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The official Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional website is now open for business, and it’s brought along some new details with it. Find the information rounded up below, courtesy of Gematsu.

– 700 monsters
– 200 more than the original game
– Monsters from newer titles like Dragon Quest X and Hoshi no Dragon Quest will appear in great numbers, as well as completely original monsters
– Up until now, there have been good fields and bad fields for ridable monsters, but in Joker 3 Professional, that notion is negated
– Ex: before you would have to ride a monster that lives in the water to dive into the bottom of a lake, but now every monster can be used to swim
– Can also ride giant monsters
– When doing so, you can enjoy the adventure as if you’ve transformed into a huge monster
– Just like when riding a normal size monster, you can ataack enemies while riding a giant monster, as well as utilize its large size to trample monsters wandering about
– New areas have been added that only those aiming to be the strongest can enter
– Many new adventures await players in these new areas
– Somewhat different monsters from what we’ve seen so far wander about the savage lands of the planet
– Nochorin, who lives with the Nochora Clan in Break World, will become the player’s “partner” and travel with him on this adventure
– Nochorin not only provides a variety of help in the field, he’s also a reliable partner who participates in battle
– Various elements have been added on the system side to make things speedier
– Story Shortcuts – The basic story of Joker 3 Professional is the same as Joker 3, but there is a now a shortcut function that lets you advance the story to specific scenes
– Can look back on story scenes through a synopsis
– Speedier Movement – Compared to the original game, the movement speed on the field has significantly increased
– Make Battles Faster – Speed battles were in the original game, but now you can also use the feature during Wi-Fi and local battles
– Import your monster data from the original game
– If you have save data from the original game, you’ll be able to import data at a maximum of 10 monsters a day at any time
– Your monsters’ skills, size, and even their coloring will be imported

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

NBA 2K17 (PS4/XBO/PS3/360) – 9/8/8/9
Beyblade Burst (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star (PS4) – 7/8/8/8
Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star (PS Vita) – 7/8/8/8
PriPara Mezameyo! Megami no Dress Design (3DS) – 7/8/8/8
Pika Pika Nurse Monogatari: Shounika Haitsumo Oosawagi (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan: Shijou Psi Dai no Psi Nan!? (3DS) – 7/6/6/8

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Update: Added in a higher-quality version of the trailer.

Original: Another new character has been confirmed for the arcade version of Pokken Tournament. However, the roster addition comes as a bit of a surprise. While many expected Empoleon to be announced, Croagunk will instead be joining the fighting title.

Here’s a trailer as shown during a Niconico live stream today:

And some footage:

Croagunk joins Pokken Tournament arcade on November 10.

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Square Enix hasn’t had much to say about Dragon Quest XI in quite some time. In about a couple of months, that will be changing.

Square Enix will be hosting a special Dragon Quest program on NHK on December 29. It’s here that we’ll hear/see something about the latest entry as well as the series as a whole. Series creator Yuji Horii, composer Koichi Sugiyama, and other staff members will be in attendance. Japanese actor and singer Takayuki Yamada will also be stopping by.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

The Kirby Cafe has come to an end in Japan. However, a decision has been reached to make the merchandise available to a greater amount of fans.

Starting on November 23, a selection of goods from the Kirby Cafe will be sold at various retailers. This includes the special CD, “The Sound of Kirby Cafe”.

Physical stores that will be selling the CD and goods will be Yamashiroya, select Kiddy Land stores, and select Village Vanguard outlets. Online stores will be Amazon Japan and ebten, though the former will only sell the CD without any other items.

Items that will be also sold in stores other than Amazon:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 6 Comments

Nintendo has released two new commercials for 3DS just in time for the holidays. Both can be found in the video below.

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Update (10/31): These plushies are now being sold on GameStop’s website. You can get Rowlet here, Litten here, and Popplio here.

Original (10/24): If you’re interested in some new plushies based on Pokemon Sun/Moon, you may want to swing by your local GameStop. Customers are starting to notice that variations based on Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio are appearing. Each one is from the Pokemon Center and goes for $14.95. They might not be showing up at every GameStop store immediately, but many should start carrying the plushies soon.

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Kemco has put out a steady stream of RPGs on the 3DS eShop. The publisher’s next release is Unlucky Mage, which is coming very soon.

After Nintendo listed Unlucky Mage on its website for fall, we now have a concrete date. Today’s European Nintendo Download PR confirmed a Thursday launch. Additionally, a listing on the eShop reveals the same date for North America. Unlucky Mage will cost $9.99.

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Remakes are a well-known part of the Pokemon franchise. New titles are produced regularly, but older ones are visited fairly frequently. Fans might be interested to hear that Game Freak remains interested in this.

Series producer Junichi Masuda told IGN:

“I think the remakes, like Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, is still an approach we’re interested in. With the Virtual Console releases of the original games, specifically there had never been a way to bring those Pokemon over to the latest generation. It had always been that you couldn’t get those Pokemon out.”

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Dungeon of Zaar has managed to reach its Kickstarter goal of roughly $28,000. Because of that, the developer intends to make a version of the game for Switch.

Dungeon of Zaar is a “turn-based strategy game taking place in an ancient and magical castle where Explorers fight for treasures”. The team is packing in single-player missions and training, online player-versus-player matches, and local play.

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