SEGA’s Toshihiro Nagoshi on creating Super Monkey Ball, impressing Nintendo with F-Zero GX, pitched Yakuza to Nintendo
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Toshihiro Nagoshi has been crucial to the company having directed the Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza franchises. He was also a producer on F-Zero GX on GameCube.
This month’s issue of EDGE has an interview with Nagoshi. There was some noteworthy talk about all of these franchises and games, with Nagoshi discussing Super Monkey Ball’s creation, managing to impress Nintendo with F-Zero GX, and having pitched Yakuza to Nintendo at one point.
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Japanese Valkyria Chronicles 4 web commercial
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SEGA issued a new Japanese web commercial for Valkyria Chronicles 4. You can check out the brief advert below.
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Valkyria Chronicles 4 demo footage, Switch vs. PS4 comparison
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Earlier today, a demo for Valkyria Chronicles 4 was added to the Switch eShop. Take a look at some footage below, along with a Switch vs. PS4 comparison video.
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Team Sonic Racing gameplay video gives first look at Team Rose and Ice Mountain
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SEGA has released the first video in a series of new Team Sonic Racing spotlight gameplay videos that showcases some of the elements included in the racer. Sonic and other characters can use unique team-based moves to race past rival teams.
Here’s a rundown of moves:
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Valkyria Chronicles 4 demo and digital pre-orders live on Switch today
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Update: The Valkyria Chronicles 4 demo and pre-load are now live on the eShop.
Original: SEGA has passed along some notable news about Valkyria Chronicles 4. Along with a demo, digital pre-orders will be live later today. SEGA actually says that both are live now, but we’re not seeing anything just yet – that should change when the eShop updates in a couple of hours.
Here’s what to expect from the demo:
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SEGA’s Gamescom 2018 lineup
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SEGA announced its lineup for Gamescom 2018 today. Everything will be playable at the Deep Silver stand in Hall 9, B011-C010.
Team Sonic Racing, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, Persona 3 Dancing in the Moonlight, Persona 5 Dancing in the Starlight, and Football Manager 2019 represent the full lineup. With Team Sonic Racing, the new Ice Mountain track will be featured for the first time.
Gamescom 2018 takes place between August 21 and August 25.
Source: SEGA PR
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Video: Valkyria Chronicles 4 controller skin showcase
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Valkyria Chronicles 4 is getting a launch edition, and when purchased, provides consumers with a special Ragnarok controller skin. SEGA showed off the skin in a new video, which we have below.
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Off-screen Valkyria Chronicles 4 Switch footage
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At Japan Expo earlier this month, SEGA had a playable demo of Valkyria Chronicles 4 on display for Switch. View some off-screen footage below.
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New photos of the Neku Sakuraba Bring Arts figure, pre-orders open
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Neku Sakuraba is getting a brand new figure to celebrate this year’s launch of The World Ends with You: Final Remix on Switch. It will be featured as part of the Bring Arts series of products.
The new Neku figure is tentatively set for December. The package comes with three replacement faces as well as three replacement hands.
We have a number of photos below. Pre-orders are open on Play-Asia here.
Sonic Mania Adventures – behind the scenes video
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SEGA has released a new behind-the-scenes video that provides an in-depth look at the creation of the Sonic Mania Adventures animated web short. It features interviews with director Tyson Hesse and Neko Productions’ executive producer Lirit Rosenzweig-Topaz about the 2D animated episodic series development. Watch the video below.
