This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Ultra Street Fighter IV (PS3/360) – 9/9/9/9
Lost Dimension (PSV) – 8/8/8/9
Lost Dimension (PS3) – 8/8/8/8
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (3DS) – 8/8/8/7
Shin Hayarigami (PS3/PSV) – 7/8/8/8
Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (3DS) – 7/8/8/7
Urakata Hakuoki: Akatsuki no Shirabe (PSP) – 7/8/7/7
Farming Simulator 14 (3DS) – 6/7/6/6
A couple of Bravely Second tidbits have already leaked from this week’s issue of Famitsu.
First, we’ve learned that Revo will not be working on Bravely Second as they did in the first game due to scheduling conflicts. Gamers will instead be treated to new music from ryo, though a few tracks from Bravely Default will such as music from the game’s towns
A new trailer featuring ryo’s music for the game will be released soon.
Famitsu also confirms that a demo is planned for Bravely Second. A date for its release was not announced.
Rabi Laby 3 has been confirmed for release on the European 3DS eShop next week. It’ll be available on July 8 for €4.99. You may remember that Rabi Laby 3 came out in North America earlier this month.
#RabiLaby3 di #Agetec sarà disponibile sul #Nintendo #eShop (EU) del #3DS dal 7/8 a €4.99 @kitroplious @NinEverything pic.twitter.com/63y5xkfAID
— Nintendo Hall (@NintendoHall) July 29, 2014
The official Twitter account for Hyrule Warriors has given a first look at the game’s limited edition art book. You can find it above.
Sakurai doesn’t toy with our heartstrings quite so much today, giving us a look at some fresh 3DS stages:
He continues with a callback to another entry in the Paper Mario series:
Since the stage is paper, it transforms when it folds over and opens up again. This ship is the S.S. Flavion from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Hyrule Warriors will be seeing another streaming event this week. On Thursday, a special presentation will be held to celebrate the game’s completion.
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, Zelda series producer and Hyrule Warriors supervisor Eiji Aonuma, Koei Tecmo president and CEO Yoichi Erikawa, general producer Hisashi Koinuma, and development producer Yosuke Hayashi will be attending.
The stream can be watched here at 2 PM Japan time. That should be 1 AM ET / 10 PM PT, assuming my timezones are correct!
USgamer has published a massive feature in which it delves into the topic of Nintendo’s quest for inclusivity. It features plenty of comments from EAD manager and original Animal Crossing director Katsuya Eguchi as well as Animal Crossing: New Leaf director Aya Kyogoku.
Among the topics discussed is Nintendo’s mission to create games that appeal to all types of players. Eguchi started off by saying:
