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Update: Added more details gathered from the official site. There’s even more footage there!

Nintendo has published a new Iwata Asks with Game Freak about the development of Rhythm Hunter Harmo Knight. The entire discussion is only in Japanese for now, but a few tidbits have been translated.

Read on below for details regarding the project’s initial development, how it started out as a DS title, and more.

– Idea came from Game Freaky employee James Turner
– He’s a 3D graphic artist and designer for the Vanilux-line and Vullaby
– Original idea was created about 1.5 years ago
– Pokemon game director Junichi Masuda is producing
– Masuda made note of how it’s difficult to start work on non-Pokemon projects at Game Freak since they tend to focus on Pokemon titles
– Was originally a side-scrolling game for the DS
– The team spent the first six months with this concept
– Originally had one playable character
– Now has three playable characters to add tot he variety
– Thought hard about including Pokemon music as it may break immersion
– Playable characters: Tempo, Laila, Jinbei & Symbi (Monkey)
– Master Woodwin is training Tempo
– Tempo goes on an adventure to find the Harmo Night to save Harmonia from danger
– Laila uses her harp like a bow and arrow to shoot far off enemies
– She’s a female warrior of Harmonia
– Jinbei & Symbi work together to defeat enemies
– Master Woodwin is a master warrior who has saved Harmonia before
– Tappy: tap dancing rabbit who joins Tempo on his journey
– Noizido are enemy aliens who have come to destory the harmony of Harmonia using noise
– Tempo and Tappy head to the Royal Kingdom of Symphonia to deliver the Legendary Wand
– This wand can rid Harmonia of Noise, to a HarmoKnight, who are the only ones capable of using the wand

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Nintendo has added four 3DS demos and two 3D videos to the Japanese eShop.

First, the demos:

Rhythm Hunter Harmo Knight
Medabots 7
Samurai Warriors Chronicle 2nd
Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan: Airport Hero 3D

And the 3D videos:

Project X Zone
Bravely Default

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Head on over to this link to view the Professor Layton Choubunmei to A no Isan teaser site. There’s literally nothing to see at present, but keep it bookmarked for the future.

Professor Layton Choubunmei to A no Isan is set one year after the last title in the series. The game opens with a letter from someone who claims to have located a living mummy.

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The above image was shown at the end of today’s Nintendo Direct. It’s a silhouette teasing an upcoming reveal of a new Monster Hunter 4 weapon. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says that details are on the way.

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The Pink White 3DS XL will be available in Japan on September 27. Style Savvy: Trendsetters launches on the same day.

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Game Freak hasn’t announced a Pokemon RPG for the 3DS yet, but the studio has been working on a project for the handheld.

Revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct, Game Freak is making Rhythm Hunter Harmo Knight for the eShop. It’s a rhythm/action title that has players progressing through a variety of stages. The main gameplay mechanic involves jumping to attack. The better your timing, the better your harmony will be.

Rhythm Hunter Harmo Knight will be available on the Japanese eShop on September 5 for 1,800 yen.