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Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

Spike Chunsoft has shared more details about the new bonus dungeons and added features in the upcoming port of Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate for Switch.

Here’s the full rundown:

Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

This week’s issue of Famitsu provides an update on Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate. Aside from providing information on a Live Exploration Display feature, the magazine also outlines new features and a trio of dungeons that have been added.

Here’s the full roundup, courtesy of Gematsu:

The enhanced port for Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate now sees a release date of December 3, 2020 for Japan. English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language options will all be supported, as announced by developer Spike Chunsoft. The physical edition will cost 3,980 yen, and the digital edition will cost 2,709 yen respectively. The physical edition will include both a 60-page booklet and outer box sleeve which can be seen in the featured image above. We will keep an eye out for a verified Western launch date, but until then you can read our previous coverage of this mystery dungeon port here.

Update: A release date for the West is confirmed to be December 2.

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A new illustration has been released by Spike Chunsoft for Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate. The game is releasing worldwide some time in 2020, and you can take a look at the overview found by Gematsu, here:

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Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate is the latest installment in the storied franchise. Legend has it that Reeva, god of Destiny, holds sway over the past, present, and future. Said to dwell in the mysterious Tower of Fortune, Reeva decides the fates of all mankind with a trio of magic dice…

Lead Shiren The Wanderer and his sidekick Koppa in their quest to conquer the Tower of Fortune in this enhanced port of the PlayStation Vita classic with exclusive new dungeons!

Key Features

  • Classic Roguelike Gameplay – Each defeat brings you closer to victory as you learn new strategies and skills.
  • Gorgeous Retro Graphics – Beautiful 2D graphics and colorful characters highlight your quest.
  • Enhanced Port – Contains bonus dungeons not found in the original release.

Series artist Shinichirou Otsuka has drawn the key visual above exclusively for the game. Spike Chunsoft released the image today, featuring the main characters of the series, as well as a few that will be exclusive to the brand-new storyline that the game follows. The new story itself is fully supervised by the series author Tappei Nagatsuki, so players can expect a familiar touch to this tactical adventure game.

You can read more of our past coverage for this title here, here, and here.

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The latest issue of Weekly Jump has revealed the first DLC character for Jump Force to be Meruem from Hunter x Hunter. Jump Force is already out on other platforms, but the Deluxe Edition that includes Character Pass 1 is due out for Switch on August 27 in Japan and August 28 in North America and Europe. What other DLC characters do you hope to see? Special thanks to Gematsu for the screenshot and information.

Jump Force DLC character Meruem

 

Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne

Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne is due out on Switch this winter. When it does arrive, it’ll be accompanied by a collector’s edition. Copies include four exclusive, limited run only original pins in a display box, a full-color art book, a steelbook case, official soundtrack containing original music from the game, and outer box.

Retailers have started taking pre-orders for the collector’s edition. Amazon has it here while GameStop’s listing is here.

For more on Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne, check out our previous coverage here.

Update: As expected, Jump Force Deluxe Edition launches in the west during that same week. It’ll be on August 28 in North America and Europe.


Jump Force Deluxe Edition will launch in Japan and Asia on August 27, Bandai Namco has announced. North America and Europe should also have the Switch game during the last week of the month, though we should be getting the official confirmation on that soon.

As an early purchase bonus, players will receive Frieza’s small pod that they can ride in the online lobby, three in-game avatar suits (tops) from One Piece, Dragon Ball, and Naruto, and an item set.

Bandai Namco has shared the following overview for Jump Force Deluxe Edition:

Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne

Spike Chunsoft has officially announced that the tactical adventure game Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne is coming west. It’ll launch on Switch in North America this summer. English text and Japanese and English audio will be supported.

Here’s some information about Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne as well as first English screenshots:

Re:Zero - The Prophecy of The Throne

After it was leaked by an Amazon UK listing earlier this week, Spike Chunsoft has officially announced Re:Zero – The Prophecy of The Throne for Switch. The game launches this winter.

Re:Zero – The Prophecy of The Throne is a tactical adventure game that will feature a new storyline supervised by the Japanese light novel series author Tappei Nagatsuki. Original light novel artist Shinichiro Otsuka is also designing characters.

Here’s some information about Re:Zero – The Prophecy of The Throne as well as first screenshots:


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