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Square Enix will be releasing this week it's mobile title, Kuni Yaburete Sanga Ari (Hills and Rivers remain) onto DSiWare. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, such title is only slated for a Japanese release, with no word on whether or not this title will ever make it outside Japan (let's hope it does, as long as it is a good one).

The game features 4-player wireless gameplay, updated stylus control, and according to reports, some exclusive maps when in multiplayer mode. The game will be sold at 800 DSi Points (around US$8) and will be available from October 28th.


Via Andriasang.

It's official: Nintendo loves Japan (I wonder why ). In just a day, the company announced a couple of Wii bundles, a new Pokémon game, and two new WiiMote colors for the region. Is this fair? No, it's not. (Well, maybe it is after seeing the colors)

Nintendo announced that it will be releasing a new Pokémon spinoff, titled Pokepark Wii: Pikachu's Big Adventure. And, you guessed it, it's a mini-game compilation. The game, categorized as an action title, consists of your beloved monsters performing at different events inside a theme park.

As for the bundles, retailers will have different bundles for two games: Tales of Graces (available December 10th) and Samurai Warriors. For the first bundle, it will include a white Wii, a white Classic Controller Pro, and of course, the game. For the second bundle, you get a few other choices. You can have the game with a black Wii, a black Classic Controller Pro, and a postcard, or just the game and the Controller, but if you're feeling wealthy and already own a Wii, you can opt for the Treasure Box which includes the game, a Controller, a figurine, soundtrack, and artbook.

The WiiMote's colors are going to be blue and pink, and will be available just in time for the release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii on December 3rd.

And we all love our sushi just as much as chopping and slicing and impaling and exploding and... humm... sorry, got distracted there. MadWorld is finally seeing a Japanese release this Winter, so that would only leave Germany out of the MadWorld map. Sorry guys, blame your activists.

However, the game, although GREAT and fun, did not do so well on sales over here at the States (or anywhere else, actually), so Sega has let this one go and handed over the publishing duties to Spike, a company with quite some experience with blood-soaked titles in their past.

Thankyou, Level-5. Not only are you guys taking AGES to bring the rest of the Laytons to the US, but now you're offering us YEARS of longing for a Layton RPG. Last night, the developers announced that, within Professor Layton and The Devil's Flute (the fourth iteration in the series, hitting Japanese shelves on November 26th), there will be an unlockable RPG dubbed Professor Layton and London Life.

The game, developed by Brownie Brown is an RPG game that, according to them, will last for over a hundred hours. Let's see if that's true. The RPG game, however, had been previously announced for the ROID cell phone gaming service; with this new DS inclusion, it is still unclear if the game will be launched on mobile phones or just the DS (canning the previous announcement).

Of course, this is all Japan-only news. So drool over this for years and years until we get the fourth game over here (remember, we are still waiting for the SECOND one to be released this year, with no word whatsoever on the third game getting a release).

Once again, Japanese gamers are getting goodies we can only dream about importing. Except, this time, they're also going to drool for them, as only a VERY SELECT FEW are getting them. It's a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon pop-up book-thingy and accordingly themed cell phone straps.

According to Nintendo's site, the main prize, the book, will be available for people who buy at least two out of the three different versions of the game available. ONLY 50 pop-up books will be given out, and they will be awarded to randomly selected buyers who enter their codes into Japan's Club Nintendo.

As for the straps, there are only 200 of them available of each design (for a total of 600 straps). These, too, will be given out to randomly selected buyers who enter their info on Club Nintendo. Of course, they can only be eligible for the strap design that matches the version of the game they bought.

Remember that Black Wii we all drooled about but only our Japanese friends were getting, for now? Well, they still are the only ones getting it, but now you can ALSO drool about the new Wii box. Yeah, you guessed it. It's black.

The sexy new boxing will be available to Japanese costumers as of August 1st. The rest of the world can only hope. But I'm still wondering: if you get the black Wii, what happens to all of your info and Friend Codes?

Sorry kiddies, Japan only at the moment. If you already have a Wii but want one of the Classic Controller Pros (and live in Japan) you can also get either a Game+Black pro, or a Game+White Pro. So aside form this also confirming the Giant bundle, the two smaller bundles, it also confirms that white Controller Pros are coming (which we all probably figured would happen anyway). It looks as if this could be a clue as to the game being played with Controller Pros (or basic classic controllers) and not Wii-Remote/nunchuck... Hmmm, what do you think?

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The big bundle costs 33,000 yen ($342). While the small bundles cost 8,490 yen ($88). Dated for 2009年8月1日.
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