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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News | 11 Comments

Dragon Quest IX ending up as a DS exclusive was a big deal back in the day. But how’d that come about in any case?

During the Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Countdown Special this past week, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino spoke about how he convinced series creator Yuji Horii to make IX for DS. Hino was also developing Professor Layton at that time, and Nintendo’s portable was experiencing great momentum. Horii hesitated at first and questioned having a numbered Dragon Quest game on a handheld, but Hino kept pushing him to do it.

Horii became a big fan of the tag mode in Dragon Quest IX, which would end up partially inspiring StreetPass support for the 3DS. He liked how it connected the game world and real world together.

Horii also said that his wish is just to “have Dragon Quest be enjoyed by as many people as possible”.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

The Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Countdown Special was hosted a couple of days ago. There wasn’t too much on Dragon Quest XI, but series creator Yuji Horii did share something quite interesting about the RPG.

Horii mentioned that he wants to bring back the “Spell of Restoration” in Dragon Quest XI. This refers to the password system in the original games which allowed players to continue their progress. Since then, the save data system has taken its place, but Horii surprisingly said that he’d like to see it return. How it will be used in modern times is unknown, but Horii gave a cryptic remark which seemed to hint at utilizing both systems.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News | 6 Comments

Update: The theme is now available and trying to redeem points for it no longer produces an error.

A new reward is about to be added for users of My Nintendo in Europe: a Bravely Second Nintendo 3DS home menu theme titled “New Faces”. The theme costs 100 Platinum Points – quite a bit cheaper than the Mario and Donkey Kong 3DS home menu themes, which cost 200 Platinum Points.

However, it seems like the reward may have been added to the rewards catalogue prematurely – you can only reach it via the notifications tab in the top right; it doesn’t actually show up in the regular rewards tab at the moment. Trying to redeem your Platinum Points for the Bravely Second theme produces an error at the moment. The theme will apparently be available until June 30th, so it likely won’t be too long until it can be properly redeemed.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

Later this month, Square Enix will be hosting a Dragon Quest 30th anniversary birthday countdown special live stream. This will be shown on Niconico at the following times on May 26:

– 5:30 AM PT
– 8:30 AM ET
– 1:30 PM in the UK
– 2:30 PM in Europe

MC Ayana Tsubaki, Dragon Quest series executive producer Yuu Miyake, and Dragon Quest series creator and game designer Yuji Horii will be on the broadcast. The group will count down to the May 27 30th anniversary of the Dragon Quest series.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments

During a live stream several hours ago, Level-5 and Square Enix announced a couple of collaborations between Yo-kai Watch and Final Fantasy XIV.

In terms of Nintendo-related content, Yo-kai Watch 3 will feature a pair of special Yo-kai. Chocobonyan (Jibanyan riding a chocobo) and Mooglinyan will both be featured in the game.

Here are some images of the collaboration:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Update: Here’s the recording:

The Bravely Second developer panel at PAX East 2016 is now underway. It’s being streamed via Twitch, so you can watch it as it happens after the break. We’ll add in a recording after it’s finished.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

On Friday, Bravely Second finally debuted in North America. Just like in Europe, Nintendo made a collector’s edition available. You can see an unboxing video for the special release below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 5 Comments

With Bravely Second having just launched in North America, Game Informer spoke with co-producer at Square Enix Masashi Takahashi for an interview. The two sides chatted about player feedback, the new approach to character designs with this game, how the job classes are decided, and the series’ future.

You can find comments from Takahashi about all of these comments below. Head on to Game Informer here for the full interview.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Nintendo has a new trailer for Bravely Second as the RPG launches in North America today. In the video below, you can get a closer look at the jobs system.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in 3DS, Reviews | 21 Comments

System: 3DS
Release date: April 15, 2016
Developer: Silicon Studio
Publisher Nintendo

The highly-anticipated sequel to the 3DS’s surprise hit from Silicon Studio – which was originally supposed to be a brand new Final Fantasy game before becoming Bravely Default due to its different sense of direction – is here. It reunites us with our favorite characters from the first game while introducing a few new ones to bring us a brand new story, and manages to keep the world as fresh and vibrant as ever. Get ready to embark on an incredible new journey traversing the familiar and unfamiliar in Bravely Second’s vast new world as you save Agnés, who now serves as Pope in a seemingly utopian world – that is, until a mysterious new Empire kidnaps her on the day a peace treaty was to be signed.

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