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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance getting physical release by Limited Run Games

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Limited Run Games has partnered with SEGA to produce physical editions of the highly anticipated SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series consoles. Limited Run Games has stated that pre-order details and collector’s edition information will be announced shortly.

SEGA’s official announcement confirms Limited Run Games as the exclusive distributor of the physical release (so it seems, at least in America). This exclusivity has raised concerns among consumers due to Limited Run Games’ historically long fulfillment times. Some customers are still awaiting shipments of the Sonic x Shadow Generations Collector’s Edition, which began pre-orders in October of the previous year.

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ATLUS’ RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Launches June 19 on All Platforms

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During today’s Nintendo Direct, ATLUS announced that their supernatural action RPG RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army will launch June 19, 2025. The remaster of the fan-favorite Shin Megami Tensei spin-off will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Xbox Series X|S, and is available to pre-order now on all platforms. RAIDOU Remastered is a faithful remaster of the PlayStation 2 action RPG Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army.

It features an overhauled battle system, enhanced graphics, full voiceover added to the main story, and quality-of-life enhancements to improve the gameplay experience. ATLUS also hosted a livestream showing a first look at RAIDOU Remastered and an interview with the Game Director, Kazuyuki Yamai.

The livestream (both dubbed and subbed) featured further details about the game’s narrative, updates, and enhancements. Watch the livestream VOD on the ATLUS YouTube channel here. Check out the press release and screenshots for RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army in the next section of the article!

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Among Us introduces Like A Dragon cosmetics Cosmicube; now available until June 23rd, 2025

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How fitting for two games that are known for themes of betrayal, murder, and general “sussy-ness” to come together like this?

The ever so popular indie game darling Among Us has just introduced all-new cosmetic items based on all your favorite Like A Dragon characters. In the new Kamuroucho Cosmicube, now available for purchase for 110 Stars in all versions of the game, you’ll find many costumes from the above image based on everyone’s favorite Like A Dragon cast: Kazuma Kiryu, Ichiban Kasuga, Taiga Saijima, Shun Akiyama, Tianyou Zhao, and Goro Majima, who seems to get the most costumes out of everyone. He is the star of the latest Like A Dragon game, after all.

If you’re interested, the Kamuroucho Cosmicube is available for purchase now until June 23rd, 2025, so don’t put it off for too long. Now if you’ll join us past the break, you can see a list of all the specific items in this event. You’ll also see a special performance of a very famous song any Like A Dragon fan would know all too well.

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Pac-Man Makes His Way To Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble as DLC & 2.20 Update Details!

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Today, SEGA announced that Bandai Namco’s very own mascot, Pac-Man, will be appearing as a DLC character in Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the PAC-MAN series in this collaboration.

As part of the addition, players will see in-game bananas transformed into PAC-MAN’s iconic pellets, a bunch of bananas will turn into cherry, and the golden bananas will turn into a power pellet! A new 2.20 Update for the game is also live with an additional new stage, Floral Ring, for the Robot Smash battle mode, alongside additional adjustments and bug fixes, all at no added cost. Pac-Man is available now as DLC for only $4.99.

Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble is available now on the Nintendo Switch alongside a free playable demo on the Nintendo eShop!

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Dave the Diver Ichiban’s Holiday DLC coming out April 10th, 2025; only available for purchase for six months

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The wait is almost over to see the Hero of Yokohama Ichiban Kasuga join forces with Dave The Diver. The Ichiban’s Holiday DLC expansion for Dave The Diver will become available on April 10th, 2025 and will be the first paid DLC released for the game. The price has not yet been revealed as of this writing, but it will be available on all platforms that Dave The Diver is currently on, which is PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Steam (For Windows and Mac). A demo is also available for the Nintendo Switch version, if you’d like to try Dave The Diver before buying.

Now for the bad news. Ichiban’s Holiday, like other crossover DLC the game has seen besides the Dredge Content Pack, will only be available to purchase for just six months. It will be delisted in October 2025. Anyone who buys it before then will be able to play with it as long as they want, but it is sad that it doesn’t even get to stick around for a whole year. And they say video games aren’t facing a preservation crisis.

The developers of Dave The Diver have also provided a video showing a more in-depth look at what you can expect to see in Ichiban’s Holiday. You can scope that out past the break.

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SEGA Talk #160: Yakuza 3 (2009)

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We talk about Yakuza 3! Okinawa, conspiracies, and Kiryu’s toughest fight yet! We’re breaking down the box art, the writer change, and the wild story: yakuza, CIA, and an orphanage under attack. Combat’s revamped, mini-games galore, and we’re tackling the controversial cuts. Was Yakuza 3 a hit or a miss? All this and more on, SEGA TALK!

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SEGA Releases Three New Shadow-Exclusive Levels and Content for Sonic Dream Team

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Today, SEGA released the latest update for Sonic Dream Team – the 3D Sonic the Hedgehog action-platformer, playable exclusively on Apple Arcade, Apple’s game subscription service that offers unlimited access to an evolving collection of more than 200 incredibly fun games. This update adds three new Shadow-exclusive levels to Adventure mode. These stages introduce a special mission that challenges the player to traverse a larger level, pathfinding back and forth whilst destroying nodes of nightmarish corruption spreading throughout the Dreamworld.

To learn more about the update, check the next section of the article!

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Phantasy Star II getting a fanmade port to the Amiga platform

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These are interesting times for retro ports. First, we had folks porting games to Sega consoles from other platforms, then someone ported Shinobi and Golden Axe to SNK’s Neo-Geo platforms, and now someone wants to bring Phantasy Star II (1989) to the Amiga platform. I’m certainly not against it.

Homebrew developer RetroLover is now hard at work on an Amiga conversion of the seminal and very influential Genesis/Mega-Drive JRPG Phantasy Star II. That game is their favorite RPG of all time, and this is their way of paying tribute to it and the Amiga platform. The game is being rebuilt in Scorpion Engine, which is made for development of Amiga, Genesis, and even Neo-Geo games, but RetroLover is aiming to make this as faithful to the Genesis original as possible. They’ll still be adding enhancements to make it easier to play through, such as an improved battle system based on that of Phantasy Star IV (1995).

For now, though, the port is still early in development. However, RetroLover has released a demo for the public to try and is open to feedback. If you have a way to run Amiga games, I’d say give it a go. You can find a link to download it below the break.

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Indie fighting game Pocket Bravery getting an official Genesis/Mega-Drive port

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Here comes a new challenge on Genesis/Mega-Drive. Pocket Bravery, a modern, independent 2D fighting game by Brazillian developer Statera Studio, has an official 16-bit port being worked on for the Genesis. The port is being handled by RheoGamer, himself a Brazillian developer, who had previously ported Real Bout Fatal Fury to Genesis and is already hard at work on his own Genesis port of X-Men vs. Street Fighter and an original King of Fighters Genesis game. Needless to say, this makes him the perfect candidate for porting a game that was already clearly inspired by the best of Capcom and SNK’s fighting game pedigree. Never underestimate the love Brazil has for the old school Sega, Capcom, or SNK.

For more info on Pocket Bravery to get you excited for this 16-bit port, have a look past the break.

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Dreamcast racer Speed Devils: Online Racing back online thanks to Dreamcast Live

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It’s Dreamcast Live time again. The “Online Racing” subtitle of Speed Devils: Online Racing (2000) finally has meaning again now that online servers have been restored thanks to Dreamcast Live, Shuouma, and Flyinghead. Now you can once again race online in this oft-forgotten Dreamcast classic via Dreamcast Live’s network.

As a special side note, although this also works with the NTSC version of the game released in North America, the fact that this also works with the European PAL release makes Speed Devils Online the last online-enabled PAL Dreamcast game that wasn’t online. Now all PAL Dreamcast games with online modes are finally online once again.

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SEGA Announces Virtua Fighter Open Championship

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Today, SEGA has officially announced that the first official “Virtua Fighter Open Championship” tournament is underway which was teased last year during the VF Direct.

Focusing on “Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.” , tournament qualifiers will be held globally in four regions: North America, Europe, Japan and Asia (excluding Japan).

Players who win their regional qualifiers will earn a spot in the Grand Finals where the winner will take home a grand prize of $100,000! The first qualifer tournament will be held at COMBO BREAKER in Chicago on May 23-25, 2025. In the meantime, check out the official Virtua Fighter discord server and practice with other players before the tournament.

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First Look At DC x Sonic the Hedgehog Cover Art & Pages Revealed

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Today, DC and SEGA of America revealed cover art and an interior preview of their upcoming comic book series that teams up DC’s Justice League with the Sonic the Hedgehog universe!

In DC x Sonic the Hedgehog by writer Ian Flynn and artist Adam Bryce Thomas, the Justice League will meet Sonic and friends to kick off an all-new, five-issue comic book series. The new series features an unprecedented crossover event where the Justice League and Team Sonic must unite to save their worlds from a major threat.

DC x Sonic the Hedgehog #1 by Flynn, Thomas, and colorist Matt Herms will publish on March 19, 2025, with a cover by Pablo M. Collar and a variant cover by Ethan Young. Here is a sneak peek look at the covers and pages from DC x Sonic the Hedgehog issue #1!

 

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SONIC WEEKLY: Unleashed Recompiled + Prime vs Underground

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This week begins with a prompt from the listener letterbag about backlogs and time management, then segues into a conversation about Sonic Prime vs Sonic Underground, and eventually we talk about Sonic Unleashed Recompiled, the new fan PC port of the PS360 classic!

For more episodes, search SONIC WEEKLY on your podcast service of choice!

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