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Fate/Extra Record Looks Great! (And Other News)

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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?

Fate/Extra Record News Coming on August 4

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Jul 242024
 

It’s been four years since Type-Moon announced Fate/Extra Record, a remake of the PSP RPG Fate/Extra.

I’ve been interested in Fate/Extra ever since I played Fate/Extella, which takes place after it, so I was excited to hear it was being remade.

Getting more into the extended universe they all share after I played Witch on the Holy Night just made me more interested.

(I’ve also picked up the Tsukihime remake, although I haven’t played it yet.)

I’m not sure if they ever directly announced an English release of the remake, but the official website has had an English version from the start, so that’s at least a soft confirmation.

They’ve been pretty quiet since the announcement, with only tiny pieces of information here and there, but they recently announced that more information will be coming on August 4 during Fate/Grand Order Fes 2024.

While this might be an announcement of an announcement, I’m happy to know news is coming soon. I’ve got my fingers crossed we’ll get platform confirmations and maybe see some more gameplay.

Are you interested in Fate/Extra Record?

Fate/stay night Remastered Announced With an English Release

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Jan 312024
 

Half a year ago, I said, “Who knows, one of these days we could be discussing an official Fate/Stay Night localization,” and now the time has come.

Yesterday, Type-Moon announced that Fate/stay night Realta Nua is being remastered for PC and Switch, with English and Chinese translations available for the first time.

No PS4/PS5 version was announced, oddly enough, even though Witch on the Holy Night did and the upcoming Tsukihime remake will as well. I prefer to play visual novels on the Switch whenever possible, so that’s fine for me.

If you’re asking yourself “What is Realta Nua,” because the Fate franchise has so many entries a title like that could easily be mistaken for a spin-off, it’s the later version of the original Fate/stay night, which removed the sex scenes and replaced them with new content.

(So anyone asking if the sex scenes will be censored or cut should know that this is a remaster of the version that had already removed them.)

I’ve been interested in the Fate series for a while, since I’ve played a couple of spin-offs as well as Witch on the Holy Night from the same universe, so I’ll definitely be getting this! I know a lot of fans were hoping for a full remake, but I’m happy enough with a remaster.

It only has a 2024 release window so far, which I believe is the same for the English release of Tsukihime. Presumably Tsukihime will come out first.

So here we are, yet another “will never be localized” game being localized. It’s gotta be Bandai Namco’s turn with the untranslated Tales games one of these days!

And don’t forget, we have a State of Play tonight and an Aksys showcase tomorrow. This could be a great week for exciting game announcements! Are you interested in playing Fate/stay night Remastered?

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