Eiji Aonuma is currently in the process of hosting his “speaking session” at the New York Comic-Con. We’re rounding up details from the event below, courtesy of tweets from IGN’s Jose Otero and Nintendo of America.

– Talking about #WindWaker HD. Mr. Aonuma wants to thank fans for their amazing submissions to the WindWaker Fan Art Contest.
– Zelda: A Link Between finished roughly a week ago
– Item shop. You’re able to rent all of the items from the start of the game. Buying them costs a lot of money.
– Item show is at Link’s old house. Or at least it looked that way.
– Link traveled to “lower world” and back. Showed a new collectible called a Maimai.
– Bottom screen zooms in on map. Returning Maimai’s to the Mother Mainai upgrades your items. Upgraded bow fires three arrows at once.
– Smaller dungeons that house treasure can be found as well as standard dungeons.
– Rupees are easier to find in this Zelda and in bigger amounts. Smaller dungeon at the end had a Silver rupee worth 100.
– Mr. Aonuma is talking about new features like the item rental system, free-flowing dungeons and wall merge.
– Aonuma is now going into inspiration and early development. Showing an original bitmap from ALttP.
– Mr. Aonuma is showing fans some prototype maps and screenshots as he discusses the making of a 3D top down #Zelda game.

Now we’re taking a look at two characters that inhabit these two worlds, Hilda from Lorule and Zelda from Hyrule. pic.twitter.com/Zgj0poTjLT
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 11, 2013

– “Lower world” equals Lorule. And it has it’s own princess named Hilda.
– Yuga is the name of the enemy in the trailer that turned people into paintings.
– Something related to Majora’s Mask is in ALBW.

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Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl – accolades trailer

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GAME selling Pokemon X/Y copies because a competitor did so first

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GAME, among other stores throughout the UK, are now selling Pokemon X/Y ahead of the game’s official release date tomorrow. The retailer has since followed up with Polygon and explained why copies are being offered preemptively.

In its statement to the site, a representative said sales were given the go ahead because “a competitor broke street date – so other retailers can now sell this title.” GAME wouldn’t name the retailer in question, in case you were wondering.

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Bravely Default: For the Sequel details

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More details on Square Enix’s use of DLC and new “Bravely Second” system in Bravely Default: For the Sequel have emerged. You can find the latest below.

– Bravely Second: pause time in the middle of battles and attack opponents
– Uses SP
– Again, gain SP while the 3DS is in sleep mode
– Can also purchase SP drinks as DLC
– Max amount of damage is usually 9,999
– Bravely Second lets you do over 10,000 damage
– Only takes 30 hours to clear the game now instead of 70 thanks to For the Sequel’s improvements
– Content hasn’t been cut
– Square say that you’ll get more enjoyment out of the game in half the time

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Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 2 included in J Legend Biography

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One last game has been confirmed for J Legend Biography. As revealed in the latest issue of Jump, Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 2 will be included. This is the final title packaged in with the compilation release.

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Video: Nintendo’s David Young talks 2DS

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Gaist Crusher play movie #1

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UK retailers selling Pokemon X/Y early

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Pokemon X and Pokemon Y aren’t due out until tomorrow. However, retailers throughout the UK have already started to sell the game.

MCV reports that consumers can make a purchase at “pretty much on any High Street in the country.”

GAME is among the lineup of retailers selling early. In fact, those who have pre-ordered the game are receiving text messages with instructions to pick up their copy.

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Masuda on Pokemon’s popularity, coming up with new Pokemon, no plans for DLC/microtransactions, more

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VG247 managed to get a few Pokemon-related comments out of Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda as part of a new interview. Masuda was quizzed on the franchise’s continuing popularity, creation of new Pokemon, DLC and microtransactions, possibility of a Pokemon game for Wii U and MMORPG, and more.

For a full roundup of Masuda’s comments, read on below.