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[Shizuka]

Following the launch of a teaser website yesterday, Compile Heart has announced Tokyo Clanpool for PS Vita.

The game is part of a new Compile Heart and Dengeki PlayStation crossover brand called “Den-Pile.” It features character design by Manamitsu, who previously did some character designs for Megadimension Neptunia VII and Fairy Fencer F.

Tokyo Clanpool is set in a Japan isolated from the outside world after a devastating attack, where a new organization called the “Cyber Tactics Cabinet” was established to fight demons. With the support of the people, the new prime minister, a girl named Natsume Kannuki (voiced by Manami Numakura), leads the Cabinet of girls and fights as they aim to capture the demonic tower known as the “Dark World Diet Tower” that engulfed the National Diet Building.

More information is due out on the June 8 issue of Dengeki PlayStation, which should leak in advance in the early morning on June 6, New York time.

Source: Gematsu.

 

[Avallon]

Transforming anime girls. I'm not surprised and I'm not complaining.

 

[Shizuka]

How many "brands" does Compile Heart/Idea Factory have at this point?

 

[Phu]

Transforming anime girls. I'm not surprised and I'm not complaining.

Why legit about to ask why all their games have transforming characters haha.

 

[FireBeaver]

Surely this will save the Vita.

Spoiler

Still buying it anyway.

 

[Tohsaka]

Interesting, I'm looking forward to the full reveal.

 

[RoboGeorgeForeman]

The outfits were cute, but I'm never touching another Compile Heart game again.

 

[purseowner]

'Can You Clanpool?'

Spoiler

I look forward to it sitting in my backlog forever.

 

[Shizuka]

Looking forward to this being another DRPG.

 

[salromano]

How many "brands" does Compile Heart/Idea Factory have at this point?

Four now, I believe:

• Makai Ichiban Kan - Trillion: God of Destruction, MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death
• Galapagos RPG - Fairy Fencer F, Omega Quintet, Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force
• Idea Factory International (the brand - not to be confused with the western publisher) - Dark Rose Valkyrie
• Den-Pile - Tokyo Clanpool

 

[Shizuka]

New info from Gematsu:

Update 10:40 p.m.: Dengeki Online has posted a preview article confirming a bit more information.

Tokyo Clanpool is the first title in the Den-Pile brand, which is underlined by the keywords “dungeon RPG revolution.” The protagonist, Natsume Kannuki, is a “beautiful girl prime minister” who will fight alongside her fellow beautiful girl cabinet ministers.

The setting is near-future Tokyo. When a mysterious, upside-down city suddenly appears in the sky, a tower stretching from the city connects to the National Diet Building, forming the demonic tower known as the “Dark World Diet Tower.” The monsters that travel through this tower begin to overflow, and Japan is isolated from the outside world and falls into a state of devastation.

The “Cyber Tactics Cabinet” is established to rebuild the collapsed government and fight against the monsters. Natsume, the protagonist and first-generation prime minister of this new cabinet, aims to capture the “Dark World Diet Tower.”

The game features customization elements through its “Gadgeteers” system, which are cyber spirits personified as gadgets, as well as unique systems related to bills, elections, and the like that leverage its setting.

Degenki PlayStation this week will feature a look at the game’s setting, an introduction to the “Diet Member Dolls” of the Cyber Tactics Division team, an overview of the “Digi-Skins” that transform through the use of a smartphone, and screenshots of the dungeons and battles.

There is also an interview with producer Makoto Kitano and character designer Minatsu featuring comments like, “We aimed to make a dungeon RPG that is pleasant to the touch,” and “Character design took some time, I improved it many times over and completed it to be satisfying.”

Called it.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

This immediately made me think of a certain other tower-based Compile Heart DRPG that I'm hugely looking forward to right now. It's got my vote, even if it's evidently going to be less grisly.

 

[Yohane]

I'll be there