Truly one of the best moments ever captured in a screenshot for a video game.
Anyway, this week includes: an announcement on something coming soon from Sonic Retro/SEGAbits, lots of Sakura Taisen stuff, Bayonetta 2 and even more Sonic Boom details.
Retro/Bits News
- Sonic Boom producer Stephen Frost will be on SEGAbits’ Swingin’ Report Show later this month! [No link for this one, I just know]
- Remember that time SEGAbits did a Sakura Taisen themed week? Well, that was last week, so here’s all the stuff that they did:
– Tuesday Tunes features a live performance of Kimi Yo Hana Yo [With subtitles]
– SEGA Channel Retro did a streaming marathon of the first four Sakura Taisen games [Wait I thought streaming was our thing]
– A list of five ways to experience Sakura Taisen [The Not-Really-Weekly Five]
– Kori-Maru goes back in time to review Sakura Taisen 2 [For the Saturn]
– Segata Sanshiro shows how manly love can be in this Sakura Taisen 2 commercial [So manly]
– Segalization decides to join in on the Sakura Taisen fun [Segalization]
– And finally, the SEGAbits staff members share their thoughts on how they’d like to see the franchise localized [Featuring our very own Bartman]
Sonic/SEGA News
- Last week’s Nintendo Direct revealed a new trailer for Bayonetta 2 [Oh my]
- A couple of more interviews about Sonic Boom were found, revealing even more details [about the game] [and about the TV show]
- Sonic Dash got a new update, which added an Eggman boss fight [Sonic 1 and 2 were updated as well]
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed will be released in Japan on May 15th [On PS3 and Wii U]
- Binary Domain and Alpha Protocol are 75% off until next week on Steam [Binary Domain] [Alpha Protocol]
- Another indie shmup for Dreamcast called NEO XYX is being released today [Can’t have enough of those]
- The Shining franchise is getting another game, this one being a arcade fighter [Blade Arcus from Shining]
- Guilty Gear Xrd will be released in arcades in Japan next week [So pretty]
- Typing of the Dead: Overkill got a valentine’s day-themed DLC pack [Love at First Bite]