Platform:Playstation Vita/PC

Developer: Nippon Ichi Software

Publisher: Nippon Ichisoftware America

ESRB Rating: T

Release Date: April 11th, 2017

Nippon Ichi Software has been on an interesting path where they decide to make “indie-like” titles. In 2014 (localized in 2015) there was the bizarrely gruesome 2D puzzle platformer, Firefly Diaries; in 2015 (localized in 2016) my new favorite adventure horror game, Yomawari; and in 2016 (localized in 2017) Rose in the Twilight follows Firefly Dairies as (despite the aesthetic,) it has no problem being gory while also being a 2D puzzle platformer.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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!

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.

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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!

Platform: PS4

Original Developer: Spike-Chunsoft

Port Studio: Abstraction Games

Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software America

Rated: M

Release Date: March 14, 2017

Thank you NIS America for Providing a Review Copy of This Game

Danganronpa 1-2 Reload is a bundle of the original Danganronpa and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. For those not in the know, Danganronpa (as well as its sequel) are about students from Hope’s Peak Academy. Students that go to this school are destined for success and are considered the very best in their field, whether it be the “Ultimate Programmer,” the “Ultimate Writer,” “Cook,” you name it. The conflict in these games, though, is that they’ve been kidnapped and are doomed to a Battle Royale lifestyle. They can choose to live in peace and harmony with their classmates for the rest of their lives, or alternatively: kill someone and get away with it. Unfortunately, through circumstances, one classmate kills another and you must find out who and why. Failing to do so will lead to each person dying, save for the murderer. Simultaneously, if you find out who murdered who, they will die. It should also be pointed out that Danganronpa 2 is actually a sequel to the first Danganronpa, so when playing this pack of the two games, be sure to play the first Danganronpa first.

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