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NIS Classics Volume 2 Contains Makai Kingdom and ZHP

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Sep 082021
 

Among all the other games coming out this year, Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1 was recently released, a collection containing Phantom Brave and Soul Nomad.

I’d never played either of those before, and I’m interested in trying them someday.

(In fact, I probably would have picked them up at launch if this wasn’t the year in which every game I want comes out at once.)

The “Volume 1” in the title was a pretty good indication that there would eventually be another collection, and today they officially announced Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 2.

Volume 2 contains Makai Kingdom: Reclaimed and Rebound and ZHP: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman. According to comments I’ve seen online, this includes the new content of the previously Japan-exclusive Makai Kingdom PSP port.

I’m not too familiar with either of these games, but I’ll be sure to look into them. NIS Classics Volume 2 will be out for PC and Switch sometime in Spring 2022.

Meanwhile, we’ve got a lot of other great games coming out as well, with Tales of Arise right around the corner. Have you played any of the NIS Classics titles so far? Which are you hoping will be added to theoretical future volumes?

Lost Judgment DLC Details

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Sep 032021
 

One mystery that has surrounded Lost Judgment ever since it became available for pre-order was that the Digital Deluxe and Digital Ultimate editions included some sort of DLC, but no one knew what.

Well, the DLC has now officially been revealed.

Everything is listed out here by Gematsu. All pre-orders include the Quick-Start Support Pack, basically some bonus items as a preorder bonus.

Then there are three main pieces of DLC: the Detective Essentials Pack, the School Stories Expansion Pack, and the Kaito Files Story Expansion.

The Detective Essentials Pack includes new colors for your dog, four new Master System games, a “Super Shin Amon” fight, and three additional girlfriend options, along with some other items and bonuses. This feels substantial for day-one DLC, and I’m not crazy about extra side content being available at launch as DLC.

(The Japanese website appears to list Tsukino as one of the three extra girlfriends, which makes me hope the twins are returning outside of DLC as well.)

On October 26, the School Stories Expansion Pack will be released with a lot of little extras, like new dance moves and motorcycle parts, and more notably a fourth combat style that lets you use the boxing mini-game’s moves in actual combat.

Making a combat style DLC doesn’t sit well with a lot of fans, and to me it feels strange to release content that would appear throughout the game a month after it comes out.

And finally, the big Kaito Files Story Expansion DLC will be out in Spring 2022, and it’s a side story starring Kaito as a playable character. According to the official details, it will be about 10 hours long.

Since all of these things are described only as being pre-order bonuses with the Digital Deluxe/Digital Ultimate, I got a little concerned that you might not be able to buy them on their own, but RGG Studio confirmed that the Lost Judgment DLC will be available to purchase separately.

I have mixed feelings about the DLC. The story DLC is fine; I’m completely okay with buying DLC for a good side story expansion. And I never care much about cosmetic DLC and minor things like that. But including small pieces of side content, mini-games, and a combat style as DLC feels like a step in the wrong direction.

How do you feel about Lost Judgment’s DLC? Will you be getting it?

Impostor Factory Has a Release Date!

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Sep 012021
 

Our wait for Impostor Factory, the third game in the To the Moon series, is almost over!

Today, Freebird Games announced that Impostor Factory will be out on September 30.

(Right on top of everything else, of course.)

A new comic is supposed to come out around the same time, with more information about that coming soon.

We still don’t know a lot about Impostor Factory, but To the Moon is one of my favorites and I also loved Finding Paradise, so I’m sure this game will be great. I also can’t wait to see if and how it advances the overarching series storyline. It is officially described on Steam as “bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller,” so that should be interesting.

So the September 30 release date puts it just a few days after Lost Judgment, which is two weeks after Tales of Arise, which is less than two weeks away as I contend with The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, NEO: The World Ends With You, and Psychonauts 2. All the games I want to play keep coming out at once!

At this rate, I half-expect PlatinumGames to just shadow-drop Bayonetta 3 at the next Nintendo Direct. …Not that I would complain at all if that happened. But if the universe is listening, that would be right in line with the rest…

Anyway, are you looking forward to Impostor Factory? What do you think it will be like?

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