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Bandai Namco has sent out a heap of new Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan screenshots and art. All of today’s images can be seen below.

Amazon Japan has a listing up for a new Splatoon Wii U GamePad protector from HORI. We received something similar in the west, but this design is a bit different. A cleaning cloth featuring the Squid Sisters is also included in the package.

Based on Amazon Japan’s listing, this product will be available on April 28. The normal price should be around 1,922 yen.

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A few new details about Dragon Ball: Project Fusion have emerged from this week’s issue of Jump. Primarily, we have news about the characters.

Dragon Ball: Project Fusion features your own main character. However, it’s unknown if you can really modify him similar to the series’ last release, Dragon Ball Xenoverse. Jump mentions that you’ll be the one doing the adventuring, and you’ll meet with legendary fighters.

We also get a first look at a brand new character called Pinijji. Jump doesn’t say who he is or what his role is.

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The week’s issue of Jump has yet another update on Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3. This time around, we have news about the Great Riders Cup. This can be accessed by going through the story up to the point where you meet a Nochora who organizes the event named Chomach.

The Great Riders Cup are battles with up to four participants, each of whom rides a monster. The objective is to gather slimes that are spread around the field and carry them to your goal to rack up points.

Marvelous opened up the website for Story Seasons: Good Friends of Three Villages today. The site offers an overview of the game’s systems and also provides a look at two new characters from Tsuyukusa Village – Kasumi, a marriage candidate for the male main character and Yuzuki, a marriage candidate for the female main character. The folks over at Gematsu translated some info about these new characters.

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Kasumi is a teacher in a private outside of Tsuyukusa Village. She’s a quiet girl who rarely talks to men her age, but she loves riding horses.

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Yuzuki is a gentle but frail young man who makes metallic ornaments for a living. He likes sweet foods and can usually be found at his workplace.

The website also features several new gameplay clips. The first one shows off the creation of a female main character:

 

Head past the break for several more clips!

Square Enix didn’t send out any Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 assets last week, but the publisher does have new content today. The latest update concerns local multiplayer, along with StreetPass and SpotPass support. All of the details and screenshots for the game are below.

Local Multiplayer

– Battle and trade monsters with nearby rivals
– 1-on-1 battles
– Eight team maximum “Grand Prix Battles”

Local Battles

– Battle against rivals and compete for the title of ultimate monster master
– Deciding whether to ride any monsters in “Team Organization” is an important element
– “Judge Points” are displayed at the bottom of the screen and are the key to victory
– Attack, use special skills/effects, and defeat enemy monsters to increase your Judge Points

Trading Monsters

– Trade monsters with other players
– Can give a monster to a friend without receiving one in return

StreetPass Battles

– Fight other players’ teams that you pass in the streets
– Test your skills and collect Communication Coins
– Can scout rival teams’ monsters throughout the whole town
– Can set a team of monsters to be passed along via StreetPass from the menu
– When you’re set to ride a monster in battle, your character will appear riding that monster
– Your customizations and such will be reflected
– Scout a single monster up to Rank A in battle
– When you come across a monster on a rival team that you want, attack it boldly

SpotPass

– Receive valuable items, treasure chests, and other good things if SpotPass is enabled
– Sometimes a Stealth Box will appear in the Internet Multiplayer Plaza
– Special battles with special teams including rare monsters may also be triggered

Great Riders Cup

– Another local play element
– More details on this later

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

PS4 – 27,576
New 3DS LL – 19,691
Vita – 17,104
New 3DS – 4,695
Wii U – 3,933
3DS – 2,717
PS3 – 1,633
3DS LL – 452
Xbox One – 101

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

PS4 – 31,058
Vita 23,090
New 3DS LL – 19,991
New 3DS – 4,389
Wii U – 3,939
3DS – 2,705
PS3 – 1,715
3DS LL – 459
Xbox One – 286

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Shin Megami Tensei IV Final – 96,349 / NEW
2. [PSV] Dragon Quest Builders – 24,536 / 248,943
3. [PS4] Valkyria Chronicles Remastered – 24,156 / NEW
4. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II – 16,434 / 190,587
5. [PS3] Dragon Quest Builders – 13,233 / 85,538
6. [WIU] Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – 13,095 / 86,283
7. [PS4] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – 12,187 / 76,633
8. [WIU] Splatoon – 11,039 / 1,251,264
9. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 9,297 / 2,203,034
10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 6,454 / 660,143
11. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 8,902 / 2,683,815
12. [3DS] Monster Strike – 7,477 / 795,122
13. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 5,186 / 795,531
14. [3DS] Hyrule Warriors Legends – 5,104 / 81,442
15. [PS3] Yakuza: Kiwami – 4,973 / 90,234
16. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami – 4,204 / 135,766
17. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege – 3,912 / 72,504
18. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 3,483 / 294,464
19. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 3,433 / 650,961
20. [PS4] GTA V (4,990 Yen Edition) – 3,283 / 72,494

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A second trailer for Haikyuu!!: Cross Team Match is now online. Check out the new video below.

A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the full lineup:

Pokemon X/Y (Heroine) – 200 yen
Pokemon Champion Steven Stone – 200 yen
One Piece (Tony Tony Chopper) 200 yen
Wonderful Friends – 200 yen
96 Cat – 200 yen
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Birth of Japan – 200 yen
“Personification” KIRIMI-chan – 200 yen
Bakumatsu Patriot Special Voice Ver. Okinawa – 200 yen
Umetora (x2) – 200 yen each
Owata-P feat. Hatsune Miku & Megurine Luka – 200 yen
MimimemeMIMI – 200 yen
Secret Rabbit – 200 yen

You’ll find videos for a bunch of today’s themes below.

The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.


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