{"id":10951,"date":"2016-10-01T11:32:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=10951"},"modified":"2016-10-01T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T15:32:37","slug":"circle-readies-mercenaries-saga-3-for-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/10\/circle-readies-mercenaries-saga-3-for-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle readies Mercenaries Saga 3 for North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Circle Entertainment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CIRCLE_Ent\/status\/782060174034874371\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a> yesterday that they are putting the finishing touches on <em>Mercenaries Saga 3<\/em> for the Nintendo 3DS in North America. The English version of the game is nearly done and is nearly ready to be submitted to Nintendo of America and Europe. The game was originally being aimed for a Q4 release, but could be released sooner.<\/p>\n<p>The game, which is developed by Rideon Japan, is set to be released in the Japanese eShop on October 5th. It will include 28 chapters as well as a free battle stage.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mercenaries Saga 3<\/em> will join other upcoming Circle western titles including <em>Mr. Pumpkin Adventure<\/em> (WiiU) and <em>Fairune 2<\/em> (3DS) which are scheduled for an October release.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The chronology of the game is somewhat confusing with the unusual naming patterns of the games in this series. <em>Mercenaries Saga 3<\/em> is the fourth game in the series, and follows <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/review\/review-adventure-bar-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure Bar Story<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/review\/review-mercenaries-saga-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mercenaries Saga 2<\/a><\/em>, and recent release <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/review\/review-adventure-labyrinth-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure Labyrinth Story<\/a><\/em>. Click the previous links for our reviews from those games.<\/p>\n<p><center> <\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/jQUko9niqkGxW6XoVVWQ4w\/151193239805\" data-did=\"53498727d8404aafcb73a078a0dc428f85b27a90\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/151193239805\/more-at-httpgamersdarkainartscom\">http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/151193239805\/more-at-httpgamersdarkainartscom<\/a><\/div>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/post.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ueziEA620bo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circle Entertainment tweeted yesterday that they are putting the finishing touches on Mercenaries Saga 3 for the Nintendo 3DS in North America. The English version of the game is nearly done and is nearly ready to be submitted to Nintendo of America and Europe. The game was originally being aimed for a Q4 release, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1178,21],"tags":[121,1403,1785,1385,1534],"class_list":["post-10951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nintendo-3ds","tag-circle-entertainment","tag-eshop","tag-mercenaries-saga-3","tag-nintendo-3ds","tag-rideon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mercenaries_saga_3_wide.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-2QD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11273,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/12\/mercenaries-saga-3-could-be-released-in-december\/","url_meta":{"origin":10951,"position":0},"title":"Mercenaries Saga 3 could be released in December","date":"December 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Circle Entertaiment shared this morning via social media that upcoming title Mercenaries Saga 3 is nearly ready for release in North America. Developed by Rideon and released in Japan earlier this year, Circle is hoping for a release in the Nintendo 3DS eShop sometime in mid-December. The game is the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nintendo 3DS&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/mercenaries_saga_3_wide.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11327,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/12\/mercenaries-saga-3-to-be-released-december-15th\/","url_meta":{"origin":10951,"position":1},"title":"Mercenaries Saga 3 to be released December 15th","date":"December 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Circle Entertaiment confirmed today via social media that upcoming title Mercenaries Saga 3 will be released in North America in the Nintendo eShop next week. Developed by Rideon and released in Japan earlier this year, Circle will release the game in the Nintendo 3DS eShop sometime on December 15th. 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