[EVO Japan 2024]Cygames, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Nishitani booth report!

Japan’s largest fighting game festival was held from April 27th (Friday) to April 29th (Monday), 2024.EVO Japan 2024 presented by ROHTO(hereinafter referred to as EVO Japan 2024)”
This timeCygames,bandai namco entertainment(hereinafter referred to as Bannum),Mr. NishitaniWe’ll show you what’s going on at the booth!

Cygames booth

Cygames booth

Cygames develops “Granblue Fantasy Versus -Rising-“, which has been selected as the main tournament title for “EVO Japan 2024” and “EVO 2024”.

Merchandise sales

The booth sold smartphone shoulders, stickers, mobile batteries, and apparel goods such as caps and T-shirts.

Cygames booth

Furthermore, at the Cygames boothLate May 2024A preliminary preview of the immortal ultramarine “Beatrix”, an additional character scheduled to be released in 2018, was also held.

On the PC game platform “Steam”From 2:00 a.m. on Friday, April 26, 2024 to 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2024A sale is underway.
If you purchase “GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink” and the Steam version “Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising” at the same time15% off all togetherIt will be.
Those who only have one of the titles will also be eligible for a discount, so be sure to check it out!

Bannum booth

Bannum booth

Speaking of Bannum, it’s the latest work in the series “Tekken 8” after about 9 years!
At the “EVO Japan 2024” final, there was also a surprise announcement of the second season 1 playable character “Lydia Sobieska”.

Bannum booth

Bannum booth

Bannum booth

Bannum booth

At the booth, various goods related to Tekken were sold, including stickers, acrylic stands, fans, and T-shirts.

Bannum booth

A collaboration figure between SHFiguarts and “Tekken 8” will also be on display.
Jin Kazama is scheduled to release in June 2024, and Kazuya Mishima is scheduled to be released in July 2024, and reservations are currently being accepted.

TEKKEN8×Angel CLOVER

TEKKEN8×Angel CLOVER

This is a collaboration watch between the fashion watch brand “ANGEL CLOVER” and “Tekken 8”!
Although little information has been revealed on the special collaboration page, it is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2024.

Nishitani booth

Nishitani booth

The booth of Mr. Nishitani, the creator of “Final Fight” and “Street Fighter II” and CEO of Arica Co., Ltd., attracted a particularly large number of people compared to the surrounding area.
On the first and second days of “EVO Japan 2024”, a talk show was held in collaboration with the YouTube channel “Harada’s Bar” by Tekken Project Chief Director Katsuhiro Harada.

Nishitani booth

Throughout the two days, fighting game discussions were held with Taisuke Ishiwata of Arc System Works Co., Ltd., Yasuyuki Oda of SNK Co., Ltd., EVO director MarkMan, Kohei Ikeda of Bandai Namco Studio Co., Ltd., and others.

All the booth footage from the two days will be streamed on the YouTube channel “Harada’s Bar”!
You can watch the archive footage even now.

There are many stories that you can only hear here, such as “What about the collaboration between Guilty Gear and Ganryu (Tekken)?” “Is Mihara-san a crazy person?” “What will happen to the fighting game world in the future?”

The moment I thought it was going to be a talk limited to Nara residents again.#dogura #Katsuhiro Harada #EVOJ2024 #Nishitani booth #Harada no Baapic.twitter.com/fvbkpNwNlw

— Harada’s Bar／Harada’s Bar (@HaradasBar) April 27, 2024