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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment

A new wave of Nintendo songs are heading to Taiko no Tatsujin Wii U.

The game will soon be receiving Balloon Fight’s Balloon Trip song, Dr. Mario’s Fever, and a song from The Legend of Zelda. NES Remix tunes will also be offered.

All of the new songs will be available on March 19 for free.

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

SEGA is including a few new features in 3D Fantasy Zone Opa-Opa Bros., which will be out in Japan next week.

Siliconera reports that the downloadable title will allow players to change weapons on the fly via the 3DS touch screen. The game also includes four difficulty settings as well as an option to choose the amount of lives you want to start with (up to five).

Similar to SEGA’s previous 3D releases, you’ll also be able to choose between the Japanese and English versions and select different filters such as a CRT screen.

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

The latest Famitsu most-wanted games chart is as follows:

01/03. [PS3] Persona 5 (Atlus, Winter 2014) – 991 votes
02/01. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix, TBA) – 799 votes
03/02. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 772 votes
04/06. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, Fall 2014) – 689 votes
05/05. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 (Tecmo Koei, 03/20/14) – 625 votes
06/07. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix, TBA) – 528 votes
07/08. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Atlus, 06/05/14) – 504 votes
08/12. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria (Namco Bandai, TBA) – 474 votes
09/04. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, TBA) – 452 votes
10/14. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Jigoku-Hen (Namco Bandai, 04/10/14) – 392 votes
11/22. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, itscomingpromise) – 322 votes
12/19. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 2014) – 316 votes
13/16. [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Tecmo Koei, 2014) – 297 votes
14/18. [3DS] Game Center CX 3-Chome no Arino (Namco Bandai, 03/20/14) – 292 votes
15/11. [3DS] Bravely Second (Square Enix, TBA) – 290 votes
16/21. [PS4] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 2014) – 289 votes
17/10. [3DS] New Love Plus+ (Konami, 03/27/14) – 285 votes
18/13. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 284 votes
19/15. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 276 votes
20/27. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Konami, TBA) – 274 votes
21/20. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 2014) – 257 votes
22/17. [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (Square Enix 04/24/14) – 239 votes
23/25. [3DS] Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (Marvelous AQL, 08/07/14) – 216 votes
24/23. [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, Summer 2014) – 199 votes
25/24. [PSV] Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd (Sega, 03/27/14) – 170 votes
26/29. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Jigoku-Hen (Namco Bandai, 04/10/14) – 169 votes
27/— [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (Namco Bandai, 04/24/14) – 167 votes
28/26. [PS3] The Last Guardian (SCEJ, TBA) – 159 votes
29/— [3DS] Hero Bank (Sega, 03/20/14) – 153 votes
30/— [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories (Namco Bandai, 05/29/14) – 151 votes

Total votes: 11,316

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We have a couple of new details about Kamen Rider: Battride War 2. As revealed in this week’s Japanese magazines, the main story follows Baron, Ryugen, and Gaim after they wander into a mysterious room in Ieyasu Castle. Other confirmed characters include Strawberry Arms, Pineapple Arms, Ryuga, Auto Vajin, and Bujin Gaim.

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We have a small but significant update for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call. The latest issue of Jump confirms that the game will allow players to summon the Knights of the Round as well as Chocobos.

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A third One Piece collaboration is planned for Monster Hunter 4. Starting on March 24, players can obtain Luffy’s Gigant Pistol and Zoro’s “Pirate Hunter’s Soul” in the form of three swords by completing a quest.

Luffy’s Gigant Pistol is a “Dual Blades” class weapon, featuring an attack power of 322 and a fire attribute of 120. Zoro’s “Pirate Hunter’s Soul” are “Great Sword” class weapons, featuring an attack power of 528 and a fire attribute of 140.

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Even more Azure Striker Gunvolt details have come in, thanks to 4Gamer and Siliconera. Here’s a roundup of the latest information:

Story

– Once again, takes place in the near future where wielders of the psychic power “Seventh” have emerged
– Was first thought that these individuals would bring chaos to the world
– The Sumeragi Group has brought peace and order to the world.
– And this peace from Sumeragi came from the sacrifice of the psychics, a forced detention called “Psychic Protection,” where inhumane experiments were performed for the sake of “research”
– All of the Sumeragi group’s actions were odne in confinement, but it didn’t take long for a certain organization to uncover the truth and begin their resistance against the conglomerate
– “Feather” is this group, a private militia
– This anti-Sumeragi resistance group was made from a human rights group consisting of foreign psychics
– Gunvolt is one of the psychics of Feahter
– Story begins when Gunvolt refuses his order to eradicate the virtual idol “Cyber Diva Morpho,” created by Sumeragi

Gunvolt

– 14 year-old protagonist
– Also known as “GV”
– Gunvolt is a codename
– Real name is kept to himself
– He was originally a “Seventh” psychic in the private militia Feathers, but left the group for certain reasons
– Has a calm and mature personality
– Doesn’t like anything that isn’t fair
– Displays his youth and fortitude when it comes to combating the unfair
– Gunvolt’s “Seventh” ability, called Azure Blue, lets him manipulate electricity at will

Sian

– 13-year-old heroine
– Seventh psychic
– Product of the Sumeragi Group’s experiments
– Has “Cyber Diva” as her Seventh ability
– This uses songs, which resonates with other psychics by powering them up
– Confined as an experiment by the Sumeragi Group
– Rescued by Gunvolt, whom she has been living with since
– Pure and quiet personality
– Shows a different side of herself when she’s with Gunvolt

Morpho

– One of the “virtual idols” produced by the Sumeragi Group
– She is the embodiment of Sian’s Seventh, called Cyber Diva
– The idol part of Morpho is a front, as she was actually used by Sumeragi as a tool to detect the psychics
– Strong-wileld and happy-go-lucky
– Her personality actually reflects Sian’s true feelings

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

This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Pokémon Battle Tor?ze (Trozei) – 800 yen
Okiraku Fishing 3D – 500 yen
Kuroko Style – 600 yen
Dokopon Choice Jigoku Sh?jo R 1-11-kan + Omake Pack – 4,620 yen
Dokopon Choice Teruma Romae 1-6-kan Pack – 2,700 yen
Kumamon Bomber Puzzle de Kumamon Tais? (retail title) – 5,040 yen
Time Avenger DEMO – FREE

Virtual Console
Elevator Action (Famicom) – 500 yen

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
Okiraku Tennis SP – 800 yen
Okiraku Tennis DEMO – FREE

Virtual Console
Volleyball (Famicom) – 500 yen
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (Super Famicom) – 800 yen
PC Genjin 2 (Bonk’s Revenge, PC Engine) – 600 yen

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