Nintendo producer Hitoshi Yamagami, who is working on Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, further explained how the project came to be in this week’s issue of Famitsu.

According to Yamagami, things began back in 2009. As he explained:

“Our initial contact with Atlus was back in 2009 when we developed the game Itsumo Purikura ? Kuradeko Puremium. Afterwards, Ando said ‘I want to make a game that mixes Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei,’ so I went to Atlus with the proposal.”

Atlus responded by saying “Let us think about it”, which essentially meant no. Nintendo was later told, “We’re too busy and can’t do it right now.”

Although Yamagami was disappointed that Atlus turned down his proposal, he did feel like a partnership could be made a reality one day.

“I was really bummed about it, but it wasn’t as though they had straight out said no, so I told Ando, ‘I’m sure we’ll cross paths with them again some time.’”

Yamagami ended up receiving an email over a year later from Atlus’ Naoto Hiraoka, who asked if talks were still open. It didn’t take long for Nintendo and Atlus to be in communication once again.

Atlus producer Shinjiro Takada told Famitsu that, during the original proposal, the team was busy with Devil Survivor 2. Takada always thought of Fire Emblem as a rival title that he looked at as a goal. Takada mentioned: “That Nintendo wanted to collaborate with us with such a big title was a huge honor and I really wanted to do it.”

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Scans roundup – Monster Hunter X, Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, more

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This week’s issue of Famitsu is in, and it features plenty of Nintendo titles. The magazine’s coverage includes 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, The Great Ace Attorney, Monster Hunter Diary Poka Poka Airou Village DX, Monster Hunter X, Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, Super Robot Wars BX, and Yo-Kai Watch Busters. Scans of these games can be found below.

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Japanese gamers share thoughts about Xenoblade Chronicles X in new Famitsu poll

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In last week’s issue of Famitsu, the magazine published a report on feedback for Xenoblade Chronicles X. Players shared thoughts on game length and difficulty, branching story, amount of content, size of the world, land variations, favorite Skell, and online concept.

Kotaku has since compiled the different results into various graphs. You can check them out in the gallery below.

Note that 1,257 people participated in the survey. Results were collected between May 29th and June 5th.

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Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem details – takes about 30 hours to complete

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Famitsu has an update on Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem this week. Additionally, there’s an interview with some of the game’s developers.

Here’s a brief summary of what was shared in the latest Famitsu:

– Has characters from Fire Emblem: Awakening and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
– Characters from both games will appear as heroes as well as villains
– Popularity polls and such helped determine the character selection
– Will see the likes of Cain and Abel in the game
– Characters that appeared as enemies in Fire Emblem will appear as enemies in Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
– The devs say that the main story will take around 30 hours to finish
– There are also side stories and other extras to take on
– This content will apparently amount to another 30 hours
– Game is being balanced and bug-tested
– All content and features are in place

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Famitsu review scores (7/7/15)

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4) – 10/9/9/9
Yoshi’s Woolly World (Wii U) – 9/8/8/9
Yo-Kai Watch Busters (3DS) – 8/9/8/8
Godzilla (PS4) – 8/7/8/7
I Doll U (PSV) – 8/8/7/7
Sweet Clown: Gozen Sanji no Okashi na Doukeshi (PSV) – 8/8/7/6
Gourmet Dream (3DS) – 7/6/7/7
Dasshutsu Adventure Zetsubou Yousai (3DS) – 7/7/6/7
Hello Kitty to Sanrio Characters World Rock Tour (3DS) – 6/6/5/6

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Famitsu’s most wanted games (7/5/15)

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It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Dragon Quest VIII has dropped down to the second spot, but Monster Hunter X is now in the top five.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between June 18 and June 24.

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The Great Ace Attorney gets first review in Famitsu

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The Great Ace Attorney is launching in Japan in just a few days, so Japanese magazine Famitsu delivered a review of the game in its latest issue. Four editors handed out scores of 9, 9, 9, and 8 for a total of 35 out of 40 points.

We now have a complete transcript of the different verdicts. Head past the break to read up on our translation.

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A few more details about The Great Ace Attorney, including sequel interest

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The Great Ace Attorney is just about ready for its launch in Japan. But before that happens, Famitsu shares a few more details about the 3DS game in its latest issue, some of which comes from an interview with Shu Takumi and Shintaro Kojima.

Here’s the latest on The Great Ace Attorney:

– Tobias Gregson is a detective at Scotland Yard
– He’s noted for his love of fish and chips
– Tobias also appeared in the Sherlock Holmes novels Iris writes
– This is both a source of pride and vexation to him
– Takumi says Tobias serves as something of the game’s Gumshoe equivalent
– Holmes’ and Iris’ home shown in Famitsu, along with Holmes when he’s not dressed up to go investigating
– Episode 2 doesn’t have a trial section
– Writing the game’s script only wrapped up in April
– After writing Phoenix so long, writing Apollo had been difficult and that influenced how he wrote Ryuunosuke
– If possible, they’d love to do a sequel
– Estimated to be 30 hours

The Great Ace Attorney is due out in Japan on July 9.

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Scans roundup – 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, Pro Yakyuu Famista Returns, Project X Zone 2, more

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This week’s issue of Famitsu is in, and it features plenty of Nintendo titles. The magazine provides a first look at 7th Dragon III Code: VFD and Pro Yakyuu Famista Returns, along with additional coverage of Dragon Quest VIII, The Great Ace Attorney, Project X Zone 2, and Yo-Kai Watch Busters. Scans of these games can be found below.