Fate/Extella Link is coming to Switch on January 31, 2019 in Japan for 7,980 yen, multiple retail listings reveal.
The Switch version of the Fate series action game will be playable in TV mode, handheld mode, and table mode. The four-versus-four online team multiplayer previously limited to the PlayStation 4 version will also be playable with the addition of local multiplayer (one Switch unit per player in the same room). New to the Switch version are “Punipuni Costumes” for Nero, Tamamo no Mae, and Altera.
Fate/Extella Link first launched for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in Japan in June 2018, and will launch in North America and Europe in Q1 2019. Western publishers XSEED Games and Marvelous Europe have yet to announce plans to localize the Switch version.
Here is an overview of the game, via XSEED Games:
About
Picking up right where the 2017 smash hit Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star left off, Fate/Extella Link adds 10 Servants to the original roster of 16. The high-speed action gameplay has been refined, and players will battle their way through massive invading armies to protect the virtual world of SE.RA.PH from an invading force. Players on PlayStation 4 can now engage in massive four-on-four online battles with up to seven other players. Foes will quiver at the True Name of players’ Noble Phantasms as they assume the role of their favorite Servant.
Key Features
• Combatants from Across the Fate Universes Join the Fray – In addition to the 16 original Servants from Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star, 10 characters from other Fate series will enter battle as playable Servants, including Astolfo, Scathach, and Francis Drake.
• Hunker Down in Base Camp – Players can move freely around their army’s base camp—a medieval cathedral raised into the sky—and interact with their Servants to build meaningful bonds.
• Polished Graphics and Battle Mechanics – Players can experience refined combat mechanics and graphics through the game.
A few new tidbits of information have come in from the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu.
• The “Punipuni Costumes” included with the Switch version will also be released as downloadable content for the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita versions for 500 yen.
• The Switch version will support subtitles for other language(s). Our source did not specify which language(s).
• There is a bonus for users with save data from Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star
Marvelous has released a new trailer and screenshots for Fate/Extella Link introducing the “Tropical Set” costumes that make up the first set of downloadable content launching alongside the game today in Japan.
Here is an overview of both the first and second downloadable content releases:
DLC Lineup No. 1: Tropical Set (Japanese Release Date: June 7 | Set Price: 1,840 yen)
Nero Claudius Costume: “Passionate Bikini” (400 yen) – has illustration variation
Tamamo no Mae Costume: “Beach Flower” (400 yen) – has illustration variation
Charlemagne Costume: “Heroic Surf Pants” (300 yen) – does not have illustration variation
Francis Drake Costume: “Big Sis’ Splendid Summer Vacation” (400 yen)
Elizabeth Bathory Costume: “Fresh Blood Demon Girl of the Beach” (400 yen)
Jeanne d’Arc Costume: “Cool & Sporty” (400 yen) – has illustration variation
DLC Lineup No. 2: Resort Set (Japanese Release Date: June 14 | Set Price: 2,080 yen)
Altera Costume: “Wild Swim” (400 yen) – has illustration variation
Astolfo Costume: “Sparkly and Frilly” (400 yen) – has illustration variation
Scathach Costume: “Beach Crisis” (400 yen) – has illustration variation
Arjuna Costume: “Shiva’s Bathing Outfit” (300 yen) – does not have illustration variation
Gawein Costume: “Sun Set Sun” (300 yen) – does not have illustration variation
Artoria Pendragon Costume: “Summer Uniform” (400 yen) – has illustration variation
Medusa Costume: “Masked Gorgon” (400 yen) – has illustration variation
Fate/Extella Link launched for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita today in Japan, and is due out this fall in North America and Europe.