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A few new Forbidden Magna details have come in from Marvelous. You can find them rounded up below.

– Manage Spirit Girls in combat and make sure they’re comfortable at the inn
– Put together your party before battling
– The party consists of characters you’ll want to take into combat
– Here, you can check out various stats and skills for each character
– Missions have various objectives
– Ex: “destroy all the generators!”
– The Spirit Girls acquire powerful special attacks by deepening their bonds with the protagonist Lux
– Do so by having conversations with them during their off-time at the inn
– If you see a heart symbol above their head, that means there’s a chance you can increase relationship parameters
– Spend time at the inn when not battling
– Inn has the front room and dining area on the left, and the kitchen to the right

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Siliconera has translated a new round of details about Azure Striker Gunvolt. You can find them rounded up below.

– Make new equipment with materials you collect
– Get rewards with materials based on your score and rank
– You’ll earn rewards at the Results Screen after every mission
– Use materials at the Store Screen to make items
– Over 70 equippable items
– 5 ranks at the end of each mission
– C, B, A, S and SS ranks
– Each rank depends on your score
– Each one also comes with a certain amount of materials and credits
– In order to get a higher score, you’ll need to keep an eye on your Kudos and your completion time
– Get a 50% score bonus by setting a new completion time record for a mission
– Equipment examples:

Ring of Flight: Allows GV to jump once in mid-air at the cost of 150 EP
Ring of Double Flight: Allow GV to jump twice in mid-air using 100 EP
Ring of Airwalking: Allows GV to dash in mid-air for 150 EP

Feather Pendant: You start with this item. It allows the use of Afterimage
Pendant of Stoicism: Prevents stun when hit
Pendant of Wrath: Increases Lightning Ring damage, but raises EP cost

Vitality Lenses: Healing and recovery items restore more than usual
Control Lenses: Lightning Ring costs less EP
Prodigy Lenses: Recover SP (Skill Points) faster
Cobra Lenses: Reduces time needed to charge “King Cobra” attacks

– Equip/remove equipment at any time from the Pause Menu
– Game has optional quests that you can complete in each mission
– Doing these will reward you with additional materials and credits
– Can accept up to 3 quests at a time
– All quests are optional
– Won’t be penalized for failing a quest
– Each mission has Medals hidden throughout
– Each Medal you find will give you more materials and credits at the end of the mission

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Square Enix has been sharing more information about Final Fantasy Explorers on its Twitter account. Find the latest details about the 3DS game below.

– The game will have equipment that might bring back memories from the earlier days of the franchise
– The characters we’ve seen thus far have been wearing the default equipment for their respective jobs
– Character appearance changes when you change equipment
– Initially start out with weak gear
– As you collect new material to create better weapons and armor, you’ll be able to take on stronger monsters
– Square Enix says the types of weapons featured in Final Fantasy Explorers will also be worth keeping an eye on
– Popular weapons from the Final Fantasy series like Excalibur, Ragnarok, Kaiser Knuckles, and Hellish Claws will be in Final Fantasy Explorers
– Chicken Knife also mentioned
– Tease for the weekend:

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Another round of Azure Striker Gunvolt are now available. You can find them all in our summary below.

– Game has a leveling up system
– Raise Gunvolt’s level, increase his HP, and get new skills
– Learn skills at certain levels
– Defeat enemies to level up
– At certain levels, Gunvolt will learn a new Attack or Support skill
– Skills are used by touching a Skill icon on the Nintendo 3DS touch screen
– Equip up to four skills at a time
– Need SP to use skills
– Gunvolt can has up to 3 SP at any point

Skill examples

– Lightning Sphere (SP Cost: 1) – Spheres of electricity appear around Gunvolt and deliver consecutive damage to enemies
– Electrocaliber (SP Cost: 2) – GV summons a giant blade of electricity that thrusts forward
– Voltic Chain (SP Cost: 3) – Numerous giant chains crisscross the screen and get charged with electricity; the more enemies there are in the area, the more effective the attack
– Healing Voltage (SP Cost: 1) – Gunvolt boosts his body’s electrical system to recover HP

– Gunvolt can also use Psychic Abilities
– Ex: “Afterimage” – activates when GV is hit by an enemy attack, and automatically allows him to dodge attacks for as long as the ability remains active
– Afterimage can’t be used while Gunvolt is using his Lightning Ring attack
– This is another Psychic Ability
– Afterimage and other Psychic Abilities cost Energy Points (EP) to use
– The EP bar is the curved gauge you see underneath GV himself, and if it reaches zero, he overheats
– Recover EP by quickly tapping down on the d-pad twice
– Can also recover with the Recharge skill
– This completely restores EP lost from using Psychic Abilities such as Lightning Ring and Afterimage
– The skill allows Gunvolt to recover immediately from overheating

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Siliconera has translated some details about Wraith’s Den in Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson. Check out the information in our summary below.

– Take on monster-filled stages
– Earn loot in return
– Grid-based stage system
– Clear out the room with monsters to advance to the next stages
– Access adjacent rooms after beating a stage
– Clear a stage by reducing the number of monsters to 0 or defeat the boss
– Number of monsters is located on the top-left of the screen
– Characters keep the same amount of health they had left over from the previous stage
– Can recover health in 3 ways
– First way is by transforming
– Doing this lets you completely regain your health once
– The second way is by activating Meiken
– When this happens, the character also gains a temporary buff along with a draining effect, but it also takes away your scroll meter
– Third way to recover health is by defeating certain enemies that drop Onigiri rice balls
– Some stages won’t have enemies at all
– By clearing certain stages, you can acquire all kinds of different weapons
– These weapons aren’t restricted to the characters you select

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Level-5 published new Youkai Watch 2 details today covering multiplayer and more. You can find the latest information about the game below.

“Youkai Watch Busters” mode

– Different from the turn-based RPG style
– Supports up to 4 players
– Fight demons in a full-scale action game
– Choose a course, a youkai to play as
– You then proceed to the exit within the time limit with other players
– You’ll find many demons patrolling along the way
– Game over if health hits zero
– Get different end-course rewards depending on how many “Demon Orbs” you pick up

Standard multiplayer mode

– Fight against other players in turn-based RPG battles
– Play against friends or people you don’t know online
– Trade youkai online as well

Other details

– A Lost Grandma – a grandma is lost; help her get to where she needs to be for a reward
– Whimsy Gates – discover a number of gates throughout town, each with a different mission to complete
– One Whimsy Gate might task you with clearing a certain number of enemies,
– Another might give you a time limit, or pit you against a powerful boss enemy
– Earn a “Gate Ball” each time you clear a gate
– Get a special reward if you collect a lot of them
– Oden Food Carts – At night, Oden food carts will always appear somewhere in town
– Although there are some human-run food carts, you’ll also come across the food cart of yokai Oden Jin, who’s searching for the finest ingredients for his oden
– Fox Marital Processions – When you come upon fox spirit weddings taking place, you must keep your human status from being exposed
– To do that, you’ll have to adopt the same poses that the foxes on screen, as well catch fireballs that pop out by spinning the outer circle on the touch screen
– Wandering Tunnel – There is a tunnel in the mountains whose length changes each time you enter
– No one knows where it ends, and you can only enter once a day
– Mystery of the Bulletin Board – Mysterious bulletin boards will appear all over town
– If you solve their riddles, a monster will be summoned, which can have various effects
– Ex: Robo-Nyan breaking through a rock that blocked the player from progressing where he previously could not
– Those who purchase both versions of the game can access a special dungeon

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More Hyrule Warriors details have surfaced from Famitsu. Check out the latest below:

– Agitha uses a parasol in battle
– Can call upon and attack with insects
– Lana is an original character
– She is a witch who wields a book of magic in battle
– Can create barriers to brush away enemies
– When the barrier is broken the shock will cause her damage
– Link’s Hook Shot is returning
– Can be used to reach places normally not accessible
– When you have certain strengthening items on hand, it’s possible bring down the moon from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask as an attack

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Another round of Final Fantasy Explorers has surfaced from Square Enix. You can find the information in our summary below.

– Set on a new island named “Amostela”
– This area was created after a sudden crustal movement in the planet
– Amostela has an enormous amount of Crystals
– This resulted in countless “Explorers” appearing on the island to collect them all as part of their occupation
– Summons wish to preserve Crystals in order to protect the world of nature, by standing up against these Explorers
– In the midst of all the events, a young Explorer steps into Amostela
– Crystals are the source of the planet’s energy, which flows inside the mysterious ores
– All life on the planet shared the benefit of evolution thanks to these Crystals
– Mankind has begun harvesting them for the further development of their own civilization
– Libertus: home town and base of operations
– At Libertus, Explorers take on requests that take them across all the different parts of the island
– The hometown also has an airship that’s used to travel to different areas and stores
– Crystal is located in the middle of town
– It has some purpose, though it’s currently known
– The Regi Plains is one of the earlier areas of the game
– There’s a giant Crystal that can be seen in the background called the Grand Crystal, which is considered to be the origin of the planet
– The energy from this crystal helped mankind’s expansion and development
– Hibato Volcanoes: a scorching area that flows with magma
– This also happens to be Ifrit’s area of domain, alongside the Bomb monsters seen in many other Final Fantasy titles

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Famitsu published a preview for Tales of the World: Reve Unitia, providing a new round of screenshots and details.

Here’s the latest on the game:

– Asbel and Lloyd wake up in the unknown world of Revalia
– Both don’t have any memories of their past aside from their names
– The two then meet Lufres, a young child from the Lufres tribe
– Lufres asks for their help to take on the Vule
– On their way to the Lufres’ village to learn more about the situation from Terun, they meet Natalia
– Natalia also awakened with no recollection of her past, but decides to travel with the group
– When they reach the village, they realize it was under a surprise attack from the Vule
– Protecting the young Lufres, was none other than Flynn Scifo
– The group manage to take care of the Vule to bring momentary safety to the village
– They don’t have any ideas as to why they’ve lost their memories, but they know about Revalia and the danger that Terun and the others are in, as Asbel and friends do everything in their power to help out
– Terun needs to accompany the group of Tales heroes to fight the Vule
– They first needed to make sure that the Lufres’ village could be safe, so they decide to take out the Vule on the nearby roads
– This is where they also happen to meet Rubia
– Leaving behind the young Terun and the others in the village, the Dream Keepers of the Lufres tribe left to a place called Melancolium in order to maintain a barrier to seal a powerful Vule
– Nahato is the most powerful of the Dream Keepers
– Nahato went after the Vule that managed to escape, but exhausted himself upon defeating it
– Nahato learns about Terun and the others failing to summon those from the Awake World, who are capable of fighting against the Vule
– Due to the failed summon, they have been spread across Revalia
– It doesn’t take long for Nahato to meet the just-awakened Yuri and Jade
– Both immediately sensed the dangers of the Vule around them
– After waking up in a completely new world and without their memories, the two immediately ended up fighting right off the bat
– While Nahato needs their help, it seems like Yuri and Jade have questions of their own before agreeing

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This week’s issue of Famitsu has a followup report on Final Fantasy Explorers. You’ll find the latest information from the magazine below.

– More jobs confirmed
– Can play as the Dragon Knight, Paladin, Thief, Ninja, Red Mage, Time Mage, and Bard
– Assign a maximum of eight abilities to each button for use in battle
– Famitsu describes Final Fantasy Explorers as a “lite” version of Final Fantasy XIV or Final Fantasy XI
– Character positioning is important
– Square Enix is including an ability chaining system
– Once mastered, job-specific abilities can be used within other jobs
– Ability costs vary depending on which job a give character currently has
– Ex: Black Mage will have black magic costs halved
– Takes place on an island with various locations
– Can walk to all of its adjoining lands
– Can befriend monsters when you defeat them
– A monster training element is being included
– Since you have four max player slots, you can fill the remaining slots with monsters
– Ex: 2 human players and 2 monster players
– Said to last between 100-200 hours
– Square-Enix is said to be developing the game with intention of expanding it into a proper action-RPG sub-series for Final Fantasy
– Local and online co-op is supported

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