Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

Earlier today we found out about the new Langrisser game for 3DS thanks to Famitsu. A few more details about the project have now emerged, via the magazine’s interview with Soshi Saito. View them in our roundup below.

– Extreme wants to make games from the Masaya catalog available on the Virtual Console
– Extreme also wants to work with devs that share the same enthusiasm
– Extreme has been leaning more towards making games for consoles since they feel that smartphones can’t match the expressive powers of a dedicated game console
– This led to the development of the new Langrisser for the 3DS
– Extreme wants to bring back the excitement of Masaya’s brands (popular during the ‘90s)
– Extreme’s philosophy is to make games for videogame fans
– Extreme also considered Cho Aniki and Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman [the prequel to Shockman] but felt that Langrisser would be the best choice for a revival
– New Langrisser will be a little different from previous entries
– This is because Extreme felt it wouldn’t be good to keep things the way they used to be
– Extreme thought about asking Satoshi Urushihara (artist for the previous Langrisser games) to come on board, but went with Hiroshi Kaieda instead
– Idea was to do something new
– Saito is also a fan of Kaieda’s
– Extreme also initially thought about keeping the system exactly the same as the earlier Langrisser games, but that has changed as well

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Samurai Warriors 4-II (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 9/9/9/9
Lords of the Fallen (PS4) – 8/9/8/7
Hyakka Yakou (PSV) – 8/8/7/7
Ukiyo no Shish (PSV) – 7/7/8/7
Wooden Sen’Sey (Wii U) – 6/7/8/8
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition (Wii U/3DS) – 7/7/8/6
The Seven Deadly Sins: Unjust Sin (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai Library Party (PSV) – 7/7/7/7

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week we will se a 10 page spread in Famitsu featuring Splatoon.

It will include game details, as well as interviews with the producer (Nogami) and the directors (Amano and Sakaguchi)

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 19 Comments

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Final Fantasy XV, Dragon Quest Heroes, Bravely Second, Persona 5, and Theatrhythm Dragon Quest are the new top five.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between January 15 and January 21.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 28 Comments

Famitsu has a major feature on Xenoblade Chronicles X in this week’s issue. In addition to a new preview, the magazine shared an interview with director Tetsuya Takahashi.

One of the things Famitsu brings up is how Takahashi called the original Xenoblade “an orthodox RPG”, even though the field was huge and there were a number of different challenges. Takahashi says in response that the story of the original Xenoblade Chronicles “was one big thread so I think it was a linear game.” But in Xenoblade Chronicles X, “the story progresses in various directions as you finish quests which you get from different places.”

Famitsu next brings up the topic of loading. Takahashi confirms that players will be able to cross the huge world from one end to another without having to load data… for the most part anyway.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 13 Comments

Rodea: The Sky Soldier was one of the games covered by Famitsu in a November issue. Looking through it again, something about the article caught our eye.

Famitsu’s article contains a chat with Yoshimi Yasuda, the president of Kadokawa Games. The magazine points out how the different versions of Rodea will finally be released after a long development period. To this, Yasuda says:

It took some time to deliver [Rodea] to everyone, but the Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Wii versions were rebooted. I think that we can share some sort of notification of a overseas release in the near future, so overseas users please look forward to it.

Yasuda’s words certainly suggest that a localization announcement for Rodea is on the way. That’s extremely encouraging news!

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