Sega have shared a new developer diary for Castle of Illusion HD, where the game’s developers discuss development and how they went about about remaking the game. Included in the video are scenes from various stages in the game, along with a number of enemies. Watch it below:
Castle of Illusion HD will be available for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this summer.
Microsoft have shared a brand new trailer for Crimson Dragon, their upcoming spiritual successor to the Panzer Dragoon series, developed by several veteran developers that worked on those games. Watch it below:
Crimson Dragon is in development for the Xbox One as a launch title. You can read our hands-on impressions of the game from earlier in the year here.
Completing the main story of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will get you to level 50, but things won’t end there, says the game’s producer, Naoki Yoshida. Since Final Fantasy XIV is an MMO, naturally, Square Enix have future updates planned. That said, even without the updates, there will still be things to do once you hit the level cap.
Yoshida provides an example in a new Letter from the Producer column:
Completing the main scenario will get players to level 50, but the adventure doesn't end there. Being an online game, there'll be regular updates to continue the story. So even if you reach the level cap shortly after release, there's no reason to think you've hit the top. Considering all the plans we have for the game, you may want to get comfortable and prepare for a long stay in Eorzea.
Let me use the phase 3 Ifrit battle as an example. Although this battle is a level 20 encounter in the main story, after reaching level 50 you can take on a harder version. Anyone looking to earn weapons from the primals will have to overcome these higher level fights.
Another example is the Titan, who is pictured above. When you first encounter him in the game’s story, it’ll take four players to bring him down. In a harder version of the battle, however, you’ll need eight players to accomplish the same feat.
Square Enix are preparing to launch the fourth and final phase of the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta. Following that, the full game will be released in August.
Emil, the protagonist in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, gives Emil the courage to stand up for himself. Later, Richter becomes Emil's enemy when he tries to kill Marta to get her Ratatosk core. Hmm… if Emil wasn't so hesitant to fight his old friend I wonder how the story would've turned out…
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Tales of Symphonia Chronicles is slated for release in early 2014 in North America and Europe.
More Final Fantasy? More Final Fantasy. While details on Final Fantasy XV may have been scarce at the Tokyo Game Show this year, Square Enix have been providing plenty of information regarding Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, with the latest being this extended cut of the game’s TGS trailer:
In case you missed some of the other Lightning Returns news out of TGS, Square Enix also showed off Lightning’s Yuna costume and an Aerith costume from Final Fantasy VII.
The Little Battlers W Super Custom follows Level-5's trend of adding extra LBXes into their Nintendo 3DS ports. Originally released for PSP and PlayStation Vita, The Little Battlers W Super Custom adds three mecha from The Little Battlers Wars into the Nintendo 3DS port.
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Level-5 will release The Little Battlers W Super Custom in Japan on July 18.
It looks like Sega are planning another 3D Classic for Nintendo 3DS, and this one actually sounds exciting—3D Shinobi III. While Sega haven’t officially announced the game yet, Nintendo Everything spotted it via a PEGI rating.
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Namco Bandai's video game mirrors the anime series. The boss alone pictured below comes from episode four.
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Vividred Operation: Hyper Intimate Power has conversation scenes and these are based on the anime series. There are some differences depending on how you clear missions. Players may find routes with original sub episodes made specifically for the video game. Conversation scenes have full voice acting. Namco Bandai also made event graphics for story mode.
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Vividred Operation: Hyper Intimate Power comes out on June 20 for PlayStation 3 as a downloadable game distributed on PSN. I suppose that makes it more import friendly since all you need is a Japan region PSN account to get the game.
