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Studio Trigger’s Kazuki Nakashima is writing a new story for Kill la Kill the Game: IF starring Satsuki Kiryuin

Arc System Works recently revealed some new details regarding the story of Kill la Kill the Game: IF. Specifically, the game will feature an original story starring Satsuki Kiryuin, series deuteragonist and rival of Ryuko Matoi.

The new story is being penned by none other than the original writer of the Kill la Kill anime, Studio Trigger’s Kazuki Nakashima. The story diverges from the original plot Kill la Kill, around the middle of the anime’s story.

As part of this new story, Satsuki gains a new costume called “Junketsu Shinzui”. The new costume, designed by Shigeto Koyama with touch-ups by Kill la Kill character designer Sushio, is meant to be Satsuki’s counterpart to the “Senketsu Kisaragi” that Ryuko wore during the latter part of the anime.

Interestingly enough, “Junketsu Shinzui” was an unused design that was originally shown in one of the art books released for the series. In fact, the silhouette of the design that ArcSys has released (which you can see below) does seem to be based on that unused design.

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Kill la Kill the Game: IF is set coming to PlayStation 4 and PC in 2019.

Source: Arc System Works via Gematsu

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New battle themes coming to Dissidia Final Fantasy NT in October

As part of a recent update, Dissidia Final Fantasy for arcades received a number of new battle themes. Now, Square Enix has announced that these are coming to Dissidia Final Fantasy NT for PlayStation 4.

The new battle themes coming to Dissidia Final Fantasy NT are arranged versions various classic songs from the Final Fantasy franchise; among these are “Matoya’s Cave” from Final Fantasy, “Forbidden Land of Eureka” from Final Fantasy III, and “Jenova Absolute” from Final Fantasy VII.  These are set to arrive sometime in the second half of October.

The battle themes being added are as follows.

  • Matoya’s Cave –arrange- (Final Fantasy)
  • Forbidden Land of Eureka –arrange- (Final Fantasy III)
  • Final Fantasy IV Main Theme –arrange- (Final Fantasy IV)
  • Jenova Absolute –arrange- (Final Fantasy VII)
  • Battle 2 –arrange- (Final Fantasy IX)
  • Goddess Divine –arrange- (Final Fantasy XI Online)
  • Knight of the Goddess –arrange- (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
  • Triumph –arrange- (Final Fantasy XIV Online)

As part of the announcement, Square Enix has released this new trailer showcasing the new battle themes.

Source: Square Enix

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New leak reveals Samurai Shodown and SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy characters, The King of Fighters XV in development

With its recent announcement, many people are speculating on who will be included in Samurai Shodown‘s cast. Now, a known source has not only leaked possible characters for Samurai Shodown, but future DLC characters for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy as well.

DasVergeben (who hinted at the existence of the new Samurai Shodown months ago) has given out the identities of two characters being added to SNK’s Samurai Shodown revival: Rimururu and Shiki. Of these two, it’s the latter whose inclusion is interesting, seeing as she’s never actually been in a 2D Samurai Shodown game, despite being popular enough to be included in crossovers such as SvC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom and NEO GEO Battle Coliseum.

In addition to this, he mentions while he hasn’t been told about the full roster, he can confirm that it will include characters not shown in the painting in the announce trailer.

As for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, he mentions that the remaining DLC characters for the game will be a female Skullomania, Miss X (Iori’s cross dressing alter-ego from SNK Gals Fighters), and Janne d’Arc from World Heroes.

Finally, he states that SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is a “side project” for SNK. The two main games they’re working on are Samurai Shodown and the as of yet un-announced The King of Fighters XV, which is still very early in development.

Of course, regardless of DasVergeben’s track record, we do encourage our readers to take all leaks with a grain of salt.

Source: DasVergeben via KOFWorld

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BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition is coming to the Nintendo Switch

The fighting game library of Nintendo’s Switch portable console hybrid continues to grow! At the 2018 Tokyo Game Show, Arc System Works announced that a port of BlazBlue: Central Fiction is coming the system.

The version of the game coming to the Switch is specifically called BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition — as for what exactly being a “Special Edition” entails for the Switch port, no details so far have been revealed. They also didn’t reveal what the release date for BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition.

Until Arc System Works gives us more information, the most special thing about BBCFSE is its mystery — well, that and it being the first mainline BlazBlue title to appear on the Switch.

Source: @kamone1006

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Nonon Jakuzure and Houka Inumuta are coming to Kill la Kill the Game: IF

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Arc System Works brought their upcoming arena fighter Kill la Kill the Game: IF to the 2018 Tokyo Game Show; as part of this, a couple of characters were announced for the game.

Joining the cast of Kill la Kill the Game: IF are Nonon Jakuzure and Houka Inumuta. Fans of the show should recognize them as the remaining two member of the Elite Four, the other two having been previously revealed in a recent issue of Famitsu.

No other details of these two as of yet, though we can safely assume that they’ll come with their debut Ultima Uniforms from the show.

Source: Anime FGC News

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ARIKA showed off a new trailer for Fighting EX Layer at the Tokyo Game Show

ARIKA’s presence at the 2018 Tokyo Game Show was mostly about the upcoming physical release of Fighting EX Layer. As part of this, they’ve released a new trailer that they showed off at Konami’s booth at the event.

The trailer below goes over the existing features of Fighting EX Layer — covering all the current characters, including the recently added Pullum Purna and Vulcano Rosso, as well as the game’s Gougi decks. Sadly, it doesn’t offer anything in the way of hints for the upcoming characters, even guest character Terry Bogard.

Fighting EX Layer‘s physical disc release arrives on PlayStation 4 in Japan on December 6, 2018. The digital version of the game itself is already available for purchase over on the PlayStation Store.

Source: Arika

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Combonauts presents this stylish SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy combo video for Sylvie

While it’s ostensibly a fighting game designed with simpler inputs, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy has proven itself to have a combo system that’s quite open to some modicum of creativity — and Combonauts exploit this system in their newest combo video for the game.

The video below focuses on Sylvie Paula Paula, one of the more unique-looking additions to the SNK canon. The video below has the added challenge of not using items to extend the combo, so all the combos below are extended only with the tools Sylvie has, in addition to tagging into herself.

Source: Combonauts

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Final Showdown explores Teen Gohan’s combo potential, including a TOD using a hitstun glitch, in Dragon Ball FighterZ

Final Showdown is back with another set of Dragon Ball FighterZ combo videos. For this batch, he returns to one of his favorite character to break down: Teen Gohan.

The video below focus on various max damage combos for Teen Gohan. The recent patch has made some of his old loops more lenient, resulting in more practical damage becoming available for the character.

In addition to the mid-screen conversions shown above, he also shows combos Teen Gohan can do with his back to the wall, comparing the damage outputs and positioning of these various options.

Last, but not least, Final Showdown also demonstrates a bug where Teen Gohan gains extra hitstun doing his uppercut out of an autocombo. He uses this in the video below to set up a touch-of-death combo.

Source: Final Showdown

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Team NINJA’s Yohei Shimbori discusses Dead or Alive 6’s graphics, gameplay, and its yet-unrevealed female newcomer

At the 2018 Tokyo Game Show, Famitsu got a chance to talk to Team NINJA’s Yohei Shimbori, the producer behind Dead or Alive 6. During the interview, they talked about various topics including its graphics, story, and new characters.

In regards to the graphics, Shimbori actually states that the graphics engine was not yet complete. This is an interesting statement considering, as Famitsu noted, how much an improvement Dead or Alive 6‘s graphics already are over its predecessor.

Meanwhile, regarding the gameplay, Shimbori states that he wants to emphasize reading over reacting to an opponents recovery. He also mentions wanting to change the flow of the game from “Critical → Critical → Critical” (likely referring to how the previous game tried to emphasize going for deep critical stuns). Instead, he wants players to have a choice between options such as going for early launchers, or simply doing Fatal Rush in combos. Regarding Fatal Rush, he confirms that they changed its start up time to 18 frames for the TGS build, though he states that it may still change in the future.

In addition to this, Famitsu also brought up the game’s female newcomer, someone Shimbori hinted at previously. Regarding her, all Shimbori stated was that she had a top-class voice actress, before admitting that this wasn’t much of a hint at all.

Of course, they talks a bit more about other things as well, including the game’s story. You can check out the entire interview (in Japanese) over at Famitsu.

Dead or Alive 6 is currently being shown off at the 2018 Tokyo Game Show where recently revealed characters Ayane, Bayman, Honoka, and Marie Rose are playable. The game is set to launch on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One on February 15, 2019.

Source: Famitsu

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Fighting Vipers will be coming to PlayStation 4 — as part of Project Judge

Following up on the addition of a playable Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown in Yakuza 6, Sega’s Ryu ga Gotoku Studio is adding yet another classic fighter into one of their games. AM2’s 1995 classic Fighting Vipers is set to be playable in their upcoming Project Judge.

Fighting Vipers will be one of two classic arcade games (the other being Motor Raid) that will be playable in play spots in Project Judge. This marks the first time that Motor Raid has been officially playable on non-Sega hardware; Fighting Vipers has had digital releases on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, though. As was the case with Yakuza 6, Project Judge will feature complete builds of both games, playable in their entirety.

Project Judge launches on PlayStation 4 in Japan, Asia, and South Korea on December 13, 2018 followed by a western release sometime in 2019.

Source: Siliconera

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