Category Archives: Japan

BlazBlue is being transformed into an anime series called ‘BlazBlue: Alter Memory’. It’ll begin in Autumn, although it’s not yet clear which networks will support it, or if it’ll purely be an online endeavour.

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Freedom Wars is the final title of Sony Japan Studio’s recently released exclusive, codenamed ‘Panopticon’. The game has received a new trailer which is largely the original clip, but with more subtitles and insight into what’s going on.

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Yakuza 1&2 HD has been confirmed for Wii U release in Japan by Sega, and the developer has released the bundle’s first trailer and screens into the wild.

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GungHo Online Entertainment president Kazuki Morishita feels Japanese developers “need to go back to basics” and remember why they “make games in the first place.”

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Monster Hunter 4 has received a new batch of screens from Capcom, showing off the 3DS game’s Frozen Sea, new weapons and of course, monsters.

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Crytek has announced a partnership with NEXON in order to bring its free-to-play FPS, Warface, to PC players in Japan.

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Distant Worlds: Final Fantasy is an orchestral celebration of the series’ music over the years, and it’s heading to Blu-Ray in Japan from June 26.

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An Eevee Edition of 3DS XL has been announced for Japan for release in the Pokémon Centres across he region. It will only be available through a lottery, and applications are being taken now through June 3, according to Serebii. Those who are lucky enough to win the draw, will then be able to purchase the handhled for ¥18,900 ($185) come June 22. Sorry importers willing to spend what would likely be thousands for it on eBay, the system is region locked.

There’s seems to be no stopping the beast that is Tomodachi Collection: New Life on the Media Create charts. Once again, the title was the number one seller in Japan for the week ending May 12. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and Animal Crossing: New Leaf continued to be great sellers as well, the former earning life-to-date sales of 691,921 and the later now pushing
over 3.2 million copies across the region.

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Nintendo has unveiled a new Metallic Red 3DS console for Japan. It’s very lovely, but once again there’s no mention of a western release.

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Arc System Works, creators of such games as BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Guilty Gear and Persona 4: Arena is holding a 25th anniversary bash called Arc System Works Festival – or ‘ArcFes’ – in Yokohama, Japan. The festivities kick off May 19.

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Pixeljunk developer Q-Games has expressed its hope for a resurgence in core games going into the next generation. Studio president Dylan Cuthbert isn’t just talking about Call of Duty though, but proper, innovative ‘gamer’s games’ that can sell for more than a low digital asking price.

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Mind Zero developer Acquire has published a new trailer for its PS Vita dungeon crawler, this time showing off new locations, battles and much more.

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Final Fantasy 13-2 developer Square-Enix will launch two DLC-heavy versions of its RPG across Japan on July 18.

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GungHo Entertainment is making some serious bank, according to its most recent financial report. One game in particular – iOS hit Puzzle & Dragons – is currently earning the firm $3.75 million a day.

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Q-Games’ president, Dylan Cuthbert, believes Nintendo is need of “super IP, a special IP” in order to get more consumers interested in Wii U, and in order for Microsoft to carve out a slot in the Japanese market, it needs to reinvent itself.

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Tomodachi Collection: New Life was once again the top earner in Japan for the week ending May 5. Last weeks’ number one, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen fell to fourth place. Interestingly enough, there were no new releases for the period, yet sales of all hardware offerings were up over last week. Some not by much, but growth is growth.

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War of the Human Tanks is the anime-centric strategy PC game from studio Yakiniku Banzai. It’s rather cute, very mad and right up the street of anyone who favours quirky Japanese games. It’s available to buy in the west today, courtesy of localisation team Fruitbat Factory .

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New Etrian Odyssey: Millennium Girl is a retread of the original game that adds a bigger story, more characters and other neat features into the mix. However, if you want to go back to the values of the barebones classic you can do just that.

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Tomodachi Collection: New Life continued its dominance of the Media Create charts this week, moving another 144,903 units. Combined with last week when it moved 404,858 units during its debut, the title has moved 549,761 physical units in Japan.

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