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Capcom announced last week that the company is making a game that uses Japanese IC Cards. Thanks to Famitsu, we now know that the project is called “Megami Meguri”.

Here’s what’s leaked from the magazine thus far:

– Talking communication game
– Teach words to the apprentice goddess Tsukumo
– Communicate with her as she grows into a full-fledged goddess
– Full voice-overs through voice synthesis
– Compatible with your IC Card
– Tsukumo (voiced by Ayasa Ito): the small artifact spirit of an IC Card. She’s friendly, does things at her own pace, and can sometimes push her luck
– Amaterasu (voiced by Yuka Ozaki): A goddess who trains goddesses, and will accompany players on their journey as Tsukumo’s guide to becoming a full-fledged goddess
– Tsukumo will raise various questions to the player
– When this happens, you can teach her words that she might not know, which she’ll and use in the following conversation
– The variations in your conversations with Tsukumo will increase when new words are learned
– Uses “Megami Speak Engine”
– This was made as a collaboration between Toshiba and Capcom
– The engine uses a synthetic voice that sounds close to a natural voice
– Tsukumo is fully voiced to say any word that the player inputs
– Read a player’s IC card and new conversations can be triggered
– Items can be obtained based on your riding history or shopping information
– Supports ten types of IC Cards: Kitaca, Suica, Pasmo, Toica, Manaca, Icoca, PiTaPa, Sugoca, Nimoca, and Hayakaken
– Over 9,000 real train stations will appear in the game from across Japan
– You’ll be able to fully enjoy their contents even without an IC Card
– Will be at TGS with a demo
– Tarou Minoboshi working on character designs

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Circle Entertainment has started work on a new Wii U port. Koi, an indie Chinese title first released for the PlayStation 4, will eventually make its way to the eShop.

Circle shared on Twitter yesterday:

Koi is an exploration adventure game that tasks players with cleansing waters polluted by mankind by progressing through various levels. You can view a trailer below.

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Those attending EGX in the UK next month will have an opportunity to go hands-on with Yooka-Laylee. For the first time, Playtonic’s 3D platformer will be playable.

Playtonic will also be holding a Yooka-Laylee panel at EGX. Fans can stop by on September 25 at 4 PM for the event.

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Nintendo has prepared a new Dragon Quest VII video focusing on the game’s tactics. Check out the video below.

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Dragon Ball: Fusions is likely receiving localization. As spotted by Gematsu, the Brazil Advisory Rating Board has rated Bandai Namco and Ganbarion’s 3DS title.

Dragon Ball: Fusions debuted in Japan earlier this month. If Bandai Namco has anything to say about bringing the title west officially, we’ll let you know.

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Mojang and 4J Studios are updating all console versions of Minecraft with a new mini-game this week. The two developers are introducing Tumble, “a frantic competitive clash in which players destroy the very floor beneath their enemies’ feet, sending them plummeting to their doom.”

Tumble is played out in “a best of three, on a series of semi-randomised maps, each with several layers of differing materials and hazards.” Players can choose between two variants: one in which snowballs are used or a second with shovels.

Here’s a trailer for Tumble:

Also coming to Minecraft: Wii U Edition very soon is a new map pack for Battle, the first mini-game. Paying $3 provides access to Castle, Shipyard, and Invasion.

All of this content should be live today since maintenance will be taking place later tonight.

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Wii U and 3DS both underwent maintenance last night. Later today and carrying into tomorrow, that’ll be happening once again.

The schedule is as follows:

– 6 PM PT – 2 AM PT
– 9 PM ET – 5 AM PT
– 2 AM in the UK – 10 AM in the UK
– 3 AM in Europe – 11 AM in Europe

The maintenance period will affect certain network services such as online play, rankings, etc.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 9 Comments

This week’s issue of Famitsu has an interview with Hisashi Nogami, the producer of Splatoon. One portion of the discussion touched on the game’s future.

Famitsu asks if it really is the end for Splatfests. According to Nogami, it was originally decided to run Splatfests for a year. Nintendo was able to continue those events, but they feel now is the right time to have them come to a close.

As for the future specifically, Nogami feels that the game is done. Nintendo has stopped with Splatfests and updates, but they’d still like to build excitement through events such as Splatoon Koshien tournaments. When asked about something like a sequel, Nogami said that Splatoon has been raised together with the fans who have been playing it, and they’d like to continue heading in that direction in the future with the utmost care.

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A new Nintendo Direct focusing on the 3DS will be hosted on Thursday, Nintendo has announced.

The presentation will be shown at the following times:

– 7 AM PT
– 10 AM ET
– 3 PM in the UK
– 4 PM in Europe

We’ll have a live stream and post going with the Nintendo 3DS Direct before it happens. The official page is located here.

Note: Nintendo says there will be no NX talk during the Direct.

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Nintendo just released the third video in a multi-part series about a squad of toads helping Mario in Paper Mario: Color Splash. We have today’s clip below.

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