{"id":5759,"date":"2017-11-20T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/shinobi_refle_senran_kagura_arrives_on_the_switch_this_week_in_japan"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:45:00","slug":"shinobi-refle-senran-kagura-arrives-on-the-switch-this-week-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/20\/shinobi-refle-senran-kagura-arrives-on-the-switch-this-week-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura Arrives on the Switch This Week in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Nintendo revealed HD Rumble back in January and gave initial hands-on impressions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/1-2-switch\"><strong>1-2-Switch<\/strong><\/a> we marvelled at its fidelity; as an effect it&#8217;s been used well in various ways, with highlights perhaps being racers like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/fast_rmx\"><strong>FAST RMX<\/strong><\/a>. Of course, the subtle capabilities of the rumble can be utilised in various ways, with <strong>Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura<\/strong> going an <em>interesting<\/em> route.<\/p>\n<p>This download-only Senran Kagura &#8216;dating sim&#8217; spin-off was revealed only in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/08\/video_heres_what_senran_kagura_looks_like_on_nintendo_switch\">Japanese version of an April Nintendo Direct<\/a>, with the HD Rumble pitched as simulating various sensations by touching and bonding with the girl on screen. It makes absolutely no secret of the fact it&#8217;s a mature game, with Marvelous using phrases like &#8220;chest-throbbing chronicle&#8221; in promotional material. The core gameplay is all about developing a relationship through various massages and &#8216;reflexology&#8217;. Its Direct video effectively sums up the kind of experience it&#8217;ll offer.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s launching this week in Japan, on 24th November &#8211; as the eShop is region free anyone will be able to access it, though the dialogue will go over the heads of those that can&#8217;t speak Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>It certainly shows cultural differences between territories &#8211; the Senran Kagura series as a whole has caused division in Europe and North America, while there&#8217;s little fuss around its release in Japan, albeit with ratings doing their job. We doubt this will ever be localised, but\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/gal_gun_2\">Gal Gun 2<\/a><\/strong> will be, as one example. It can also be argued that game ratings are in place to identify mature games, and on a broader note <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/nintendo_is_reportedly_eager_to_see_more_mature_games_on_the_switch\">Nintendo is reportedly eager to see more mature games on Switch<\/a> to expand the system&#8217;s audience.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura may get people talking once it arrives later this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Nintendo revealed HD Rumble back in January and gave initial hands-on impressions of 1-2-Switch we marvelled at its fidelity; as an effect it&#8217;s been used well in various ways, with highlights perhaps being racers like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and FAST RMX. Of course, the subtle capabilities of the rumble can be utilised in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}