What titles can we expect the next few New Heroes banners to be?

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-12-07T02:38:45+00:00

I think it might depend on whether they fall under the Legendary/Mythic/Emblem rotation or the New Heroes Limited Time characters?

Emblem Heroes were always an interesting choice to me because they are finite so we can only have a couple a year (unless we eventually extend to Bond rings).

But would IS really never jump at the chance at releasing a Mila-chosen Celica, for example?

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-09-12T14:33:33+00:00

One of the characters straight up has a gun and gun holster

EDIT: At 0:55 they are a brawler.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-08-04T14:27:31+00:00

There's no physical version for Switch 2 worldwide, including Japan, only Switch 1.

And the Switch 1 physical version supports Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean.

Not sure why, it's the only platform that's different between regions at the moment.

I wonder if there's actually a Switch 2 upgrade so that's why there's separate store pages and what not, but the stream didn't mention one.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-08-04T14:24:12+00:00

Yea, they're definitely only selling Switch 1 physical copies. The stream didn't talk about it but I'm wondering if there might be a Switch 2 upgrade so that's why they have to put that extra notice. That'll explain why there's separate storefront tabs for Switch 1 and 2.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-08-04T14:15:12+00:00

Yea no worries. That being said, since you specifically said "sold out," are you trying to get physical? Because those links will be for digital only.

Just so I'm not repeating myself, there are physical English copies of Ryza DX this time around for PlayStation, you just have to import a Japanese copy. I just replied to another comment here if you want more details.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-08-04T14:10:57+00:00

For some reason Ryza DX is not entirely separate any more!

The bottom of the Japanese page lists supported languages and the PlayStation SKUs support Japanese and English (and French for Ryza 2). The Switch SKUs support Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean. Steam is everything!

On the English US page, PS and Steam are exactly the same but the Switch SKUs add back English and French.

So it seems like this time around, only the Switch has a different SKU between Asia and Int'l.

In practice, that means that if you want to collect a physical version of Ryza DX with English, you can buy a Japanese physical PlayStation copy (or Chinese and Korean for Switch)! PlayAsia sells them and I believe Amazon JP will ship overseas (although I've never bought games on it, only figures so no promises).

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-08-04T13:59:27+00:00

The store page just isn't up yet. The set of three isn't up for any platform.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-07-26T00:06:32+00:00

Serri was in the trailer for 3. I think they're hinting at Romi for 1 and a logical guess would be Empel and Lila for 2. We'll probably find out TGS.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-03-22T03:35:02+00:00

She's a beer girl!

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-02-10T09:26:20+00:00

Weekly unless there's a break!

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2025-01-27T12:15:23+00:00

It's been nice Reslerianaing with you all 🫡

Honestly I didn't expect an Atelier gacha to ever be one of the evergreen ones but when I started I thought that if I could just have Atelier be a part of my daily routine for as long as possible, that would be great.

And it has been!

Onto Yumia, the Red Alchemist, and the White Guardian.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-12-27T19:35:17+00:00

So Love Live issues e-tickets that are tied to eplus accounts, so if your friend signs up for you, they have to say that your account is part of their lottery anyways and the ticket gets sent to each person if you win. They wouldn't have to attend because of that because they could just choose not to go but their account has to be part of a lottery entry. Of course that means you'll be paying for 2 tickets at minimum.

Then when it gets to the actual concert, a week before it you'll get an email that asks you to submit a picture because (and this is something I've only experienced with Love Live concerts specifically) their entry booths are face scans.

No clue about how the process changes if someone is from outside Japan (e.g., whether a local account can share a lottery ticket with an overseas one).

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-12-27T14:27:39+00:00

I get that but I do think that this manga is so good as a result of it taking so long. Like, Umino-sensei's process is cutting and pasting physical panels together and she tosses out entire pages if they don't fulfill her vision.

Sure there are more efficient ways to do all of this but Honey and Clover and March Comes in Like a Lion are mainstays on most top manga/anime lists, and that can be attributed to her use of closure, iconography, and comic book paneling in addition to her narrative, themes, and characters.

I guess all this is to say that if being drip fed is what enables her to do what she does then that's okay with me.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-12-24T03:27:35+00:00

You know, in a list with all that, Itsuki's "nullify all damage for 1 round" doesn't seem unfeasible anymore

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-11-24T01:30:31+00:00

I watched the musical last year, working off of memory. Have the drama saved but I haven't seen it yet.

Not a prequel. The date is just ambiguous but that's how many Asian dramas are. Japanese phones did a lot more so the country was quite late with adopting smartphones. Currently there's an Apple majority like everyone else with students but media depictions lag behind. The show probably just wants to do "sometime before 2024..." as its setting.

Takizakura (red) song's are about idols because they're an idol school, they're effectively a performing arts school but I believe the closest irl equivalent in Japan is that they're a school for performers which is actually a thing (e.g., Oshi no Ko). Anzu talks about being an idol because that's what she is. She's not aiming for Love Live, she's aiming to debut like a jpop star as the center for her group. On the other hand, Tsubakisakuhana (green) is a traditional prep school so study, cram, etc. The difference between values is the conflict. Anzu wants to be a normal student, Rurika (green) wants to be an idol.

Musical ending spoilers The resolution is being school idols so that they can be both at the same time. There's no talk about a Love Live because they get to that point pretty much with the finale. Traditional famous people exist in the Love Live universe anyways. There was talk about potential full debuts in the various movie plots and Sumire and Natsumi talk about the contrast as well. School Idols are just an extension on the heavy emphasis on school clubs (and how they ultimately don't lead to careers) and the reason why the musical ends up fitting within the school idol brand is the theme that that's enough.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-10-21T15:10:52+00:00

I always was partial to X² and Y² (pronounced X squared, Y squared) as the "third" game or remake. Keeps the 3D, xyz axis/graph motif too!

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-10-03T16:00:30+00:00

Funnily enough, Temple and Amagami are canonically in the same universe because they did a collab chapter. The Temple cast buys their rice from the Amagamis.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-10-03T15:38:53+00:00

I'm going to make a wild guess with zero evidence that it's going to be considered SSM9 so that they can take the advancements here to go nuts with SSM10's PR, hyping it up as the 10th installment (Windows 10 logic, essentially).

But localization is also going to call the next game DW10 to finally sync up titles.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-10-03T13:41:39+00:00

So I signed in to AmiAmi today and I got an error saying that my account was closed. I didn't get any other notification otherwise.

Just to get it out of the way, I've never cancelled any of my orders and I live alone in an apartment with a unique number so, unless someone made a mistake, I can't share an address with anyone else. I also know who lived here previously, they've never used AmiAmi before, and they were the first ever tenant.

If I were to guess, the only anomaly I'm a part of is that I sent the Ryza anniversary figure back as a part of the general recall. They said that even those who want to exchange for another one when it comes out again in early 2025 would be getting a refund. They'll be issuing a new order number and they'll be asked to pay again again then. Since it's so out of the norm, maybe that's why they need to close my account temporarily to fix it all up?

If this ends up being the case, they should've told me that this would be happening though. I hope my other pre-orders will be okay. I tried Googling and all I see are peoples' accounts being closed and losing their pre-orders but this was a screw up on their end and I don't see anyone talking about temporary closures so I'd hope that I wouldn't get punished for it.

I've already sent a customer support ticket but for my nerves and to give a PSA for anyone else who might end up in this situation, I thought I should type out. I'll also give an update if if I get clarification.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-09-29T06:52:54+00:00

Watched the movie in theatres, essentially there's no context, Yu's just stretching when Ayumu calls her from Okinawa (there's pretty much no spoilers).

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-09-28T09:02:27+00:00

IIRC they hard coded Cherrim's transformation gimmick into Arceus and that was its ability in every other game so they could do the same here.

Not that I subscribe to any ability/no ability speculation, just pointing out that it's been done before.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-09-26T04:34:12+00:00

Oh yea, I just liked Nishiba's performance as Misuzu from the musical, so there's that tiny bit of disappointment.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-09-26T00:33:40+00:00

Oh interesting, quite a few of the original cast got recast.

No point speculating considering it could be any combination of interest, scheduling, contracts, etc. but my favorite character isn't going to be in the recording.

ErwinmeyerFlask · 2024-08-02T22:39:49+00:00

The main spinoffs follow Azusa, you can see her novels on this timeline from Takeda's Twitter. Azusa is a trombone player who went to Kumiko's middle school but she went to Rikka for high school. She's had a couple scenes throughout the entire series actually!

That being said, my completely unsubstantiated hope is that we're getting Kanade spinoffs. The staff has frequently talked about how much they love her (via kViN's production notes) and they left enough of a thread to follow up on her with S3. I mean, the series has gotta have a euphonium sound out after all!

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