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Hakuoki 3DS coming to the U.S.

Hakuoki, the otome visual novel about romancing fictional, pretty versions of the Shinsengumi, is being released on 3DS in North America courtesy of Aksys (retail and on eShop — thanks to The Gay Gamer for getting to the bottom of that).

Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi contains the content from the PSP game, as well as six new stories and a photo/movie gallery, so you can gaze upon what Aksys’s lead editor Ben Bateman described as “hot mans.” There’s even a photo booth feature so you can pose with said mans.

BUY Nintendo 3DS and 3DS XL consoles, upcoming releases

Tenmyouji droppin’ knowledge

What else could it stand for?

BUY Virtue's Last Reward (PS Vita/3DS) and 999

Want a limited edition yellow Virtue’s Last Reward watch? Pick up VLR from Aksys’s store right now on 3DS or PS Vita, and you’ll get one.

Now here’s the tricky part: if you don’t have the game, you might not know you want this tie-in item. So now you might have to gamble on buying the game under the assumption you’ll want one of these after playing it. It’s a nonary game-style mindbender!

…again, which you won’t get until you play it.

Muramasa Reborn on Vita

Muramasa: The Demon Blade, a game you’re no doubt familiar with if you’ve endured our website for any amount of time, will be released on PS Vita in North America by Aksys Games, under the title Muramasa: Rebirth.

The Vita port adds new DLC with four new characters to the original Wii edition, and a new localization by Aksys’s esteemed writers. It’s gonna look so good on that screeeeeeeen.

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Virtue’s Last Reward + PS Vita bundle deal

If you buy a PS Vita bundle on Amazon, you’ll get a copy of acclaimed visual novel Virtue’s Last Reward for free! Amazon has a number of options for this deal, including PS Vita bundles or Assassin’s Creed III: LIberation, Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified, and Madden NFL 13 — I’d go with the first one, especially since it comes with a white PS Vita model. This sale will run until the end of December 15.

This artwork, by the way, is available with a wallpaper-sized version at Kalsypher’s DeviantArt page.

BUY Virtue's Last Reward (PS Vita/3DS) and 999

Junpei will return for the next Zero Escape game

Answering fans’ questions on Twitter, Zero Escape series director and writer Kotaro Uchikoshi disclosed that 999’s hero Junpei will participate in the next nonary game. This third game is expected to delve into the mysteries of Radical-6 and Phi, too.

Also returning in the next Zero Escape release: Virtue’s Last Reward’s Dio and Tenmyouji.

I’ve no idea where this rad GIF came from (maybe Omocat?), so drop in a comment if you know its origins!

Buy: Virtue's Last Reward and 999
See also: More VLR and 999 posts
[Via Scourge of the Internet]

Sigma has some words for those of you who are eligible to vote but aren’t voting today. I swear, Virtue’s Last Reward is the gift that keeps on giving for people who run game blogs on Tumblr and like to post screenshots.

Buy: Virtue's Last Reward and 999
See also: More VLR and 999 posts
[Via Parametrics in Action]

I photoshopped these silly crime novel covers almost five years ago for a game preview (Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles) I wrote up on DS Fanboy/Joystiq.

Imagine my surprise when they popped up on my Tumblr dashboard last night with 30K+ likes and reblogs! Back when I posted them, hardly anyone noticed the images. I ain’t even mad that 99.99% of the dudes seeing them now have no idea who Jake Hunter is or that I made these — it’s just great to have people finally appreciating them.

The pizza roll one is particularly popular. I’ve seen it pop up on Facebook and meme/social sites a bunch of times. It’s pretty funny that all these people in the West have been sort of introduced to an obscure Japanese adventure game series through a random image about pizza rolls. And that I played a part in that!

Buy: Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past
See also: More Jake Hunter/Jinguuji Saburo posts

There’s a bit of Professor Layton in Virtue’s Last Reward, some of it even intentional (click for larger images)!

Buy: Virtue's Last Reward, Professor Layton & the Miracle Mask
See also: More VLR and 999 posts
[Via Lionheart, VLR, Fandom Shack, Olivia, and Bootaide]

There’s not much in the way of virtue in Virtue’s Last Reward. Aksys really took advantage of the “M for Mature” rating here to give us a really immature 3DS/PS Vita game! Also, Sigma is a total perv.

Buy: Virtue's Last Reward and 999
See also: More VLR and 999 posts
[Via Otaspook, Truth & Ideals, Scourge of the Internet]

Virtue’s Last Reward doesn’t care about your feelings. The game sees your sad attempts to solve its puzzles, and is like “IDGAF,” and tells you what it really thinks.

I’ve been posting a lot more screenshots and photos from games, just because I’ve been really into sharing the “tiny” moments that make a particular game fun.

It’s so easy to post all the promotional media for an upcoming release, then forget about the game once it’s in stores. I would like to get away from that, and spend more time looking at the different moments people are enjoying in the games they’re currently playing. So I hope you don’t mind us putting up these silly screenshots more often.

Buy: Virtue's Last Reward and 999
See also: More VLR and 999 posts
[Via eclipse]

999 for $14.99»

Get ready for tomorrow’s release of Virtue’s Last Reward by picking up a cheap copy of its predecessor, 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors on Amazon.

Okay, considering shipping time, this will only prepare you for VLR if you wait to get VLR, or if you get VLR on release day, but wait to play it. Point is, buy this game and play it, then play that other game.

Buy: Virtue's Last Reward and 999
See also: More VLR and 999 posts