Publishing arrangements for Marvelous AQL games to remain flexible, says Director of Publishing Ken Berry.

At the Game Developers Conference, Yoshifumi Hashimoto, producer of games such as the Harvest Moon and Rune Factory series, gave a talk titled: “RPG Development: Inspiration and Perspiration”.

While Natsume handled the numbered Rune Factory games, Xseed will publish Rune Factory 4 in North America.

Xseed are teasing what looks like a bunch of different games.

Rune Factory 4 first came out on July 19, 2012 before the 3DS simulation game boom.

Marvelous AQL reported 620 million yen ($78.2 million) of net profit for the company’s second quarter.

Rune Factory 4 sees continued success, Marvelous AQL reveal.

Bakemonogatari Portable brings the quirky anime to PSP, while Nippon Ichi’s Special Report Division releases on Vita.

Producer, Yoshifumi Hashimoto, confirms what we already suspected.

Meanwhile, other titles like The Little Battlers: Explosive Boost and Rune Factory 4 continue to perform admirably.

A a title published by Namco Bandai, called Run for Money Tousouchuu, has shown a surprising resilience on the software sales chart.

Last week’s biggest release in Japan was, of course, Dragon Quest X for the Wii.

Rune Factory 4 has been out for just a few weeks, but producer Yoshifumi Hashimoto said the game’s reception was good enough to greenlight a sequel.

Last week saw the release of New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Persona 4: Arena in Japan.