Sunday, 26 April 2015

This Week's PSN EU/AU PSN Releases, JRPG Style! (26/4/15) + 5000 Views!


Why hello!

You may have noticed no PSN post last week and that was because I couldn't get into the PSN for some reason. From what I've heard there was some sort of maintenance, but PSN wasn't offering any explanation so I just kind of dealt with it. So, unfortunately there will be no update post for the PSN for last week, but here is this week's!

This week's PSN update saw unfortunately no new releases in Japanese game land, but there are a bunch of DOA5 Last Round DLC items and arcade games are on sale this week to keep you busy, including one of my personal favourites from Arc System Works, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.

Enjoy and thank you for stopping by!~ <3

Ps. JRPG Jungle has over 5000 views now! That's such a progression from when I started taking this blog and my writing more seriously as of last year. Thank you so much to anyone who reads this blog. You're awesome and you keep me motivated! :)

DLC

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (PS3)

Paid:
  • Aloha Ayane
  • Aloha Hitomi
  • Aloha Kasumi
  • Aloha Mila
  • Beach Party Sarah
  • Beach Party Kokoro
  • Beach Party Leifang
  • Beach Party Momiji
  • Last Getaway Sarah
  • Marie Rose's Private Paradise
  • New Challengers Honoka
  • New Challengers Marie Rose
  • New Challengers Nyotengu
  • New Challengers Phase 4
  • Ninja 2015 Ayane
  • Ninja 2015 Hayabusa
  • Ninja 2015 Hayate
  • Ninja 2015 Kasumi
  • Ninja 2015 Costume Set
  • Nyotengu's Private Paradise
  • Premier Sexy Costume Honoka
  • Premier Sexy Costume Marie Rose
  • Premier Sexy Costume Nyotengu
  • Premier Sexy Costume Phase 4
  • Premier Sexy Costume and Movie Set
  • Showstoppers Christie
  • Showstoppers Helena
  • Showstoppers Lisa
  • Showstoppers Tina
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (PS4)

Free:
  • Costume Catalog 1
Paid:
  • Aloha Ayane
  • Aloha Hitomi
  • Aloha Kasumi
  • Aloha Mila
  • Beach Party Kokoro
  • Beach Party Leifang
  • Beach Party Momiji
  • Beach Party Rachel
  • Last Getaway Pai
  • Last Getaway Sarah
  • Last Getaway Costume Set
  • Marie Rose's Private Paradise
  • New Challengers Honoka
  • New Challengers Marie Rose
  • New Challengers Nyotengu
  • New Challengers Phase 4
  • Ninja 2015 Ayane
  • Ninja 2015 Hayate
  • Ninja 2015 Hayabusa
  • Ninja 2015 Kasumi
  • Ninja 2015 Costume Set
  • Nyotengu's Private Paradise
  • Phase 4's Private Paradise
  • Premier Sexy Costume Honoka
  • Premier Sexy Costume Marie Rose
  • Premier Sexy Costume Nyotengu
  • Premier Sexy Costume Phase 4
  • Premier Sexy Costume and Movie Set
  • Showstoppers Christie
  • Showstoppers Helena
  • Showstoppers Lisa
  • Showstoppers Tina
Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires (PS3, PS4)

Paid:
  • Castle and Scenario Pack 2
  • Edit Parts - Equipment Set 2
  • Edit Parts - Equipment 4
  • Edit Parts - Equipment 5
Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd (PS3, PS Vita)

Paid
  • Ha2une Miku Module
Deals
  • Dead or Alive 5 Plus (PS Vita)
  • Final Fight: Double Impact (PS3)
  • Galaga Legions DX (PS3)
  • Guilty Gear (PS3, PS Vita, PSP)
  • The King of Fighters XIII (PS3)
  • The King of Fighters XIII Gold Edition (PS3)
  • Neogeo Heroes -Ultimate Shooting- (PS Vita)
  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3)
  • Sonic the Fighters (PS3)
  • SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny (PSP, PS Vita)
  • SoulCalibur II HD Online (PS3)
  • SoulCalibur V (PS3)
  • Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max (PSP, PS Vita)
  • Street Fighter x Tekken (PS3, PS Vita)
  • Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition (PS3)
  • Tekken (PS3, PS Vita, PSP)
  • Tekken II (PS3, PS Vita, PSP)
  • Tekken 6 (PS Vita, PSP)
  • Tekken 6 + SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny (PS Vita, PSP)
  • Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3)
  • Ultra Street Fighter IV (PS3)
You can check out these games and more at the Playstation Network Store.
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With my pick of the week being Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, what's yours?
I love hearing your thoughts, so please comment below or send a tweet to @JRPGJungle and follow if you want to keep up the content we post. Thanks for stopping by!


Please note the content available is subject to change by region and the content listed in this post is based on the European/Australian PSN at the time of writing.

Saturday, 11 April 2015

This Week's PSN EU/AU PSN Releases, JRPG Style! (12/4/15)


Hello, hello!

Super sorry this is late again! As I mentioned on Twitter, while it's no excuse, I've been in a little funk as of late. Don't know if it's lack of sleep or other problems getting to me, but I've been super sluggish and lame lately. Gotta fix that! I have been enjoying Final Fantasy Record Keeper a lot lately though, so I'll write something about that soon for you guys. :)

Onto the topic of this post - this week's PSN updates! This week feature's the new Atelier game and also Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters arriving on PS Vita. There are plenty of deals, most of them finishing on the 16th, so if you see something you like and don't want to miss out on the deal, you know what to do!

Have a good week everybody!

New Releases
  • Atelier Shallie ~Alchemists of the Dusk Sea~ (PS3)
  • Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters (PS Vita)

DLC

Atelier Shallie ~Alchemists of the Dusk Sea~ (PS3)

Paid
  • Additional Character: Escha
  • Additional Costume: Colseit Uniform
  • Additional Costume: Flower Pareo
  • Additional Costume: Passion Dress
  • Atelier Series Special BGM Pack
  • Costume Pack 2


Dynasty Warrior 8 Empires Free Alliances Version (PS3, PS4)

Paid
  • Custom Character Slots 5
  • Custom Character Slots 6
  • Edit Parts - Female Equipment 1'
  • Edit Voice - All Set
  • Edit Voice - Female Set
  • Edit Voice - Female 1
  • Edit Voice - Female 2
  • Edit Voice - Male Set
  • Edit Voice - Male 1
  • Edit Voice - Male 2
  • Edit Voice 3


Hatsune Miku - Project Diva F 2nd (PS3, PS Vita)

Free
  • Genius (Intelligence) UI Skin (Free until 5/12/15)
  • Kaito (Gothic & Snow) UI Skin (Free until 5/12/15)
  • Requiem (Blue Rose) UI Skin (Free until 5/12/15)

Paid
  • Campus Module (For Kaito)
  • Classic Module (For Kaito)
  • Hatsune Miku Cute Module
  • Kagamine Rin Cute Module
  • Promise (Song)
  • Rosary Pale (Song)
Avatars
Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters - Character Avatars

Paid
  • Sawako
  • Tomokiyo
  • Yuki
Deals

  • Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed (PS3, PS4, PS Vita)
  • Arcana Hearts LOVE MAX!!!!! (PS3, PS Vita)
  • Ayesha Atelier Plus with Bonus (PS Vita)
  • Demon Gaze (PS Vita)
  • Digimon All-Star Rumble (PS3)
  • Dragon Ball Z - Battle of Z (PS3, PS Vita)
  • Dragon's Crown (PS3)
  • Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition (PS4, PS Vita)
  • Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends (PS3)
  • Fairy Fencer F (PS3)
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection (PS Vita)
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia: Victory (PS3)
  • Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle - Joestar offer (PS3)
  • One Piece: Pirate Warriors (PS3)
  • One Piece: Pirate Warriors - Grand Line Edition (PS3)
  • One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3)
  • One Piece Unlimited World Red (PS3, PS Vita)
  • Muramasa Rebirth (PS Vita)
  • Natural Doctrine (PS3, PS4, PS Vita)
  • Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)
  • Resonance of Fate (PS3)
  • Sonic Generations (PS3)
  • Sonic Unleashed (PS3)
  • Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God (PS Vita)
  • Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (PS Vita)
  • Tales of Hearts R + 6 Tales of franchise Costumes Set! (PS Vita)
  • Tales of Symphonia (PS3)
  • Tales of Symphonia Chronicles (PS3)
  • Tales of Symphonia Dawn of a New World (PS3)
  • Tales of Xillia (PS3)
  • Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3)
  • Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord (PS3)
  • Touch My Katamari (PS Vita)
  • Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition (PS3)
  • Virtue's Last Reward (PS Vita)
  • Virtue's Last Reward: Complete Collection (PS Vita)
  • Yakuza: Dead Souls (PS3)
  • Zone of the Enders - HD Collection (PS3)

You can check out these games and more at the Playstation Network Store.
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What's your pick of the week from the PSN? I would pick Atelier Shallie or picking up some of the Tales of games that are on sale this week.
I love hearing your thoughts, so please comment below or send a tweet to @JRPGJungle and follow if you want to keep up the content we post. Thanks for stopping by!

Please note the content available is subject to change by region and the content listed in this post is based on the European/Australian PSN at the time of writing.

The Platinum Trophy Journey: Trigger Happy Havoc: Danganronpa


Following my time playing and reviewing Danganronpa, I quickly made the decision that seems to only happen with my favourite PS Vita game stories - I didn't want to leave that world yet and a good excuse to continue play was getting the Platinum Trophy.

About a year ago I did Platinum Trophy info posts for Persona 4 Golden and Gravity Rush that lightly touched the surface of my platinum trophy experience. Without entering 'trophy guide territory' (PlaystationTrophies and it's contributors already do a brilliant job at this), I still wanted to give a little guide to people going for this platinum because I made a lot of uneducated mistakes in my experience so I'd like to help you avoid doing the same.

How long it took to Platinum (according to psnprofiles): 1 week, 5 days and 12 hours. If you're looking for an hour count estimate, I was silly and didn't realise clicking the info button on my save file would display how many hours I had done until my post-platinum playthrough. As an estimate based on that, I would say I spent around 50 hours between my first playthrough and tying up loose ends specially for the Platinum trophy.

My Trophy Advice
The trophies I've categorized below are all the different trophies you need to receive the 'Despair's Last Reward' Platinum Trophy.
Story Trophies


You don't need to do anything that special for these. Just playthrough each chapter, complete the trials and enjoy the game!

From Zero to Hero - Finished the Prologue
One is the Loneliest Number - Finished Chapter 1
Two of a Kind - Finished Chapter 2
Three's A Crowd - Finished Chapter 3
Four by Gore - Finished Chapter 4
Five Alive - Finished Chapter 5
All's Well That Ends...Umm... - Finished every chapter

While these trophies are pretty self-explanatory, I did refer to this very spoiler-free guide if I was low on health during the class trials.

Report Card Trophies



Report Card trophies are achieved by hanging out with each classmate in any of the Story Chapters or School Mode until you finish their friendship arc and finish their Report Card (which you can access in the menu). Each Report Card is a different length, with the longest one at 9 pages long.

Psychic - Filled in every page of Sayaka's report card
Hope Peak's Confidential - Filled in every page of Kyoko's report card
Memoirs of a Fashionista - Filled in every page of Junko's report card
The Devil Wears A High School Uniform - Filled in every page of Kiyotaka's report card
The Game Hungers - Filled in every page of Byakuya's report card
Rebel Without A High School Degree - Filled in every page of Mondo's report card
Almost Almost Famous - Filled in every page of Leon's report card
Lost in Scanslation - Filled in every page of Hifumi's report card
The Sixth Nonsense - Filled in every page of Yasuhiro's report card
GoodFellows - Filled in every page of Chihiro's report card.
Mystic Donut - Filled in every page of Aoi's report card
Stranger's In A Brain - Filled in every page of Toko's report card
Lovesport - Filled in every page of Sakura's report card
The French Disconnection - Filled in every page of Celeste's report card
Mr Know-It-All - Filled in every page of every character's report card

It is impossible to complete all the Report Cards in one playthrough of the main story, so there's not much need to worry about this in your first playthrough. You can replay the story to complete them, but an easier way is to do this is while playing and leveling up your characters in School Mode.

To speed up completing the report cards it is possible to give each character presents. However, if you haven't received the 'Ooh, For Me?' trophy or 'Seriously, You Shouldn't Have' trophies (listed in the Monocoin Related Trophies in this post), I would advise saving your Monocoins as it makes those two trophies more time consuming. The presents are not an essential part of completing the Report Cards, so it's up to you if you want to use them or not.

SP Trophies



I put these near the Report Card Trophies, because you will probably achieve these as a result of filling in the report cards. You earn SP most times you spend time with a classmate (unless you receive an trial ability), so expect these to come naturally.

Skilling 'Em Softly - Cleared the 10 SP threshold
Skilled or Be Skilled - Cleared the 20 SP threshold
Ghostface Skillah - Cleared the 30 SP threshold

Trial Trophies - Standard



These are earned by playing through each trial particularly well. A quick note - despite descriptions, multiple sites (PSNProfiles and PlaystationTrophies) have stated it only takes fulfilling the trophies requirements in one trial rather than all trials. I can vouch as well that I only needed to fulfill the trophy requirement in one trial rather than all of them, so these are easier to achieve than they sound.

What's A Mistrial - Cleared every class trial without having to retry
You Must Acquit - Cleared every class trial without taking any damage
Not From Concentrate - Cleared every class trial without using your concentration skill a single time
The Color of Television - Destroyed 100 white noise lines across all class trials
Tuned to a Dead Channel - Destroyed 500 white noise lines across all class trials

If you need help with any of the trials, I again recommend referring to this guide. These trophies are mostly self explanatory, but are time consuming because of the average length of the trials, even while fast-forwarding though everything. I did most of these by replaying the first trial, as it is by far the most straight forward case.

School Mode



School Mode trophies can only be achieved after finishing the main story once. After finishing the main story, this School Mode mini-game will unlock. The trophies for School Mode do require a little more effort, but because your stats do carry over each playthrough, the mini-game gradually gets easier.

School's Out for Summer - Cleared School Mode once
School's Out Forever - Saw every possible School Mode ending

Completing School Mode requires a little more strategical planning than the other trophies. The mini-game is based around resource collection and management, along with keeping up with cleaning and making sure you keep your characters energised to avoid them entering rest mode. A strategy that seemed to work for me was constantly having 2-3 cleaners on every day that I also gave all cleaning buffs to. On top of this, after completing each of the Monokuma Spares, I would spend time gathering resources and creating 10 of each of the Processed Goods (and then 10 more if I finished that). This allowed me to be ready to easily make any Monokuma Spare and kept a good amount of materials in my inventory. Put simply, I recommend having an assigned cleaning team and stocking up on Processed Goods after completing your assigned tasks. It makes every other task a lot easier to gather resources for, because you already have a good amount of them.

As for the School Mode endings, these are obtained by taking the classmates on Trips around the school in a Dating Sim style. Each interaction involves conversation options that help determine how much a classmate likes you. For the trophy, you need to achieve each character's ending by having positive date experiences with them until they have 10 hearts on Monokuma's friendship chart. The great thing about this is it's possible to get more than one classmate's ending in one playthrough, so go on as many trips as possible in each playthrough until you get 10 hearts and then repeat the process until you've dated and done that with all still students cause you're super monogamous like that.

Upon finishing each ending, you will receive a special present (heh) from each of the students that will be worth holding on for when going for the Seriously, You Shouldn't Have trophy.

Monocoin Related Trophies



I put together all the Monocoin, present and gallery-related trophies here together because they're all essentially connected by the spending and receiving of Monocoins, which you receive in game by investigating certain areas, completing trials and School Mode as many times as you like.

Nine Coins, Nine Purses, Nine Bears - Collected 999 Monocoins
Ooh, For Me? - Collected 50 unique presents
Hey, Big Spender - Enjoyed the excitement of the Mono Mono Machine 100 times
Seriously, You Shouldn't Have - Collected every possible present
Rogue's Gallery - Unlocked all gallery items

This set of trophies isn't hard, although they're all time consuming and perhaps a little tedious, so I'll describe this set in more detail.

Nine Coins, Nine Purses, Nine Bears may pop after trying to get the School Mode trophies because School Mode gives you 200 Monocoins upon completion, so I would recommend getting as many Monocoins as possible while trophy-hunting in School Mode. A big tip is to not spend any Monocoins until this trophy pops as your coin count is not accumulative and will only pop the moment you have 999 Monocoins in your inventory at one time.

Ooh, For Me?, Hey, Big Spender and Seriously, You Shouldn't Have all tie in together, because you'll probably pop the first two while working towards Seriously, You Shouldn't Have. This trophy revolves around the Mono Mono Machine, which makes this a difficult trophy to write about because it is based around chance. While the more coins you put in the Mono Mono Machine, the more chance you get of not doubling up on presents, I would recommend putting your coins in one Monocoin at a time until you have all of the presents you can gain from the Mono Mono Machine as you won't waste as many coins this way. You'll know you have all the presents you need as you'll see the odds of getting a double of a present go to 100%, which means you're done. The rest of the presents are received by completing all of the classmates endings in School Mode and getting their special present when you talk to each of them one last time before leaving the school.

I left the Rogue's Gallery trophy for last as it includes a sneaky locked Easter Egg gallery photo for those who have the 'Man's Fantasy' present, which can be gained while playing the Mono Mono Machine. Once you own the Man's Fantasy present, to unlock the secret item you need to replay chapter 3 up to the scene where the girls go to the bath house without the boys. With the 'Man's Fantasy' present, Makoto will decide to take a peek at the girls in the bathroom, which unlocks a hidden artwork for the item gallery. Once you've unlocked that, it's as simple as spending your Monocoins on each gallery item until you have them all. If you run out of coins, you can replay School Mode or one of the trials to get more.

Finally, after all that you will receive 'Despair's Last Reward', the Trigger Happy Havoc: Danganronpa Platinum trophy! w00t!

The platinum is by no means easy, but compared to a lot of other platinum trophies, it's pretty easy as long as you know what to do. I hope this helped someone! Good luck and happy platinum hunting!

Don't have the game yet? You can purchase Trigger Happy Havoc: Danganronpa at Play-Asia.

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What's the last game you platinumed?
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Friday, 3 April 2015

This Week's PSN EU/AU PSN Releases, JRPG Style! (4/4/15)



Hello hello!

Welcome to this week's Playstation Network update post, where I fill you in on the latest media hitting the PSN for fans of JRPGs and other Japanese games.

In my searching for new goodies in the PSN store, I found a strangely large amount of avatars, a lot of good deals on some must have Japanese Games (Freedom Wars!), some DLC and an extremely worthwhile demo of Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines which has recently been featured on a lot of big gaming websites.

I'm really excited to try out Oreshika, it looks like a really unique game and I really just watch to see what it's gonna make my own face and lineage look like in video game form. Surely everyone is interested in seeing what a game thinks their fighting heirs would look like, amirite?

Here is the list below, have a lovely week all!


Avatars
Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines

Character Avatars:
  • Abe no Seimei
  • Kochin (Winter)
  • Kochin (Summer)
  • Kitsuto
  • Nueko
  • Avatar Bundle with all of the above Oreshika avatars

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters:
Character Avatars
  • Chisuga
  • Chizuru
  • Harukichi
  • Hosui
  • Iku
  • Kojiro
  • Masumune
  • Moichi
  • Sayuri
  • Take and Ume
  • Tei
  • Tessen
Under Night In-Birth

Character Avatars
  • Akatsuki
  • Byakuya
  • Carmine
  • Chaos
  • Eltnum
  • Gordeau
  • Hilda
  • Hyde
  • Linne
  • Merkava
  • Nanase
  • Orie
  • Seth
  • Vatista
  • Waldstein
  • Yazuriha
DLC

Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines:

Paid:
  • Tonkararin Pack
  • Kiri no Mashuu Pack

Toukiden: Kiwami (PS4 and PS Vita)

Free:
  • Mitama - Ichimonji Mari
  • Mitama - Oda Nobunyaga
Free Demos

Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines Demo

Themes
Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines Theme (Free!)

Deals
  • Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed (PS Vita, PS3, PS4)
  • Arcana Heart 3 Love MAX!!!!! (PS Vita, PS3)
  • Atelier Ayesha Plus with Bonus (PS Vita)
  • Demon Gaze (PS Vita)
  • Digimon All-Star Rumble (PS3)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (PS Vita, PS3)
  • Dragon's Crown (PS3)
  • Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition (PS Vita)
  • Fairy Fencer F (PS3)
  • Freedom Wars (PS Vita)
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection (PS Vita)
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia: Victory (PS3)
  • Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle - Joestar Offer (PS3)
  • Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite (PSP, PS Vita)
  • Muramasa Rebirth (PS Vita)
  • Natural Doctrine (PS Vita, PS4)
  • Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)
  • One Piece: Pirate Warriors (PS3)
  • One Piece: Pirate Warriors - Grand Line Edition (PS3)
  • One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (PS3)
  • One Piece: Unlimited World Red (PS Vita, PS3)
  • Resonance of Fath (PS3)
  • Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God (PS Vita)
  • Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (PS Vita)
  • Tales of Hearts R + 6 Tales of franchise Costume Set! (PS Vita)
  • Tales of Symphonia (PS3)
  • Tales of Symphonia Chronicles (PS3)
  • Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World (PS3)
  • Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3)
  • Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overload (PS3)
  • Touch My Katamari (PS Vita)
  • Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition (PS3)
  • Virtue's Last Reward (PS Vita)
  • Virtue's Last Reward: Complete Collection (PS Vita)


You can check out these games and more at the Playstation Network Store.
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What's your pick of the week from the PSN?
I love hearing your thoughts, so please comment below or send a tweet to @JRPGJungle and follow if you want to keep up the content we post. Also, feel free to leave a photo of your Oreshika clan below. :) Thanks for stopping by!

Please note the content available is subject to change by region and the content listed in this post is based on the European/Australian PSN at the time of writing.