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Ice Climber will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on July 4 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.

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Capcom brought along new E.X. Trooper details to its Summer Jam event today.

The biggest revelation is that the game will support co-op. For now, it seems as though it’ll support at least three players.

Read on below for a full summary of information presented at Capcom’s E.X. Troopers stage show.

– Dai Sato working on the scenario
– Sato previously made the script for Stand Alone Complex, Eureka Seven, Halo Legends, and Tekken Blood Vengeance.
– Live-play session from director Yasuhiro Anpo at Capcom Summer Jam
– Anpo showed fans around the home base “Academy” on EDN-3rd
– The base has a cafe, a development lab where the Vital Suits and weapons are made, and other facilities
– Eat at the cafe to gain bonuses for next mission
– One of the game’s story missions was shown
– Will have co-op multiplayer
– At least three player co-op is likely
– e-Capcom store exclusive: limited edition figure of heroine TeeKee
– Satelight making a promotional anime
– Animated movie will be included with Sengoku Basara HD Collection

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Capcom has labeled this E.X. Troopers trailer as “1.5”. It probably contains some footage you’ve seen before, but there’s a bit of new content as well.

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A brand new trailer for Monster Hunter 4 debuted at the Capcom Summer Jam event in Japan today. While we wait for the video, you can find some images from the video above.

The trailer teased a new monster, and also reveals a general Spring 2013 launch for Japan.

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Level-5 has provided Inazuma Eleven Go 2 Chrono Stone with a more specific time frame for release. The two versions, “Neppuu” and “Raimei, will be out in Japan this winter.

Since the end of May, 4.9 million Inazuma Eleven games have been sold domestically and abroad.

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A new Iwata Asks interview has been published on the Japanese Nintendo site. President Satoru Iwata and Rune Factory producer Yashimoto Hirofumi participated in the discussion.

Although the interview hasn’t been translated into English, a summary of the talk can be found below.

– Came about as a celebration of Harvest Moon’s 10th anniversary
– Wanted to use a more western-based idea for the game
– Idea was to place the concepts of Harvest Moon in an open fantasy world
– Initial inspiration stems from Dragon Quest
– Hirofumi liked to wander around the DQ world after beating the final boss and talking with the NPCs
– Openness and exploration is the best part of an RPG according to Hirofumi
– Wanted to include these elements in Rune Factory
– Rune Factory doesn’t just focus on the adventure or farming aspects
– Don’t have to go after the evil villain and dungeons; they’re optional
– You could enjoy the farm life or pursue your favorite girl (or boy) instead
– Equal amount of effort put into communication with other town inhabitants, farming, other events
– Hirofumi didn’t want a nameless NPC girl standing behind the store counter, saying the same line all the time
– He instead decided to introduce a character, name included, who would react to recent events and change her lines accordingly
– “I want to create a small but rich microcosm in the DS, where every single person’s lives shine like jewels in a treasure box.”
– Iwata compares the series to living in the Hobbit village in The Lord of the Rings
– Can achieve this in one way through movement of time, seasons, and weather
– These elements influence character actions
– Would play your “life” differently and would want to see how other characters are spending their time in different situations
– Hirofumi usually had a hand in design to create characters players would love
– Hirofumi loved designing
– This is why he wanted to create movies at first
– Rune Factory 4’s main theme is “passionate love, sweet marriage”
– More dating events
– Events are more dramatic
– Can go on adventures with your child and wife
– While the story is there, you can ignore the evil king and just farm , or you could defeat the evil king and go back to farming
– Hirofumi has been receiving letters saying, “I was supposed to make lunch for my husband, but instead I made it for XYZ [in the game] today!”
– These letters move Hirofumi more than anything else
– Voices of the players is one of the main reasons why he loves making games
– It’s this love of watching his joy become other’s joy and his plain old passion in the interest that gives him the energy and motivation to create both Rune Factory and Harvest Moon series at the same time
– Hirofumi would like to work on weekends if he could, but he’d get chased out if he stayed at the company for too long
– Harvest Moon/Rune Factory audiences differ
– Elementary school children and 20+ year-old mothers tend to play Harvest Moon
High school students and males in their mid-20s tend to play Rune Factory
– Some players have gone from Harvest Moon to Rune Factory and then back to Harvest Moon

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Nintendo held an extensive presentation for Calcio Bit 3DS last night. Satoru Iwata even made a couple of short appearances! You can see for yourself in the video above.