XSEED Gmes has released a new trailer for Akiba’s Beat focused on the action RPG’s story.
The trailer also offers a glimpse at the game’s Akihabara-inspired environments, party-based action battle system, and hand-drawn art style.
The publisher also launched the official English website for Akiba’s Beat, where you can read up more on the game’s features, characters, and gameplay.
Here’s an overview of the story, via the official website:
NEET: Short for “Not in Employment, Education, or Training.”
Typically considered to be underskilled shut-ins who live by themselves in humble yet comfortable apartments, NEETs are known to mooch off their parents’ good will to play video games and watch anime all day instead of looking for work.
Asahi Tachibana is a textbook NEET, living a lazy, cozy life in Akihabara, the infamous Tokyo suburb renowned for its proliferation of anime and video game merchandise, maid cafes, pop idols, and all other forms of counterculture indulgence. To him, every day is Sunday, and every Sunday is a fun day.
Little does he know, however, that every day is about to become Sunday for real! Caught in a temporal loop, where the day restarts as soon as it ends, Asahi is one of only a chosen few whose memories don’t reset with it. He and his merry band of time-displaced losers must now scour Akihabara for signs of “delusions” – people’s innermost fantasies made manifest, changing the cityscape and the behavior of its citizens alike. It is the duty of this ragtag team (whether they like it or not) to infiltrate and destroy these delusions, restoring the natural order of Akiba in the vain hope that each loop may be their last.
During the course of this increasingly improbable quest, Asahi and his companions will unravel a deep, twisted mystery that blurs the line between the physical world and that of mankind’s innermost desires. Can this band of misfits restore normalcy (or what passes for normalcy) to Akihabara? Or will they succumb to the will of the enigmatic pink-caped man, who seems to be the key to everything…?
Akiba’s Beat is due out for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita on May 16 in North America and May 19 in Europe.
Akiba’s Beat Launches May 16 in North America, May 19 in Europe
Akiba's Beat Release Date and Trailer Revealed!
XSEED and PQube are pleased to announce that Akiba’s Beat will be releasing for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in North America on May 16 and in Europe on May 19, 2017!
Developed by Acquire, Akiba’s Beat is an action RPG with a musical twist set in an accurate but stylised recreation of Akihabara.
Mysterious events are taking place in Akihabara, the world-famous district of Tokyo where technology and culture meet. Twisted by a sinister presence, the people’s memories, hopes and dreams manifest in reality and warp Akiba in strange ways, the town is now stuck in a time loop, causing dangerous distortions in the very fabric of space and time!
Befriend the colourful characters of Akiba and form your team to take on fantasies come to life, become the champion of Akiba and restore the town to its rightful state in this exciting new Action RPG!
Features
• Get into the action with an exciting real-time battle system.
• The battle is your stage – turn fights into your own music video with Imagine mode.
• Akihabara recreated - Explore Akiba in a perfectly mapped 1:1 version of this legendary district.
• Imaginative dungeon worlds based on the delusions of others - from music fans to Idol obsessives.
• Incredible art and expressive animation truly brings the characters to life.
• Arm your crew with clothing and accessories bought from stores in Akihabara to boost their stats and increase the odds in their favour.
• Collect hundreds of computer upgrade parts from across the town to enhance your weapons.
• Boost your stats even further with collectible trading cards.
• Choose your jam - Collect character theme songs and in-game pop hits, and play them in battle to provide your party with a newfound burst of power.
• Dual audio - Choose between Japanese and English audio.
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PQUBE Ltd is pleased to announce that Akiba’s Beat, the new action RPG from Japanese developer Acquire, is coming to Europe in spring 2017 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita and is getting a Limited Edition.
The Limited Edition of Akiba’s Beat will include a high-quality art book and a special box and will be available from selected retailers only across Europe.
Get the Akiba’s Beat Limited Edition exclusively from GAME in the UK.
Set in an accurate but hyper-stylised recreation of Akihabara, the world-famous district of Tokyo where technology meets culture, Akiba’s Beat is an action RPG with real-time party based combat. As dark forces descend on the town, the people’s memories, hopes and dreams manifest in reality and warp Akihabara in strange ways, threatening the very fabric of space and time!
It is up to self-professed NEET, Asahi Tachibana, to lead a rag-tag group of chosen ones to take on the freakish manifestations of Akihabara in this action RPG. Meet Akiba’s colourful characters and form your best team to take on fantasies come to life!
Check out #AkibasBeat on social media! For more information and the latest news, follow us on twitter.com/PQubeGames at www.twitter.com/PQubeGames, and on Facebook at facebook.com/pqube.