Shin Megami Tensei V apparently still in the early stages of development, producer wants fans to be patient
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 17 Comments
Shin Megami Tensei V was first teased at the Switch reveal event back in January and was officially announced in October with a brief trailer. That trailer didn’t feature any gameplay footage – because, as it turns out, there really isn’t any gameplay that’s fit to be shown off yet. In the same group interview with various Japanese developers that also revealed Level-5’s Switch focus next year, Shin Megami Tensei series producer Kazuyuki Yamai touched on the game’s current state of development.
They are currently in the “scrap and build” phase, meaning that they are trying out various gameplay concepts to find out what works and what doesn’t on a trial-and-error basis. Yamai states that since this is the first mainline Shin Megami Tensei title on a home console in a while, he’d like to develop the game properly without any compromises. He would also like to properly reveal the game soon to show off how it plays, but asks fans to be patient for a while longer.
More: Atlus, Shin Megami Tensei V
Fire Emblem Heroes: Limited New Year’s summoning focus will add Azura, Takumi, Corrin & Camilla
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, News, Screenshots | 11 Comments
The Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account announced that a new summoning focus will go live on December 31st. They didn’t announce which units would be featured on the focus though, only posting the silhouettes of two units. However, a new patch for the game went live today and dataminers found out that it also contains all the data about that upcoming summoning focus. The four featured units in the focus will be Takumi, Azura, male Corrin and Camilla, all sporting traditional Hoshidan New Year’s outfits (i.e. kimonos). Takumi uses daggers, Azura is a flying axe user, Corrin uses bows and Camilla is a flying sword user.
Pyra figure by Good Smile will be released December 2018, costs ¥18,333
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 11 Comments
Update: Bumped to the top. Full pre-order links – Play-Asia, AmiAmi, GoodSmile.
Original: Yesterday we reported on Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s Pyra being made into a figure by Good Smile. Today, we have some more info on it. As with most high-quality scale figures like this one, it’ll be fairly expensive: ¥18,333 + taxes. If you decide to pre-order it, you’re unfortunately gonna have to wait a bit till the figure is in your hands – it’ll be released in December 2018.
More: figure, Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Valkyria Chronicles 4: new info on characters, advanced classes, Potentials, Orders, more
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 2 Comments
The official Japanese Valkyria Chronicles 4 website has been updated with some new info on the game’s characters as well as some gameplay systems such as Orders, the various classes, Potentials and more. The folks at Gematsu have kindly translated all this new info.
Characters
Angelica Farnaby
An energetic civilian girl suffering from memory loss. The army’s physician took her in and offered her protection, but she proposed to earn her keep by helping with daily chores such as cooking and cleaning. Her cheerful and kind personality has made her very popular with the soldiers.
More: SEGA, Valkyria Chronicles 4
Cube Creator X announced for Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Cube Creator X, the latest entry in Arc System Work’s sandbox construction series, has been announced for Nintendo Switch. It will be released in Japan in April 2018.
This was announced via preview images of this week’s Famitsu magazine. We will have more detailed information on the game once the full issue is out on Wednesday.
Good Smile are making a Pyra figure
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 48 Comments
Update: Full pre-order links – Play-Asia, AmiAmi, GoodSmile.
Original:Nintendo has announced that Pyra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is being made into a 1/7 scale figure by Good Smile Company. Pre-orders for the figure will go live tomorrow, on December 26th, on the Good Smile website. Further details, such as a release date and price, will likely be announced then as well.
The figure is based on concept art created specifically by Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s main character designer Masatsugu Saito for this figure.
More: figure, Xenoblade Chronicles 2
5.0 will be ARMS’ final content update, balance patches to continue
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 42 Comments
Version 5.0 of ARMS was released today, bringing with it a new fighter and a new stage, among other things. However, on their “Topics” blog on their Japanese website, Nintendo has announced that 5.0 will be ARMS final content update. Balance patches will continue to be released, but presumably there won’t be any more fighters, stages or Arms added to the game.
My Hero Academia: One’s Justice: interview with producer Aoba Miyazaki (video)
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Bandai Namco has published a short video interview with Aoba Miyazaki, the producer of My Hero Academia: One’s Justice (or the “My Hero Game Project”, as Bandai Namco seems to want to call it outside Japan for now). Make sure to click the “CC” button to enable subtitles:
Mario Odyssey Sound Selection coming to iTunes tomorrow, full soundtrack release in Japan in February
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 6 Comments
It’s quite rare for Nintendo to make the soundtracks of their first-party games available to purchase, but it seems like they’ll be making an exception with Super Mario Odyssey. Nintendo has announced that a Super Mario Odyssey “Sound Selection” will be available on iTunes starting tomorrow, December 22nd. As the name implies, this isn’t the full soundtrack release, but only a small sample of it. The following twelve tracks will be included:
- Cascade Kingdom
- Tostarena
- Steam Gardens
- New Donk City
- Jump Up, Super Star! (New Donk City Festival Edition)
- Shiveria
- Bowser’s Castle
- Break Free! (Lead The Way)
- Jump Up, Super Star! (Japanese version)
- Break Free! (Lead The Way) (Japanese version)
- Jump Up, Super Star! (Karaoke version)
- Break Free! (Lead The Way) (Karaoke version)
If you want the full soundtrack, you’re going to have to wait a little while longer.The official Super Mario Odyssey soundtrack will be released in Japan on February 28th 2018, for the price of 4,600 yen. It will come on a total of four discs – the first three discs will feature 31 tracks each, while the fourth one will contain 43 tracks, for a total of 136 tracks. The soundtrack will also come with a booklet featuring comments from Aimi Mukohara (the Japanese voice actress for Pauline and performer of Jump Up, Super Star! and Break Free!) and the development team, as well as two sheets of stickers. No word yet on a Western release of the soundtrack, so you might have to import this one from Japan.
Splatoon 2: New Squeezer weapon being added to the game soon
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 0 comments
We’re nearing the end of the week, which means it’s time for another Splatoon 2 weapon update. This time, a brand-new weapon will be added to the game – the Squeezer, a shooter-type weapon that will come with the Splash Wall sub-weapon and the Sting Ray special. As always, it’ll be available tomorrow around noon in Japan and Australia, early in the morning in Europe and later tonight in North America.
