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JAPAN.CNET.COM: Mixi, New Battle Game Application 「 Fight League」Opening - GACKT-san played
On June 22, Mixi’s XFLAG Studios, which developed 「Monster Strike」, started the distribution of the game app「Fight League」 for smartphones.
Supported by iOS and Android, it's based on free-to-play system. It will be released no only in Japan but also also in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau and Canada.
This work is a "Tag battle Entertainment" new game which allows you to enjoy playing 2 vs 2. Players organize a team with 10 fighters, placing a fighter in a field of 10 squares. If you defeat the opponent's leader first, you will win. In the game there are also elements such as chains (linkage) which happen if you attack together with the ally-friend
On this day, according with distribuition of the game, the opening declaration event was held. In addition to the main theme of the game「BE THE BEST TOGETHER」performed by the shamisen player Tsugaru and Yoshida Brothers, the artist GACKT-san and the comedian duo Taka & Toshi attended to the opening game
GACKT-san joined by a partecipant who was randomly selected between people who applied in advance, played against the duo Taka & Toshi
Source: japan.cnet.com
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
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4GAMER.NET: How did the opening game clash between GACKT-san and Taka & Toshi go?
XFLAG Studio's New Game "Fight League"Press Conference Report. How did the opening game clash between GACKT-san and Taka & Toshi go?
On June 22, 2017, Mixi's XFLAG Studio held a press conference for the new smartphone app 「Fight League」 (iOS/Android) in Tokyo, Japan.
In this article is presented a report of the event in which the singer-songwriter and actor GACKT-san attended together with top class celebrities including the comedian duo「Taka & Toshi」, Yoshida Brothers and the shamisen player Tsugaru.
「Fight League」is the new tag battle entertainment created by the XFLAG studio's developers of the popular game 「Monster Strike」
The content is a combination of a tag with a partner (※), the fighter is placed on the board of 12 squares, vertical 4 squares x horizontal 3 squares, and you win by defeating the opponent’s leader first. For those who want to know more about it, please refer to the following game report article.
※solo play is also possible
The free announcer who served as presenter Tsuji Yoshi Nari-san ( left photo) and the mascot character Nyanya Korobi ( right photo)
Kusui Daichi-shi, the Commissioner of the Fight League announced the opening of Fight League as a new entertainment for smartphone
Yoshida brothers playing the main theme of this work 「BE THE BEST TOGETHER」. With a powerful production by projection mapping, it became the masterpiece of the stage
On the stage, next to Kusui-shi, Kouki Kimura-shi, XFLAG studio general manager, appeared. Kusui-shi, speaking about his own title, said that he made it not only for players but also with the desire to develop it as a competitive sport that people who are watching can enjoy.
Kouki Kimura-shi XFLAG studio general manager（right photo）
The concept of this work is 「a battle game that you can get fired-up and excited over with your friend」, both parties will appeal and praise to each other . On the stage, a promotion movie containing in-game scenes was released, and the rules were introduced again.
During the game, you can play and get excited
Fight League will be delivered not only in Japan but also in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Canada
Each fighter has an arrow, and if there is an enemy in the direction of the arrow, you can attack. If there’s an ally at the end of an arrow, that ally can attack too thus creating chains.
The fight League's battle is based on a turn system in which two people in the first stage have on hand on the board. Although rules to place a fighter on the board are simple, it's necessary to consider the direction of the arrow and the position of the enemy and the ally, and it needs a certain depth of reading.
At the end of the rules explanation, Kimura-shi asked to Kusui-shi, 「What do you think about your future work?」. Kusui-shi about the future's perspective of the game, replied saying about the future「 I want to create a tournament where not only players, but the audience, and even those who don’t know the nature of this game at all, can enjoy.」.
At the end of the game introduction, 5 brands were introduced on the screen. A brand is a group of fighters used by a player and they can be combined together with the partner's brand. You will be able to enjoy an even more strategy-based battle.
18th Avenue
GGG
Athlete Creatures
Justice Professionals
TOYS of the DEAD
GACKT-san and Taka and Toshi showed a heated Fight League match in the opening
In the 2nd part of the event, the singer GACKT-san and the comedian duo Taka & Toshi appeared to open the game battle. Teams were composed on one side by GACKT-san and Hiromisu-san, who was randomly selected from 4,404 people who applied, on the other side by Taka and Toshi. Both teams talked about their enthusiasm for victory, but GACKT-san said he had been practicing all night every day for this day, and his motivation was enough
Taka & Toshi team. Taka-san on the left and Toshi on the right
Team GACKT. GACKT-san on the left and Hiromisu-san on the right
In the opening game, Hiromisu-san, who was firmly supported by GACKT-san, dominated the game since the beginning. Compared to this, Taka and Toshi tried to get out of the way with the special move 「fighting burst」but it wasn't enough. Finally GACKT-san's team, thanks a perfect cooperation with a chain, and with over half the board controlled by them, they defeated Taka & Toshi and won.
The match was staged with a projection mapping on the stage, making it look very glamorous.
GACKT Team, who won impressively, was presented with 1,000 Fight Money x 100 Fighters. The defeated Taka and Toshi team while reflecting that there weren't enough indications, asked for a revenge
Thus the event has ended. Finally, let's post the comments from the guests
Toshi-san:「I didn't get enough, but the more I do it, more I can understand it better, so please by all means give it a try.」
Taka-san:「Even beginners can do it easily, please, by all means, start to play it 」
GACKT-San：「I think that a game that you can play while communicating is something that the current era needs. I think it’s a wonderful thing to be able to be together with the people around you, and enjoy and grow together」
YouTuber HIKAKIN-san appeared in the second part of the conference. HIKAKIN-san teamed up with the guests who were selected for the lottery and enjoyed playing against the media
Source: 4gamer.net
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
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GAMEBIZ.JP: Opening battle between Taka & Toshi and GACKT-san who practiced without sleeping!?
【Press Conference】Live Perfomance by Yoshida Brothers 『Fight League』launch declaration... Opening battle between Taka & Toshi and GACKT-san who practiced without sleeping!?
Mixi’s <2121> XFLAG studio launched their new smartphone game『Fight League』in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Canada, on June 22.
In conjunction with the launch, today (June 22) at 14:00, at Tokyo’s Belle Salle Akihabara, the『Fight League』launch event was held.. On this day, the performance was done with projection mapping, and with a perspective that makes it feel like you’ve really entered the world of『Fight League』, Hiromisu-san, who was selected through the pre-registration campaign, and GACKT-san formed a tag team, and got into a heated battle against Taka & Toshi. This article is a report of the event.
▲Announcer Tsuji Yoshinari, who was the MC (picture, left), with the official『Fight League』mascot character Nyanya Korobi (picture, right).
The event started with the『Fight League』commissioner, Kusui Daichi arriving. Kusui began by saying,「XFLAG Studio is working hard everyday to achieve our mission of continuing to create battle entertainment that can be enjoyed between friends and family members in a lively manner」, then continued「To create excitement and enthusiasm, we have created new entertainment for the smartphone, and this is what we will be announcing here」, thus beginning the『Fight League』launch event.
▲『Fight League』commissioner Kusui Daichi.
Following this, the Yoshida Brothers appeared and did a live performance of『Fight League』’s main theme song「BE THE BEST TOGETHER」.
▲Melding traditional Japanese culture「Samisen」with the latest technology, projection mapping, the performance entranced the live audience and online viewers.
▲Also,「BE THE BEST TOGETHER」will be available on iTunes, Rekochoku, and mora from today onwards.
From here on, XFLAG Studio’s general manager, Kimura Kouki joined Kusui and introduced the outline of the game.
▲Both of them were members of the same company that developed the hugely popular application『Monster Strike』in it’s early stages. At that time, Kimura (picture, right) was the producer, while Kusui was the main director who led the team.
However, for this game, Kusui’s title is not「producer」but is instead「commissioner」and the reason for that, he explained earnestly, is「Like baseball, soccer, and pro wrestling, I want it to grow into a competition where both the participants and the spectators will get passionate for」.
▲This game’s concept is「a battle game that friends can get excited over」.
▲『Fight League』PV released.
【『Fight League』Overview】
Genre: Tag battle entertainment
Players: 2vs2 (solo play possible)
Platform: iOS＆Android
Release: June 22 (currently working)
Initial distribution countries: Japan / Korea / Taiwan / Hong Kong / Macau / Canada
According to Kimura, in this game, depending on the situation in battle and play-by-play situation, it is easy for even those who aren’t used to the game to understand, and it is capable of getting people excited over it.
The rules are exceptionally simple, where you win by getting the opponent leader’s HP to zero. When the characters, known as Fighters, are placed on the board they can attack and the directional arrows for each character determines their attack range.
Aside from that, he introduced Chain Arts, which is activate when when you have an ally in front of your arrow and allows you to deal a great amount of damage.
With regards to the prospects from here on, Kusui said「I want realise it as a global tournament that gets both the players and spectators passionate. The future that we have to aim for is building a tournament that even those who don’t know『Fight League』can enjoy」.
▲In addition to large-scale competitions, one of their other goals is to establish tag leagues in all communities big and small.
Kimura and Kusui then step off stage here, and the video intorducing the 5 Brands in the game was introduced. The brands categories the fighters based on the characteristics that they possess, and their「Design Motifs」were picked from real world inspirations, connecting with those to create designs that give a sense of affinity.
■「18th Avenue」
■「GGG」
■「Athlete Creatures」
■「Justice Professionals」
■「TOYS of the DEAD」
At this point, Taka & Toshi-san and GAKCT-san finall appear. GACKT-san, who sacrificed sleep to practice in the past week, said「I hate being called weak, so I’ll properly show you the results of training」, full of motivation.
▲From left, Taka-san, Toshi-san, GACKT-san.
▲In addition, Hiromisu-san (picture, right) was chosen from 4,404 general public applicants to be GACKT-san’s partner.
▲Before the battle, the Brands that they will be using are introduced. This time Toshi-san chose 18th Avenue, Taka-san chose Athlete Creatures, Hiromisu-san chose GGG, while GACKT-san chose Justice Professionals.
The key point in winning this came is to combine the wisdom of two people together.
▲You can place 2 characters in 1 turn but when you go first, you can only place one, and each turn only lasts 20 seconds. More detailed rules like these were explained.
▲Especially, with regards to GACKT-san’s moves, where he closed the gap from being attacked in the first turn and activated a chain, attacking both the leader and the opponent Fighter at the same time, it was as he said before the battle,「I was pretty into it」showing his knowledge.
During the battle, Taka & Toshi ignored the opponent Fighters on the board and focused on the leader, while GACKT-san and Hiromisu-san properly cleared the opponent Fighters and gradually got control of the board.
▲GACKT-san used the「Fighting Burst」, which is a special attack that can only be used once when the Leader’s HP falls below 2000 points. The effects of「Fighting Burst」differs between the Brands.
In the end, GACKT-san and Hiromisu-san showed perfect cooperation with a chain, and with over half the board controlled by them, they defeated Taka & Toshi and won.
GACKT Team, who won impressively, was presented with 1,000 Fight Money, or 100 Fighters, from Kusui. After the battle concluded, Hiromisu-san said「It felt great at the end when the chain was completed with a Fighter that I placed myself」.
▲On the other hand, the defeated Toshi-san said「As a duo, we’ve been working together for 22 years, so I thought that we definitely won’t lose but the gap between our individual abilities was too wide. But we’ll play it more from here on, and we’d like to battle against GACKT-san once more」, promising revenge.
At the end, with regards to his thoughts on this event, GACKT-san said,「I think that a game that you can play while communicating is something that the current era needs. I think it’s a wonderful thing to be able to be together with the people around you, and enjoy and grow together」, thus closing the event.
Source: gamebiz.jp
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA
GAME.WATCH.IMPRESS.CO.JP:「Fight League」 Launch Declaration Held! Service starts June 22
On June 22, Mixi’s XFLAG Studios held a launch declaration event for the Android/iOS tag battle entertainment 「Fight League」 at Belle Salle Akihabara.
At the event, there was a 「Launch Declaration」from the 「Fight League」commissioner Kusui Daichi and a demo play between guests GACKT-san and Taka & Toshi.
It was also announced that「Fight League」will begin service from June 22, and gameplay footage was showcased. The theme song for this game, which is provided by the Yoshida Brothers,「BE THE BEST TOGETHER」, is also being released on June 22.
Finally launched! What’s「Fight League」!
As we will be introducing an early play report and brand information regarding「Fight League」, we would like you to refer to it but here, together with newly released information, we will give a brief summary about this game again.
「Fight League」is a heated tag battle game where two people come together and use their wisdom and courage together. It’s biggest attraction is the experience of making a tag team with your friend and going through numerous battles with them, and then fostering「deep friendship and communication」with your partner in real life as well.
Fighters each have their own specialities and are divided into 5 Brands. The「Design Motif」for each Brand was made by selecting something from the real world, and creating a design with a sense of affinity with a link to that. At the same time, the Fighters have different forms and appearances along with varying arrows and superb abilities called「Fight Arts」depending on their beliefs and abilities.
The player who controls the Fighters create their own original team for each special Brand and challenge themselves in battle. As one person can only use one Brand at any one time, when they team up with a friend, they will be able to bring together 2 Brands and increase the range of strategies they can use to progress well in the game.
With regards to the method of play, first, before a battle, you create a team of 10 Fighters from the same Brand. In battle, during the player’s turn, you will choose a space in a field with 10 spaces where you will place a Fighter, and the Fighter you placed will attack in the directional arrows that they have. Also, at that time, chains where attacks between your allies are linked up can happen, and you can line up your attacks. After doing that, the turns will pass, and the first person to defeat the opponent’s leader wins.
【Types of Brands】
TOYS of the DEAD (Purple) Athlete Creatures (Green)
18th Avenue (Red) GGG (Blue)
Justice Professionals (Yellow)
「Fight League」Launch Declaration!
「Fight League」commissioner Kusui Daichi hosted the launch declaration. Kusui said that the concept of「Fight League」was,「a battle game that you can get fired-up and excited over with your friend」, and said that he would like people to not only play with their friends, but their family, acquaintances, and all kinds of people as well.
He also added that in future, similar to sports like baseball or soccer, he hopes that they can realise the popularisation of「Fight League」, and have both the players and the spectators feel enthusiastic about it. To head towards that goal,「Fight League」has been launched in a total of 6 countries and regions; Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Canada.
The game system, controls, and concepts of the Fighters were also introduced, and then it moved on to the demo play by the guests.
Demo play by the guests!
Next was the demo play between Taka & Toshi, who were in one team, and GACKT-san & Hiromisu-san, who were in another team.
At the game, Taka-san first spoke about his own weight loss, which had no link to the topic at hand at all, making people laugh. Also, GACKT said that for this day,「I practiced for a week without sleeping」, and with that enthusiasm, the one who would be his partner was Hiromisu-san who was an exceptionally lucky person selected from over 4,000 applicants from the general public.
As for the teams that they used, Taka-san picked「Athlete Creatures」, Toshi-san picked「18th Avenue」, GACKT-san picked「Justice Professionals」, and Hiromisu-san picked「GGG」. Once the actual game started, GACKT-san unerringly developed his heroes. With the way he linked up the chains and the overwhelming amount of it, along with Hiromisu-san as his support, they took the advantage.
On the other hand, as Taka-san used「Athletic Creatures」, which possess excellent attack power, he put a powerful Fighter in front of the hero and applied pressure. However, GACKT-san put a shield on his own hero, used his「Fight Burst」well, and cooperatively, with Hiromisu-san, they wiped out Taka & Toshi’s team hero. They pushed through and won.
Source: game.watch.impress.co.jp
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
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GAMEDEETS.COM: XFLAG's new game 『Fight League』 launches! Takatoshi and GACKT's opening battle report
XFLAG’s new game’s tag battles aims for fierce competition even for spectators
This game is the newest game from XFLAG Studio, which belongs to the familiar Mixi that developed 『Monster Strike』 and 『Marvel Tsum Tsum』.
In what is known as Tag Battle Entertainment, the game aims to promote it as a global competition that both players and spectators can get excited over, breaking the barriers of a game.
Kusui Daichi, known for being the main director of Monster Strike in its early stages, is the commissioner for this game. Together with the general manager of XFLAG Kimura Kouki, they spoke of the nature of this game.
The concept was 「a battle game that you can get fired-up and excited over with your friend」.
The rules of battle are simple. By putting the pieces (Fighters) that you have on hand on the board, the pieces attack in their predetermined directions, and the one who defeats their opponent’s leaders first will win.
If there’s an ally at the end of an arrow, that ally can attack too thus creating chains.
The directions of the arrows will differ based on the Fighters, and each have their own skills.
The battle has a strategic aspect to it as well. Depending on how you place them, you can attack the leader multiple times and deal damage to multiple enemy pieces as well.
Fighters that you use are categorised into 5 Brands, and there are different special characteristics that are unique to each Brand.
When you combine your Brand and your partner’s Brand together when playing in a tag team, you will be able to enjoy an even more strategy-based battle.
Brand overview
TOYS of the DEAD (Purple)
Athlete Creatures (Green)
18th Avenue (Red)
GGG (Blue)
Justice Professionals (Yellow)
In addition, the main theme song for the game, 『BE THE BEST TOGETHER』, is by the the Yoshida Brothers who perform Tsugaru-jamisen, and it is currently available on iTunes, Rekochoku, and mora.
sing projection mapping while they performed at the venue, they displayed a powerful performance, adding luster to Fight League’s launch.
GACKT, who practiced through the night, overwhelms TakaToshi!
Following the Yoshida Brothers’ performance and the talk by Kusui and Kimura, guests Taka & Toshi and GACKT arrived!
Using projection mapping, the game screen was reflected on the floor of the venue, and the world’s fastest opening game was executed.
Hiromisu-san, who was randomly selected from 4,404 people who applied, joined GACKT team in battle!
For this day, GACKT said that he was staying up all night during this week and barely slept, and having been loaded up with practice, he’s filled with fighting spirit.
In comparison, between both TakaToshi, they delivered a hilarious unrelated banter where Taka said that he lost 8kg in one month, and following this, the opening battle began.
The battle unfolds in a powerful direction using the entire stage. GACKT team, which was full of confidence since before the battle, fascinated by carrying out a stable match.
GACKT team remained dominant from start to end, and won comfortably. Compared to GACKT, TakaToshi didn’t put in enough and was defeated.
Commissioner Kusui said that they aim to grow the game and create tag leagues between school friends, club members, and all communities big and small.
He said that the future that Fight League is aiming for is to build a tournament where not only players, but spectators, and even those who don’t know the nature of this game at all, can enjoy.
Participants from the e-Sports industry also came down to the event and are paying attention to it, and depending on the number of users, there is potential for it to become a powerful title in e-Sports events.
Service begins from today onwards for 6 countries; Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Canada.
In future, it can be expected that both local and overseas events or international tournaments will be held.
Source: gamedeets.com
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
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