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Nintendo Streams English Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Teaser


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Yesterday, Nintendo started streaming a new teaser for upcoming Wii U RPG Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (Genei Ibunroku #FE). The 90-second “First Beats” teaser offers a glimpse of the game in action, set to Reincarnation by Nanjou Yoshino.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE is a pseudo cross-over between Atlus’s Persona series and Nintendo’s Fire Emblem franchise. The title was developed by Atlus with Mitsuru Hirata (Atlus, Radiant Historia), Eiji Ishida (Atlus, Shin Megami Tensei IV, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne), and Kaori Ando (Nintendo, Fossil Fighters Frontier) directing the project.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions Sharp FE Boxart 001 - 20160423Fumitaka Yano (Atlus), toi8 (.hack//The Movie, Maoyu), and Hideo Minaba (CyDesignation) served as artists on the project. Yano served as Art Director, while toi8 provided character designs.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE was released in Japan on December 26, 2015. In its debut week, the 26,340 units to place at 14th place. The game disappeared from charts the next week.

Nintendo will ship the project in North America on June 24. The project will use the Japanese audio track with English text and subtitles. On Thursday, Game Informer reported that Atlus will localize the game. Nintendo told the publication that Atlus will handle the project “in a way that is consistent with the localization work they do on games they publish,” adding that “it was a priority to ensure the game feels familiar and appeals to longtime Atlus fans.” Nintendo also noted that “Any changes made to the in-game content were due to varying requirements and regulations in the many different territories Nintendo distributes its products.”

The game’s voice cast includes:

  • Itsuki Aoi: Ryohei Kimura
  • Tsubasa Oribe: Inori Minase
  • Toma Akagi: Yuki Ono
  • Kiria Kurono: Yoshino Nanjō
  • Eleonora Yumizuru: Ayane Sakura
  • Mamori Minamoto: Kaori Fukuhara
  • Chrom: Tomokazu Sugita
  • Caeda: Saori Hayami
  • Kain: Toshiki Masuda
  • Tharja: Kana Akutsu
  • Virion: Hiromichi Kogami
  • Draug: Ryota Takeuchi
  • Maiko Shimazaki: Ami Koshimizu
  • Barry Goodman: Yūichi Nakamura
  • Tiki: Sumire Morohoshi

Sources: YouTube (Nintendo), Game Informer

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