Box art revealed for Final Fantasy VII Remake, details about Classic mode and more

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Soul Kiwami
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Square Enix has revealed the box art for Final Fantasy VII Remake! Along with this, PlayStation published a new blog post detailing the past information from TGS 2019. They re-clarified Classic Mode which may be due to confusion about the mode. Here are the details about the box art and Classic Mode:

The artwork pays homage to the North American cover used in the original Final Fantasy VII and features our hero, Cloud Strife, ready to take on the tyrannical Shinra Corporation.

Here’s one touch I’m particularly fond of: you can see two glowing materia equipped at the base of Cloud’s iconic Buster Sword. These colorful orbs allow our heroes to use powerful magic in combat – and the fact that you can see them equipped is a perfect example of the love, care and attention to detail being put into every aspect of the game.

Final Fantasy VII Remake box art

Classic Mode allows players to focus on issuing commands in combat, without having to worry about dodging and blocking in real time.

When you enter a battle, a gauge (called ATB – a fun nod to the original game’s Active Time Battle system) automatically fills up. Once those gauges have filled up, you can issue commands to spend those charges – for example, do you use a special attack, cast some magic, or use an item? It’s all up to you.

Classic mode is just the thing for players who prefer to focus on tactics and strategy in combat rather than moment to moment action. And it’s perfect for fans who are nostalgic for menu-based RPGs like the original Final Fantasy VII.

Mini-games from the original release are returning as well like the squats mini-game. Here’s the special stage broadcast from TGS 2019:

Final Fantasy VII Remake releases on March 3rd, 2020 for PS4. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for more of the latest in Japanese gaming news!

Bandai Namco wants your blood and they will give you copies of Code Vein for it, no seriously

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StormYorha
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Are you attending TwitchCon this week-end? Do you want to try Code Vein and have blood to spare? Then good! It’s for a good cause. Bandai Namco will be holding a blood drive boot from 10 am to 4 pm at 170 Sixth Avenue. In the streets of San Diego convention center where TwitchCon is being held. The American Red Cross will be the third party involved in this whole operation and it’s actually quite fitting considering Code Vein’s vampirous plot, revolving around blood.

Often called “anime soul”, Code Vein is an action role-playing game set in an open world, post-apocalyptic dystopian environment. Its gameplay is inspired by the Dark Souls series of games, and it’s set to release September 27th on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

The blood drive has been announced here, on Bandai Namco US’ twitter account.

You can pre-register at the official Red Cross website.

Breakdown of Smash Ultimate compression during development to release: from 61.5 GB to 15 GB!

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Soul Kiwami
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Bandai Namco had developer talks at CEDEC 2019 for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. During the convention, Bandai Namco detailed how compression of the massive game worked through stages. The game started from 61.5 GB in raw data, nearly double that of the Switch’s internal storage (32 GB). Here’s a breakdown of the data from each stage:

  • Raw Data – 61.5 GB
    • Resources: 42 GB
    • BGM: 17.6 GB
    • Other data: roughly 1.5 GB
  • Development ROM Size – 21.5 GB
    • Resources: 14.6 GB
    • BGM: 5 GB
    • Other data: 1.5 GB
  • Final ROM Size – 15 GB
    • Resources: 11.2 GB
    • BGM: 1.2 GB
    • Other data: 1.5 GB

Bandai Namco also detailed what made up the 15 GB of the final ROM size when Smash Ultimate releases.

  • Fighters: 5.5 GB
  • Stages: 3 GB
  • User Interface: 2 GB
  • Voice: 1 GB
  • BGM: 1.2 GB for over 900 songs
  • Video: 1 GB
  • Other data: roughly 1.5 GB

For a full breakdown and information from the Bandai Namco’s Smash Ultimate developer talks, visit here. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for more of the latest in Nintendo Switch related news!

Square Enix considers Dragon Quest XI S to be a remake of the original release rather than a port

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Soul Kiwami
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The latest weekly edition of Famitsu had a feature with various Dragon Quest XI S developers. In the feature, the developers talked about not doing a port of Dragon Quest XI S but a remake of sorts for Switch. New features and content are added to the game along with various changes and tweaks. Feedback was given for both the 3DS and PS4 versions in Japan, incorporating it into Dragon Quest XI S.

Square Enix considers it to be a remake instead of a standard port. Dragon Quest XI S was developed with Switch in mind for years. Dragon Quest XI S releases this Friday, September 27th for Nintendo Switch. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for more of the latest in Japanese gaming news!

Bayonetta 2 director Yusuke Hashimoto shares artwork by Tatsuya Yoshikawa for a new original project

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Soul Kiwami
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Back in February, Bayonetta producer and Bayonetta 2 director Yusuke Hashimoto left Platinum Games. However, it seems that the former director is working on an original project alongside Breath of Fire artist Tatsuya Yoshikawa! Hashimoto shared the new concept art on Twitter yesterday night:

Currently, details about the new project are unknown. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for the latest in Japanese gaming news and updates!

Katanakami: first details, screenshots and more

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Soul Kiwami
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Spike Chunsoft and Acquire have released new information about their upcoming game, Katanakami! The Way of the Samurai spin-off was recently announced at TGS 2019. First up, here’s an overview of the story courtesy of Gematsu:

Nearby a certain pine tree on the mountain pass, a man who works as a swordsmith was living with his daughter. This man, who was somewhat irresponsible with his money, was constantly lacking in family finances. Finally, as collateral for his debt, his daughter was kidnapped…

“Allow me to help you with that repayment.”

Before the broken man appeared a softhearted samurai, who volunteered to help earn money somehow….

The pine tree shines at night. It is the gate to another world. In order to rescue the blacksmith’s daughter, the samurai will journey into a forbidden land…

Katanakami

Katanakami

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katanakami keeps the action packed hack and slash combat from the Way of the Samurai series and puts it in isometric view. Players can experience various styles of combat involving the katana and other weapons. Dungeons are automatically generated in the game and can be entered at night. Evil spirits roam in the Japanese-style worlds within the dungeons.

Katanakami

Katanakami

Players manage a blacksmith by building and selling weapons. Materials to build these weapons are gathered in the dungeons. A feature called “If War Occurs, the Blacksmith Profits” will appear at times within the game. In this system, conflicts between the Akadama Clan, Kurou Family and Post Town will occur based around the mountain. A huge amount of katanas must be forged in this event to help the business thrive.

Katanakami

Katanakami

Lastly, Katanakami features a day-night cycle. During the day, the player works to earn money to pay off debt to rescue the blacksmith’s daughter. At night, the player gathers weapons and materials from the pine tree and dungeons.

Katanakami

Katanakami

Katanakami releases for PS4, PC and Switch in early 2020 in Japan. Currently, a western release date is unknown. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for more of the latest in Japanese gaming news!

Call of Duty highlights this weeks Xbox Deals with Gold

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Jason Dill
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For those of us having withdraws from the Modern Warfare Beta, Xbox has you covered in this weeks Xbox Deals with Gold as a number of Call of Duty titles are on discount along with other great titles.  Some of these deals may require a valid Xbox Gold Membership.

  • Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron | 40 percent | $9
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts – Digital Hardened Edition | 60 percent | $40
  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Digital Pro Edition | 60 percent | $40
  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Gold Edition | 60 percent | $24
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Edition | 60 percent | $24
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Deluxe Edition | 60 percent | $40
  • Call of Duty: Ghosts | 60 percent | $24
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered | 50 percent | $20
  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – Digital Deluxe Edition* | 60 percent | $40
  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – Digital Legacy Edition* | 50 percent | $40
  • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare* | 60 percent | $24
  • Call of Duty: WWII – Gold Edition* | 60 percent | $24
  • Cuphead | 20 percent | $16
  • Diablo III: Eternal Collection* | 67 percent | $19.80
  • Hitman HD Enhanced Collection* | 70 percent | $18
  • Hitman 2* | 67 percent | $19.80
  • Hitman 2: Gold Edition* | 67 percent | $33
  • Hungry Shark World* | 50 percent | $5
  • Lock’s Quest | 85 percent | $3
  • Overwatch: Origins Edition* | 67 percent | $19.80
  • Rage 2 | 50 percent | $30
  • Rage 2: Deluxe Edition* | 50 percent | $40
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice* | 25 percent | $45
  • Turok | 75 percent | $5

*Xbox One X Enhanced

For more Deals with Gold listings, head over HERE to see the complete list.

Koji Igarashi wants Bloodstained to become a series, comments on Switch version

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Soul Kiwami
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Castlevania and Bloodstained Ritual of the Night director Koji Igarashi sat down for an interview with Gameinformer recently. In the interview, Igarashi talks about the future of the IP and the Switch version of Ritual of the Night. The Bloodstained team want to make a series out of Bloodstained and challenge different genres. Here’s the excerpt from the interview:

“After the release of Bloodstained, I was able to prove that we can make this style of game without a large company behind us. We feel this game is the starting ground for the next step, so we have a strong desire to create a series of it after putting so much effort into the new IP.

Creating 2D side-scrolling action games is our strongest attribute, so we are also thinking about creating more games of the genre with different world settings. However, we also want to grow our company and it’s not okay to keep doing the same kind of game. In the future, we plan to challenge all different kinds of genres as well.”

Igarashi also comments on the Switch version, which released with technical issues. He didn’t expect it to release as bad as it did. However, he promises that WayForward and the team are working very hard to optimize it.

“While there were concerns over hardware limitations, we didn’t expect it to be as bad when it was released. Unfortunately, a number of problems occurred that we didn’t foresee. With WayForward’s support, these issues are being addressed, and they are working hard to optimize the Switch version.”

Stay tuned at Final Weapon for more Japanese gaming news!

Dragon Quest XI S countdown live stream airs on September 26th, includes Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii and Smash Bros Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai

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Soul Kiwami
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A Dragon Quest XI S countdown live stream is airing on September 26th at 21:00 JST! This stream will celebrate the release of Dragon Quest XI S for Switch this upcoming Friday. The stream will air until 1:00 JST the following day in Japan, one hour after the game’s release. Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii and Smash Bros Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai will be present in the stream. Keep in mind that this presentation will be in Japanese only. The stream will be available here.

Stay tuned at Final Weapon for more of the latest Japanese gaming news!

A new Batman game based on the Court of Owls teased

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Final Weapon Staff
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It’s been awhile since the cape crusader has gotten a proper game and WB Montreal is looking to change that.

They were known for developing Batman Arkham Origins and since Rocksteady is likely done with Batman after Arkham Knight, it seems like the direction they’re taking is with the Court of Owls storyline. A full reveal should hopefully be coming in the next few days.

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