Square Enix and Dark Horse have formed a partnership to release The Art of Mana outside of Japan. This is the first official art book for the Mana series, which contains over 200 pages and 400 illustrations.

Here’s a full description of the book:

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Oninaki devs on action-RPG origins, story length, visual style, more

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Japanese outlet 4Gamer recently had a chance to speak with a few members of the Oninaki development team. Atsushi Hashimoto, Takashi Tokita, and Ryutaro Sasaki participated in the discussion. The three developers talked about why the game is an action-RPG rather than turn-based, how long the story will be, the decision to mix up the art style following I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear, and more.

We’ve now prepared a full translation of the interview. If you’re interested in learning more about Square Enix’s Switch RPG, continue on below.

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Western version of Dragon Quest XI S has now gone gold

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Dragon Quest XI S producer Hokuto Okamoto announced last week that the Japanese version of the RPG had gone gold. The same thing can now be said for the western version as well. Indeed, the overseas release has wrapped up, according to Hashimoto.

Dragon Quest XI S launches for Switch on September 27.

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Square Enix to offer physical version of Oninaki in Europe through its online store

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Oninaki was previously confirmed for physical release in Japan. Europe will be getting a physical copy as well, though only through Square Enix’s online store.

Pre-orders are now open here. Only 3,000 copies will be made, and a reversible inlay will be included.

Note that there’s no word on a physical version for North America at this time.

Thanks to apfel for the tip.

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Dragon Quest Builders 2 tech analysis

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While this may come as unexpected news for some, Dragon Quest Builders 2 appears to be one of the games pushing Switch the most. In its latest video, Digital Foundry points out that it can run under 10 frames per second in extreme cases, which usually results from playing user-made levels.

As for the actual campaign, Dragon Quest Builders 2 usually sits between 20 and 40 FPS. There’s no frame rate cap, hence the variable performance.

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Video: Dragon Quest Builders 2 devs shares three things you may not know about the game

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Nintendo has shared anew Dragon Quest Builders 2 video with producers Noriyoshi Fujimoto and Takuma Shiraishi. Below, the two developers touch on three things you might not have known.

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Oninaki demo trailer

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To promote the new demo that was just released, Square Enix has prepared a new trailer for Oninaki. Watch it below.

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Oninaki demo footage

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As reported a short while ago, Square Enix has made a demo available for Oninaki. Take a look at some footage below.

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Square Enix releases Oninaki demo, new trailer, game’s file size revealed

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The Switch RPG Oninaki won’t be ready for another month, but Square Enix has actually released a demo for the game. It’s currently out now in Europe and Australia. We assume that it will be extended in North America when the eShop updates tomorrow. The demo takes up 1.4GB of space.

Since Oninaki has an eShop listing, we now know the game’s file size. It’ll be a 2.7GB download on Switch.