http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/13/the-secret-to-puzzle-dragons-massive-success-millions-of-dollars-is-luck/
Long interview with the CEO of GungHo Online Entertainment in that link, but most interestingly the end of the article says this:
Will GungHo Online Entertainment America handle publishing the console version in the U.S.?
Yes.
Pretty short and to-the-point answer, but I found it quite interesting.
For those who don't know, Puzzles and Dragons is GungHo's smash hit smartphone game in Japan that reportedly made $113m in revenue in April alone, pushing GungHo's market cap over Nintendo's.
GungHo announced that they were bringing an RPG version of the game to 3DS earlier this year (expecting to sell at least 1 million copies).
Various other gaming sites have picked up on the news, so looks like it's happening in any case:
http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/14/puzzle-dragons-z-gunghos-3ds-port-heading-west-ceo-confirms/
http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/14/4329274/puzzle-and-dragons-z-coming-to-3ds-in-north-america
