The latest set of Super Smash Bros. screenshots from the game’s main website feature another look at Princess Peach as well as a Pilotwings-themed stage. Also featured is another look at the Pyrosphere stage from Metroid: Other M. Can you spot Samus?
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z is a team based fighting game developed by Artdink. Unlike other Dragon Ball Z fighting games there are no transformations so Trunks and Super Saiyan Trunks are different characters. Each character is a different type too like fighting type or ki blast type. The game's producer explained how the four character types work to Siliconera.
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Super Saiyan Vegeta – Ki Blast Type
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Trunks (Sword) – Fighting & Support Type
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Super Saiyan Trunks (Sword) – Fighting Type
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Super Saiyan Trunks (Combat Suit) – Ki Blast Type
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Super Trunks – Fighting Type
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Kid Gohan – Support Type
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Super Saiyan Kid Gohan – Fighting & Support Type
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Super Saiyan 2 Kid Gohan – Fighting Type
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Android 16 – Fighting Type
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Android 17 – Fighting & Support Type
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Android 18 – Support Type
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Android 19 – Interference Type
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Dr. Gero – Interference Type
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Great Ape Vegeta
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Goku, Raditz, Frieza, and Super Saiyan God Goku are also confirmed for Dragon Ball: Battle of Z. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z is slated for release in early 2014 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PlayStation Vita (download only in North America).
Deep Silver has announced the collector's edition for Saints Row IV. The package features all of the content that already comes with the Commander in Chief edition, which includes an Uncle Sam suit, a Screaming Eagle jet and the 'Merica weapon, but will also feature a replica of the Dub Step Gun, which 'is capable of rendering your enemies absolutely speechless with the power of wub.'
The replica plays the music the video game counterpart does, and even features a laser light. The Collector's Edition also sports an 8-inch Johnny Gat Memorial Statue and a pocket-size Dubstep Doomsday Button.
Saints Row IV will be available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on August 20, and the collector's edition will retail for $99.99.
As previously reported, Square Enix will be offering an extended free trial to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn players, in order to compensate for the game’s troubled launch, during which its servers were pushed beyond capacity and unable to keep up with the number of players.
In order to resolve the game’s server issues, Square will be performing maintenance today and tomorrow, with the purpose of increasing the number of Worlds in the game, as well as the number of concurrent logins on each server. Once this is done, players will receive an additional seven days of free play time.
Here are the details from Square Enix’s Lodestone website:
Because login and character creation restrictions have hindered our ability to provide quality service, all FINAL FANTASY XIV service accounts will receive an additional seven days of free play time. Furthermore, users who have yet to enter their registration codes will receive an additional seven-day trial should they register before 23:59 a.m. (PDT) on September 9, 2013. Moving forward, we will continue monitoring the servers to ensure that quality service and support are provided in a timely manner.
The additional seven days will be reflected on service accounts after maintenance has concluded on September 4, 2013, which can be confirmed by accessing the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Mog Station.(http://sqex.to/Msp)
Look out for more Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn coverage on Siliconera soon.
Sony is putting PlayStation Network games like Sound Shapes and Tokyo Jungle together in a compilation called The Best of PlayStation Network Vol. 1. We first caught wind of this through an ESRB rating and now a source tells Siliconera this compilation is scheduled for release in June. We hear from a different source the compilation will cost $20, which is a great deal since Tokyo Jungle costs $15 alone.
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The Best of PlayStation Network Vol. 1 also includes Fat Princess, When Vikings Attack, and Sound Shapes. If you haven't heard about Tokyo Jungle before you're missing out. This creative game from Crispy's has animals roaming on the streets and rooftops of Tokyo since humans mysteriously left. You can play as a Pomeranian, lion, and even Sony's robotic pet Aibo.
Bellowing from its unknown habitat and rushing out to gore foes trespassing upon its territory comes Monster Hunter 4’s next creature to hunt: Rajang! Rarely spotted in the wild, coming face to face with one is a serious challenge.
Rajang, who returns from Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, will stomp the ground and swipe with its powerful forelegs, sending unprepared hunters crashing to the ground as the earth trembles. If so, hunters should dodge away as soon as possible or risk getting snatched up and crushed to death by its huge front paws.
Don’t assume you can stay far away from Rajangs and snipe them to death. Those muscular forelegs will rip up the earth itself as a boulder and fling alarmingly fast and accurate boulders straight at hunters.
Pushing Rajang to its limits will cause it to enter an almost golden state, which hunters whisper in fear as Rage mode. Charging electricity and light particles Rajang unleashes a pure blast of breath energy in a wide arc in front of him that will shock hunters and fry the unwary.
Monster Hunter 4 will be available for the Nintendo 3DS on September 14th.
Gyrozetter started as a fancy transforming arcade machine that was part racing game and part card battling game. Square Enix planned this as a franchise from the start and also made an anime series that airs on TV Tokyo.
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Super Speed Transformation Gyrozetter takes place in a world where teenagers drive cars that transform into robots. The kids in the series come from New Yokohama, which is the biggest city in Japan. Kakeru is the protagonist and he's your typical happy go lucky hero. Well, when he isn't rushing to Arcadia Academy as seen in the first episode of the anime series.
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Square Enix released this clip to promote Gyrozetter: Wings of the Albatross, a Nintendo 3DS RPG based on the series. Like the arcade game it's part driving and part robot car battles.
Microsoft and subsidiary Lionhead Studios will release Fable Anniversary for the Xbox 360, the two announced today. Anniversary will be an Xbox 360 remake of the original Fable with achievements, a new user interface, “almost instant” loading and SmartGlass support. Watch a teaser announcement for it below:
Fable Anniversary will be available on Xbox 360 this holiday season. Below is a comparison screenshot of the original Fable (left) next to Fable Anniversary (right) that shows how the difference in visuals. Click the image to enlarge.
The latest video for Animal Crossing: New Leaf discusses in-game events and holidays, explaining how New Leaf is different from previous Animal Crossing games in that regard. One of the events discussed is the game’s own version of April Fool’s day. Watch the video below:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is slated for release on June 9th in North America and June 14th in Europe.
Farewell Umihara Kawase from Agatsuma Games gives new characters an elastic fishing line. On top of Umihara Kawase, you can play as young Umihara Kawase and her childhood friend Emiko. Emiko and young Umihara have a special ability to respawn from checkpoints. This should make the game easier because you can restart midway through a level instead of having to start from the beginning.
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Nokko uses her futuristic technology to slow time which gives players more time to react. Using the slow time power might make it easier to learn the advanced techniques shown in the beginning of the video. Farewell, Umihara Kawase comes out on June 20 in Japan.
In Shovel Knight, you’re out to defeat the evil Enchantress and rescue your girlfriend from whatever terrible fate life has planned for her. Up until now, we hadn’t actually seen this girlfriend, but Yacht Club games revealed her this week, and it turns out she’s a knight, too. The Shield Knight, to be precise.
Yacht Club have also shared some screenshots of a previously unseen level in the game. These are from the Mole Knight’s domain, the Lost City:
If you've been playing Project X Zone, you've likely met Kurt Irving and Riela Marcellis. Those two characters are from Valkyria Chronicles 3, which Sega decided not to release in the West.
But, if you don't mind Japanese text you can get Valkyria Chronicles 3 Extra Edition which includes the game and DLC missions for 2,500 yen ($25) via PlayStation Network. That's the new price for a digital copy of Extra Edition. Downloadable content for Valkyria Chronicles 3 and Valkyria Chronicles 2 is also half off until August 28.
The group working on a fan translation for Valkyria Chronicles 3 (which also supports Extra Edition) is hard at work on a patch. While a patch has not been released, the text has been translated. They're working on polishing the text and then translating the DLC missions.
NIS America held a press event at Tokyo Game Show where they announced Hyperdimension Neptunia V will be released on PSN in North America and Europe this fall.
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The publisher of Disgaea and Danganronpa teased that titles will "be announced really soon." Siliconera is scheduled to do interviews during the event so stay tuned for more news.
