Square Enix announced that the Final Fantasy Explorers demo will launch in Japan on November 14.

The demo will cover the prologue, and has all the major features from the final game (including 4 player online multiplayer).
It will also have two battles against summons (Iffrit and Shiva), along with some jobs and equipment.

As we announced previously, you can transfer some information to the final game, including Gil (up to 5 000), Crystal Points (up to 2 000 points), items, abilities, and one weapon/piece of equipment from every category.

Check out some of the latest videos below:

Character Creation

Basic Quests

Dragon Battle

Iffrit Battle

Shiva Battle

Cloud and Lighting

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Monolith Soft recently opened the Xenoblade Chronicles X teaser site and have been quite surprised at the traffic the site has recieved.

As we previously reported, according to the new site the game is nearing the final stages of completion.
Recently, the newly opened site experienced an overload due to so many fans checking it out that Monolith Soft has had to scramble and come up with a solution to figure out new server rental plans.

According to Monolith Soft, the main problem came from the number of fans downloading the Theme song from the front page as well as those who where listening to it on a loop.

To fix the problem, they’ve decided to turn off the loop and lower the bit rate for the track.

Finally, at the end of their blog post, they teased, “Huh? Online elements? Of course (the game) will have some!”.

As the site continues to be updated we will keep you posted, stay tuned for future announcements.

Xenoblade Chronicles X is expected to release in 2015.

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Super Smash Bros. for 3DS will be receiving yet another update, though it appears this one will be a bit more significant than what we’ve previously seen. Nintendo will be including some ‘balance fixes’ and while they haven’t detailed specifically what that means, those that have version 1.0.3 or earlier will not be able to challenge those on 1.0.4 once they’ve updated.

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Since it’s Melee debut, the Temple stage has fast become a Smash staple and today Sakurai shows off how its latest incarnation will look complete with 8 players:

The one large change we made to this stage is this Hylian text. I wonder what it says? Also featured in this pic is Link in Fierce Deity colors.

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This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Fantasy Life
2. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
3. Pokemon Puzzle Challenge
4. Mario Kart 7
5. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
7. Pokemon Art Academy
8. Shovel Knight
9. Pokemon Dream Radar
10. Super Mario Bros.
11. Pikmin Short Movies 3D
12. 3D Classics: Kid Icarus
13. Azure Striker Gunvolt
14. Resident Evil: Revelations
15. The Legend of Zelda
16. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
17. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
18. Kirby Fighters Deluxe
19. Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
20. Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival

Videos

1. Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire E3 2014 Trailer
2. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS: The Future King
3. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: 50-Fact Extravaganza
4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS One Dog, One Bird, One Zapper
5. Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Teaser Trailer
6. Nintendo Direct: 11/5/14
7. Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal E3 2014 Trailer
8. LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Trailer
9. Fantasy Life – I Heart Pets Trailer
10. Sonic Boom Combo Trailer
11. Pikmin Short Movies Trailer
12. Pokemon Art Academy E3 2014 Trailer
13. 5 Games with Spooky Levels to Play in the Dark
14. Shantae Ammo Baron Character Video
15. Zombie Panic in Wonderland DX Trailer
16. Fantasy Life – Get a Life Trailer
17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze Teaser Trailer
18. Mario Kart 8 – DLC Pack 1 Trailer
19. Pokemon Puzzle Challenge Trailer
20. Shantae Rottytops Character Video

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Nintendo’s Japanese amiibo website confirms additional functionality for some figures.

First, Toon Link will be compatible in Mario Kart 8 – likely another Mii costume. Toon Link, Zelda, and Sheik are also supported in Hyrule Warriors.

You may recall that Nintendo announced amiibo functionality for all of the Smash Bros. figures in Hyrule Warriors during last week’s Nintendo Direct. However, it seems that Toon Link, Zelda, and Sheik will offer unique functionality rather than randomly selected materials, weapons and rupees.

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Nintendo is releasing amiibo figures in waves. In Japan, there will be eight figures in round two and another three in the third set.

Fan favorites like Shulk and Rosalina will be available in the second set. And perhaps most importantly, the first third-party figures are releasing in the third – Sonic and Mega Man.

Most of the figures pictured above are due out in Japan on January 22. Shulk, Sonic, and Mega Man are the three expected in February. Pricing is set at 1,200 yen each.

To summarize:

January 22

Lucario
Rosalina
Bowser
Toon Link
Sheik
Ike
Meta Knight
King Dedede

February

Shulk
Sonic
Mega Man

Just as a reminder, this is for Japan only. It’s slightly confusing because the amiibo rounds are different between the west and Japan. We’re getting Zelda, Luigi, and a few others in December, which is round two for us. But Japan is getting all of these figures in their first round at launch.

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An image has surfaced showing Shigeru Miyamoto’s original sketches for Super Mario Bros. sprites. View it above!

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