A bunch of Final Fantasy Explorers details were shared during Dengeki’s stream earlier today. Siliconera translated some of the more interesting bits, which we’ve collected below.

– Monk can use Chakra and Aura Canon
– Will feature lots of moves from past games in the series
– Original moves as well
– About 200 abilities
– Touch screen shows a map
– It will also show where monsters are located
– The bottom screen has other features such as a “monster lock-on” that also shows you their hit points
– Time Mage’s Haste magic can speed characters up
– Ninjas have different Ninjutsu abilities
– Ninjas can also help out in the tanking role with some sort of Utsusemi abilities
– Water-type monsters in Tinz Underpass
– White Mages can help unfreeze with Esuna
– They can also look at the health of all the party members on the bottom screen, and can also target them by selecting them through there
– White Mages can also do things like enhance other buffs such as the Time Mage’s Haste
– White Mages’ “Pray” ability recovers the AP (Action Points) of all the allies.
– When a player gets incapacitated, you can shave three minutes off from the clock to be revived
– Some of the big enemy attacks are indicated with markers on the floor for certain attacks,
– They also seem to have some sort of rage mode
– More “Legend Characters” will be announced at TGS

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Nintendo holding closed media event for Smash Bros. 3DS at PAX Prime

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments

Nintendo is holding a closed media event for Smash Bros. 3DS at PAX Prime 2014 this week. What exactly will be shown at the event is unknown, but we’ll surely be receiving new information about the game in the near future.

PAX Prime 2014 actually kicks off tomorrow in Seattle. It will last through Monday.

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