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Famitsu has a massive feature on Monster Hunter XX this week. The magazine’s latest coverage spans ten pages.

First, we have some information about some of the monsters. Details are as follows:

– Deviant Diablos: changes color when in Rage state, and will also have new moves during that, like jumping, burrowing, and thrusting from the ground.
– Deviant Glavenus is Hellblade which also already appeared in Generations; has a sword-like tail that also has high heat
– Deviant Gammoth: has a hardened body after living in harsh environments for a very long time; said to be the cause of blizzards and avalanches in cold areas
– Deviant Mizutsune: can launch blue bubbles which seem to be more powerful than Mizutsune’s ordinary bubbles
– Deviant Astalos: normally shrouded in green electricity, but during battle that may change color to blue
– Congalala: can release gas that causes inflicted hunters to be unable to use some items; can also perform a breath attack that will change elements depending on the food it ate beforehand, such as becoming fire or poison

USGamer caught up with Nick Wozniak from Yacht Club Games and managed to obtain some additional details about Specter of Tournament, the next expansion for Shovel Knight. We’ve rounded up the important tidbits below, though the full article is located here.

– Free to everyone who owns Shovel Knight
– being pushed as “standalone” so casual observers understand that it’s more than a simple reskin with a new character
– May also make Specter of Torment a true standalone release, though they wouldn’t elaborate on what form they would take
– Set before the original Shovel Knight
– Follows Specter Knight as he recruits the Order of No Quarter
– Specter Knight can wall climb and dash slash
– Yacht Club is remixing his levels
– New screens as well as new art
– You might recognize “one or two screens if you really know the old game,” but otherwise it will very different
– Players can choose any level they want
– All boss battles have been redone
– Harder/easier stages like that of Mega Man

In the latest issue of Famitsu due out tomorrow, the magazine provides ten pages of Monster Hunter XX coverage. Some of the information has leaked early, revealing the return of Congalala and sharing details about the Renkin Style.

Gematsu reports the rundown as follows:

Monsters with Nicknames

  • Ouma Diablos
  • Hellblade Glavenus
  • Silverpeak Gammoth
  • Heavenly Eye Mizutsune
  • Blue Lighting Master Astalos

This week’s issue of Famitsu contains a six-page article on The Alliance Alive, FuRyu’s new RPG and successor of sorts to The Legend of Legacy. A couple of the pages were rehash, but new information was included as well.

To recap, the game follows a story in which the Demon Clan invaded the human world thousands of years ago. After the lands were split apart, they are now ruled by a caste system that puts the Demon Clan at the top.

Koei Tecmo released a new set of Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death today. Find them in the gallery below.

Today’s screenshots cover two aspects of the new Attack on Titan game: exploration and bonds.

The goal is to escape from the basement of an old castle where the player falls after an attack from the titans. Players will explore the castle with other team members, but there are dangers lurking in the form of traps and titans. The reason why the player has to explore the castle is because the 3D Maneuver Gear broke down during the accident so flight is impossible.

Other than obtaining items, there are also quests, where player needs to pick the correct choice within a limited time. If the quest fails, relationships with characters may fall, or it might even lead to a bad ending.

Players can strengthen bonds with characters by choosing the correct actions and words. Even guarded characters may eventually open up their unexpected other side once the bonds are strong enough. However, bonds may also loosen/weaken if the wrong choices are made. There are graphic effects on the character to show the change in bonds. When positive, the character has an energetic blue aura. But if going negative, there will be a depressing purple aura instead.

The official Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional website is now open for business, and it’s brought along some new details with it. Find the information rounded up below, courtesy of Gematsu.

– 700 monsters
– 200 more than the original game
– Monsters from newer titles like Dragon Quest X and Hoshi no Dragon Quest will appear in great numbers, as well as completely original monsters
– Up until now, there have been good fields and bad fields for ridable monsters, but in Joker 3 Professional, that notion is negated
– Ex: before you would have to ride a monster that lives in the water to dive into the bottom of a lake, but now every monster can be used to swim
– Can also ride giant monsters
– When doing so, you can enjoy the adventure as if you’ve transformed into a huge monster
– Just like when riding a normal size monster, you can ataack enemies while riding a giant monster, as well as utilize its large size to trample monsters wandering about
– New areas have been added that only those aiming to be the strongest can enter
– Many new adventures await players in these new areas
– Somewhat different monsters from what we’ve seen so far wander about the savage lands of the planet
– Nochorin, who lives with the Nochora Clan in Break World, will become the player’s “partner” and travel with him on this adventure
– Nochorin not only provides a variety of help in the field, he’s also a reliable partner who participates in battle
– Various elements have been added on the system side to make things speedier
– Story Shortcuts – The basic story of Joker 3 Professional is the same as Joker 3, but there is a now a shortcut function that lets you advance the story to specific scenes
– Can look back on story scenes through a synopsis
– Speedier Movement – Compared to the original game, the movement speed on the field has significantly increased
– Make Battles Faster – Speed battles were in the original game, but now you can also use the feature during Wi-Fi and local battles
– Import your monster data from the original game
– If you have save data from the original game, you’ll be able to import data at a maximum of 10 monsters a day at any time
– Your monsters’ skills, size, and even their coloring will be imported

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The Momotaro Dentetsu may not be well-recognized in the west, but it’s pretty big in Japan. Nintendo is now publishing the latest entry, Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!!, on December 22. Famitsu shares more about the game in its latest issue.

The basic rules of the game are still exactly the same as past titles. Players become the president of a railroad company, move between stations based on the dice numbers rolled, and aim to become the first one to arrive at the designated destination. However, it is also important to gather fortune by buying things sold at other stations as well.

Thanks to Capcom and Gematsu, we have another content update for Megami Megauri. Find some screenshots and details pertaining to Goddess Jobs below.

– Take on “Goddess Jobs” in the game
– Jobs are presented on wooden plaques
– A job will be complete by fulfilling its request
– Get rewards including stat boosts by completing jobs
– Finish jobs as often as possible along the way to taking your Divinity Exams in order to further grow Tsukumo
– Amaterasu will select one among the many wooden plaques containing the requests of the people at random
– Cancel a job at any time
– Visit various places in order to complete the objectives of the jobs written on the wooden plaques
– You may be able to more efficiently advance if you choose a job close to where a Divinity Exam is held
– Jobs will be completed by achieving their objectives, such as “go to the designated station,” and a reward will be granted
– When Tsukumo grows to a certain extent, she’ll receive a “Golden Wooden Plaque” job from Amaterasu
– This job is intended to test how much Tsukumo has grown
– Because of this, its completion is required before taking a Divinity Exam

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Nintendo opened the Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! website earlier today, which contains a few details about what to expect from the new 3DS game. Here’s a rundown courtesy of Gematsu’s translation:

– In order to become the greatest big company president in Japan, you’ll save up money through a variety of means as you approach “closing”
– If you’re the first to reach your destination, you’ll receive financial assistance
– Purchase shops/facilities to acquire their earnings at closing
– Every year at the end of March, the sum total of the money in your possession and owned property, as well as your earnings, will be announced
– At the closing of the final fiscal year, the player with the greatest sum total will be the winner
– 130 types of cards with different effects
– Need to be skillful in using cards to become a Momotetsu millionaire
– The god of poverty possesses the player farthest from the destination and makes them poorer by various means
– Pass him off to another player as fast as you can
– A famous monster may appear and a historical hero may come to save you
– Many unexpected events will occur that change the state of battle
– You can use one copy of the game in the 4-player “Momotetsu Three-Year Decisive Battle”
– A battle-exclusive application will be distributed for free via the eShop

On another interesting note, Devil’s Third developer Valhalla Game Studios is working on the game, according to the official website.

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The Alliance Alive was initially revealed through Jump, but Famitsu provides an extensive follow-up report last week. Much of it has been covered already, but we do have some additional information, including tidbits from the developers which weren’t touched on a few days ago.

In The Alliance Alive, the premise is that a thousand years ago, the Demon Clan invaded the human world to control a chaotic energy that could endanger the demon world. The Demon Clan also set up a Giant Barrier here that disrupted weather and caused the sky to no longer be blue, as well as causing earthquakes and generating a Black Current on the sea that split the land into several zones, consuming many other cities and killing about half of the whole human population. A few hundred years later, each of these zones were put into their own administrations by the Demon Clan, having unique cultures as well as a caste system that puts the Demon Clan at the top.

Three of the many zones split by the Black Current are introduced in this first batch:


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