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AR Live
The above video interview you see above is actually the second of a two-parter. Heres the first part, which has the developers discussing the process they took with creating character modules, and a brief demonstration of the games AR Live function.

Hatsune Miku Project Diva f developers talk Dreamcast & Phantasy Star Online 2 references in this video interview
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/hatsune-miku-project-diva-fdevelopers-talk-dreamcast-phantasy-star-online-2-references-in-thisvideo-interview/ By KarbyP on August 23rd, 2012

Dead or Alive 5 will have 2player online training & 16player tournament modes
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/dead-or-alive-5-will-have-2-playeronline-training-16-player-tournament-modes/ By KarbyP on August 23rd, 2012

The Dreamcast controller makes a cameo in the PV for RemoCon (). Did you notice that from watching any of the previous songs trailers for the game? In the following video interview, the Hatsune Miku Project Diva f development team says that as much as possible theyve tried to include interesting parodies or references here and there throughout the game for players to find. Some of it will be obvious, some of it wont. The Dreamcast controller falls under the former category its an actual item that youll be able to use as decoration in the My Room feature of the game. The developers also talked about the story behind the Phantasy Star Online 2 tie-in as seen in the PV for the song Online Game Addicts Sprechor (). When it was decided that Online Game Addicts Sprechor would make it into Project Diva fs track list, the team really wanted to have actual MMOG references in the PV for it. Which means they would have to approach an actual MMOG maker to ask for permission to include any such recognisable elements. Fortunately, Sega already has a current MMOG property: Phantasy Star Online 2. So they approached the PSO2s producer Tabata Sakae, who told them well, since within Sega were pretty much the only MMOG property and since its Hatsune Miku, sure, well go along with it.

Famitsu.com takes a look at the online modes in Koei Tecmos Dead or Alive 5. Other than standard ranked matches, a two-player online training (which was first introduced in the genre by Street Fighter X Tekken) and 16player tournament modes will be included. Theres also text chat support, for those of you who dont feel like putting on a headset and chatting with your opponent when youre about to slaughter them in the 3D fighter.

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Famitsu also has a batch of images that shows Brad Wong, Elliot, Helena and La Mariposa (Lisa) slugging it out. The four characters were the latest to be confirmed for Dead or Alive 5, which comes some seven years after the previous numbered title in the series, 4.

Dead or Alive 5 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles is scheduled for release on September 25. Like with Tekken Tag Tournament 2, pre-orderers are entitled to a set of swimsuits for the characters: Source: Famitsu

Spec Ops: The Line adds 2player co-operative mode in free DLC pack
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/spec-ops-the-line-adds-2-player-cooperative-mode-in-free-dlc-pack/ By KarbyP on August 23rd, 2012

Thought you finished your tour of duty in Dubai as Colonel John Konrad in 2K Gamess Spec Ops: The Line, didnt you? Well, think again, pardner. Developer Yager has just added four brand new 2-player cooperative missions to the game, available via a 200+MB DLC pack. These co-op missions are playable online as well as offline via system-link.

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Heres what each of the four new missions entail. Consider this your mission briefing: Carpark Extraction Reach the chopper before a devastating sandstorm prevents your extraction Gorge Top Locate and assassinate the 33rd VIP. Get out of there once the target is down before reinforcements arrive! Refugees You are a part of a refugee insurgency in an encampment held by Konrad soldiers. Your objective is to get out of there alive! Graveyard Sabotage Hack the Com Stations in order to scotch communication with Enemy-HQ Each mission can be played on four difficulty levels, with the hardest being FUBAR (F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition). Even on the easiest difficulty level, these missions are no cakewalk. In Graveyard Sabotage, for instance, you start the mission by going into a firefight with unidentified targets that you cant see, due to a sandstorm, and ends with a heavily fortified area filled with tangos who are trying to flush you out with rocket launchers. The co-operative mode DLC pack is available now, free to all Specs Ops: The Line players.

Kyubey from Puella Magi Madoka Magica: make a contract with me, eat my face cake
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/kyubey-from-puella-magi-madokamagica-make-a-contract-with-me-eat-my-face-cake/ By KarbyP on August 23rd, 2012

I bet this was exactly what Mami Tomoe had in mind when she told Madoka Kaname to wish for a cake if she didnt know what to do with her wish. (In the world of Puella Magi Madoko Magica, the magical creature Kyubey offers to grant talented individuals a wish anything they desire on the condition that they enter into a contract with him to fight demons as a Mahou Shoujo or Magical Girl.) Bandais official online store Premium Bandai has begun taking pre-orders today for a Kyubey Face Cake, made with vanilla mousse and cranberry sauce, that will ship out in November to fans of the anime series whod love nothing more than to take a bite into the villainous magical cats likeness.

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This is not the first time Premium Bandai has offered a cake based on the critically-acclaimed anime series from 2011. A Mami Tomoe-themed Mou Nani mo Kowakunai (Im not afraid of anything anymore) cake with pineapple and peach fruit bits in it was made available earlier this year. To commemorate the forthcoming theatrical release of two Puella Magi Madoka Magica films, Premium Bandai will once again take pre-orders for the Mami Tomoe-inspired cake later this year in October.

Source: Comic Natalie, Premium Bandai

Tales of Xillia 2s Rowen J. Ilbert has really fast fingers [character intro video]
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/tales-of-xillia-2s-rowen-j-ilbert-hasreally-fast-fingers-character-intro-video/

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Late last night (in the AM), the organisers for A Certain Magical Event dropped a massive bombshell upon unsuspecting fans on their Facebook page. Nagi Yanagi, who performed songs like Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (Bakemonogatari ED) and Sayonara Memories while she was a guest vocalist with the music group Supercell (led by Odds&Ends Ryo) between 2009 and 2011, will be coming to Singapore for A.C.M.E. IV. Apart from the aforementioned two singles, Yanagi also provided vocals for the majority of Supercells second album Today is A Beautiful Day (2011); for their first album, Supercells leader Ryo had relied on Hatsune Miku for vocals. Yanagi also has a solo career, and was the artiste behind songs like Vidro Moyou (, the ED for Ano Natsu de Matteru) and Ambivalentidea (ED for Jormungand). Outside of anime, shes also worked with visual novel maker Key on two songs for Rewrite, and a concept album (a collaboration with Keys Jun Maeda) entitled Owari no Hoshi no Love Song. To meet Yanagi in person and receive her autograph, all you have to do is purchase one of her CDs at A.C.M.E IV from the Cantaria booth. The autograph session will take place at the venue 3PM. From A.C.M.E.s Facebook page: ********SPECIAL NEWS ALERT******** We have just confirmed an appearance of a very special guest!!!..and that person is none other that Yanagi Nagi-san!! Well, unfamiliar with that name? But we believe you will not be unfamiliar with songs like Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari and Sayonara Memories by supercell. Indeed, she is the lead vocal for these songs under the alias nagi. She produced her first single under her own name (ED theme for Ano Natsu de Matteru), followed by Ambivalentidea (ED Theme for Jormungand). That is not all, she sang for two songs in the OST of Keys visual novel, Rewrite and collaborated with Jun Maeda of Key to produce the original concept album Owari no Hoshi no Love Song. worked with visual novel maker Key on two songs for Rewrite, and a concept album (a collaboration with Keys Jun Maeda) entitled Owari no Hoshi no Love Song. Yanagi-san would be having a signing session at 3PM. You would only need to buy 1 of her CDs in A.C.M.E. and you would be able to get a free autograph by Yanagi-san in person! (hmm maybe we should change the conditions, this seems too easy >.<) The autograph session and sales of her CDs would be at the Cantaria booth. (they would also be the ones selling Suzuhira sensei works >.<) So see you all there!!

Dont let his mild-mannered, refined appearance fool you. Tales of Xillia 2s Rowen J. Iibert one of your party members from the first game returning for the sequel is a master at typing text messages on mobile handsets. Id love to see him go toe-to-toe with Steins;Gates Shining Finger, Moeka Kiryu. Heck, this guy might even be able to clear the hardest song in Miku Flick in Break the Limit mode. Watch Rowen (CV: Makoto Terada) fight alongside protagonist Ludger Will Kresnik in these two following clips, also published today: Tales of Xillia 2 is set one year after the original Xillia, and its story revolves around 20-year-old Ludger Will Kresnik (CV: Takashi Kondou) and 8-year-old Elle Mel Mata (CV: Mariya Ise). In many of the promotional materials it is hinted that at some point in the game the player may have to be prepared to destroy the entire world for the sake of one girl. Other characters include Alvin. returning from the first game

Tales of Xillia 2 for the PlayStation 3 is slated for a November 1 release in Japan. Namco Bandai Games will release an English version of the original Tales of Xillia sometime in 2013.

Singapore: Former supercell vocalist Nagi Yanagi will be here for A.C.M.E. IV
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/singapore-former-supercell-vocalistnagi-yanagi-will-be-here-for-a-c-m-e-iv/ By KarbyP on August 23rd, 2012

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Persona 4s Jiraiya & Izanagi no Ookami, Fatal Furys Terry Bogard are the next Bandai D-Arts action figures
Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/persona-4s-jiraiya-izanagi-noookami-and-fatal-furys-terry-bogard-are-the-next-bandai-d-arts-actionfigures/ By KarbyP on August 23rd, 2012

Jiraiya (Yosukes Persona) and Izanagi no Ookami (the evolved form of Yu Narukamis Izanagi) from Persona 4, and Fatal Furys Terry Bogard are the next in line to receive Bandais D-Arts movable-parts PVC figure treatment. Feast your eyes on these glorious images of the figures in various poses, courtesy of Famitsu.com. Then scroll down for pricing and availability details.

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Persona
Jiraiya is available in stores sometime in September, to be sold for 3,675 yen including tax. The figure is about 160mm tall. Comes with a pedestal for Jiraiya to stand on. Izanagi no Ookami is about 170mm tall, comes with his trademark spear, interchangeable hand parts, and a pedestal. Available mid-November for the price of 3,990 yen. Apart from Jiraiya and Izanagi no Ookami (white), a previous line of the D-Arts figures featured regular Izanagi (the black Izanagi as seen in the image above) and Konohanasakuya (Yukikos Persona).

Fatal Fury
Terry Bogard comes with a ridiculous number of interchangeable parts: hair, power wave, burning knuckle, power geyser, facial expressions, and three types of interchangeable hand parts for both the left and right arms. Plus a haversack accessory part thats tied to a specific hand part. This guys roughly 150mm tall, and will be sold for 4,410 yen (what a deal, considering the crazy amount of accessories youre getting). Available late-November. Source: Famitsu

Little Battlers Experience W delayed to October

Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/little-battlers-experience-w-delayedto-october/ By KarbyP on August 23rd, 2012

Level 5 today announced that the next entry in their miniaturised robot combat video game series, Little Battlers Experience W (W) will have its September 27 release date delayed to October 18.

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Fans of the Little Battlers Experience (known as Danboru Senki in Japanese) franchise -theres an anime series as well will just have to wait slightly longer before they can finally get their hands on this latest installment, which is being released simultaneously for the PSP and the PS Vita. Crossplatform multi-play is supported in W. In typical Japanese-developer fashion, no real reason was cited as to why the games being delayed for three more weeks, other than that publisher Level 5 is doing it to further improve the games quality, provide an even more fulfilling amount of content, and ultimately ensure a great user experience for all customers. But you know, developers do not simply wake up one day and decide theyre going to delay a games release just to make it better. Unless the game youre making is, well, Gran Turismo. In which case the delays are justified. Little Battlers Experience is set in a futuristic universe where teenagers and adults alike collect combat-ready miniaturised robots called Little Battlers that they do battle with, Pokemon style. Alls swell, until a mysterious terrorist group suddenly hijacks all of the Little Battlers in the world, and sets them to attack innocent bystanders. Youd think the folks who made all these robots would have seen this coming a mile away. That maybe its not such a good idea to equip these robots with tiny machine vulcans. Ludicrous plot mechanics aside, the game itself looks like a blast to play. Guess well find out when Little Battlers Experience W ships October 18. Source: 4Gamer

Minami-ke Omatases (OVA) ensemble cast prepares for Halloween in this PV

Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/minami-ke-omatases-ova-ensemblecast-prepare-for-halloween-in-this-pv/ By KarbyP on August 23rd, 2012

The tenth volume of slice-of-life gag manga Minami-ke will come bundled with a special original video animation DVD containing a one-off episode, Minami-ke Omatase, that features scenarios in depicted in five chapters from series. Publisher Kodansha today uploaded a promo video for the OVA.

For those of you whove been following the manga series, these are the five specific chapters that will be featured in the OVA: Chapter 179: / Because the weathers hot
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Chapter 181: / For some reason Chapter 185: / Words of Magic Chapter 189: / Ambience Chapter 192: / On a whim The Minami-ke Volume 10 + Minami-ke Omatase OVA DVD limited edition set is scheduled for an October 5 release, to be sold for 3,700 yen including tax. Pre-orders begin August 28. Prior to the Omatase OVA, the series has seen three TV anime seasons - Minami-ke (2007), Minami-ke Okawari (2008), and Minami-ke Okaeri (2009). There was also another OVA released in 2009, entitled Minami-ke Betsubara. Source: Yaraon

been the prompt for the mass account purge on Monday, in an attempt to dwindle the figures and restore investor confidence. It is unclear, however, why Facebook has chosen to target specifically user accounts with the word cosplay in it. Oddly enough, it would seem that users who had the word cos a term that many Japanese cosplayers include in their cos names were not affected at all.

Facebook mass-deletes cosplayer accounts without warning

Source: http://sgcafe.com/2012/08/facebook-mass-deletes-cosplayeraccounts-without-warning/ By KarbyP on August 23rd, 2012

It could very well be that the term Cosplay is simply the most frequent term employed in Facebook usernames (possibly the sole silver lining to this gloomy story: cosplay could be the most popular term included in Facebook usernames). Examiner.com postulates that other common terms found in user account like photography, gamer, and sports, are likely to be targeted next. Our hearts go out to cosplayers affected by Facebooks thoughtless, extremist measure. Source: Examiner.com, New.com.au

If youre a cosplayer who goes under an alias on your Facebook profile, it might be a good idea to go to your Account Settings right now and click on Download a copy of your Facebook data.Also, try to avoid common words in your username. It might potentially save you from a lot of trouble and heartache.

Several cosplayers found themselves in for a rude shock when they accessed the popular social network service Facebook earlier this week, only to discover that their user accounts along with years of accumulated personal data including photos, videos, and hundreds if not thousands of contacts had been deleted. According to news site Examiner.com, their accounts were deleted due to a mass purge Facebook performed on Monday that targeted usernames containing the word cosplay, in an attempt to clamp down on duplicate or fake accounts that go by an alias rather than the users real names. These duplicate accounts were said to comprise approximately 8.7 percent of Facebooks monthly active users. When the social network revealed this 8.7 percent figure in a regulatory filing made earlier in August, the information did not sit well with investors and caused a dip in the publicly traded companys stock price. This might have
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