SEGA have announced the release of several DLC packs for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz on PS Vita. Here’s the lowdown straight from the SEGA Blog:
SEGA Grey Pack – Include the SEGA Saturn system and Logo in your designs!
SEGA Black Pack – Include the SEGA MegaDrive / Genesis system and logo in your designs!
SEGA White Pack – Include the SEGA Dreamcast system and logo in your designs!
Sonic Pack – Update your levels to include a Sonic the Hedgehog statue!
Hard Pack – Tons of new slimmer elements, including L, T, and + (plus) shapes.
Professional Pack -All new elements, that are even more challenging than the Hard Pack, can be found in this Professional Pack!
Variety Pack – Update your levels with pyramids, bumps, cones and more!
Puyo Puyo Pack – The update adds a tile containing PuyoPuyos that are hard to navigate across!
All packs launch in North America on October 30th for $1.99 each. The European DLC is staggered and released on these dates:
October 31st: SEGA Grey Pack & SEGA Black Pack
November 7th: SEGA White Pack & Sonic Pack
November 14th: Hard Pack & Professional Pack
November 21st: Variety Pack & Puyo Puyo Pack
There is currently no pricing on European packs but they will all be sold as a single bundle at a later date.
SEGA have launched a Halloween iOS sale that runs from now until October 31st. Here’s a list of the offers:
Jack Lumber for iOS now $0.99, £0.69, €0.79
Sonic CD for iOS & Android now $1.99, £1.99, €1.59
Golden Axe 2 for iOS now $0.99, £0.69, €0.79
Golden Axe 3 for iOS now $0.99, £0.69, €0.79
Football Manager 2012 for iOS & Android now $4.99, £2.99, €3.99
The previously announced DLC content for Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is now available to purchase.
The Pimp My Rabbit pack includes 50 new masks, 11 driller skins for Ash’s jet pack driller, and classic SEGA franchise and character skins for $2.99 / £1.99 / €2.49 / 240MSP / AUD$4.25. Also available is the Virtual Rabbit Missions which includes an additional 50+ missions for $4.99 / £3.69 / €4.49 / 400MSP / AUD$7.75.
More Game Gear classics appear to be on their way to the 3DS eShop! Sonic the Hedgehog 2 will become available for Japanese 3DS owners on the 31st of October for 300 yen.
There is currently no word on a Western release at this time.
SEGA of Japan are releasing Virtua Fighter 2, Sonic the Fighters, Virtua Striker, Fighting vipers and Cyber Troopers: Virtual-On for the Japanese XBLA and PSN services. Sonic the Fighters, Virtua Fighter and Fighting Vipers will be bundled together as a $15 3 game pack on PSN all with online versus modes. This pack will come out during Autumn 2012 while the others are due “winter 2013” but we think this might be a typo and it’s actually 2012.
More interestingly is the fact that Sonic the Fighters is an expanded version that makes Metal Sonic and Eggman playable as well as the dumped character Honey the Cat. Now that was unexpected!
Unfortunately there is no word on a Western release at this time.
Now you can watch Hardlight Studio’s update of Sonic Jump in motion. Check out 15 minutes of gameplay below:
We also have the press release which contains more details about the game:
Sonic Jump™ by SEGA
Jump as Sonic in an all new vertically challenging adventure!
Play as Sonic or his friends leaping through familiar and new Sonic worlds to battle Dr. Eggman, as you tilt and tap your way through fixed Story levels and Arcade infinite modes. Available for iPhone®, iPod® touch and iPad® in stunning HD graphics — take to the sky!
MULTIPLE CHARACTERS
Play as your favourite characters including Sonic, Tails & Knuckles, each with their own unique abilities.
AMAZING WORLDS
Jump across the legendary Green Hill Zone or take to new worlds including Mountain & Jungle Zones.
STORY MODE
Leap through 36 different levels on a quest to stop the evil Dr. Eggman.
ARCADE MODE
Jump until you drop in the infinite Arcade Mode, where where it ends depends on how long you can jump for.
BOSS BATTLES
Fight in epic boss battles between Sonic and his arch-rival Dr. Eggman!
CHALLENGE FRIENDS
Compete against friends to see who can jump highest in Arcade Mode or set epic scores in leaderboards.
UNLOCK MORE
Collect rings as you play the game, or purchase them in store, to unlock characters, power ups and more.
COMING SOON
We are working hard to bring you more characters and new worlds in future FREE updates.
The above trailer uploaded to SEGA of Japan’s YouTube Channel contains a series of video game sounds that make reference to Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers, Sonic the Fighters, Virtua Striker and Cyber Troopers: Virtual-On. The video is titled 2×5 and is more than likely referencing the SEGA Model 2 arcade board that these games were developed for.
The teaser ends with the message; “See you tomorrow!” Is this the rumoured XBLA/PSN re-releases of Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers and Sonic the Fighters? Hopefully we’ll find out “tomorrow”!
Sonic Jump was originally a Java game for earlier mobile phones, but now thanks to Hardlight Studio the game is being revived for iOS devices.
The new version of Sonic Jump launches on October the 18th and will set you back $1.99, AUD$1.99, £1.49 or €1.59 depending on your region. Check out the screen-grab below:
ToeJam & Earl and its’ sequel ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron are being re-released on XBLA and PSN this November.
Both games will be packaged together for 800 MSP for $4.99 on PSN. We’re currently looking for the UK prices and release dates but the North American releases will happen on November 6th on PSN and November 7th on XBLA.
Both titles come with achievements and trophy support as well as online co-op.
Yuji Naka, the man behind Sonic the Hedgehog and his own Prope studio has re-released the rather charming Ivy the Kiwi? for iOS.
Obviously this isn’t a SEGA published game, but that same SEGA charm runs through it thanks to Naka-san’s involvement. The game is available now for £1.99 from the UK App Store.
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