Tactislayer Gets a Release Date

Ninja Studio and D3's upcoming DS SRPG, Tacticslayer: Litigard Senki, has been rather quiet lately, but D3 announced late last week that the dress-girls-up-in-strange-outfits SRPG will be available in the land of the rising sun this April.

For those who totally missed this innovative title, well, uh, you get to dress girls up in strange outfits and then fight on an isometric grid in turn-based strategy battles. Yeah, that's pretty well the whole point.

If that sounds like your thing, I would say its time to brush up on your Japanese, as the likelihood of a North American release is pretty damn close to zero. Then again, I doubt you need much language skill to be able to select a new costume from a menu.

Tacticslayer: Litinagard Senki will be available for Nintendo DS on April 30, 2009 in Japan.

D3 Announces Tactislayer

The video game industry is always looking to expand, to broaden its horizons, to push the creative envelope. Well D3 Publisher of Japan and Ninja Studio (makers of the Izuna series, among other games) have teamed up to create Tacticslayer: Litinagard Senki (Record of the Litinagard War).

Tacticslayer finally merges the worlds of cosplay and SPRGing together into one convenient package, urging players to "Dress up girls and fight," a catch phrase so inspiring, so epic, that it is a incredible that it hasn't been coined sooner.

Described by the developers as a "Cosplay Battle Tactics Simulator," Tacticslayer follows the exploits of several high school girls as they battle to save the mysterious world of Litinagard. Also, they can wear a lot of different clothes.

For those interested in knowing more, here is the debut article on Famitsu, as well as D3's official page for the game.

Tactislayer: Litinagard Senki will be available on Nintendo DS in Japan sometime this winter. If it ever gets localized in North America, I promise to pre-order 2 copies out of complete disbelief.