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The announcements begin at 8 p.m. Japan Time (7 a.m. Eastern, 4 a.m. Pacific, 11 a.m. GMT, noon BST, 9 p.m. AEST). This Nintendo Direct is Japan-oriented and will cover Wii and Nintendo 3DS. Wii U information will be revealed at events next month.
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(6:59) - Hi Everyone, the show is just starting.
(7:00) - Iwata has taken the stage.
(7:01) - There appears to be some kind of Culdcept tournament and a special edition 3DS XL.
(7:04) - Iwata is holding a Kirby.
(7:05) - Showed off some Kirby merchandise.
(7:06) - The world has earned more than 57 billion coins in NSMB2.
(7:07) - There will be some NSMB2 videos available after the broadcast.
(7:09) - Iwata is talking about the Dragon Quest 3DS app which is available for free.
(7:10) - First up for third party September releases is Medalot 7.
(7:11) - Medalot is coming out in Japan on September 13.
(7:11) - Now moving onto Bravely Default: Flying Fairy.
(7:12) - Wow, there are over 20 job classes and 300 abilities to customize your character with.
(7:14) - The last demo for Bravely Default is coming soon.
(7:15) - Next up is Project X Zone.
(7:16) - Coming to Japan on October 11.
(7:16) - If you care about AKB48+Me I guess you should pay attention now. Still looks really strange to me.
(7:16) - Looks like the Inazuma collection. We knew about this already.
(7:19) - Coming November 15th to Japan.
(7:19) - A gameplay trailer is being shown off for EX Troopers.
(7:20) - Coming November 11.
(7:21) - Next up a Naruto game. Naruto SD Powerful Shippuuden to be exact.
(7:21) - It is coming sometime in 2012, it actually looked interesting to me.
(7:22) - a Level-5 presentation.
(7:22) - Looks like a new Professor Layton game. Subtitle is probably forthcoming.
(7:24) - I love Layton, so this just made my morning. By the way it is coming sometime in 2013.
(7:25) - He claimed it was going to be the final adventure for Layton.
(7:26) - Moving onto Nintendo games now, I believe they are starting with the art game we have seen before.
(7:27) - I'm assuming this guy is some Japanese personality. His outfit is strange.
(7:29) - Now there is a girls fashion game, and I believe the one girls purse had eyes.
(7:31) - There is a pink 3DS XL on its way to Japan.
(7:31) - Now time for some Animal Crossing.
(7:32) - Appears like you can design clothing and share it with friends using QR codes.
(7:33) - It looked like there was a house design made out of complete gold. It looked pretty cool.
(7:33) - Releasing November 8 in Japan.
(7:33) - Now for some Paper Mario, and a paper Iwata.
(7:34) - I guess they are calling the game Paper Mario Super Seal in Japan.
(7:35) - It is coming at some point in 2012.
(7:36) - They are running through a bunch of games coming out using a nifty calender.
(7:37) - eShop is next.
(7:37) - A sequel to Denpa Ningen no RPG.
(7:39) - It is coming out September 26.
(7:40) - A new game from Game Freaks called Rhythm Hunter Harmo Knight.
(7:41) - Looks like it constantly moves you forward and you just jump or attack, but there appears to be more different level design.
(7:42) - The game is coming September 5.
(7:42) - Iwata appears to be wrapping up the show. but I guess there is one more thing.
(7:43) - Looks like maybe Iwata doing a whole bunch of different things in a game.
(7:45) - I guess it is Friend Collection coming in 2013.
(7:46) - He showed something for Monster Hunter 4 right before closing.
(7:47) - Stick around for videos, but I guess the end of the official Nintendo Direct is upon us. Thanks for reading the live blog.
Topic: Nintendo Direct 2012.08.19 Live Stream, Blog, and Chat (Read 1257 times)
