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1) This game proudly flies under the NSFW banner.
2) This game contains information relevant to Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus, so come in expecting spoilers for it all over the place.
Developer: Tamsoft
Publisher: Marvelous (JP); XSEED Games (NA); Marvelous AQL Europe (PAL)
Genre: Action
Rating: M for Mature; PEGI 16
Release Dates:
- March 26, 2015 (JP)
- March 15, 2016 (NA)
- March 18, 2016 (EU)
Platform: PS4, PS Vita
Price:
- Digital: $39.99 (Vita) $49.99 (PS4)
- Physical: $49.99 (Vita) $59.99 (PS4)
Limited Edition:
- "Endless Summer" Limited Edition (NA Exclusive, $59.99/$49.99)
-- A copy of the game
-- 108 page art book
-- Randomly chosen set of 2.5 x 3.5 pin-up cards girls from the 4 schools
-- 2-disc soundtrack
- "Kagura Millenium Festival" Limited Edition (EU only, £54.99/£44.99)
-- A copy of the game
-- Reversible limited edition box
-- Two-CD soundtrack
-- Art book
- "Bahonkas" Limited Edition (EU only, £84.99/£74.99)
-- A copy of the game
-- Reversible limited edition box
-- Two-CD soundtrack
-- Art book
-- Supersized, double-sided Dakimakura
- Surprise Shinobi Slippery Splash-n-Spray Sports" Limited Edition (£119.99/£109.99)
-- A copy of the game
-- Reversible limited edition box
-- Two-CD soundtrack
-- Art book
-- Supersized, double-sided Dakimakura hugging pillowcase
-- Two different sets of five Senran Kagura figurines (Gessen and New Hebijo)
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and so it is with the lives of young shinobi. Death comes swiftly — for the lucky ones — and for those still living, grief is a constant companion. Ryōbi and Ryōna, two shinobi sisters of the Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy elite, know that truth all too well, and they mourn their beloved elder sister every day.
But when a mystical phenomenon appears, drawing the shinobi world's finest young ladies into a parallel dimension, everything they know about life and death turns upside down. Taken to a strange world resembling a warm summer island, the girls find themselves face to face with their departed loved ones.
The island's mysterious mistresses challenge the girls, who hail from four different rival schools, to a contest of strength and wits. The winning school, so they promise, will not only learn the highest secrets of shinobi lore, but will also have the honor of laying their loved ones' souls to rest.
The buxom beauties prepare for a new kind of battle, facing not only their rivals, but questions galore. Can the island's hosts be trusted? Will the other schools play fair, team up, or cheat? Will there be time to enjoy the beach before the fighting starts? Will anyone manage to keep their clothes intact? And if they do win, can they bear to part from their loved ones a second time?
Main Menu
Gone are the days of the hub worlds in Shinovi Versus, Estival Versus features one single storyline instead of multiple storylines divided by school, but fear not, because every shinobi still gets her time in the sun. The main menu gives you access to story mode, the dressing room, online play, and more.
Adventure Scenes
This is how the main crux of the story is told, through visual novel style presentation.
Action Scenes
The meat of the game, action scenes are fully 3D, requiring the player to chain combos, dodge attacks, and unleash special moves to tear through mobs of enemies.
EV has 3 modes of combat:
YIN
This is the mode used when the girls go Frantic, AKA strip down to their bikinis and go all out on their opponents. They have a very low defense, but an insanely high attack as a tradeoff. When Yin mode is fully maxed out, you gain access to a bevy of bonuses, including increased combo length and a longer combo timer, the ability to recover both your Health gauge and Ninja Art gauge by taunting, Yin moves, higher damage, more invincibility frames on your dash and an overall boost in attack power. Additionally, your Limit Break will only consume 5% of your health instead of 10%.
YANG
Yang mode is all about using Shinobi Transformations and Secret Ninja Arts. Maxing out your Yang affinity gives you access to longer combos, Yang moves, an extra Aerial Rave loop, enhanced damage and invincibility on your dash and auto recovery on your Health gauge and Ninja Art gauge. Making you an even tougher target to take down, you will no longer be stunned from being hit.
FLASH
Ironically, Flash mode is, well, not about the flash. You fight as you are in your school uniform, no bikinis or Shinobi Transformations needed. Fully unlocking Flash mode grants you higher damage and invincibility on your dash, faster building of your Ninja Art gauge, infinite Aerial Raves, increased timing to pull off a parry, an enhanced guard and an impressive 1.5x increase to both your attack and defense. If all of that wasn’t enough, maxed out Flash mode gives you increased experience and zeni.
Estival Versus has 3 different multiplayer modes:
Point Battle: This is the most straightforward of the 3, land hits on opposing players and CPUs in order to rack up points. You can cet a certain point number and the first player to reach it wins, or make it a timed battle and whoever has the most points at the end is the winner.
Panty Collection: Collect panties as they fall from the sky, attacking enemies causes them to dtop panties that they've collected, victory condisions work in the same way as Point Battle.
Bra Capture: Capture the flag with a new twist! Defeating enemies will increase the number of bras that are attatched to the flag, this serves to strengthen the player in possession of it. Winner is decided by whoever holds the flag at the end.
Videos
Hanzo Trailer
Gessen Trailer
Hebijo Trailer
Homura's Crimson Squad Trailer
Overseers of the Festival Trailer
Launch Trailer
Screenshots
God is a Geek - 8.0
PushSquare - 6/10
Week of March 15th, 2014
PS4 Free DLC Set
Vita Free DLC Set
The above sets include:
- Bus-Tee (Outfit) - (PS4) (Vita) - FREE
- Famitsu Swimsuit (Outfit) - (PS4) (Vita) - FREE
- Famitsu T-Shirt (Outfit) - (PS4) (Vita) - FREE
- Shinobi Happi (Outfit) - (PS4) (Vita) - FREE
Week of March 22nd, 2016
Week 1 Mega Bundle (PS4) (Vita) - $19.99
The above sets include:
- Accessory Set 1 - (PS4) (Vita) - $5.99
- Antennae Strand - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Battle Axe - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Cheerleader Set - (PS4) (Vita) - $2.49
- Costume Set 1 - (PS4) (Vita) - $9.99
- Cropped Bangs - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Double Buns - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Double Buns XT - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Double Knot XT - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Hair Extension Set - (PS4) (Vita) - $5.99
- Hairstyle Set - (PS4) (Vita) - $3.99
- Headdress - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Heart Strand - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Loose Perm - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Nostalgic Strand - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Nun Set - (PS4) (Vita) - $2.49
- Nurse Set - (PS4) (Vita) - $2.49
- Parted Bangs - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Petite Devil Set - (PS4) (Vita) - $2.49
- Pigtails XT - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Ponytail XT - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Rain Cloud - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Regular Strand - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Side Knot XT - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Top Knot - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
- Top Knot XT - (PS4) (Vita) - $0.99
Week of March 29th, 2016
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Week of April 5th, 2016
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Q: What are the differences between the PS4 and Vita versions?
A: Other than the PS4 version looking better, the PS4 version supports up to 10 players in multiplayer mode, while the Vita version can only handle 4, a very small number of missions are exclusive to the PS4 version because of this.
Q: Does this have cross platform play?
A: Sadly no, but it does have cross region play, so if you've got the PS4 version you can play with PS4 owners in Japan or anywhere else.
Q: Are we getting the Ikkitousen DLC?
A:
Q: Do I need to play the other Senran Kagura games before this?
A: Yes, if you don't play Burst you don't have context about how the characters formed the relationships that they have, and what happened when the Crimson Squad left Hebijo, if you don't play Shinovi Versus you'll be lost about a lot of things since Estival continues a few storylines from it.
Q: I need more Life and Hometown! What do?
A: Join fellow fans at the Senran Kagura Community OT. It's a great community full of people who love the franchise.
Q: Best Girl?
Vylash's Answer: pariah164 wrote the Shinovi Versus OT and said Hikage, but this is my world now, it's a new day, and there's only one right answer.
Bow down to the queen.
pariah164's Answer: Unlike Vylash, I know there is only one girl who deserves everyone's undying loyalty. It may be Vylash's world, but I did half the work, and I get a say, dammit.
Frenzy Hikage is best Hikage.
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