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<p>● Excellent E3 showing by Nintendo for Wii U but little for 3DS other than the Pokémon and Smash Bros. we all knew about, a few Western localisations, a ton of indie eShop games and the steampunked strategy RPG <b>Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.</b> brought to you by Intelligent Systems in 2015.</p>
<p>● One of the indie game reveals was Gunman Clive 2 which the developer Beril revealed in a NeoGAF post will be hitting the Japanese eShop as <b>Gunman Story 2</b>.</p>
<p>● Perhaps the most awesome aspect of E3 was the unveiling of the <b>amiibo</b> figures that are Wii U in 2014 but 3DS in 2015. On top of that <b>Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS</b> was dated for 13 September in Japan and three new challengers (Pac-Man, Palutena and Mii Fighter) were announced.</p>
<p>● Two new Square Enix announcements: one minor (<b>Bravely Default -For the Sequel- Ultimate Hits</b> on 7 August) and one major (<b>Final Fantasy Explorers</b> &#8211; a crystal chronicling/monster hunting action RPG although no release date at present).</p>
<p>● Amazing start for <b>Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth</b> with 186,398 copies sold and also the #2 seller on the eShop.</p>
<p>● Star Fish have announced they&rsquo;re bringing the PSP dungeon crawler <b>Elminage Ibun: Ame no Mihashira</b> to 3DS on 28 August.</p>
<p>● Even more new game announcements with Bandai Namco releasing <b>SF Dotabata Party!!</b> to 3DS and Wii U which will be based upon the characters of Doraemon creator Fujiko F Fujio.</p>
<p>● More eShop announcements (and again no Virtual Console) with both <b>Pick-a-Gem</b> and the iOS million seller <b>Gunma no Yabou</b> coming soon.</p>
<p>● The final new game announcement isn&rsquo;t confirmed but I did receive a scan for the sequel to the Sega JRPG <b>Hero Bank</b> which hopefully should be confirmed soon!</p>
<p>● The only review for the past week was for the disappointing <b>The Band of Thieves &amp; 1000 Pokémon</b> (3/10). I do aim to review Persona Q within the next twelve hours! And thanks everybody who follows this humble little tumblog!</p>
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