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A pair of Rosalina plushies will be heading to Japan starting in August. Each is priced at 1,944 yen.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./02. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) – 42.261 / 441.205 (-42%)
02./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 32.960 / 1.087.217 (-1%)
03./01. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth #
(Atlus) {2014.06.05} (¥7.538) – 31.472 / 218.329 (-83%)
04./05. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) {2014.05.22} (¥8.208) – 20.264 / 103.267 (+2%)
05./00. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution # (Kadokawa Shoten) {2014.06.12} (¥6.264) – 19.659 / NEW
06./00. [PS3] One Piece: Unlimited World Red (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.06.12} (¥7.171) – 18.026 / NEW <62,31%>
07./00. [PSV] One Piece: Unlimited World Red
(Bandai Namco Games) {2014.06.12} (¥6.145) – 10.348 / NEW
08./00. [PS4] Thief
(Square Enix) {2014.06.12} (¥8.424) – 8.772 / NEW
09./04. [3DS] Card Fight!! Vanguard: Lock on Victory!! (FuRyu) {2014.06.05} (¥5.378) – 7.315 / 39.568 (-77%)
10./09. [PS4] FIFA 14 # (Electronic Arts) {2014.02.22} (¥7.665) – 6.264 / 41.436 (+22%)
11./07. [3DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge
(Konami) {2014.05.22} (¥5.119) – 6.218 / 42.914 (-19%)
12./00. [PS3] Thief (Square Enix) {2014.06.12} (¥8.424) – 4.899 / NEW
13./14. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 4.834 / 4.083.184 (+9%)
14./11. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo) {2014.03.20} (¥4.800) – 4.617 / 393.544 (-7%)
15./00. [WIU] One Piece: Unlimited World Red (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.06.12} (¥7.171) – 4.209 / NEW
16./12. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 4.195 / 2.335.837 (-11%)
17./17. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 3.835 / 3.293.056 (-7%)
18./22. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) {2014.05.22} (¥3.067) – 3.470 / 18.612 (+4%)
19./19. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) – 3.379 / 599.510 (-9%)
20./06. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories #
(Bandai Namco Games) {2014.05.29} (¥8.208) – 3.295 / 93.733 (-61%)

Final Fantasy Explorers

This week’s Famitsu gives some insight into the staff behind Final Fantasy Explorers.

Below is a look at the folks at Square Enix working on the game:

Toshiyuki Itahana

– Key visual creator, character supervisor
– Was the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles art director and character designer
– Itahana was also a character designer on Final Fantasy IX, did illustration work for Imaginary Range, and has worked as character designer on the Chocobo games

Atsushi Hashimoto

– Director of Final Fantasy Explorers
– Was one of the planning staff on Kid Icarus: Uprising
– He was also the lead planner on the SaGa 2 remake for DS

Hiroyuki Miura

– Game’s producer
– Involved with SaGa DS remakes

Gen Kobayashi

– Design supervisor
– Involved with SaGa DS remakes

Takahiro Abe

– Project manager
– Involved with SaGa DS remakes

Tsuyoshi Sekito

– Music composer
– Was also the composer for The Last Remnant

Yoshitaka Amano

– Logo designer

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Another round of Final Fantasy Explorers has surfaced from Square Enix. You can find the information in our summary below.

– Set on a new island named “Amostela”
– This area was created after a sudden crustal movement in the planet
– Amostela has an enormous amount of Crystals
– This resulted in countless “Explorers” appearing on the island to collect them all as part of their occupation
– Summons wish to preserve Crystals in order to protect the world of nature, by standing up against these Explorers
– In the midst of all the events, a young Explorer steps into Amostela
– Crystals are the source of the planet’s energy, which flows inside the mysterious ores
– All life on the planet shared the benefit of evolution thanks to these Crystals
– Mankind has begun harvesting them for the further development of their own civilization
– Libertus: home town and base of operations
– At Libertus, Explorers take on requests that take them across all the different parts of the island
– The hometown also has an airship that’s used to travel to different areas and stores
– Crystal is located in the middle of town
– It has some purpose, though it’s currently known
– The Regi Plains is one of the earlier areas of the game
– There’s a giant Crystal that can be seen in the background called the Grand Crystal, which is considered to be the origin of the planet
– The energy from this crystal helped mankind’s expansion and development
– Hibato Volcanoes: a scorching area that flows with magma
– This also happens to be Ifrit’s area of domain, alongside the Bomb monsters seen in many other Final Fantasy titles

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Famitsu published a preview for Tales of the World: Reve Unitia, providing a new round of screenshots and details.

Here’s the latest on the game:

– Asbel and Lloyd wake up in the unknown world of Revalia
– Both don’t have any memories of their past aside from their names
– The two then meet Lufres, a young child from the Lufres tribe
– Lufres asks for their help to take on the Vule
– On their way to the Lufres’ village to learn more about the situation from Terun, they meet Natalia
– Natalia also awakened with no recollection of her past, but decides to travel with the group
– When they reach the village, they realize it was under a surprise attack from the Vule
– Protecting the young Lufres, was none other than Flynn Scifo
– The group manage to take care of the Vule to bring momentary safety to the village
– They don’t have any ideas as to why they’ve lost their memories, but they know about Revalia and the danger that Terun and the others are in, as Asbel and friends do everything in their power to help out
– Terun needs to accompany the group of Tales heroes to fight the Vule
– They first needed to make sure that the Lufres’ village could be safe, so they decide to take out the Vule on the nearby roads
– This is where they also happen to meet Rubia
– Leaving behind the young Terun and the others in the village, the Dream Keepers of the Lufres tribe left to a place called Melancolium in order to maintain a barrier to seal a powerful Vule
– Nahato is the most powerful of the Dream Keepers
– Nahato went after the Vule that managed to escape, but exhausted himself upon defeating it
– Nahato learns about Terun and the others failing to summon those from the Awake World, who are capable of fighting against the Vule
– Due to the failed summon, they have been spread across Revalia
– It doesn’t take long for Nahato to meet the just-awakened Yuri and Jade
– Both immediately sensed the dangers of the Vule around them
– After waking up in a completely new world and without their memories, the two immediately ended up fighting right off the bat
– While Nahato needs their help, it seems like Yuri and Jade have questions of their own before agreeing

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