Japan Gaming Guide

Tri-Ace’s new RPG, End of Eternity (Resonance of Fate outside Japan) is getting a demo, which will give players a taste of the battle system, according to Famitsu. The tri attack battle system takes place in semi-realtime, with characters directly controlled for limited time periods. The battles are said to be tough, though the game offers an instant retry mode to stop things getting too frustrating.

The demo launches December 22nd, with the full game to follow on January 28th for PS3 and XBOX 360.

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Here’s the Japanese trailer for Winning Eleven 2010:

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It looks like the arcade version of Blazblue was a hit. Not only is it getting converted to PS3, but also to Xbox 360. Let’s hope the home versions are just as good as the arcade original, keeping the spectacular 2D fighting gameplay intact.

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Final Fantasy VII has just been released on the Japanese PSN, and is available for 1500 yen. Naturally the game is Japanese only. If you do speak Japanese then it’s pretty much a must buy. First released almost twelve years ago on the original Playstation, FF7 brought the JRPG into the mainstream and remains one of the great epics in the gaming canon.

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Street Fighter 4 has already sold 2 million copies, just two weeks after release. Some gamers had to leave stores empty handed as the game rapidly sold out. As well as making a few dollars for Capcom, Street Fighter 4 has proved a big hit with reviewers, with metacritic scores of 93% on Xbox 360 and 94% on PS3.

Capcom were in need of a hit after a slow 2008, so this is good news for them, and good news for their many fans.

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All you Shaun White Snowboarding fans will be able to kit yourselves out tomorrow when the new DLC goes on sale. There are two new mountain packs, which include new challenges and gear as well as the new mountains themselves, for 1000 yen each. If you just fancy some new outfits then two packs are available at 500 yen each.

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Sonic World Adventure/Sonic Unleashed is coming to all platforms in all territories over the next few weeks. Here are some screens. Recent Sonic games have been fairly poor, but there’s something of the old titles in these level designs. Let’s hope this marks a return to form for the blue hedgehog.

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Here’s the trailer for Resistance 2:

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Wipeout HD is available for download now in Japan. As if those graphics don’t look good enough, remember they move very, very fast.

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Sega showed off some of their new graphics technology at the recent CEDEC conference. Some impressive screens for Sonic World Adventure were displayed, in both pre-rendered and realtime versions.

This is the only shot involving his spiky blueness, but follow the link for plenty of screens showing off the lush Mediterranean style environments of the new game.

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