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Regista has released the PC version of Revive of the Moon, a horror action game directed by the Japanese celebrity Eiko Kano. People from all around the world can buy the game on Steam with a 40% discount until September 26, 2024. The game's regular price in the US is $19.99, but the early discount lets people purchase it at $11.99.

This game will tell the story of Mitsuki Isogami, a Japanese high school girl who witnesses a disaster that spawns numerous zombie-like monsters in her town. She will end up picking up a sword and using her kendo experience to fight the monsters and survive.

Regista had previously released this game for Nintendo Switch on June 20, 2024. However, as indicated on the Japanese eShop page, the Switch version only contained Japanese language . The newly released PC version has additional subtitles in English and Simplified Chinese.

An official English trailer for the PC version of Revive of the Moon is available to watch on YouTube:

Eiko Kano is a multitalented Japanese celebrity who debuted as a comedian in 2003 and as an actor and singer in 2008. In recent years, Square Enix has been featuring him in its primetime Tokyo Game Show programs. Eiko Kano will make his return at Tokyo Game Show 2024 to help promote the Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake.

Revive of the Moon is readily available on PC via Steam worldwide and Nintendo Switch in Japan.

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The 2020 Japanese indie horror game GOHOME will appear on the Nintendo Switch on July 15, 2021. Currently, Regista has only announced a Japanese digital version. The game does not require a firm understanding of Japanese to play, as text is minimal. It will cost 1990 JPY (around $17.99) but will be on sale until August 3 for 1790 JPY ($16.20). [Thanks, Game Watch!]

You can watch the trailer for the Nintendo Switch port of GOHOME here.

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GOHOME is a game set in a 2000s-era, Japanese suburb. The player takes control of seven-year-old Mozaiko Suzuki as she tries to make her way home. However, strange spirits and monsters attack her on her journey. Mozaiko needs to take advantage of various manholes that serve as warp points to journey around the map. The Nintendo Switch version of GOHOME will also include collaboration content from Shadow Corridor. Regista is also the publisher that ported Shadow Corridor to the Nintendo Switch.

When GOHOME first released in 2020, several horror game YouTubers ed videos of their playthroughs. For example, Natsuki Hanae, who voices Tanjiro in Demon Slayer, has several videos of his GOHOME adventure on his channel. The creator of the game, ItimatuSuzuka/SZK, is also a VTuber who is producing a new horror game titled YASO.

GOHOME is readily available on Windows PC through Steam. It will appear on the Nintendo Switch on July 15, 2021.

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Finally, a long awaited Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition update has appeared. ININ Games, which is now working on the Root Double Switch port with Sekai Project and Regista, “announced” the project again and confirmed news will be coming soon. It’s not detailed, sure, but it’s something.

Here’s ININ Games’ update, which showed up on Twitter on September 2, 2020.

Together with @sekaigames_ and Japanese developer @Regista_ENG, we are thrilled to announce the brand-new Switch version of the classic visual novel Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition!

Be sure to follow us and see the full reveal very soon... pic.twitter.com/n8ViLkF3go

— ININ Games (@ININ_Games) September 2, 2020

It has been over a year since we heard anything about this port. Sekai Project said it would be bringing it to the platform at E3 2019 and assigned it a Winter 2019 launch window. However, as you probably gathered, that never happened.

When it was originally announced, the Root Double Switch port only had a digital eShop release confirmed. However, ININ Games is known as both a digital and physical game publisher. It also has been rated by the USK.

Here is the E3 2019 trailer.

Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition is available on the PlayStation Vita and PC worldwide. It follows a group of people in a LABO nuclear research facility where the reactor is shutting down. Your emotional responses determine what will happen.

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MissileDancer, a shoot 'em up that will focus on locking onto enemies and destroying them in one fell swoop with a barrage of missiles, is heading to the Nintendo Switch. MissileDancer originally released on PCs and mobile devices.

The game is a vertical shooter, and while you do have a regular fire button, the main feature of the game comes into play when you hold the shot button to open up a cursor to lock-on. By defeating enemies with missiles rather than regular gunfire, you'll gain more items and points from the enemies. However, make sure to dodge enemy missiles as well!

Check out the trailer below. The Switch version completely revamps the game's graphical style from simplistic to one that is more in line with the shoot 'em ups created during the genre’s golden age.

Here's what the original version looked like before:

Additionally, the Switch version adds in the ability to play two-player couch co-op with friends for an even more thrilling experience. The game s Japanese, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Korean, and both Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

MissileDancer will fire onto Nintendo Switch via the eShop on June 25, 2020.

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Earlier this week, Regista announced that they are bringing the on-rails arcade shooter title Assault ChaingunS KM onto Nintendo Switch on February 20, 2020. The game originally released on iOS and Android in 2018.

The game harkens back to the early 3D era of on-rails shooters, and has players taking control of chainguns from an attack helicopter. The premise of the game is that a certain city has been invaded by a mysterious robot force, and so the player is sent in to clean up. The robots will shoot missiles that can hurt you, and you'll get a Game Over if your life reaches 0%, so shoot them all down! You can find more screenshots below:

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Up to four players can play together at once on the Switch version if each player uses one Joy-Con. Additionally, the Switch version adds in gyro controls to help aim easier. The original smartphone versions just had players firing at wherever they were touching on the touchscreen, and as you might expect, this function will work as well in portable mode for the Switch port.

Finally, there are two new stages that will be exclusive to the Switch version of the game.

Although the game will only be in Japanese, it's not the sort of game where you need to read the text, so Western players should not have any problems playing this title.

Assault ChaingunS KM releases on Nintendo Switch via the eShop on February 20, 2020. The original Assault Chaingun KM is immediately available on iOS and Android.

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4Gamer has gone up with their annual tradition of year-end talks with developers. Here are some teasers heading into 2017 from Arc System Works, Atlus, Koei Tecmo, Square Enix, and many others.

Since the developers had so much to talk about as they do every year for the feature, here are highlights of 2017 teasers:

Arc System Works

• Kazutoshi Sekine (Battle Planner): I hope we get to do all kinds of new things in 2017, and I think it’d be nice if we could release something.
• Toshimichi Mori (Producer): BlazBlue’s “scenario” has simply come to an end, but BlazBlue will continue to liven up. I also hope to make something other than fighting games.

Atlus

• Kazuyuki Yamai (Director): Next year is Shin Megami Tensei’s 25th anniversary. I think it’d be nice if we can an event of some sort or ready something up for it.”

Capcom

• Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Producer): Personally, 2017 will be a year for all kinds of preparations.

CyberConnect2

• Hiroshi Matsuyama (CEO): No comment for development beyond the new Naruto title. I can’t say anything yet.

D3 Publisher

• Yujiro Usuda (Producer): I can’t share details yet, but we’re planning on releasing several console titles. We’re working hard to make you all feel shocked! Surprised! And boing?

Experience

• Hajime Chikami (Producer): While continuing the challenge of a new genre other than the dungeon RPGs we specialize in, we’re working on plans for a new dungeon RPG geared towards the core fans that I hope to release.

French Bread

• Nobuya Narita (Producer): I think it’s about time we’ll see some movement on the console version of that and something that is a new-ish game.

FuRyu

• Takuya Yamanaka (Game Director, Producer): FuRyu is currently planning out an ambitious original title for 2017 as well.

GungHo Online Entertainment

• Kazuki Morishita (CEO): This year, we were able to release Puzzle & Dragons X, Let It Die, and Seventh Rebirth that took three years, but next year I hope to release more in a shorter span and within the year.
• Daisuke Yamamoto (Producer): We might be able to release a new title other than Puzzle & Dragons! It’ll be a challenge on a genre that is my number one specialty!

Idea Factory/Compile Heart

• Norihisa Kochiwa (Director of game development): We’re currently preparing a new RPG. Please look forward to its announcement.

Kadokawa Games

• Yoshimi Yasuda (President-Director): We plan to announce two new titles in 2017. There are also plans for new smartphone games as well.

Koei Tecmo Games

• Kenichi Ogasawara (Executive Officer): 2017 is Omega Force’s 20th anniversary. We will continue to announce great work that is suitable for the turning point year.
• Hisashi Koinuma (Chief Operating Officer): This year [for 2017] we’ll release numerous titles for home consoles, and we’ll also take on the challenge of new hardware and smartphone titles.
• Takashi Morinaka (Producer, Director): We’ll deliver a new evolution for the Toukiden series in 2017 as well.

Mars

• Shoji Masuda (Representative Director): I won’t be able to reveal details in 2017 but we have two biggish presentations, so I hope we get to choose one of them.

Marvelous

• Kenichiro Takaki (Booby Producer): We’re vigorously working on additional new titles and new developments.

Nippon Ichi Software

• Tatsuya Izumi (Director, Game Designer): Coven and Labyinrth of Refrain was well-received, and I’m getting the vibe that we’ll be able to make a sequel for it. Those of you wishing to see a sequel, please be sure to mention it in the questionnaires.
• Sohei Niikawa (CEO): We’re going to keep challenging new endeavors. We also have plans for Nintendo Switch.
• Masayuki Furuya (Director, Character Designer): I’m currently working on a titles that has ideas that are different from what we’ve had up until now.

Regista

• Takumi Nakazawa (Planner, Director, Producer): We were able to spend this past year working on countless projects behind the scenes. They’re all unannounced titles, but I believe we’ll get to reveal them next year.

Sega Games

• Takeshi Kozawa (Game Director): I hope to make it into a year that further expands on the IP known as Valkyria. I also hope to make an announcement for something new sometime in 2017.
• Harumasa Nakajima (Director): 2017 will be the time of preparation for all kinds of new things, so I hope to work out various plans.
• Toshihiro Nagoshi (Board Member, Yakzua series general director): We were able to meet a turning point for the Yakuza series. I hope to announce something different sometime soon.
• Mizuki Hosoyamada (Puyo Puyo General Producer): I’m thinking about announcing something around mid-January.

Sony Interactive Entertainment

• Keiichiro Toyama (Creative Director): After releasing Gravity Rush 2’s DLC, I’m going to get ready to start on a new title right away.
• Teruyuki Toriyama (Japan Studio Producer): I can’t get into detail yet, but we’ve begun production on an ambitious title and plans for a new title.
• Masaaki Yamagiwa (Producer): We’re continuing activities behind the scenes, and I hope that 2017 will be the year that we can make all of our preparations into a reality.

Spike Chunsoft

• Yuichiro Saito (Line Producer): I hope to challenge a new title after Danganronpa V3.

Square Enix

• Masanori Ichikawa (Producer): I can’t disclose anything now, but I hope you’re all enjoying the SaGa series.

Synthese

• Yukinori Kitajima (Writer, scenario writer for Senran Kagura and many other works): I believe we’ll have announcements for all kinds of new titles for games and anime.

Team GrisGris

• Makoto Kedouin (Scenario Writer, Team GrisGris Director): I believe there will be some big activities for Corpse Party again in 2017!

Tozai Games

• Scott Tsumura (Executive Producer): We have plans for Spelunker, Lode Runner, and other developments for 2017.

Yoko Taro: This is completely unrelated, but they say that tuna fishing boats have been stopping fishing boats at the Cape Town offing lately, so the fishermen are having to move using aircrafts. Times definitely change. I wish you all a good year. All right.

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Takumi Nakazawa, Director of Ever17, teamed up with Japanese publisher Yeti and developer Regista to make Root Double: Before Crime * After Days. This sci-fi/suspense adventure game takes place in the near future, September 2030 AD in a gigantic research hub with 180,000 residents.

Research is the heart of the city so it's kept under strict supervision. People living inside cannot interact with those outside without approval by the local government. In exchange for giving up privacy and communication with the outside world, the government provides pristine medical facilities and tax exemptions. Everyone must agree to these before moving in. Researchers in particular consider the environment is like heaven since they can focus on their specific fields.

At the edge of town, there is a large atomic furnace, a huge institute called "LABO," it stands for 6th Laboratory of Atomic and Biological Organization. Rumor has it this place is conducting important research for the government. Root Double: Before Crime * After Days begins when an accident occurs there.

The game has a number of protagonists and two routes. Watase Kasasagi is the protagonist in route A. He is sent in as part of the rescue party for the LABO accident. Due to an unrelated incident Watase does not have his memories. His story begins when he wakes up inside LABO with all of the escape routes closed off. Desperately he tries to escape. Kazami Tachibana, the heroine in this route, takes command, but this is her first rescue mission. They are ed by Jun, another green rescue team member who is good with machines, and Ena who dreams of being a teacher. She was in LABO on the day of the accident.

Route B's lead character is a high school student. Natsuhiko is kind of a loner and his mother, a scientist, spends more time on her research than him. He's in LABO during the day of the accident too. Yuri, Natsuhiko's childhood friend, has been living with the family without care for quite some time. She's rescued early on. Other characters in route B are also classmates Mashiro who cares for Natsuhiko like a girlfriend and Louise the class genius who transfers to Natsuhiko's high school right before the events of the game.

Root Double: Before Crime * After Days is slated for release next year. Yeti have not announced a platform for the game.

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