PS Vita Weekly Update #235 - 14/01/2017
154Nippon Ichi Software announced Exile Election this week. The game is a visual novel in which 12 theme park visitors meet a doll who orders them to vote to kill members of their group. The game is almost complete; it launches in Japan on April 27.
Supermagical, a previously iOS and Android title, is coming to the Vita next week according to the American PlayStation Blog. The game is a puzzle game akin to Bust-a-Move with a mage theme.
Farming Simulator 18 has been announced for Vita and 3DS by Giants Software. It looks to be the same as the previous games. No date was given.
There were two ratings this week - the big one is a previously unknown localization from SEGA, possibly working for Atlus, named Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, a port of the previously Japan-only strategy game series released in 2015. The second is a rating for previously known incoming horror title Dying Reborn.
Just one date this week - Firefly Diary spiritual sequel A Rose in the Twilight launches on the 11th of April in North America and the 14th in Europe. The game is digital exclusive outside of physical versions available via NIS America and NISA Europe's online stores; NA gets a $20 physical, both get a $40 special edition with a special box, soundtrack, artbook, strap and stress ball.
A little bit of drama with this cancellation - Poncho, previously announced for Vita years ago, has been cancelled by the developers of the game, citing they took too much money to develop the game and they were legally incapable of submitting the title. This was then countered by their publisher, Rising Star Games, who said they poured tons of money into the project and dealt with missed deadline after missed deadline and were surprised by the cancellation of the Vita port, and they were supported by the founder of Just Add Water, who said the Vita port was marked as untenable and was barely running at half the proper framerate and crashing constantly.
And finally this week, raise a candle for Guerrila Cambridge, developers of Killzone Mercenary and RIGS. They were shuttered this week by Sony. That's it for this week.
-keep focus on vita
-not heavy focus on switch
-keep a focus on niche
-Fate/Extella, more Japanese stuff