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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 5 Comments

Square Enix hasn’t had much to say about Dragon Quest XI in quite some time. In about a couple of months, that will be changing.

Square Enix will be hosting a special Dragon Quest program on NHK on December 29. It’s here that we’ll hear/see something about the latest entry as well as the series as a whole. Series creator Yuji Horii, composer Koichi Sugiyama, and other staff members will be in attendance. Japanese actor and singer Takayuki Yamada will also be stopping by.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 15 Comments

The new My Nintendo rewards for November are now available. Here’s what’s new:

Europe:

• 20% off Pocket Card Jockey (3DS) – 10 Gold Coins
• 50% off KORG M01D (3DS) – 80 Gold Coins
• 30% off Typoman (Wii U) – 250 Platinum Coins
• 25% off Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii U) – 300 Platinum Coins
• 15% off Ultimate NES Remix (3DS) – 300 Platinum Coins

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Some new information about the latest entry in the Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter XX, has been revealed via the latest issue of Famitsu. The folks at Gematsu have kindly translated it.

The biggest news is the new Brave Style, a style which focuses on continuous attacks. However, you can only equip one hunter art when using this style. The style’s biggest feature is its Brave State, which you can achieve by filling your Brave Gauge. You can accomplish that by parrying the attacks of monsters. While you are in your Brave State, the Brave Gauge gradually decreases again – however, continuously attacking and parrying will keep it from falling. Brave Style is intended as a “sharper” style which is easy to grasp.

When you’re in the Brave State, your evasiveness with certain weapon types increases and you are able to use powerful link attacks and special techniques. Here are some examples of these special attacks:

• “Strong Charged Moving Slash” (Great Sword): a charged attack while moving
• “Step Shot” (Light Bowgun): shoots a special bullet while moving
• “True Charge” (Hammer): two extra strong charged attacks following the regular charged attack

Another new style is the “Renkin Style”, though there are few details available about it at the moment. Supposedly it is intended for people who want to “vigorously enjoy hunting”.

Some other new details:

• The Meowstress’ little sister will appear in XX
• XX’s director is Daisuke Ichihara and the main planner is Takurou Hiraoka; both of them were planners on Generations. Generations’ director, Yasunori Ichinose, oversees the work flow and provides concept supervision for XX
• Balfark is an ancient dragon type monster that lives at a really high altitude. Both it and Ouma Diablos are connected to the main story
• Development on the game us currently 70% complete

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

The Q&A section of Nintendo’s latest Financial Results Section has now been officially translated into English and is available here.

We’ve already provided translations for a couple of the questions here, but it’s nice to have official translations available. Beyond that, Kimishima doesn’t really provide any big new details in his answers, but the Q&A is an interesting read nonetheless.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News | 4 Comments

We’ve known since the last Nintendo Direct that there would be an Animal Crossing-based Direct on November 2, but Nintendo has now announced the times as follows:
– 7 AM PST
– 10 AM EST
– 2 PM UK
– 3 PM CET
The Direct will be focused on the New Leaf update that adds amiibo compatibility. The Japanese version of the Direct is also slated to have some information on Miitopia, a game teased during the last Direct. The Direct will not have any information on Switch or mobile games.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

The Kirby Cafe has come to an end in Japan. However, a decision has been reached to make the merchandise available to a greater amount of fans.

Starting on November 23, a selection of goods from the Kirby Cafe will be sold at various retailers. This includes the special CD, “The Sound of Kirby Cafe”.

Physical stores that will be selling the CD and goods will be Yamashiroya, select Kiddy Land stores, and select Village Vanguard outlets. Online stores will be Amazon Japan and ebten, though the former will only sell the CD without any other items.

Items that will be also sold in stores other than Amazon:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 6 Comments

Nintendo has released two new commercials for 3DS just in time for the holidays. Both can be found in the video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Update (10/31): These plushies are now being sold on GameStop’s website. You can get Rowlet here, Litten here, and Popplio here.

Original (10/24): If you’re interested in some new plushies based on Pokemon Sun/Moon, you may want to swing by your local GameStop. Customers are starting to notice that variations based on Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio are appearing. Each one is from the Pokemon Center and goes for $14.95. They might not be showing up at every GameStop store immediately, but many should start carrying the plushies soon.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Kemco has put out a steady stream of RPGs on the 3DS eShop. The publisher’s next release is Unlucky Mage, which is coming very soon.

After Nintendo listed Unlucky Mage on its website for fall, we now have a concrete date. Today’s European Nintendo Download PR confirmed a Thursday launch. Additionally, a listing on the eShop reveals the same date for North America. Unlucky Mage will cost $9.99.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 1 Comment

We have our first look at some gameplay footage from Box Up, which is the latest eShop title from RCMADIAX. You can view the footage below.

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