#PQube

[englishotomegames]

I*CHU: Chibi Edition, a rhythm action / visual novel joseimuke idol game, will be released in English for the Nintendo Switch by PQube!

The game is currently set to release on Amazon on September 26th, 2024, but this date has not yet been confirmed.

"Guide 32 aspiring idols towards their ultimate debut. Play rhythm action games to unlock characters and create your own groups. Follow the characters’ journeys through the main story and support them through their struggles!

Visual Novel – As a teacher and producer, it’s your job to support the boys on their journey to becoming an idol. Explore their individual stories, and help them follow their dreams.

Endless Talent – 32 idols into nine separate groups! Different styles of music and performances, choose your favorite or love them all equally! Rhythm Action: Fast-paced and exciting rhythm action mechanics revolutionized for the Nintendo Switch, choose touchscreen or controller input!

Star Studded – Over 80 original songs featuring top Japanese voice actors. Experience their beautiful voices whilst you play to ensure your idols are putting on successful shows!

Gacha Without The Microtransactions – Successfully complete shows to unlock currency to scout idols. Choose your favorites from the line-up to create your own original group – all without spending a penny in microtransactions!

Increasing Difficulty – Are you a god at rhythm action or a newbie dipping your toes? From Normal, all the way up to Nightmare mode, prepare to challenge yourself!

Endless Talent

Your time as a producer has come! Aspiring idols need guidance on their journey to stardom and only you can provide it.

Created by a renowned talent agency, Etoile Vie School is a special academy designed to teach and train idols to be. 32 idols-in-training, also known as “I-Chu” have been chosen to attend this academy and are all working hard towards their major debut.

Explore These Unique Characters

Separated into stylistically different groups, each idol has their own individual aspirations and unique personality, but with challenging hurdles ahead they must find the right way to understand and get along with each other.

Guide the Idols to Stardom

Enter you! It’s your job as their teacher and producer, to guide these unique characters, through their struggles and stresses, helping them make music and resolve issues, to become the ultimate idols in the music industry!"

[satoshi-mochida]

B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA coming west for Switch, PC

From Gematsu

PQube will release MAGES.-developed boy idols visual novel B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA for Switch and PC via Steam in the west, the publisher announced. A release date was not announced.

B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA first launched for Switch on September 30, 2021 in Japan, followed by iOS and Android on February 10, 2022.

Here is an overview of the game, via PQube:

Become the representative of the famous B-Project in this unforgettable idol visual novel. Support a group of 14 idols from their humble beginnings through to stardom. Befriend them, influence their music and help them through their turbulent lives as they follow their dreams.

Sparkling Visual Novel – Full of brightness and color, B-PROJECT RYUSEI*FANTASIA is a visual novel which follows the lives and careers of the idol group “B-Project.”

Become an Idol A&R – Support these idols towards their dreams in the role of an A&R (Artist & Repertoire) where you are their representative and the expert in their artistic development.

14 Different Idols to Represent – Each with different personalities, likes, and dislikes, but all with the same dream, pick your bias or stan them all.

Original Music – Enjoy exclusive B-Project music, with all the original songs by the very idol boys you represent.

Interactive Mechanics – Your phone is your gateway to nurturing your relationship with the idols, don’t miss your chance to respond to messages and calls!

Voiced and Animated – Voiced by famous seiyuu, let the idols beautiful voices take you away and watch their lively animated reactions.

Endless Magic – With two different possible endings, 14 character epilogues to explore, and many CGs to unlock, the replayability is high.

Sparkling Visual Novel

Put your headphones on and get swept away with this colorful visual novel experience. Do you love boybands, JPop? Have you ever dreamed of being the driving force behind a successful idol group? Well now you can experience it in visual novel form!

Become an Idol A&R

Step into the hardworking role of A&R (Artist & Repertoire) to the talented idol group, B-Project. Take 14 young members under your wing, each with different personalities and struggles. It’s your job to support them, help them grow, and allow them to flourish! Discover the beginnings of the different idol groups—KITAKORE, MooNs, THRIVE, and KiLLER KiNG. Learn about their trainee days and the struggles they faced on the path to success. Follow the story as they join together to become one group, B-Project, and stand on Japan’s brightest stage.

Interactive Mechanics

Your phone is your gateway to nurturing your relationship with the idols. Be sure to keep an eye on it—as responding to messages and answering calls will allow you to better understand the idols under your wing.

Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first English screenshots at the gallery.

Announce Trailer

[blerdyotome]

PQube to Release B-Project Ryusei*Fantasia on PC and Switch

Exciting news for joseimuke fans, PQube announced today that they will be releasing the MAGES Inc. idol visual novel B-Project Ryusei*Fantasia on Steam and Nintendo Switch! B-Project is a cross media production revolving around the fictional virtual idol group that spans several anime series, manga, drama CDs, and more. Become the A&R of the famous B-Project in this unforgettable idol Visual…

[cocotome]

PQube is localizing I*Chu Chibi Edition for Switch!! Pre-order link in the tweet~

[b3crew]

REVIEW | "KonoSuba! Love For These Clothes of Desire!" | B3crew.com

It’s not the best visual novel out there, but KonoSuba! Love for These Clothes of Desire! is still more fun than being swallowed by a giant toad.

[gebo4482]

Tormented Souls 2

Reveal Trailer

Website / Steam

[shiawase-rina]

Welp PQube is scummy as hell.

Stealing diversity grants meant for their indonesian indie devs.

I hope the devs get their publishing rights back and can publish their game without PQube

[flojocabron]

A little late, but my black friday order from videogamesplus arrived. That's what happens when you get stuff from Canada in winter. But they've also had good sales lately, so they must be busy. I had to scale back too, and remove a few things, narrowing it down to these games. And the temptation is still there too. As they got more sales and new titles to offer. I bought a decent variety, mostly anime related. Ps3, Ps4, Xbox One, and Switch. I'm happy.

[lackadelic]

Okay, I just tried the demo for this game and it's really unique, apparently already out on switch, and it looks like very few people are aware of it.

The art style is unique, the music is cozy, and the characters seem fun, and has a very dreamy vibe, if this interests you, it has a demo on Steam now and is $20 on Switch, highly recommend checking out!

[bookishlyvintage]

Some screenshots from Potion Permit, my latest addiction!

[capsulecomputers]

Tormented Souls II Announced for 2024 Release

The impressive indie horror game Tormented Souls will soon be getting a sequel as PQube and Dual Effect have announced that they are planning on releasing Tormented Souls II sometime in 2024 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. 

[sequentialplanet]

Video Game Review: Labyrinth of Zangetsu

  The Switch is a safe haven for dungeon-crawler fans. The genre is known for hardcore RPG play and being somewhat inaccessible to new players, so the hybrid console makes dungeon-crawler much easier to pick up play than the other available consoles. This has led to many remakes, remasters, and new dungeon-crawling games for the hardcore crew to sink their teeth into. Labyrinth of Zangetsu is the…

[satoshi-mochida]

Class of Heroes 1 & 2: Complete Edition launches April 26

From Gematsu

Dungeon RPGs Class of Heroes: Anniversary Edition and Class of Heroes 2G: Remaster Edition will launch digitally for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam on April 26 worldwide, developer ACQUIRE announced.

In North America and Europe, both titles will also be available as the physical Class of Heroes 1 & 2: Complete Edition bundle for PlayStation 5 and Switch. Pre-orders are available now at Amazon, Play-Asia, and other retailers.

In Japan, each title will cost 2,980 yen. The Switch version of Class of Heroes: Anniversary Edition is also already available. (It launched on April 26, 2018 in Japan.)

Class of Heroes: Anniversary Edition(Steam)

About

The hit JRPG dungeon crawler returns, remastered! As a first year student at Particus Academy, you must study hard and train even harder. Build up a cohort of students, educate them in the art of evasion and train them in the fundamentals of combat. Select the right harmony of classes, skills, and courses for your students, to give them the perfect edge over the challenging dungeons. Preparation is key, with hordes of enemies awaiting you around every corner, you can’t take them all! A true hero knows when to fight and when to flee!

Key Features

Student Specialization – Choose the name, gender, class, alignment and course for your students. Allocate points against various capabilities to decide the strengths of your vanguard and rearguard.

Let’s Not Fight – Affinity amongst students is crucial for a team that works well together, especially in sticky situations. Pay attention to different class-alignment affinities, to ensure your party gets the boost it needs.

Monsters, Monsters, Monsters – Strong, weak, and hidden monsters lurk around every turn of the dungeons. Tailor your team’s attacks to deal with theirs and be sure to run away when you’re unprepared!

Dicey Dangerous Dungeons – With more than 75 dungeons that change every time you enter, you’ll never get bored of getting lost! From different terrains to different buildings, fill out your map and track it in your special yearbook.

Resource Management – Broken sword? Shiny coin? From priceless treasures to worthless trash; manage your dungeon haul, sell for some sweet coin or save for another adventure.

Get Crafting – From power stones to war hammers, the vast number of recipes alongside the flexible alchemy system allows you to transform items found in the labyrinths, or customize your current weapons attributes.

Class of Heroes 2G: Remastered Edition(Steam)

About

A call for brave adventurers awaits at the doors of Crostini Academy. Prepare yourself for a remastered classic dungeon crawler, full of exploration, combat, and endless opportunities. Take advantage of the classes and quests available to build the ultimate, hardy cohort of students! Build your perfect roster and handpick out your ideal party of 6 students to storm the labyrinths. Mix and match from 10 races and 18 classes, each with their own unique skill sets. Crawl through over 100 labyrinth maps facing over 250 potential enemies. Don’t forget to collect artefacts, explore inter-dimensional travel and conquer adversity. You determine the standard you thrive at, take note of recipes for weapons, potions, and any upgrades necessary. Within this year, groups of excited students will walk through the doors of Crostini Academy to learn the tools of the trade and leave as the next Class of Heroes! Do you have what It takes?

Key Features

Over 250 Enemies – Enemies hunt your every forward and backward step within the dungeons. From clusters of small enemies, to terrifying beasts, there is only one way to defeat them all.

Over 100 Dungeon Maps – The twisting, maze-like paths that form the labyrinth are never quite the same, with different terrains and environments for your students to learn to conquer, experience builds true heroes.

Over 90 Equippable Items – The best battlers are those prepared. With plenty of choice for weaponry, armor, and ability-granting accessories, you’re never alone with protection at your side.

Three Different Schools – This time there’s different schools to visit and each school has its own host of interesting characters, and even more interesting courses which your students can take!

Countless Combinations – With 10 different classes, 18 different courses, 3 different alignments, the possibilities for creating the perfect cast of students is seemingly endless.

Over 200 Alchemy Recipes – Collect recipes and get crafting! The items you find in the labyrinths can help you weather different storms.

Watch a new trailer below.

Release Date Trailer

[blerdyotome]

Rhythm-Action Idol Visual Novel 'I*CHU: Chibi Edition' Coming to Nintendo Switch in English

Idol lovers rejoice! Fresh on the heels of their B-Project Ryusei*Fantasia announcement, publisher PQube just revealed they’ll be releasing another idol visual novel, I*CHU: Chibi Edition on the Nintendo Switch. Guide 32 aspiring idols towards their ultimate debut. Play rhythm action games to unlock characters and create your own groups. Follow the characters’ journeys through the main story and…

[ryanmoody]

Video Games of 2023:

A record of games I have beaten in 2023.

Game number 13: Gal Guardians: Demon Purge (Switch - 2023)

[fganniversaries]

6 years ago today, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 was released on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 at NA & EU. It was developed by Arc System Works and published by Aksys Games (NA)/PQube (EU).