Starfish’s Kouenji Joshi Soccer 3 was announced for 3DS last July. In this week’s issue of Famitsu, a final release month has finally been confirmed.
Kouenji Joshi Soccer 3 will launch in Japan this June. A limited edition is apparently planned, though details have not yet surfaced.
PEGI has announced the expansion of its rating system to mobile and digital storefronts in Europe. This comes as part of a global initiative with other classification authorities from around the world, which includes the following groups:
Pan European Game Information (PEGI) – Europe
Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) – Germany
Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) – North America
Classificação Indicativa (ClassInd) – Brazil
Classification Board – Australia
The International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) was recently established in hopes of streamlining the process for assigning age and content ratings to digital games as well as mobile apps. At the moment, the IARC system is adopted for use in Google Play/Firefox Marketplace, but the eShop will soon be represented as well.
Ultimately, this should mean that more games will make their way to Europe. That’s because developers will be able to submit their game, and then collectively obtain age ratings for various countries. The process will be much, much simpler… and free.
Most of the time, I’m against posting any sort of news about stocks and share values. The market constantly fluctuates. When something good happens, share value goes down. When something good happens, the value goes up. That’s all there is to it for the most part!
Given today’s announcement regarding Nintendo and DeNA’s partnership (spanning new plans for smart devices and a new NX platform), it should come as no surprise that the Big N’s share value has seen a significant spike. We won’t know how things are going in the Japanese stock market until tomorrow, but there have already been notable increases in NTDOF and NTDOS values in the US market. Both are currently experiencing their highest values over the last year with a 20 percent boost.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released a new render today showing the various villains in LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin. As was expected, Ronin is the main villain, though Frankjaw, Master Chen, Skales and General Cryptor are also in the game.
LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin launches on March 24.
Source: Warner Bros. Interactive PR
Pokemon Shuffle has received another new update. You can nab version 1.1.4 by heading over to the “Check In” section of the game. We’ll let you know what the update encompasses as soon as we obtain more information.
Nintendo is releasing a new Mario vs. Donkey Kong 3DS theme in Japan very soon. For 200 yen, it will be possible to obtain the theme shown below. It’s out on Thursday.
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 9/9/9/9
Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2015 (PS3/PSV) – 9/9/9/9
Disgaea 5 (PS4) – 9/8/8/8
Kagero: Mou Hitori no Princess (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 8/8/9/8
Kengakimi for V (PSV) – 9/9/7/7
Friend to Lover (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Kuroko’s Basketball: Ties to the Future (3DS) – 8/7/8/8
Sword Art Online: Lost Song (PS3/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Senran Kagura: Estival Versus (PS4/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Justy x Nasty: Maou Hajime Mashita (PSV) – 8/7/7/6
Nashi-jiru Busha! Funassyi vs. Dragons (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
Yoiyomori no Hime (PSP) – 6/6/6/7
