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Famitsu has published its entire interview with Kingdom Hearts 3D co-director Tai Yasue from the April 26 issue. Yasue touched on the title’s gameplay systems, discussing how some elements were created, and more.

You can find a summary of the interview below.

– Drop System forces players to switch between Sora and Riku
– Tetsuya Nomura requested a system which forces the playable character to change
– Yasue joked that his reaction to the request was a feeling of fear
– Yasue was worried about a change in the tempo compared to past Kingdom Hearts games
– The drop count in the game is just for show, like how the game displays your play time
– Drop count doesn’t have any other effect on the game
– Discussions with Nomura led to the “free flow action” system
– Dev. team began working on the free flow system by using Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep data
– Planned for 2-3 days, developed for 1-2 weeks
– Resulted in the basic shape that we see in KH3D
– The team didn’t stray from the system once it was in place, but new elements were added
– Card-themed mini-game called “Flick Rush” was originally planned to use the 3DS’ camera
– Would have been able to take a photo of your friend and use that in the mini-game
– Nomura didn’t approve of the idea, so they went back to the drawing board and ended up with the final trump-based system

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A new update is now available for 3DS owners. The firmware has been upgraded from 4.0.0-7 to 4.1.0-8.

The update is a quick and easy installation. At first glance, it doesn’t appear to be too significant. One apparent small change is that a system update can be applied without having to enter a pin if parental controls are enabled.

We’ll let you know if we discover any additional details about the new firmware.

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Spoilers in the video below, obviously!

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Square Enix held a financial results briefing in Japan earlier today. There are a couple of noteworthy slides worth sharing.

First, here’s the company shipment targets for the current fiscal year:

Next, Square Enix provided a release schedule for its upcoming games lineup:

You can find more sales talk here, here.

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Videos

1. 3D Classics: Urban Champion
2. Colors! 3D
3. Art Style: PiCTOBiTS
4. 3D Classics: Kid Icarus
5. Super Mario Bros.
6. Bird Mania 3D
7. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
8. Pushmo
9. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
10. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
11. Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
12. Plants vs. Zombies
13. Cut The Rope
14. Dillon’s Rolling Western
15. Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
16. Photo Dojo
17. GO Series Undead Storm
18. Ketzal’s Corridors
19. Fun! Fun! Minigolf Touch!
20. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream

Videos

1. Club Nintendo Video
2. Nintendo Show 3D: April 26, 2012
3. Mario Tennis Open Video
4. Chuck E. Cheese’s Arcade Room Video
5. Kid Icarus: Uprising Palutena’s Temple
6. Colors! 3D Video
7. 3D Classics: Kid Icarus Tips and Tricks Video
8. Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir Launch Trailer
9. 3D Classics: Kid Icarus Video
10. Bird Mania 3D Video
11. Kid Icarus: Uprising Viridi, Goddess of Nature Video
12. Battleship Video
13. Plants vs. Zombies Video
14. Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble Video
15. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure Video
16. Kid Icarus: Uprising How to Play Video #1
17. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D Video
18. Super Mario Bros. Video
19. Zombie Slayer Diox Video
20. Kirby’s Block Ball Video

Source: 3DS eShop

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Last week it was believed that Atari would be shutting down Eden Games. The move would help the company recoup from a drop in revenue this past fiscal year.

But as it turns out, Atari has now officially said that it won’t be closing Eden Games, the studio behind Test Driver Unlimited in a few other titles.

Atari said in a statement:

“Our earnings statement contained a report about the divestment of Eden Studios. We want to make it clear that the studio has not closed and that we will continue to support the console and PC games of Eden Studios, notably Test Drive Unlimited 2, while this process is underway.

“The divestment is in line with our previously stated strategy of exploiting our popular intellectual property library on mobile devices, where he have seen strong initial success, and via online games and licensing.”

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