Today Atlus released a new character trailer for Persona 4: Dancing All Night with this one focusing on Yosuke Hanamura. As with previous trailers, we see a number of dialogue sequences with other members of the cast followed by a short performance from Yosuke as he dances to the song “Your Affection.”
As you can see in the video, Yosuke will have a number of different outfits including a Halloween costume, an apron, and a festival outfit. Currently Persona 4: Dancing All Night is set to be released in Japan on June 25th while a North American release has been announced for sometime later this year.
After ten months of being subjected to tentacles, Lapis and Ruby are about to gain another comrade. MangaGamer has announced that they have licensed the third title in the Jewel Star series and it is called Amber Breaker. The title follows Amber Breaker as she tries to rescue her comrades Ruby and Lapis only to fall to the same tentacle filled fate of her friends.
The title is currently available for pre-order here(18+ Only) and will be released on April 16th for PC for $9.95 though currently those looking forward to the title can pre-order it at the discounted price of $8.95.
Earlier this year Undead Labs announced that they would be re-releasing State of Decay onto the Xbox One on April 28th and recently they released the debut trailer for State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition. The trailer can be found below and features a bunch of gameplay footage as well as a number of quotes from fans and various websites as it details what is included in the package.
You see, State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition includes the original game in 1080p as well as the Breakdown and Lifeline DLCs plus some exclusive weapons, vehicles, and characters that will be pre-order and launch bonuses. It is worth noting that if you happen to be double dipping into the game, you’ll receive a 33% discount off of State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition when it is released.
Rhythm games have been working well for Sega lately and with companies like Atlus making a Persona 4 rhythm game it seems that the genre is on a resurgence. That being said, it does come as something of a surprise that Sega has announced a new PS Vita game that will be released this winter in Japan that will feature girls from numerous anime titles.
Miracle Girls Festival as it is called will be a rhythm title using the exact same gameplay engine as Project Diva and will feature a large number of anime girls, including those from YuruYuri, Vividred Operation, Kiniro Mosaic, and more. The full list of currently announced series, courtesy of Famitsu, can be found below.
Recently FUNimation announced the English dub cast for BlazBlue: Alter Memory and fans will be happy to see that they managed to retain almost all of the original English cast from the games. It is worth noting that Platinum the Trinity and Nago have been given different voices and for some strange reason FUNimation did not include the voice actors for Taokaka and Iron Tager in the list.
BlazBlue: Alter Memory is an adaptation combining the stories of both the first and second games in the BlazBlue series and aired back in 2013 to mixed reception from fans of the original titles.
The full list of currently revealedvoice actors can be found below:
Patrick Seitz will voice Ragna the Bloodedge
David Vincent will voice Jin Kisaragi and Hakumen
Cristina Vee will voice Noel Vermillion, Nu-13, and Lambda-11
Mela Lee will voice Rachel Alucard
Doug Erholtz will voice Hazama
Steve Kramer will voice Bang Shishigami
Lauren Landa will voice Litchi Faye-Ling
Spike Spencer will voice Arakune
Michelle Ruff will voice Carl Clover
Travis Willingham will voice Relius Clover
Kirk Thornton will voice Jubei
Julie Ann Taylor will voice Kokonoe and Tsubaki Yayoi
Cindy Robinson will voice Makoto Nanaya and Gii
Alexis Tipton will voice Platinum the Trinity
Doug Stone will voice Valkenhayn R. Hellsing
Ethan Murray will voice Nago
Kate Davis will voice The Imperator
Geoffrey Chalmers, Bryce Papenbrook, and Wendee Lee will voice Takamagahara
Saturday 21st marks the release date for two big releases for Nintendo with Mario Party 10 and the Super Mario Amiibo collection.
Mario Party 10 is available exclusively for the Wii U and features three main modes with the asynchronous multiplayer mode Bowser Party, main Mario Party mode and Amiibo mode, where all six of the Amiibo mentioned below will unlock a new board and a new way to play. There are also unique boards for Rosalina, Donkey Kong, and Wario which you can unlock using the Super Smash Bros. Amiibo for those characters.
The Super Mario Amiibo collection contains new models for Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi and Bowser as well as the first Amiibo for the popular Toad. If these sell anything like the previous few waves be prepared to hunt for them in stores if you didn’t secure a preorder for the collection. You can also purchase a bundle which includes a copy of Mario Party 10 plus a Super Mario Amiibo.
If you thought that Compile Heart was done with announcing new Neptunia games then you’re quite wrong as they have announced a new crossover game with Neptunia and the Sega Hard Girls series. The title is called Chōjigen Taisen Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls: Yume no Gattai Special, simplified as Hyperdimension Neptunia VS Sega Hard Girls, and will be released on the PS Vita sometime in the future.
No details about the game were announced at the time but for those who are unaware, Sega Hard Girls is a series that re-imagined past Sega hardware systems as girls, including characters such as the Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, and Mega Drive.
We recently detailed what would be included in DLC pack 2 for Dragon Ball Xenoverse when it leaked out of major Japanese magazine V-Jump, but now we have full details and official screenshots from Bandai Namco giving us a look at just what you will be paying for in the yet to be dated DLC pack. The pack will include:
• Mira, Towa, Eis Shenron and Nuova Shenron as playable characters
• 3 Time Patrol Quests
• 3 Parallel Quests
• Pan GT as a Master and her 5 Master quests
• 6 full costumes from Pan, Gogeta, Super 17, Mira and Towa. (Not sure if there are actually only 5 costumes or one isn’t listed here).
• 24 signature moves from Pan, Mira, Towa, Eis Shenron and Nuova Shenron
• 6 new Z-Souls:
• Eis Shenron’s Z soul – I’m doing fine.
• Nuova Shenron’s Z soul – That’s how I fight!
• Pan’s Z soul (Master) 1 – This is my best move!
• Pan’s Z soul (Master) 2 – Dumped agaaaain!
• Mira’s Z soul – I feel it… A powerful energy!
•Towa’s Z soul – Revival of the Demon Realm is at hand
Pretty decent amount of content here and playing as two of the shadow dragons is definitely cool and will give us a nice portion of the GT roster. If I’m not mistaken (let me know if I am) this is the first time Eis Shenron is playable in any Dragon Ball game.
In a nice treat to ease the pain of some of the worst RNG implementation in recent gaming, Bandai Namco also announced that each week they will be giving away a Dragon Ball from the Time Space Delivery counter. Simply walk up to the counter and you can claim your prize. Dates for the Dragon Balls are below.
March 20th – Two-star Dragon Ball, Five-star Dragon Ball
March 27th – Three-star Dragon Ball
April 3rd – Six-star Dragon Ball
April 10th – Seven-star Dragon Ball
April 17th – One-star Dragon Ball
Pro tip, try and pick up the Dragon Ball from the Time Space Delivery counter as your last Dragon Ball as it takes much, much longer to get the last one then it does any other. You will not be able to claim the Ball if you already have it in your bag. Be sure to check out all the new screenshots of the DLC below and let us know if you will be picking up this pack or have already purchased a season pass. Happy Dragon Ball hunting!
Far Cry 4 “Valley of the Yetis” is possibly the biggest DLC for Far Cry 4 yet. It contains a side campaign with its own map set in a valley deep in the Himalayas. Far Cry 4 hero Ajay Ghale crash lands on the ridge after being shot down in his helicopter and must now fight his way back to the Golden Path against deranged cultists and Yetis.
Story
“Valley of the Yetis” revolves around cultists worshipping the demon Yalung and a relic buried deep in the Himalayas, which might give the cultists some influence over the Yetis living in the mountains. After his helicopter is shot down, Ajay becomes the wrench in the cultist’s plan after they kidnap Ajay’s pilot. It soon becomes apparent to Ajay that the only way out of the valley is to stop the cultists and destroy their relic.
Much like the base game, the plot of “Valley of the Yetis” is told through short cut scenes before missions. More of the story is fleshed out through writings scattered across the map. Considering the story involves Yetis, Ubisoft manages to push the boundaries of Far Cry 4’s lore just far enough as not to seem like a parody. Personally, I found the ending rather confusing.
Gameplay
Far Cry 4 “Valley of the Yetis” is completely separate from the base game. The map is self contained and players start with a fresh character as any skills or weapons earned in the base game does not carry over. The karma system is dropped and the remaining progression is compressed into about five hours, including all the side quests. Unlike the base game, the entire DLC can be played in co-op with the second player taking on the role of Hurk.
The mission pace runs in a cycle: a chance to roam around freely, a story mission, another chance to roam around, and finally a night defence mission. Unfortunately, this leads to a pretty bland and repetitive feel to the DLC. The difficulty is not hard at all, especially if the relay station gets outfitted with defences. The game gets a lot more interesting once Yetis start appearing in game. The Yetis can tank insane amounts of damage and are surprisingly mobile. Ajay can speed things up and do fatal damage by stunning a Yeti and then rushing in to do a takedown from behind. I found the takedowns to be a bit glitchy, as scooting around the Yeti while sticking too close to the body caused the takedown to not trigger at all, which can lead to some really sticky situations once the Yeti shakes off the stun.
“Valley of the Yetis” really starts to pick up the pace in the final two days of the DLC. The missions become a lot more exciting and the challenge ramps up nicely. I only wish that the developers were able to keep this pacing throughout the entire game. The level design is spot on, with even more emphasis on travelling around with the wingsuit and the grappling hook.
The DLC will take about five or six hours to complete in its entirety, including all the side missions. There are some extra activities that randomly spawn, but they are definitely not nearly as varied as the base game. Considering the amount of content and the price of the DLC, it is definitely on the high end of pricing, especially when purchased on its own.
Visuals
Far Cry 4 “Valley of the Yetis” expands the Himalayas portion of the base game into a full blown map, so it is visually distinct from the base game’s Kyrat map. The cultists take a lot of design cues from Pagan Min’s forces, but it does fit within the game’s lore. The Yetis are exactly what I would imagine real Yetis to look like, huge and quite terrifying. The cutscenes are a bit bland, as they all revolve around Ajay Ghale talking on the radio for the entire length of time.
Audio
The voice acting, the sound effects, and the music continue to be solid, but “Valley of the Yetis” feels a little desolate due to the radio silence in cars. After spending so many hours in Kyrat listening to Pagan Min’s rousing anthems and Rabi Ray Rana’s excellent hosting of Radio Free Kyrat, I drove around listening absolutely nothing but the sound of the engine and a growing feeling of disappointment.
Overall
The overall quality of “Valley of the Yetis” is a bit lacking when compared to the Far Cry 4’s polish. “Valley of the Yetis” is a little flaky on the pacing and the missions feel repetitive. For the Far Cry 4 fan who just needs more content or the co-op pair that want some actual story missions to enjoy together, “Valley of the Yetis” will satisfy; however, missing out on the DLC isn’t much of a loss, either.
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More and more OELVNs have been making their way to the market lately, with many seeing large success on PC through Steam so it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that someone is trying to make things a little bit easier for people to create their own visual novel.
Today Nyu Media has announced that they are partnering with Japanese developer Strikeworks to release TyranoBuilder onto Steam. TyranoBuilder is a visual novel building tool that makes it easy to create visual novels that will work on PCs, Macs, iOS, and Android. You can check out the announcement trailer below while TyranoBuilder will be released for PC and Mac through Steam on March 27th for $14.99.
