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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 10 Comments

This week’s issue of Famitsu has a followup report on Final Fantasy Explorers. You’ll find the latest information from the magazine below.

– More jobs confirmed
– Can play as the Dragon Knight, Paladin, Thief, Ninja, Red Mage, Time Mage, and Bard
– Assign a maximum of eight abilities to each button for use in battle
– Famitsu describes Final Fantasy Explorers as a “lite” version of Final Fantasy XIV or Final Fantasy XI
– Character positioning is important
– Square Enix is including an ability chaining system
– Once mastered, job-specific abilities can be used within other jobs
– Ability costs vary depending on which job a give character currently has
– Ex: Black Mage will have black magic costs halved
– Takes place on an island with various locations
– Can walk to all of its adjoining lands
– Can befriend monsters when you defeat them
– A monster training element is being included
– Since you have four max player slots, you can fill the remaining slots with monsters
– Ex: 2 human players and 2 monster players
– Said to last between 100-200 hours
– Square-Enix is said to be developing the game with intention of expanding it into a proper action-RPG sub-series for Final Fantasy
– Local and online co-op is supported

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Watch Dogs (PS4/PS3/360) – 9/9/9/9
Freedom Wars (PSV) – 8/9/9/9
Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure (3DS) – 8/9/8/8
Kamen Rider: Battride War II (PS3/Wii U) – 7/8/8/8
Kamen Rider: Battride War II (Wii U) – 7/8/8/8
Cross Channel: For All People (PS3) – 7/7/7/9
Robotics;Notes Elite (PSV) – 7/7/7/9
Date A Live: Ars Install (PS3) – 7/8/7/8
Aiyoku no Eustia: Angel’s Blessing (PSV) – 7/8/7/7
Black Code (PSP) – 7/7/7/7
Cross Channel: For All People (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Girls und Panzer (PSV) – 6/6/6/5

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, Screenshots | 0 comments

A Sonic cameo today in the form of a trophy, Sakurai explains:

Here’s Dr. Eggman’s machine, Eggrobo. It’ll appear as a guest character in Smash Run and attack you with laser beams.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Update: Another tweet:

We have more encouraging Nintendo-related news from the May 2014 NPD report.

First, we’re hearing that Wii U hardware sales rose by over 85 percent last month. That was with Mario Kart 8 being on the market for just two days.

Additionally, Nintendo says that the 3DS was the second best-selling system in May.

As reported by journalist Ian Sherr:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of April 2014. The results can be found above.

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A few more Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom details have come in through a Shacknews previews. You can find them rounded up below.

– Graphical styles approximates the 16-bit era
– Some dungeon walls need to be broken with bombs
– Enemies use common Zelda patterns
– Finn can use a banana that has a boomerang arc
– Jake can hit special switches that open up doorways
– Finn is sent to the Nameless Kingdom by Princess Bubblegum
– After arriving, he’s supposed to assign one of three princesses to lead the kingdom
– They’re all trapped in their own respective dungeons
– Hijinks and Zelda-style adventuring ensue

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Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call represents a whole bunch of games. Square Enix probably won’t be coming out with another Final Fantasy-oriented Theatrhythm game in the future, but later entries in the series (such as Final Fantasy XV presumably) will be featured through DLC.

Producer Ichiro Hazama told Polygon:

“We wanted to make it so Curtain Call is like your base, and then you would add more songs as newer titles joined the roster and be able to accommodate for DLC or things like that and build upon it. But that would be our final form of Theatrhythm that handles the Final Fantasy songs. In terms of Final Fantasy songs, we will continue to produce new Final Fantasy titles and with that, there’ll be new songs added to the repertoire.”

“No matter where you cut and where you eat, it’s still a tasty piece of cake. With Theatrhythm, I made sure to kind of pick up the ante on the music flavor, the rhythm flavor of the Final Fantasy elements. We’re focusing on that music aspect of Final Fantasy, but we make sure to not cut corners and make it as polished as possible. That’s what I focused on in this game, and I am confident that if we continue to do that and bring a really polished product, people will enjoy it and it won’t be yet another spin-off that’s just out there. I want to continue making games like that.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo-related E3 interviews continue to pop up online. The latest comes from TIME, who spoke further with Shigeru Miyamoto. We see more thoughts from Miyamoto regarding Virtual Reality, system updates for Wii U, and more.

You can find a few excerpts below. Alternatively, check out TIME’s full interview here.

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Haikyu!! Tsunage! Itadaki no Keshiki!! will be released in Japan on September 25. Pricing is set at 5,690 yen for the standard edition and 7,600 yen for the limited edition.

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
4. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
7. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
8. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
9. Wii Party U – Nintendo
10. FIFA 13 – EA

3DS

1. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
3. Pokemon X – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
6. Mario Golf: World Tour – Nintendo
7. Kirby Triple Deluxe – Nintendo
8. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 -Nintendo
10. Yoshi’s New Island – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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