Wednesday 19 August 2015

Japanese video game English localisation news - 26

Featuring:

  • Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment (PS4)
  • Yokai Watch (3DS)
  • Senran Kagura 2 : Deep Crimson (3DS)
  • FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD (PC)
  • Nekopara vol 0 (PC)
  • Final Fantasy VII (iOS)
  • Puyo Puyo Quest -> Cranky Food Friends - a Delicious Drop & Match RPG (Android)



Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment (PS4)

Is out. It's the PS4 enhanced remake of the Vita enhanced remake of the PSP game, haha. It's got a new translation, so it might be understandable this time.

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Yokai Watch (3DS)

Has a US release date: November 6

Source

They're planning a big multimedia launch - game & cartoon (Disney XD) & toys & manga (through Viz Media).

I am guessing since it's Nintendo / Level 5 it'll be very polished, dub only, very awesome. I hope it ends up being a big hit.

People are already calling it "the new Pokemon", honestly I hope that doesn't hurt it. It seems to be a little edgier, darker, scarier, plus whatever they do - it's Japanese to the core.

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Senran Kagura 2 : Deep Crimson (3DS)

Release dates:
EU - August 27
US - September 15

Source

US availability:
Available digitally via the Nintendo eShop for $39.99, as well as physically via a limited “Double D Edition” retail release for $49.99, which includes two music discs containing a total of 60 tracks.
EU: You can buy various physical copies on the official website.

Physical copies seem to be exclusive to there on the Marvelous website. I am assuming it'll be mainly looking for sales from the Nintendo eshop in this region, but this is a special for fans.

I've been playing the Japanese version of this game since yesterday. I would say the gameplay and graphical quality (especially 3D!) is much better than any previous Senran Kagura, but I think the story seemed more interesting and I liked the character designs (and boob physics) better in Burst.

Also - the first one - Senran Kagura Burst (3DS) is going to be 50% off on the eshop when this new one comes out.

I still haven't seen actual dates for Senran Kagura Estival Versus in English yet, though I know it's coming.

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FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD is now out on PC via Steam.

There seem to be some issues so do some research before buying if you're interested.

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Nekopara vol 0 (PC) is a fan-disc for Nekopara which is on Steam as well.

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Final Fantasy VII has been released on iOS.

Official Trailer

According to this article there's an option to switch off random battles and another to Max Stats.

So I guess... FF7 for people who didn't want to play an RPG but just wanted to read a nice story about Cloud and friends.

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Apparently Puyo Puyo Quest has been reskinned and rebranded as "Cranky Food Friends - a Delicious Drop & Match RPG":

Source

I don't think the new name is better!