MapleStory Japan’s 3rd Item Design Contest!

Have you ever thought of an item you wish you could have implemented in MapleStory? This is the contest for you!
 

Thank you for your daily patronage of MapleStory.
 
 
Today, on Wednesday, March 6th, the 3rd Item Design Contest will commence!
 
Please check the campaign page for more details.
 
This is the first item design contest in 3 and a half years.
Be sure to participate, please!
We are waiting for everyone’s hot creations from the bottom of our hearts!
 
 
Please continue to play ‘MapleStory.’

ShiKage’s Ultimate Hayato Guide

 
 
Hello and welcome to ShiKage’s Ultimate Hayato Guide. I will try to introduce all I know about Hayato within this post, so this will take a while to officially complete. I am intending to create an in-depth look at the class and all it has to offer. If you have any suggestions for this guide, please feel free to comment with those suggestions.

Help Nexon Japan look for hackers!

Have you been annoyed with the amount of hackers roaming about? Have you tried looking for a map and they were all full of hackers, botting away for items? Fret no further! Nexon Japan has set up a page on their website, asking that users report any hackers that they find. If you happen to run across any hackers in-game, feel free to report those hackers by alerting Nexon by filling out the form as following here : http://maplestory.nexon.co.jp/support/cheat/form.asp

Note : You must log into the Nexon website to use the form.

 
 

[Updated] Post-Tempest Hayato Build

Kanna – skills, skill build, and more!

Hayato – skills, skill build, and more!

A letter from the producer of MapleStory

After the game update went live on Wednesday, Nexon Japan put up a note from the producer of MapleStory himself. I’ve decided to translate that for anyone interested.

If you want to view the original, here you go : Original letter (in JP)
 
 

Thank you for your daily patronage of ‘MapleStory.’

From the producer of MapleStory, of whom that NPC named “Suzuri” (Inkwell) is modeled after, comes a message about the “Sengoku Era” updates.
 
 
 
To everyone in Japan who loves MapeStory, hello.
I am the produce of MapleStory, Oh Hanbyul.

In Korea, when we prepare to bring out new content updates, we hold conferences and presentations before the implementation of those contents to tell everybody about the content directly, but we were not able to do that with Japan, so I apologize and this time, I will have to give you a message this way.

Until now, I have overlooked the development of the Korean version of MapleStory, but this year, I decided to overlook the development of the Japanese service. I give my greetings to everyone who enjoys the Japanese version of Maple.

With this summer’s update, I’ve been able to introduce the contents to the players of the Japanese version of MapleStory for the first time and it was heavily received, but we have other expectations. As the first debuted content, we’ve decided to release the “Sengoku Era” updates.
Our development team, as a whole, had a desire to deliver amazing content, so we worked really hard and did our best to prepare it all, so we hope you all enjoy this “Sengoku Era” update.

I am anticipating the day when everyone can adventure about and meet the Sengoku Military Commanders, Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen in the world of MapeStory.

Please continue to love and be interested in MapleStory.
 
 

※The translation is, “Please enjoy MapleStory “Sengoku Era!!””

Sengoku Era Part One Events!

I don’t visit the Hangame side of MapleStory Japan very often, but DeadlyJake linked me to the event page while the Nexon official site was down. Many thanks to him. You can view that page here : http://hangame.maplestory.nexon.co.jp/campaign/sengokufes.asp
 

Anyway, these are the currently listed ‘Sengoku’ events :

 
 

Sengoku Shop

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012 until Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
 
 
A ‘Sengoku Shop’ from which you can get many special items is opened for a limited time!

You can trade in ‘Sengoku Coins’ that you can obtain during the event period. Talk to Randolph or Lucia to make the trade.

【Examples of items you can get】
Sengoku Era Scrolls, Rock of Time, Reverse Weapons, and so on.
 
 

Online Gamer’s interview – fully translated.

Yesterday, I was very tired and in a rush to get the information about the classes out as soon as possible, so I decided not to translate the entire interview. However, today, I feel more awake, so I felt like translating the whole thing to the best of my ability. Some of it may be a little sloppy, because I’m mostly translating blind and I’m extremely exhausted from the lack of sleep lately.

Before I get into this, I want to forewarn you that I have no idea how to translate Korean names from Japanese to English, so I’m just merely guessing.

Samurai class confirmed? Osaka Castle is coming as well!?

As I posted about a week ago, Gaga has a quest called “Gaga’s new hobby,” in which we get hints about the big summer update. That quest started today, along with the Lotte campaign.
 
 

Excited, I quickly ran to Leafre on my Hero to get the quest items Gaga asked for. He asks for two items – 30 of each. When I completed the quest and went to turn it in, he had several options for me. Above that option, there was red text that spilled a hint about the summer update.