With Nitroplus Blasters: Heroine Infinite Duel set to be released in Japanese arcades this spring, the opening video for the fighting game featuring numerous characters from Nitroplus franchises battling against one another has been released.
Developed by Examu, when Nitroplus Blasters: Heroine Infinite Duel is released in arcades it will feature only eight playable characters and thirteen assisting characters but more will be added over time through network updates.
It is worth noting that, as of now, no console release for this fighting game has been announced but given Examu’s history with Arcana Hearts and Aquapazza, a console release will likely be announced sometime in the future.
We learned in the most recent Nintendo Direct that the DLC for pack 2 for Mario Kart 8 will be coming out a little earlier than it’s intended May release and is now scheduled for release on April 23rd. Nintendo have released a trailer (embedded below) for the 8 new tracks we will be getting in this pack showcasing that it’s definitely worth your money.
The first four tracks listed here are all retro tracks but have received major facelifts making them near unrecognizable from their original versions, particularly the Game Boy Advance tracks. Also of note, Baby Park is not all anti-gravity, making the small loop even more chaotic as racers will receive speed boosts with each collision. The last four are brand new tracks for this pack and feature two crossover courses with Animal Crossing and Big Blue.
The tracks are:
Animal Crossing: A special Animal Crossing inspired course that changes season – spring, summer, autumn, winter – each time you race.
Big Blue: A re-mastered version of Big Blue from the F-ZERO series.
Super Bell Subway: Navigate an underground subway, and watch out for oncoming trains to reach the finish line.
Wild Woods: Drive up and down a giant tree inhabited by Toads and Shy Guys and experience a mysterious landscape.
Baby Park (GCN): High-definition remake of a course featured in Mario Kart: Double Dash! – prepare for a chaotic course comprising 7 laps.
Cheese Land (GBA): High-definition remake of a course featured in Mario Kart: Super Circuit – full of cheese-themed obstacles and even a hungry giant Chain Chomp.
Koopa City (3DS): High-definition remake of a course featured in Mario Kart 7 – drive through the pouring rain at night in a city controlled by Bowser, and decked out in dazzling neon lights.
Ribbon Road (GBA): High-definition remake of a course featured in Mario Kart: Super Circuit – set in a miniaturised world packed with ribbons and toys.
These 8 tracks will comprise the Super Bell Cup and the Animal Crossing Cup. In addition to these new tracks, buyers of the DLC will receive Villager, Isabelle and Dry Bowser as new playable characters and 4 new vehicles, the Streetle, City Tripper, Bowser Trike and P-Wing.
That’s not all though. A free update will also be made available on April 23rd that will introduce a brand new 200cc option to all modes, making each race feel more like F-Zero than Mario Kart. The mode will be available exclusively to those who have beat all cups in 150cc with gold trophies. New Mii outfits are also coming out courtesy of Amiibo for Wario, PAC-MAN, Olimar, Bowser, Sonic, Toad, Villager, Rosalina and Mega Man. Are you excited for Mario Kart 8’s incoming content? Let us know in the comments below what you’re most looking forward to. Definitely Big Blue for me, that track (both the course and the music) give me chills!
The latest character trailer for Persona 4: Dancing All Night introduces Yukiko Amagi, the close friend of Chie and the only daughter to the owners of the long-running Amagi Inn, as she implements her ballet training into her dance routines. In the trailer below you’ll see that Yukiko will have a number of different costume choices similar to rest of the characters in Persona 4: Dancing All Night.
Currently Persona 4: Dancing All Night is set to be released on the PS Vita in Japan on June 25th and Atlus USA has already announced that they plan on releasing the title in the West sometime in the future.
Remember Moero Chronicle? It was the follow up to Monster Monpiece and despite the latter title being released in the West, Moero Chronicle was never given a shot despite being released in Japan in May 2014.
Well soon you’ll have the opportunity to play the title in English because the Asian release of Idea Factory’s game will not only feature Chinese subtitles set to the Japanese voice work, but English subtitles as well.
Currently the title, now named Moe Chronicle, is set to be released in Asia on May 5th and those looking to pick up this uncensored release can pre-order the game for $42.99 from Play-Asia. It is worth noting that since the PlayStation Vita is not region locked when it comes to retail releases, this Asian release will work on any Vita.
Since the entirety of Resident Evil Revelations 2 was released back in March it is easy to forget that alongside the title’s release on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC, that Capcom‘s game was also supposed to be released on the PlayStation Vita at some point. Now a month after the retail release of the episodic game it appears that we have at least some sort of release window for the PS Vita version of Resident Evil Revelations 2.
Sony has released an updatesaying that the PS Vita port will be released sometime in the Summer and is being handled by Frim Studio. When released it will contain all four episodes as well as any DLC released for the game though currently the Raid Mode will be single-player only when it is released but they are “most likely” going to patch co-op in post-launch. Those interested in whether or not the title will be worth picking up can check out our review of the Xbox One version of the title here.
NIS America has announced that they are bringing a number of Atlus USA’s titles over to Europe though fans in these regions will still have to wait a bit longer than their US counterparts as all of the release dates are currently set for late 2015 and early 2016.
NIS America will be releasing three Nintendo 3DS games in the form of Etrian Mystery Dungeon in Fall 2015, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker in Fall 2015, and Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight in early 2016. They will also be releasing the recently announced Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal in Fall 2015.
Atlus USA has announced that they will be bringing Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal to the PlayStation Vita in North America this summer where it will be available both at retail and digitally. This 2014 game is a port of the 2013 PSP RPG that never saw release in the West.
Developed by AquaPlus, players take on the role of Fried, an adventurer from the Royal Library as he forms a party of female warriors, mages, and more to fight against monsters that have stared to roam the land. Each of the girls is one of five base classes and can branch into more than thirty different sub-classes as you advance in the game.
While exploring dungeons players will also be able to trigger sub-events that will serve as character development between Fried and the girls he is with. When the title is released it will feature the original Japanese voice track with English subtitles.
Klei Entertainment has announced that a full release of their indiecyberpunk stealth-strategy game — Invisible, Inc. — will be released via Steam on May 12, 2015. Not only this, but they have also announced development on a PlayStation 4 version of the game with a release date to be announced.
Invisible, Inc. had been available on Steam Early Access for $15.99 US since August 9, 2014 while Klei continued their development. But now, the Early Access sales have been turned off, meaning all who have not made the purchase before today must wait until the May release. This was said to alerted to fans earlier this month in the most recent development update. The last Early Access update — Update 9 — was released in January.
Invisible, Inc. will be released on May 12, 2015 on Steam for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux.
For a while now, Square Enix had been teasing a secret project. We now know this project to be the return of the Star Ocean franchise with the fifth installation, Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness.
Check out the Japanese announcement trailer below:
Developed by Star Ocean creators, tri-Ace — which last brought us Phantasy Star Nova — Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness does not yet have a release date. We do, however, know that the game is set to take place between the events in Star Ocean 2 and Star Ocean 3. Below is the game prologue (graciously translated by Kotaku):
Do the depths of space forbid peace for mankind—
Centuries after leaving Earth, after a multitude of trials, with the creation and spread of the ‘Galactic Federation’, humanity was on the verge of unified order and peace.
But the embers of conflict have begun to burn again.
Over 6,000 light years from Earth, on the unsettled planet, ‘Faicreed.’
Just as so many times before, the waves of history begin from a remote planet.
Below are the first promotional images from the Japanese press release (click for full size) from the PlayStation 4 version:
Thanks to Kotaku for also scanning images from Japanese gaming magazine, Weekly Famitsu, which we have provided below:
Fidel Camus, the game’s protagonist:
His childhood friend, Miki:
Lilia, a character they meet on their travels:
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is currently said to be 30 percent developed at this time and will be available on PlayStation 4 as well as PlayStation 3.
In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the municipal government of Choufu, which is known as “Film Town” due to the large number of local film production companies established there, a special radio program called “Kaiju Radio by Shigenori Takatera” will be broadcast on May the 1st from midnight to 1am.
The program will explore Takatera’s opinion of special effects (tokusatsu) and will feature special guest Yuuji Kishi, who played Jinnai Kyousuke/Red Racer in the 1996 series Gekisou Sentai Carranger. It will be broadcast on Choufu FM 83.8MHz. The program can also be listened to on Choufu FM’s website, available here.
For those who do not know, Shigenori Takatera worked as a producer for Kamen Rider Kuuga and Kamen Rider Hibiki and wrote Kamen Rider Kuuga: Odyssey, which expands on Kuuga’s mythology.
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