This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Puppeteer (PS3) – 9/9/9/9
Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PS3/360/Wii U) – 9/9/9/9
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (PS3/360) – 9/9/8/8
Killzone: Mercenary (PSV) – 9/8/9/8
Shirahana no Ori: Hiiro no Kakera 4: Shiki no Shi (PSP) – 8/8/8/7
Uta no * Prince Sama: Music 2 (PSP) – 8/8/7/7
Elminage Gothic 3D Remix (3DS) – 8/8/6/7
Kisaragi Gold * Star: Nonstop Go Go!! (PSP) – 8/8/6/7
We have larger and better shots of the new Japanese Club Nintendo t-shirts (and the full backs). And one note: the Zelda: Wind Waker HD one will actually be available on September 26 – the day the game launches in Japan.
Monster Hunter 4 will have a unique quest maker aspect. To learn more about this feature, check out the summary of details below as well as a few screenshots.
– Game has a built-in quest maker
– Players can use a search feature when hunting alone and exploring the Unknown Forest
– This makes the game create a random quest by selecting monsters, the field area, and material points
– Clear the quest and it will become a Guild Quest
– This means you can share it with other players and complete it together
– Register up to 10 Guild Quest types and exchange them through StreetPass
– Each time you clear a Guild Quest it levels up
– This increases its difficulty and the quality of items you can earn
– These kinds of quests have a new equipment you can collect called Excavation Equipment
– Parameters and designs for Excavation Equipment is different than you will find in regular quests
– Can only collect Excavation Equipment from the Sea of Trees
– Sounds like some monsters can only be seen in these extra quests
Valkyrie no B?ken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on September 4 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.
A new Kamen Rider game is heading to the 3DS. This week’s Famitsu reveals that Tales of Hearts developer 7th Chord is making “Kamen Rider Travelers Record” for the handheld.
Kamen Rider Travelers Record will include different periods of Heisei riders. In the action-adventure game, players run and fight in all directions on the field. The 3DS touch screen can be used to interact with your transformation belt and transform.
Kamen Rider Travelers Record is due out in Japan on November 28. All first print copies will come with a code that makes Ganbarizing available.
Two new Virtual Console games are on track for the Japanese Wii U eShop next week. The Famicom game Twinbee and Super Famicom title The Legend of the Mystical Ninja will be out on September 4. Pricing is set at 500 yen and 800 yen respectively.
Arc System Works has announced a new title for the 3DS in this week’s Famitsu, “Amazoness of Stardust”. This won’t be your typical dungeon RPG, based on a Famitsu report. All of the game’s playable characters are said to be female.
Amazoness of Stardust takes place on Prison Planet where a camp of prisoners are held. Players are tasked with choosing one of the detainees and trying to escape.
Amazons of Stardust is hitting Japan on November 14. Development is 70% complete. Miyama Zero of High School DxD fame will be working on character designs.
VooFoo Studios, developer of Pure Chess, has high praise for the Wii U hardware.
Speaking with ONM, technology director Mark Williams said Nintendo’s console is “quite a beast of a machine”. He added that it’s “very capable of throwing around some pretty impressive visuals.”
Regarding the decision to bring Pure Chess to Wii U, Williams stated:
“Wii U really seemed to be an ideal platform to bring Pure Chess to – it’s quite a beast of a machine so is very capable of throwing around some pretty impressive visuals. Also, there was no chess game available on Wii U already, let alone one that looked quite as stunning as this. This, combined with Nintendo’s desire to get a chess game onto the platform, meant that it was really a no brainer.”
This week’s GameStop has gone live. There’s once again a lack of actual deals, as this week’s “offer” is relegated to the pre-order section.
Nonetheless, here’s what GameStop has going this week:
