This is going up a few hours early, but that’s okay! We’ve got you all set up with the stream and a live blog for Nintendo 3DS Direct: 3rd Party Publisher Games.

Today’s presentation will kick off at 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM ET. Updates will be posted below throughout the event. We’ll also make separate posts for new announcements if there are any!

Updates to follow below:

Final Fantasy Explorers

Plenty of gameplay footage shown, starring Final Fantasy III summon Ifrit
The game will feature up to 4 player online co-op
Coming to Japan this winter

Tales of the World: Reve Unitia

Re-confirmed October 23rd release date
Fresh gameplay footage shown

Dragon Quest X

Plenty of new 3DS footage shown, focusing the online interactions with other players
Game will be running on a cloud server so 3DS doesn’t have to do much of the processing power
A slot mini-game was also briefly shown off
Coming September 4th for 3 800 yen

Kinki no Magna (Forbidden Magna)

A new SRPG from the developer that made Rune Factory 4
You form tight bonds with your spiritual companions and they gain special attacks
Street pass is a bit part of the game, allows for the ability to unlock stuff in your garden / aids in battle
Coming October 2nd. A sleep mask and CD will be included in a special edition

Kenka Bancho

A Kenka Bancho title was briefly teased during the direct but no further information has been given about the game

Monster Hunter 4G / Ultimate

Coming October 11th
Game will be playable tomorrow in Akihabara
More footage of the game will be on Niconico following the Direct

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Japanese Pokemon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction commercial

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Project CARS not launching on Wii U until 2015

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Project CARS will be available this November on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said of the Wii U version.

Publisher Bandai Namco confirmed on Twitter today that Project CARS is launching on Nintendo’s console in 2015. The company did not explain why this is so.

#ProjectCars will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC in November. WiiU will follow in 2015! @WMDCars
— Bandai Namco UK (@BandaiNamcoUK) July 11, 2014

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Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson – Pre-order bonus + restaurant promotion

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Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson is coming to Japan in early August and today publisher Maarvelous AQL released the pre-order bonuses for the game. Up for grabs from Amazon Japan is a digital wall paper, mouse pad, postcard set, cushion cover, OST and a telephone card among others.

In an addition to boost hype around the game, Marvelous have teamed up with a restaurant chain in Akihabara for 6 Senran Kagura 2 themed meals! This is something Capcom became notorious for and it seems Marvelous will be following the trend from July 19th – August 17th.

Check out screenshots of all these announcements below

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Screenshots (07/11/14)

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The Super Smash Bros. series has got throwbacks to the classics littered literally everywhere throughout the game, but Sakurai takes us even further back in time with today’s screenshots:

View post in Miiverse.

And that’s not all:

See? There’s a variety of characters. Huh? One of them looks pretty recent.

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Kamen Rider Battride Wars II – More Gameplay Footage

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One Piece: Unlimited World Red – DLC footage

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Pokemon X/Y – Shiny Jirachi and Pokeball Pattern Vivillon coming to Japan

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Been enjoying your special Vivillon in Pokemon X & Y? Japanese players have a little bit more to look forward to over the next couple of months it seems, with a couple more special Pokemon headed there way. First, to coincide with the annual Tanabata Festival, a Level 10 Jirachi will be distributed from August 1st – 31st. It has the moves Wish, Swift, Healing Wish & Moonblast and will come holding a Star Piece. The other special Pokemon to be distributed will be another Vivillon, this time with a Pokeball pattern. Available August 1st – 18th, players will be able to pick up this Vivillon from Pokemon Centers around the country to celebrate the Pokemon Center Summer Festival. The Vivillon will be identical to the one distributed to French players last month.

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