Square Enix published two more commercials for Dragon Quest VIII on 3DS, which is out now in Japan. You can find them below along with a director’s cut edition of all live action promos.
On September 1, Nintendo and Valhalla Game Studios will be adding new content to Devil’s Third. The game will be receiving a new rule set, area, and Special Arms – as shown in the image above. Additionally, players can earn five times the experience when playing the Carnival rule set between September 1 and September 8.
Marvelous has shared an extended launch trailer for Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson. We’ve posted it below.
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Disney Infinity 3.0 – $19.99 (available Sunday)
Wii U Download
Runbow – $14.99, 15% off if you downloaded the Nindies@Home demo
Brave Tank Hero – $5.99
FullBlast – $5.99
Pixel Slime U – $2.99
Wii Download for Wii U
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor – $19.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Sin & Punishment – $11.99
3DS Download
Gotcha Racing – $5.99
3DS Themes
Splatoon: Squid Sisters
Woah Dave! Alien Invasion!
eShop Sales
Wii U/3DS
– Don’t miss your chance to take up to 66 percent off Capcom games like Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Nintendo 3DS) and many more! This promotion ends at 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 31. Visit http://www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers for more details.
– Turtle Tale (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is 33 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 17.
Wii U
– Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails is 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 2.
– Rock ’N Racing Off Road is 41 percent off (reduced from $5.99 to $3.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 10.
– KEYTARI: 8-bit Music Maker is 37 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 28 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 18.
– 99Seconds and Darts Up from Enjoyup Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 24.
3DS
– Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers from ATLUS are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 31.
– Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 31.
– Funfair Party Games, Jewel Match 3 and more games from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 10.
– Tiny Games – Knights & Dragons is 33 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 10.
– 2 Fast 4 Gnomz is 40 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $2.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 17.
– Classic Games Overload: Card and Puzzle Edition is 33 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $19.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 21.
– Darts Up 3D, Soccer Up 3D and Soccer Up Online from Enjoyup are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 24.
– Big Hero 6 Battle in the Bay and Disney Frozen Olaf’s Quest from Gamemill Entertainment are on sale beginning at 9 a.m. PT on Aug. 28 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 5.
Activities
Splatoon TRANSFORMERS Splatfest – Are you Team AUTOBOT or Team DECEPTICON? The next Splatoon Splatfest runs from Aug. 28 at 9 p.m. PT until Aug. 29 at 9 p.m. PT. If you haven’t chosen your team yet, head over to the Pledge Box in the plaza prior to Splatfest. The winning team can pick up their prizes in the plaza after the event. Learn more by visiting http://splatoon.nintendo.com/.
Builders Week – Are you a master level designer? It’s time to show off those skills during Builders Week! Until Aug. 31, we’ll be showcasing the best building games for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS family systems and releasing the VS. EXCITEBIKE game for Virtual Console on Wii U for the first time! We’ll also be issuing challenges for master builders to complete. Get involved with the challenges by following @NintendoAmerica on Twitter, the Play Nintendo Miiverse Community or Nintendo of America on Facebook!
Source: Nintendo PR
Dragon Quest VIII for 3DS is being released today in Japan. To celebrate this occasion, Square Enix is having two live streams this weekend. The first one, taking place tomorrow, August 28th, at 6PM JST, is actually a concert. The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra will perform music from the game. Unfortunately, this stream is region-locked and you have to pay 1,500 yen to watch it. It will be streamed on NicoNico,
The second live stream is fortunately not region-locked. It will show gameplay from Dragon Quest VIII and will take on Saturday, August 29th, at 5PM JST. It will also be streamed on NicoNico.
Capcom is keeping up its steady stream of DLC for The Great Ace Attorney. The seventh round of the paid “Randst Magazine” DLC is now out in Japan. It includes the following:
– short episode focused on Gina Lestrade
– Nintendo 3DS Theme featuring Auchi Taketsuchi
– commentary video with Shu Takumi (Director) about Episode 5
– concept-art for Episode 1
– Behind the Scenes video for the game’s music
– beta music for Gina Lestrade
System: Nintendo 3DS
Release date: August 27th, 2015 (EU) – September 15th, 2015 (NA)
Developer: Tamsoft
Publisher Marvellous, XSEED
Best girl: Rin
Let’s just get this out of the way first: Senran Kagura has always sold itself on the breasts of its female protagonists rather than the actual gameplay and on the surface this sequel is no different. It’s still all about teenage anime girls fighting it out in the perviest way possible and it’s bound to be a style that will alienate most of the console’s audience. Though it wouldn’t be particularly professional to do so as a reviewer, Senran Kagura 2 is absolutely the kind of game where it is reasonable to dismiss it based on the premise alone. That said, there is more to Deep Crimson than finally making good on the producer’s promise of viewing breasts in stereoscopic 3D and there are some welcome refinements to the brawler gameplay.
My only experience with the series prior to this was the Playstation Vita spin-off, Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus, a game I didn’t care for at all, which made it even more surprising when I ended up enjoying Deep Crimson quite a bit. I still have my misgivings about the game’s aesthetic, but the fast-paced combat and bizarre tone definitely filled a niche on the console’s library. Though the gravity-defying blobs the game calls breasts might still be Senran Kagura’s primary selling point, there is thankfully a bit more to it this time around.
If you still haven’t seen enough pre-release Super Mario Maker footage, then you’re in luck – Nintendo UK is hosting another live stream on their Twitch channel today at 5 PM UK time.
In other news, here’s the previous live stream recording:
Kenichiro Takaki, producer of the Senran Kagura series, has announced via his Twitter account that the action series has sold over one million copies worldwide.
Senran Kagura has seen a good amount of releases since its debut in 2011, spanning across multiple platforms with three of the seven titles having been developed exclusively for the 3DS. The newest title, Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson, is set to come out to North America on September 15th, while the European release has now launched.
今日、営業の資料で知ったのだが、来月でお蔭様の5周年を迎える『閃乱カグラシリーズ』はなんと全世界累計で100万本を超えていた。
最近は作るのに必死であんま売上げ見てなかったけどｗ、「ヒャー」って変な声だしちゃったわ。 pic.twitter.com/J3i1bBPGp9— 高木 謙一郎 © (@kenichiro_taka) August 26, 2015
