Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

Atelier Totori

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Atelier Totori coming in June for the PS3
Should be announced in famitsu or dengeki in the coming weeks

New game Love Plus+ revealed

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

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Famitsu has accidentally posted the magazine cover for next week’s issue of Famitsu on their website and it has revealed that they’ll be having a feature on a new game called “Love Plus+”.

It was posted here but it has since been removed.

Via: ラブプラスの続編「ラブプラス プラス」が発売決定

Edit: Fixed image

Merry Christmas

Friday, December 25th, 2009

hello

First DLC pack for Hatsune Miku project diva to come early 2010
Hello Planet is going to be a playable game

Hello Kitty rice at Ugomachi
Everything’s happening at Ugomachi

Hello Kitty at Winter Comiket
I completely forgot about them but they have a lot more stuff this time! Also their selection of artists is awesome and we’re all doomed

Tange Sakura will be voicing Saber in Fate/Extra
Who wha

Mitsudomoe finally

Monday, November 30th, 2009

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Mitsudomoe anime announced
The anime better not suck!

Nurarihyon no mago anime announced
I hope they increase Yuki Onna’s screen time

11 people arrested for sharing illegal files on Share
P2P is dead! Then again “Phantasy Star Portable 2 torrent” was ranked #7 and #8 most popular searches on google Japan last night.

Estpolis again

Friday, November 20th, 2009

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I always remembered Maxim as being a nice generic lead RPG character, but now he’s a nice generic… something else!

Pic: 1, 2, 3, 4

New Lufia/Estpolis game details

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

magical selena

Console: Nintendo DS
Release date: 25th February 2010
Developer: Neverland company
Genre: 3D Action RPG
Producer: Kojima Hajime (Infinite Undiscovery)

Cast:

Maxim: Nakamura Yuuichi
Selena: Inoue Marina
Tia: Toyosaki Aki
Guy: Miyake Kenta
Heidekar: Namikawa Daisuke
Artea: Chiba Susumu
Lexus: Ogata Kenichi
Iris: Sawashiro Miyuki
Jimmy: Sugita Tomokazu
Jemmy: Hanazawa Kana
Gades: Konishi Katsuyuki
Dios: Ginga Banjou

From the interview:

  • Square Enix asked them if they would like to do a new Estpolis game
  • The second game’s system was a lot more refined, the scenario and music were well liked, and it took place before the first game too, so we decided to use the second game as the motif (Kojima Hajime)
  • We didn’t want to do a straight port (Ukeda Naoyuki)
  • Square Enix told us that we’re free to do whatever we ant (Ukeda)
  • So that’s what we’ll do! (Ukeda)
  • Turn based command battle systems aren’t new anymore, so we’re making it an action rpg now (Kojima)
  • It’s not just a remake, we’re rebuilding the story, the characters, and the world settings (Miyata Masahide)
  • The hadou weapons will be a key component of the story, the world is different from the SFC version (Miyata)
  • The bottom screen will only be used to switch characters (Kojima)
  • The game will revolve around the D-pad more than the touch pen (Kojima)
  • Boss battles will use two screens, it has its own special code for that part (Ukeda)
  • Boss battles will be hard if you don’t know what to do against each one of them (Miyata)
  • “It will satisfy action game players, but players that are bad with action games will be okay too” by Kojima
  • Scenario is based on the second game, there are parts where we are deliberately letting them say the exact same words as in the original game (Miyata)
  • But basically, everything is rewritten (Miyata)
  • The number of towns that are appearing in the game is different from the original two games (Miyata)
  • There will be parts in the game which will make fans of the series smile (Miyata)
  • Miyata has surprisingly not changed at all. He’s just embarrassed reading his scenario from 15 years ago (Ukeda)
  • The music is being brought over from the original two games (Ukeda)
  • We changed the sound quality without messing with the melody line (Ukeda)
  • The main staff from the SFC versions are making this game. It’s rare to have something like that 15 years after the last game (Ukeda)
  • Stuff such as “Mahou no XXXX Magical XXXXXX” from the original are still in the game (Kojima)
  • We changed a lot in the game, but we constantly kept in our minds that “we should keep the parts that made the series what it is” (Kojima)
  • Via: ■■速報@ゲー速板 Vol.526■■

    I completely thought they’re finally going to release part 3 and end the trilogy finally, but it’s actually a remake of 2!

    Lets go Mahou no Hitozuma Magical Selena

    Pics (tiny): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

    Kojima Hideo meets Type-moon

    Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

    Yesterday, introduced via Ishii Jirou from Chunsoft, I managed to get a chance to have a meal with the two gentlemen from TYPE-MOON, Nasu Kinoko and Takeuchi Takashi.

    The meeting only lasted for a short while, but the meeting was pure enjoyment and I have not had something like that in a while.

    It was the first time we met but I felt like we had already known each other for a long time, I felt a kind of affinity that was like deja vu.

    It’s a special privilege that only creators have. Even when age or race are completely different, we can still understand each other instantly when we have the same “smell”.

    Even though we’re from completely different areas, it does raise my spirits to get to know people who are working really hard and suffering in agony but continue to still create new work.

    It makes me feel that I have to continue working just as hard as they are too!

    is that kojima's

    I got them to sign a copy of Kara no kyoukai as we parted.

    sign

    Nasu-san, Takeuchi-san, Ishii-san, thank you very much.

    Via: Kojima Productions Blogcast

    Atlus acquires Gonzo Rosso as a subsidiary

    Friday, October 30th, 2009

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    Nikkei Net reports that game company Atlus, in an effort to strengthen their online gaming business, has acquired Gonzo Rosso as a subsidiary. Atlus will be acquiring a 54.6% stake in Gonzo Rosso.

    Gonzo Rosso was the only part of Gonzo that was still making a profit, so i guess it makes sense that some company would be interested in acquiring them.

    Also Megaten strange journey is wonderful, I just wish I had more time so I can finish the game.

    Mishima Kazuya arrested for growing marijuana

    Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

    mishima corporation busted

    According to Yahoo news, the Osaka Prefectural Police has arrested a 25 year old man named Mishima Kazuya on the 23rd of October on suspicion of having grown marijuana on his roof. According to the police, Kazuya claims that it was left there by an acquaintance.

    The police were tipped off by another acquaintance of Mishima Kazuya.

    The image used for this post has nothing to do with the Mishima Kazuya that just got arrested (I think)

    Important information about Ar Tonelico 3

    Monday, October 26th, 2009

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    Via: 4gamer

    Producer Kawachi Atsunori explained the reason behind how the heroine costumes start showing more skin when they activate songs, saying that “By showing more skin, they are able to absorb more of the planet’s energy”. There were some small snickers coming from the audience after hearing this, but he continued saying

    “The world can only be saved because the heroines took off their clothes!”

    And everybody laughed and clapped their hands.

    Looks like Ar Tonelico 3 will be a great game!