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This week’s issue of Famitsu has plenty of Nintendo content. The magazine has new looks at Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland, Fire Emblem If, Monster Hunter Diary Poka Poka Airou Village DX, Monster Hunter X, Stella Glow, and The Great Ace Attorney. Scans of each game can be found in the gallery below, along with a few ads.

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This week’s issue of Famitsu is revealing a new round of characters in Fire Emblem If. You can get a look at them above, and details about each is posted below. Expect more information about the game over the next few days.

Nishiki (Fox Spirit) [Hoshido]

– Fox spirit youth
– Lives in a remote region of Hoshido
– Following his father’s footsteps, he acts as his clan’s leader and keeps his people in order
– Personal Skill [Gratitude]: When an unit uses a healing staff on the user, that unit has their HP restored by half the same amount

Kazahana (Samurai) [Hoshido]

– One of the best samurai in Hoshido
– She is princess Sakura’s loyal subordinate and serves as her personal guard
– Personal Skill [???] When user’s attack KOs the enemy, all adjacent enemies have their HP reduced by 20% of their max HP

Tsubaki (Pegasus Warrior) [Hoshido]

– Fights astride a pegasus
– His conduct suggests he’s a shallow man, but he’s actually very demanding on himself
– Personal Skill [Perfectionist] When HP is full, Hit rate and Avoid +15

Belka (Wyvern Rider) [Nohr]

– Soldier who reports to Nohr’s princess Camilla
– She is a favourite of Camilla who has a liking for “powerful girls”.
– Personal Skill [Ambush Duty] When the user attacks an enemy who cannot counter-attack, damage increases by 4

Luna (Mercenary) [Nohr]

– Camilla’s subordinate, alongside Belka
– Hates to lose and isn’t satisfied until she’s the best at everything
– Personal Skill [Competitive] When user is the rear unit, if the front unit triggers a critical hit, the user is guaranteed a critical hit (if their attack connects)
– Voiced by Saori Seto, who also voiced Severa

Nyx (Dark Mage) [Nohr]

– Despite her youthful appearance, she has an incredibly grown up personality
– Lives a quiet life in Nohr
– Personal Skill [???] When the user sustains damage from an enemy’s magic spell, the enemy also receives half of the same damage

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Splatoon (Wii U) – 9/9/9/9
Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus (3DS) – 8/8/8/10
Alien: Isolation (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/9/9
AirMech Arena (PS4/XBO) – 7/8/9/9
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (3DS) – 8/7/7/7
Stretchmo (3DS) – 8/8/8/7
Rise of Mana (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Johnny Dynamite (3DS) – 5/7/6/6

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! With the latest chart, Fire Emblem If has moved up to the first spot.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between May 14 and May 20.

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The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of April 2015. You can check out the full results below.

1. [PS4] Bloodborne – 234,515 (189,159 physical, 45,353 digital)
2. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Lost Song – 172,936 (162,805 physical, 10,131 digital)
3. [PS3] Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Tengoku-hen – 130,341 (126,346 physical, 3,995 digital)
4. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 – 129,588 (126,121 physical, 3,467 digital)
5. [PSV] Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Tengoku-hen – 127,928 (117,031 physical, 10,897 digital)
6. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2015 – 97,059 (93,196 physical, 3,863 digital)
7. [3DS] Theatrhythm Dragon Quest – 89,699 (86,171 physical, 3,528 digital)
8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 77,409 (65,511 physical, 11,898 digital)
9. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 – 73,070 (69,218 physical, 3,852 digital)
10. [PSV] Senran Kagura: Estival Versus – 69,665 (62,373 physical, 7,292 digital)
11. [PS3] Sword Art Online: Lost Song – 65,280 (62,213 physical, 3,067 digital)
12. [3DS] Xenoblade Chronicles 3D – 63,301 (60,823 physical, 2,478 digital)
13. [PSV] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2015 – 61,533 (57,823 physical, 3,710 digital)
14. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 61,006 (58,965 physical, 2,041 digital)
15. [PS4] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 – 59,733 (55,936 physical, 3,797 digital)
16. [WIU] Mario Party 10 – 50,395 (48,820 physical, 1,575 digital)
17. [3DS] Kuroko’s Basketball: Ties to the Future – 43,119 (42,326 psychical, 793 digital)
18. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair – 42,731 (32,587 physical, 10,144 digital)
19. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 40,803 (39,693 physical, 1,110 digital)
20. [PS3] Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – 39,065 (34,679 physical, 4,386 digital)
21. [PS4] Battlefield Hardline – 37,670 (30,580 physical, 7,090 digital)
22. [PS4] Senran Kagura: Estival Versus – 36,710 (32,018 physical, 4,692 digital)
23. [PS3] Yakuza Zero – 34,462 (33,342 physical, 1,120 digital)
24. [PS4] Disgaea 5 – 33,713 (29,742 physical, 3,971 digital)
25. [PS4] Final Fantasy Type-0 HD – 29,365 (27,746 physical, 1,619 digital)
26. [PS4] Dying Light – 28,608 (25,046 physical, 3,562 digital)
27. [PSV] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – 28,301 (24,506 physical, 3,795 digital)
28. [PS4] Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin – 28,011 (21,558 physical, 6,453 digital)
29. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 23,927 (22,341 physical, 1,586 digital)
30. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 23,401 (22,467 physical, 934 digital)

Note that these sales are based on data between March 23 and April 19.

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kantopia has once again translated the new Fire Emblem scans from this week’s issue of Famitsu. Give them a look in the gallery below.

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. The magazine isn’t quite as jam-packed as the previous two weeks, but there are still plenty of images to check out. Dragon Quest VIII, Fire Emblem If, Hatsune Miku, Splatoon, and Stella Glow are all featured in Famitsu, which you can check out below.

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New Fire Emblem If scans have leaked out of Famitsu a bit earlier than expected. That means we have new images from the game, as well as a bunch of new details. The latest scans are posted above, while the information (covering characters and more) can be found below.

New character details

– Cyrus (Cavalier): A fledgling Nohrian knight. Has known the Avatar since childhood; an ally in both campaigns.
– Elfie (Knight): A knight who serves Nohr’s princess Elise. Contrary to her appearance, she possesses amazing strength. Never misses training.
– Harold (Brave Hero): Elise’s subordinate. He fights with the belief that he’s a hero of justice; his drawback is that he’s plagued with exceptionally bad luck.
– Hinata (Samurai): Hails from a family of samurais who have served Hoshido for generations. Hinata himself serves under Takumi. Quick to quarrel, but thinks often of his friends.
– Oboro (Lancer): Takumi’s subordinate, who harbours a small crush for her liege (Takumi). Because of her past experience, she possesses a stronger hatred for Nohr than most people.
– Rinka (Oni): A fighter born into the “Fire Clan”. Following her father–the chieftain’s orders, she aids the people of Hoshido in their battle against Nohr.
– Tsukuyomi (Spellcaster): Unlike Rinka, he was born into the “Wind Clan”. Despite his young age, a talented spellcaster. Hates dark places.

Skills

– Avatar – Mysterious Charisma – When acting as the support (back unit), if the front unit has a C or higher support, the front unit’s Accuracy is boosted by 10, damage by 2 and damage received reduced by 2
– Hinata: When at half HP or lower, damage received by swords, lances and axes is halved
– Elfie: Light-weight – When the enemy’s Strength is 5 points higher than this unit, this unit’s damage increases by 3
– Oboro: Nohr-hater – When engaging a Nohr-related enemy, damage increases by 3
– Harold: Unlucky Soul – Enemies within a 2 tile radius have their Critical Evade reduced by 15, while the user’s Critical Evade is reduced by 5
– Tsukuyomi: Arrogance – When unit’s Level is lower than the enemy’s (promoted units count as Level +20), damage increases by 4
– Lancer Class: Defence Seal – After damaging an enemy, the enemy’s Defence is reduced by 6.
– Lancer Class: Substitute – On the map, the user can select an adjacent target to “substitute”. This probably allows the user to take damage instead of their target and useful for protecting weak/wounded allies.
– Kazahana’s inactive skill increases Damage by 10, but also increases Damage received from enemies by 10. She also has “Flowing Strike”, Vantage and Strength Seal.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS4/XBO) – 10/9/9/9
Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus (PSV) – 9/9/9/9
Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Stella Glow (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Natsuiro High School Seisyun Hakusyo (PS4/PS3) – 8/8/8/6
Tower of Guns (PS4/PS3) – 8/7/6/7
The Legend of Kusakari: The Legend of Shiba Kaarii (3DS) – 6/7/7/7

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In a Famitsu issue from earlier this month, the magazine spoke with a few developers working on Fire Emblem If. But it turns out that the magazine didn’t contain the full discussion. It wasn’t until today that the full interview was finally posted on Famitsu’s website.

Serenes Forest has once again taken on the task of translating the full Famitsu discussion. A summary of what was shared can be found below.

– Interview starts off with the concept behind the game
– Again, it was built around the main character (Avatar) and how his/her choice impacts the story, splitting it into 2 distinct “what if” stories
– Movie scenes are generally from a first-person perspective since the Avatar is the main character
– Phoenix Mode is designed for newcomers; not existing Fire Emblem fans
– Although it sounds like you cannot lose on this mode, there are times when you still have to play somewhat carefully
– Ex: there may be complicated victory conditions, such as reaching a destination within a certain number of turns in the Nohr campaign; failing these conditions means Game Over
– When development began, one of the major challenges was to find ways to help newcomers enjoy the game without feeling too stressful
– One thing that came to mind was the timing of when to use valuable weapons (eg. saving them for a future mission)
– It was perceived that this form of intense micro-management was too much for newcomers to properly enjoy
– Since some players may consider it wasteful to use a particular weapon, they may end up not using it at all; at which point it’s as if the weapon doesn’t exist
– By removing the durability of weapons and giving them more interesting properties, it allows for more enjoyable play, without detracting from the fun of picking weapons
– Weapon weight isn’t in, but there are “strong weapons that are harder to double attack with”, which functions a bit like it
– Javelins and similar ranged weapons can no longer double attack
– The staff unanimously agreed on bringing back Yusuke Kozaki for character designs
– Since the new game has more characters than even Awakening, there was some concern about who to call if Yusuke Kozaki didn’t accept the offer, so the team were very glad when he agreed to reprise the role again
– This game takes place in a “completely new world”
– Some familiar elements that those who played Awakening will appreciate
– Hoshido is based on ancient Japanese culture, while Nohr is built on the series’s traditional Western fantasy setting
– Nohr is western-themed, but also carries a dark atmosphere
– Nohr’s castle even stands in the middle of a giant hole in the ground
– Hoshido is a pacifist kingdom with exceptional peace and order
– In contrast, Nohr is subject to terrible weather conditions, leading to poor crop yields and a lack of law and order
– In order to expand Nohr’s influence, King Garon orders his children to invade Hoshido
– Thus the royal siblings fight for Nohr, although they each harbour their own hidden thoughts
– Meanwhile the Hoshidan royals take up arms to repel the Nohrian invasion
– As this happens, the hero–the Avatar–is stuck in between and forced to make a difficult choice
– Classes available largely depend on the campaign chosen
– In Nohr, you will typically see more characters in familiar classes, like Cavaliers
– In Hoshido, most of the characters are in Japanese-themed classes, like Samurais
– The campaign also determines the weapons you can obtain
– In Nohr, you will commonly obtain “swords”
– In Hoshido you are more likely to find “katanas”, which have slightly different properties
– Although Pegasus Knights have been in the series so far, they technically do not exist in this game.
– If instead features Hoshido’s very similar “Pegasus Warrior” class
– Pegasus Warriors can be male or female

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