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Fairy Tail Photo Mode

Fairy Tail will be receiving a Photo Mode update next week, Koei Tecmo and Gust have announced. It’ll be made available in the form of a free update.

Also announced today is new DLC for the game. Lyon Vastia, Levy McGarden, Lisanna Strauss, and Elfman Strauss will be added as new playable characters. Note that Lisanna Strauss and Elfman Strauss are packaged together.

Lastly, on the same topic of DLC, there will be 48 pieces of costume DLC arranged into three sets. They are as follows:

Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers

Fans have been waiting for news regarding the localization of Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers since the game’s announcement and release in Japan. Now thanks to Koei Tecmo’s financial report, it appears that a western release is officially happening.

One of the presentation slides included in the report is dedicated to Koei Tecmo’s future titles. For the “packaged games” category, Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers is included, and the planned release region is listed as “the west”.

CrossCode

Deck13 has announced a new 1.0.8 update for the Switch version of CrossCode. If all goes well, it should be live later today.

The new update addresses a number of key issues. For the full patch notes, continue on below.

Shin Megami Tensei V

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, a few Nintendo-related titles move up several spots, including a notable jump for Shin Megami Tensei V – which is now in the top five.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between July 9 and July 15.

Now that Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin has a release date, advertising for the game is starting to pick up. We have a few Japanese web commercials below.

Eiyuden Chronicle

A couple of days ago, Rabbit & Bear Studios announced Eiyuden Chronicle. It’s one to keep an eye out on as the project is being developed by some notable developers, including the creator of Suikoden.

Ahead of the Kickstarter campaign’s launch next week, we caught up with director Yoshitaka Murayama to learn more about the Tokyo-based studio, how the game came to be, the art style, the team’s desire to make a unique RPG, and other topics. If you’re interested in learning more about Eiyuden Chronicle be sure to read up on our interview below.

Fairy Tail

We have a number of new screenshots that finally give a look at the Switch version of Fairy Tail. Take a look at the images below.

Fairy Tail is due out for Switch on July 30 in Europe and July 31 in North America.

Nintendo

Below are the latest Nintendo products that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

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Little Devil Inside

Back in 2015, Neostream announced its action adventure RPG Little Devil Inside, and successfully raised funding through Kickstarter, which included a Wii U stretch goal. We then heard at the end of 2017 that the team had interest in bringing the game to Switch. After falling off the radar, it finally resurfaced last month with a brand new trailer.

That’s only a part of the story. Little Devil Inside was re-revealed during the PS5 showcase with the video indicating that it will only be on PlayStation platforms at launch. This upset some fans, including those that originally backed the game for Wii U.

Balan Wonderworld

Square Enix has shared new information about the 3D action-platformer Balan Wonderworld. Information has been provided about the game’s premise, costumes feature, story, and characters.

Here’s the full rundown:


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