Month: January 2015

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been reporting on a bunch of new arcade sticks for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 from HORI. Now, here’s another to add to the list, one that you can pre-order now through Amazon Japan and AmiAmi.

As the name implies, the HORI Real Arcade Pro V Hayabusa comes with the same HORI Hayabusa lever and Kuro buttons found in all of the company’s top of the line arcade sticks. Meanwhile, it shares its form factor, including the touchpad on the rear panel, with HORI’s Dead or Alive 5 Last Round stick and the Real Arcade Pro 4 Kai.

What differences, if any, this HRAP.V Hayabusa has with the latter are as of yet unknown. Based on HORI’s naming scheme, the HRAP.4 Kai may come with the slightly wider layout seen first in the HRAP.V3 Kai, though it’s possible that the names could just be a regional thing, with the HRAP.V Hayabusa coming to Asia only and the HRAP.4 Kai coming out only in the West.

For those interested, the HORI Real Arcade Pro V Hayabusa can be pre-ordered from Amazon Japan for ¥14,264 (~$120 USD) and AmiAmi for ¥13,390 (~$113 USD).

Sources: Amazon Japan, AmiAmi, tip via bakawind

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been reporting on a bunch of new arcade sticks for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 from HORI. Now, here’s another to add to the list, one that you can pre-order now through Amazon Japan and AmiAmi.

As the name implies, the HORI Real Arcade Pro V Hayabusa comes with the same HORI Hayabusa lever and Kuro buttons found in all of the company’s top of the line arcade sticks. Meanwhile, it shares its form factor, including the touchpad on the rear panel, with HORI’s Dead or Alive 5 Last Round stick and the Real Arcade Pro 4 Kai.

What differences, if any, this HRAP.V Hayabusa has with the latter are as of yet unknown. Based on HORI’s naming scheme, the HRAP.4 Kai may come with the slightly wider layout seen first in the HRAP.V3 Kai, though it’s possible that the names could just be a regional thing, with the HRAP.V Hayabusa coming to Asia only and the HRAP.4 Kai coming out only in the West.

For those interested, the HORI Real Arcade Pro V Hayabusa can be pre-ordered from Amazon Japan for ¥14,264 (~$120 USD) and AmiAmi for ¥13,390 (~$113 USD).

Sources: Amazon Japan, AmiAmi, tip via bakawind

When BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND arrives on consoles in April, it will do so with two new characters…at least in its story mode.

The latest issue of Famitsu reveals that the title, which is set to include an update story mode, will feature appearances by a pair of characters from the franchise’s Remix Heart manga: Mai Natsume and Cajun Faycott. As two of the main protagonists, both will play a large part in a new chapter that supposedly retells the printed story.

As of now, no concrete signs point towards Mai and Cajun being part of the playable cast, but Arc System Works has been known to first announce story relevance before finally revealing a character’s further importance to the gameplay.

BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND is scheduled to launch in Japan on April 23.

Source: Famitsu via Hachima Kikou and Gematsu