Its time for another showdown with Sho… on the dance floor!?

It appears that recently-announced Virtua Fighter costumes won’t be the only fighting game tie-ins coming to ATLUS’ Persona 3: Dancing Star Night and Persona 5: Dancing Moon Night. A recent Famitsu scan provides us with our first look at upcoming DLC characters Labrys and Sho Minazuki, as “Yasogami’s Steel Council President” and “The Rule-Smashing Pun Machine” trade in the battlefield for the dance floor, complete with Sho’s Ultimax stage recreated as a dance backdrop. Ayana Taketatsu and Kenichi Suzumura will both reprise their roles. The pair will be available in both P3D and P5D.

In addition, Mitsuru Kirijo, Aegis, Akihiko Sanada, Ken Amada, Junpei Iori, and Fuuka Yamagishi will be receiving their updated designs from Persona 4 Arena and Ultimax, as DLC costumes, with all playable characters, including Elzabeth, Labrys and Sho also receiving their “Player 2 Colors” as yet another alternative outfit to cut a rug in.

Finally, the cast of Persona 5: DSN will be getting DLC costumes from another ATLUS title and FGC favorite: Catherine. Ann Takamaki and Makoto Niijima take the outfits of Catherine and Katherine McBride, respectively, while protagonist Ren Amamiya portrays Vincent Brooks. The remaining Phantom Thieves cosplay as Vincent’s friends, with Ryuji Sakamoto taking the role of Orlando Haddick, Yusuke Kitagawa dressing like Jonny Ariga, Futaba Sakura donning the mechanic outfit of Tobias Nebbins, and Haru Okumura rocking Erica Anderson’s waitress uniform. Morgna gains a Sheep costume.

You can see the Famitsu scans and additional images below.

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Persona 4 Arena DLC costumes for the female characters in Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night. – https://t.co/TU5f5y5Udr pic.twitter.com/tvJjOeAwaO

— Persona Central (@Persona_Central) April 6, 2018

Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night will both be released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan on Thursday, May 24th. Details on DLC release dates and pricing, as well as localized releases have not yet been revealed.

Source: Persona Central (2); Persona_Central (Twitter) via Famitsu 

A New Challenger has entered the Dragon Ball FighterZ competitive arena!

It looks like the Summit of Power isn’t going to be the only competitive Dragon Ball FighterZ circuit raging this year, as the road to Evo 2018 now runs through Panda Global’s newly-announced PG FighterZ League.

Beginning this past weekend and running through July 15th, this community league — spanning local tournaments, online events, and Twitch sub-only tournaments, including some run by Panda Global themselves — will look to award the top 3 placers with temporary sponsorships and flights out to Evo 2018 this August as members of PG.

Any tournament organizer can get their event approved on any of DBFZ’s three platforms, simply by organizing it within smash.gg, gaining enough registered participants to meet one of the stated tier requirements, and gaining the stamp from PG. TOs will be limited to only two events per tier each month, however.

Tier and point distribution are as follows:

• pgZ Tier: PG’s nakkiel_pnw twitch sub only Online Monthlies: 1st: 600 Points 2nd: 300 Points 3rd:225 Points 4th: 150 Points 5th place tie: 75 Points each 7th place tie: 40 Points each [15 Points for coming below Top 8]
• LocalZ Tier: Offline Events with 16+ Players: 1st place: 240 Points 2nd place: 120 Points 3rd place: 90 Points 4th place: 60 Points 5th place tie: 30 Points each 7th place tie: 15 Points each [5 Points for coming below Top 8]
• SubZ Tier: twitch Sub Only with 16+ players: 1st place: 160 Points 2nd place: 80 Points 3rd place: 60 Points 4th place: 40 Points 5th place tie: 20 Points each 7th place tie: 10 Points each [5 Points for coming below Top 8]
• LobbyZ Tier: online tournaments with 16+ players: 1st place: 80 Points 2nd place: 40 Points 3rd place: 30 Points 4th place: 20 Points 5th place tie: 10 Points each 7th place tie: 5 Points each

The top 3 placers by July 16th will receive a flight to Evo 2018 and swag from Smash.GG, while the Top 2 also have their entry fees paid for and the Champion receives additional swag from Panda Global.

This past weekend’s Rose City Ascension 3, The Arkansas Special – April Edition, Week 4 of the #CellGames, TallyTown Throwdown, “Way of the Wolf,” Super TSB 2018, and the EU’s BORN TO FIGHT – Shenron Challenge results will count towards the rankings. Upcoming events include:

• Texas Showdown 2018
• Caliburst May 2018
• Northern Conflict XVI
• Manga Pop Gaming Tournament
• Spanish Masters: The Iberian Showdown
• PG FighterZ League: PGz May-July (for PS4, Xbox One, and Steam PC)
• THE FIGHT 2018
• Smash-Mex 2018

For more information on the event, and to check out the current standings, head over to smash.gg and follow PandaGlobalPG on Twitter.

Announcing #PGFighterZ: The Panda Global FighterZ League, in partnership with @smashgg ➡https://t.co/ILbl2QGVye

An opt-in circuit for points, Top 3 winners are flown to #Evo2018 as PG + get @FUNimation swag!

Monthly PG sub tourney run by @NakkielPNW. Winners go to #CB2018! pic.twitter.com/6y0M3QDy3O

— Panda Global® (@PandaGlobalPG) April 27, 2018

Sources: smash.gg; PandaGlobalPG (Twitter)

Yesterday, Twitter voting for the Dragon Ball FighterZ Summit of Power nomination phase was opened. As previously reported, Beyond The Summit is allowing any unqualified players who’ve placed within the top 32 of Winter Brawl 12 or Final Round 2018, or made top 16 at either NorCal Regionals 2018, Anime Ascension 2018, Brussels Challenge: Major Edition, Michigan Masters 2018 or Super TSB 2018 to opt-in to the nomination process.

Each nominee will have a unique tweet button, with each tweet counting as a vote, limited to 1 vote per Twitter account (though you can connect your Twitter on smash.gg for 10 nominations). The top 20 will advance to the final round of voting, of which only 5 will emerge to fill the remaining spots in the Summit of Power. Eight players have already been invited, with another pair qualifying on the East and West Coasts. There will also be a Last-Chance Qualifer at Combo Breaker 2018, in St. Charles, Illinois May 25-27. The Summit of Power will take place June 8-10th in Los Angeles, California, and will be streamed on twitch.tv/beyondthesummit.

The full list of nominees and current vote standings (as of this writing) are as follows:

• Echo Fox|dekillsage – 3,128 Votes
• CLN|Yohosie – 2,311 Votes
• Kane Blueriver – 1,353 Votes
• Lord Knight – 1,229 Votes
• Teemo – 1,184 Votes
• PsrK|BeyondToxin – 1,153 Votes
• NRG|Supernoon – 876 Votes
• PONOS|Moke – 854 Votes
• FP|Chavo – 803 Votes
• UYU|Kizzie Kay – 793 Votes
• CE|Doza – 654 Votes
• EMP|RogueYoshi – 561 Votes
• PAG|Fame96 – 540 Votes
• NinjaElephant – 534 Votes
• UYU|Cloud805 – 443 Votes
• Toki – 402 Votes
• Ebonic Plague – 391 Votes
• brkrdave – 358 Votes
• PAG|LostSoul – 331 Votes
• SQ – 290 Votes
• IG|Zer0q – 257 Votes
• PGTV|Lowry – 250 Votes
• Kudaytaa – 236 Votes
• Psyken – 235 Votes
• ZomBmu – 206 Votes
• CDV|WhiteBl4ck – 204 Votes
• NecroUndine – 197 Votes
• Roman Healey – 178 Votes
• ABEGEN – 151 Votes
• ScrawtVermillion – 133 Votes
• EMP|KN.KDZ – 128 Votes
• Echo Fox|Punk – 126 Votes
• Mikeand1ke – 113 Votes
• AnBi – 110 Votes
• PsrK|NicoMaki – 103 Votes
• Eifi – 98 Votes
• PAG|Grover – 96 Votes
• Randomfiend – 91 Votes
• CSE|Hidan – 65 Votes
• JaazzRap – 58 Votes
• Zero_Hour – 56 Votes
• ASAP|R1CKY – 48 Votes
• CLN|IronGod – 36 Votes
• PONOS|Garireo – 31 Votes
• GREATFERNMAN – 28 Votes
• TempleNut! – 22 Votes
• Papa Leo – 17 Votes
• TSB|Drunkenchicken – 15 Votes
• Method|Flux – 2 Votes
• EyECoNiC – 1 Vote

The Voting Phase for the top 20 will begin on May 7th at 2:00 PM PT (4:00 PM CT, 5:00 PM ET).

Finally, the talent lineup for the Summit has been revealed, as Beyond The Summit announced that they’ve used the Dragon Balls to wish IFC|Yipes, Chris Matrix, Rynge, Sajam, Zhi, LI Joe, and HellPockets to the Kame House to call all the action in Los Angeles. You can see the announcement tweet below.

The seven balls have been collected, summoning your very first #SummitofPower Talent lineup! @IFCYipeS @Chrismatrix303 @Rynge_ @Sajam @Zhieeep @thisislijoe @HellPockets pic.twitter.com/SunzlPSNN7

— Beyond the Summit (@BeyondTheSummit) April 30, 2018

Twitter nominations for #SummitofPower are now open! Which #DBFZ fighter do you want to see at the event? https://t.co/30uMvobNXx pic.twitter.com/vFQ69Kbhtf

— Beyond the Summit (@BeyondTheSummit) April 30, 2018

Who would you like to see make it into the Summit of Power? Are your favorites doing well? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Sources: smash.gg; BeyondTheSummit (Twitter)

Did Amazon Italy just reveal when we’ll be welcomed back to the Stage of History?

Things have been relatively quiet on the SoulCalibur VI front since the reveal of Siegfried earlier this month. However, an Italian Amazon product listing has provided with a very interesting piece of information, as we may now know the release window for the next chapter in Bandai Namco Entertainment’s legendary 3D weapons-based fighter.

The listing includes already-confirmed details: such as the title having a Story Mode, similar to Tekken 7, that it uses Unreal Engine 4, that there will be the 8-way directional movement customary to a 3D fighting game and that there will, of course, be online multiplayer.

Most notable though is the “Data di uscita: 27 settembre 2018,” which translates to the game having a release date in the region of September 27, 2018 — the last Thursday of the month. While this could certainly be a placeholder date, those tend to be listed as December 31st of a game’s planned launch year. Games have a tendency to release on Tuesdays or Fridays in North America, so this should really be taken as more of a potential window for release. As always, take this with a massive grain of salt.

Though Bandai Namco Entertainment previously debunked rumors of a June release date stemming from an erroneous listing on the Microsoft Store, they have yet to comment on this latest development, as of this writing. With E3 2018 scheduled to take place between June 12-14, it will be interesting to see what they could have in store for us, and if the official release date will fall within a similar timeframe.

What are your thoughts on this development? Do you feel the release date is too late in the year, or are you happy that they’re likely taking the time to polish the final product as much as possible? Sound off in the comments.

Sources: amazon.it; soulcalibur (Twitter)

The “Guardian Hawk” swoops into the CFN Portal’s Activity Reports!

After finishing off the final members of Final Fight 3’s Skull Cross Gang, the CFN Portal now takes a look at the newest arrival to the Street Fighter franchise, and the first newcomer of Season 3: the recently-released Neo Shadaloo member Falke.

Low-Ranking Shadaloo soldier Private Nakagawa resumes his customary details of relaying Shadaloo’s intel on one of their latest experiments in their search for their leader M. Bison’s ideal replacement body.

Private Nakagawa: “She uses staff techniques, trained using Psycho Power. Her bond with Ed comes from the fact that both have relations to Shadaloo. Her name (codename) means “hawk” in German. And here’s her Command List!“

Basic Info:

Name: Falke
Height: 176cm
Weight: 54kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: May 25th
Home Country: Unknown
Likes: Milk Tea, Theatre
Dislikes: Shadaloo
Fighting Style: Psycho Power and Bōjutsu

Private Nakagawa: “She has the ability to inject Psycho Power into her staff, called “Harmony” and then shoot it. Her ability to shoot Psycho Power instantaneously is lower compared to Ed and Bison, but she can charge and increase the power. She was confined in a Shadaloo laboratory and piled up loads of training. She’s a perfectionist, and deals with everything scrupulously. She’s well-versed in house chores and cooking, and is unexpectedly family-oriented. “Harmony” represents the harmony between Falke and Psycho Power. She has several books, and always thinks about the best strategy and tactics according to the situation.”

And that wraps up another CFN profile. With the Final Fight 3 cast complete, Falke now covered and G’s release still a few moths away following the return of Cody, it will be interesting to see which characters they chronicle next, especially since the next Profile will be the 270th.

Who would you like to see the Shadaloo Combat Research Institute focus on profiling next? Let us know in the comments.

Special thanks to Midgardsorm for translations.

Source: CFN Portal