Atlus releases a new trailer for genre-mashing sci-fi mystery epic, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim ahead of the game's western release. This is one of several major releases that Atlus has planned, as a translated internal document revealed Persona 5 Scramble will also be getting a western release.

In a new trailer, Altus tries its best to educate fans on the 13 intertwining stories that make up 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. The game follows kaiju fan Juro Karabe, a dreamer named Iori Fuyusaka, an amnesiac named Ei Sekigahara, the snooping Tomi Kisaragi, a punk named Nenji Ogata, guardian Megumi Yakushiji, a character described as "war-torn" Keitaro Miura, sci-fi fan Natsuno Minami, soldier Takatoshi Hijiyama, Yuki Takamiya who is the leader of a gang, playboy Shu Amiguchi, an agent named Ryoko Shinonome, and Renya Gouto who is looking for answers.

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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will pull all 13 of the characters together as they find themselves stuck in the middle of a war between mechas and kaiju. Fans do get to see a few of the relationships forming between the characters in the trailer, with Juro seen talking to Keitaro and Nenji seen talking to Takatoshi. However, while Atlus did confirm that 13 Sentinels would launch with English voice-acting, these conversations are all in Japanese.

The trailer may not reveal everything that 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will be able to offer, but fans are excited about the game's western release. The game is the first new IP from developer Vanillaware since the company released Dragon's Crown back in 2013. Vanillaware has released several games since then, such as Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir, but these have been remakes of other games that it has developed.

13 Sentinels: Aegis is also an odd concept as it doesn't just have a single genre. The offers side-scrolling gameplay and adventuring, real-time battles, light RPG gameplay as players can upgrade and level up their Sentinels.

With so many different parts, the new game from Vanillaware and Atlus seems like a bit of a difficult one to pin down. With a large group of potential characters for players to fall in love with, with deep and personal character relationships and what seems to be a fairly substantial amount of gameplay, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim sounds like it could be a big hit with fans of Persona. It's unclear whether the game will also hit that series sales figures, but the talk around the title from fans looks positive.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will release worldwide on September 22nd, 2020 exclusively for PS4.

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