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Super Heroine Chronicle Crossover RPG's Ad Streamed

Namco Bandai Games streamed a new commercial for Super Heroine Chronicle, its upcoming "heroine melee simulation RPG," on Sunday. The ad features a handful of the characters' finishing moves and in game fighting sequences for the game. It also features the theme song "Dea x Crisis" by Yōsei Teikoku.

In the game, heroines from several franchises join forces to save the world. The list of previously announced characters include:

• Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise: Yukari Tamura as Haruka Minazuki (Red Angel), Mamiko Noto as Aoi Kannazuki (Blue Angel
• Kyousogiga: Rie Kugimiya as Koto
• Di Gi Charat: Asami Sanada as Dejiko (Di Gi Charat)
• Senki Zesshō Symphogear: Aoi Yūki as Hibiki Tachibana
• Super Sonico: Super Sonico (as herself)
• When They Cry - Higurashi: Mai Nakahara as Rena Ryūgū
• Aria the Scarlet Ammo: Rie Kugimiya as Aria H. Kanzaki
• Infinite Stratos: Yōko Hikasa as Houki Shinonono
• The Familiar of Zero F: Rie Kugimiya as Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière
• Dream Hunter Rem: Naoko Matsui as Rem Ayanokouji
• Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise: Rie Kugimiya as White Angel (Kurumi Hazuki)
• Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise: Yui Horie as Twin Phantom (Tesla Violet)
• Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise: Ryōka Yuzuki as Twin Phantom (Nine Violet)
• Kyousogiga: Eri Kitamura as Yase
• Di Gi Charat: Miyuki Sawashiro as Puchiko (Petit CHARAT)
• Di Gi Charat: Kyōko Hikami as Usada (Rabi~en~Rose)
• Senki Zesshō Symphogear: Nana Mizuki as Tsubasa Kazanari
• Senki Zesshō Symphogear: Ayahi Takagaki as Chris Yukine
• Higurashi: When They Cry: Satsuki Yukino as Mion Sonozaki & Shion Sonozaki
• Higurashi: When They Cry: Yukari Tamura as Rika Furude & Mika Kanai as Satoko Hōjō
• Aria the Scarlet Ammo: Mikako Takahashi as Shirayuki Hotogi
• Aria the Scarlet Ammo: Mariya Ise as Riko Mine
• Infinite Stratos: Yukana as Cecila Alcott
• Infinite Stratos: Asami Shimoda as Lingyin Huang
• Infinite Stratos: Kana Hanazawa as Charles Dunois
• The Familiar of Zero F: Mamiko Noto as Tiffania
• The Familiar of Zero F: Yui Horie as Siesta

The game will feature an original "Ability Destruction System" by which players can decimate their oponents' attributes mid-battle.

In addition, the game will introduce new original characters, along with Claude (Hiro Shimono):

As in many of Namco Bandai's Super Robot Wars RPGs, the characters appear in regular full-size form in some game screens, but battles takes place in super-deformed (SD) form.

The PS Vita version of the game will retail for 7,480 yen (US$75), and the PS3 version of the game will retail for 8,480 yen (US$85). The game is slated for release on February 6, 2014. The first copies of the game will bundle a "Tongue Paper Kiss Thermometer" on a stand. The stand is illustrated with the faces of the two original female characters, so when you take your temperature with the thermometer, it looks like you are kissing them.

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