Aug 052024
As announced, we got new information about Fate/Extra Record over the weekend, and it looks great!
Fate/Extra Record will be out on Switch, PS4, PS5, and PC in 2025, published by Bandai Namco.
(An English version still hasn’t been officially confirmed, and the old website now objects to a new one with no English option that I see. Still, it seems likely that it will come out in English eventually.)
Getting back to the trailer itself, the game looks great. Combat has been changed to a deck-building turn-based system, while the original used a rock-paper-scissors system where you had to select a sequence of actions for each turn that would then be matched against the enemy’s actions. This new system is quite a change, but it looks fun.
And this wasn’t the only Fate related news the weekend brought us.
Fate/stay night Remastered, which we were so excited to learn about earlier this year, will be out on August 8 for Switch and PC. It only costs $29.99, and it’s digital-only. That surprised me, since both Witch on the Holy Night and Tsukihime got physical versions.
Finally, its sequel Fate/hollow ataraxia has been announced for a remaster as well, also for Switch and PC. No release date was announced, but an English release has already been confirmed. There has been some theorizing that both remasters might be eventually bundled for a physical release.
I’ve been hovering on the fringes of the Fate series for a while now, so I’m excited by all of these developments. How do you feel about the latest Fate announcements?
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I’m sooo excited for Extra Record. I have the original for PSP and it’s one of my favorite games, earning itself the not-often-done second playthrough from me. Maybe I’ll go for the Switch release to replicate the handheld experience again. Hm.
Also, that rumor about a combined physical release for Stay Night/Hollow Atraxia has me intrigued. Maybe I’ll hold off getting Stay Night until that releases…
Well, it’s not a rumor so much as a theory because of the others getting physical releases and FSN not.