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Nintendo Direct (Japan) - live blog/feed

by rawmeatcowboy
22 June 2012
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This post will have a live-blog underneath for translations. Remember, the European and North American Nintendo Direct events take place an hour after this one. The action starts at 11 PM East Coast time!

- follow-up on Smash Bros. today!
- Namco Bandai games and Namco Bandai Studio is working as developer on the Smash Bros. games, as are Nintendo and Sora Team
- Sakurai of Sora and Kobayashi of Bandai-Namco will give a greeting following the show
- Fatal Frame Wii 6/28, 6800 yen
- Fatal Frame Wii will have a Ghost Mansion Mode video available for viewing after the show
- Three modes of Kirby collection: Collection, which includes the playable games, Motoo Challange for challenge stages and the History section for clips/comics/anime and more
- Kirby Collection due out in Japan 7/19, 3800 yen
- Dragon Quest X's first 20 hours play time will be free
- DQX Kids' Time for free: M-F 4-6, Sat Sun 1-3 pm.
- multiple Dragon Quest X trailers on the way
- more classic Pokemon to appear in Black/White 2
- Pokemon tournament to be held in Japan on June 29th, Game releases on 6/23 for 4800 yen
- Culdcept to get a leaderboard site accessible through the internet
- Culdcept All Japan Cepter's Cup 2012 tourney to be presented
- Calciobit lets you search for other teams, challenge them in-game using team ID.
- Calciobit leaderboard site available as well
- Calciobit will feature a celebrity tie-up that will be broadcast on Nico Nico, due out July 29th
- Devil Summoner Soul Hackers is due out Aug. 30th
- Lost Heroes is due out Sept. 6th
- A download code for Lost Heroes' Famicom tie-in is included in the game
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles 2 is due out Sept. 13th
- AKB48 + Mii coming to 3DS. Group members to appear as Mii characters & give in-game shows
- Project X Zone and E.X. Troopers still due out this year in Japan
- Bravely Default: Flying Fairy still coming this year in Japan with 3rd demo coming soon
- Nintendo had some celebrities try out the game's Coin Rush mode. This will be available for viewing later. Coin Rush mode will have paid download stages following release. The development team will work on the paid stages after release, and will respond to user feedback. Pricing details at a later date.
- Onitore has a math mode where you have to remember the previous math question that was asked in order to answer it. As you answer, the next math question comes up and the one you're answering turns into question marks.


- 3DS getting a redesign!
- The screen is 4.88 inches. It gives 90% extra view area. The lower screen is now 4.18 inch. It also has 90% extra view area.



- 3DS LL will have slightly longer battery life, a 4 gigabyte memory card but it won't include a charger. You can use the same charger from your 3DS. Cradle and plug sold separately, if you like.
- 3DS LL will hit Japan 7/28
- new sketching game for 3DS shown, much like Art Academy. 3800 yen. Exchange art via StreetPass. Due out Sept. 13th
- Animal Crossing 3DS due out this year in Japan. New characters arrive via StreetPass. Item variations increased in number
- Gyouretsu Nageloop for eShop. Looks like Puzzleloop, but with people instead of marbles.
- Nintendo to hold an eShop sale in Japan with sales of up to 20% off. Sale will last for a week.
- Icarus AR card packs for 263 yen each
- Etrian Odyssey 4 demo hitting eShop