The Campfire campaign that launched in Japan late last month has met its 15 million yen funding goal, meaning the next game in the Spirit Hunter series will be making its way to both PS4 and Switch. While developer Experience previously said that they’d go ahead with development regardless of whether the target was met, a few stretch goals still remain with 17 days of funding left to go. The goals are as follows:
20 million yen
- Additional costume for the protagonist (from the voice drama Death Mark: Blue Demise)
- Voice-overs increased by 50 percent
- Additional horror scene visuals (event CG)
25 million yen
- Theme song production
- Implementation of a death scene expression change system
- Addition of former marked characters that do not appear (Towako Yasuoka, Suzu Morimiya, Tsukasa Yoshida, etc.)
30 million yen
- Additional downloadable content production (series collaboration story)
- Spirit Hunter series event (concert? collaboration cafe? etc.)
- Novelization
Shibito Magire is aiming for a Summer 2021 release in Japan.
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart. This week, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is back up to #2 while Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition move up a few spots.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 12 and December 18.
A number of new deals are up and running on the North American Switch eShop. These include Death Mark, Ikaruga, Little Dragons Cafe, Spirit Hunter: NG, and more.
Here are the full highlights:
With the continued holiday period this week, Nintendo doesn’t have much in the way of maintenance going on. In fact, there’s nothing scheduled for this coming week currently. The only session planned is actually for next week, involving distribution of update data for Switch.
Here’s the full schedule:
Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand has an original mechanic that goes beyond the actual gameplay. Through a light sensor included with the cartridge, players are able to charge up solar weapons by going outside.
Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear fame was behind Boktai, and he actually had ever greater ambitions for the GBA title. Had he been able to follow through with his vision, it would have shipped with a sensor measuring how your breath smelled.
Here’s a recent translation from Shmuplations that was published in a 2003 issue of Nintendo Dream:
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Marchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift Complete Edition has been delayed, and will now release in 2020. A more specific release window was not provided.
On Twitter, developer Primary Orbit explained that the game was pushed back “based on the idea that there is room for further quality improvements”. It further said that the project “is not a simple port, we’re working hard to deliver a significantly evolved game.” Due to voice actor Yuzu Hinase being on a work hiatus, Mylne and Rozalina will be played by new talent.
Play-Asia has opened pre-orders for the Devil May Cry Triple Pack. You can reserve the collection here.
Currently exclusive to Japan, the Devil May Cry Triple Pack contains the first game on a cartridge and the two subsequent titles as digital downloads. That means you’ll likely need to redeem Devil May Cry 2 and Devil May Cry 3 from the eShop. However, all three games are expected to have English support.
