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Kenka Bancho might be making its way to the 3DS. A new game in the series was teased during today’s Japanese Nintendo Direct with a very brief video, though no exact information was shared.

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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is heading to Japan in October, Capcom has announced. The company confirmed during today’s Nintendo Direct that the game is slated for October 11.

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Square Enix debuted the first footage from Final Fantasy Explorers during today’s Japanese Nintendo Direct. You can find the gameplay below:

Final Fantasy Explorers is coming to Japan this winter.

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This is going up a few hours early, but that’s okay! We’ve got you all set up with the stream and a live blog for Nintendo 3DS Direct: 3rd Party Publisher Games.

Today’s presentation will kick off at 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM ET. Updates will be posted below throughout the event. We’ll also make separate posts for new announcements if there are any!

Updates to follow below:

Final Fantasy Explorers

• Plenty of gameplay footage shown, starring Final Fantasy III summon Ifrit
• The game will feature up to 4 player online co-op
• Coming to Japan this winter

Tales of the World: Reve Unitia

• Re-confirmed October 23rd release date
• Fresh gameplay footage shown

Dragon Quest X

• Plenty of new 3DS footage shown, focusing the online interactions with other players
• Game will be running on a cloud server so 3DS doesn’t have to do much of the processing power
• A slot mini-game was also briefly shown off
• Coming September 4th for 3 800 yen

Kinki no Magna (Forbidden Magna)

• A new SRPG from the developer that made Rune Factory 4
• You form tight bonds with your spiritual companions and they gain special attacks
• Street pass is a bit part of the game, allows for the ability to unlock stuff in your garden / aids in battle
• Coming October 2nd. A sleep mask and CD will be included in a special edition

Kenka Bancho

• A Kenka Bancho title was briefly teased during the direct but no further information has been given about the game

Monster Hunter 4G / Ultimate

•  Coming October 11th
• Game will be playable tomorrow in Akihabara
• More footage of the game will be on Niconico following the Direct

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Project CARS will be available this November on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said of the Wii U version.

Publisher Bandai Namco confirmed on Twitter today that Project CARS is launching on Nintendo’s console in 2015. The company did not explain why this is so.

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Eiji Aonuma has shared the one Zelda-related memory that moved him the most.

Back in the day, Aonuma received a fan letter from the mother of an elementary school girl who was sadly hospitalized due to an illness. She gave her daughter Zelda: Ocarina of Time to play.

After initially thinking that it would be impossible to complete, the girl started to get the hang of things and ended up deciding, “if Link is trying this hard, then I will, too!” – referring to her rehabilitation. “And before they knew it, she was back to her healthy self,” Aonuma said.

Check out Aonuma’s full words below.

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