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Battlefield Waltz and Temirana Are Coming West as Well

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Jul 082024
 

We left off on Friday with the announcement of two new otome localizations from Aksys at Anime Expo, while waiting for news from Idea Factory at their summer festival the next day.

Idea Factory also came through with two new otome localization announcements, both set for 2025.

First up is Battlefield Waltz, or Senjou no Waltz, about a girl with a cursed sword training at a military academy.

This is an interesting choice, because it originally came out on the Vita in 2014 without ever being translated, before being ported to the Switch last year. It shows that older titles with Switch ports are still on the table.

It doesn’t seem like an especially popular one, which also makes the choice unusual.

Still, it looks interesting enough that I’m probably going to get it anyway. I’ve enjoyed titles that have gotten mixed reception in the past, so I try not to let that influence me too much.

The second otome they announced is Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights, often referred to by fans as TsuiTsui. This one is about a princess who sees people shining when her life is in danger, and when she sees five men shining with an unusual sort of light, she invites them to become her knights.

It’s a fairly new otome, having only come out last year, and it seems a lot of people were hoping for it. I’m definitely interested in this one.

The websites for both Battlefield Waltz and Temirana show that they’ll be getting Limited Editions as well.

Along with these new otome announcements, they also revealed the contents of the 9 R.I.P. Limited Edition and showed a new trailer, although it still doesn’t have a release date. In non-otome news, they announced Death End re;Quest Code Z, Neptunia Riders vs. Dogoos, and Touhou Spell Carnival.

(Death End re;Quest interests me, but this new one being a roguelike has me uncertain.)

So 2025 is already looking pretty stacked with new releases! Are you interested in Battlefield Waltz or Temirana?

Mistonia no Kibou and Utakata no Uchronia Localizations Announced

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Jul 052024
 

I waited until after Aksys’s news from Anime Expo to write today’s blog post, and Aksys didn’t disappoint!

Before we get to Aksys, let’s talk about a couple other Anime Expo announcements quick. First, yesterday Sekai Project announced that the upcoming new Nekopara game, Nekopara After, was originally intended to be DLC but has now become a full release on its own.

Second, NISA announced that Ys X: Nordics will be out on October 25 in the west, and preorders for the limited edition have opened. Today, they followed that with the largely-expected news that Trails through Daybreak II will be coming west in early 2025.

Now let’s move on to Aksys!

On the otome front, we got three main announcements.

Mistonia no Kibou – The Lost Delight has been confirmed for localization next year. This is an otome dealing with fairies and a heroine seeking revenge, and it looks beautiful. It’s the one I’m the most interested in right now (although I wish the main character’s name wasn’t Applause, because I’m not sure I can take that seriously).

The really surprising thing, though, is that it isn’t even out in Japan yet. It’s coming out on July 18. For localization to be confirmed before the game is even out in Japan seems like a great sign for how much the otome localization situation has improved.

Utaka no Uchronia is also coming west in 2025. This one is set in a flying city, and I know a lot of people were hoping it would be announced.

The Switch port of 7’scarlet is also coming west, with a more specific window of Spring 2025. I never played the Vita or PC version, but it’s one I’ve considered, so I might keep this in mind.

As for their already-announced titles, the Virche Evermore fandisc got a release date of November 7, and the 2025 release window for Despera Drops was also narrowed down to spring.

2025’s otome lineup is already looking stacked.

They had a few non-otome announcements as well, including a zombie RPG called Raging Bytes that looks like it could be interesting.

So we’ve gotten plenty of great announcements out of Anime Expo so far, with still more to come. Don’t forget that Idea Factory is holding a separate event tomorrow as well!

What announcements have interested you so far?

Ys Memoire: The Oath of Felghana Coming Next Year

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Jul 032024
 

When we discussed the upcoming Anime Expo announcements, I mentioned that Xseed had a secret title to be announced ahead of time.

That game turned out to be Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana, which will be coming west for Switch, PS4, and PS5 sometime next year.

This… was not a huge shock, because on Sunday Xseed accidentally sent out a tweet meant for after Anime Expo, which showed The Oath in Felghana in place of the secret title placeholder. But whether you saw the accidental tweet, learned about it from the official announcement, or just found out right now, this is exciting news!

Since the Ys titles can get a little confusing, here’s a quick explanation. In 1989, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys was released. It was remade in 2005 as Ys: The Oath in Felghana, which was ported to the PSP in 2010 and then localized for both PC and PSP. In 2023, it was remastered for the Nintendo Switch as Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana, and that remaster was brought to the PS4 and PS5 earlier this year.

That is the version we’re talking about today – the remaster of the remake of the third Ys game.

According to the official website, it features quality of life improvements, remastered visuals and audio with the option to switch to the classic illustrations or between different versions of the soundtrack, and voice acting for Adol for the first time.

They also announced the “Refined Edition” (pictured above), which includes the game, a soundtrack, a postcard set, a microfiber cloth, and an acrylic keychain diorama set. Preorders have already opened for just $59.99, so I’m pretty tempted.

Ys is one of those series I’ve been slooowly getting into, so I’m not ready to play this one yet. Nevertheless, it’s great to see this remaster coming west (which also opens the door for other Xseed-published Falcom games to still appear despite NISA handling most of the new localizations now). I look forward to getting there eventually!

Are you interested in Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana?

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