Weedy

Increased aura sounds good, hopefully making the risk/reward strategy more usable.
It would be neat if Lucario Mega Evolves when he reaches 100% damage.

@CaptainSquid Haha. Its not a joke its a poke!

@Doma
Point, well made.

It looks like a futurisic Monster Hunter, surely that's work bringing over?! Did Project X Zone make Capcom any money? (it was quite text and menu heavy so may have cost a little bit to translate) If so you would think they'd consider this an export winner.

Wow the 3DS is a great little RPG devise, that's why I love it and that's why I'll buy this too.

I never played the original so am interested in trying this.

Streets of Rage II for me, I want to beat-up thugs as that kid with the roller blades.

I had completely forgotten about that charming trailer. But no point hoping for this game until new footage comes out.

I was really looking forward to this until I played the demo. The Bravely/Default mechanic kind of breaks the random encounters since you can just max brave (x4) and oneshot everything you run into. Put the fast forward option ontop of this and you may as well not have random encounters and just give experience for walking around!!!

Im happy with just open board messaging. If you're not happy for everyone to read what you're saying then it's probably not about video games.
But will miss the friend code feature since it would be good to easily find peeps who play the same games as me.

@ultraraichu
The cynic in me thinks they made all that "swapnote abuse" stuff up so that they could shut it down and free up/create a space for Miiverse to fill.

@DerpSandwich
Agreed.

If I could have put money on a Direct coming out this week I would have, it seemed inevitable given the approaching console launches. But I never would have expected 3DS to take the spotlight for it, poor little WiiU!

@MideonNViscera
I'm in the UK, which means it will be out a month from today!
Sorry for the US on this one, the same old ocean divide messing with release dates. Hopefully worldwide releases like Pokemon X&Y will become more common.

Definately looking forward to this game. May wait until Christmas though since I'll have Zelda to keep my thumbs busy before then.

That was very... scientific. Vital research carried out by Prof McFerran!

Looks promising.

@mamp For a minute there I thought you meant I would be able to download and watch on my 3DS! They should definately get this video up on the eshop.

Uh oh, here we go,
Nintendo the brave still fears what it don't know!

@LegatoSkyheart
Agreed.
Surely Miiverse is next!!

Looks interesting, I did used to love the cartoon when I was younger.

I chose squirtle all those years ago, and I'll choose him again now, he has a gun under his shell!

That is indeed a guy saying Pokemon about a billion times! You think he could have said Pocket Monsters at least once, just to spice things up.

Wow, this is a shock. Reading the comments I can see both sides of the argument, now I can't decide if I'll buy it or not. I'll wait to hear more news on this before release.

@Shworange That's just sick and wrong!

That Zelda XL looks good but I prefer the standard size, plus I'm too cheap to buy a console twice!

It seems they have actually toned down the cleavage for this one! Hopefully they've been focusing on increasing the amount of game instead; Risky's Revenge felt a bit short.

I can't see it, there's nothing in his hand?!

Wait... there's a new Pokemon game coming out, why haven't I heard anything about this before?!!! ;p

@Longway
I'm only interested in that game is Shibata comes round to demo it, that man is great.

@Peach64
Agreed. Got the Christmas game lined up, now all I need to do is work out how to fit it in around all the family fun

Whoop whoop. Although my boss is in tomorrow so I'll have to wait till i get home to watch it.

@Expa0
I was also mythed that we didn't get the English subs for Virtues Last Reward, I'm glad that we will for Bravely Default.

Was considering getting a 2DS before reading the review since I don't use the 3d feature (my eyes just get tired with it on). I was willing to over-look the lack of a hinge/clamshell, but then you said there's no wireless switch?! I'm constantly turning my wireless on and off, to make the most of my commute through London and my battery, so burying it in a menu is no use for me. Then you say they haven't really up graded the battery, well I guess that was a cost saving measure. I'll keep hold of my ambassador 3DS for now.

@SkywardCrowbar
It's a fair point, I prefer to be drip feed. Last week I got EOIV and now Im too busy with it to even think about anything else!

@CasuallyDressed
I think those boys appeared on the 3DS video player in the past, I'm sure they'd be up for promoting this!

@bezerker99
That made me laugh.

That explains a lot; i was on puzzle swap the other day looking for the total and couldn't work out where I found it before, i decided i must have imagined it! Glad to know I haven't completely lost my marbles.

I went to buy a physical copy of EOIV on Friday but it was a wasted trip, I then went to download it only to discover it wasn't available until this Thursday! Iv ordered it online now and am desperatly hoping it'll b on my doorstep tonight, Im dying to pick up from where the demo left off.

Here's hoping we get version 1.5 and before the end of the year in the EU!

This will probably be the first 3D classis I buy when it comes out in EU.
One Punch mode looks to make for some great Speed Run competitions.

I for one enjoyed it, in fact I usually do enjoy the directs. I think so long as you don't set your expectations too high then you'll find them to be great little videos to enjoy over your tea break.
Anyone who can't enjoy 'Shibata's Objection' needs more joy in their heart.

@TheHunter
Im in the same boat, it would make sense to release LttP on 3DS eshop before this game comes out.
Im gona drop ninty an email request.

Shibata has just hit legendary status.

Also, the game sounds interesting.

@anthony12
Ha ha, good call, definately lifted straight from that course.

@Expa0
That sounds vaguely familiar now that you mention it. Thank-you for reminding my aging mind.

Yes, great news. Day one buy.
Hopefully NIS America Europe will do well out of it and take up SMT4 as thier next project.

Argh!!! Reading the SMT4 review was agony enough, but this news is just too painful!!!
Suffice to say, I live in the UK; where we still don't have a solid release date for EOIV!

@CaptainSquid
Good Shout.
I am sooo looking forward to this game.

I enjoyed my first playthrough of the demo although I didn't really have a clue what I was doing in the combat.
I've just finished my second playthough after reading through the very long tutorial burried in the menu and boy did it help, I destroyed the enemy and had more fun with the fighting mechanics.
One thing that it doesn't seem to mention anywhere, but that becomes quite apparent when you're trying to stratagise; you're XP gauge (think of it as a super bar) is shared between your party i.e. If one character uses it all up the next will start with an empty bar.

@Hunter-D
It was certainly worth the wait.
Like you my copy arrived yesterday from Game, I stayed up quite late last night playing it and was a little late for work this morning! But now I ahve the whole weekend ahead of me, yay.

Whoop, whoop.