September 2012
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For The Frog, the 3DS Virtual Console tolls (in... →
For the Frog the Bell Tolls, the rad Game Boy RPG by Intelligent Systems, is going to be officially re-released on 3DS Virtual Console on Japan. That totally won’t happen here, because the English version only exists as a great fan translation, but it’s worth pointing out if only to remind you guys of the great fan translation!
It’ll be out September 5, along with...
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WatchAmazing Super Time Force trailer from our friends at Capy, makers of Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes.
Guess we’re just going to post nothing but amazing stuff today — oh wait we do that everyday. WORD.
Buy: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes DS
See also: More Capy posts
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Brain Age 3DS coming to US in December, Animal... →
Nintendo of Japan may have had a 47-minute Nintendo Direct presentation, but we got our own news from a coupla tweets! How economical!
Nintendo announced a U.S. version of Onitore, called Brain Age: Concentration Training, for December 3. You’ll spend your holiday break getting your brain all mushy!
Animal Crossing, which still doesn’t have an official English name, is now due in...
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Nintendo Direct highlights →
There were a few surprising newses in this morning’s Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation, including the surprise that Satoru Iwata was outside today instead of in the Nintendo offices! Or he was in the part of the Nintendo building where the green screens are kept. I don’t know. Anyway! News!
Professor Layton’s “final” adventure is coming out on 3DS in Japan next...
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Nintendo Direct on Wednesday morning
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata will host another streaming presentation tomorrow morning, in which he’ll talk about upcoming 3DS offerings and perhaps unveil new titles.
Of course, the company had to choose a day I’m traveling for its Nintendo Direct presentation, but JC should be on hand for any big announcements. You can watch the Japanese stream yourself at 7AM EDT here.
Nintendo of...
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(A few) PSOne Classics playable on Vita →
Vita firmware 1.80 is live, which enables PSOne Classics support on the handheld. But not, like all the PSOne Classics. Here’s the official list of US “launch” games:
Arc the Lad
Cool Boarders 2
Final Fantasy VII
Hot Shots Golf 2
Jet Moto
Syphon Filter
Tomb Raider
Twisted Metal 2
Wild Arms
Plus four more MonkeyPaw-published games that aren’t on Sony’s list...
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The World Ends With You coming to iOS
Those waiting for Square Enix’s countdown page to unveil a 3DS sequel to The World Ends With You, I hope you prepared for the disappointment we all knew would come.
The company posted a product page for an upcoming music album, which promises new remixed tracks from a not-yet announced iOS port of the original DS game. :o(
So, it’s likely that the iOS edition is what the countdown...
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Kickstart Fangamer's classic shirts →
Fangamer is bringing some of its old shirt designs back – along with a few new ones – through a Kickstarter drive for its “Retrowear” line. The designs in the line include various Mario, Metal Gear, Metroid, and of course Earthbound designs from the company’s history, along with some mystery designs.
This is a true Kickstarter as preorder: $22 gets you any one shirt, or $45...
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Ninja Gaiden NES coming to 3DS Virtual Console in... →
The NES/Famicom version of Ninja Gaiden will be released on 3DS Virtual Console on August 29 in Japan, bringing its exciting combination of machine gun guys and narrow platforms to a nice portable format.
In a perfect world, I’d be able to share Virtual Console games across platforms, but real talk, I know I’d just buy it again for $5 given the chance. And that’s why the...
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“Sorry, man. That ship has sailed.”
– Xseed editor Jessica Chavez stating the obvious on Retro Game Challenge 2’s chances of coming to the U.S., after describing the original game as “not particularly popular.”
Just doing our part to reopen old wounds. It’s hard to be too angry at Xseed, though, considering:
it...
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2D Castlevania coming to 3DS after all, kinda
So it’s not actually a Castlevania series game, Koji Igarashi isn’t involved in its development, and it looks like a low-budget production, but bear with me here.
This DS and 3DS tie-in for the Hotel Transylvania animated film has a lot in common with the Konami series: the game takes place in Dracula’s home, there’s plenty of undead enemies to vanquish, and you’ll...
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Restrained excitement for The World Ends With You... →
Square Enix has posted a new countdown site, and numerous clues on the page — its Japanese title, its music, its typeface, Tetsuya Nomura and Gen Kobayashi’s involvement, etc. — point toward a follow-up to cherished Nintendo DS RPG The World Ends With You.
Before you break out the celebratory GIFs, we still don’t know if this will be a handheld/console release, a...
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“[laughs] Thank you. Great to see you!”
– Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, after he was asked about Mother 3’s chances of coming to the West.
Buy: Earthbound
See also: More Mother/Earthbound posts
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There's a Cheetahmen II Kickstarter →
Remember a few months ago when we all thought an adventure game was the unlikeliest, most anachronistic thing ever to be brought back by a Kickstarter? Double Fine truly changed the world, and now we’re at this point: Cheetahmen II: The Lost Levels.
Action 52 prototype owner Greg Pabich launched this all-caps Kickstarter to fund the production of new NES cartridges with a completed...
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