River City Ransom SP, the upcoming 3DS title from Arc System Works, has been given a solid release date for Japan: October 27. Alongside this announcement, Arc System Works also announced that the planned local co-op play will not be a feature, and that the game will have a small price drop to compensate. The new price is 3,780/3,700 yen for the physical/download versions, respectively, as opposed to the previously announced 4,860/4,500.
Pokemon Shuffle’s latest update is pretty big for devoted players. In addition to the timed Special Stages, the game has now added more permanent stages to the main game. Starting with Stage #451, Duskull, players have a whole lot more to play through and master.
Meanwhile, the Special Stages will run until October 4, and they feature Zygarde, Dialga, and Beedrill, as well as a brand-new safari that features Aipom, Sewaddle, Swadloon, Ambipom, Leavanny, Cotonee (Winking), and Whimsicott (Winking). The Dialga stage will also let players obtain Dialga Skill Boosters. Finally, next week’s Mega Competition will be against Mega-Beedrill. If you don’t have Beedrill yet, be sure to catch it on this rotation!
Severed is releasing on the Wii U and 3DS eShops on September 22, and Nintendaan has provided a good 20 minutes of hands-on footage of the Wii U version. Check it out below:
In Japan, Capcom just released a demo for Monster Hunter Stories – as we learned would happen this past weekend. Head past the break for a Twitch archive with a ton of footage.
Capcom has now published a proper trailer for Megami Meguri following the recent teaser video put up around TGS. View it below.
In celebration of Bayonetta 2’s second anniversary in Japan, PlatinumGames is sharing new tidbits about the game. Director Yusuke Hashimoto reveals on the studio’s website that Balder was originally intended to be playable in the main story.
According to Hashimoto:
Speaking of Balder, here’s a fun fact. When we first started planning Bayonetta 2, we thought about having him as a playable character in the main story. The idea was to split the story into two parts: as Bayonetta, players would fight against angels; as Balder, they’d fight against demons. Each of these parts would show the story unfolding from its main character’s point of view, until the very end when they converge and start working together. That itself might not be new information, though… It’s an idea from five years ago, after all, so I might’ve spilled the beans about it somewhere along the line.
Head on over to PlatinumGames’ site here for some “forbidden knowledge” about the game. It includes details about where to buy super-secret items and characters, where to stock up on Halos, and Tag Climax move lists for Rodin and Balder.
The Bayonetta amiibo was announced last December, but we haven’t heard anything about it since. Fans have been left wondering when we’ll finally be seeing it.
There is good news to report finally, as the figure is still on the way. Bayonetta 2 director Yusuke Hashimoto just made a new post on the PlatinumGames website teasing the amiibo, and noted that the team is “still working hard to get her just right.” For now, we’re only left with the image above.
Hashimoto’s full words are as follows:
So here’s something interesting. In North America, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is launching tomorrow. It’ll be entirely in English – except for one exception.
Atlus said in an update today that the team accidentally left over a tiny bit of Japanese text. You’ll only find it towards the end of the game, and in rare instances as you need to trigger a certain set of circumstances. Atlus did apologize for not seeing this, but it’s unclear if they’ll be able to put out a patch in the near future.
Here’s the full explanation:
Gather around folks, we’ve got a story to tell, capped off with an apology for the upcoming RPG, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse.
As a bunch of people pointed out, an image circulated this weekend of our English build having some unlocalized Japanese text still in it. I’m not gonna link it here because it’s from the battle at the end of the game and could definitely spoil some details for people. Let that also serve as your warning before you go looking for it.
Nevertheless, I asked our localization team about it, and they pored over the game’s text files looking to find out what happened.
And…?
For folks in Canada, the new Zelda amiibo and Animal Crossing amiibo cards are now available to pre-order. You can reserve them all here. This includes the 8-Bit Link, Ocarina of Time Link, and Wind Waker 2-pack as well as the Animal Crossing: New Leaf Welcome amiibo cards.
Thanks to MrJonFaust for the tip.
Nintendo has posted a short video to their YouTube channel with Joakim Sandberg, the developer of Noitu Love: Devolution.
In the video, Joakim gives a short introduction to the story and gameplay of Noitu Love; Devolution, and how the Wii U and 3DS utilize some unique methods to control and play the game such as touch screen controls or the Wii Remote. You can view the full video below.
