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TOY DEADLINE ALERT! Japanese Figure Pre-Orders Closing January 20th – January 26th!

Posted: 17 Jan 2020 01:56 AM PST

The Playasia Toy Pre-Order Deadline Alert!

Alert! Alert! It is time for your weekly listing of all the closing pre-orders for Japanese figures, plushies, models, and more!

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The below list covers all the toy pre-orders closing between January 20th, 2020 and January 26th, 2020, that’s this Monday through till Sunday!! Click on any of the pictures below to view the figure and secure your orders before their deadlines! If you’re reading this on or before January 19th you might still be able to grab some stuff before those pre-orders close by clicking >> HERE <<

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Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Sales Top 4 Million

Posted: 17 Jan 2020 12:04 AM PST

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne [Master Edition]

PS4 & XONE – US, EU, AU, ASIA & JAPAN

It’s been a while since the release of the Monster Hunter World expansion, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, in the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. And, a few days ago, the PC users already got a hold of the said expansion. With this, the sales went high once again and it achieved a new milestone.

Capcom has announced the total sales of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. It tops four million sales worldwide from both digital and physical versions. Overall, the base game Monster Hunter World garnered 15 million sales as of January 2. So, the overall sales of the Monster Hunter series will be in 61 million as of January 15. Learn more about the milestone here.

Thanks, Gematsu!

Here are the full details on the expansion from Capcom via Gematsu below.

About

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is the highly anticipated massive expansion* to Monster Hunter: World, the bestselling Capcom title of all time with more than 12 million units shipped worldwide adding to the series total of more than 53 million units to date. This gargantuan follow-up rivals the gameplay volume from the original release and features a new icy setting, storyline, monsters, gameplay options, and more.

The game's all-new story picks up after Monster Hunter: World and whisks hunters away to the newly discovered chilly locale that, once fully explored, becomes the largest region in World so far. The new locale is home to several new and returning monsters ready to challenge hunters throughout their expeditions, and raises the stakes with the added higher difficulty Master Rank. Iceborne continues the skill-based progression and robust crafting system found in World , and expands that with several new gameplay features that broaden the player's combat repertoire. All this leads to the ultimate hunter test against the mysterious new flagship monster, Velkhana.

The physical edition of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne in a Master Edition is now available here at Playasia. Click the button below to buy your copies right now!

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Monster Hunter: World is now available on our website for both PS4 and XONE. Click the button below to secure your copy right now!

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Meanwhile, if you want to get the expansion, you better buy your digital cards here on our website. Once you place your order, you will receive it in no time. So, click the button below to buy yours now!

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【TRAILER】

【FEATURES】

Unleash Your Hunting Spirit! – this game is a brand new expansion for Monster Hunter: World. A new world awaits, with more powerful monsters, and challenging master rank quests!
Your mission: to investigate an unexplored locale. – The Research Commission ventures out into a new ice-cold region known as the “Hoarfrost Reach.” This new region is completely unexplored, so discovering new monsters and endemic life will be one of the Commission’s most important goals
New Life – A new locale: Hoarfrost Reach. A variety of new endemic life inhabit this frigid and unexplored region

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Brigandine: The Legend Of Runersia [Limited Edition] Is Now Available For Pre-order Here At Playasia!

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Posted: 17 Jan 2020 12:00 AM PST

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia [Limited Edition]

Nintendo Switch – Japan

Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia [Limited Edition] includes the game, 2- disc original soundtrack, visual book and more.
This JRPG is set in a continent wherein 6 different factions are in conflict with each other. Are you ready to witness an endless fantasy war?
The game is available in Limited and Standard Edition. Both available for pre-order here at Playasia.

JRPG Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia is set to make its way on Switch this year. This Happinet published game is available in both Standard and Limited Edition.

The game’s Limited Edition includes the following:

Switch Game: Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia
Original Soundtrack (2-disc)
Visual book “Art of Runersia”
Strategy book “Tactics of Runersia”
Special box drawn by Raita Kazama

The game is set in a continent wherein 6 different factions are in conflict with each other. In the game, players will be asked to choose one faction and conquer the entire continent. Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia features 100 unique characters as knights that can be part of your faction or your foes too. Knights can recruit different monsters that vary in characteristics or strategies to adopt. Also, the game is divided between map phases where you can plan your moves for the next turn and battle phases.

Game Overview

Runersia has been showered with Mana since ancient times. Mana is a mystic power bestowed upon humans by the Rune God. Those who receive this power develop great strength in sword and sorcery, as well as the ability to summon ancient monsters and bend them to their will. These powerful warriors are called "Rune Knights."

Five Mana Stones found on this continent in the past believed to have protected humans from magical beasts have been embedded into equipment worn by Rune Knights. This special armor is called "Brigandine," and has been with humans since time immemorial.

As time went by, Brigandines slowly became symbols of peoples, nations, and ideologies. Each Brigandine came to have a name: Justice, Glory, Freedom, Sanctity, and Ego.

Are you ready to engage in an endless fantasy war? Who will you become and what will you fight for? Pre-order Brigandine: The Legend of Runersi Limited Edition now!

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Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia Standard Edition is now available for pre-order here at Playasia. Just click the button below!

Here below are the game's trailer, features, and screenshots for you to enjoy:

【TRAILER】

【FEATURES】

Organization Phase – You will organize your forces to prepare for battle
Attack Phase – Choose a troop to attack the enemy base, but you are also vulnerable to enemy attacks during this phase
Battle Map – Each base has its own distinctive geography and a single battle map may contain mountains, forests, swamps, rivers, and other features. Units each have a preferred geographical region and, when there, will have increased mobility and accuracy. How will you utilize this to your advantage in battle? This is where you must demonstrate your skills as a commander

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Kandagawa Jet Girls: DLC Characters Gameplay Video | Available Now!

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Posted: 16 Jan 2020 11:34 PM PST

Kandagawa Jet Girls

PlayStation 4 – Japan

Yesterday, Marvelous Entertainment‘s PS4 Exclusive game, Kandagawa Jet Girls (神田川JET GIRLS), became available in Japan. And, of course, it was also reported a bunch of DLC characters available such as the girls from Senran Kagura! With this, the game publisher has released a gameplay video of Ikaruga, Yomi, Ryobi, and Ryona for Kandagawa Jet Girls. Those girls mentioned are now available! (Yes, together with the game!)

Watch the trailer below.

Thanks, Gematsu!

Join the fun with the girls!

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In case you missed it…

Marvelous Entertainment‘s PS4-exclusive, Kandagawa Jet Girls, is confirmed for the 16th of January release in Japan. This new PS4 game spearheaded by Senran Kagura producer Kenichiro Takaki has also been confirmed to receive a Limited Edition that will be called Kandagawa Jet Girls DX Jet Pack.

And guess what? The Limited Edition comes packed with the two lovely girls from the Senran Kagura franchise. And they are none other than Yumi and Asuka! Both girls will be added to the game as playable characters. A download code for both of them will be included in the Limited Edition package.

On top of that, Kandagawa Jet Girls DX Jet Pack includes a Hanaharu Naruko-designed special box, a game original anime Blu-ray disc "Tokyo Girls Promotion Starts Here" which runs for approximately 20 minutes, and a special art book with over 60 pages of Kandagawa Jet Girls goodness.

Plus, it also houses a two-disc soundtrack CD including the game’s theme song. The OST has 54 tracks that run for approximately 119 minutes.

Note: No English language support has been announced.

Game Overview

This game introduces players in a fun duo-jet-ski-racing game with a mix of shooting elements. It is set in a futuristic world and features twelve charming girls that originated from different schools and will be competing in races in pairs.

The one who pilots the jet ski is called the “Jetter,” while the one who rides at the back is called the “Shooter.” And you take control of them both. You can use boosts and drift when you shift to controlling the Jetter. And when you shift to controlling the Shooter, you can make use of the objects scattered on the circuit you received.

The game is confirmed to have three game modes. There’s also a story mode on the side that contains the individual stories of each pair. Plus, you can also race against the CPU in the Free Mode of the game where you can upload your best time to the online leaderboards.

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WHERE TO BUY THE GAME?

There is more to racing than increasing your speed.

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Enjoy the trailers and screenshots for the game below!

【TRAILERS】

【SCREENSHOTS】

TIME TO GET ALL SOAKED UP ON A JET SKI RIDE!

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Mortal Kombat 11 with Free Joker DLC Physical Release in February | Pre-order Now!

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 10:26 PM PST

Mortal Kombat 11 + Joker DLC

PS4 & XONE – EUROPE & ASIA

This is the physical release of Mortal Kombat 11 with a FREE Joker as a playable character.
It’s coming in February in Europe and in Asia. The Asia Version has multi-language options available. Languages available are English and Chinese.
Pre-order yours now here at Playasia!

The notorious villain from DC Universe will join the roster! As you all know, the famous villain from DC Universe, Joker, will arrive on the Mortal Kombat 11 game on January 28th for the Kombat Pack users and everyone else on February 4th. With this, the game publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developer NetherRealm Studios have dropped a new trailer for Joker to level up your excitement especially if you love this fighting game.

Watch the official gameplay trailer below.

Well, if you are a physical enthusiast, Warner Home Video Games will release a physical edition of Mortal Kombat 11 with FREE Joker as a playable character. It’s coming on February 7th for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Meanwhile, if you are getting the Asian Version, it’s available in MULTI-LANGUAGE. The languages included are English and Chinese.

Game Overview

Mortal Kombat 11 brings you the Unreal Engine 3 to experience the new graphics to showcase every eye-popping moment during the battle. With this, the franchise continues to bring the classic cinematic story mode for over 25 years in the making. You can now also give your favorite character new customization with the all-new custom character variation system. Customize your fighters with the various type of Skins, Gear, Special Abilities, Intro and Victory Cinemas. It also features the roster of new and returning Klassic Fighters as they battle and fight for victory.

So…

The physical release of Mortal Kombat 11 with Joker as a free playable character is coming in February. Here at Playasia, it’s now available for pre-order. Click the button below to pre-order your copies right now!

Meanwhile, if you want to grab the other DLC characters in Mortal Kombat 11, you can get some digital codes in the respective console you are using! So, grab our digital codes right now and we send it once you place the order. Click the button below to purchase yours now!

【TRAILER】

【FEATURES】

All-New Custom Character Variation System – Offers nearly infinite customization options, giving players more control and providing a deeper and more personalized experience than ever before. Players can customize their fighters with a variety of Skins, Gear, Special Abilities, Intro and Victory Cinemas, Taunts and Brutalities that can be earned via gameplay
All-New Story Mode – Continue the epic saga through a new cinematic story that is more than 25 years in the making. Players will take on the role of a variety of past and present characters in a time-bending new narrative that pits Raiden against Kronika, the Keeper of Time who created existence at the dawn of history
New & Returning Fan-Favorite Characters – Choose from a roster of fighters with unique abilities and fatalities, with new characters, such as Geras, a powerful and loyal servant of Kronika who can manipulate time, along with fan-favorite characters, including, Baraka, Raiden, Skarlet, Scorpion, Sonya Blade and Sub-Zero and more
More Modes, Challenges & Rewards – Packed to the brim with multiple modes, including the Towers of Time, which builds upon NetherRealms's past games, allowing players to test their skills through various challenges, providing more ways than ever to continue the Mortal Kombat 11 experience
All-New Krushing Blows & Iconic Fatalities – Showcasing brutal battles like never before with enhanced graphics and animations

【SCREENSHOTS】

Kandagawa Jet Girls for PS4 – Catch a wave, racing gals!

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Posted: 16 Jan 2020 09:28 PM PST

Kandagawa Jet Girls

PlayStation®4 Ι Genre: Pop Idol Jet Ski Action Game

Both in Japan, and abroad the multimedia projects are becoming even more numerous; series like Love Live!, Sword Art Online, Devil May Cry, Tekken, and Pokémon can be considered the perfect examples of how a mixed media project should be. Present in our daily lives in multiple forms like video games, anime, comic-books or full-length movies; thanks to this media differentiation the stories can be expanded as much as possible revealing new details about the characters, and presenting a large number of twists and turns that keep alive the interest. The origin of this macro category is simply illustrious; in fact, all is started with the novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles wrote by Agatha Christie.
Introducing the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and published in 1920, soon after its release, it got a vast number of different adaptations that vary from radio drama to movies passing through tv series, cartoons, and also video games. Realizing the interest of the audience in this side-opuses; many other companies asked their writers to create brand new adventures to release them as different media products.
Anyway, the greatest contemporary multimedia project is probably the Star Wars Expanded Universe; covering practically all, thanks to it we could know more and more about Jedi & Sith Orders, galactic battles, and even the most hidden secrets about Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Yoda, Princess Leia, and Han Solo.

Obviously new series appear every year, some are good while some other not so much, but without any doubt, the greatest multimedia project of the last two years is Kandagawa Jet Girls!
Started as anime aired from October 8, 2019, to January 7, 2020, on the Japanese networks AT-X, TOKYO MX, MBS, and BS11; this 12 episodes’ series follows the story Rin Namiki. She's a student of the prestigious Asakusa Girls High School; like her mother, even Rin wants to become a famous Jetter and win the legendary All-Japan High School Jet Ski Race Championship.
Joining her forces with the skillful Shooter Misa Aoi; the dynamic duo will win one race after another confronting their abilities with other teams, and at the same time walking their own paths to adulthood. Due to its extreme popularity, Kandagawa Jet Girls is now a video game for PlayStation 4 which reveals even more details about the protagonists…get ready to wear your waterproof suit and hit the waves at the maximum speed!

Be fast and furious!
Race to top, and win the wettest, wackiest, wildest racing league ever with this refreshing PS4 exclusive; differently from the anime in which categories are fixed, in Kandagawa Jet Girls, you're free to switch from Jetter to Shooter and vice-versa whenever you want. Jump aboard, and do your best to pilot your jet ski; when the rivals come near aim to bring them down using the ultra-powerful water cannon.
Catch the wave through 8 splashing tracks set in the most renowned Tokyo's areas including Akihabara Electric Town, Ochanomizu, Nipponbashi, and many others; brace yourself for the most addictive racing action game of the year, in Kandagawa Jet Girls for PlayStation 4 you can reach 300 KMH, win the ride of your life and stay alert because, like you, the rival schools will do anything to conquer the 1^st place. Roar over swells, and let show everyone how relentless you are shooting high-pressure jets of water without mercy; style and courage are the keys, your racing skills & your aim will be tested to the max. Infuriatingly addictive, if you need a relaxing time between one race and another, you can enjoy the four extravagant mini-games or customize your team choosing among more than 60 costumes.

Three… Two… One… GO!
Rin, Aoi, Manatsu, Kuromaru & Ziyu are on the starting line; let´s get ready for a one of a kind aquatic rumble digitally or physically playing with Kandagawa Jet Girls for PS4!

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Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story’s New Details And Screenshots Are Here!

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 06:30 PM PST

Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story

PS4 & Switch– Japan

Developer Acquire together with publisher Spike Chunsoft released a new set of details and screenshots for the upcoming game Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story. The information focused on the game’s Swordsmith cycle and its “Flood of Customers” mode.

Learn how to accept sword orders, deliver them and earn money from it.

Basic Cycle Until Debt Repayment

Taking the role of the player, you will run a swordsmith in place of Gunji Doujima, a man who’s in large debt and sells swords to the three major factions (the Akadama Clan, the Kurou Family, and the Post Town) fighting for influence at the Hill of the Six Bones. Sword orders can be checked via the “Account book” inside the smithy and can be carried out from order form to sword shipment. Whenever you are running low in swords, you can create swords through “Forge” by using the materials you obtained from another world.

Through delivering swords, you can receive a reward which allows you to prepare the specified payment in time for its due date. In case, you don’t have enough money on a specific date, a sincere apology may do for the time being, on the other hand, careless actions can increase the amount you need to pay.

Cause Conflict To Be A More Profitable Blacksmith

Orders that you received in the Account Book varies depending on the state of the faction who requests it. To make your orders more rewarding, keep an eye on increasing your “Satisfaction” which is your evaluation as a blacksmith and the “Tension” between enemy forces. The bigger the difference in power between the three factions, the faster the Tension will rise and the “Conflict” will break out.

Once the Conflict starts, the sword orders will increase, making it easier to pass inspection. To increase the power difference between the three factions, you can choose to only send swords to a specific faction or diminish them by assassinating their men.

“Flood of Customers” Mode

By continue delivering the swords to each power and increasing their armed forces, you can reach the “Arms Goal” set by each power. Once you’ve reached this goal, you can now enter the “Flood of Customers” mode. Wherein costumers will constantly flock to the smithy. Whenever customers enter the shop, your money will increase and debt collectors won’t come to you.

Thanks, Gematsu!

Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story is bound to release on February 20, 2020 in Japan. Stay tuned for the release date details on the Western Regions.

In case you missed it…

Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story is a spin-off of the Way of the Samurai series.

The game is developed by Acquire and published by Spike Chunsoft for PC, Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles.

The game takes players to an alternative version of feudal Japan. The story follows a blacksmith who lives near a pine tree, which is an entry to another world. And one day, a man’s daughter was kidnapped due to his unpaid debts and a strange but kind samurai proposed to help save his daughter.

【TRAILER】

【FEATURES】

Run the sword blacksmith by manipulating the three influences based around the mountain pass. Make money, pay back the debt, and save Doujima's daughter
There is a total of nine stances depend on what weapon you have equipped. And each stance has special effects. For example, the “middle guard stance” decreases damage taken from the enemy, while the “side stance” increases your critical chances
Katana Time – By collecting “orbs” from the enemies inside the dungeon will charge your “Orb Gauge” allowing you to activate “Katana Time”. When Katana Time is activated your health bar won’t damage, weapon durability, increased movement speed, and no knock-back from the enemy
Kiwami – By evading or blocking the enemy’s attack to create an opening and then attack, you can unleash a powerful attack called “Kiwami”. If there are still enemy nearby you can perform “Consecutive Kiwami” attack at the right timing

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