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Fire Emblem 3DS was shown during Nintendo's Direct Conference last night were Iwata confirmed it is a new game but which includes features of previous games such as the world map last seen in Sacred Stones and skills will also be returning.

The DLC rumour posted previously was also confirmed.

The full title was also revealed: Fire Emblem: Kakusei (Fire Emblem: Awakening) and will release in Japan on the 19th April 2012.

You can watch the whole stream here

Nintendo are to hold another Direct Conference on 27th December to announce some new details about the 3DS. The previous announcement revealed the 3DS will be updated with DLC support in the December update although no games currently support it.

Japanese publication Nikkei however are reporting that Nintendo are set to announce the first game to support it will be Fire Emblem 3DS and will be available sometime in March. No details were given on what the DLC items could include, most likely new maps.

This news also narrows down the release date game will be released in Japan somewhere between January and December!

Sacred Stones has been made available for 3DS ambassadors for download in all regions, go download it now!

Nintendo finally announced the final 5 Gameboy Advance titles to be given away for free to early adopters of the 3DS.

One of the titles revealed was Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones! The release date is set for the 16th of December (2 days!).

View full news for a full list of titles.

After a lot of rumours, a brand new Fire Emblem has been announced for the 3DS this morning at Nintendo's 3DS event.

You can view some screenshots and movies at the official Fire Emblem 3DS website.

More information soon. Edit: Screenshots have been added to the gallery.