Does this give you more incentive to buy Skyward Sword, or did you plan to already?

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In the 20 year history of Famitsu, a perfect score has been awarded a mere 14 times, spanning Nintendo favorites such as Ocarina of Time, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and more recently, New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Add to this prestigious list the upcoming 5th generation in Pokémon titles, Black and White. Pokémon news source BulbaNews located the above screen shot of the Famitsu page, which you can see in full below.

The latest generation adds a host of new features, including three on three battles, friend assisted quests, and of course, dozens of new Pokémon. It debuts in North America sometime in Spring 2011. Does the Famitsu score make you even more excited for Black and White?

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Remember those Super Mario Galaxy 2 magazine scans? The ones that were in Japanese, barring most of us from being able to read them? Well, swerve from the NeoGAF forums has gone and translated two portions of the scan. The letter from Princess Peach reads as follows:

Dear Mario, Do you fancy watching the shooting stars, whilst eating cake? I’ll be waiting at the castle. –Peach

…while the story reads as:

“This is one more stardust fairytale. Only once in a hundred years does stardust fall on the Mushroom Kingdom. As such, Peach invites Mario to the castle to watch. On his way over, Mario spots a mysterious light. He cautiously approaches it, and finds… a small, lost baby star. The star – ‘Baby Chico’ – follows Mario to the castle, but what is waiting for them there is…”

Huh. I’d forgotten that up until now. If the stardust falls on the Mushroom Kingdom only once every hundred years, how exactly do both Galaxy and Galaxy 2 fall into Mario’s lifespan?

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If you’re having hunger pangs for that Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer coming later today, then here’s a mid day snack to satiate you–scans from the latest Famitsu!

The pics don’t show a lot that rabid Super Mario Galaxy fans haven’t already seen, but the artwork is nice and there are a few things that may be new to you. One detail that got lost in the shuffle, for me, was that they’d be including all the original power-ups, as seen on the sidebar in the second picture. Unless, of course, I’ve totally misinterpreted it, and the panel actually says “Look what you can’t have this time around!” which would make no sense at all. Hit the jump for more pics.

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DS games Ni no Kuni and Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 are right behind them, while Final Fantasy XIV (PS3) and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP) snagged the 5th and 6th spots. The games I currently believe to be 3DS launch window titles – Pokemon (Generation 5) – come in at number seven. You can check out the entire Top 30 after the break.

I wonder how this list would change if Square Enix actually decided to move ahead with the Final Fantasy VII remake?

1. Dragon Quest X (Wii)
2. Final Fantasy Versus 13 (PS3)
   
3. Ni no Kuni (DS)
   
4. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (DS)
5. Final Fantasy XIV (PS3)
6. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP)
7. Pokemon (Generation 5) (DS)
8. Last Ranker (PSP)
9. Last Remnant (PS3)
   
10. Ghost Trick (DS)
11. Final Fantasy Agito XIII (PSP)
    
12. Etrian Odyssey 3 (DS)
13. Metal Gear Solid: Rising (PS3)
14. Monster Hunter Frontier Online (360)
15. NieR Replicant (PS3)
16. The Last Guardian (PS3)
    
17. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (DS)
18. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)
19. Super Street Fighter 4 (PS3)
20. Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village (PSP)
21. Xenoblade (Wii)
    
22. Okamiden (DS)
23. Sengoku Basara 3 (PS3)
24. Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (PS3)
25. Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin The Lord of Elemental (DS)
    
26. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
27. Lost Planet 2 (PS3)
28. Lost Planet 2 (360)
29. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 (PSP)
30. NieR Gestalt (360)

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After weeks of knowing about the game’s existence, without a shred of evidence to view, we get a first-look courtesy of the latest issue of Famitsu.  Despite being a remake of Game Boy’s Castlevania: The Adventure, you can see the game looks reminiscent to the SNES classic Super Castlevania IV, a very good thing.

The game will see a WiiWare release in two weeks in Japan.

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The game received four perfect 10 scores, and was applauded for its music, multiplayer, and, well, because it’s fun. If you had any doubts of whether the DQ series could deliver all the goods, this should help clear a few of them out of the way.

Some other recent perfect score winners from the magazine include Metal Gear Solid 4, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I usually try not to let reviews sway me too much with their scores, and focus on the content, but it’s hard to ignore a game that has such prestigious company. I’ll be picking this one up pretty quickly on launch day, anyone else?

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Famitsu has ruined the surprise and revealed Resident Evil: The Darksie Chronicles, a follow-up to the Resident Evil rail-shooter retelling Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. Gameplay will be similar to Umbrella Chronicles with a few tweaks. For one, if you’re playing single player, your partner will appear on the screen instead of hiding behind you. There will also be a sliding difficulty level that changes depending on how well you’re performing. It will, of course, have Zapper support.

The Darkside Chronicles stars Leon and Claire from Resident Evil 2, and will predictably begin with scenarios based on Resident Evil 2. It has also been hinted that there will be stages based on Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica, which are the other games that Leon and Claire star in. 

There’s no release date set for The Darkside Chronicles. The game is reportedly about 35% done.

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Famitsu has revealed that a four Professor Layton game is in the works for Japan. Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute takes place three years before Professor Layton and the Curious Village, and seems to involve the story of how Layton met Luke. Devil’s Flute is to be the first game in a brand new trilogy, which means North Americans can look forward to the number of unlocalized Layton games growing from 2 to 5. 

… Hooray….

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It’s happened again, Famitsu has revealed their latest game review scores, and Sega’s 428 ~Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de~ for the Wii has received four “10″s, a perfect 40/40 score. 428 likely won’t make it out of Japan, as it’s a visual novel set in Tokyo, crossing the paths of a young man, a virus researcher, detective, freelance writer, and… a cat… in a quirky game developed by Chunsoft.

For those keeping score, it’s only the ninth title in history to get a perfect 40 from Famitsu, the second Wii game, fifth on a Nintendo platform, first by Sega, and third game this year. Other “perfects” include Ocarina of Time, Soulcalibur, Vagrant Story, The Wind Waker, Nintendogs, Final Fantasy XII, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Metal Gear Solid 4.

You can view the magazine scan after the break.

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Hey, remember the Battle Arena Toshinden games? No? Well they were 3D fighters back when just being a 3D fighter was amazing. It was released around the same time as Virtua Fighter and Tekken, but failed to become as large a part of fighting game history. The main thing that set it apart from the others was the fact that it was weapon-based, but when you think “weapon-based 3D fighting game from the mid-90s,” you think of Soul Blade, don’t you?

Anyway, Famitsu has announced a new entry in the series. It doesn’t appear to be part of the story of the original four games, but the simple string-small-combos-to-make-bigger-combos gameplay will be making a return. Toshinden is still in the early stages, so keep an eye out for more details as they become available.

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• The concept for the game, according to Tsujimoto, is to restart Monster Hunter from scratch, filling the game with new ideas. The switch in platforms from the PS2 to the Wii was one of the reasons for this big rethinking of the series, Fujioka explained.
• Monster Hunter 3 takes place on a new, unexplored island: thick forests, dark caves, deep/underwater environments
• Players have full swimming controls for hunting underwater as well as fishing for use as ingredients
• Ability to use long-range weapons underwater, and most land-based actions
• Air Gauge while underwater, similar to stamina gauge on land (depletes over time)
• Caves can be explored using light from torches, otherwise too dark for hunting
• All new monsters as well as some from past versions with added ‘freshness’ to them
• One creature getting lots of attention: giant underwater dragon known as ‘king of the waters’. He is the game’s main monster.  He can survive on land, so players have choice of where to fight him
• Online component: Online mode played in 4-player groups like the older PS2 installments
• MH3 retains concept of a ‘city’ which acts as lobby for chatting and meeting with other players
• When playing single player, the city slowly expands with new facilities and access routes to other areas of the island
• Game will be playable at TGS 2008 starting October 9

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Two more page scans showing off the upcoming Fire Emblem: NEW Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light have been added to the gallery. You can see both of them after the break, though remember to click “Full Size” to see the whole thing.

If we had someone on staff who could read Japanese, I could tell you if there was any new info in the scans. I doubt there is any, but if any of you can decipher, feel free to drop me a line!

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Soulcalibur, Vagrant Story, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Nintendogs, Final Fantasy XI, and, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Those are the only seven games to earn a perfect 40/40 score (aka: the Holy Grail of gaming accolades) from Famitsu.

Honestly, I am extremely surprised at this perfect score. As the third entry into the series, I had my doubts about whether or not the game will feel as fresh and original as the first two titles. Of course, this could still be the situation for reviewers when Brawl finally lands in North America on March 9th, but it’s really hard to look past a perfect score from Famitsu.

Just to think, 24 hours ago, we were agonizing over yet another delay for Brawl. Now it looks like the wait might be well worth it.

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