Nintendo made the unexpected announcement last night that Picross 3D 2 is in development for 3DS, with a planned Japanese release for October. We heard that the title would be incorporating amiibo, and an Amazon Japan listing shares more details on this front.

Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Bowser, Link, Kirby, Meta Knight, and King Dedede work with Picross 3D 2. By using any of these amiibo into the game, players can unlock original puzzles. The screenshot above shows what the Mario puzzle looks like.

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7th Dragon III Code: VFD details cover the Rune Knight, Fortuner, Mage, and Punisher classes

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment

SEGA’s latest update on 7th Dragon III Code: VFD covers a number of the game’s classes. We now have details for the Rune Knight, Fortuner, Mage, and Punisher. View the information rounded up below.

Rune Knight:

– Magic swordsmen
– Rune Knights use small knives that goes with elemental and different effect-based attacks
– They can heal themselves and have skills that can heal the entire party or protect allies from enemy attacks
– “Knight’s Pride”: does a physical non-elemental attack to an enemy, and the damage is determined by how much damage they took prior to getting knocked out
– This move automatically activates when a Rune Knight’s health goes to 0
– “Brave Sword”: massive close-ranged magic damage to all enemies
– Brave Sword causes the user’s health go to half
– The more health that gets depleted from this skill, the more damage it will do

Fortuner:

– Fortunetellers of the battlefield
– Specialize in putting enemies in abnormal states
– Their skills can do even more damage against enemies that are under a status ailment
– Fortuner’s have slightly lower health/defense
– “Poem of Wind and Tree”: regenerate each turn for all party members by using mana
– “Sacrifice”: consumes a massive amount of MP in order to launch a powerful magic attack that hits all enemies
– This attack is so powerful, the user will withdraw from the after after landing the hit

Mage:

– Magic specialists
– They can use magic attacks of various attributes
– Mages can even support the party with healing magic
– Weakness is their low defense stat
– “Volcano”: long-ranged fire magic damage to all enemies, and gives them a “burn” affect
– “Mana Bullet”: long-ranged magic attack that deals big damage to all enemies

Punisher:

– Use a hybrid weapon called “Armored Spear”
– This is a mix between a giant spear and mortar
– Punishers have the best physical damage of all classes and the most amount of health
– “Explosives” are needed for their powerful attacks
– You’ll need to supplement it if you use too much
– “Assault Spear: selects a group of enemies and launches a powerful close-ranged attack
– This requires mana and Explosives to use
– “Dragon Buster”: long-ranged fire attribute damage to all enemies from a mortar shot
– This does extra damage against dragons, and it also consumes mana and Explosives

You can find screenshots and art of today’s new content here.

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Octodad: Dadliest Catch nearly ready to launch on Wii U

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is almost ready to arrive on Wii U. IGN reports that work on the port is finished, and it’s now with Nintendo for certification.

It’s sounding like Octodad: Dadliest Catch will cost $14.99 at launch. When Nintendo has signed off on the game, a final release date will be announced.

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