PR
It’s good to see that this Compile-Heart/SEGA cross over is hitting Steam in the next few months! Check out some of the first screenshots for the PC release
To see our full thoughts on the Vita version of this game check out our review here.
Story of Seasons Trio of Towns Review-The Cream of the Crop
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Developer: Marvelous
Publisher: XSEED Games
Release Date: February 28th
MRSP: $39.99
Thank you XSEED for providing a review copy of this game.
“Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns” is the latest game in the long running Story of Seasons series, (formerly known as Harvest Moon,) and is the game that celebrates the series’ 20th Anniversary. As such, this game represents twenty years of progress in the series, and where the series has come since its inception on the Super Nintendo. Thankfully, it seems that Marvelous have delivered us a game that long time fans of the series will be able to enjoy.
Shin Megami Tensei Deep Strange Journey Announced for 3DS
Today Atlus has announced a new Shin Megami Tensei game for the Nintendo 3DS called Shin Megami Tensei Deep Strange Journey, seemingly a remastering of Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey for the Nintendo DS. This comes as part of Atlus’ 25th Anniversary plans for the Shin Megami Tensei series, which includes an unnamed Nintendo Switch game. You can check out the trail for Shin Megami Tensei Deep Strange Journey here:
The game will be launching in Japan later this year, currently there is no word on a US release for this game.
Persona 5 Take Your Heart Edition Unboxing Atlus Edition
We are a little less than two weeks away from the phantom thieves taking our hearts. In the mean time you should take a look at Atlus’s official unboxing video starring their new PR Manager Will.
Quite a lot of things packed in there! Hopefully you were able to get your hands on one, because as we get closer to the games release date, the scarcer these things become to pre-order.
Persona 5 launches on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on April 4th, be sure to stay tuned for our review of the game!
Mario Sports Superstars Review-Par for the Course
Platform:Nintendo 3DS
Developer: Camelot
Publisher: Nintendo of America
ESRB Rating:E
Release Date: March 24th
MRSP: $39.99
Thank You Nintendo of America for Providing a Review Copy of this Game
2017 is the year of the Nintendo Switch to a lot of people, but the Nintendo 3DS still has a strong line up of games coming to it this year. One of those games are coming directly from Nintendo in the form of Mario Sports Superstars, a collection of five sports games: Baseball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis and Horse Racing. So how does this game stack up to other Mario sports games? Some of the games in here do fair better than others, but let’s take some time to talk about each one in detail.
Persona 5 Controller Decal Announced for Standard Edition of the Game
Missed your chance on getting the Take your Heart Edition or Steel Book Edition of Persona 5? Will never fear, Atlus has a little something extra for those getting the normal edition of the game.
The Phantom Thieves of Hearts are full of surprises, so it’s no wonder they decided to leave their mark on the standard edition version of Persona 5! Those who have missed out on the “Take Your Heart” Premium and SteelBook editions will receive a DualShock®4 Wireless Controller skin with their standard edition of the game! This stylish decal features a few members of the motley crew known as The Phantom Thieves, and is the perfect accompaniment for a long night of stealing hearts. The controller skin is available inside marked copies of the standard PS4 in the Americas while supplies last.
–PR
Good to see Atlus is doing their best to give everyone who buys this game at launch something special! Check out the video below where you can watch the ghost of John Hardin demonstrate how to apply the decal on your PlayStation 4 controller!
Persona 5 launches on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 systems on April 4th, be on the look out for our full review of this game!
New Persona 5 PlayStation 4 Theme and More Gameplay
This morning Atlus has announced a new free PlayStation 4 theme for you to download!
No one appreciates the splendor of pleasing aesthetics and true beauty like Yusuke Kitagawa, so it was only right that we released a theme and three avatars that feature the artistic savant. Oh, and did we mention it’s free from today until 3/21? Download the theme and avatars now, and let the unrestrained elegance of codename Fox take hold of your PlayStation 4. Take a peek at the theme below!-PR
The Caligula Effect Comes to the West May 2nd
This afternoon Atlus USA has announced that The Caligula Effect (Formerly called Caligula in Japan) Will be making it’s way to the Americas and Europe on May 2nd.
A digital prison filled with brainwashed high-school students, evil musicians, and an all-powerful virtual idol awaits, because The Caligula Effect is coming to the Americas and Europe on May 2! Originally known as Caligula in Japan, ATLUS and FURYU Corporation have partnered to localize/release JRPG The Caligula Effect as a PlayStation®Vita digital download title.Players will follow the exploits of the Go-Home Club, a tight-knit group of Kishimai High School students who’ve discovered that their lives are nothing more than a virtual charade. They’ve come to realize that the world their living in is actually Mobius, a virtual reality construct created and ruled by an omnipotent virtual idol known as μ (pronounced myoo). This ragtag group of students must encounter crazed students known as Digiheads, battle malevolent musicians, confront the almighty μ, and face their deepest inner-traumas before tasting the sweet nectar of freedom.–PR
- A human story set in a virtual world – Experience a dark story as the Go-Home Club does whatever it takes to escape the digital prison known as Mobius. The crew must defeat a group of evil music producers (known as the Ostinato Musicians) who have been working with μ, and come face-to-face with their own black secrets/desires. Written by Persona series veteran Tadashi Satomi (Persona, Persona 2: Innocent Sin, and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment), players will fight towards freedom as they examine the ugly psychological issues that plague the various characters in the game.
- Multiple relationships to nurture – There are 500+ NPCs to recruit into the party to be used in combat. Each has a preassigned class (such as offense, support, etc…) and have a unique background story that’ll slowly be uncovered by completing various quests. Oh, but there’s only 4 characters in a party, so choose your teammates wisely!
- A strategic battle system – The game features a unique battle system called “Imaginary Chain” that makes encounters an exercise in planning. Once enemies are encountered, players will seamlessly transition into battles where they can choose from 100+ skills to unleash on their enemies. While choosing skills, players can adjust timing and see a simulated preview of their attack before committing to it. Maximize damage by creating deadly attack chains between party members and don’t let enemies catch their breath!
- Music by celebrated producers – It’s only fitting that a game about fighting musicians features original songs by celebrated Japanese producers such as OSTER project, 40mP, 164, cosMo@Bousou-P, and more!
It seems like we have another promising JRPG to look forward to this year! You can check out some of the first english screen shots here as well:
The Caligula Effect will be available for download on May 2nd! Be sure to stick around for all of our future coverage on this game!
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