Kaio: King Of Pirates, Keiji Inafune’s Next 3DS Game, Will Start Off As A Manga

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Marvelous AQL have high hopes for Kaio: King of Pirates, a Nintendo 3DS game developed by former Capcom executive Keiji Inafune. The story, which inspired by the Romance of the Three Kingdom, will kick off as a manga. V-Jump and Strongest Jump will carry the comic series next year.

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Kaio: King of Pirates is slated to be a 2012 title for Nintendo 3DS.


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