VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Atlus published a new Japanese FAQ page for the upcoming remasters of Persona 5 Royal. The FAQ reveals that an upgrade plan will not be provided for those who already own the PS4 version, which is rare as most PS4 games with PS5 versions have at least some sort of avenue to upgrade.
Dungeon crawling RPG Nevergrind Online’s popularity soars in Japan. “By the time your readers see this article, Japan will be #1 in units sold for Nevergrind Online. Within the last week, 87% of units sold have been in Japan.”
As the name implies, Monster Create is a game where you create your very own monsters to battle with. Monster Create is being developed by PICTOY, a game studio established by Hiroshi Moriyama, the director of Freakyforms and Castle & Dragon.
The Monster Hunter Frontier official Twitter account told fans not to expect an offline version or a sequel in an unusual message from an official account. “While hunters have been asking for an offline mode or sequel to MHF, we want to be upfront and not create any careless expectations."
Nintendo and Monolith Soft revealed a new song from the upcoming Xenoblade Chronicles 3 titled “You Will Know Our Names – Finale.” The word “Finale” in the song name immediately began trending on Twitter in Japan as fans began to wonder what it could mean for the series.
The Chain of Life is part visual novel, part card game, and part RPG. The game takes place in a fantasy world called Noa where a falling star sets the story of multiple young people in motion. The game is slated to release on Steam and will be seeking crowdfunding via the Japanese website Campfire starting July 7.
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise seems to have enjoyed an excellent launch and currently holds a “Very Positive” rating on Steam. We spoke to Cygames about the release, and it appears that sales of the game have been great, too.
Bandai Namco Entertainment and ILCA founded a new company called Bandai Namco Aces. As for what the studio will be working on, one example that comes up is the Ace Combat series.
Wide Care for Nintendo Switch is fixed rate repair service warranty for Nintendo Switch owners in Japan. Those who sign up for the service will be eligible to receive repairs for their Nintendo Switch consoles and peripherals without having to pay a separate repair fee.
Cygames released their new roguelite action game Little Noah: Scion of Paradise for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC (Steam). We sat down with the game’s two directors, Cygames’ Hiroki Matsuura and Grounding’s Kengo Shibata, to talk about how it was created.
The Steam version of SystemSoft Beta’s Daisenryaku SSB is scheduled to launch in June, but it’s the scenarios in the game that have gamers in Japan buzzing. For example, one is called Crisis in the Straits of Taiwan and sees a Taiwan that’s been abandoned by both the United States and Japan fighting alone against China for their independence.
There’s been a recent dispute among the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate community about whether Steve should be banned from tournaments. The discussion started after acola won a recent Smash Ultimate invitational using Steve.