Today is a special day: Iām taking my mom to an open air concert in Maastricht, a beautiful city in the south of our country. AndrĆ© Rieu and his orchestra is performing tonight in what promises to be a big event. Rieu is Dutch, aĀ violinist and conductor best known for creating theĀ waltz-playingĀ Johann Strauss Orchestra. Together they have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act, as successful as some of the biggest global pop and rock music acts.
Now Iām not normally into classical music, but I can tell you from experience from visiting the concert two years ago: itās a real happening, the scenery in the Roman city is very fitting and the atmosphere is breath taking. It really gives you goosebumps. My mom is in a wheelchair, so it takes some planning to go, but tonight is the night!
An another note, lots of gaming news too this week, so letās get started:
PokƩmon Go released
The fans have been avidly awaiting the release of PokĆ©mon Go for their mobile. And after some extensive field testing, the mobile game has been released in North America, Australia and New Zealand. Apparently the release is close for Canada, Europe and South America too. Pretty soon we will be able to find PokĆ©mon hiding in the real world around us and be able to catch them. When you find a PokĆ©mon Egg, it will hatch after youāve walked a set amount of distance. Youāll be able to join a team and battle. Iāve downloaded the American version just now, but I havenāt tried it yet. I did see on the internet that they send players to the strangest of places when you combine it with PokĆ©mon: lots of PokĆ©stops and Gyms seem to be in churches. Have you already downloaded your mobile game, and what are your first thoughts?
Release date for World of Final Fantasy
Not exactly news, but a game that made a blip on my radar this week because a gaming friend mentioned she was going to get it at release: World of Final Fantasy. It will be released for the PS4 and the Vita on October 25 worldwide. Now Iāve played Final Fantasy games in the past, and Iāve always like the RPGās. This new one promises the same good RPG adventure with toy like visuals. And I do love cutesy visuals as you know!
Code: Realize ā Future Blessings
If youāve enjoyed Otome game Code: Realize ā Guardians of ReBirth on the Vita like I have, thereās some good news. A follow up visual novel will be released called Code: Realize- Future Blessings. The new game will feature supplemental stories and routes set after the different endings of the original game. I always love that in books too, when an adventure full of suspense embellishes a bit about the happy ever after too. No exact release date yet, and so far itās only been announced for North America by the way.
New game after Hotel Dusk and Trace Memory
I still remember playing Hotel Dusk: Room 215 on my DS very fondly. It was the first visual novel that I played, honing my detective skills. Cing, the developer behind that game and the Trace Memory series is no more but the man behind it, Taisuke Kanasaki is going to bring us a new game together with Arc System Works. Chase: Cold Case Investigations will be released in the 3DS eShop in fall 2017. In the game you will follow detectives Shounosuke Nanase and Koto Amekura, investigating a five year old murder.Ā Some time to go before we will see any of it, butĀ still, good news.
All DLC for 7th Dragon III Code: VFD will be free for a week Last week I shared news about the release of 7th Dragon III Code on July 12 in North America, and how I wasnāt sure based on the demo. Iām still in doubt, as a gaming friend whoās opinion matters to me is enthusiastic. Plus knowing that the game includes time travel, and the fact that NintendoLife rates it with a 9 out of 10 has me tempted too.
I have a few more days to make my decision, because one thingās for sure: if you want to buy it, right upon release is a good time. SegaĀ announced they will bring 8 DLC add ons, a couple for every week till the end of July. And each of them will be free to download a week after they are released. Hereās the schedule:
July 12, 2016
Gold Rabi Outbreak! quest: Gold RabiĀ encounters. Free until July 18, 2016. $1.49 after.
Nagamimi Doll: free DLC that adds a talking Nagamimi to the playerās dorm.
Seed Outbreak! quest: Dragonsbane Seed encounters. Free until July 18, 2016. $1.49 after.
July 19, 2016
Code: Otaku!: recruitĀ 7th Dragon 2020ās Hacker. Free until July 25, 2016. $1.99 after.
Code: Student!: recruitĀ 7th Dragon 2020ās Samurai. Free until July 25, 2016. $1.99 after.
July 26, 2016
Allieās Death March: boss rush of every encounter, with the bosses at their max level. Free until August 1, 2016, $1.49 after.
Code: Lucier!: recruitĀ 7th Dragon 2020-IIās Lucier. Free until August 1, 2016. $1.99 after.
To My Beloved Unit 13: unlock classesā ultimate weapons and the Blaster Raven character. Free until August 1, 2016. $1.49 after. (Note: only available in the quest list after beatingĀ 7th Dragon III Code: VFD.)
Want to add your own trivia questions to the Gaming Ladies Quiz?
As I mentioned this week, I didnāt get around to making a new Quiz for this week about handheld gaming. I was wonder if youĀ would like to come up with a question of your own? At least youāll know for sure youāll have that answer right, by the time your questions pops up in the quiz!
Just make sure you come up with a question about gaming on a handheld device, give four answers (with only one of them being right of course) and send it to me. You can use my email addressĀ [email protected]Ā or message me onĀ FacebookĀ orĀ Twitter.
Ā Thatās it for this week. Are you exited about any of the titles I mentioned? Thanks again for reading, and sharing this excellent cup of coffee!
Gaming News with Coffee weekĀ 27 Today is a special day: I'm taking my mom to an open air concert in Maastricht, a beautiful city in the south of our country.












