Anime games, or games dedicated to anime IP, are becoming more and more common nowadays, with publishers like Bandai Namco, Sega, Koei Tecmo and more creating titles that bring interactivity to many fans’ favorite anime and manga franchises. Yet, more often than not those games aren’t that great. In this week’s episode, we discuss the
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Sony Interactive Entertainment released its sales chart for the Japanese PlayStation Store related to the week between March 12th and March 18th. Below you can check out the full top-twenty. As usual, Sony does not release numbers, but we still get to know which games performed better than others. Attack on Titan 2 Hokuto Ga
Sony Interactive Entertainment released its weekly PS4 digital sales chart for the Japanese PlayStation Store, related to the period between March 5th and March 11th. You can check out the full top-twenty below. NieR: Automata Hokuto Ga Gotoku The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel I: Kai – Thors Military Academy 1204 Monster Hunter
Today Media Create published its weekly analysis following the top-twenty released on Wednesday, and it came with some interesting information on Hokuto Ga Gotoku by Sega. As a spin-off of the Yakuza series, the game’s 123,116 copies sold are a considerably smaller number than the debut of the latest similar title, Yakuza Ishin! in 2014. Ishin debuted with 221,000
Today Sega released in Japan the third free DLC for its recently-launched Fist of the North Star game Hokuto Ga Gotoku. The DLC include a tux costume for Kenshiro, Raiga and Fuga’s amulet (increasing attack and defense power for a limited time), Club’s amulet (increase experience acquisition), three pearls to unlock Kenshiro’s abilities, and a “Eden’s Medicine” recovery
Today Media Create released its weekly charts giving us a look at the performance of the Japanese market in the week between March 5th and March 11th. Below you can check out the top-twenty software chart: Hokuto Ga Gotoku – PS4 – 123,116/New Monster Hunter World – PS4 – 25,382/1,954,272 Splatoon 2 – Switch –22,162/2,106,486 Mario Kart
Today Sega released its Yakuza-meets-Fist of the North Star game Hokuto Ga Gotoku in Japan, and they are celebrating the launch with a new trailer. The video is actually rather extensive, showcasing some story cutscenes, and quite a lot of the characters (especially villains) that we’ll meet during our travels in Kenshiro’s boots. We also
Yakuza games have developed a tradition of offering a series of free weekly DLC packages after release, and while Hokuto Ga Gotoku isn’t formally part of the series, it will follow the same routine. Today Sega made the announcement to celebrate the game’s Japanese release. The first package, titled “Special Pack: Welcome to the End of the Century”
Today Sega released a brand new TV commercial of its upcoming Fist of the North Star-meets-Yakuza game Hokuto Ga Gotoku with quite a few new screenshots. The commercial shows protagonist Kenshiro in action, alongside quite a few familiar characters, including Raoh, Shin, Rei, and Souther. At the end we also take a look at some of the many minigames that
Today Sega released two new trailers of its upcoming Fist of the North Star-meets-Yakuza game Hokuto Ga Gotoku. The first video introduces Eden, the city where the game is set. We get to see fights against thugs, minigames, bounty hunting, the inevitable rhythm game, the nightclub, and plenty of store. The second video focuses on
As announced earlier today, it’s finally time to go “omae wa mou shindeiru” on armies of goons, as Sega has made the demo of its upcoming PS4 exclusive Hokuto Ga Gotoku available for download. The demo weighs a rather abundant 7.65GB, and can be downloaded from the Japanese PlayStation Store. It’s in exclusively in Japanese, since
Today, Sega released a batch of new screenshots of ist upcoming Fist of the North Star game Hokuto Ga Gotoku, that adds the mechanics and flavor of the Yakuza series to the recipe of the popular anime and manga. The screenshots, that come in shiny 1080p, showcase some of the well-established characters that will appear in the game. We start
Today Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan and Asia released a new trailer titled “Playin’ Swingin’” showing off part of the lineup for PS4 in 2018, and there are a lot of goodies to enjoy. We start with Monster Hunter World, then we move on to God of War, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Detroit: Become Human, Far
Today Sega updated the official website of Hokuto Ga Gotoku with a large batch of new screenshots and info on the upcoming Yakuza-meets-Fist of the North Star adventure game. First of all, we get to see the city of Eden and its locations. It’s the site of a mysterious facility named Sphere City that graces it with
During the Sega Nama livestream hosted today from the publisher’s headquarters in Tokyo, Yakuza Producer Toshihiro Nagoshi presented a new trailer of the upcoming Yakuza-meets-Fist of the North Star adventure game Hokuto Ga Gotoku. The trailer provides a look at the story, at the familiar characters, and at the post-apocalyptic settings of the anime, perfectly recreated in the
During a livestream hosted yesterday by Sega, Localization Producer Sam Mullen and Scott Strichart talked about PlayStation Experience and next year. Speaking about PlayStation Experience, they mentioned that Sega will be there, and Yakuza 6: The Song of Life will be playable on the show floor, but the format of the show has been changed by Sony Interactive
Today Sega revealed the box art of the upcoming Fist of the North Star-meets-Yakuza action-adventure game Hokuto Ga Gotoku. The cover artwork, presented in a classy black and white with just that sleek touch of red that makes it even more striking, was drawn by none other than the manga’s author Tetsuo Hara. It represents
Today Sega announced the Japanese release date of its upcoming Yakuza-meets-Fist of the North Star game Hokuto Ga Gotoku. The title will launch in Japan on February 22nd, 2018, exclusively for PS4. On top of the announcement, we also get the first 4K screenshots, which look really solid. Incidentally, the Japanese market will also get
Today Sega announced via press release its full lineup for Tokyo Game Show 2017. Below you can read all the game that will be presented, alongside the form in which they will be available at the Sega booth. Sega Hokuto Ga Gotoku – Theater Presentation, Trailer, Stage Event, Photo Spot Yakuza Kiwami 2 – Playable,
Today Sega released new images its upcoming Fist of the North Star action-adventure game Hokuto Ga Gotoku. We get direct feed versions of the artwork of the first five characters revealed for the game (in addition to protagonist Kenshiro). We get to see Kenshiro’s own fiancee Yuria, who was kidnapped by Shin and then was believed
Earlier this week Sega revealed a ton of new information about the future of the Yakuza series as well as a surprise Fist of the North Star game titled Hokuto Ga Gotoku. Yakuza Online is a mobile free-to-play title coming to Android and iOS in 2018. It’ll take place following the events of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. You play
Today Sega hosted a reveal event at the Akihabara UDX Theater in Tokyo, and Yakuza series Producer Toshihiro Nagoshi announced a rather large surprise, Hokuto Ga Gotoku, based on the popular manga and anime Fist of the North Star (Hokuto No Ken) The game features an original story within the Fist of the North Star universe. The