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Famitsu has got its hands on new details for Dragon Quest Monsters 2’s Magic Keys. You can find the latest batch of information below.

– Unlock Malta castle’s key shop by clearing the game
– You’ll then be able to access a ton of Magical Keys
– Add your own “words” to the keys
– Depending on the material and word combination used to make the keys, the resulting world you’ll get will differ
– Quests they’ll offer differ as well
– This makes it easier to remember what combinations you can use to make the worlds you want
– Make a key and you’ll then be allowed to check out what kind of quests and monsters will appear int he world it can unlock
– Keys you make can be shared with others through StreetPass
– This is the best way to power up your post-game monsters
– There will be a “little more” to it than new grinding areas

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SEGA has shared a couple of more details about the upcoming beta for Initial D Perfect Shift Online, which has been extended to January 14 in Japan.

Players will be able to customize their car with different decal stickers from the series’ various groups. For beta testers, they’ll have access to Akina Speed Stars, Red Suns and Night Kids decals. Those who sign up will also receive the Toyota AE86 as a free car.

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Earlier today, Nico Nico held an announcement broadcast for its annual “Nico Nico Chokaigi” convention. The show was highlighted by an appearance from none other than Shigeru Miyamoto.

Miyamoto announced that Nintendo intends to act as the “Super Special Sponsor” this year. It’s a bit unclear as to what this entails – though perhaps it’s a sign that Nintendo has something special in store for fans.

Nico Nico Chokaigi will take place on April 27 and April 28.

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Next week, “Comic Koubou” will be hitting the 3DS eShop. It’s a manga-creation app packed with plenty of functionality and features.

Here’s what we know about Comic Koubou as of now:

– Free panel division
– Includes basic tools for speech and text bubbles
– Vertical and horizontal text placement
– Pens, brushes, and tones
– Supports layers (up to 5 simultaneously)
– Copy/paste functions
– Redo function
– Save creations in JPEG format to the 3DS SD memory card
– Doesn’t support 3D
– Pages have a maximum size setting of 896 x 896 pixel
– Out on January 15
– 800 yen

Screenshots from Comic Koubou can be found above.

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This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:

3DS

Downloadable Titles
Dokopon Choice Zettai Zetsumei Denjarasuji-san Vol 1. 1-10-kan Pack – 4,200 yen
Dokopon Choice Amai Akuma ga Warau Love is the Devil 1-6-kan Pack – 2,520 yen
Dokopon Choice Ky? Koi o Hajimemasu 1-15-kan Pack – 6,300 yen
Boulder Dash-XL 3D – 500 yen
Beast Saga Saiky? Gekitotsu Colosseum (retail title) – 5,040 yen
Pika Pika Nurse Monogatari 2 (retail title) – 5,040 yen
Wan Nyan D?butsu By?in 2 (retail title) – 5,040 yen
Hoshi no Kirby: Triple Deluxe (Kirby Triple Deluxe, retail title) – 4,800 yen (from 1/11)
Dasshutsu Adventure Akumu no Shinigami Ressha DEMO – FREE
Swords & Darkness DEMO – FREE
Gekiyaba Runner (2 Fast 4 Gnomz) DEMO – FREE
Wakedasu DEMO – FREE

Virtual Console
Ganbare Goemon 2 (Famicom) – 500 yen

Wii U

Virtual Console
Final Fantasy III (Famicom) – 500 yen

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Spike Chunsoft’s Yuichiro Saito was among the developers 4Gamer spoke to for its New Year’s feature. One of Saito’s more recent works was Conception II.

Speaking on the topic of 2014, Saito stated that Spike Chunsoft will continue to work hard to get games out there, because it is in them. If you pay attention in 2014, there will be some exciting announcements, he added.

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In Senran Kagura Burst, the 3DS’ 3D effect was disabled for battles. This has been addressed for Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson’s story, Marvelous AQL has confirmed.

The news was shared during a live-stream demonstration held overnight. During the same event, it was also revealed that Senran Kagura 2’s story takes place in Kyoto.

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