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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include The Alliance Alive, Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death, RPG Maker Fes, Pokemon Sun/Moon, and Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki. Scans of all titles can be found below.

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We first found out about The Alliance Alive, FuRyu’s new 3DS RPG, through Jump last week. Famitsu follows up with plenty of additional information in this week’s issue. Along with a preview of the game itself, the magazine also spoke with a few developers.

The Alliance Alive should be considered as a new classic RPG. It uses the standards of RPGs while reconstructing the genre with the latest technology.

In The Alliance Alive, the world has been conquered by the Demon Clan for hundreds of years. It’s a world split into a number of zones, each having a unique culture. A story is told about humans who oppose the demon’s domination.

The player controls the protagonist and moves them on a distant field map. The battle system uses Symbol Encounter.

As previously mentioned, there are nine main characters, and all of them are protagonists. They begin their journeys with different plans at first, but everyone will eventually gather and move towards a single goal.

Characters include:

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

World of Final Fantasy (PS4/PSV) – 9/9/9/9
FIFA 17 (PS4/PS3/XBO/360) – 9/9/9/9
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 9/9/9/8
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (3DS) – 9/8/9/8
Neo Atlas 1469 (PSV) – 8/8/10/7
River City Ransom SP (3DS) – 8/7/7/9
Kamiwaza Wanda Kirakira Ichibangai Kikiippatsu! (3DS) – 8/8/9/7
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization (PS4/PSV) – 9/8/7/8
Mighty Switch Force! 2 (3DS) – 8/7/8/6
Mercenaries Saga 3 (3DS) – 7/7/7/8
Unlucky Mage (3DS) – 7/7/8/7
Yahari Game demo Ore no Seishun Love Kome wa machigatteiru Zoku (PSV) – 8/7/7/8
Saka Agari Hurricane Portable (PSV) – 7/7/7/6
Crows Burning Edge (PS4) – 7/6/7/6
Train Creator 3D (3DS) – 6/7/7/6

It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Pokemon Sun/Moon and Dragon Quest XI remain in the top five, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild is back in the top ten.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between September 29 and October 5.

The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of August 2016. You can check out the full results below.

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Megami Meguri, SEGA 3D Fukkoku Archives 3: Final Stage, Puyo Puyo Chronicle, and Pokemon Sun/Moon. Scans of all titles can be found below.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Paper Mario: Color Splash (Wii U) – 9/9/9/8
Mario Party: Star Rush (3DS) – 7/8/8/9
Reco Love: Blue Ocean and Gold Beach (PSV) – 9/8/7/8
Screen Cheat (PS4) – 8/7/8/9
Suran Digit (PSV) – 7/8/8/8
Macross Delta Scramble (PSV) – 8/8/7/8
Dasshutsu Adventure: Dai Nana no Yogen (3DS) – 7/7/8/7
Idol Death Game TV (PSV) – 7/7/8/7
Irezumi no Kuni (PSV) – 7/6/6/6

It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Zelda: Breath of the Wild is just out of the top 10 now, but Pokemon Sun/Moon, Dragon Quest XI, and Monster Hunter Stories are all in.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between September 15 and September 28.

Monster Hunter Stories

Ahead of its Japanese debut this weekend, Famitsu reviewed Capcom’s new 3DS game Monster Hunter Stories. It was rated highly, as four editors dished out scores of “9”, “9”, “8”, and “9”. That amounts to a total of 35 out of 40.

We’ve translated the full text of Famitsu’s Monster Hunter Stories review. To read it, head past the break.

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include the Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom, Monster Hunter Stories, and Pokemon Sun/Moon. Scans of all titles can be found below.

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