Next month, Square Enix will host a Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation in Japan. We’ll be hearing about the latest games from series creator Yuji Horii and Ryutaro Ichimura, who is supervising the 30th anniversary project.
Fans can watch the presentation as it happens on Niconico. It will take place on the following days/times:
– 9 PM PT on January 12
– 12 AM ET on January 13
– 5 AM in the UK on January 13
– 6 AM in Europe on January 13
– 2 PM in Japan on January 13
We know that Dragon Quest XI is targeted for 2016 in Japan, so hopefully we’ll be hearing more about it. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 will likely have a presence as well.
XSEED is handling Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale in North America. In PAL regions, it looks like that responsibility will fall with Marvelous.
A rating has popped up in the Australia ratings database for Return to PopoloCrois, and Marvelous is listed as the game’s publisher. We haven’t seen an official announcement yet, but this should mean that the title will be heading to Europe and Australia next year in addition to North America.
The Xenoblade Chronicles X Special Edition is available once again through Amazon. If you’re looking for a copy, you can place an order here.
Get an order in while you can!
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Image & Form has prepared a launch trailer for SteamWorld Heist. You can view it below.
In other news, Image & Form has revealed that a free update is in the works, and is planned for release in January. It’ll add support for French, Italian, German, Spanish and Russian language options as well as other “fun game stuff”.
Source: Image & Form PR
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Angelique Retour (PSV/PSP) – 10/8/10/9
Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken Eyes of Heaven (PS4/PS3) – 9/8/8/9
Monster Strike (3DS) – 8/9/8/8
Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky (PS4/PSV) – 8/8/8/9
Star Wars Battlefront (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/8/9
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Grand Kingdom (PS4/PSV) – 8/7/8/8
Miracle Girls Festival (PSV) – 8/8/8/7
Superbeat: Xonic (PSV) – 8/8/7/8
Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma: The Dish of Friendship and Bonds (3DS) – 8/7/7/7
MeiQ no Chika ni Shisu (PSV) – 8/7/7/7
Yo-kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version (Wii U) – 7/7/7/7
Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Believer (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Melty Moment (PSV) – 7/7/6/7
Owari No Seraph Unmei no Hajimari (PSV) – 6/7/6/6
Update: A leak from this week’s issue of Famitsu is in. Aversa, Gangrel, Garrick, and Excellus are all confirmed as enemies. Each one comes from Fire Emblem Awakening.
We won’t get proper Famitsu scans until tomorrow, however the weekly preview has already revealed something interesting about Genei Ibun Roku #FE: Lon’qu (from Fire Emblem Awakening) and Abel (from Marth’s games) will appear in the game as Mirages. However, no corresponding characters were revealed alongside them, so it seems that they will actually be enemies.
Interestingly, the only other characters from Fire Emblem revealed so far that only appear as enemies and not as allies to Itsuki and his friends are Aversa and Gangrel, who were also villains in their original game, whereas Lon’qu and Abel were part of the player’s army. Cain appears in Genei Ibun Roku #FE as Toma’s Mirage, but apparently his counterpart Abel won’t join him.
Hopefully the full scans will provide an answer to this mystery.
Famitsu has published a brief article about Hyrule Warriors Legends for its magazine coverage this week. In it, we learn about two new elements in the game.
First up, Hyrule Warriors Legends will have a “My Fairy” system. Famitsu doesn’t go in-depth about this, but indicates that it’ll be used to help players. Also confirmed is a new Great Sea map in Adventure Mode.
Expect more details about both of these items when Famitsu releases tomorrow.
Last week, Kirby: Canvas Curse came out on the European Wii U Virtual Console. Watch some footage of the title below.
Atlus have published another trailer for their upcoming 3DS game Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final, this time focusing on the character Nozomi. Check it out below:
Several special stages and events in Pokemon Shuffle ended last night, and several new (and returning) ones have taken their place.
First of all, Landorus is now available as a special stage. Like Thundurus and Tornadus before it, your chance to catch it will get bigger each time, however you can only face of against it once per day. Note that this is a time-based stage.
Next, both Dialga and Palkia return to the game. If you didn’t catch them the first time around, now’s your chance. They will be available until December 15th.
Finally, the Pokemon Safari stages where you can randomly meet Gible, Gabite, Garchomp, Staryu, Starmie, Furfrou and Phione make a return. They will be available until December 22nd.
