Nintendo 3DS Blog

Masahiro Sakurai has talked in-depth about Kid Icarus: Uprising in the recent Nintendo Direct broadcast, sharing that it’s possible to combine items within the game and also trade “seeds”, which allows you to make combinations with other players via StreetPass. In a similar vein, there is a weapon known as “Genesis” that you build by collecting its three parts. This is a single-use weapon, but fires a powerful blast.

As we’ve heard in the past, the game supports online play, and Sakurai mentioned that playing the game online “was very smooth”, even when playing with players outside of Japan. Support for SpotPass is also confirmed and will provide a new weapon to download every day. There’s lots of footage after the break.

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We won’t have any details yet, but the recent Nintendo Direct broadcast in Japan has confirmed that SEGA, Capcom and Namco Bandai are collaborating on a mystery project for the 3DS. That’s all we have to go on for the time being, but feel free to make lots of wild guesses as to what it might be.

You can click here to see a teaser website for the game. (Thanks to Joshua for mentioning this.)

Famitsu has revealed that Game Gear titles will arrive on the 14th of March in Japan via the Virtual Console on the 3DS. To begin with, the following games will be available:

• The GG Shinobi
• Sonic & Tales 2
• Dragon Crystal Shirani’s Maze

Each title will cost ¥300.

The latest issue of Famitsu magazine in Japan has revealed that Etrian Odyssey IV, the next game in the dungeon crawler RPG series, is coming to the 3DS. It will feature job classes such as sword man, medic, and dancer, and there will also be a “Casual” difficulty level for those new to the series. The game will be released on the 5th of July, and the official website will launch within the week. For the time being though, you can click here to view a placeholder. There are scans for the game after the break.

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There’s a new set of screenshots from Heroes of Ruin that you can find after the break. Enjoy.

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With Kid Icarus: Uprising‘s launch on the horizon, Masahiro Sakurai has begun working on the new Smash Bros. game for the 3DS and the Wii U. Sakurai tweeted recently that he has been looking through the official website for Smash Bros. Brawl as part of his research for the new game. Though Sakurai previously stated that the game may take a while, it’s good to know that they have at least begun working on it.

Kingdom Hearts 3D features a “Memoir” menu, which Square Enix has revealed to include:

• A tutorial for learning the game’s moves.
• General help with the game.
• Recollections, which allows you to look back at things that have happened during the game.
• Chronicle, to read a detailed history of all the previous games in the series.

It was also announced that there will be a pre-launch event for the game on the 3rd of March, so we should see more of the game then. There are screenshots of the Memoir menu after the break.

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