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Persona 5 Strikers (aka Scramble) Release Date

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Dec 042020
 

After great excitement when Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers localization was included in a financial report, followed by concern when no official announcement came and it was absent from the next financial report, we finally have news!

Persona 5 Scramble, apparently titled Persona 5 Strikers for the west, will be released for the Switch, PS4, and PC on February 23, 2021.

The addition of a PC version (via Steam) is new, but it lines up with reports that Sega wanted to release more PC ports after the success of Persona 4 Golden on Steam.

Anyway, the trailer was taken down after fans discovered it, but you can find a copy of it in the announcement article from Gematsu.

It was most likely uploaded too early and will be officially announced soon, maybe at the Game Awards.

Persona 5 Strikers is a spin-off/sequel story that takes place after the events of Persona 5. It is a hack-and-slash action RPG developed by Koei Tecmo in the style of the Warriors games.

I’ve been looking forward to Persona 5 Strikers since I loved Persona 5. Now, I still haven’t played my copy of Persona 5 Royal, so I might do that first… although I’ve heard Strikers is a follow-up to the regular Persona 5, without acknowledging the characters/events that were added in Royal.

Either way, I’m excited we finally have confirmation of Persona 5 Strikers coming to the west! 2021 is shaping up to be a great year for JRPGs!

Yakuza is a Christmas Series

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Dec 022020
 

December is here, and you might be looking for a good game to play for Christmas!

There aren’t a lot of holiday games out there… but what about the Yakuza series?

I referenced Yakuza being a Christmas series in my Yakuza Kiwami 2 review earlier this year, and now that the holiday season is upon us again, let’s take a closer look!

Yakuza 0 is an incredible game and the ideal place to start the series, and it’s also set in December. Christmas doesn’t come up often, but there are a handful of references to it.

Next we have Yakuza Kiwami. This remake of the first game (another good starting point) is also set around Christmas, and in addition to Christmas decorations, many of the stores play Christmas music.

It’s a little thing, but it made me happy every time I walked into a store and heard Christmas music in the background.

Yakuza Kiwami 2, the remake of the second game, is yet another Yakuza game that takes place in December and has holiday themes. The screenshot at the top of this post is from an area of Kamurocho decorated for Christmas. At one point, you’re even tasked with finding Santa Claus!

(One of the girls in the gravure studio mini-game also has a Santa costume and wishes you a Merry Christmas.)

Apparently the original Yakuza 2 used “Silent Night” for its ending credits, too, but that was removed from the remake for some reason.

I’m still playing through the games in the Yakuza Remastered Collection, but while Yakuza 3 doesn’t appear to be set around Christmas, there are decorated trees near the Millennium Tower (this may simply be a decoration, however). Yakuza 4 also is not set around Christmas, but still takes place during winter. Meanwhile, Yakuza 5 must be, since I’ve seen clips of one of the protagonists dressed as Santa Claus.

And let’s not forget that despite what you might expect, they tend to have themes about generosity and helping people, perfect for the holiday season!

I’m not sure about Yakuza 6 or 7 (aka Like a Dragon), so I’ll update this page later on if need be. But since Yakuza 0, Kiwami, Kiwami 2, and 5 are all set around Christmas, I maintain that Yakuza is an excellent Christmas series!

The Good Life New Trailer, Release Window

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Nov 302020
 

It’s been a while since we discussed Swery’s upcoming photography murder mystery game The Good Life, but it now has a new trailer and release window.

The Good Life is being published by The Irregular Corporation, and they announced that it will be coming to the PC, Switch, PS4, and Xbox One in summer 2021.

The Steam page is now live as well.

Now, let’s take a look at the trailer.

The trailer gives a good look at its quirky atmosphere and some of the gameplay in both human and cat form, and it looks pretty interesting. I’m a little worried about the frame rate, though.

Things like a game’s frame rate aren’t usually a big deal to me, but it’s noticeable in the trailer that the frame rate isn’t great during the gameplay sections. And since this is a trailer, I have to worry about how its performance will be in the full game itself.

I backed The Good Life on Kickstarter, so I’ll have a copy when it releases to see how it turns out. What do you think of the latest trailer for The Good Life?

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