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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Flash II has a collaboration with Monster Hunter Frontier G. Starting on July 24, players can get their hands on weapons and armor from Falcom’s RPG.

Here’s the lowdown:

– Weapons/armor for Rean Schwarzer and Alisa Reinford will be offered
– Rean’s weapon is a long sword type
– Alisa uses a bow
– Get special Trails armor as a present when you purchase a Trails in the Flash II kit
– Ends on August 6

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Nintendo will be putting a few Wii U Virtual Console games on sale on the Japanese eShop next week.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and EarthBound will be discounted from 926 yen to 700 yen. Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart, Super Metroid, F-Zero, and Kirby Super Star will be available for 600 yen as opposed to 823 yen.

These prices will be valid between July 22 and July 31.

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Nintendo is releasing a new firmware update in Japan next week. The update, version 5.1.0J, will allow for SUICA payments. You can read about that new functionality here.

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An update for Marvelous’ farming title Story of Seasons is coming later this month and will be a gameplay focused update that targets new players in an effort to ease them into the experience. The new Beginner Farmer mode will have balance changes such as reducing the amount of energy the playable character uses and lowering the price of items in the game.

The updated is slated for release July 24, coinciding with the eShop release of the game.

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Earlier this week we reported on a few little tidbits to come out of the latest Famitsu pertaining to the newest Pokemon re-makes. The focus this issue appears to be the redesigned gym leaders and the Elite Four. The full scans from the magazine have now surfaced and you can check out the redesigned gym leaders below.

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Popular smart card company Suica is partnering with Nintendo to allow for NFC payment on the GamePad in Japan. Suica are best known as rechargeable non-contact smart cards that can be used to pay fares when travelling on Japanese trains. These cards will work exactly as you would expect, allowing for the NFC capabilities on the device to load funds onto the system without the need to input any code like with traditional eShop cards. There will be a special promotional deal as well, adding 1 reward point for every 200 Yen spent to Suica’s reward program.

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