Akiba's Trip To Have Dual Audio And More!
Read the full press release after the break
From XSEED Games:
XSEED Games Confirms Dual Audio for
AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed, the Company’s Largest Voice-over Project to Date
XSEED Games, the independent-minded console publishing brand of Marvelous USA, Inc., today confirmed that
AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed,
currently being localized for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment
system and PlayStation® Vita handheld entertainment system, is the
company’s
largest voice-over project to date with nearly 10,000 lines recorded
for its English-language debut. The publisher, favored by fans for its
commitment to the top-notch localization of Japanese games, has pulled
out all the stops in order to capture the energy
and culture of Tokyo’s electronics district, Akihabara, which includes
familiar landmarks and popular stops such as maid cafés and more. To
aid players in experiencing this virtual Akihabara as they see fit,
XSEED Games has confirmed
that AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed
will feature dual audio, allowing
players to select freely between this newly-recorded English voice track
and the original Japanese voice track.
An additional feature
being newly added for the North American release – set for summer 2014 –
is the inclusion of illustrated “strip portraits” for all prominent
male side characters, providing equivalent gender
balance alongside the game’s existing female portraits. Once these have
been viewed during normal gameplay, players may also use them as
wallpapers for their in-game smartphones.
In AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed,
players work to repel a brooding malevolence that has suffused Tokyo’s
popular electronics district, Akihabara (Akiba
for short), which has been painstakingly remodeled in the game to
resemble its real life counterpart. Akiba has been invaded by creatures
known as “Synthisters” who prey on the otaku patrons of Akihabara like
vampires, but feast on their will to live and energy
to socialize rather than their blood. Only direct exposure to sunlight
can destroy the Synthisters, and it’s up to players to ensure that
that’s just what they get. If only it weren’t for those pesky clothes
protecting them from the sun’s harmful rays…
That’s where the
protagonist and his companions come in. It’s their task to roam this
sanctuary of anime and gaming fanatics, identify the outwardly human
Synthisters with the help of a handy smartphone app, then
beat and pull at them until they’ve been relieved of their clothes,
exposing them to sunlight and sending them to the netherworld. Everyday
objects from baseball bats to comic books to motherboards can be used as
weapons, and players can take their enemies’
unique clothing for their own personal use as well.
AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed tells
the story of a young man named Nanashi who was lured
into a trap and transformed into one of the walking undead. Lucky
enough to be spared the worst of his fate by the kiss of a mysterious
Synthister hunter named Shizuku, Nanashi is sworn to rid Akihabara of
the Synthister threat. Together with his friends from
an organization unofficially dubbed the “Akiba Freedom Fighters” (as
well as his cute yet socially awkward little sister), Nanashi and
Shizuku must uncover the truth behind the Synthister plague and save
Akiba from being overrun by their kind.
Developed in Japan by ACQUIRE and receiving a Gold Award by Famitsu upon its Japanese release, AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed will
be released in North America by XSEED Games this summer on the
PlayStation®3 system and PS®Vita. XSEED Games will share more
information in the coming months. This title has not yet been rated by
the ESRB.
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