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Nintendo Direct Recap: Fire Emblem Dated in Japan

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 08:29 PM PST

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Tonight's Nintendo Direct wasn't as newsworthy as the first one for those outside of Japan. The pre-recorded broadcast was largely comprised of trailers and release date announcements for 3DS games in Japan.

The new Fire Emblem for 3DS was described as an original game being designed for the handheld. In Japan it'll be known as Fire Emblem: Kakusei, which in English translates to Fire Emblem: Awakening. The report from earlier today that the first premium downloadable content from Nintendo would be released for Fire Emblem remains unconfirmed, but one aspect of the report was shot down. It had been said that the DLC would be coming in March; in fact, the game won't be available in Japan until April 19, so it won't be coming any sooner than that.

Nintendo's First DLC to be for Fire Emblem 3DS - Report

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 03:38 PM PST

Having added support for downloadable content on 3DS earlier this month, Nintendo is reportedly planning to take advantage of this support for the first time with its upcoming Fire Emblem game.

Shortly after announcing that it planned to drop the price of the 3DS this past summer, Nintendo stated that a system update coming in 2011 would enable developers to release DLC for games on the system. That support is now in place, but it hasn't yet been taken advantage of.

Posted by Shri Krishna

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