So long as it’s not delayed again
There’s a strange sense of déjà vu that comes with writing this article. After all, I really can’t help but feel as if I’ve already written something about aEuropean and Australian release dateforFate/Extella: The Umbral Star. Of course, circumstances change andgames can get delayed, as was the case with this title.
Thankfully, it doesn’t look like fans of theFatefranchise andMusou-like games in Europe and Australia will have to wait particularly long in order to get their hands onFate/Extella. Marvelous Europe has announced that the game will be available in those regions for both PlayStation 4 and Vita in January 2017. At this point, no specific dates have been confirmed, just a relatively wide-reaching timeframe.
Alongside news of this announcement, Marvelous Europe has revealed a rather nice looking collector’s edition forFate/Extella. The “Moon Crux Edition,” which you can view below, will contain:
Sadly, this does mean that Europeans and Australians will need to import a Japanese collector’s edition ofFate/Extellaif they really want to get their hands on the“oppai mousepad”that comes with that version of the game. With that said, the omission of the mousepad was to be expected. After all, it didn’t make it into the North American collector’s edition ofFate/Extella, either.
Another thing of note is that the European and Australian collector’s edition ofFate/Extellalooks almost exactly the same as the North American“Noble Phantasm Edition”of the game, despite having a different name. The main point of differentiation appears to be related almost entirely to the box art.
Now that we’ve got a (hopefully) finalised release window forFate/Extella, I’m really hoping that Sony will soon announce that it will make theutterly adorable PS Vitabased on the game available to Western consumers. A man can dream, I suppose.
