Professor Layton and the Nintendo 3DS launch amidst a flood of other games.

Riding around on the giant, Ymir’s back, you’ll be able to find around 30 islands in Rune Factory Oceans.

We’ve seen a lot of Rune Factory Oceans characters and outdoor areas, but something we haven’t seen much of is what your house looks like.

Rune Factory Oceans has even more interaction with the townsfolk than previous games.

Oceans also lets you “mock-marry” certain characters for a single night.

During their adventures, Azel and Sonia encounter a masked man, shrouded in mystery.

Famitsu has a piece on Rune Factory Oceans this week, which outlines an event that can happen after you get married.

Rune Factory Oceans has new box art that looks substantially better.

Say hello to Lily, Oddette and Iris — three of Rune Factory Oceans’ heroines — and the game’s box art.

Planting crops is only part of Rune Factory Oceans. Beyond farming and fishing, there are monsters to fight and befriend by petting.

Marvelous released two screenshots of Rune Factory Oceans’ male lead, Azel, walking on dry land.

During an investors Q&A, Marvelous briefly spoke about plans for the next term. The publisher plans to release about the same number of games in Japan as they did this year, which was nine titles.

Rune Factory Oceans producer Yoshifumi Hashimoto is proud of how quickly the game transitions from one area to the next.

This is the first time that you’ll get to take control of a female character in addition to a male one. Producer, Yoshifumi Hashimoto, comments on how that affected the game’s candidates for marriage.