Digimon World Re Digitize Decode Announced For 3DS

Namco Bandai’s new Digimon game has been revealed via an early leak of V Jump magazine, and it is an updated version of Digimon World Re:Digitize, which was released for the PSP in 2012.

Titled Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode, the updated game will include new Digimon such as Omegamon X-Antibody and Dukemon X-Antibody, along with a Digimon called Dorumon. Two new story chapters are being added to the game as well—The Scheming Demon Lord and The Lamentful X-Antibody.

Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode will be released sometime in 2013.

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New Super Luigi U Screenshots Give Glimpses Of The World Map And Stages

Nintendo have shared new screenshots for New Super Luigi U, the upcoming DLC expansion for New Super Mario Bros. U. As reported yesterday, the game will be released both as a downloadable add-on as well as a standalone retail game.

New Super Luigi U will be released as a download on June 20th in both North America and Europe. The standalone packaged version will be released on August 25th in North America and July 27th in Europe.

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Capcom Taking Feedback For More Super Street Fighter IV Character Changes

As reported last week, Super Street Fighter IV is getting another update, and Capcom are taking suggestions from the game’s community for incorporating character balance changes.

Last week, the publisher took feedback for Ryu, Sagat, Sakura, Bison, Balrog, Honda, Ken, Makoto, Guile, and Dudley. This week, they’re taking suggestions for the following: T. Hawk, Zangief, Dhalsim, Chun Li, Blanka, Gouken, Dan, Rufus, Cody and Vega.

You can submit your suggestions over at the Capcom forums.

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The Little Battlers Wars Set For Release In September

The Little Battlers Wars takes Level-5's mini-mecha series in a different direction since the game is a strategy RPG. Players get to create an avatar that's one of the best LBX battlers in the world instead of playing as Ban Yamano.

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The Little Battlers Wars has a nod back to the original series too. First print copies include an Achilles Deed color for Arata.

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Sony Introduces A Number Of Indie Titles On PlayStation Platforms

Sony’s E3 press conference wrapped up moments ago, where we were treated to many surprises we’ll be seeing for the PlayStation 4. Big hit titles aside, Sony reaffirmed their dedication to independent developers by allowing them to self-publish on PlayStation 4. We got a look at some of the upcoming indie titles, but here are some more that were posted on PlayStation.Blog site.

Here’s a list of the games and their developers that were shown during the conference:

Don’t Starve – KleiGalak-Z – 17-bitMercenary Kings – Tribute GamesOctodad: Dadliest Catch – Young HorsesOddworld: Abe’s Oddyssey New ‘n’ Tasty – Oddworld Inhabitants (Also coming to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita)Outlast – Red BarrelsRay’s the Dead – Ragtag StudioSecret Ponchos – Switchblade MonkeysTransistor – Supergiant Games

In addition to these games, there will be plenty of other indie titles that are expected to be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and Vita. Many of these games are available on Steam, but they will be marking their console debut on Sony systems, which will be available for hands-on play at the PlayStation booth for those attending E3 this year.

Here’s a list of additional games:

1001 Spikes (Nicalis) – PS VitaBlacklight: Retribution (Zombie) – PS4Contrast (Compulsion Games) – PS4, PS3Deathmatch Village (Bloober Team) – PS VitaDivekick (Iron Galaxy) –PS3, PS VitaDragon Fantasy Book II (Muteki) – PS Vita, PS3FieldRunners 2 (Subatomic) – PS VitaFloating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims (Dakko Dakko) – PS VitaHotline Miami (Devolver Digital) – PS Vita, PS3Ibb and Obb (Sparpweed) – PS3Kickbeat (Zen Studios) – PS VitaLimbo (Playdead) – PS Vita, PS3Lone Survivor (Curve Studios) – PS Vita, PS3Luftrausers (Devolver Digital) – PS Vita, PS3Men’s Room Mayhem (Ripstone) – PS VitaOlliOlli (Rolling Media) PS Vita, PS3Pinball Arcade (Farsight) – PS4Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Gaijin Games) – PS Vita, PS3Spelunky (Mossmouth) – PS Vita, PS3Sportsfriends(Die Gute Fabrik) – PS3Splice (Cipher Prime) – PS3Stealth Inc. (Curve Studios) – PS Vita, PS3Stick it to the Man (Ripstone) – PS Vita, PS3Velocity Ultra (FuturLab) – PS VitaWarframe (Digital Extremes) – PS4
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First Look At The High School DxD Game Doesn't Actually Show The Game (2)

Well, Kadokawa Games certainly knows its audience for High School DxD. While the first trailer for the High School DxD video game doesn't have any gameplay footage, all of the jiggling definitely represents the anime series. Kadokawa promises the game will have plenty of bouncing boobs for the story part and anime scenes from the first season.

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What's the game actually like? It's part visual novel and part turn based battle system. High School DxD is slated for release on November 28 on Nintendo 3DS.

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You'll Get Bulbasaur, Charmander And Squirtle In Pokémon X And Pokémon Y

In most Pokémon RPGs, you get your starter Pokémon from the game’s Pokémon Professor. However, this won’t be the case in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, Nintendo and Game Freak shared in a Nintendo Direct presentation this morning.

In Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, you’ll receive your starter Pokémon from one of your friends within the game. As previously detailed, X and Y’s choice of starters are Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie. Once you choose one of these three Pokémon, you’ll begin your journey.

However, you’ll also get another Pokémon from Professor Sycamore, the professor in X and Y. Sycamore will allow you to choose one of the three original starters from Pokémon Red/Blue—Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. Additionally, all three of them will have their very own Mega Evolutions in the game as well.

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y will be released on October 12th worldwide. You can watch this morning’s Pokémon Nintendo Direct in its entirety below. It includes the above mentioned details as well as the newly-announced Pokémon Bank service.

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The Difference Between Designing Final Fantasy XIV And Dragon Quest X

Both Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy have numbered titles that are also MMORPGs and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn director Naoki Yoshida worked on both titles. Yoshida started his career at Square Enix working on the Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road arcade game and then was the chief planner on Dragon Quest X. When Square Enix decided Final Fantasy XIV needed a reboot, Yoshida took on the role as the director and producer of A Realm Reborn.

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Since Yoshida has a unique perspective on Square Enix's two main MMORPGs, Siliconera asked Yoshida about the differences between developing Dragon Quest X and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

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"I not only worked on Dragon Quest X, but various other Dragon Quest games. When working in all Dragon Quest projects, the theme is not about complexity but having a game that's really easy to get into. That's not just for an online Dragon Quest game, but all Dragon Quest games. And so when making Dragon Quest X, yes it is a MMORPG, but it had to act and feel like a regular Dragon Quest and follow those rules," Yoshida said to Siliconera.

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"To have that really solo type of feel, there's a feature in which you can register your character in an inn, to allow other characters borrow your character as an NPC party member. You're creating a party with other people's characters, but they're not being controlled by other people. So even though you have this MMORPG, which is all about partying with other people, you're not partying with other people. It's an MMORPG that's not an MMORPG, but doing that is something you have to do for the Dragon Quest series."

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"Whereas, when designing Final Fantasy XIV, we knew that we wanted to get into the hands of hardcore MMO players but also reach out to players that have never played them before. We wanted to reach out to those Final Fantasy fans, knowing that a lot of Final Fantasy fans have never played a MMO before, perhaps because they are very intimidated by the genre. We wanted A Realm Reborn to feel like you're playing a regular Final Fantasy, for those first few levels. The game design has it so you're playing solo [initially], and to go 'wow, this isn't as hard as I thought', maybe because you don't have to talk to other players during those first 15 levels.

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But during those levels, we want to show them, from 0 to 100, what is a MMO and get that knowledge to those players. Once we have that, we can introduce those global standard MMO features, with the biggest feature being partying up. We didn't want to go the Dragon Quest X route; that discourages working with other people. Instead we worked on our party matching system, our duty finder system. By taking the burden of creating a party and making it easy, with a matching system that does everything automatically. You don't have to go out there, you don't have to be proactive; with just a press of a button, you can do all that," Yoshida continued.

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The other major difference is Final Fantasy XIV was always planned for a worldwide release while Dragon Quest X has only been released in Japan thus far. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is out now for PC and PS3. A PlayStation 4 version is also in development.

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here's atelier escha logy's handsome hero in a countdown trailer

The Atelier Escha & Logy Countdown Festival is a series of videos by Gust that will be used to introduce some of the characters in anticipation of Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky’s release later this month. The first part of the series focused on Escha Malier. The next is about the handsome and versatile swordsman/alchemist, Logix Fiscario.

Similar to the Escha edition of the video series, this video will share info that has already been revealed, but director Yoshito Okamura would like to take this opportunity to summarize some of it while showing some new footage and notes.

Logy and Escha have both been assigned to help out at the development team as new officials. Unlike Escha, Logy isn’t from the area and was actually sent from a city of alchemical studies called The Center. As you advance through the story, you will understand more about Logy’s past events.

Okamura notes that this will be the first time they have both male and female protagonists for the series, so he has repeatedly adjusted the contents for Logy’s events, as he aims to get as many players possible to like him.

As a main character of the Atelier series, Gust have made Logy into a naturally acceptable protagonist who doesn’t have any feelings of discomfort around other people or negative thoughts.

Logy might not excel at using items compared to Escha, but he’ll have plenty of skills aside from alchemy, which will make his play style completely different from his female counterpart. In addition, there will be plenty of status ups you’ll be getting from bonuses that will make Logy into an excellent frontline player in combat.

His damage output from items won’t be as strong as Escha’s either, but he’ll make up for it using his item compounding Blitz feature, which will even the gap between the two characters as they level up. Also, let’s not forget about the Double Draw skill that can be used to do even more damage with items.

Okamura also hints that they’ve prepared a high-end special item that will please Atelier fans, which he hopes you’ll get to try with the Double Draw to see for yourselves.

Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky will be released in Japan on June 27th for PlayStation 3.

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final fantasy iv the after years for ios hands on visual and aural nostalgia

As much as I love Final Fantasy IV I never got around to playing The After Years, the cell phone/WiiWare/PSP episodic sequel to Final Fantasy IV released 17 years after the original game. Even so, playing the iOS version felt very familiar.

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The game starts off like the original Final Fantasy IV did, on an airship with the Red Wings theme playing in the background. Ceodore, our hero, doesn't have quite as much to cope with in the first few minutes as his father Cecil did. Whereas Cecil was wracked by guilt over the terrible things he'd done in the name of his King before his airship was attacked by monsters, all Ceodore has to do was talk to people. Moving Ceodore in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for iOS was handled by putting your finger onscreen and moving it in one of eight directions. Sliding it further turned a walk into a run. When you were close enough to talk to someone, one tap anywhere when an exclamation mark was over someone's head starts a conversation.

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Making Ceodore talk to everyone triggered a cutscene that involved him complaining about the test he had to face to join the Red Wings and Wedge, the ship's Captain, hitting him for his insolence.

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The cutscene was a bit strange (aside from just having a grown man punch a child across an airship deck) because while it involved both choreography and lip flaps, there was no voice acting. Lines advanced and characters moved automatically, but things were silent aside from music and sound effects. I asked the attendant if the final game would have voice acting, and he said it would not' It still strikes me as strange that they'd add lip flaps for no voice work'

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After arriving on Final Fantasy IV's Adamant Island, I had to steer Ceodore to the village of Mythril and spend the night at the inn to could enter the nearby cave during the full moon.

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In the cave, I was introduced to the way moon phases affect combat (during the full moon, physical attacks did less damage and black magic did more), the bond system (which had Biggs and Wedge stand back to back with the camera spinning around them before slicing everything in their path), and the way that combat works with the touch screen (after selecting attack, you can tap on whoever you want to attack or choose them from the onscreen menu. Unfortunately, because my time was limited, I had to leave before finishing the entire cave.

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Food for thought:

1. While the game deliberately apes the low-poly style of Final Fantasy IV for DS, it still looked very pretty on the tablet I was playing it on. Everything looks clean and runs smoothly, and that makes the low-poly style much more appealing. It also drove home the fact that Ceodore was significantly smaller and younger than his father was during Final Fantasy IV.

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2. Every song in the game I heard was from the original Final Fantasy IV, note for note. While I love the music in FFIV, I would have liked to have heard new songs (or even more varied arrangements of the originals).

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Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate Trailer Shows The Metroid-esque Game (2)

Warner Bros. have shared a new trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, the portable sequel to Arkham Origins headed to the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita. As previously detailed, the game is a side-scrolling Metroid-esque game with interconnected areas. Watch the trailer below:

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Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate will be available on October 25th, the same day as Batman: Arkham Origins for PC and consoles.

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Pok eacute;mon Sunday Presenter In Charge Of Puzzle amp; Dragons Z Theme Song

You might recognize Shoko Nakagawa as the presenter on Pokémon Sunday or as the theme song singer for Saint Seiya Omega. Nakagawa also sang the ending song for Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl and one of the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood ending themes.

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Her next project? Puzzle & Dragons Z. Nakagawa announced on her blog she's in charge of the theme song for the Nintendo 3DS game, which is slated for release in Japan later this year.

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Elminage Gothic 3D Remix, The Dungeon Crawler Where You Can Be A Penguin

Starfish's dungeon crawling series, Elminage, gives players a lot of options to customize the game. Elminage Gothic 3D Remix for Nintendo 3DS lets players import photos they take with the system's camera as character images. That's why there is a penguin and a dog in the party fighting the serpentine creature.

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Players can also choose their character's name, race (there are 10 different races in Gothic 3D Remix), gender, alignment (good, neutral or evil), age, and job (16 different types). After your character is set you can allocate bonus points and pick an extra skill. Later on, if you fulfill certain conditions, you can change your job within the game.

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Elminage Gothic 3D Remix comes out this Thursday in Japan.

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Monster Hunter Frontier G Roars Onto PS3 And Wii U With Its First Trailer

As reported earlier in the week, Monster Hunter Frontier G is coming to the PlayStation 3 and Wii U in Japan, and Capcom have released a new promotional trailer for the game, which you can watch below:

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On PS4, Monster Hunter Frontier G will be updated to include trophies. Meanwhile, the Wii U version will allow you to the play using the Wii U GamePad as well as the Wii U Pro Controller. Capcom are also thinking of possible uses for the Nintendo 3DS in conjunction with the Wii version U but haven’t announced anything in this regard yet.

Monster Hunter Frontier G will cost 6,090 yen at retail, but if Wii U and PS3 owners download the game, they’ll be able to grab it for free. From there on out, a monthly fee of 1,400 yen will be required to play the game, just like on PC and Xbox 360.

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Code of Princess, Etrian Odyssey IV And Soul Hackers Are All On Discount Sale

Starting today, Atlus’ games on the Nintendo eShop are going on sale once more in North America (again). From today through August 31st, you can grab the following titles at a $10 discount:

Code of Princess ' On sale for $19.99

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers ' On sale for $29.99

Etrian Odyssey IV ' On sale for $29.99

After August 31st, all three games will revert to their regular prices.

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Hometown Story Slated This Fall In North America; New Trailer Inside

Natsume have released a new trailer for Hometown Story, the upcoming Nintendo 3DS game by Yasuhiro Wada, creator of the Harvest Moon series. The trailer shows off new gameplay footage from the game, giving one a tour of the town, its characters, and the character creation options at the start of the game.

Hometown Story takes place in the town your character grew up in. Following the passing of your grandmother, you take over her shop and begin to rebuild it from its run down state. You’ll be accompanied by a magical sprite named Pochica, who will help you get the store back in shape, and introduce you to the other characters living in the town.

Hometown Story’s character designs are done by Atsuko Nishida, the lady behind a number of Pokémon designs, including Pikachu as well as Ash, Misty and Brock from the Pokémon anime series. Meanwhile, the game’s soundtrack is being composed by Nobuo Uematsu, known for his work on Final Fantasy and The Last Story.

Hometown Story will be published in North America this fall by Natsume. Rising Star Games will be publishing the game in Europe.

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edward provides a dramatic monologue in this assassin's creed iv gameplay trailer

Ubisoft have shared a “gameplay trailer” for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, that shows off in-engine footage from the upcoming game, but no actual gameplay. Instead you get a monologue from protagonist Edward Kenway. Watch it below:

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will be released for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4 and other next-gen systems this Fall, with current-gen consoles getting the game first. North America will see the game on October 29th and Europe on November 1st.

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How To March And Stomp Your Way Through Dragon Quest Monster Parade (2)

Last month, Square Enix announced a new Dragon Quest browser game titled Dragon Quest: Monster Parade which is called a “real time adventure parade” with many monsters from the series. Square Enix has released a bunch of browser games and while the business model has been well covered, how do these games actually play? Let's take a look at Dragon Quest: Monster Parade and find out.

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Dragon Quest: Monster Parade will focus on caravan adventures similar to Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart for the Game Boy Advance. The game’s story starts when the King of Dreams gathers “Caravan Masters” from around the world to send them out on a journey to find the reincarnation of an ancient shrine maiden.

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Ever since he was a child, the silver-haired protagonist always dreamed of one day becoming a Caravan Master. His wish came true when the village elder asked if he’d like to take on the king’s request to find the young lady.

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The goal in Dragon Quest: Monster Parade is simple, all you have to do is march your way from the start to the end with your caravan of friendly monsters who can take out foes that get in the way. Your monsters will always march in a straight line. It's up to you, the Caravan Master, to pick them up and place them in front of incoming enemies by clicking and dragging.

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Once you reach the end, a result screen will show how many monsters you defeated and any treasure acquired. This is followed by “Scout Chance” opportunity, where you’ll get to try recruiting monsters to join your caravan crew.

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Similar to Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart, your caravan can only hold a certain amount of weight. Each monster in the caravan makes the caravan heavier and you can see the amount of weight taken up in the parade setup screen. Stats underneath the monsters show their health points, magic points, rarity rank, and their weight indicated on the right part of their stats.

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Some of the stronger monsters will be heavier, so players have to decide on whether it's more beneficial to have several weaker monsters or a few tough ones.

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The field map consists of several stages and villages. As you explore further on the map, your caravan will encounter tougher enemies, so it’ll be important to always have a reliable party of monsters on your side.

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An open-beta phase for Dragon Quest:Monster Parade will be starting on August 22nd. While you're waiting you can watch a gameplay demo here.

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