Story of Seasons: Good Friends of Three Villages gets new details in Famitsu
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This week’s issue of Famitsu has a sizable update on Story of Seasons: Good Friends of Three Villages. The magazine offers four pages of coverage with new details about the game.
One of the more notable aspects of Story of Seasons: Good Friends of Three Villages is that Nintendo costumes will be featured. Players can dress up as the likes of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad. Interestingly, these will take on more than just appearance changes, as they’ll have some effects as well. Mario’s costume raises movement speed while Peach’s costume makes it easier to raise friendships.
Ace Attorney 6 details – episode 2, characters
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New details about Ace Attorney 6 have popped up from this week’s issue. In the magazine, episode 2 and some characters are detailed.
Here’s the full roundup, courtesy of Court-Records:
– Episode two begins during a rehearsal for one of Trucy’s shows
– This is “Trucy in Gramaryeland”
– While the rehearsal is happening, things take a turn for the worst
– The body of one of her co-performers, “Mr. Menyo”, appears mid-way through
– Moments later, part of the stage collapses
– Trucy’s arrested and held responsible for the accidents
– Apollo leaps into action to save her
– Kanenari Shinoyama (self-styled as “Jack Yamashino”): famous producer of Nidomi Terebi (Look Twice TV)
– He’s putting on the special broadcast Trucy’s magic show is part of
– Mimi Nanano: Trucy’s assistant
– Mimi is the “rabbit girl”
– She seems to be hiding something that requires Apollo to use his Perceive ability on her (in investigation)
– Ema has achieved her dream of becoming a forensic scientist
– She’s quite a bit happier now
– She still warns in one screenshot that Apollo’d better not touch anything if he doesn’t want to see her angry
– Forensic investigations are back
– Two shown in Famitsu are fingerprint searching and the ability to compare multi-angle videos of the crime scene to look for contradictions
– Fingerprint searching is now combined with 3D evidence examination
– Investigation memo is back
Japanese Voice cast:
Phoenix Wright: Takayuki KOND?
Apollo Justice: KENN
Athena Cykes: Megumi HAN
Maya Fey: Satomi HANAMURA
Nayuta: Daisuke NAMIKAWA
Leifa: Saori HAYAMI
Bokto: Emiri KAT?
More: Ace Attorney 6, Capcom, details roundup
Nintendo delivers new details about Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments
Nintendo has dished out a bunch of details about both Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard.
First, a recap of Star Fox Zero:
In the action-packed universe of Star Fox Zero, the TV displays a cinematic view from behind the Arwing while the Wii U GamePad puts players straight into the gunner’s seat, complete with immersive audio and intuitive motion controls for pinpoint aiming. A range of training missions help new recruits to master the game’s unique two-screen gameplay, and as their skills improve, players can return to these training missions to rack up better scores, then take what they’ve learned into the main game to discover new areas and beat their previous best performances.
Etrian Odyssey V screenshots, art, tons of details
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Atlus sent out a new media blast for Etrian Odyssey V today. That means we have new screenshots, art, and plenty of details pertaining to the game. All of the content is rounded up below, with translations coming from Gematsu.
Story
– Arcadia is a land dominated by swords and magic
– A huge tree from ancient times called “Yggdrasil” exists here and is to be the reason that peace visits the world
– There is a legend about that World Tree
– If you can manage to reach its untrodden summit, it is said that your dreams will come true
– “The power to dominate the world.” “The most powerful.” “The world’s mysteries.” “Expensive treasures.”
– 4 races on the land
– Each has a different legend, but no person has been able to confirm them
– From the city “Aeolis” at the bottom of Yggdrasil, the official orders are issued
– In pursuit of the legend, the courageous adventurers who will challenge Yggdrasil gather in Aeolis
– Players take on the role of one of the adventurers in response to the official orders
– Challenge the labyrinths and aim for the top of the World Tree
More: Atlus, details roundup, Etrian Odyssey V, Japan
Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure screenshots, tons of details
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A whole bunch of content has come in for Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure. View some screenshots below, and head past the break for a ton of details. All translations were made by Gematsu.
Another round of Zero Time Dilemma details have surfaced from a new Kotaku report. We’ve rounded up the various tidbits below.
General
– Can switch between English and Japanese at will
– Set at the mysterious Mars testing facility where things happened
– Set decades in the past before Virtue’s Last Reward
– 9 characters in English – Phi, Sigma, Akane, Junpei, and newcomers: Diana (mentioned in VLR), Carlos, Eric, Mira, and a little boy with a big helmet named Q
– Once again, characters are separated into three different squads
– Switch between the teams as you play through the story
– Each team is trapped in a specific ward of the facility, where they’ve gotta figure out how to escape
– Story will be told through cinematics
– All of the dialogue will be voiced
– Can play without reading
– Trying to make it as accessible as possible to people who haven’t played the first two games
– Every 90 minutes, a drug is injected from the watches everyone’s wearing that causes them to wake up and lose all their memories
– The story can be played out of chronological order thanks to this mechanic, so you start from a ‘floating fragment’ screen that shows you the various scenes in the story
– As you complete each fragment, you’ll see how they fit into a larger narrative chart that you can uncover as you play
– The characters don’t know where they are in the timeline, and neither does the player
– When you complete a segment it goes into the larger decision tree
– This tells you where it actually happens in the story
– Zero will make your characters try to kill one another
– Game tries to miss with both the player and the characters as much as possible
Demo details
– Begins with Sigma locked to a chair while Zero monologued at him
– Phi was next to him locked inside an incinerator
– Diana stood between them and had to make the choice
– Cut-scenes are in 3D
– With the scenes, there is a moving camera and actual in-game objects
– The gun next to Sigma’s chair has 3 live rounds and three blanks
– If Diana pulls the trigger it’ll shut down the incinerator whether or not the bullet is live
– She has a 50/50 chance of killing Sigma
– In 3 minutes, the incinerator will start and kill Phi
– If Diana pulls the trigger, the door will open but Sigma has a 50/50 chance of dying
– They decided to pull the trigger
– It’s completely random what happens
– The game calculates the odds each time
– In this case, the bullet is a blank, Sigma lives and Phi is also saved from the incinerator
– Some of the choices throughout the game will have randomness like that
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 details and screenshots – Masters Road, Super Vital Synthesis, more
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 is a little over a week away from launching in Japan, but Square Enix still has more to share on the game. Today we have details and screenshots for Masters Road, Super Vital Synthesis, and more. Find today’s content below, courtesy of Gematsu.
Master’s Road
– Action mini-game
– Get to the goal while running through frequent traps and approaching monsters
– Use your monster’s ride techniques
– Master’s Road can be found all over
– Their entrances are not displayed on the map, but rather hidden quietly for you to find on your own in locations you might not normally step foot in
– An item called the “Heaven Guide Stone” is the key to Master’s Road
– Monsters will be wandering about
– Some of them will block your way as if they’re protectors of the path
– Blazing fires, rotating floors and other contraptions will block your way
– Switch out the monsters you’re riding and move forward
– If you fall off the map due to an an unforeseen circumstance, you’ll have to start again from the beginning
Gates to Different Dimensions
– In Break World, only with your Reactor can you find gates leading to another dimension
– Through these gates that cross space and time
– You will encounter the monster masters of a different world, unexpected monsters, other surprises
– There are powerful monsters wandering about the different world
– Make your preparations after discovering a gate and then jump in
– After jumping into the rip in space-time, you’ll see an environment unlike what you’ve seen before
– You’ll sometimes encounter masters outside of the protagonist
– Defeat them for items that will help you on your adventure
Super Vital Synthesis
– Synthesize two monsters to create a more powerful monster
– New synthesis method: “Super Vital Synthesis”
– Through Super Vital Synthesis, the combined monster’s strength-denoting Rank instantly rises to SS
– The characteristics held by the original monsters can be inherited by the newly born monster
– Ex: Super Vital Synthesizing a mimic (normal body, Absorb Magic, fast action) with a dragon slime (small body, Parameter Break, glance up) creates an SS-Rank Lumbering Machine that inherits the “fast action” of his parent, allowing him to attack before enemies
– Decide which size the child monster takes in a Super Vital Synthesis
– Ex: can create a compact-size Dragonlord to ride around
Take to the Heavens
– By riding on a giant monster, you can fly around freely in the sky
– Here you can find previously unseen monsters and lands
– In the sky fields, you can ride any monster if it’s big enough
– Size them up via Super Vital Synthesis and fly through the sky on your favorite monsters
More Zero Time Dilemma details
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With the Zero Time Dilemma website open, more details have arisen about the plot, setting, characters and more. While the website is in Japanese, Gematsu has provided translations of the material.
Prologue
-Starts December 31, 2028, in Nevada desert
-Nine men and women wake up in confinement
-Masked person announces the start of “the Decision game”, which they say the survival of the human race depends on
-The nine characters are then divided into three teams: C, Q, and D
About
-Adventure/escape game
-Mysterious character “Zero” has imprisoned the nine characters
-Escaping from the facility requires figuring out six passwords
-A password is revealed every time that a person dies
-Asks if the player will kill the other teams to get all the passwords or find another way
Cinema Part
-During certain “Cinema Parts”, characters will have conversations without text boxes
-Fully voiced
Characters
Team C
-Carlos (voiced by Tomokazu Sugita), a firefighter whose sister has an incurable disease. He also has, in his line of work, saved many lives.
-Akane (voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro), a supposedly ideal Japanese woman, who is actually skilled in trickery and presides over a secret society working towards a peaceful future.
-Junpei (voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki), a detective who is pursuing Akane, who was a childhood friend of his.
Team Q
Q (voiced by Aki Toyosaki), a kind boy who wears a strange helmet and has no memory of who he is.
Eric (voiced by Akira Ishida), an ice cream shop clerk, he is normally cheerful but has been known to have a temper.
Mira (voiced by Maaya Sakamoto), she is Eric’s girlfriend. She tends to be emotionless, but her reasoning is that she’s “just insensitive.”
Team D
Diana (voiced by Mamiko Noto), a pacifist nurse who was recommended to the experiment by her boss.
Phi (voiced by Chiaki Omigawa), a blunt but intellectual woman, who joined the experiment with Akane and Sigma to “save the world”.
Sigma (voiced by Daisuke Ono), a 22-year old man whose mind is that of a 67 year-old.
Other
Zero (voiced by ???), the mysterious mastermind behind the Decision Game.
Gabu, a dog that can pass from section to section of the facility. Team members can communicate with the other teams by attaching messages to his collar.
Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure details – Mystery Adventure Mode, music
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As mentioned a few days ago, this week’s issue of Famitsu revealed Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure for 3DS.
One of the big hooks in this release is a RPG-esque mode called “Mystery Adventure Mode.” We now have more information about what to expect from this aspect of the game.
The story background/objective is to protect the world’s OOPArts. There are two main characters in Mystery Adventure Mode: Tia (the girl) and Popokaka (the monkey). Meanwhile, the antagonists are a mysterious group called Hexagria, who stole a Lion Fang Necklace OOPArt at the beginning of story.
Ace Attorney 6 details and screenshots – story beginning, Potdino, Mitamaru
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Capcom published another round of Ace Attorney 6 details and screenshots today. We have content for how the story begins, new character Potdino, and the puppy Mitamaru. You’ll find everything rounded up below, courtesy of Gematsu.
What happens when Phoenix Wright first visits the Kurain Kingdom?
– To meet up with the Maya Fey, who is in training, Phoenix Wright visits the Kurain Kingdom
– Goes sightseeing in the streets of Kurain with tour guide Bokuto Tsuani while waiting for Maya to finish
– As this happens, the Kurain Kingdom’s prized treasure, the “Jewel of the Founder,” is stolen
– Its guard is murdered as well
– There’s testimony from chief priest Potdino who is said to have witnessed the incident
– Bokuto is arrested on charges of theft and murder by means of the “”Oracle of the Spirit” who projects what the victim saw just before his death
What the heck is the “Crime of Defense?”
– The courtroom of the Kurain Kingdom is a spiritual medium trial absent of lawyers
– There is no room for the accused to explain their case—they’ll be “guilty”
– Phoenix Wright believes in Bokuto’s innocence
– He volunteers to defend Bokuto to prevent that from happening
– As soon as Phoenix distinguishes himself as a lawyer, his attitude completely changes
– He despises Phoenix and will not speak the truth
– If he continues his defense, he’ll be accused of a the “Crime of Defense”
Potdino Niwackus: Temple Chief Priest and Musician
– Devout follower of the Kurain faith
– Chief priest of the Jiin Temple
– Calls his “damaran,” an instrument of the Kurain people, his partner, and performs the musical accompaniment to Leifa’s Dedication Dances
– Fascinates the audience listening to the trial and even the presiding judge as he sings the music of his people while testifying
– He says he saw the scene where Bokuto killed the victim, but…
Mitamaru: Bokuto’s Faithful Pup
– Puppy raised by Bokut
– Normally completely inside Bokuto’s bag
– But when Bokuto is in a pinch, it gallantly leaps out and barks at the Bokuto’s opponent
– Adorable and faithful
– Prideful Tibetan Mastiff
– May play a surprisingly big role
