Japan exclusive arcade fighting game Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax will receive an update which adds two new characters.
The 2 characters in question are Taiga Aisaka from Toradora! and Miyuki Shiba from The Irregular in Magic High School. You can see screenshots of the two in action above.
There are currently no plans to bring Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax to the West and a console version has not been announced. TOUGH LUCK LOSERS
A surprise release from SEGA Japan! The Japanese branch of SEGA are currently location testing a new arcade fighting game based on the Shining franchise. The game is called Blade Arcus from Shining and features a surprisingly small cast of 6 characters, especially for a modern fighting game.
The characters are:
Rage from Shining Blade
Sakuya from Shining Blade
Xiao-Mei from Shining Hearts
Altina from Shining Blade
Ryuga Wong (new character exclusive to Blade Arcus)
Pairon Wong (new character exclusive to Blade Arcus)
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is only 6 days away for Japanese arcade gamers and SEGA have released the opening cinematic from the game on their YouTube channel.
What’s interesting is one of the characters appears in a Dreamcast-themed outfit. You can skip to 0:36 to see the outfit in question:
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is a Japanese arcade exclusive title. A home console/Western release has not been confirmed at this time.
There you have it; Akira Yuki from Virtua Fighter in Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax!
Akira appears as a part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the release of the original Virtua Fighter. His appearance in Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is that of a boss character who is partnered with Pai Chan as a support character.
As Akira only appears as a boss character he is not playable in the arcade game. Fingers crossed this will change if the game gets a home console release.
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is out in Japanese arcades this Spring.
There’s quite a bit of new information floating around regarding SEGA’s new arcade fighting game Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax.
While the game features a cast of characters from various anime and manga series’, SEGA fans will be interested in the Sonic the Hedgehog stage (see above). The graphics seem to be taken from Green Hill in Sonic Generations.
Also announced is that Akira from Virtua Fighter will appear as a boss character. Other character announcements include the inclusion of Kirito from Sword Art Online.
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is due to hit Japanese arcades this spring with demos available to play at the Japan Amusement Expo on February 14th and 15th at Makuhari Messe near Tokyo.
Hero Bank, the upcoming RPG/fighter for the 3DS will be getting its own anime series in Japan. The series starts broadcasting in April, only a month after the games Japanese release.
Hero Bank is currently Japan exclusive but here’s hoping SEGA West pull their finger out and start giving us some new games to play. The game launches on March 20th.
SEGA of Japan have launched a 20th anniversary Virtua Fighter website. You can access the website by clicking here.
The website is looking a bit sparse at the moment with the only real content being a video of the original game, but the fact that SEGA are acknowledging Virtua Fighter’s 20th anniversary must mean they have something up their sleeve. New merchandise? A sale on existing games? A whole new game altogether!? Only time will tell.
Keep an eye on the website as it also contains a blog which is bound to be updated in the near future. Excitement!
SEGA’s new fighter Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax has received its first trailer which you can check out below. A curious inclusion is that of a Valkyria Chronicles stage. Check it out:
A release date or a platform have still not been announced for Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax.
Sonic is returning to the Super Smash Bros series for the next installment of Wii-U and 3DS. A Sonic Lost World/Windy Hill stage was also revealed. You can check out Sonic’s reveal trailer below:
SEGA Japan have revealed a new 2D fighting game called Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax. The game is based on a series of Japanese light novels called Dengeki Bunko and there are even SEGA characters rumored to be showing up. You can see some screenshots from the game below and by clicking here you can see some gameplay footage.
No platform or release date has been announced for Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax at this time.
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