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pariah164 · Nov 11, 2014

1) This game proudly flies under the NSFW banner.

2) Seriously, this game is NSFW.

Developer: Meteorise
Publisher: Marvelous AQL (JP); XSEED Games (NA); Marvelous AQL Europe (PAL)
Genre: Rhythm
Release Dates:
- North America: November 11th, 2014
- PAL: November 12th, 2014
Platform: PS Vita
Price:
- Digital: $14.99 (NA)
Rating: ESRB - M for Mature

So... What's the plot?

Super Dish... A sweet, beautiful sound comes from those words. They bring to mind great cooking and great racks. The perfect combination.

Who strives to master the path to the Super Dish? Not nearly enough people, that's who.

This year, the Super Dish Gourmet Cook-Off will be held here at Hanzō Street Shopping District.

At first, I meant for this competition to be a show of skill for those who have mastered the Super Dish, but few were eager to take up that challenge. So I've prepared a grand prize for the competition: a Secret Ninja Art Scroll with the power to grant one wish. Any wish.

Now, why would a scroll with the power to alter the fabric of the world be given away so easily?

Why, indeed? The truth lies hidden beneath a veil of dark and shocking conspiracies...

There are three modes of play. Story Mode progresses through the main game, Free Mode allows for customized cooking showdowns, and Arcade Mode includes comprehensive online leaderboards to see how you stack up against your already pretty stacked competition. Each mode has three difficulties as well: Easy, Medium, and Hard.

The object of the game is simple: press the d-pad and the face buttons in time with the music to out-cook your opponent. There are three judging segments per round, that judge being Asuka's grandfather Hanzo. If you lose all three rounds, your character will be stripped of their cooking license - and everything else. But if you do an especially good job of decimating your opponent with your mad cooking skills, you'll be rewarded handsomely.

Videos

E3 Trailer (NA)
Release Date Announcement Trailer

Screenshots

COMING SOON

Bon Appetit transfers all your purchased DLC from Shinovi Versus. For a list of that game's DLC, check out the Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus OT. However, please note that all DLC released for Bon Appetit is NOT useable in Shinovi Versus.

Gessen x Hebijo Expansion - $14.99 (745 MB)

Week of December 2nd, 2014
Fisherwoman's Uniform - $1.99
Mesh Bags Unitard - $1.99
Pastry Chef Set - $1.99
Squid Tentacles - $1.99
Tempura - $1.99
Five Costume Set - $7.99, contains the above costumes)

Week of December 9th, 2014
All-Day Sucker Set ($0.49)
Cookie Set - $0.49)
Cupcake Hat - $0.49
Dog Nose - $0.49
Donut Swim Ring - $0.49
Peeled Banana - $0.49
Pig Nose - $0.49
Soft Serve - $0.49
Tuna - $0.49
Yagyu's Squid - $0.49
Ten Accessory Set - $3.99
Asian Ethnic Outfit Set - $1.99
Beach Sarong - $1.99
Primitive Wear - $1.99
Three Costume Set - $3.99

So, you said the fanservice was ramped up in Shinovi Versus; what about this game?

Oh, it's up there. Don't worry, there's plenty of Life and Hometown to be had here.

Is this game canon?

Not at all. It's a spin-off of a spin-off, basically.

Anything else I should know about the game?

It makes the BEST gifs.

Special thanks go to Sats for the OT title and info gathering, Smashkirby and Jennytablina for being awesome proofreaders. Also, thank you to XSEED for bringing these games to us.

#TeamLife

Chrom · Nov 11, 2014

Looking forward to playing this game.

First for Yomi!

baekshi · Nov 11, 2014

Only getting the cart version, out later this month.

Shizuka · Nov 11, 2014

How big is the download? Also, isn't it $15, instead of $16?

pariah164 · Nov 11, 2014

Shizuka said:
How big is the download? Also, isn't it $15, instead of $16?

I'm not sure.

And yes, it is $15. Will fix that.

Azuardo · Nov 11, 2014

Shizuka said:
How big is the download? Also, isn't it $15, instead of $16?

2502MB for EU version, at least.

Vylash · Nov 11, 2014

Azuardo said:
2502MB for EU version, at least.

2498MB for NA

pariah164 · Nov 11, 2014

Azuardo said:
2502MB for EU version, at least.

So about 2.5 GB? Welp. Over to the 16 GB it goes~

Jathaine · Nov 11, 2014

I'm excited about this game! Finally, a game where I don't have to kick someone for playing Daidoji!
Far too many games coming out right now though.

I'm not sure how I'm gonna fit this in considering I'm still playing a lot of Shinovi Versus (online) and FFXIV aaaaand Tales of Hearts R/Valkyria Chronicles PC are coming out tomorrow.

So. Many. Games.

Kaybe · Nov 11, 2014

Azuardo said:
2502MB for EU version, at least.

are you kidding me
I thought this would take less space than SV. My 64GB card will run out faster than I expected.

-Horizon- · Nov 11, 2014

Its only $15? For some reason I kept thinking it was $30. Awesome

Gotta delete a game from my system though to fit it in.

Azuardo · Nov 11, 2014

Kaybe said:
are you kidding me
I thought this would take less space than SV. My 64GB card will run out faster than I expected.

2.5GB is also only for the base game. I don't know how big the other optional add-on is, with the extra characters and songs.

Zonic · Nov 11, 2014

Eeehhhh, I'm gonna wait. $15 for only 10 songs (well, 11 since I have Daidouji) is rather steep with my current funds, & it's another $15 to get the other 10 characters/songs as DLC.

Also, you should add Daidouji & Rin to the roster list.

-Horizon- said:
Its only $15? For some reason I kept thinking it was $30. Awesome

Well, it's $15 for the base game (10 songs/characters from Hanzo & Crimson), then another $15 to get Geseen & Hebijo and their songs, so it totals $30 if you want everything.

pariah164 · Nov 11, 2014

-Horizon- said:
Its only $15? For some reason I kept thinking it was $30. Awesome

Gotta delete a game from my system though to fit it in.

It is $30 total, if you purchase both the base game (which has only Hanzo and the Crimson Squad) and the Gessen/Hebijo pack, which will also be $14.99.

The Shogun · Nov 11, 2014

Shinovi Versus actually turned out to be an amazing game and not just the fan service. Like the actual game was excellent.

This looks completely different however. Is it still worth picking up?

Jawmuncher · Nov 11, 2014

I love me some rhythm games and at 15 it's a steal.

Kaybe · Nov 11, 2014

Azuardo said:
2.5GB is also only for the base game. I don't know how big the other optional add-on is, with the extra characters and songs.

I checked the Japanese PSN Store and the combo pack is 2.3GB, Pack A (base game) is 1.6GB and Pack B is 742MB.
So I guess they threw all of it into the western base game and the rest is just unlock keys. Bigger crisis hopefully averted.

strobogo · Nov 11, 2014

It's kind of amazing to me that games like these get made for real Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft sponsored hardware. Although seemingly mostly just Nintendo and Sony handhelds.

Azuardo · Nov 11, 2014

Kaybe said:
I checked the Japanese PSN Store and the combo pack is 2.3GB, Pack A (base game) is 1.6GB and Pack B is 742MB.
So I guess they threw all of it into the western base game and the rest is just unlock keys. Bigger crisis hopefully averted.

Not as bad as first feared, then. Thanks for confirming.

Jawmuncher · Nov 11, 2014

strobogo said:
It's kind of amazing to me that games like these get made for real Sony/Nintendo/Microsoft sponsored hardware. Although seemingly mostly just Nintendo and Sony handhelds.

God Bless Japan.

-Horizon- · Nov 11, 2014

Zonic said:
Eeehhhh, I'm gonna wait. $15 for only 10 songs (well, 11 since I have Daidouji) is rather steep with my current funds, & it's another $15 to get the other 10 characters/songs as DLC.

Also, you should add Daidouji & Rin to the roster list.

Well, it's $15 for the base game (10 songs/characters from Hanzo &....Gessen?), then another $15 to get Crimson & Hebijo (?) and their songs, so it totals $30 if you want everything.

pariah164 said:
It is $30 total, if you purchase both the base game (which has only Hanzo and the Crimson Squad) and the Gessen/Hebijo pack, which will also be $14.99.

Ohhhh :/

That explains it then.

Maybe I'll just get the first half and maybe get the second half sometime down the line then.

Zonic · Nov 11, 2014

It might be a good idea to mention the DLC pack, or perhaps this quote from Xseed's Facebook:

"The game includes the girls of Hanzo and Crimson Squad, complete with story routes for each girl to play through. If youre a fan of the straight-laced Gessen girls or the fierce Hebijo ladies, you can pick up the Gessen x Hebijo DLC pack two weeks later, on November 25th, also for $14.99."

Also WOW Rin is only

2

6 years old while Daidouji is even younger at

2

5!

PAULINK · Nov 11, 2014

Fuck me, I forgot this is coming tomorrow.

Zonic · Nov 11, 2014

OH, I should also promote a contest Xseed is holding involving cooking in order to win a set of Hanzo figures that were from the Shinovi Versus LE. If you wanna see the figures, I linked them in this post.

Banana Aeon · Nov 11, 2014

Did not know that this is coming tomorrow. Cool stuff.

Ryuukan · Nov 11, 2014

I want to buy this, but I am old and I don't have the reflexes for rhythm games anymore

wyrdwad · Nov 11, 2014

FYI, this game was actually developed by Meteorise, not Tamsoft.

Also, I have it on good authority that Miyabi is 21, not 20.

...Otherwise, kickin' OT. Nice and colorful and... bouncy. Just the way it should be.

-Tom

Zonic · Nov 11, 2014

OH, ONE MORE THING. From the PS Blog:

"All players that download the Senran Kagura Bon Appétit! Gessen x Hebijo DLC pack will be treated to a free soundtrack app featuring songs from the game."

joe2187 · Nov 11, 2014

On why this game was made.

I believe that mankinds three major desires come from sex, appetite and sleep, and weve covered plenty of the first part, so I think that next would be appetite. That way we can cover both sex and appetite desires at once, shares Takaki with a laugh.

Eat hearty my friends.

pariah164 · Nov 11, 2014

wyrdwad said:
FYI, this game was actually developed by Meteorise, not Tamsoft.

Also, I have it on good authority that Miyabi is 21, not 20.

...Otherwise, kickin' OT. Nice and colorful and... bouncy. Just the way it should be.

-Tom

Senpai noticed me~!

In all seriousness, thanks. Will edit the developer; am on mobile and can't edit the character bit right now. Will do it once I'm on my laptop again.

-Horizon- · Nov 11, 2014

joe2187 said:
On why this game was made.

I believe that mankinds three major desires come from sex, appetite and sleep, and weve covered plenty of the first part, so I think that next would be appetite. That way we can cover both sex and appetite desires at once, shares Takaki with a laugh.

Eat hearty my friends.

Our generation's visionary.

Animekatt · Nov 11, 2014

Man I forgot this is coming out tomorrow. Will be using the $15 I got from last month's spend $100 promo. Looking at the trophies, it seems that each part (A and B) will have a plat?

Rats Off To Ya · Nov 11, 2014

I had no idea this was so cheap. That's awesome!

pariah164 · Nov 11, 2014

Animekatt said:
Man I forgot this is coming out tomorrow. Will be using the $15 I got from last month's spend $100 promo. Looking at the trophies, it seems that each part (A and B) will have a plat?

Yes indeed. This may be my second Platinum'd title.

dreamfall · Nov 11, 2014

In there!

Zonic · Nov 11, 2014

Okay, wait. You have to unlock Crimson in Shinovi Versus to play as Rin if you buy her as DLC, but here, you have to get Hebijo in order to use? That....seems weird, though I guess story-wise it makes sense.

Did this get any free DLC in Japan, considering SV got a couple of free lingerie & hair styles?

Antiwhippy · Nov 11, 2014

Is this split into 2 versions like the japanese version?

Zonic · Nov 11, 2014

Yes, the "core" game is $15 with Hanzo & Crimson, then the other "half" is Gessen & Hebijo, like with how Japan did it.

wyrdwad · Nov 11, 2014

Antiwhippy said:
Is this split into 2 versions like the japanese version?

Zonic said:
Yes, the "core" game is $15 with Hanzo & Crimson, then the other "half" is Gessen & Hebijo, like with how Japan did it.

Well, almost. Japan was able to release it as literally two halves -- you can buy just the Hanzo & Crimson half, just the Gessen & Hebijo half, or you can buy both.

We weren't able to distribute the game that way here, however -- we had to release Hanzo & Crimson as the base game, with Gessen & Hebijo as DLC. So you can choose to buy just the Hanzo & Crimson half, or both halves, but you CAN'T choose to buy just the Gessen & Hebijo half by itself.

We tried to make up for that, though, by pricing the game notably lower than the Japanese version.

-Tom

baekshi · Nov 11, 2014

wyrdwad said:
Well, almost. Japan was able to release it as literally two halves -- you can buy just the Hanzo & Crimson half, just the Gessen & Hebijo half, or you can buy both.

We weren't able to distribute the game that way here, however -- we had to release Hanzo & Crimson as the base game, with Gessen & Hebijo as DLC. So you can choose to buy just the Hanzo & Crimson half, or both halves, but you CAN'T choose to buy just the Gessen & Hebijo half by itself.

We tried to make up for that, though, by pricing the game notably lower than the Japanese version.

-Tom

What I don't understand why put both parts in one download, other being sold as an key. As that burdens the MC, you guys should know that well. at that point, might as well buy the japanese version to save space. Also price is as same as the retail version releasing now, glad I waited.

edit: also since both are combined, the retail version would have been possible. there's no excuse anymore.

darkblade77 · Nov 11, 2014

baekshi said:
edit: also since both are combined, the retail version would have been possible. there's no excuse anymore.

no excuse, except manufacturing physical copies costs a lot of real money and represents real risk compared to doing a digital release

you know, the most important part when deciding whether to have a physical release or not

baekshi · Nov 11, 2014

darkblade77 said:
no excuse, except manufacturing physical copies costs a lot of real money and represents real risk compared to doing a digital release

you know, the most important part when deciding whether to have a physical release or not

SV must have bombed really hard then...

darkblade77 · Nov 11, 2014

baekshi said:
SV must have bombed really hard then...

I'm sure Dekamori's distribution method was locked in way before they could even consider SV's sales. This isn't the kind of stuff you can stop and change on the turn of a dime. :lol

baekshi · Nov 11, 2014

darkblade77 said:
I'm sure Dekamori's distribution method was locked in way before they could even consider SV's sales. This isn't the kind of stuff you can stop and change on the turn of a dime. :lol

pretty poor planning if they were sitting on combined version that was given to them, but really glad to see marvelous japan making use of the combined version though.

Vylash · Nov 11, 2014

do we really have to do this?

pariah164 · Nov 11, 2014

Yes, please, take it to PMs. This thread is meant to discuss happy cooking funtimes and what recipes we prefer to make.

And something about music too, I guess.

Also Life. And Hometown.

bobawesome · Nov 11, 2014

I forgot this was coming so soon. I'll pass for now. May pick it up sometime next year as I don't have any room on my card.

mikeebi3 · Nov 11, 2014

I'm not even done with Shinovi Versus but I still want this lol >_<;;

AngryCanadian · Nov 11, 2014

hmm there is a ton of stuff coming out in the next couple of weeks. I really liked SV but I'll wait for the full game to be available before I go in for it. Hebijo is my favourite team anyway

jwk94 · Nov 11, 2014

Embargo lifts at 9 am EST.

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