I’ve created the discussion thread for The Starship Damrey, which you can find right here if you desire to contribute your thoughts on the game to the discussion. I’ve added my initial impressions, and I’d be curious if anyone agrees/disagrees with me!

~Austin

EB Games Australia is handing out a little bonus with Animal Crossing: New Leaf pre-orders. If you reserve the game, you’ll receive Isabelle and town hall mini figurines. It’s pretty neat – it makes me wish for something similar here!

Pokemon X/Y won’t be out until later this year, but the OFLC has already rated both titles. The pair of games earned a “PG” rating.

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Prior to Fire Emblem: Awakening, you could say that the series was in decline. Sales of the previous games had been decreasing, and Nintendo didn’t even bother localizing the final DS title.

So had Awakening not been a success, the franchise could have been put on hold. Nintendo’s sale manager had actually told the team that the 3DS release could be the last Fire Emblem if it saw poor sales.

Producer Hitoshi Yamagami told Hobby Consola in an interview:

“No doubt. Truth be told, sales are dropping. The sales manager of Nintendo, Mr. Hatano, told us that this could be the last Fire Emblem. Due to this progressive descend on sales, they told us that if the sales of this episode stayed below 250,000 copies, we’d stop working on the saga. I remember when I came back from the meeting and told the team ‘My God, what are we gonna do?! The end has come!’. Our reaction was clear: if this was going to be the last Fire Emblem, we had to put everything we always wanted to include. That’s how this new project was born!”

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Another round of Prisma Illya information has surfaced from Famitsu. The magazine posted its preview online today, giving out details about the characters and gameplay.

Here’s the latest:

– From Kadokawa Games
– Play as Illyasviel von Einzbern
– Character is voiced by Mai Kadowaki
– Illyasviel von Einzbern suddenly becomes a magical girl
– Illya’s powers allow hero to use element cards during battles
– Top screen shows characters and attack animations
– Choose which card to use from the deck with the touch screen
– Select cards to perform different magical attacks
– Miyu Edelfelt is voiced by Kaori Nazuka
– Prisma Illya is an action adventure game
– Out in Japan this summer

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This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Gunman Story (Gunman Clive) – 200 yen
Shin Megami Tensei IV (retail title) – 6,300 yen (5/23)
Tamagachi no Doki Doki Dream Omisechi (retail title) – 4,980 yen (5/23)

Virtual Console
Galaga (Famicom) – 500 yen
Nekketsu K?k? Dodgeball-bu Soccer-hen (Famicom, Nintendo World Cup) – 500 yen

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
Biohazard: Revelations Unveiled Edition (retail title) – 4,990 yen (5/23)

Virtual Console
Ikki (Famicom) – 500 yen
Heracles no Eik? III: Kamigami no Chinmoku (Super Famicom) – 800 yen
Rockman X (Mega Man X, Super Famicom) – 800 yen

Video Content

Nintendo Direct on the Wii U and 3DS eShops
Yakuza 1&2 HD
“SEGA Direct” portion of the Direct
The Cave video
Virtual Console videos
Downloadable title videos
Shin Megami Tensei IV preview video
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D video
Fantasy Life commercials

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One new world is included in Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, which is made up of eight brand new levels. However, you can’t access this content right off the bat – you’ll need to go through a special series of steps to access the world.

So how do you go about it? Destructoid posted this helpful overview:

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Level-5 sent out a new information blast about Youkai Watch recently. The latest details cover the game’s different characters, youkai, story, and more.

For the latest information summary, read on below.

General

– Theme is “Everyday life with Youkai”
– Takes place in an average town, Sakura New Town
– Town has all kinds of Japanese folklore monsters known as youkai

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Aksys Games has announced its E3 2013 lineup, which includes two unannounced titles. Trailers for both games will be shown during the event and they’ll be playable as well. Aksys says that it will be bringing the games “to these here shores”, so it sounds like a couple of localization announcements are planned.

Aksys’ E3 lineup includes Muramasa Rebirth, A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX, and the company’s first mobile titles. Strangely, there’s no news on Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi, which was confirmed for North America last month.

Source: Aksys Games PR