It seems XSEED Games are in the festive mood, as they’ve posted a tease for some upcoming games over on the Playstation Blog, as shown above.
One part of the image in particular got peoples’ attentions, and that was the hand holding a staff in the top left of the image. It didn’t take long for the various forum-goers to figure out it was from Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus:
It gets even more interesting, as the executive vice president of XSEED, Ken Berry, did an interview with Pocket Gamer. When asked if they would localize Shinovi Versus, his response only added more credence to Shinovi Versus in English being a reality:
“If Burst can keep its early sales momentum and continue to sell well, it would definitely help our cause when talking to retailers about potentially stocking a physical release for future titles from that series.
Shinovi Versus ratchets up the “humour” aspect quite a bit, making Burst seem tame by comparison …”
Pocket Gamer also asked that if a localization was done, if the game would get a physical release, to which Berry said:
… So if we work on the title and plan for a physical release then there’s always the risk of some mainstream news outlet catching wind of it and deciding to run a crusade against it. Worst case scenario, the news segment gets wide distribution and people that normally have nothing to do with gaming start petitioning retailers to pull it off store shelves, leaving us with tons of unsellable inventory.
We will need to be sure this can’t happen before committing to a physical release.“
The second possible discovery, although nowhere near as noticeable as the Shinovi Versus one, is definitely interesting as well.
This one is in regards to the face on the middle right side, which another forum goer figured out was this character from Akiba’s Trip 2, only flipped the opposite direction:
This is nowhere near as solid as the first find, but it’s definitely something. Either way, XSEED Games have some awesome new stuff for us in store – stay tuned, we’ll keep you guys posted.
