Nintendo Direct to the point

If you couldn’t convince yourself to wake up early to catch the Nintendo Direct presentations this morning, or if you didn’t have the time and patience to watch them all, don’t worry, we’ve collected all the vital info for you here.

We’ll post more media from the presentations throughout the day, so as usual, keep an eye on the site.

Critically acclaimed Wii RPG The Last Story:

• Coming to North America!
• Published by our soulmates at Xseed

Dillon’s Rolling Western:

• Available on the eShop… Today!
• Price at ten frickin’ dollars
• Developed by Vanpool (Tingle RPG team)

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Even on 3DS, F.O.E.: Etrian Odyssey IV!

It’s been a great day for portable gamers, what with a new Nintendo Direct presentation starting in several hours, Good People Die announced for the U.S., and now Etrian Odyssey IV!

Early online reports say the game features a new difficulty setting (including a casual option) that you can adjust at any point, and will release in Japan this June.

The game’s staff revealed so far includes Trauma Center’s Daisuke Kanada as director, Studio Ghibli veteran Nizo Yamamoto as background artist, Shin Nagasawa on monster design, Yuji Himukai as character designer, and the legendary Yuzo Koshiro on sound.

Maybe we’ll hear more about it in Nintendo Direct!

Buy: Etrian Odyssey III
Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more
See also: More Etrian Odyssey III media
[Via Andriasang, Image via Broken Arrow]

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Good People Will Die in North America

Extreme Escape Adventure: Good People Die — the sequel to Chunsoft’s adored 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors — is coming to North America some time before the end of the year, thanks to the awesome folks at Aksys.

The news comes by way of Nintendo Power, which as far as I know only discusses the 3DS version, so I’m unsure if the PS Vita edition will make it out to the States. It’s also uncertain whether Aksys will keep the Good People Die title, but it’s difficult to imagine the publisher coming up with another name as strong as that.

Regardless of all that, I’m thrilled to see another Chunsoft game getting an English localization. More, please!

Buy: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more
See also: More Good People Die and 999 posts
[Via Go Nintendo]

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Nintendo Direct returns tomorrow

Nintendo will stream a new round of pre-recorded presentations for fans tomorrow morning, likely talking more about its upcoming DS, 3DS, and eShop software — I expect the company will talk much about Kid Icarus: Uprising, Fire Emblem: Awakening, and Pokémon + Nobunaga’s Ambition. Hopefully we’ll hear about new third-party and downloadable titles too.

The Japanese version of the Nintendo Direct show, which I expect to have more info than the Western editions, will begin streaming here at 6AM ET (3AM PT). Nintendo of America will air its presentation at 9AM ET (6AM PT).

Interestingly, the company announced the presentations via Swapnote, sending messages from CEO Satoru Iwata in Japan and NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime in North America. You can see the latter’s memo here.

Buy: Nintendo 3DS (Flame Red, Black, & Blue)
Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more
[Via @personasama, Image via @feitclub]

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Report: Nintendo reviving other publishers’ properties for 3DS, including Seaman

There are reports again that Yoot Saito is working on a portable version of Sega’s Seaman — the virtual pet-raising sim series in which your pet is a fish with a human face — for 3DS. If true, I’m glad he’s working on something else besides Guild01’s Air Porter for the system!

The project is part of a new initiative by Nintendo to revive other publishers’ properties for 3DS to strengthen the system’s catalog, according to a Nikkei report translated by Andriasang. Again, awesome idea if true!

Seaman, despite its oddness (or maybe because of it) was one of the biggest sellers for Dreamcast back in the day. Its 2007 sequel sold alright on the PS2, but that was never released in North America, so there are worries that this 3DS edition might not make it here either.

What other franchises Nintendo is working on bringing back? Jet Set Radio? Power Stone? Oh man, imagine if they got Capcom to make a new Mega Man Legends?

Buy: Seaman with microphone (Dreamcast)
Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more
See also: More Seaman posts
[Image via Onymous]

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