Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham has opened up on 3DS piracy concerns amid reports that hackers are starting to have their way with the portable.

As many people know, piracy became an issue on the DS. Dementium: The Ward sold 100,000 copies around the world, but Watsham feels that piracy may have affected the sequel’s performance. Only 50,000 units of Dementium II were sold.

With the 3DS, Watsham noted that Renegade Kid “will have no choice but to stop supporting the platform with new games” if similar issues occur.

Watsham said:

Japanese industry figures choose their top games of 2012

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Japanese publication 4Gamer asked a whopping 112 industry figures about their favorite games of 2012. Not all of the responses have been translated, but a healthy selection can be found below.

Comcept CEO Keiji Inafune – Halo 4
Tokyo Jungle director Yohei Kataoka – Journey
Square Enix game design director Yuji Abe – Journey
Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida – Guild Wars 2
Arc System Works director Takumi Iguchiya – Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
Index director and chief composer Shoji Meguro – Gravity Rush
Valhalla Game Studios CTO Tomonobu Itagaki – Earth Defense Force 3
Tri-Ace director Takayuki Katsuro – XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Yakuza series director Toshihiro Nagoshi – Phantasy Star Online 2
Square Enix producer Tomoya Asano – Fire Emblem: Awakening
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida – Persona 4 Golden
GungHo Online Entertainment consultant Hiromichi Tanaka – Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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Dragon Quest VII 3DS details

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There’s a few new Dragon Quest VII 3DS details below. They give some clarification to the new StreetPass features, and there’s also information about the Monster Park.

– Monster Park is back
– Sometimes when you beat up a monster it’ll get back up and you can recruit it to the Monster Park, and you can find design docs across the world to help expand your Park with new biomes
– Can talk to newly recruited monsters
– New mysterious cave in the park
– Have to create a party of up to three monsters you’ve recruited and send them in
– Can obtain StreetPass shards in the caves
– Use StreetPass Shards in the Immigrant Town
– This allows you to access new dungeons, areas, and storylines
– Can start sharing content through the Internet once a Tavern opens up in the Immigrant Town

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Fire Emblem: Awakening character art and details

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A few weeks ago, Nintendo started to post Fire Emblem: Awakening character art and details on its 3DS Facebook page. Thus far, content is available for Chrom, Frederick and Lisa. A rundown of each character is below, along with art.

Chrom

The prince of Ylisse and descendant of the Hero-King, Chrom leads a band of soldiers called Shepherds to defend the borders of his kingdom.

Frederick

Chrom’s lieutenant, Frederick. Frederick is a Ylissean knight who is sincere to a fault. He demands tremendous effort from the other Shepherds who fight alongside him to defend the borders of Ylisse.

Lissa

Chrom’s tomboyish little sister, Lissa, joins the Shepherds and fights alongside her brother to defend Ylisse from Plegian bandits.

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Tokyo Majin Gakuen director involved with new projects, 3DS included

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Japan’s RPG series Tokyo Majin Gakuen started out on the original PlayStation, and eventually made its way to the DS and PSP. Its director, Shuuhou Imai, is now hard at work on projects for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS and smartphones.

Imai confirmed that the games are not tied in to the Tokyo Majin Gakuen franchise. They’re also brand new titles. Some of Imai’s releases will begin to arrive this year.

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Japanese Touch Detective: Funghi’s Big Breed pre-orders come with bonuses

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Those who pre-order Touch Detective: Funghi’s Big Breed will receive a couple of bonuses. All reserves come with a pouch and Funghi stickers. Photos of the two items are above.

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GameStop ad (1/2 – 1/8)

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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:

Warner Bros. announces LEGO Legends of Chima games

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LEGO has a brand new property in the works that will see the release of three video games throughout 2013.

According to Warner Bros., there are three different LEGO Legends of Chima projects in the works. Each will “provide an entirely unique and exciting adventure that builds to the next experience and complement the just announced LEGO Legends of Chima universe of products, which includes construction sets, vehicles, TV content and more.”

LEGO Legends of Chima is a fantasy adventure. The IP features different magical animal tribes and a story of good and evil, friendship and family.