Katsura Hashino, director of Persona 3 and Persona 4, recently took to the series’ official blog and spoke up about Atlus’ recent troubles as well as future announcements.
Hashino first apologized for concerns caused by bankruptcy issues stemming from parent company Index. He also made mention of the 25th anniversary for the Atlus brand and noted that there are unannounced games “under zealous development”.
Hashino stated:
The Pokemon X/Y soundtrack will be available through iTunes in the west. In Japan, a physical retail version is planned.
The soundtrack is hitting Japan on November 13 for 2,625 yen. It’ll also come with a 28-page book covering the development and background of the tracks.
212 tracks will be included on the CD, lasting over 3 and a half hours. Fans can expect sharper, higher quality, and more realistic sound.
Runner2 will be receiving its first DLC on Wii U this week. The official Bit.Trip Twitter account confirmed a release date of August 15 earlier today.
The tweet is as follows:
The Good Friends Character Pack DLC for Runner2 is releasing tomorrow on Xbox 360, followed by the Wii U on the 15th! GET HYPE!!
— CommanderVideo (@BitTrip) August 13, 2013
– Nintendo UK product manager Danielle Robinson
Whether The Wonderful 101 is a niche game or not is hard to say. It has the depth of all of Platinum’s brawlers, but (played on easy mode) it’s also pretty accessible and easy to button-mash through. Honestly, I think if a kid and his parent saw it on store shelves, it’d look like the kind of thing they’d want to buy. Maybe that’s the appeal Nintendo is aiming for.
GameStop has provided an official comment on the situation surrounding Xenoblade. According to a statement provided to Kotaku, the game’s price (and pricing for other games) “is competitive and is based on current market value driven by supply and demand.”
GameStop also confirmed that Metroid Prime Trilogy as well as other “vintage titles” will be returning to GameStop “in the coming months”.
The full statement reads:
GameStop regularly receives feedback from our PowerUp members regarding old titles they would us like to bring back, such as vintage games like Xenoblade Chronicles. We were recently able to source a limited number of copies of this title to carry in our stores and online.
In fact, we have sourced several more vintage titles that we will be hitting stores in the coming months, including Metroid Prime Trilogy.
As always, our pricing for these games is competitive and is based on current market value driven by supply and demand. PowerUp Pro members always receive a 10% discount and earn PUR podints on pre-owned purchases.
Yet another round of Shin Megami Tensei IV DLC has gone live. One more piece of content can be purchased.
Here’s the overview:
Ancient One of the Sun – $2.49
An add-on-exclusive Challenge Quest to defeat the Ancient of Days, a part of God. Completing this quest lets you fuse Godly Ancient of Days.
Note: This quest relates to the main story.
Recommended progress: Post-game
Unfortunately, it’s looking like Project Ravensdale won’t reach its Kickstarter goal. Black Forest Games will need to raise over $400,000 within the next three days, which is just improbable at this point.
But there is good news! Even if the Kickstarter ends unsuccessfully, Black Forest Games doesn’t plan on cancelling the game “any time soon”.
The studio wrote in a new blog post:
“We’ve been getting a lot of messages about what will happen to the game if the Kickstarter does not succeed, and we want you all to know that while unfortunate, it won’t be the end of Ravensdale. We want to make this game and while it may be a while until we can secure the funds in order to produce it, we aren’t planning on scrapping it any time soon. Without the success of this Kickstarter the game will not be made for some time, but we will keep you updated with any movement regarding the project on the dev blog.”
Black Forest Games recently told us that they were interested in bringing Project Ravensdale to Wii U. Hopefully that will still be the case in the future!
