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Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem Crossover Game Video Previews Maiko
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Nintendo began streaming a new character introduction video on Friday for the Genei Ibun Roku#FE (Illusionary Revelations Sharp FE) Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem crossover Wii U game. The video introduces the character Maiko Shimazaki (voiced by Ami Koshimizu).
Maiko is the president of the public entertainment agency Fortuna Entertainment that gathers Mirage Masters. She is a mother-like figure to the Mirage Masters, and she is resourceful and shrewd. She is also a heavy drinker, and in her past she was a gravure idol.
Previous character introduction videos have featured: Itsuki and his Mirage partner Chrom, Eleonora and her Mirage partner Virion, Kiria and her Mirage partner Tharja, Barry, Mamori and her Mirage Partner Draug, Toma and his Mirage partner Kain, Tsubasa and her Mirage Partner Caeda, and Tiki.
The original cast thus far includes:
- Ryōhei Kimura as Itsuki Aoi
- Inori Minase as Tsubasa Oribe
- Yuki Ono as Tōma Akagi
- Yoshino Nanjō as Kiria Kurono
- Ayane Sakura as Eleonora Yumizuru
- Kaori Fukuhara as Mamori Minamoto
The cast for their respective Mirage partners, who are based on characters from the Fire Emblem series, is:
- Tomokazu Sugita as Chrom
- Saori Hayami as Caeda
- Toshiki Masuda as Kain
- Kana Akutsu as Tharja
- Hiromichi Kogami as Virion
- Ryōta Takeuchi as Draug
Other cast members include:
- Ami Koshimizu as Maiko Shimazaki (new character)
- Yūichi Nakamura as Barry Goodman (new character)
- Sumire Morohoshi as Tiki
The game is slated for December 26 in Japan and in 2016 overseas.
The role-playing game will take place in modern day Japan and will center on the various worries and troubles of the characters. In the game "Mirage" are characters from a parallel universe and "Mirage Masters" are chosen ones who will save the world.
toi8 (No. 6, MAOYU) is designing the characters for the game and Hideo Minaba of CyDesignation is handling "Mirage" design." Yoshiaki Fujisawa is handling the music.
Source: 4Gamer
