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The Denpa Ningen no RPG Free success story continues. Genius Sonority announced today that the free-to-play title has now been downloaded over 1 million times. Having launched in Japan this past July, that mark was reached in roughly three months.

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Square Enix shared more details about Final Fantasy Explorers during a live stream session last week. Check out the information below, as reported by Siliconera.

– Ramuh’s theme is in the game
– 20 battle themes or so
– This is the majority of music tracks in Final Fantasy Extreme, according to composer Tsuyoshi Sekito
– Tsuyoshi said most were easy, but he struggled with the main theme
– 4 jobs in Final Fantasy Explorers as previously mentioned
– Tanks handle monsters and face bosses head-on
– Attackers are the main damage dealers
– Healers (like White Mage) are in charge of healing but can attack
– You can’t be a great healer unless you also participate in attacking or go with some additional support
– Buffers (Time Mage and Geomancer) support the party with spells like Haste
– Buffers can also attack, though this depends on one’s play style
– Customization will play a bigger role on how you get to play your jobs
– Trance system: going Trance is split into two “powers”
– One lets you use the power from Summoned Beasts, and the other that lets you borrow power from Final Fantasy characters
– Both transformations will give your character a different appearance as well as a boost in parameters
– More details on the Trance system/powers coming soon
– Ramuh is a Summoned Beast fight
– The Dragoon’s Jump will go to whatever you’re locked onto, but if you’re not, it’ll go a fixed distance ahead of you
– Geomancers can set up traps like landmines, and use area-of-effect buffing abilities that cover a wide range around them
– Cura ability costs more and isn’t as effective when used by non-healer jobs
– Ramuh can teleport
– Yellow crystals on the map can be broken to stop Ramuh from teleporting
– The crystals will respawn
– The Paladin uses Ifrit’s Summon power in Trance mode

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This week’s issue of Famitsu offers up a release date for Kamen Rider: SummonRide. According to the magazine, Bandai Namco will be releasing the game on December 4. Pricing is set at 8,550 yen.

Famitsu also provided the following details:

– Features the Heisei-era Riders in an alternate world
– Up to four people can cooperate
– Place the leader of your “Ride Figures” on the “Ride Gate”
– This is essentially a platform that will let you place your figurine to register its data into the game
– “Ride Chips”: enhance your characters
– Summon support characters to help you out
– Buying the game gives you the Ride Gate, three Ride Figures, three Enhance Ride Chips, and an Allied Rider Chip
– The confirmed Riders are: Drive, Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, Decade, W, OOO, Forze, Wizard, and Gaim

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Ubisoft announced earlier this month that Watch Dogs will be heading to North America and Europe in November. As it turns out, the game will be available in Japan as well. A listing on Amazon reveals that Watch Dogs is due out on December 4 in the country.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Flowers (PSV/PSP) – 8/9/7/7
Choco Ken no Chokotto Fushigi na Monogatari: Shokora Hime no Mahou to Recipe (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
Hideboh: Tap Dance Hero (PSV) – 6/8/7/6
Majin Bone: The Majin of Space and Time (3DS) – 6/7/7/6

Last week’s issue of Famitsu contained the first verdict of Fatal Frame: The Black Haired Shrine Maiden. Four reviewers gave the game “7”, “8”, “9”, and “9” for a total of 33 out of 40.

We now have the different texts translated from each if the reviewers. If you’re curious as to what was said, head past the break.


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