Japan Gaming Guide

Wireless devices, including the Nintendo DS and the PSP are now banned on Japanese airlines. This means you’ll now have to content yourself with watching the array of inflight movies and enjoying the wide selection of beverages available to make your journey a pleasant one. Just switch that DS off! [Read]

Little did Nintendo realise what they started when they married cell-shaded animation to the Zelda series. One gaming couple decided to celebrate their love with this Wind Waker cake. Resembling one of the islands that Link explores on his nautical travels, this is one of the finest expressions of nerdom we’ve seen. [Read, via 4ColorRebellion]

Bungie won themselves a few Japanese achievement points this week as Halo 3 took the top spot in Japan’s weekly sales chart. That’s good news to Microsoft, who saw a jump in Xbox 360 sales as well. Here’s the top 5 selling games: Halo 3 58,672 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Toki 55,438 Final Fantasy VII: Crisis […]

This is the second greatest scarf we’ve ever seen, after Tom Baker’s in Dr. Who. Since he was a timelord, this is still the best scarf in human history. It took a whole year to knit! If the creater has another year to spare, we’d really really love one! [Read, via Wonderland]

October’s Virtual Console release list is out. Some more good titles here. Our pick of the month is Treasure‘s classic shooter Alien Soldier on the Megadrive/Genesis. Fighting fans will want to check out the original Samurai Showdown on Neo Geo. Super Donkey Kong 2 is also worth a look, as is Yoshi’s Story on the […]

The launch for the standard PSP slim built on the sales of the first week limited edition to keep Sony well in the lead this week. The Xbox 360 sold a few extra units in anticipation of the Halo 3 launch, maybe we’ll see a bigger jump next week.   This Week Last Week PSP […]

Advance Wars DS is probably our favourite DS game here at JGG, and definitely the one we’ve spent the most time on. We’re a pretty tactically minded bunch, and we were pretty excited to see the sequel on show at the Micromania game show in Paris. The old favourite characters have been ditched and the […]

If, like us, you’re fans of the surreal and the absurd then you’ll be foaming at the mouth in anticipation of an all new Sam and Max season. Season one was a big success for Telltale Games, and Season two is all set to continue it’s high standards and low morals. Episode 1, Ice Station […]

Some game called Halo 3 came out yesterday in the US. Apparently it’s selling quite well. The Japanese launch is tomorrow! Will people queue for it over here? Will there be a surge in Xbox 360 sales? Keep your eyes peeled.

Vanillaware showed off their new Wii fighter Oboro Muramasa Youtouden at the Tokyo Game Show, check out this video: [Read]