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Bandai Namco has shared a ton of details about Tales of the World: Reve Unitia. You can find them rounded up below.

Story Prologue

– For as long as people have seen dreams in their sleep, there’s been a world that’s accumulated those dreams and taken shape from them
– World is known as Revaria
– Those who live in the world are known as the Lufres
– Lufres maintain balance in the world by purifying Vuur
– Vuur: the embodiment of people’s bad dreams and wavering hearts
– Things have started to change recently
– Vuur, which once had no physical form to call its own, has taken shape as a monster
– Only the Dream Guardians can face Vuur in its current state
– These are a group of powerful Lufres
– But without warning, every last Dream Guardian disappears without a trace
– The only Lufres remaining are young ones that still lack much strength
– They set out to summon people from The Awakened World in the hopes that they can find ones with the power to fight Vuur
– The Tales characters who end up being recruited as a result lose their memories of their respective worlds
– They still have their core beliefs and so they set out to take down a threat that poses danger to every world, not just Revaria
– Vuur continues to grow more powerful
– The young Lufres, otherwise known as Wako in their world, were left behind live in fear
– Taking matters into their own hands, they use what little power they have to try and summon Awakened Ones, but it ends in failure as their targets are spread out all over the world of Revaria, rather than just with them in their town
– One of the young Wako is Terun
– Terun leaves the town in order to try and find these Awakened Ones in spite of fear of Vuur
– While these fears are realized when Vuur tries to attack him, he’s saved in the nick of time by two of the ones he’s looking for, Asbel and Lloyd
– The two work with Terun and the others continue to gather more and more people who were summoned to Revalia as the work on undoing the danger that besieges the world

Nahato’s Storyline

– While Terun is meeting with Asbel and Lloyd, Nahato meets two more Tales characters summoned to Revalia, Yuri and Jade
– Worried about the fate of the Tales worlds in addition to Revalia, Nahato and company take up arms and fight
– Terun’s story otherwise unfolds from a different perspective altogether

Terun

– Terun: “Please, let met go with you all! I can do more than just project you all!”
– Youngest member of the Lufres
– Lacks in confidence and strength but makes up for with sheer kindness
– His dealings with the Awakened Ones result in him awakening to a strong resolve
– Terun normally resembles something akin the Tales series’ previous mascot characters, but in battle, he takes on the form of a human and fights alongside the other characters

Nahato

– “Then that makes two of us. I have something to protect as well. That’s all.”
– Strongest Dream Guardian among the Lufres
– Like a parent/sibling to Terun as the one who looks after him
– Nahato uses the power of Dream Silk to take on Vuur and like Terun has two different forms he uses depending on the situation and stands at 5’8” (173 cm.) when he’s in his fighting form

Asbel Lhant (Tales of Graces)

– “We can’t turn our backs on this problem, not when it affects our own worlds as well.”
– Young swordsman who ends up helping to save Terun in a forest
– Polite and serious, he’s always good about looking after others

Lloyd Irving (Tales of Symphonia)

– “What are you saying? Of course we’re all friends here!”
– Swordsman who wields two blades
– Helps Asbel save Terun
– While he can get fired up, Lloyd is fundamentally a nice person at heart

Natalia L.K. Lanvaldear (Tales of the Abyss)

– “It’s only natural that I’d help someone who’s hurt.”
– Comes from regal stock
– Natalia is an archer who’s more than willing to take up her bow to ensure justice is served

Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia)

– “I’m not one to just stand and gawk while people are out their risking their neck. I’m going to go lend them a hand.”
– Yuri is deeply cynical of the world around him, choosing to operate under his own principles as a swordsman
– His sheer speed will have players’ heads spinning if they’re not careful

Jade Curtis (Tales of the Abyss)

– “Heh, you kids are just full of energy, aren’t you? Fine, you win. Shall I tag along then?”
– Mysterious man who’s highly proficient in both Artes and fighting with a spear
– Tends to wear a smile, but it’s hard to read what emotions really lie underneath it
– “I’m going, too! I want to help everyone else out!”
– Naïve and friendly on the outside, but has a strong willpower about her
– She mainly uses strong attack Artes, but is also fully capable of acting as a healer as well

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A few more details have come in for NES Remix 2. You can find them below.

– Challenge 1: Defeat 10 enemies in 60 seconds
– Play as Invincible Mario
– Challenge 2: kill a moving virus using pills in Dr. Mario
– Fastest method involved sacrificing a pill to trap the troublesome microorganism in a corner
– Challenge 3: run through World 1-6 from Super Mario Bros. 3
– Two additional Mario clones appear at your sides
– Need to ignore the clones and get to the goal
– Games include like Super Mario Bros. 2 & 3, Metroid, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Kid Icarus, and Punch Out!!
– No tutorial videos like what was included in the original
– Focuses a few early challenges on teaching you how to play
– Luigi makes a few cameos
– He materializes in the bottom left corner, just like Samus, in an early Metroid challenge
– The direction he walks off in points the way to the first power-up, until a large arrow pointing to the left steals his thunder

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A few more NES Remix 2 details have been pulled from the game’s Japanese website. You’ll find them rounded up below.

– Over 150 stages
– 100 new stickers based on the later era Famicom and Famicom Disk System titles
– Miiverse integration
– 250MB worth of content
– Features classic titles such as Super Mario Bros. 3, Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, Kirby’s Adventure, Kid Icarus, Punch Out!! and more
– Will be out in Japan as a physical release in the form of Famicom Remix 1 + 2 on April 24 for 2,858 yen
– Digital version will go for 1,429 yen

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Capcom has started to share information about Gaist Crusher God, a sequel to the 3DS game released in Japan last year. Here’s what we know about the story thus far:

– Recca and the other Gaist Crushers will need to stop God Gaists from wiping out the human race to “fix” the world
– Begins in year 2047
– Rare metal “Gaimetal” was found 50,000m in the depths of the land
– The Gaimetal is a metal with the purest form of energy
– It was considered to be the discovery of a whole new resource of energy
– Everyone around the world has been digging mines to search for Gaimetal
– In 2046, protagonist Recca joins the GCG (Gaist Crusher Garrison) and has participated in various events and saved the world from danger (or so it was believed)
– After things started looking normal again in the world, the ultimate Gaist “God Gaist” appeared out of nowhere
– God Gaist believes humans created this chaos
– In order to stop the God Gaist and put an end to his twisted ideals, Recca and his fellow Gaist Crushers will be standing up to a new challenge
– God Gaist is said to have the power to “unify” the world
– The new God Gaist is called Hino Kaguchi
– It is said that there’s a total of four God Gaists out there, who have the power to see through the “hearts” of humans

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A whole bunch of new Watch Dogs details (plus a few screenshots) are now available thanks to an extensive article published on GameSpot. We’ve rounded up the latest content below. You’ll find even more information and developer commentary over at GameSpot.

– Your phone is the primary tool for interacting with the game world
– The phone is also a thematic focal point int he story
– A team inside Ubisoft Montreal was created in 2009 to work on a new open world game
– Only thing they had to follow was to make it an open-city title
– Surveillance infrastructure ctOS extends far beyond cameras, controlling everything from traffic lights to steam vents
– Hack objects on the fly
– Trigger massive pileups at intersections
– Flee from the police or tap into the system’s crime prediction mechanism to stop crimes before they even happen
– One of creative director Jonathan Morin’s earliest presentations conveyed this structure through a single image: a finger hovering above a red object accompanied by the phrase “Control an entire city through the press of a button”
– Team spent time working on who this character was, what his ambitions were, and how far he was willing to sidestep ethical boundaries to get there
– Focus on surveillance soon came together with that initial fascination around smartphones to form the game’s profiling system
– This lets you tap into the city’s repository of personal records and surveillance data to form a quick impression of every single pedestrian in the city
– You’ll see details such as profession, salary, and Web browsing habits flash across the screen as you pass strangers on the sidewalk
– Can learn more about an interesting person by listening on phone calls and remotely hacking his or her text message logs
– This is all done through Aiden’s smartphone
– Watch Dogs is still very much an action game
– Guns to fire, cars to drive, and a city’s worth of criminals and heavily armed security guards to deal with
– Hacking remains a constant theme
– Will see a context-sensitive white outline drawing your attention to objects you can hack everywhere you go
– Ex: in a police chase, you might hack a drawbridge just as you pass over it in order to lose the cops on your tail
– Ex: if you’re sneaking into a ctOS facility, you might hack a window washer to elevate you up to a second-floor window before accessing the security camera network to get a feel for the guards’ patrol routes
– The Watch Dogs team worked hard to maintain believability within the ctOS fiction
– Consulted with Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab to ensure that none of the various hacks were too extravagant
– Team took creative liberties is the speed with which these hacks are done
– Mostly everything can be hacked with one button press
– AI system is both aggressive and a little bit unpredictable

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/watch-dogs-and-the-terrifying-power-of-smartphones/1100-6418761/

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Two Tribes has been answering a few fan questions about the newly-announced Swords & Soldiers HD on Twitter. We’ve rounded up some of the information below.

– Game can be played with touch or Wii Remote
– Hot swappable
– Won’t include the Super Saucy Sausage Fest DLC
– No discount for those who bought the WiiWare version
– Going to lotcheck next Tuesday
– Full touch control system on the GamePad
– 720p
– 60FPS
– Multiplayer is on two screens
– The two players will see different things on each screen
– DLC is possible if the game is a success
– Based on the iOS version, “but with increased graphical quality and added Wii Remote support.”
– “We simply took the maximum quality assets and update our iOS version.”
– No online multiplayer
– Running on Two Tribes’ engine
– Won’t work with the Pro Controller

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Bandai Namco recently unleashed a new wave of Kamen Rider II: Battride War II details. You can find them rounded up below.

– Features many of the movie edition Kamen Riders
– Chronicle mode: main story mode
– Prologue of the mode takes place at Ieyasu Castle
– This is the same place from Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle
– Story begins when Kamen Rider Gaim, Baron, and Ryugen wander into a mysterious room located in the castle
– Bujin Gaim will be doing everything he can to get in the way of Gaim and the others
– Kamen Rider Gaim will be busting out with his different “Arms” abilities to take on foes
– Gaim will be able to use his Sonic Arrow attack, and finish up with some powerful slashes if enemies get too close
– Kamen Rider Baron will also be there to smash enemies with his Banana and Mango Arms
– Baron and Gaim will be going at it in the midst of Chronicle mode’s story
– Ryuki will have the ability be able to change to his “Ryuki Survive” form
– He’ll also be able to fight together with his Dragranzer summon
– Faiz can pull off powerful tag-team moves with Auto Vajin
– He’ll also be able change to his Blaster Form, which will be effective against all nearby enemies

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New previews for Mario Golf: World Tour are starting to land. We’ve rounded up details from Polygon and Nintendo Life’s reports below.

– Can pick from realistic courses or more off-the-wall levels
– Each character has a slightly different playstyle
– This mainly pertains to their power
– Players can choose to putt as a Mii
– Miis can mirror the abilities of Mario characters, depending on their gear
– Can simultaneously take your shots, rather than wait for friends to line up their moves in multiplayer
– While you progress, small icons appear which allow you to measure their ball’s progress against your own
– No voice/text chat options
– Can send emoticons to other players
– Game includes online competitions
– Players can simply set their rules, play a course and submit their score

“You also have the ability to join special communities that will have tournaments with special rule sets. People can really play the game however they want. Some people want to play Mario Golf with realistic courses, no items, basically really limit things to more of a traditional kind of golf setting. Other people want to have the craziest — all the items on, just completely bananas.”

– Stepping onto the course only requires simple shot selection and timing
– With Auto mode, you only need to choose a direction and use A (or the touch screen) to initiate and time a shot
– Can switch to Manual mode at any point, even between shots
– The initial swing in Manual mode brings in the standard three-button-press to initiate the swing, set power and then determine the accuracy
– As the shot gauge moves on its final route you can apply the final press with the A or B button, setting up four potential combos
– Tap again quickly after the shot is initiated to add topspin, super topspin, backspin or super backspin
– Multiple shot types and club selections
– Can also deliberately manipulate your shot to fade or draw
– Quick Round: series of modes where you can play as various Mushroom Kingdom characters or your customised Mii
– Match Play: take on a computer opponent
– Speed Golf: attempt to rattle through holes as quickly as possible
– Point Play: converts your scores from strokes into points
– Lots of customization in each mode
– Can choose the number of holes from 3, 6, 9 to 18
– Add quirky Mario-style ideas such as a slot machine that limits available clubs and items
– Items are activated as a “special” shot type with various effects
– Bom-ombs prompt your ball to explode high into the air
– Fire flower will allow your ball to burn through trees
– Boomerang can add unlikely swerve
– Tricky challenge holes task you with collecting Star Coins while also making par
– Activities help you accumulate currency
– Use coins to buy clothes, accessories, more clubs
– Enhance your primary stats of Sweet Spot and Control, increase drive distance and play style of your Mii as well
– 8 categories of outfits and accessories
– Play as a Mii: Castle Club is where you buy items and is an area where you run around with your Mii
– Castle Club has tips from characters, rooms to explore, tournaments/challenges
– Start in a building and eventually venture outside to where much of the action is to be found
– Early stages start with a “practice round” on one of three initial courses to set a handicap
– You’ll then enter tournaments and gradually progress to Championship rounds
– 18-hole round takes about 30-45 mins
– Game also includes challenges that cover drives, approach shots and putting at multiple difficulty levels, useful for accumulating coins and perfecting technique
– Mii characters registered on the system gather to celebrate your score after each hole
– Large Nintendo mascots such as Bowser and Donkey Kong raggedly swinging the club with one hand

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Square Enix shared a new round of screenshots and details for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call today. You can find all of the new content below.

– Latest characters featured: Princess Sarah (Final Fantasy I), Minwu (Final Fantasy II), Cid (Final Fantasy III), Kain (Final Fantasy IV), Edge (Final Fantasy IV), Lenna (Final Fantasy V), Galuf (Final Fantasy V), Locke (Final Fantasy VI), Edgar (Final Fantasy VI), Aerith (Final Fantasy VII), Barret (Final Fantasy VII)
– Once again, Knights of the Round can be summoned in battle
– Can cast a summon that has been set to your party leader while advancing through Battle Music Stages
– Pull off a summon to deal massive damage to enemies
– Chocobos can be summoned as well
– “Collectacard Crystalium”: earn cards by clearing songs and participating in versus battles
– Use these cards to power up your characters
– The rarer the cards, the more status upgrades it will provide
– Up to 8 cards per character can be set
– The upgrade will be based on probability
– Depending on the set of cards you use, you might also get different success rates

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New screenshots and details for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 have come in through a Game Informer GDC 2014 preview. You can find all of the content below, and GI’s full piece here.

– Webbing is now tied to the left/right triggers
– Ex: hold down left and you’ll swing forward before gaining altitude and listing to the left
– Alternate between left/right web shots to move forward in a controlled/speedy pace
– GDC demo begins as Peter Parks enters a private fund-raising event
– He runs into Harry Osborn here, and the two talk
– Players can choose between different dialog options
– The conversation soon turns to Richard Fisk, and how Osborn thinks Fisk is into illegal activities
– Waiter walks by with drinks, but Peter knocks the tray over before Osborn can take on, as he used his spider sense to see that it had poison
– Peter slinks off and puts on his spider suit
– He follows the waiter backstage and runs into Russian mobsters
– Crew includes a bruiser
– Need to immobilize him with a charge attack before he can be damaged
– Spider-Man can pull off web and physical-based moves
– One of these has Spidey positioning himself between two opponents, webbing them both in the face, leaping in the air and pulling the line taut
– This causes them to bonk their heads together
– Stealth-based sequence follows next
– Stealth sequences are less linear than in previous games
– Choose your own path while removing each guard from play
– The goons are guarding an experimental suit, which just so happens to be sized perfectly for Spider-Man
– New speedy enemy archetype catches up with Spider-Man when he thinks he’s going to get away clean
– She’s quite quick, and her blades are sharp
– Will need to effectively dodge roll and use web pulls to succeed
– Some view Spider-Man as a hero, while others view him as a threat
– New hero system
– Missions will pop up on the minimap as players progress through the campaign
– Missions can be ignored, but at a cost
– Ex: Spider-Man can save unconscious victims in a building on fire by using his spider senses to navigate through the smoke
– His bravery will be recognized through a special segment on the Bugle Channel with anchor Whitney Chang
– Fail at a bomb-disposal mission, and J. Jonah Jameson will take to the airwaves, wondering why Spidey didn’t call the police instead of trying to figure it out himself
– Citizens will treat Spider-Man differently as players gain more acclaim/notoriety
– Civilians will clap when they see the heroic Spider-Man
– They’ll run at one that’s seen as a public menace
– Oscorp will send out drones to attack Spider-Man
– Spider-Man will face penalties to damage and other stats

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