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Update: The presentation has ended.

Iit’ll be difficult to understand much of this presentation unless you know Japanese. I’ll be around to cover this event, though. I haven’t decided how I’ll be handling news on the site just yet (I may just do one post will most updates and separate updates if very important information arrives), but expect news in about a half hour!

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The Gurugu Race

– Human-like race
– Fought against man for hundreds of years
– The humans prevailed, Gurugu swept away from the continent
– Ties remain

Elza and Kanan in The Last Story

– Humankind’s force of arms has strengthened to fend off the Gurugu
– Canons on Ruli Island used on the Gurugu who come from across the sea
– Gurugu soldiers will attack Ruli Castle during the game, most likely from an airship
– Quark will join Elza and Kanan as well as a Ruli Castle knight
– Will form a party out of these four and take on the attackers
– Gurugu soldiers divided into types including swordsmen and mages

Tension Skills

– Skill gauge shown below Elza’s HP gauge
– Gauge builds up based off your actions in combat
– Full gauge will allow you to switch to command mode and access a special Tension Skill

Spreading a Magic Circle with Wind

– All characters have Tension Skills
– One of Elza’s skills is Accelerate
– Use this skill so that Elza can increase his movement speed
– Use Elza’s wind magic to spread Accelerate to other party members

Vertical Slash

– Vertical Slash is a skill that uses the environment
– Need to use columns or walls
– Elza can climb up the walls and leap down, thrusting his sword into the ground and dealing damage to enemies in a certain range
– Can combine the move with Elza’s Gathering Ability
– Vertical Slash move can make Magic Circles spread if you strike in the right spot
– Vertical Slash done in real time

Closer Look at Ruli City

– Naful Canal and Shokunin Street shown in Famitsu for the first time
– Naful Canal is a manmade river
– Designed to protect Ruli City from flooding during the rainy season
– Canal splits the city in two
– The two bridges are used to cross into Central Plaza (built atop the Canal)
– People fish and take walks along the shores of the Canal
– Fireworks at night
– Shokunin Street is a gathering spot for all sorts of workers
– Purchase equipment/accessories there
– Strengthen current equipment
– Access the appraisal system via a shop.
– Street is narrow, packed with people
– Equipment upgrade shop/appraisal shops are simply people running businesses from the street
– Shop menu will appear when you speak to them
– Need money and items to upgrade
– May unlock new skills and improve equipment properties when upgrading
– Weapons might transform into others after fortification
– Appraisal shop has to be used to identify items that are marked with a question mark
– Such items can’t be used until they’ve been identified
– Most items picked up from enemies and treasure boxes are assigned types at random
– May receive powerful items at the beginning due to this

Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!

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FOUR PACK OF SONGS FROM PAUL MCCARTNEY, SINGLES FROM INHABITED AND SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES ALL COME TO ROCK BAND!

Cambridge, Mass. – Dec. 23, 2010 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a four pack of songs from Paul McCartney, as well as singles from Inhabited and Siouxsie and The Banshees will be available Dec. 28 in the Rock Band 3 Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

Rock Band provides the deepest and best selection of artists, songs and albums through the Rock Band music platform, which features more than 800 artists and more than 2,000* tracks via disc and download purchase (complete list of tracks at www.rockband.com/songs). Rock Band’s gigantic music library dwarfs that of any other rhythm video game on the market. To date, more than 75 million songs have been sold through the Rock Band Music Store since its launch Nov. 20, 2007.

Rock BandDLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Wii
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01. / 01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {01/12/10} – 581.543 / 3.161.801 (-8%)
02. / 00. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 (Bandai Namco) {16/12/10} – 185.908 / NEW
03. / 00. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre (Level 5) {16/12/10} – 175.604 / NEW
04. / 03. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {09/12/10} – 152.990 / 316.300 (-6%)
05. / 04. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {18/09/10} – 115.438 / 4.744.211 (45%)
06. / 00. [PSP] Shining Hearts (Sega) {16/12/10} – 106.733 / NEW
07. / 06. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {08/07/10} – 92.949 / 1.411.824 (68%)
08. / 05. [WII] Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo) {25/11/10} – 87.114 / 299.534 (27%)
09. / 02. [NDS] Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5) {09/12/10} – 74.329 / 244.877 (-56%)
10. / 08. [NDS] Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo) {02/12/10} – 54.628 / 163.929 (5%)
11. / 13. [WII] Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo) {14/10/10} – 46.392 / 304.600 (75%)
12. / 11. [NDS] Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo) {18/11/10} – 41.103 / 161.748 (41%)
13. / 12. [NDS] Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami) {11/11/10} – 38.140 / 175.195 (39%)
14. / 15. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo) {11/11/10} – 37.239 / 123.348 (52%)
15. / 07. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) {21/10/10} – 29.872 / 742.861 (-44%)
16. / 17. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {03/12/09} – 27.543 / 4.106.019 (29%)
17. / 00. [PS3] Castlevania: Lord of Shadow (Konami) {16/12/10} – 27.155 / NEW
18. / 18. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Bandai Namco) {02/12/10} – 26.970 / 77.509 (27%)
19. / 00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops (Dubbed Edition) (Square Enix) {16/12/10} – 23.253 / NEW
20. / 19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {10/04/08} – 22.579 / 3.044.425 (+10%)

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Designer/Team Meat’s Edmund McMillen on how the WiiWare version would have been gimped…

“There is no way to avoid the fact that if we released a 40MB version of Super Meat Boy it would be a shit version of the game. It’s a lose lose situation, but the fact of the matter is if we release a shitty game, we will have to live with that for the rest of our careers and have to cop to the fact that it is a shitty game.”

McMillen discussing the file size limit on WiiWare…

“We knew of the limits early on but overestimated our ability to get Nintendo to raise the file size. It’s lame that there is a 40MB cap on WiiWare games … but it was our fault for blindly assuming this cap wasn’t set in stone, and we are sorry for that.”

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Believe it or not, the commercial above can now be seen on Japanese televisions. This certainly bodes well for future advertising for The Last Story. After all, if Nintendo is willing to run a commercial just for a presentation, one would think that they’re ready to really push the game in Japan.

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This information comes from the latest episode of Invisible Walls…

Dance Central – 350k
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit PS3 – 203k
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 360 – 201k
Metroid Other M LTD ~ 300k
Iron Man 2 DS – >40k

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The holidays have come early for all of your European WiiWare fans as Mix Superstar is now available worldwide!

Think you can be the next big music star? Well now you’ve got all the tools right at your fingertips with Mix Superstar. Create, mix and record your own royalty-free musical masterpieces right on your Wii™ system. There are over 1,000 Dance, Hip Hop and Techno loops included across multiple instruments like Drum, Bass, Synth, Guitar and even voice tracks.

Once you’ve got that next hit created, it’s time to show it off. Mix Superstar allows you to export your music creations, and download them to your computer so you can take them on-the-go. You can also use WiiConnect24™ to send those hits to your Wii Friends and even collaborate on mixes!

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Adventure Island II – December 28
Super E.D.F. Earth Defense Force – January 2011
Final Fantasy V – Janaury 2011
World Heroes – January 2011