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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments

Finally: a new Wii U announcement coming out of Japan. Kamen Rider: Battride War II was originally thought to be a PlayStation 3-exclusive, but Namco Bandai’s newly-opened website confirms a release on Nintendo’s console as well.

Details are as follows:

– Kamen Rider movies are the stage
– Game has a variety of Kamen Rider works from up until the Heisei era
– New power known as “Ultimate Form”
– Ultimate Form: the specific form change from the Heisei era Kamen Rider movie
– Use the power of Ultimate Form to command the fierce battles from the movie and take down strongest enemies
– New riders and formidable enemies
– The latest Rider, Gaim, and a great number of Riders from all 15 works of the Heisei era, will appear
– New enemies included such as adversary Riders
– W and Accel from Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate will appear
– Kamen Rider Eternal‘s Mitsuru Matsuoka will voice Eternal
– Out in Japan on June 26
– 7,120 yen
– 10,450 yen for the “Premium TV & Movie Sound Edition”
– Package will include 40 carefully selected tracks from the TV series and movies on the game disk

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 1 Comment

We’ve covered these plushies before, though there’s a new addition in the gallery above: Nabbit from New Super Mario Bros. U. The smaller plushies will go for 1,800 yen while “medium” sized versions of Mario and Luigi are priced at 2,800 yen.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

SEGA’s latest trailer for Hero Bank has brought us a bunch of extra details about the game. Read the latest roundup of information below.

– Kaito Gosho can buy weapons, traps, and more while the fight is happening
– Shop has crazy prices for items such as an electric trap
– Need to spend money to win
– Kaito Gosho is ultimately a kid saddled with a one billion yen debt in real life that he’s going to have to pay off somehow
– Can perform a clean knockout punch or pinfall opponents
– Doing the latter while their hit points are still decent can be dangerous, as they’ll have enough strength to push you off
– Will need to extort exhort the crowd while fighting
– This charges your money/popularity gauge and helps increase your earnings when you win

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Posted on 11 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
Shanghai 3D – 500 yen
Dokopon Choice Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun 1-13-kan Pack – 5,460 yen
Dokopon Choice Meitantei Conan Vol. 3 21-30-kan Pack – 4,200 yen
Magi Aratanaru Sekai (retail title) – 5,980 (from 2/13)
Jewel Master (Jewel Link: Legends of Atlantis 3D, retail title) – 3,000 yen (from 2/13)
Dragon Quest Monsters Terry no Wonderland 3D (retail title) – 5,490 (from 2/13)
Maru G?kaku! Chih? K?muin J?ky? Ky?ko Shiken 2015-nendo-ban DEMO – FREE
Maru G?kaku! Chih? K?muin J?ky? Senmon Shiken 2015-nendo-ban DEMO – FREE

Virtual Console
Final Fantasy II (Famicom) – 500 yen

Wii U

Downloadable Titles
Waiwai! Minna de Challenge – 700 yen
Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze (retail title) – 5,700 yen (from 2/13)

Virtual Console
Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Famicom) – 900 yen
Marvelous – M?hitotsu no Takarajima (Super Famicom) – 800 yen

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments

There hasn’t been much Wii U news coming out of Japan these days, but this week’s Famitsu does have a release date for Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

Leaks indicate that the title will be available for Wii U and PS3 on May 15. Pricing is set at 6,980 yen. The latest leaks don’t mention any of Transformed’s other versions such as 3DS.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed originally launched for Wii U on November 18, 2012, so this has been a long time coming for Japan.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images | 0 comments

Update: Added in details below.

– Final Fantasy Type-0 characters Machina Kunagiri and Rem Tokimiya will be playable
– Quest Medley system is back
– Players can trade Quest Melody maps with friends wirelessly
– When a map is cleared, players are able to see what boss will appear on that same map the next time the player challenges the stage

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Famitsu has a small update on New LovePlus+ this week. To be more specific, the magazine covers information pertaining to the game’s more romantic moments.

New LovePlus+, according to Famitsu, will have some sort of feature that allows players to secretly cop a feel on one of the girls… yeah. You’ll even be able to steal a kiss from them by filling up the romantic meter.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

The first details are in from Marvelous AQL’s just-revealed 3DS title, “Forbidden Magna”. You can find a roundup of information included in this week’s Famitsu below.

– Rune Factory producer Yoshifumi Hashimoto will be producing
– Rune Factory series director Masahide Miyata is also working on the game
– Ototsugu Konoe is handling character designer
– 3D graphics
– Visuals have a similar feel to the Harvest Moon and Rune Factory series’ 2D portraits used during conversations
– Lux: red-haired young man and protagonist of the game
– Lux lives on a remote island
– Runs an inn that has been around for a while but doesn’t seem to get too many customers
– After Lux goes to the crystal mines and finding a mysterious bracelet, things start to change
– Charlotte: first spirit of the game
– Charlotte has pink hair in twin tails to go with long ears; lively personality and gets along with everyone
– She uses a Greatsword called Tenimuho (Artless) as her weapon of choice
– Beatrice: silver-haired second spirit
– Beatrice is calm and has a clear mind
– Uses a bow-type, called “Stellar Bowgun”
– Diana: also a spirit
– Has purple hair and likes to keep it on a side ponytail
– Keeps her spear called “Kirin” with her at all times except when bathing
– When she’s on her own, she takes good care of her teddy bear
– “Inn part”: manage the inn with help of the spirits as a way to help get more customers
– Maid system included in the game in which players will be getting the spirits you befriend to help out around the inn while wearing maid outfits
– “ETR System”: increase your relationship with the spirits during inn parts and their combat abilities will increase
– Can also acquire special attacks through certain events
– In battles, you can choose which spirits to take with you
– While exploring, there will be crystals that can be used as an energy source for the spirits
– There will be different areas, including places that rain and farms, that serve as battlefields
– “CLT System” for battles (Connect Lead Time)
– This system is similar to that of Valkyria Chronicles
– Both allies and opponents will have their own turns, and both sides will be able to move around like an action game
– No grids
– 50% complete
– Team is developing with the mindset of trying to make it into a strategy RPG that feels as good as possible

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