SENRAN KAGURA 2: DEEP CRIMSON GOES GOLD

SENRAN KAGURA 2: DEEP CRIMSON GOES GOLD,

XSEED GAMES CONFIRMS RELEASE DATE

The Sultry Stars of SENRAN KAGURA Return in Another Nintendo 3DS™ Adventure on September 15

Torrance, Calif. – August 18, 2015 – XSEED Games, the independent-minded console publishing brand of Marvelous USA, Inc., today announced that the highly-anticipatedSENRAN KAGURA 2: Deep Crimson has officially gone gold. This latest 2.5D beat-’em-up adventure featuring the naughty-yet-nice SENRAN KAGURA ninja girls is now available for pre-order, and will arrive in North America exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system on September 15. The game will be available digitally via the Nintendo eShop for $39.99, as well as in a limited “Double D Edition” retail release for a suggested retail price of $49.99, the latter of which includes two music discs containing a total of 60 tracks and representing the game’s entire score. The newly launched product website for this title can be accessed from the SENRAN KAGURA games hub at http://www.hanzonationalacademy.com.

Once again showcasing the series′ trademark high-flying, clothes-ripping battle mechanics,SENRAN KAGURA 2: Deep Crimson follows the events of SENRAN KAGURA Burst, sending all 12 of the original cast members on another supernatural martial arts adventure through modern Japan. For the first time in the series, shinobi can fight in pairs, covering each other’s backs and combining special techniques as needed, or fight alone to give their partners time to recover after bouts of intense combat. One player can control both team members, switching back and forth at will, or two players can fight side by side in local or online co-op mode.

To celebrate this announcement, SENRAN KAGURA Burst will be on sale for $19.99 on the Nintendo eShop (down from the usual $29.99 price) starting today and lasting through September 14.th Players who have SENRAN KAGURA Burst save data on their SD card will receive Ikaruga’s brother Murasame as a playable character for free, while players without this save data can still purchase everyone’s favorite incompetent ninja for $4.99 as premium DLC. XSEED Games is also sharing a loaded package of assets, including a brand new trailer and screenshots, to time with this announcement.

Developed by Marvelous Inc. and Tamsoft, SENRAN KAGURA 2: Deep Crimson is coming exclusively to Nintendo 3DS in North America. This title has been rated “M” for Mature by theESRB.

Marvelous Europe will be publishing the title in Europe digitally on the Nintendo eShop, and have also unveiled an exclusive pre-order campaign. The publisher is offering various packages, including special limited edition versions, which will be sold exclusively through Marvelous Europe’s dedicated site. Please visit www.senrankagura2.com for more information on how to pre-order a physical copy for European Nintendo 3DS systems.

More information on the game can be found from the newly launched product website accessible at www.hanzonationalacademy.com, while more information on XSEED Games products in general can be found at www.xseedgames.com. Fans can also follow XSEED Games on Facebook at www.facebook.com/XSEEDGames and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/XSEEDGames. 

Source : Xseed press release  

My Thoughts  

Wow this looks interesting, I have never heard of this game franchise but it seems pretty cool . 

Picross 3D 2 coming to Japanese 3ds in October

Nintendo of Japan just announced a second Picross 3D game. This game is titled: 

Picross 3D 2

The game has been given a release date of October 1st for Japan and will feature over 300 puzzles . The official website for this game can be found here  but its entirety in Japanese . 

See the Japanese video trailer below:

Picross 3D is one of my favorite Nintendo DS puzzle  games when it released almost 6 years ago . I hope Nintendo gives a release date to other regions soon because I will buy this game without any hesitation. I hope this version has stereoscopic 3D and support for New 3DS c-stick controls because that could be a dream to play with . The website confirms amiibo support for the game but since I don't read Japanese I can't tell you how that works . Lately Picross games have had several 2D games released on the 3ds e-shop so it's exciting to finally see a 3d sequel.

Just in case you never played the game Picross is sort of a mix of soduku and mine sweeper. You play in a grid where rows and columns are numbered and you must use logic to estimate which blocks you can destroy or keep . Once you complete the grid a picture will or object will develop from what is left . The game is mostly played via the touch screen and the 3d refered to the grid using cubes and the z axis to make more complex geometry than a basic 2d plane . I can imagine this game using dual analog control via New 3ds to help streamline the controls and have the 3d visuals displayed on the top screen instead of the touch screen. I look forward to learning more about this game in the near future.