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In Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, characters mostly appear as names, voices, and sometimes an attached giant robot, but that hasn't stopped fans falling in love with them. So much so that one fan is developing an unofficial Armored Core dating sim featuring the game's various pilots with original designs and illustrations called Amour’d Core.

Developed by Austin-based artist Beth Short, Amour'd Core is a fan-made dating sim currently featuring nine Armored Core VI characters as romance options, with more planned. These include fan favorites like Handler Walter and Rusty, less prevalent characters like Pater and Maeterlinck, and even non-human characters like Ayre and ALLMIND.

Currently, there is no release date or list of expected platforms, and as an unaffiliated fan work the game's development is supported by Short's Patreon. There are several tiers of support available that include exclusive content and illustrations, and even the chance to appear in the game's credits.

You can find the creator's Valentine's Day tweet below:

There’s a lot going on with Anycolor, the company behind the Nijisanji Vtuber agency, with the English branch seeming to fall apart in December 2023 and January 2024 following situations surrounding Selen Tatsuki. However, this is more than just some recent issue, as the decline could even start to be traced as far back as 2022 when the Korean and Indonesian branches were first folded. It’s a lot! Especially if you’re new to Vtubers.

What’s going on with Anycolor, Nijisanji, Selen Tatsuki, and its other English and Indonesian Vtubers?

This timeline will only go over confirmed and known information and announcements as of February 14, 2024. As the Selen and Dokibird situation is a bit more specialized as a result of Doki specifically saying requesting people tell others "this is where I am now” on social media on February 5, 2024, that is the only performer identity that will be discussed out of respect to the people behind the Vtubers. In addition, not all Nijisanji graduations between 2022 and 2024 will be noted. 

People playing Granblue Fantasy: Relink multiplayer on the PS4 or PS5 may notice improved matchmaking starting today or find they will see a higher drop rate when breaking foe parts thanks to a patch. The 1.0.4 update is now live and, while small, fixes two major issues people may have experienced when trying to play alone or with others.

After the game’s launch, there were reports of people on the PS4 or PS5 not getting foe parts after breaking certain areas on enemies. For example, a friend of mine noticed an issue trying to get Vitality Hoof from Furycane when fighting it. Downloading and applying the Granblue Fantasy: Relink patch should fix the drop rate going forward.

As for Granblue Fantasy: Relink matchmaking, it only applies to a specific multiplayer situation. If someone has Power Adjustment on, they should see a different in ensuing match ups and fights. This change doesn't have any kind of effect on general matchmaking outside of that particular situation.

The Pokemon Center has released a new line of goods called the Pikachu Everyday Fun Kitchen. The concept behind these products is that using them will make cooking more fun.

You can find all of the products via the Pokemon Center website. In total, you can purchase 17 different products for your kitchen, all of them starring Pikachu. Aside from direct references to Pikachu, all of them are red and yellow to match Pikachu’s color scheme.

Here is the list of Pikachu Everyday Fun Kitchen items that you can buy from the Pokemon Center:

• Apron: $29.99
• Bowls (4-pack): $39.99
• Ceramic Butter Dish: $29.99
• Ceramic Salt & Pepper Shaker Set: $19.99
• Cookie Cutters (8-pack): $14.99
• Cutting Mats: $12.99
• Dinner Plates (4-pack): $39.99

Toby Fox released a Valentine’s Day Deltarune and Undertale newsletter that offered an update on Chapter 3 of the new game. A brief update on Chapters 4 and 5 also appeared, and there is a new producer involved in development. 

Apparently, the team is now working on the Japanese localization before finishing up the project. This is one of the final steps before that portion of the game is done. 

As for Deltarune Chapter 4 and 5, the update mentioned progress on both as well. The fourth part is now the primary focus, and there is an unnamed internal deadline for that. This portion of the announcement also mentioned the new producer, though the member of the team wasn’t named.

Here’s the full update from the newsletter: 

Happy 2024, everyone! The Deltarune team (and I) were taking a break for the holidays to visit our families, but now everyone's back and excited to get back to the game.

Re: Chapter 3, we are working on the Japanese localization. Then we will begin porting and bugtesting the Chapter, after which it will be... totally complete!

There’s another new Princess Peach: Showtime trailer, and this video introduces four different powers and roles for her, as the game will include dashing thief, figure skater, mermaid, and mighty forms of the character. Each one, as usual, has its own specialties.

Things begin with Figure Skater Peach. When playing as her, people will glide over icy platforms and rinks and attack enemies. The Dashing Thief Peach uses a grappling hook to maneuver. Meanwhile, Mermaid Peach sings to gather fish in that portion of the clip. Finally, Mighty Peach is a super hero. That segment shows her fighting enemies on foot as well as flying through the sky to tackle additional foes.

Here's the Princess Peach: Showtime trailer going over the figure skater, dashing thief, mermaid, and mighty roles.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi confirmed the FFVII remake demo update will add new content and a performance update. He shared the official announcement on social media, mentioning this is an issue that will be remedied in both the base game and trial.

Here’s Hamaguchi’s statement, which he made when sharing the announcement from Square Enix. The patch for the demo was confirmed both on the English and Japanese accounts.

HoYoVerse uploaded three pieces of artwork to its Genshin Impact social media account to celebrate Valentine's Day 2024, and this year Jeht, a notable NPC, appears among the characters.

This year’s characters are Navia, Lynette, and Jeht. With the exception of Jeht, both Navia and Lynette are newer characters who debuted in 2023. All of the posts have an accompanying blurb that’s written as if the character is talking to you. Navia gives you macarons, Lynette gives you a box of Cafe Lutece’s new stacks, and Jeht gives you a little wrapped trinket.

You can check out all of the Valentine’s Day 2024 for Genshin Impact below:

The creator of the classic JRPG series Suikoden and Eiyuden Chronicle, Yoshitaka Murayama died. The announcemet comes via a statement by Rabbit and Bear Studio, which is currently developing Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.

Murayama, who originally created Suikoden while working at Konami, passed away on February 6, 2024 due to complications from an illness. At the time, he was working as a scenario writer for Rabbit and Bear Studios to develop Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. That is set to release in April 2024.

The statement was signed by fellow designers Junichi Murakami and Osamu Komuta, as well as Junko Kawano. Kawano worked with Murayama on the original Suikoden. His colleagues expressed regret that he would not get to see the fan reaction to Eiyuden Chronicle, but vowed to press on with development nonetheless.

Here is the full statement shared on the Rabbit and Bear website:

HoYoVerse posted its first batch of pictures for Valentine’s Day on the Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero social media accounts. This is the first year since the game launched and the other was announced that we’re seeing Valentine’s Day art for them.

This year, the Honkai: Star Rail characters that we receive gifts from are Sparkle, Kafka, and Ruan Mei. While the Genshin Impact Valentine’s Day posts read like the characters are directly talking to the player as they hand out their gifts, the Honkai: Star Rail ones are descriptions in third-person. Kafka gives an exquisitely-wrapped box of handmade chocolates. Meanwhile, Ruan Mei has made some experimental pastries and Sparkle has a bag of varied chocolates.

Here are the Valentine’s Day 2024 posts for Honkai: Star Rail:

NIS America announced that it and Nihon Falcom will release Ys X: Nordics on the Switch, PS4, PS5, and PC in English and French in Fall 2024. This comes after its September 2023 launch in Japan on consoles and Clouded Leopard announced it’d bring the Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese PC version to Steam on March 14, 2024. 

Depending on the platform you pick, different text options will be available. Both consoles and PCs will have English and French, as well as English and Japanese voice acting. However, only  Japanese text will be available as an option for the PC version. The PC version will also be available via three outlets at launch, as NISA confirmed Epic Games Store, GOG, and Steam will all offer it.

Once again, players will journey alongside Adol Christin. This time, there are more seafaring elements. This is partially because Adol and Karja, a pirate, are stuck together. (Don’t worry, as Dogi will be back as well.)

There are also a number of initial screenshots showing what people can expect from the upcoming release. Here is the first patch NIS America shared with us.

Director Hideaki Itsuno confirmed through a post on his social media that Dragon’s Dogma 2 will support variable framerate at launch. Itsuno hasn’t specified which framerate modes the game will offer or how it will work on different platforms yet.

The post shared by Itsuno included an English and Japanese caption. While the English caption mentions “uncapped framerate,” the Japanese caption specifies that the game will support variable framerates.

At the time of writing, it is unknown how Dragon’s Dogma 2 will handle the variable framerate options. One possibility is that the game will include different modes that prioritize higher framerates and higher resolutions in PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles, similar to other recent RE Engine games like the Resident Evil 4 remake. Meanwhile, the PC version should be more flexible in how to customize the framerate options.

You can check out the original post by Director Hideaki Itsuno here:

Nintendo decided to remind people the Mario vs Donkey Kong games didn’t always focus on puzzles with the Minis with a Switch port, and that’s great! It’s was a solid game before and, now that it’s back on a modern console with a few quality of life changes and additions, it’s once again a perfectly fine and enjoyable puzzle platformer. 

Think of Mario vs Donkey Kong as an origin story for the Minis we see in subsequent installments. DK saw a commercial for cute Mario toys. He went to go buy some. They were sold out. So, like any reasonable individual subject to the supply and demand nature of corporate greed designed to incentivize splurging, he heads to the factory and steals all of the Minis. Mario happens to be walking past when this happens and assists the Toads by going to various worlds to reclaim the stolen figures and face DK.

Nijisanji EN Vtuber Scarle Yonaguni seems to have missed two streams as of February 13, 2024. One was apparently a member’s stream, and the other was a public 8pm PT/11pm ET “Niji Pepe Adventures” stream on February 13, 2024. Update: The "Niji Pepe Adventures" stream was rescheduled for 10pm PT/1am ET on February 15, 2024.

Here is the embed for the public Scarle stream. It was supposed to begin over an hour and a half ago, as of time of writing. The chat is disabled for not only this stream, but also her upcoming February 17, 2024 Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow watch along and Black Light Letter to Self August 23, 2024 one.

On February 14, 2024, Hololive EN Myth Vtuber Calliope Mori will hold her first charity stream. It will begin at 5pm PT/8pm ET and benefit Cats Protection UK. 

Following the announcement, Calliope shared a detailed schedule going over all of the events happening throughout the stream. While it official starts at 5pm PT/8pm ET, there is actually going to be an opening karaoke segment at 4pm PT/7pm ET. There will also be a number of collabs that will include both members of Hololive EN and MAI PRINCESS’ Milky Queen. Her fundraising goal on Tiltify is £50,000. As of time of writing, she already passed £15,500.

Here is her full schedule for February 14, 2024:

• 4pm PT/7pm ET: Opening Karaoke
• 5pm PT/8pm ET: Introducing the Charity
• 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET: Cats Review with Fuwawa and Mococo (Calliope clarified people can submit photos of all pets, and not just cats.)

The patch notes for Final Fantasy XIV version 6.57 are out and list changes to the Pandaemonium: Anabaseios (Savage) raid encounters, among other things. The patch also adjusts the weekly limit for Comedy Tomestones and PvP win requirements while removing overflow instances from some zones.

The most interesting part of the notes for raiders will be the removal of several restrictions on the 8-player raid Pandaemonium: Anabaseios (Savage). Players can no longer only enter or receive rewards a set number of times a week. Encounters will now always reward 2 treasure coffers rather than 0-2 based on how many party members had previously cleared it that week. Farming for gear will also be made easier with the addition of the general-purpose Echo buff and the ability to skip to specific encounters.

Other changes brought by FFXIV's patch 6.57 include doubling the weekly limit for earning Allagan Tomestones of Comedy from 450 to 900, removing extra instances from areas like Radz-at-Han and Old Sharlayan, and adding the Thaleia raid to the Alliance duty roulette. PvP players will also note that the Fields of Glory (Shatter) frontline campaign has also had the amount of data required to win reduced from 2,000 to 1,600, and defeating enemies will reward you with 8 units of data, up from 5.

Atlus shared yet another Unicorn Overlord gameplay trailer, with the focus this time being on features that help make characters stronger like training and class promotions. It spends three minutes going over how players can strengthen their army outside of battle.

As usual, this clip is framed as the player’s avatar Prince Alain being trained by the Holy Knight Josef. Things begin by looking at the different classes each character in the army belongs to. It then notes how adapting the army to each situation will help with winning. As you earn honors as you play through quests, you can spend them to promote a unit. The example in the Unicorn Overlord video shows the Swordfighter Giselbert becoming a Swordmaster after the player uses 30 honors to change their class. 

There will also be supplemental battles for players called Auxiliary Stages. These are Sigils of the Ancients fights that offer opportunities to fight. The example shown in the video was The Sigil’s Trial, Beginner 1 and involved Knight and Soldier enemy classes. These offer opportunities to earn experience and can be repeated. The video also showed a reward from the fight could be a Treatise, like a Novice Military Treatise item that gives a minimum 50 EXP to a unit when used.

Foamstars is the latest live service game hoping to gain huge success off the back of being one of the monthly free PlayStation Plus games. It’s a bold strategy, but is Foamstars more Fall Guys or do we have another Destruction AllStars on our hands?

Foamstars is a squad-based multiplayer shooter. However, unlike other games in the genre, this game is built around a party atmosphere. It’s set in the vibrant city of Bath Vegas, where two teams of four battle it out in a chaotic soapy mess. You see, in this town, the battles are fought with bubble guns that shoot thick bubbly foam that glues itself to the scenery.

The main gameplay mechanic here is using your foam guns to cover your opponents in suds before surfing up to them and kicking them out of the arena. The game’s main mode, Smash the Star, requires players to get seven KOs (or “chills” as they’re inexplicably called here) which makes the rival team’s best player the final target. This Star Player gets boosted significantly to protect them, but as soon as they’re taken down, you win.

One of the new mechanics in Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2 will be the Astral Ring system, with AstralOp System characters like the Dreamseeker able to assist such characters. HoYoVerse offered an update on who this character is and how they will work.

There are both male and female versions of the Dreamseeker avatar in Honkai Impact 3rd, just like Caelus and Stelle in Honkai: Impact 3rd. This character is from Oxia and explores alongside the other new characters at the Sea of Data. We’ve caught a glimpse of the female version of Dreamseeker before. In the HoYoVerse for the 7.3 Battlesuit Deepspace Anchor: First Light, the story segment at the introduction showed Senadina interacting with her. After acquiring them from reaching level 30, you can change their name and appearance at Antares Building. Someone will also be able to use them when there. 

As for how Dreamseeker works, they will appear if an Astral Ring Battlesuit is the team’s leader. When the Stellar Outburst state isn’t active, the team DMG will increase and attacks boost Astral Ring Intensity to eventually trigger Stellar Outburst. When a player makes a Stellar Outburst happen, the Dreamseeker AstralOp will appear to do things like deal additional lightning damage to enemies.

Ethereal Hand is one of the many rare golden shadows players can find in Tartarus in Persona 3 Reload. This particular one is somewhat easier to take out than others if players plan ahead before they find it. Here’s what you need to know about the Ethereal Hand weakness and how to beat it.

Persona 3 Reload Ethereal Hand Weaknesses and Moves

You can find the Ethereal Hand through sheer luck or by using a fortune on floors 144-171 of Tartarus in the Tziah block. It has a single weakness available for it, which makes defeating this particular rare shadow a bit easier to defeat than some of the others. That weakness is none other than electric.

A hotel in Bali will feature special rooms with Pokemon decorations from March 2024 until the end of the year. Hotel Nikko Bali Benoa Beach has opened a new webpage revealing the special collaboration rooms that will be part of a major Pokemon event in Indonesia. It will open reservations for the rooms on February 15, 2024, with prices starting at 2.5 million rupiahs (~$159) per night.

Numerous Pokemon will appear to decorate the rooms both around the bed and inside the bathroom. People who stay inside the rooms will also receive two free Scarlet & Violet starter decks from the Pokemon Trading Card Game.

The special hotel rooms will appear as part of a large-scale Pikachu's Indonesia Journey event in Bali. The main event will take place in the island's provincial capital city Denpasar on March 2-3, 2024. It will also include a Pokemon GO live event that features several region-exclusive creatures, such as Chatot and a Pikachu wearing an Indonesian Batik shirt.

We’ve known the Splatoon 3 Side Order DLC is on the way for a while, but Nintendo didn’t share how the gameplay will exactly work for it. Now a new trailer goes over every element of this mode with roguelike elements. 

When Side Order begins, the player’s avatar will head to the Spire of Order. A drone version of Pearl will be at their side. When players head in, they’ll choose a floor and go up one by one, choose their Color Chip enhancement when they do to determine abilities, and then will complete the objective for the area. So in the example shown, the seven floor could be an Easy difficulty Rolling.Floor, a Normal difficulty Escape-Artist.Floor, or a Hard Whirling-Shell.Floor. Each one had a chip tied to it, with the one shown being a Main Ink Coverage Color Chip that increased turf inking coverage by 67%. When on a floor, someone may need to defeat enemies, control turf, or destroy enemy portals. The over 60 Color Chips people get can be placed on their avatar palette to augment abilities. 

D3 Publisher announced that it has delayed the Western releases of Earth Defense Force 6 to Summer 2024. The game was originally slated for release in Spring 2024. That means people in the West will have to wait for an additional season until they can play the new mainline Earth Defense Force entry.

This delay also affects the Japanese PC release, as the platform will have a single universal build for all regions. But while the English announcement mentioned additional finishing touches as a reason for the delay, the Japanese press release instead noted a revision in the game's production schedule.

Following the release of the video message Elira Pendora, Vox Akuma, and Ike Eveland shared on behalf of Anycolor that discussed confidential materials shared by Selen Tatsuki and her lawyer, a number of livers affiliated with the company did not share it on social media. Nijisanji EN Vtubers Kotoka Torahime, Kyo Kaneko, and Scarle Yonaguni were the four who didn’t as of time of writing.

As a reminder, Kyo Kaneko is a Nijisanji EN Vtuber about to graduate on February 17, 2024. Following Anycolor’s statements and release of a video from Elira, Vox, and Ike, he also announced he’d delay his February 13, 2024 Bokura stream with fellow performer Ren Zotto.

Square Enix took to social media to share an array of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth cards ahead of Valentine’s Day with 10 major characters on them. Each is designed to either be shared online or printed out and used.

Things started out with two valentines of Cloud and Barret. Following those two, ones with Tifa, Aerith, Cait Sith, Vincent, Red XIII, Yuffie, and Cid appeared. The final one involved Sephiroth.

Most of these cards feature messages connected to elements of the character. So Cid’s says, “My heart would damn well fly anywhere for you.” Aerith’s references the fact she hired Cloud as a bodyguard by saying, “Will you be my bodyguard?” Some aren’t though, as Cloud’s says “I ship us.”

Here’s a full gallery showing off all the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Valentine's Day cards.

Nintendo announced repairs for the Nintendo 2DS and the New Nintendo 3DS line will soon be no longer available in Japan. Nintendo announced that the time limit for the company to retain spare parts for the handheld consoles had passed. Therefore, it no longer restocks the spare parts and will stop repairing the consoles after it has completely run out of parts.

The models affected by this announcement are the regular Nintendo 2DS [FTR-001], New Nintendo 3DS [KTR-001], and New Nintendo 3DS LL (XL) [RED-001]. The New Nintendo 2DS LL (XL) that came out in 2017 is the only console in the 3DS family that still has a steady supply of spare parts as of this announcement.

Nintendo has been gradually phasing out support for its 3DS consoles, along with the Wii U. The company has shut down the eShop on both platforms in March 2023, and it will also cease most of the console's online services on April 8, 2024.

Cygames announced that Granblue Fantasy Relink has achieved over a million worldwide sales. The game reached this milestone after only eleven days. [Thanks, Wario64!]

Cygames has uploaded a piece of art commemorating this milestone. It shows Gran, Djeeta, Lyria, and Vyrn cheering. The reception for the game has been highly positive as well. As of the writing, there are almost 17,000 Steam reviews and 89% of it have given it a Very Positive score. Most of the reviews praise the party AI, replay value, and presentation. Meanwhile, negative reviews focus on the “grindy” aspect, balance issues, and the localization.

Justin Sevakis, a producer at Discotek Media, put out a statement in regards to the company’s English dub of the anime series Lovely Complex, which is also known as Love Com. This is in reference to disparaging statements that Brendan “JelloApocalypse” Blaber had made about the source material.

To summarize it, it states that English dubs of anime usually “punch up comedy and smooth over rough patches” under the original producer's supervision so that the end product provokes the intended response as the original work. Those who wish for a more accurate one-to-one translation of Japanese media should Discotek's subtitled collection. That being said, Discotek is disappointed with Blaber’s “lack of professional discretion” and will no longer work with him in the future.

Blaber’s “lack of professional discretion” comes from a post that he made on his blog, which you can only access via archives. Blaber explains that Sound Cadence obtained the rights to work on Lovely Complex’s dub from Discotek, who did not want to dub it because it is an expensive process. As such, he and many other people who worked on the production were volunteers.

Following a statement from Elira, Vox, and Ike in regards to Selen’s termination from Nijisanji EN, Riku Tazumi, the CEO of Anycolor, made an announcement on the official Nijisanji EN YouTube account. The video is a little over six minutes long.

You can watch the video here:

The video starts with Tazumi bowing at the audience before he says that he wishes to speak about some misunderstandings, as well as address some concerns. He first apologizes about the IR report and the usage of the word “negligible,” saying that it gave off the impression that Anycolor did not value Selen or the impact she had on the company. He also states that he will be rethinking how the company communicates in English going forth. Tazumi acknowledges that Selen's contributions were integral to Nijisanji EN's growth. He deeply regrets how things turned out.

Following the release of a video statement by Nijisanji's Vtubers Elira Pendora, Vox Akuma, and Ike Eveland about the Selen Tatsuki situation, Anycolor released a statement on social media that claimed it “has not made any confidentiality violations” when sharing information from Selen Tatsuki and her lawyer with its livers. It revealed it shared parts of the information as part of an internal investigation.

On February 12, 2024, a video was shared on Elira’s YouTube channel with her, Vox, and Ike speaking about the situation. It noted the three of them had seen the documents provided by the person behind Selen Tatsuki and her lawyer to Nijisanji parent company Anycolor. In the latest announcement, Anycolor claimed “necessary parts of the information” was shared with its performers. It also claimed the Vtubers with the company “are not held to any confidentiality obligation regarding the information shared to them from Anycolor Inc.”

Here is the full statement from social media:

Regarding concerns that have arisen in relation to the current situation.

Vtubers Elira, Ike, and Vox, representing the Anycolor Nijisanji EN branch, put out a video providing more details on the recent controversy about Selen Tatsuki. The whole video is available on Elira’s channel. Anycolor CEO Riku Tazumi has not issued a statement as of time of writing.

Here is the statement shared by Anycolor and its three performers:

To begin with, Elira stated that there are limits on what she and the company Anycolor can disclose, and the three Nijisanji Vtubers that appeared spoke based on their personal experiences. She also reminded viewers that Nijisanji EN does not condone any harassment towards anyone involved, and she volunteered her channel for the stream after discussing it with the other livers. Tazumi will also post a video about the matter.

During Wonder Festival 2024 Winter, Cerevo revealed new details about the Persona 3 Reload Evoker Replica and also showed off an unfinished model of the replica Evoker. Cerevo and Atlus teamed up together to create this 1/1 replica Evoker, and the development of the replica has been supervised by the Persona 3 Reload team. [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]

The Evoker replica features a number of different functions. With its built-in LED lights, the replica Evoker will light up blue when in its normal mode, but can also shift into Theurgy Mode, which will change the LED lights in the Evoker to red. It will also play Persona summoning voice lines from the various SEES members from the game. It is also said that it will replicate the sensation of "blowback" or the recoil experienced when using the Evoker. Cerevo is planning to add additional functions to the Evoker replica.

The replica Evoker will come inside a special carrying case, and will also come with a holster that can be worn by people intending to use the replica for cosplay. Cerevo and Atlus first revealed the Evoker replica during a special livestream held on January 31, 2024.

Some images of the unfinished model of the Persona 3 Reload Evoker replica from Hobby Watch can be viewed below:

Sanrio is collaborating with Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun to release new merchandise at their Character Shop in the Ikebukuro P'PARCO starting on Valentine's Day. The character shop will be open from February 14, 2024, to March 3, 2024.

The new character shop will feature Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun characters with Sanrio characters, including the following pairs: Iruma with Cinnamoroll, Asmodeus with My Melody, Clara with Hangyodon, Kalego with Bad Badtz-Maru, Opera with Hello Kitty, Jazz with Kuromi, and Lead with Pompompurin.

The following items will be sold at the Ikebukuro P'PARCO Character Shop:

• Can Badge (Blind) Sweets Version - ¥550 (~$4 USD)
• Acrylic Magnet (Blind) Sweets Version - ¥550 (~$4 USD)
• Die-Cut Stickers Sweets Version - ¥550 (~$4 USD)
• Mini Towel Sweets Version - ¥1,100 (~$7 USD)
• Big Keychain Sweets Version - ¥1,320 (~$9 USD)

There was one Rebuild of Evangelion figure announcement among the Good Smile Company WonHobby 38 reveals, and that was a model of the AAA Wunder. A PLAMAX model kit of the ship is in development.

The image at the official site shows that it is very early on in development. Only the image render of the ship appeared. It did note that it is a plastic model and showed a plain, grey, unpainted version of the ship. 

Here’s a closer look at the announcement image of the Evangelion model kit:

Independent Vtuber Dokibird released her first schedule on social media, and it includes collabs with fellow Vtubers Unnämed, Dtto, and Amatsuka Uto. This is her first set schedule since she returned with a February 7, 2024 stream. However, Dokibird cut her Neopets stream short due to Nijisanji EN making an announcement through its talents to consult with her lawyer.

The first collab stream will be on February 15, 2024. Both dtto and Uto will appear with her to play Apex Legends Ranked. That will happen at 7pm PT/10pm ET.

The second of the two Dokibird collabs will be on February 16, 2024. That’s when Unnämed will appear alongside Dokibird. That stream is dubbed “Inside the Backrooms.” It will happen at 6pm PT/9pm ET.

Here’s the full schedule for Dokibird for the week of February 12, 2024:

• February 12, 2024 at 5pm PT/8pm ET: Neopets - Cut short due to needing to consult her legal team.

Two Urusei Yatsura figures of Lum appeared at WonHobby 38, with one being a PLAMAX plastic model kit figure and the other a Nendoroid. The two are at various stages of development.

The PLAMAX Lum is the one that is further along. It appeared as a painted prototype at the event. It features the heroine in her trademark Oni bikini.

Here’s how that one is looking:

As for the Nendoroid, it seems like it will show Lum in her school uniform. She wears this once she gets to Earth and starts living there and attending Ataru’s school.

Sega offered a better look at the digital Demon Slayer board game Demon Slayer: Sweet the Board in a new trailer. It highlights playable characters, gameplay, and some of the minigames available.

Things begin by showing off some of the playable characters. We then see them navigating a few boards as they go through some of the turns. Like a digital board game like Mario Party, this Demon Slayer installment will have players limit how many turns will be played, with the footage here showing 10 turn games. After that, it moves on to the character select screen to show the full cast.

Here’s the full list of characters shown in the character selection portion of the trailer:

• Giyu Tomioka
• Gyomei Himejima
• Inosuke Hashibira
• Kyojuro Rengoku
• Mitsuri Kanroji
• Muichiro Tokito
• Obanai Iguro

Square Enix teased new art of the FFXIV Scions of the Seventh Dawn characters Y’shtola, Urianger, and Thancred. All three designs involve their updated looks as of patch 6.55, leading into Dawntrail, and are drawn by Yusuke Mogi.

The Urianger art from FFXIV patch 6.55 was the first to appear. It shows him in his Lithomancer attire, and he has his cards spread out in front of him in the image.

The Thancred FFXIV art appeared after that. It showed him as a Gunbreaker, which has been his role for a number of expansions.

HoYoVerse offered insight into two new Honkai Impact 3rd characters, as it briefly went over the Battlesuits for Coralie 6626 Planck and Erdos Helia. These are called Valkyrie Blastmetal and Valkyrie Boltstorm, respectively, and each one is an A-rank unit.

Coralie is going to be a free Battlesuit, as you can get her by playing Part 2 Chapter I, but she’ll also be in Battlesuit Supply. She’s a PSY character who deals fire damage with her Rocket Hammer. Her basic attack is capable of a three-hit combo and is called Gently Wakes Up Sleeping Hearts. Her skill is Secretly Sweeping Away Obstacles and hits enemies multiple times either on the ground or in the air, and this can be weapon-enhanced if she has the Hammering Feel buff. Her Ultimate is Quietly Blasting Open Shut Doors and deals AOE damage while also possibly dealing more damage if the player mashes the action button. She also has the Astral Ring Skill Carinae: Secretly Relying on the Rite of Oblivion, which uses Quantum Mech Energy to hit harder.

There’s yet another new Shonen Jump manga series to ready, with Super Psychic Policeman Chojo now available worldwide. People can read it in English on MangaPlus or Viz Media, as this is a simulpub release. 

As the title suggests, this is something of a buddy cop comedy with supernatural elements. Meguru Chojo is the “super psychic policeman” in question, and his partner who we follow in the first chapter is the ordinary, but extremely capable, Nao Ippongi. The game begins by explaining that psychic investigators use telepathic and precognitive powers to solve crimes, and Meguru is someone who ended up as a cop instead of with the CIA or FBI. The two are stationed in Kabukicho, and Nao quickly learns the downside of working with such an individual and that the team takes “absolutely no pride in” him. The rest of the chapter goes over Nao learning more about this “special” individual and how to work with him.

This is the second new manga to appear in Shonen Jump in February 2024. Astro Babyalso made its debut. It also features supernatural elements, as a strange virus tied to a meteorite causes abnormal, cannibalistic behavior in those affected and the lead is a young soldier protecting the baby of a woman he loves.