Atlus x Vanillaware's gem of a dramatic adventure, "The 13th Air Defense Circle," will be released for Nintendo Switch on April 14, 2022 (Thursday)!

The Nintendo Switch version of Atlus x Vanillaware's gem of a dramatic adventure, "The Thirteen Machine Defense Sphere," will be released on Thursday, April 14, 2022.

The game is a dramatic adventure from the team of "Atlus" (Odin Sphere and Dragon's Crown) and "Vanillaware" (Vanillaware).

After its release on PlayStation(R)4 on November 28, 2019, the game was temporarily in short supply as word of mouth and appreciation for its unpredictable and detailed storyline that made people want to "erase their memories and play again from the beginning" expanded.

The game became a hot topic among game creators, filmmakers, and others in the entertainment industry.

When a sale of the DL version was held in September 2021, the game trended on Twitter even though it had been on sale for about a year and a half.
It has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide, which is unprecedented in recent years for a Japanese-made adventure game.

Now, in response to requests to play the game on a portable device, a Nintendo Switch version will be released on April 14, 2022.

Nintendo Switch "Thirteen Machine Defense Sphere" Features

<All-in package for a great price
All-in package includes "Digital Secret File," a PlayStation(R)4 version downloadable luxury edition bonus, and "Digital Artworks," a first-arrival purchase bonus!
The "Digital Artworks" includes additional illustrations drawn after the PlayStation(R)4 version was released! The packaged version comes with a "newly-drawn reversible jacket"!

DLC Benefit 1: "Digital Secret File

This DLC bonus file is full of fun features only available in this special edition, such as "magazine-style articles from the 1980s," "newly drawn illustrations," "mazes," etc. Every page is a "Vanillaware creation! Full-page digital booklet produced by Vanillaware.
The booklet is a digital booklet produced by Vanillaware, and contains 132 pages, including character rough designs and other unrecorded and treasured setting drawings!

DLC Benefit 2: "Digital Artworks" ■■DLC Benefit 2: Character Animations (including data not included in the game)

A "moving" digital art book that allows you to view/play character animations (including data not included in the game) and enjoy full-size illustrations!
In addition, a total of nine new illustrations have been added, including a gorgeous image illustration drawn after the PlayStation(R)4 version was released and a newly-drawn reversible jacket illustration for the Nintendo Switch package version!

Reversible Jacket" bonus for the packaged version

The package jacket is reversible! The illustration on the back side was newly drawn!

Additional Elements in the Game

＜Additional Armament

Two types of armaments (26 types in total) have been added for each main character to use in battles in the "Collapse Arc".
Some of the armaments are shared with other characters.

Saddle
Arm piercing cannon (a piercing machine gun that attacks monsters in a certain range in front of it, ignoring their armor)
High-power plasma arc fusion machine (the fusion machine deals extreme damage to a single ground-based Kaiju, ignoring its armor, and slows its movement)

■Yakushiji
High-pulse laser (fires a beam over a wide area in front of it, dealing damage that ignores armor)
Penetrating Multi-Lock Missile (fires a missile within a specified range, dealing damage that ignores armor. The Kaiju will be slowed down)

Sekigahara
Hurricane Rush (A high-speed barrage of attacks is launched with both fists. It attacks the surrounding Kaiju multiple times.)
(Launches a large number of missiles at ground-based monsters within a specified range.)

■Winter Slope
Expanding Rocket Gun (fires a large number of rockets at a specified range in the distance)
Plasma Smasher (projects plasma at ground monsters in the forward area, damaging them without regard to their armor and slowing them down)

Miura
E.M.P. long-range missile (fires a missile that generates an electromagnetic pulse at a specified range in the distance. Flying monsters will fall)
Wide-area bombardment (bombs are released toward a specified area in the front to attack the flying monster)

■South
High-precision machine cannon (fires a barrage of shells at a narrow forward range, dealing damage that ignores armor)
Wide rail gun (uses electromagnetic induction to fire a mass projectile at ultra-high speed over a wide area in front of it, attacking the Kaiju)

■Net Mouth
Point Lock Missile (fires missiles at monsters within a specified range to attack them. The Kaiju are slowed down.)
Enhanced Generator (increases the EP, POW, and range of the attacking armament)

■Takanomiya
Quad-leg spikes (The spikes on the legs are continuously driven into the Kaiju, releasing an electric shock. The monster becomes overheated)
Active Cooler (reduces the time required for allies within a specified range to re-act by 50%)

■ Hijiyama
Anti-air Demolish Blade (one-armed rock cutter slices through flying Kaiju in front of it, inflicting massive damage that ignores armor)
Reinforced actuator (increases the amount of movement before attacking with armaments by 1.3 times)

■Yogetsu
Ultra-long-range missiles (fires a number of long-range missiles at a specified range in the distance to attack the Kaiju)
High-performance charger (decreases the time it takes to recover EP when defending and increases the amount of EP recovered)
*Common with Ogata

Ogata
High-performance charger (decreases the time it takes to recover EP when defending and increases the amount of EP recovered)
Wide-area suppression rocket (fires many rockets at ground monsters within a specified range. The movement of the monsters will be slowed.)
Common to Kisaragi

Shinonome
Hacking missiles (fires missiles that hijack the AI of monsters in a specified area)
Random ground shot (Shoots many rockets randomly into the surrounding area, dealing damage that ignores armor)

■Go Noboru
E.M.P. Spikes (Shoots electric blasts by launching spikes on its legs. Surrounding flying monsters will fall)
Teleportation field (Instantly moves allies in the designated area to your vicinity)

<English voice
English voices are included in the game. English voices are included in the game.

Product Information】
■"Thirteen Soldiers Defense Circle"
Genre: Dramatic adventure
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Release date: April 14, 2022 (Thursday)
Number of players: 1
CERO: C (for ages 15 and up)
Price: 7,678 yen (including tax)

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