Mario Tennis revealed for the Nintendo 3DS, developed by Camelot and coming out in Japan next year. I almost forgot to post this trailer today!

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“Psynergy” trailer for Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. For those new to the series like me, Psynergy is the game’s fancy name for elemental powers. They aren’t so special when you remember that the Planeteers have the same abilities, but here’s an excuse to watch new video of the JRPG.

Did you see the new Golden Sun: Dark Dawn commercial we tweeted yesterday? Yeah, not the best ad. Its in-game encyclopedia linking system, though, looks promising!

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See also: Golden Sun: Dark Dawn abilities trailer

[Via GoNintendo]

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“Abilities” trailer for Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. So far, I’ve seen a lot of overworld videos for this upcoming RPG, but this three-minute clip shows how you can interact with the world using your characters’ abilities — there’s some combat bits with those abilities, too, which is nice.

As for other Nintendo news coming out of Japan, rumor has it that local, respected paper Asahi Shimbun indicated a 2010 release date for Paper Mario 3DS in Japan, implying a similar launch plan for the Nintendo 3DS. Of course, this supports similar reports we’ve heard from other sources.

Just thought I’d mention that before all the Tokyo Game Show news/media starts to roll in (while I’m asleep)!

Preorder: Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (November 29th)

[Via NintenDaan, Farnham]

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A chance encounter at Golden Sun’s Hyrule Bridge. Atrius posted this video last year to demonstrate his homebrew editor for GBA RPG Golden Sun: The Lost Age, but I didn’t get around to watching it until this afternoon.

Since Nintendo and Camelot are taking their time releasing new media and details about Golden Sun DS, I figured this might be a good distraction for the Golden Sun fanboys who are desperate to see anything new done with the series.

There’s a chance that Nintendo will bring this Golden Sun DS to E3 in a couple weeks (if the project is still alive); just expect news for the game to be buried under dozens of announcements, trailers, and screenshots for higher priority titles… like Pikmin 3.

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[Via Atrius]

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Homebrew Shining Force II remake for Nintendo DS.

Brazilian programmer Renato Bittencourt is adding new graphics, music, characters, secrets, and more to the 1994 Mega Drive tactical RPG. Though he says this is purely a fan project, he has also talked with Ubisoft and Tectoy Digital about possibly releasing the game through Brazil’s curious Zeebo console (I doubt Sega will allow this).

Renato plans to release a demo ROM soon, and eventually hopes to put out the game as episodes in English. He’s still finishing the remake’s engine, but he’s already spent at least a year working on the game. Here’s an emulator preview he posted back in May:

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[Via Sega Nerds, The Gaming Zeitgeist, and the Shining Force Central forum]

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